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Tecos de la Universidad Autonóma de Guadalajara 2008
wackojackohighcliffe
The Tecos team have hired a new manager for 2008. With no Mexican managers available they looked to Great Britain for a manager. Sam Jackson was announced as the new manager and will try to guide the team to victory this year.
 
wackojackohighcliffe
I heard straight away from the sponsors. They told me they had full confidence in me and would let me have a free reign for most riders and races but had certain goals for the year. They outlined this in a presentation:

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They also gave me their budget for the year:


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I look to sign some new riders before giving an official presentation of the squad. The team sponsors have also set some boundaries for this. In pre-season I will only be able to sign South and Central American cyclists.

See you around!
Edited by wackojackohighcliffe on 25-04-2008 20:43
 
wackojackohighcliffe
I made some big signings since we last spoke. I contracted lots of young talents; in the sprints, on the climbs and one in the time trials. After completing my squad i can now officially release it to you. It looks good for the year


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It's a squad bursting with talent that will develop through the oncoming season and I will hope to build on it at the finish of it.

Our first race and my first big sponsor goal is the Tour de San Luis in a week or so's time. We'll be on the lookout for our first win of the year. Let's hope we can get on the scoreboard!
 
kebowers
Wow awesome choice, this should be quite interesting...
I think I may have been responsible for your season goals, I am not sure I know I had planned on choossing Tecos but may have got busy with the others, and forgot.
They LOOK familiar...damn shame not a single race in Mexico for mi Amigos.:cry:

NO DONT THINK IT WAS ME, I HAD BEEN PLANNING ON IT, BUT DONT THINK I DID IT. OoopsShockops:
Edited by kebowers on 25-04-2008 21:07
 
fefj
Looks promising. This could be interesting Smile
 
Addy291
Nice to see you've kept the signings somewhat realisticSmile

Duarte is imenseB)
Edited by Addy291 on 25-04-2008 21:20
YORKSHIRE BORN, YORKSHIRE BRED...
 
wildcat000
I love this team, great to see them in American domestic races. Very interesting story indeedGrin.
 
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wackojackohighcliffe
Addy291 wrote:
Nice to see you've kept the signings somewhat realisticSmile

Duarte is imenseB)


i want to stay realistic and hopefully within budget

and some of the young talents, especially duarte could be winning a grand tour within a few years

thanks for the support guys
 
wackojackohighcliffe
My first race of the year was the Tour de San Luis and my first stage was a time trial. This was thankfully not a baptism of fire as it's just the riders over 3 kilometres of pancake flat time trial. I'm sorry i can't show you the route though, i haven't got my map with me.

I figured with our new time trial talent Arnoldo Alcolea (The Cuban Titan) we could get our sponsors request (a stage win) out of the way.
And it was then I saw the official starting lists.

Cancellara

I knew it would be hard.

Our team for the race was about stage wins and gaining experience, with a shot at the overall.
Gregorio Ladino led the team with mountains help from Fabio Duarte. Jesus Perez would lead us in the sprints, Arnoldo Alcolea in the Prologue and the domestiques were Luis Ortiz and Omar Cervantes.


It was not looking good when our first rider went off with Cancellara in a 15 second lead. Our riders just couldn't perform and Arnoldo only managed 12th. However, he is only a second down in the young riders classification so it's not too bad.

The person who got closest to Cancellara was a former dopist, which really annoyed me, Sergui Gonchar. He was within a second but just didn't have it in him to win.

The results were as follows:
Rank Name Team Time
1 Fabian Cancellara Team CSC 5'24
2 Sergei Gonchar Preti Mangimi - Prisma Stufe + 2
3 David George Team MTN + 3
4 José Serpa Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni - Androni Giocattoli + 5
5 Gustavo César Veloso Karpin Galicia + 6
6 Iñigo Cuesta Team CSC + 7
7 Ricardo Mestre Palmeiras Resort - Tavira s.t.
8 Alberto Fernández Saunier Duval - Scott s.t.
9 Carlos Castaño Karpin Galicia s.t.
10 David Cañada Saunier Duval - Scott + 8
11 Jay Thompson Team MTN s.t.
12 Arnold Alcolea Tecos de la Universidad Autonóma de Guadalajara s.t.

13 Ramón Troncoso Karpin Galicia + 11
14 Rubens Bertogliati Saunier Duval - Scott s.t.
15 Seweryn Kohut Amore e Vita - McDonald's s.t.
16 Juan Gomis Palmeiras Resort - Tavira s.t.
17 Waylon Woolcock Team MTN s.t.
18 Matti Breschel Team CSC + 12
19 Daniele Nardello Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni - Androni Giocattoli s.t.

20 Jurgen Van Goolen Team CSC + 13
21 Rob Ruijgh Team Sparkasse s.t.
22 Eric Baumann Team Sparkasse + 15
23 Anders Lund Team CSC s.t.
24 Danilo Hondo Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni - Androni Giocattoli + 16

25 Jonas Owczarek Team Sparkasse s.t.
26 Fabio Duarte Tecos de la Universidad Autonóma de Guadalajara s.t.

27 David De la Fuente Saunier Duval - Scott + 17
28 Daniel Lloyd An Post - M. Donnelly - Grant Thornton - Sean Kelly Team + 18

29 Mark Cassidy An Post - M. Donnelly - Grant Thornton - Sean Kelly Team + 19

30 Malcolm Lange Team MTN s.t.
31 Omar Cervantes Tecos de la Universidad Autonóma de Guadalajara s.t.

32 Leonardo Moser Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni - Androni Giocattoli s.t.

33 Gilberto Simoni Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni - Androni Giocattoli s.t.

34 Luis Ortiz Tecos de la Universidad Autonóma de Guadalajara s.t.
35 Stefan Cohnen Team Sparkasse s.t.
36 Norberto Wilches Team Konica Minolta - Bizhub + 20
37 Volodymyr Gustov Team CSC s.t.
38 Michele Gobbi Preti Mangimi - Prisma Stufe + 22
39 Serafín Martínez Karpin Galicia + 23
40 Gabriele Missaglia Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni - Androni Giocattoli s.t.

41 Martín Garrido Palmeiras Resort - Tavira s.t.
42 Iban Mayoz Karpin Galicia s.t.
43 Pieter Botha Team Konica Minolta - Bizhub s.t.
44 Luca Damiani Colavita - Sutter Home presented by Cooking Light s.t.

45 Krasimir Vasilev Palmeiras Resort - Tavira s.t.
46 Rieno Stofferis An Post - M. Donnelly - Grant Thornton - Sean Kelly Team s.t.

47 Marco Osella Preti Mangimi - Prisma Stufe + 24
48 Gustavo Artacho Colavita - Sutter Home presented by Cooking Light s.t.

49 Ermanno Capelli Saunier Duval - Scott s.t.
50 Andy Guptill Colavita - Sutter Home presented by Cooking Light + 26

51 Javier Mejías Saunier Duval - Scott + 27
52 Tilo Schüler Team Sparkasse s.t.
53 Jesús Pérez Tecos de la Universidad Autonóma de Guadalajara s.t.

54 Alberto Fernández Sainz Karpin Galicia + 28
55 Konstantin Volik Amore e Vita - McDonald's s.t.
56 Samuel Caldeira Palmeiras Resort - Tavira s.t.
57 Ian McLeod Team MTN s.t.
58 Benny De Schrooder An Post - M. Donnelly - Grant Thornton - Sean Kelly Team + 31

59 Gregorio Ladino Tecos de la Universidad Autonóma de Guadalajara s.t.
60 Christian Müller An Post - M. Donnelly - Grant Thornton - Sean Kelly Team + 32

61 Boris Shpilevski Preti Mangimi - Prisma Stufe + 35
62 Aníbal Borrajo Colavita - Sutter Home presented by Cooking Light s.t.

63 Pieter Seyffert Team Konica Minolta - Bizhub + 36
64 Graziano Gasparre Amore e Vita - McDonald's + 39
65 Philipp Mamos Team Sparkasse s.t.
66 Alejandro Borrajo Colavita - Sutter Home presented by Cooking Light + 40

67 Mikhail Timochine Amore e Vita - McDonald's s.t.
68 David Blanco Palmeiras Resort - Tavira + 43
69 Fabio Sacchi Preti Mangimi - Prisma Stufe s.t.
70 Carlo Corrà Preti Mangimi - Prisma Stufe s.t.
71 Christoff Van Heerden Team Konica Minolta - Bizhub + 47
72 Fabio Gilioli Amore e Vita - McDonald's s.t.
73 Bradley Potgieter Team MTN s.t.
74 Hichem Chabane Team Konica Minolta - Bizhub + 48
75 Juan Pablo Wilches Team Konica Minolta - Bizhub + 51
76 Slawomir Kohut Amore e Vita - McDonald's + 52
77 Isaac Speirs An Post - M. Donnelly - Grant Thornton - Sean Kelly Team + 56

78 Davide Frattini Colavita - Sutter Home presented by Cooking Light + 1'00

Tomorrow is a flat stage and CSC remain the danger team with a very strong squad containing Cancellara, Breschel, Cuesta, Van Goolen, Lund and Gustov. I will hope to do something with Perez.

I will update you tomorrow evening but tonight i will enjoy my first 2 star hotel of pro cycling.
That's what it's all about
 
wackojackohighcliffe
A more promising day. A flat stage which suited Perez but again when i surveyed the favourites we were looking like a top 10 would be the best we could muster.

With only one mountain points on offer today I thought we could steal the jersey but i made Ortis wait too long.

The break went off on the climb and the best of them wouldn't be seen for 140km.

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They were brought in with 7k to go and I thought we could catch the favourites out and I told Arnoldo to go for it!

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He attacked strongly but the leadouts were going too fast and with 3k to go the sprint started with Arnoldo in the lead and Jesus, who said he was on the best ride of his life, relatively well positioned.

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Garrido kicked on and overtook Arnoldo with Jesus in 4th wheel.

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Jesus tried to go on the outside but flicked his foot out the pedals and momentarily lost momentum. This gave him no chance of the victory and Garrido looked to have it wrapped up. Jesus just got edged out for second on the line.

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A podium put a big smile on Jesus's face and I felt satisfied. Arnoldo was unlucky to get only 14th.
The results in full are:
Rank Name Team Time
1 Martín Garrido Palmeiras Resort - Tavira 4h04'18
2 Jonas Owczarek Team Sparkasse s.t.
3 Jesús Pérez Tecos de la Universidad Autonóma de Guadalajara s.t.
4 Tilo Schüler Team Sparkasse s.t.
5 Pieter Seyffert Team Konica Minolta - Bizhub s.t.
6 Gustavo Artacho Colavita - Sutter Home presented by Cooking Light s.t.
7 Eric Baumann Team Sparkasse s.t.
8 Fabian Cancellara Team CSC s.t.
9 Christoff Van Heerden Team Konica Minolta - Bizhub s.t.
10 Danilo Hondo Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni - Androni Giocattoli s.t.
11 Samuel Caldeira Palmeiras Resort - Tavira s.t.
12 Fabio Sacchi Preti Mangimi - Prisma Stufe s.t.
13 Mikhail Timochine Amore e Vita - McDonald's s.t.
14 Arnold Alcolea Tecos de la Universidad Autonóma de Guadalajara s.t.
15 Aníbal Borrajo Colavita - Sutter Home presented by Cooking Light s.t.
16 Luca Damiani Colavita - Sutter Home presented by Cooking Light s.t.
17 Malcolm Lange Team MTN s.t.
18 David Blanco Palmeiras Resort - Tavira s.t.
19 Graziano Gasparre Amore e Vita - McDonald's s.t.
20 Hichem Chabane Team Konica Minolta - Bizhub s.t.
21 Matti Breschel Team CSC s.t.
22 Andy Guptill Colavita - Sutter Home presented by Cooking Light s.t.
23 Krasimir Vasilev Palmeiras Resort - Tavira s.t.
24 Gustavo César Veloso Karpin Galicia s.t.
25 Juan Pablo Wilches Team Konica Minolta - Bizhub s.t.
26 Norberto Wilches Team Konica Minolta - Bizhub s.t.
27 Carlos Castaño Karpin Galicia s.t.
28 David George Team MTN s.t.
29 Konstantin Volik Amore e Vita - McDonald's s.t.
30 Boris Shpilevski Preti Mangimi - Prisma Stufe s.t.
31 Leonardo Moser Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni - Androni Giocattoli s.t.
32 Ian McLeod Team MTN s.t.
33 Rieno Stofferis An Post - M. Donnelly - Grant Thornton - Sean Kelly Team s.t.
34 Carlo Corrà Preti Mangimi - Prisma Stufe s.t.
35 Mark Cassidy An Post - M. Donnelly - Grant Thornton - Sean Kelly Team s.t.
36 Daniele Nardello Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni - Androni Giocattoli s.t.
37 José Serpa Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni - Androni Giocattoli s.t.
38 David De la Fuente Saunier Duval - Scott s.t.
39 Marco Osella Preti Mangimi - Prisma Stufe s.t.
40 Daniel Lloyd An Post - M. Donnelly - Grant Thornton - Sean Kelly Team s.t.
41 Javier Mejías Saunier Duval - Scott s.t.
42 Waylon Woolcock Team MTN s.t.
43 Juan Gomis Palmeiras Resort - Tavira s.t.
44 Stefan Cohnen Team Sparkasse s.t.
45 Jurgen Van Goolen Team CSC s.t.
46 Iñigo Cuesta Team CSC s.t.
47 Slawomir Kohut Amore e Vita - McDonald's s.t.
48 Rob Ruijgh Team Sparkasse s.t.
49 Jay Thompson Team MTN s.t.
50 Omar Cervantes Tecos de la Universidad Autonóma de Guadalajara s.t.
51 Isaac Speirs An Post - M. Donnelly - Grant Thornton - Sean Kelly Team s.t.
52 Ramón Troncoso Karpin Galicia s.t.
53 Gregorio Ladino Tecos de la Universidad Autonóma de Guadalajara s.t.
54 Philipp Mamos Team Sparkasse s.t.
55 Alberto Fernández Sainz Karpin Galicia s.t.
56 Fabio Duarte Tecos de la Universidad Autonóma de Guadalajara s.t.
57 Davide Frattini Colavita - Sutter Home presented by Cooking Light s.t.
58 Alejandro Borrajo Colavita - Sutter Home presented by Cooking Light s.t.
59 Michele Gobbi Preti Mangimi - Prisma Stufe s.t.
60 Luis Ortiz Tecos de la Universidad Autonóma de Guadalajara s.t.
61 Rubens Bertogliati Saunier Duval - Scott s.t.
62 Ermanno Capelli Saunier Duval - Scott s.t.
63 Christian Müller An Post - M. Donnelly - Grant Thornton - Sean Kelly Team s.t.
64 David Cañada Saunier Duval - Scott s.t.
65 Sergei Gonchar Preti Mangimi - Prisma Stufe s.t.
66 Seweryn Kohut Amore e Vita - McDonald's s.t.
67 Volodymyr Gustov Team CSC s.t.
68 Ricardo Mestre Palmeiras Resort - Tavira s.t.
69 Alberto Fernández Saunier Duval - Scott s.t.
70 Gabriele Missaglia Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni - Androni Giocattoli s.t.
71 Bradley Potgieter Team MTN s.t.
72 Gilberto Simoni Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni - Androni Giocattoli + 2'13
73 Iban Mayoz Karpin Galicia + 2'53
74 Serafín Martínez Karpin Galicia + 3'41
75 Pieter Botha Team Konica Minolta - Bizhub + 8'52
76 Fabio Gilioli Amore e Vita - McDonald's + 9'48
77 Benny De Schrooder An Post - M. Donnelly - Grant Thornton - Sean Kelly Team + 10'28
78 Anders Lund Team CSC s.t.

Arnoldo moves into 10th on GC and Jesus is 3rd on points.

Tomorrows hilly stage could make a real effect. I have some tricks up my sleeve and I think we could step up to that top step of the podium very soon.

Close but no cigar!
Edited by wackojackohighcliffe on 26-04-2008 16:27
 
wackojackohighcliffe
Same again.

A good result but not the victory we wanted.

The influential hilly stage could make big dents in the overall. We were'nt even thought of as in with a chance for a top 10. That helps put a gloss on the results, especially with the likes of former Giro winner Gilberto Simoni and Cancellara in the field.

The profile looked like this:

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I sent Omar Cervantes on the attack from the start with the objective of taking the mountains jersey. He took 3rd over the first climb and then the break grouped together.

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He took 1st over the second climb before being swallowed up by the group.
With 5k to go Jurgen Van Goolen of CSC attack and Ladino and 3 others followed.

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At the finish we were annoyingly deprived of the stage win after Gregorio messed up his sprint, starting and finishing last in the group.

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But we take 5th on the stage to add to a 3rd and it's not looking that bad. We also hold 5th on GC.

Omar, on an even brighter note, is leading the mountains competition by 2 points and I hope he can consolidate it on the next road stage.

I hope Greg can improve his positioning and possibly take a stage win in tommorows mountain TT.

On the upside we have a 3 star hotel tonight.Ooh the luxury!!!
 
wackojackohighcliffe
New update coming soon
 
wackojackohighcliffe
Not a good day.

The mountain TT dawned.

The riders went about with the usual gusto but when Ortiz finished dead last I knew I'd screwed up the strategy.

I'm too dissapointed to report much. Arnoldo and Greg got top 20s but that was about it.

Rank Name Team Time
1 Sergei Gonchar Preti Mangimi - Prisma Stufe 20'16
2 David Blanco Palmeiras Resort - Tavira + 15
3 Fabian Cancellara Team CSC s.t.
4 David George Team MTN + 16
5 Jurgen Van Goolen Team CSC s.t.
6 Carlos Castaño Karpin Galicia s.t.
7 David Cañada Saunier Duval - Scott + 19
8 Iñigo Cuesta Team CSC s.t.
9 Boris Shpilevski Preti Mangimi - Prisma Stufe + 23
10 Christian Müller An Post - M. Donnelly - Grant Thornton - Sean Kelly Team s.t.
11 Marco Osella Preti Mangimi - Prisma Stufe s.t.
12 Juan Gomis Palmeiras Resort - Tavira s.t.
13 Arnold Alcolea Tecos de la Universidad Autonóma de Guadalajara s.t.
14 José Serpa Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni - Androni Giocattoli s.t.
15 Martín Garrido Palmeiras Resort - Tavira s.t.
16 Gregorio Ladino Tecos de la Universidad Autonóma de Guadalajara s.t.
17 Jay Thompson Team MTN + 27
18 Ricardo Mestre Palmeiras Resort - Tavira s.t.
19 Alberto Fernández Saunier Duval - Scott s.t.
20 Gustavo César Veloso Karpin Galicia s.t.
21 Volodymyr Gustov Team CSC s.t.
22 Daniel Lloyd An Post - M. Donnelly - Grant Thornton - Sean Kelly Team s.t.
23 Mikhail Timochine Amore e Vita - McDonald's + 31
24 Pieter Seyffert Team Konica Minolta - Bizhub s.t.
25 Gustavo Artacho Colavita - Sutter Home presented by Cooking Light s.t.
26 Matti Breschel Team CSC s.t.
27 Daniele Nardello Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni - Androni Giocattoli s.t.
28 Waylon Woolcock Team MTN s.t.
29 Rubens Bertogliati Saunier Duval - Scott s.t.
30 Jonas Owczarek Team Sparkasse s.t.
31 Rob Ruijgh Team Sparkasse s.t.
32 Hichem Chabane Team Konica Minolta - Bizhub s.t.
33 Slawomir Kohut Amore e Vita - McDonald's s.t.
34 Danilo Hondo Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni - Androni Giocattoli s.t.
35 Krasimir Vasilev Palmeiras Resort - Tavira s.t.
36 Seweryn Kohut Amore e Vita - McDonald's s.t.
37 Christoff Van Heerden Team Konica Minolta - Bizhub + 32
38 Malcolm Lange Team MTN + 35
39 Stefan Cohnen Team Sparkasse s.t.
40 Eric Baumann Team Sparkasse s.t.
41 Fabio Sacchi Preti Mangimi - Prisma Stufe + 39
42 Aníbal Borrajo Colavita - Sutter Home presented by Cooking Light s.t.
43 Ian McLeod Team MTN s.t.
44 Tilo Schüler Team Sparkasse s.t.
45 David De la Fuente Saunier Duval - Scott s.t.
46 Gilberto Simoni Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni - Androni Giocattoli s.t.
47 Philipp Mamos Team Sparkasse s.t.
48 Pieter Botha Team Konica Minolta - Bizhub + 40
49 Benny De Schrooder An Post - M. Donnelly - Grant Thornton - Sean Kelly Team s.t.
50 Anders Lund Team CSC s.t.
51 Fabio Gilioli Amore e Vita - McDonald's s.t.
52 Alejandro Borrajo Colavita - Sutter Home presented by Cooking Light s.t.
53 Jesús Pérez Tecos de la Universidad Autonóma de Guadalajara s.t.
54 Ramón Troncoso Karpin Galicia s.t.
55 Graziano Gasparre Amore e Vita - McDonald's s.t.
56 Andy Guptill Colavita - Sutter Home presented by Cooking Light + 43
57 Luca Damiani Colavita - Sutter Home presented by Cooking Light s.t.
58 Gabriele Missaglia Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni - Androni Giocattoli s.t.
59 Norberto Wilches Team Konica Minolta - Bizhub s.t.
60 Mark Cassidy An Post - M. Donnelly - Grant Thornton - Sean Kelly Team s.t.
61 Leonardo Moser Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni - Androni Giocattoli s.t.
62 Konstantin Volik Amore e Vita - McDonald's + 47
63 Alberto Fernández Sainz Karpin Galicia s.t.
64 Javier Mejías Saunier Duval - Scott s.t.
65 Ermanno Capelli Saunier Duval - Scott s.t.
66 Carlo Corrà Preti Mangimi - Prisma Stufe s.t.
67 Bradley Potgieter Team MTN s.t.
68 Juan Pablo Wilches Team Konica Minolta - Bizhub s.t.
69 Iban Mayoz Karpin Galicia s.t.
70 Omar Cervantes Tecos de la Universidad Autonóma de Guadalajara + 48
71 Davide Frattini Colavita - Sutter Home presented by Cooking Light s.t.
72 Isaac Speirs An Post - M. Donnelly - Grant Thornton - Sean Kelly Team s.t.
73 Samuel Caldeira Palmeiras Resort - Tavira s.t.
74 Rieno Stofferis An Post - M. Donnelly - Grant Thornton - Sean Kelly Team s.t.
75 Serafín Martínez Karpin Galicia s.t.
76 Michele Gobbi Preti Mangimi - Prisma Stufe + 52
77 Fabio Duarte Tecos de la Universidad Autonóma de Guadalajara + 59
78 Luis Ortiz Tecos de la Universidad Autonóma de Guadalajara + 1'23

Greg got pushed down into 6th by Cancellara . But at least Arnoldo leads the U25's competition and has moved up to 10th.

At least it's not all bad.
 
wackojackohighcliffe
The penultimate stage had a pcm crash and simulated itself without any changes.


Our final stage.

My final chance to fulfil our sponsors goal.

I would cover every option. Cervantes with the breakaway, Ladino with a late attack and Perez in the sprint.

The parcours looked like this:
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Cervantes attacked and joined the break.

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He took 1st over both KOMs to secure the jersey.

Then Greg made his move, a ferocious attack over a small hill.

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But the pack pulled him in on the descent
Perez got himself in a good position among the better sprinters and looked sharp.

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He started to go on the outside. Did he have the firepower for a great debut win.

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NO!
To my dismay I realised the sprint had started too late! He wasn't going to claim that sponsor pleasing win.

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The honours went to Fabio Sacchi but second and a previous third show lots of promise for Perez.

We ended up taking home the mountains and young riders jerseys as well as 6th and 10th on GC. We also grabbed 2 podiums and 3 top 5s and 4th on points. So not bad but could be better.

Rank Name Team Time
1 Fabio Sacchi Preti Mangimi - Prisma Stufe 3h12'42
2 Jesús Pérez Tecos de la Universidad Autonóma de Guadalajara s.t.
3 Eric Baumann Team Sparkasse s.t.
4 Danilo Hondo Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni - Androni Giocattoli s.t.
5 Fabian Cancellara Team CSC s.t.
6 Tilo Schüler Team Sparkasse s.t.
7 Matti Breschel Team CSC s.t.
8 Gustavo Artacho Colavita - Sutter Home presented by Cooking Light s.t.
9 Aníbal Borrajo Colavita - Sutter Home presented by Cooking Light s.t.
10 Graziano Gasparre Amore e Vita - McDonald's s.t.
11 Krasimir Vasilev Palmeiras Resort - Tavira s.t.
12 Jonas Owczarek Team Sparkasse s.t.
13 Martín Garrido Palmeiras Resort - Tavira s.t.
14 Christoff Van Heerden Team Konica Minolta - Bizhub s.t.
15 Luca Damiani Colavita - Sutter Home presented by Cooking Light s.t.
16 Pieter Seyffert Team Konica Minolta - Bizhub s.t.
17 Alejandro Borrajo Colavita - Sutter Home presented by Cooking Light s.t.
18 Mikhail Timochine Amore e Vita - McDonald's s.t.
19 Benny De Schrooder An Post - M. Donnelly - Grant Thornton - Sean Kelly Team s.t.
20 Rieno Stofferis An Post - M. Donnelly - Grant Thornton - Sean Kelly Team s.t.
21 Gabriele Missaglia Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni - Androni Giocattoli s.t.
22 Fabio Gilioli Amore e Vita - McDonald's s.t.
23 Andy Guptill Colavita - Sutter Home presented by Cooking Light s.t.
24 Ian McLeod Team MTN s.t.
25 Malcolm Lange Team MTN s.t.
26 Arnold Alcolea Tecos de la Universidad Autonóma de Guadalajara s.t.
27 Carlos Castaño Karpin Galicia s.t.
28 David Blanco Palmeiras Resort - Tavira s.t.
29 David De la Fuente Saunier Duval - Scott s.t.
30 Daniele Nardello Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni - Androni Giocattoli s.t.
31 Alberto Fernández Sainz Karpin Galicia s.t.
32 Daniel Lloyd An Post - M. Donnelly - Grant Thornton - Sean Kelly Team s.t.
33 José Serpa Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni - Androni Giocattoli s.t.
34 Juan Pablo Wilches Team Konica Minolta - Bizhub s.t.
35 Anders Lund Team CSC s.t.
36 Gustavo César Veloso Karpin Galicia s.t.
37 Sergei Gonchar Preti Mangimi - Prisma Stufe s.t.
38 Hichem Chabane Team Konica Minolta - Bizhub s.t.
39 Rubens Bertogliati Saunier Duval - Scott s.t.
40 Juan Gomis Palmeiras Resort - Tavira s.t.
41 Mark Cassidy An Post - M. Donnelly - Grant Thornton - Sean Kelly Team s.t.
42 Gilberto Simoni Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni - Androni Giocattoli s.t.
43 Norberto Wilches Team Konica Minolta - Bizhub s.t.
44 Rob Ruijgh Team Sparkasse s.t.
45 Iban Mayoz Karpin Galicia s.t.
46 Leonardo Moser Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni - Androni Giocattoli s.t.
47 David Cañada Saunier Duval - Scott s.t.
48 David George Team MTN s.t.
49 Luis Ortiz Tecos de la Universidad Autonóma de Guadalajara s.t.
50 Jay Thompson Team MTN s.t.
51 Jurgen Van Goolen Team CSC s.t.
52 Marco Osella Preti Mangimi - Prisma Stufe s.t.
53 Gregorio Ladino Tecos de la Universidad Autonóma de Guadalajara s.t.
54 Waylon Woolcock Team MTN s.t.
55 Ricardo Mestre Palmeiras Resort - Tavira s.t.
56 Christian Müller An Post - M. Donnelly - Grant Thornton - Sean Kelly Team s.t.
57 Boris Shpilevski Preti Mangimi - Prisma Stufe s.t.
58 Volodymyr Gustov Team CSC s.t.
59 Serafín Martínez Karpin Galicia s.t.
60 Ramón Troncoso Karpin Galicia s.t.
61 Javier Mejías Saunier Duval - Scott s.t.
62 Konstantin Volik Amore e Vita - McDonald's s.t.
63 Samuel Caldeira Palmeiras Resort - Tavira s.t.
64 Fabio Duarte Tecos de la Universidad Autonóma de Guadalajara s.t.
65 Ermanno Capelli Saunier Duval - Scott s.t.
66 Philipp Mamos Team Sparkasse s.t.
67 Omar Cervantes Tecos de la Universidad Autonóma de Guadalajara + 1'44
68 Michele Gobbi Preti Mangimi - Prisma Stufe s.t.
69 Alberto Fernández Saunier Duval - Scott + 3'12
70 Seweryn Kohut Amore e Vita - McDonald's s.t.
71 Iñigo Cuesta Team CSC s.t.
72 Carlo Corrà Preti Mangimi - Prisma Stufe s.t.
73 Bradley Potgieter Team MTN s.t.
74 Slawomir Kohut Amore e Vita - McDonald's s.t.
75 Davide Frattini Colavita - Sutter Home presented by Cooking Light s.t.
76 Pieter Botha Team Konica Minolta - Bizhub s.t.
77 Isaac Speirs An Post - M. Donnelly - Grant Thornton - Sean Kelly Team s.t.
78 Stefan Cohnen Team Sparkasse s.t.

And GC:
Rank Name Team Time
1 Sergei Gonchar Preti Mangimi - Prisma Stufe 15h41'57
2 Carlos Castaño Karpin Galicia + 19
3 David George Team MTN + 21
4 Jurgen Van Goolen Team CSC s.t.
5 Fabian Cancellara Team CSC + 51
6 Gregorio Ladino Tecos de la Universidad Autonóma de Guadalajara + 56
7 David Cañada Saunier Duval - Scott + 1'03
8 José Serpa Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni - Androni Giocattoli + 1'04
9 Arnold Alcolea Tecos de la Universidad Autonóma de Guadalajara + 1'07
10 Gustavo César Veloso Karpin Galicia + 1'09
11 Juan Gomis Palmeiras Resort - Tavira + 1'10
12 Ricardo Mestre Palmeiras Resort - Tavira s.t.
13 Jay Thompson Team MTN + 1'11
14 Eric Baumann Team Sparkasse + 1'15
15 Jonas Owczarek Team Sparkasse + 1'17
16 Rubens Bertogliati Saunier Duval - Scott + 1'18
17 Waylon Woolcock Team MTN s.t.
18 Matti Breschel Team CSC + 1'19
19 Daniele Nardello Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni - Androni Giocattoli s.t.
20 Rob Ruijgh Team Sparkasse + 1'20
21 Danilo Hondo Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni - Androni Giocattoli + 1'21
22 Daniel Lloyd An Post - M. Donnelly - Grant Thornton - Sean Kelly Team s.t.
23 Marco Osella Preti Mangimi - Prisma Stufe + 1'23
24 Volodymyr Gustov Team CSC s.t.
25 Malcolm Lange Team MTN + 1'30
26 Gustavo Artacho Colavita - Sutter Home presented by Cooking Light + 1'31
27 Christian Müller An Post - M. Donnelly - Grant Thornton - Sean Kelly Team s.t.
28 David De la Fuente Saunier Duval - Scott + 1'32
29 Fabio Sacchi Preti Mangimi - Prisma Stufe + 1'34
30 David Blanco Palmeiras Resort - Tavira s.t.
31 Boris Shpilevski Preti Mangimi - Prisma Stufe s.t.
32 Tilo Schüler Team Sparkasse + 1'38
33 Mark Cassidy An Post - M. Donnelly - Grant Thornton - Sean Kelly Team s.t.
34 Leonardo Moser Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni - Androni Giocattoli s.t.
35 Norberto Wilches Team Konica Minolta - Bizhub + 1'39
36 Luca Damiani Colavita - Sutter Home presented by Cooking Light + 1'42
37 Gabriele Missaglia Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni - Androni Giocattoli s.t.
38 Pieter Seyffert Team Konica Minolta - Bizhub + 1'43
39 Ian McLeod Team MTN s.t.
40 Aníbal Borrajo Colavita - Sutter Home presented by Cooking Light + 1'44
41 Andy Guptill Colavita - Sutter Home presented by Cooking Light + 1'45
42 Mikhail Timochine Amore e Vita - McDonald's + 1'47
43 Ermanno Capelli Saunier Duval - Scott s.t.
44 Javier Mejías Saunier Duval - Scott + 1'50
45 Alberto Fernández Sainz Karpin Galicia + 1'51
46 Konstantin Volik Amore e Vita - McDonald's s.t.
47 Fabio Duarte Tecos de la Universidad Autonóma de Guadalajara s.t.
48 Hichem Chabane Team Konica Minolta - Bizhub + 1'55
49 Luis Ortiz Tecos de la Universidad Autonóma de Guadalajara + 2'18
50 Martín Garrido Palmeiras Resort - Tavira + 2'31
51 Krasimir Vasilev Palmeiras Resort - Tavira + 2'50
52 Juan Pablo Wilches Team Konica Minolta - Bizhub + 3'34
53 Gilberto Simoni Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni - Androni Giocattoli + 3'47
54 Iñigo Cuesta Team CSC + 4'12
55 Alberto Fernández Saunier Duval - Scott + 4'20
56 Philipp Mamos Team Sparkasse + 4'26
57 Iban Mayoz Karpin Galicia + 4'39
58 Stefan Cohnen Team Sparkasse + 4'42
59 Slawomir Kohut Amore e Vita - McDonald's + 5'11
60 Bradley Potgieter Team MTN + 5'17
61 Carlo Corrà Preti Mangimi - Prisma Stufe + 5'18
62 Serafín Martínez Karpin Galicia + 5'28
63 Graziano Gasparre Amore e Vita - McDonald's + 6'00
64 Ramón Troncoso Karpin Galicia + 6'31
65 Omar Cervantes Tecos de la Universidad Autonóma de Guadalajara + 6'36
66 Jesús Pérez Tecos de la Universidad Autonóma de Guadalajara + 6'37
67 Rieno Stofferis An Post - M. Donnelly - Grant Thornton - Sean Kelly Team + 6'51
68 Seweryn Kohut Amore e Vita - McDonald's + 7'02
69 Davide Frattini Colavita - Sutter Home presented by Cooking Light + 8'08
70 Michele Gobbi Preti Mangimi - Prisma Stufe + 8'38
71 Christoff Van Heerden Team Konica Minolta - Bizhub + 8'43
72 Alejandro Borrajo Colavita - Sutter Home presented by Cooking Light + 9'16
73 Samuel Caldeira Palmeiras Resort - Tavira + 10'00
74 Fabio Gilioli Amore e Vita - McDonald's + 11'47
75 Anders Lund Team CSC + 11'59
76 Benny De Schrooder An Post - M. Donnelly - Grant Thornton - Sean Kelly Team + 12'07
77 Isaac Speirs An Post - M. Donnelly - Grant Thornton - Sean Kelly Team + 13'16
78 Pieter Botha Team Konica Minolta - Bizhub + 16'14

See you at the TOC!
 
Karl_rab
What are your sponsors like after not getting a stage win :lol:
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wackojackohighcliffe
They're still on good but I could do with some good results in california to keep it that way.
 
wackojackohighcliffe
This could be our biggest race of the year and the line-up reflected that, containing more big name stars than some recent TDFs.

We brought Gil Cordoves for the sprints, Greg for the mountains and Arnold for the TTs. The rest: Bernardo Colex, Carlos Oyarzun, Rodolfo Fernandez, Luis Alfredo Guiterrez and Freddy Piamonte are here for the experience.

The opening prologue looked like we had no chance. When an in-form Lazlo Bodrogi is considered the worst of people just in with a chance you know it's gonna be tough.

But Arnoldo really showed his talent, finishing joint 5th only behind Cancellara, Zabriskie, Rosseler and Wiggins and also nabbing the young riders jersey.

He finished ahead of Michael Rogers, Vladimir Gusev and George Hincapie. He finished half a minute ahead of Stef Clement, world time trial championship bronze medallist, in this, just a 3km TT. He finished nearly 40 secs ahead of Lazlo Bodrogi and Jens Voigt.

This is a great start for the lad, but getting more top 10 results from any of the team looks to be almost wishful thinking. With Hushovd, Freire, Cavendish too name but a few in the sprints, Rogers, Hincapie, Bettini, Frank Schleck, Voigt, Kroon and Horner to dominate the hills and mountains it's going to be anything but easy. But we can get some good results from this race. I'm sure of that.

Todays stage was won by David Zabriskie in a time of 5'16 at an average speed of 43.2911 km/h or 26.8998 (not amazingly fast). It's significant to point out that last place was 1'03 down at an average speed of only 36.0949 km/h or 22.4283 mp/h. That could be achieved by most amateur racers!
(This also shows cyanide's terrible unrealism as the real race was covered at 59.2207km/h with the last placed rider riding at 49.7454km/h(faster than the winner ingame))

Results are:
Rank Name Team Time
1 David Zabriskie Slipstream - Chipotle powered by H3O 5'16
2 Sébastien Rosseler Quick·Step + 4
3 Fabian Cancellara Team CSC s.t.
4 Bradley Wiggins Team High Road s.t.
5 Tomas Vaitkus Team Astana + 8
6 Arnold Alcolea Tecos de la Universidad Autonóma de Guadalajara s.t.
7 Berik Kupeshov Team Astana + 10
8 Toni Colom Team Astana + 11
9 Dmytro Grabovskyy Quick·Step s.t.
10 Michiel Elijzen Rabobank s.t.
11 Michael Rogers Team High Road + 12
12 Perrig Quemeneur Bouygues Télécom s.t.
13 George Hincapie Team High Road s.t.
14 Víctor Hugo Peña Rock Racing s.t.
15 Chris Horner Team Astana + 15
16 Dominique Rollin Toyota - United Pro Cycling Team s.t.
17 Corey Collier Health Net presented by Maxxis + 16
18 Mark Hinnen Kelly Benefit Strategies - Medifast s.t.
19 Steve Morabito Team Astana s.t.
20 Kirk O'Bee Health Net presented by Maxxis s.t.
21 Darren Lill BMC Racing Team s.t.
22 Mark Cavendish Team High Road + 19
23 Adam Switters Rock Racing s.t.
24 Martin Kohler BMC Racing Team + 20
25 Matthew Hayman Rabobank s.t.
26 Brian Buchholz Kelly Benefit Strategies - Medifast s.t.
27 Doug Ollerenshaw Rock Racing s.t.
28 Bernardo Colex Tecos de la Universidad Autonóma de Guadalajara s.t.
29 Julien Mazet Team Astana s.t.
30 Sergei Ivanov Team Astana s.t.
31 Jan Boven Rabobank s.t.
32 Stuart O'Grady Team CSC s.t.
33 Jérôme Pineau Bouygues Télécom s.t.
34 Aaron Tuckerman Jelly Belly Cycling Team + 23
35 Carlos Oyarzun Tecos de la Universidad Autonóma de Guadalajara s.t.
36 Sterling Magnell Rock Racing s.t.
37 Theo Eltink Rabobank s.t.
38 Kevin Klein Rock Racing s.t.
39 Matteo Carrara Quick·Step s.t.
40 Scott Zwizanski Bissell Pro Cycling s.t.
41 David De la Fuente Saunier Duval - Scott + 24
42 Rodolfo Fernández Tecos de la Universidad Autonóma de Guadalajara s.t.
43 Alexander Efimkin Quick·Step s.t.
44 Hubert Schwab Quick·Step s.t.
45 Dan Bowman Kelly Benefit Strategies - Medifast s.t.
46 Fred Rodriguez Rock Racing s.t.
47 Paolo Bettini Quick·Step s.t.
48 Jeremy Hunt Crédit Agricole s.t.
49 Justin Spinelli Kelly Benefit Strategies - Medifast + 27
50 Kevin Seeldraeyers Quick·Step s.t.
51 Andy Guptill Colavita - Sutter Home presented by Cooking Light s.t.
52 Vladimir Gusev Team Astana s.t.
53 Bryce Mead Jelly Belly Cycling Team + 28
54 William Walker Rabobank s.t.
55 Brock Curry Rock Racing s.t.
56 Wilfried Cretskens Quick·Step s.t.
57 Brad Huff Jelly Belly Cycling Team s.t.
58 Manuele Mori Saunier Duval - Scott s.t.
59 Gregorio Ladino Tecos de la Universidad Autonóma de Guadalajara + 31
60 Josep Jufré Saunier Duval - Scott s.t.
61 Kevin Lacombe Kelly Benefit Strategies - Medifast s.t.
62 Luis Alfredo Gutiérrez Tecos de la Universidad Autonóma de Guadalajara s.t.
63 Angelo Furlan Crédit Agricole + 32
64 Kanstantsin Siutsou Team High Road s.t.
65 André Greipel Team High Road s.t.
66 Jeremy Powers Jelly Belly Cycling Team s.t.
67 Michael Lange Jelly Belly Cycling Team s.t.
68 Óscar Freire Rabobank s.t.
69 Alex Candelario Kelly Benefit Strategies - Medifast s.t.
70 Gil Cordovés Tecos de la Universidad Autonóma de Guadalajara s.t.
71 Aaron Olson Bissell Pro Cycling s.t.
72 Jonathon Clarke Toyota - United Pro Cycling Team + 35
73 Gustavo Artacho Colavita - Sutter Home presented by Cooking Light + 36
74 Stef Clement Bouygues Télécom s.t.
75 Alejandro Borrajo Colavita - Sutter Home presented by Cooking Light s.t.
76 Julian Dean Slipstream - Chipotle powered by H3O s.t.
77 Morris Possoni Team High Road + 39
78 Kurt-Asle Arvesen Team CSC s.t.
79 Joost Posthuma Rabobank + 40
80 Christopher Baldwin Toyota - United Pro Cycling Team s.t.
81 Anthony Colby Colavita - Sutter Home presented by Cooking Light s.t.
82 Davide Frattini Colavita - Sutter Home presented by Cooking Light + 43
83 Reid Mumford Kelly Benefit Strategies - Medifast s.t.
84 Matti Breschel Team CSC s.t.
85 Steven Cozza Slipstream - Chipotle powered by H3O s.t.
86 Matt Rice Jelly Belly Cycling Team s.t.
87 Frank Pipp Health Net presented by Maxxis s.t.
88 Ben Jacques-Maynes Bissell Pro Cycling s.t.
89 Laszló Bodrogi Crédit Agricole s.t.
90 Arkaitz Durán Saunier Duval - Scott s.t.
91 Fränk Schleck Team CSC + 44
92 Henk Vogels Toyota - United Pro Cycling Team s.t.
93 Tucker Brown Colavita - Sutter Home presented by Cooking Light s.t.
94 Jens Voigt Team CSC s.t.
95 Thor Hushovd Crédit Agricole s.t.
96 Phil Zajicek Health Net presented by Maxxis s.t.
97 Scott Tietzel Jelly Belly Cycling Team + 47
98 Stefan Schumacher Gerolsteiner s.t.
99 Ivan Stevic Toyota - United Pro Cycling Team + 48
100 Edward King Bissell Pro Cycling + 51
101 Matt Cooke Health Net presented by Maxxis s.t.
102 Ian McKissick BMC Racing Team s.t.
103 Justin England Toyota - United Pro Cycling Team s.t.
104 Anthony Geslin Bouygues Télécom s.t.
105 Taylor Tolleson BMC Racing Team s.t.
106 Danny Pate Slipstream - Chipotle powered by H3O s.t.
107 William Bonnet Crédit Agricole s.t.
108 Karl Menzies Health Net presented by Maxxis s.t.
109 Karsten Kroon Team CSC s.t.
110 Antonio Cruz BMC Racing Team s.t.
111 Blake Caldwell Slipstream - Chipotle powered by H3O s.t.
112 Richard England Bissell Pro Cycling s.t.
113 Scott Nydam BMC Racing Team s.t.
114 Eros Capecchi Saunier Duval - Scott s.t.
115 Nicolas Roche Crédit Agricole + 52
116 Yuri Trofimov Bouygues Télécom s.t.
117 Jesús Del Nero Saunier Duval - Scott s.t.
118 Tyler Farrar Slipstream - Chipotle powered by H3O s.t.
119 Robert Förster Gerolsteiner s.t.
120 Matthias Ruß Gerolsteiner s.t.
121 Ben Day Toyota - United Pro Cycling Team s.t.
122 Bernard Van Ulden Jelly Belly Cycling Team s.t.
123 Andrew Bajadali Kelly Benefit Strategies - Medifast s.t.
124 Freddy Piamonte Tecos de la Universidad Autonóma de Guadalajara s.t.
125 Michael Creed Rock Racing s.t.
126 Luca Damiani Colavita - Sutter Home presented by Cooking Light + 55
127 Christophe Laurent Slipstream - Chipotle powered by H3O s.t.
128 Johannes Fröhlinger Gerolsteiner s.t.
129 Alberto Benítez Saunier Duval - Scott + 56
130 Iván Domínguez Toyota - United Pro Cycling Team s.t.
131 Aurélien Clerc Bouygues Télécom + 59
132 Dimitri Fofonov Crédit Agricole s.t.
133 Omer Kem Bissell Pro Cycling s.t.
134 Alexandr Kolobnev Team CSC s.t.
135 Christophe Le Mével Crédit Agricole s.t.
136 Vincent Jérôme Bouygues Télécom s.t.
137 Nathan Miller BMC Racing Team s.t.
138 Timothy Duggan Slipstream - Chipotle powered by H3O s.t.
139 Steve Howard Bissell Pro Cycling s.t.
140 Arnaud Labbe Bouygues Télécom s.t.
141 Kyle Gritters Health Net presented by Maxxis s.t.
142 John Murphy Health Net presented by Maxxis s.t.
143 Craig Lewis Team High Road + 1'00
144 Denis Flahaut Saunier Duval - Scott s.t.
145 Mike Sayers BMC Racing Team s.t.
146 Burke Swindlehurst Bissell Pro Cycling s.t.
147 Kyle Wamsley Colavita - Sutter Home presented by Cooking Light s.t.
148 Carlo Westphal Gerolsteiner + 1'03

Tommorow's hilly stage will be interesting
 
wackojackohighcliffe
A beautiful day today. I woke early to bright sunshine streaming in through my hotel window. It was 26 Centigrade outside; and this is February. Meanwhile in New York it's -12.

Todays stage included a tough hill 40km from the finish that could put lots of favourites into trouble.

The early break went away as usual.

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It was caught on the climb and Ladino attacked over the top.

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He went solo before being caught 8km from the finish. Just as he was caught I screamed down the earpiece at Oyarzun to attack and boy did he attack.

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He soloed away from the group and begin his sprint early.

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Fernandez was well set up in the group and was sprinter as Cordoves was in the back of the group after the climb. He sat in World Champion Paolo Bettini's wheel.

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Hushovd jumped on the right and Fernandez began to follow. Would our man Oyarzun be caught?

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And the answer is...................... NO!!!

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Our first win of the year and 3rd on podium as well. We were over the moon especially Carlos. He now sits second on GC while Arnoldo still has the young riders jersey.

I can't wait for tommorow
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wackojackohighcliffe
A stage with 2 early hills that then flattened out. We thought it would make no difference. We were very nearly ever so wrong.

We sent Freddy Piamonte into the break.

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He took second on both mountain climbs behind Sergui Ivanov. They were hauled back in and, because it had worked yesterday, I sent Oyarzun on the attack.

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A group of sprinters bridged up as well as our team leader Greg to form a lead group of 9.

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At the back lots of people came down in crashes, including leader Zabriskie and our sprinter Cordoves. At the finish Hushovd sprinted to the win and the points jersey while we took 8th and 9th.

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We thought we had nicked yellow but alas, a terrible mistake from the timekeepers. Despite an evident split at the finish no time gap was given.

So Zabriskie lives to fight another day. But tommorow is the mountain stage. Can we take the win?

Rank Name Team Time
1 Thor Hushovd Crédit Agricole 4h41'52
2 Stuart O'Grady Team CSC s.t.
3 Alex Candelario Kelly Benefit Strategies - Medifast s.t.
4 Julian Dean Slipstream - Chipotle powered by H3O s.t.
5 Robert Förster Gerolsteiner s.t.
6 Óscar Freire Rabobank s.t.
7 Mark Cavendish Team High Road s.t.
8 Carlos Oyarzun Tecos de la Universidad Autonóma de Guadalajara s.t.
9 Gregorio Ladino Tecos de la Universidad Autonóma de Guadalajara s.t.
10 Matteo Carrara Quick·Step s.t.
11 Jeremy Hunt Crédit Agricole s.t.
12 Matti Breschel Team CSC s.t.
13 Dominique Rollin Toyota - United Pro Cycling Team s.t.
14 Alejandro Borrajo Colavita - Sutter Home presented by Cooking Light s.t.
15 André Greipel Team High Road s.t.
16 Brad Huff Jelly Belly Cycling Team s.t.
17 Dimitri Fofonov Crédit Agricole s.t.
18 Kirk O'Bee Health Net presented by Maxxis s.t.
19 Frank Pipp Health Net presented by Maxxis s.t.
20 John Murphy Health Net presented by Maxxis s.t.
21 Sterling Magnell Rock Racing s.t.
22 Yuri Trofimov Bouygues Télécom s.t.
23 Paolo Bettini Quick·Step s.t.
24 Dmytro Grabovskyy Quick·Step s.t.
25 Tyler Farrar Slipstream - Chipotle powered by H3O s.t.
26 Jens Voigt Team CSC s.t.
27 Rodolfo Fernández Tecos de la Universidad Autonóma de Guadalajara s.t.
28 Bernardo Colex Tecos de la Universidad Autonóma de Guadalajara s.t.
29 Sébastien Rosseler Quick·Step s.t.
30 Fabian Cancellara Team CSC s.t.
31 Iván Domínguez Toyota - United Pro Cycling Team s.t.
32 Kevin Lacombe Kelly Benefit Strategies - Medifast s.t.
33 Alexander Efimkin Quick·Step s.t.
34 Matt Cooke Health Net presented by Maxxis s.t.
35 Christopher Baldwin Toyota - United Pro Cycling Team s.t.
36 Matthew Hayman Rabobank s.t.
37 Scott Tietzel Jelly Belly Cycling Team s.t.
38 Tomas Vaitkus Team Astana s.t.
39 Matt Rice Jelly Belly Cycling Team s.t.
40 Bernard Van Ulden Jelly Belly Cycling Team s.t.
41 Gil Cordovés Tecos de la Universidad Autonóma de Guadalajara s.t.
42 Kanstantsin Siutsou Team High Road s.t.
43 Ivan Stevic Toyota - United Pro Cycling Team s.t.
44 Anthony Geslin Bouygues Télécom s.t.
45 Fred Rodriguez Rock Racing s.t.
46 Aaron Tuckerman Jelly Belly Cycling Team s.t.
47 Eros Capecchi Saunier Duval - Scott s.t.
48 Corey Collier Health Net presented by Maxxis s.t.
49 William Bonnet Crédit Agricole s.t.
50 Justin England Toyota - United Pro Cycling Team s.t.
51 Alexandr Kolobnev Team CSC s.t.
52 Bradley Wiggins Team High Road s.t.
53 Richard England Bissell Pro Cycling s.t.
54 Brock Curry Rock Racing s.t.
55 Aurélien Clerc Bouygues Télécom s.t.
56 Aaron Olson Bissell Pro Cycling s.t.
57 Arnold Alcolea Tecos de la Universidad Autonóma de Guadalajara s.t.
58 Kurt-Asle Arvesen Team CSC s.t.
59 Karl Menzies Health Net presented by Maxxis s.t.
60 Hubert Schwab Quick·Step s.t.
61 Luca Damiani Colavita - Sutter Home presented by Cooking Light s.t.
62 Martin Kohler BMC Racing Team s.t.
63 Denis Flahaut Saunier Duval - Scott s.t.
64 Vladimir Gusev Team Astana s.t.
65 Manuele Mori Saunier Duval - Scott s.t.
66 Gustavo Artacho Colavita - Sutter Home presented by Cooking Light s.t.
67 Jonathon Clarke Toyota - United Pro Cycling Team s.t.
68 George Hincapie Team High Road s.t.
69 Davide Frattini Colavita - Sutter Home presented by Cooking Light s.t.
70 Arnaud Labbe Bouygues Télécom s.t.
71 Fränk Schleck Team CSC s.t.
72 Reid Mumford Kelly Benefit Strategies - Medifast s.t.
73 Michael Rogers Team High Road s.t.
74 Danny Pate Slipstream - Chipotle powered by H3O s.t.
75 Morris Possoni Team High Road s.t.
76 David Zabriskie Slipstream - Chipotle powered by H3O s.t.
77 Henk Vogels Toyota - United Pro Cycling Team s.t.
78 Stefan Schumacher Gerolsteiner s.t.
79 Arkaitz Durán Saunier Duval - Scott s.t.
80 Ben Jacques-Maynes Bissell Pro Cycling s.t.
81 Joost Posthuma Rabobank s.t.
82 Stef Clement Bouygues Télécom s.t.
83 Scott Zwizanski Bissell Pro Cycling s.t.
84 Alberto Benítez Saunier Duval - Scott s.t.
85 Vincent Jérôme Bouygues Télécom s.t.
86 Michael Creed Rock Racing s.t.
87 Dan Bowman Kelly Benefit Strategies - Medifast s.t.
88 Justin Spinelli Kelly Benefit Strategies - Medifast s.t.
89 Theo Eltink Rabobank s.t.
90 David De la Fuente Saunier Duval - Scott s.t.
91 William Walker Rabobank s.t.
92 Bryce Mead Jelly Belly Cycling Team s.t.
93 Burke Swindlehurst Bissell Pro Cycling s.t.
94 Julien Mazet Team Astana s.t.
95 Nathan Miller BMC Racing Team s.t.
96 Josep Jufré Saunier Duval - Scott s.t.
97 Brian Buchholz Kelly Benefit Strategies - Medifast s.t.
98 Scott Nydam BMC Racing Team s.t.
99 Toni Colom Team Astana s.t.
100 Taylor Tolleson BMC Racing Team s.t.
101 Darren Lill BMC Racing Team s.t.
102 Ben Day Toyota - United Pro Cycling Team s.t.
103 Tucker Brown Colavita - Sutter Home presented by Cooking Light s.t.
104 Andrew Bajadali Kelly Benefit Strategies - Medifast s.t.
105 Andy Guptill Colavita - Sutter Home presented by Cooking Light s.t.
106 Karsten Kroon Team CSC s.t.
107 Edward King Bissell Pro Cycling s.t.
108 Anthony Colby Colavita - Sutter Home presented by Cooking Light s.t.
109 Matthias Ruß Gerolsteiner s.t.
110 Kyle Wamsley Colavita - Sutter Home presented by Cooking Light s.t.
111 Jérôme Pineau Bouygues Télécom s.t.
112 Jeremy Powers Jelly Belly Cycling Team s.t.
113 Nicolas Roche Crédit Agricole s.t.
114 Steve Morabito Team Astana s.t.
115 Chris Horner Team Astana s.t.
116 Christophe Le Mével Crédit Agricole s.t.
117 Laszló Bodrogi Crédit Agricole s.t.
118 Phil Zajicek Health Net presented by Maxxis s.t.
119 Michael Lange Jelly Belly Cycling Team + 4'32
120 Ian McKissick BMC Racing Team s.t.
121 Jan Boven Rabobank s.t.
122 Omer Kem Bissell Pro Cycling s.t.
123 Mark Hinnen Kelly Benefit Strategies - Medifast s.t.
124 Christophe Laurent Slipstream - Chipotle powered by H3O s.t.
125 Steven Cozza Slipstream - Chipotle powered by H3O s.t.
126 Kevin Klein Rock Racing s.t.
127 Kevin Seeldraeyers Quick·Step s.t.
128 Wilfried Cretskens Quick·Step s.t.
129 Johannes Fröhlinger Gerolsteiner s.t.
130 Steve Howard Bissell Pro Cycling s.t.
131 Adam Switters Rock Racing s.t.
132 Craig Lewis Team High Road s.t.
133 Timothy Duggan Slipstream - Chipotle powered by H3O s.t.
134 Michiel Elijzen Rabobank + 6'32
135 Carlo Westphal Gerolsteiner + 8'08
136 Blake Caldwell Slipstream - Chipotle powered by H3O + 8'32
137 Berik Kupeshov Team Astana + 9'12
138 Luis Alfredo Gutiérrez Tecos de la Universidad Autonóma de Guadalajara + 9'44
139 Doug Ollerenshaw Rock Racing + 10'16
140 Freddy Piamonte Tecos de la Universidad Autonóma de Guadalajara + 12'48
141 Jesús Del Nero Saunier Duval - Scott + 13'44
142 Perrig Quemeneur Bouygues Télécom s.t.
143 Kyle Gritters Health Net presented by Maxxis + 14'32
144 Sergei Ivanov Team Astana + 17'52
145 Antonio Cruz BMC Racing Team + 22'08
146 Angelo Furlan Crédit Agricole s.t.
 
wackojackohighcliffe
What a day!

A mid-mountain stage that should really shake up the classification and would need a really good tactical head. A chance to put my skills to the test.

The race looked like this:

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The predictable early break went today but looked strong.

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Halfway through the stage a group attacked and Arnoldo went with them.

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They soon bridged up to the breakaway.

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On the final climb Greg and Carlos attacked.

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Just before the flat Arnoldo attacked for the stage win.

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He blew the race apart to take the stage and the GC lead!!

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The stage finished:
Rank Name Team Time
1 Arnold Alcolea Tecos de la Universidad Autonóma de Guadalajara 3h43'47
2 Vladimir Gusev Team Astana + 45
3 Manuele Mori Saunier Duval - Scott s.t.
4 Fabian Cancellara Team CSC s.t.
5 Christophe Laurent Slipstream - Chipotle powered by H3O s.t.
6 Stef Clement Bouygues Télécom s.t.
7 William Walker Rabobank s.t.
8 George Hincapie Team High Road s.t.
9 Hubert Schwab Quick·Step s.t.
10 Nathan Miller BMC Racing Team s.t.
11 Ivan Stevic Toyota - United Pro Cycling Team + 2'24
12 Laszló Bodrogi Crédit Agricole s.t.
13 Scott Zwizanski Bissell Pro Cycling s.t.
14 Gregorio Ladino Tecos de la Universidad Autonóma de Guadalajara s.t.
15 Johannes Fröhlinger Gerolsteiner s.t.
16 Carlos Oyarzun Tecos de la Universidad Autonóma de Guadalajara + 3'32
17 Dimitri Fofonov Crédit Agricole + 3'55
18 David De la Fuente Saunier Duval - Scott s.t.
19 Bernardo Colex Tecos de la Universidad Autonóma de Guadalajara + 5'08
20 Matteo Carrara Quick·Step s.t.
21 Freddy Piamonte Tecos de la Universidad Autonóma de Guadalajara s.t.
22 Alexandr Kolobnev Team CSC s.t.
23 Yuri Trofimov Bouygues Télécom s.t.
24 Anthony Geslin Bouygues Télécom s.t.
25 Toni Colom Team Astana s.t.
26 Paolo Bettini Quick·Step s.t.
27 Brad Huff Jelly Belly Cycling Team s.t.
28 Arnaud Labbe Bouygues Télécom s.t.
29 John Murphy Health Net presented by Maxxis s.t.
30 Kyle Gritters Health Net presented by Maxxis s.t.
31 Sergei Ivanov Team Astana s.t.
32 Dmytro Grabovskyy Quick·Step s.t.
33 William Bonnet Crédit Agricole s.t.
34 Robert Förster Gerolsteiner s.t.
35 Corey Collier Health Net presented by Maxxis s.t.
36 Karl Menzies Health Net presented by Maxxis s.t.
37 Julian Dean Slipstream - Chipotle powered by H3O s.t.
38 Rodolfo Fernández Tecos de la Universidad Autonóma de Guadalajara s.t.
39 Kirk O'Bee Health Net presented by Maxxis s.t.
40 Óscar Freire Rabobank s.t.
41 Matthew Hayman Rabobank s.t.
42 Julien Mazet Team Astana s.t.
43 Alejandro Borrajo Colavita - Sutter Home presented by Cooking Light s.t.
44 Gil Cordovés Tecos de la Universidad Autonóma de Guadalajara s.t.
45 Morris Possoni Team High Road s.t.
46 Kanstantsin Siutsou Team High Road s.t.
47 Iván Domínguez Toyota - United Pro Cycling Team s.t.
48 Kyle Wamsley Colavita - Sutter Home presented by Cooking Light s.t.
49 Mark Cavendish Team High Road s.t.
50 Nicolas Roche Crédit Agricole s.t.
51 Dominique Rollin Toyota - United Pro Cycling Team s.t.
52 Jeremy Hunt Crédit Agricole s.t.
53 Fred Rodriguez Rock Racing s.t.
54 Jan Boven Rabobank s.t.
55 Kevin Klein Rock Racing s.t.
56 Jérôme Pineau Bouygues Télécom s.t.
57 Perrig Quemeneur Bouygues Télécom s.t.
58 Matthias Ruß Gerolsteiner s.t.
59 Steven Cozza Slipstream - Chipotle powered by H3O s.t.
60 Alex Candelario Kelly Benefit Strategies - Medifast s.t.
61 Scott Nydam BMC Racing Team s.t.
62 Michael Rogers Team High Road s.t.
63 Craig Lewis Team High Road s.t.
64 Chris Horner Team Astana s.t.
65 Luca Damiani Colavita - Sutter Home presented by Cooking Light s.t.
66 Tyler Farrar Slipstream - Chipotle powered by H3O s.t.
67 Angelo Furlan Crédit Agricole s.t.
68 Luis Alfredo Gutiérrez Tecos de la Universidad Autonóma de Guadalajara s.t.
69 Adam Switters Rock Racing s.t.
70 Gustavo Artacho Colavita - Sutter Home presented by Cooking Light s.t.
71 Alexander Efimkin Quick·Step s.t.
72 Reid Mumford Kelly Benefit Strategies - Medifast s.t.
73 Tomas Vaitkus Team Astana s.t.
74 Kevin Seeldraeyers Quick·Step s.t.
75 Sterling Magnell Rock Racing s.t.
76 Mark Hinnen Kelly Benefit Strategies - Medifast s.t.
77 Davide Frattini Colavita - Sutter Home presented by Cooking Light s.t.
78 Andy Guptill Colavita - Sutter Home presented by Cooking Light s.t.
79 Thor Hushovd Crédit Agricole s.t.
80 Timothy Duggan Slipstream - Chipotle powered by H3O s.t.
81 Blake Caldwell Slipstream - Chipotle powered by H3O s.t.
82 André Greipel Team High Road s.t.
83 Anthony Colby Colavita - Sutter Home presented by Cooking Light s.t.
84 Bradley Wiggins Team High Road s.t.
85 Danny Pate Slipstream - Chipotle powered by H3O s.t.
86 Stefan Schumacher Gerolsteiner s.t.
87 Matt Cooke Health Net presented by Maxxis s.t.
88 Theo Eltink Rabobank s.t.
89 Doug Ollerenshaw Rock Racing s.t.
90 Michael Lange Jelly Belly Cycling Team s.t.
91 Michiel Elijzen Rabobank s.t.
92 Scott Tietzel Jelly Belly Cycling Team s.t.
93 David Zabriskie Slipstream - Chipotle powered by H3O s.t.
94 Phil Zajicek Health Net presented by Maxxis s.t.
95 Jeremy Powers Jelly Belly Cycling Team s.t.
96 Tucker Brown Colavita - Sutter Home presented by Cooking Light s.t.
97 Kevin Lacombe Kelly Benefit Strategies - Medifast s.t.
98 Matt Rice Jelly Belly Cycling Team s.t.
99 Aaron Tuckerman Jelly Belly Cycling Team s.t.
100 Bernard Van Ulden Jelly Belly Cycling Team s.t.
101 Joost Posthuma Rabobank s.t.
102 Edward King Bissell Pro Cycling s.t.
103 Bryce Mead Jelly Belly Cycling Team s.t.
104 Richard England Bissell Pro Cycling s.t.
105 Ben Jacques-Maynes Bissell Pro Cycling s.t.
106 Aaron Olson Bissell Pro Cycling s.t.
107 Burke Swindlehurst Bissell Pro Cycling s.t.
108 Vincent Jérôme Bouygues Télécom s.t.
109 Eros Capecchi Saunier Duval - Scott s.t.
110 Kurt-Asle Arvesen Team CSC s.t.
111 Matti Breschel Team CSC s.t.
112 Justin England Toyota - United Pro Cycling Team s.t.
113 Arkaitz Durán Saunier Duval - Scott s.t.
114 Christopher Baldwin Toyota - United Pro Cycling Team s.t.
115 Jesús Del Nero Saunier Duval - Scott s.t.
116 Stuart O'Grady Team CSC s.t.
117 Martin Kohler BMC Racing Team s.t.
118 Taylor Tolleson BMC Racing Team s.t.
119 Antonio Cruz BMC Racing Team s.t.
120 Henk Vogels Toyota - United Pro Cycling Team s.t.
121 Darren Lill BMC Racing Team s.t.
122 Sébastien Rosseler Quick·Step s.t.
123 Ian McKissick BMC Racing Team s.t.
124 Jonathon Clarke Toyota - United Pro Cycling Team s.t.
125 Wilfried Cretskens Quick·Step s.t.
126 Alberto Benítez Saunier Duval - Scott s.t.
127 Dan Bowman Kelly Benefit Strategies - Medifast s.t.
128 Christophe Le Mével Crédit Agricole s.t.
129 Brian Buchholz Kelly Benefit Strategies - Medifast s.t.
130 Justin Spinelli Kelly Benefit Strategies - Medifast s.t.
131 Josep Jufré Saunier Duval - Scott s.t.
132 Steve Morabito Team Astana s.t.
133 Andrew Bajadali Kelly Benefit Strategies - Medifast s.t.
134 Frank Pipp Health Net presented by Maxxis + 9'30
135 Berik Kupeshov Team Astana s.t.
136 Aurélien Clerc Bouygues Télécom s.t.
137 Carlo Westphal Gerolsteiner + 10'26
138 Brock Curry Rock Racing s.t.
139 Michael Creed Rock Racing s.t.
140 Steve Howard Bissell Pro Cycling s.t.
141 Karsten Kroon Team CSC s.t.
142 Denis Flahaut Saunier Duval - Scott s.t.
143 Fränk Schleck Team CSC s.t.
144 Omer Kem Bissell Pro Cycling s.t.
145 Jens Voigt Team CSC s.t.
146 Ben Day Toyota - United Pro Cycling Team + 20'02

And the GC looks like this:
Rank Name Team Time
1 Arnold Alcolea Tecos de la Universidad Autonóma de Guadalajara 12h25'38
2 Fabian Cancellara Team CSC + 57
3 George Hincapie Team High Road + 1'09
4 Vladimir Gusev Team Astana + 1'12
5 Manuele Mori Saunier Duval - Scott + 1'17
6 Hubert Schwab Quick·Step + 1'21
7 William Walker Rabobank + 1'23
8 Stef Clement Bouygues Télécom + 1'33
9 Scott Zwizanski Bissell Pro Cycling + 2'53
10 Gregorio Ladino Tecos de la Universidad Autonóma de Guadalajara + 3'07
11 Laszló Bodrogi Crédit Agricole + 3'19
12 Carlos Oyarzun Tecos de la Universidad Autonóma de Guadalajara + 3'47
13 Nathan Miller BMC Racing Team + 4'28
14 David De la Fuente Saunier Duval - Scott + 4'31
15 Dimitri Fofonov Crédit Agricole + 5'06
16 David Zabriskie Slipstream - Chipotle powered by H3O + 5'20
17 Bradley Wiggins Team High Road + 5'24
18 Sébastien Rosseler Quick·Step s.t.
19 Tomas Vaitkus Team Astana + 5'28
20 Stuart O'Grady Team CSC s.t.
21 Toni Colom Team Astana + 5'31
22 Dmytro Grabovskyy Quick·Step s.t.
23 Michael Rogers Team High Road + 5'32
24 Thor Hushovd Crédit Agricole s.t.
25 Dominique Rollin Toyota - United Pro Cycling Team + 5'35
26 Chris Horner Team Astana s.t.
27 Corey Collier Health Net presented by Maxxis + 5'36
28 Kirk O'Bee Health Net presented by Maxxis s.t.
29 Rodolfo Fernández Tecos de la Universidad Autonóma de Guadalajara s.t.
30 Darren Lill BMC Racing Team s.t.
31 Steve Morabito Team Astana s.t.
32 Mark Cavendish Team High Road + 5'39
33 Bernardo Colex Tecos de la Universidad Autonóma de Guadalajara + 5'40
34 Matthew Hayman Rabobank s.t.
35 Julien Mazet Team Astana s.t.
36 Jérôme Pineau Bouygues Télécom s.t.
37 Martin Kohler BMC Racing Team s.t.
38 Brian Buchholz Kelly Benefit Strategies - Medifast s.t.
39 Ivan Stevic Toyota - United Pro Cycling Team + 5'42
40 Matteo Carrara Quick·Step + 5'43
41 Sterling Magnell Rock Racing s.t.
42 Theo Eltink Rabobank s.t.
43 Paolo Bettini Quick·Step + 5'44
44 Jeremy Hunt Crédit Agricole s.t.
45 Fred Rodriguez Rock Racing s.t.
46 Alex Candelario Kelly Benefit Strategies - Medifast s.t.
47 Alexander Efimkin Quick·Step s.t.
48 Dan Bowman Kelly Benefit Strategies - Medifast s.t.
49 Andy Guptill Colavita - Sutter Home presented by Cooking Light + 5'47
50 Justin Spinelli Kelly Benefit Strategies - Medifast s.t.
51 Josep Jufré Saunier Duval - Scott + 5'51
52 Óscar Freire Rabobank + 5'52
53 Gil Cordovés Tecos de la Universidad Autonóma de Guadalajara s.t.
54 Kanstantsin Siutsou Team High Road s.t.
55 André Greipel Team High Road s.t.
56 Jonathon Clarke Toyota - United Pro Cycling Team + 5'55
57 Julian Dean Slipstream - Chipotle powered by H3O + 5'56
58 Alejandro Borrajo Colavita - Sutter Home presented by Cooking Light s.t.
59 Gustavo Artacho Colavita - Sutter Home presented by Cooking Light s.t.
60 Morris Possoni Team High Road + 5'59
61 Kurt-Asle Arvesen Team CSC s.t.
62 Matti Breschel Team CSC s.t.
63 Anthony Colby Colavita - Sutter Home presented by Cooking Light + 6'00
64 Joost Posthuma Rabobank s.t.
65 Reid Mumford Kelly Benefit Strategies - Medifast + 6'03
66 Ben Jacques-Maynes Bissell Pro Cycling s.t.
67 Phil Zajicek Health Net presented by Maxxis + 6'04
68 Henk Vogels Toyota - United Pro Cycling Team s.t.
69 Stefan Schumacher Gerolsteiner + 6'07
70 Scott Tietzel Jelly Belly Cycling Team s.t.
71 Anthony Geslin Bouygues Télécom + 6'11
72 William Bonnet Crédit Agricole s.t.
73 Karl Menzies Health Net presented by Maxxis s.t.
74 Scott Nydam BMC Racing Team s.t.
75 Matt Cooke Health Net presented by Maxxis s.t.
76 Danny Pate Slipstream - Chipotle powered by H3O s.t.
77 Edward King Bissell Pro Cycling s.t.
78 Eros Capecchi Saunier Duval - Scott s.t.
79 Yuri Trofimov Bouygues Télécom + 6'12
80 Nicolas Roche Crédit Agricole s.t.
81 Matthias Ruß Gerolsteiner s.t.
82 Tyler Farrar Slipstream - Chipotle powered by H3O s.t.
83 Bernard Van Ulden Jelly Belly Cycling Team s.t.
84 Andrew Bajadali Kelly Benefit Strategies - Medifast s.t.
85 Luca Damiani Colavita - Sutter Home presented by Cooking Light + 6'15
86 Iván Domínguez Toyota - United Pro Cycling Team + 6'16
87 Alberto Benítez Saunier Duval - Scott s.t.
88 Alexandr Kolobnev Team CSC + 6'19
89 John Murphy Health Net presented by Maxxis s.t.
90 Arnaud Labbe Bouygues Télécom s.t.
91 Vincent Jérôme Bouygues Télécom s.t.
92 Christophe Le Mével Crédit Agricole s.t.
93 Kyle Wamsley Colavita - Sutter Home presented by Cooking Light + 6'20
94 Burke Swindlehurst Bissell Pro Cycling s.t.
95 Christophe Laurent Slipstream - Chipotle powered by H3O + 6'24
96 Johannes Fröhlinger Gerolsteiner + 8'03
97 Aaron Tuckerman Jelly Belly Cycling Team + 8'15
98 Jeremy Powers Jelly Belly Cycling Team + 8'24
99 Matt Rice Jelly Belly Cycling Team + 8'29
100 Christopher Baldwin Toyota - United Pro Cycling Team + 8'32
101 Richard England Bissell Pro Cycling + 8'43
102 Kevin Lacombe Kelly Benefit Strategies - Medifast + 8'45
103 Brad Huff Jelly Belly Cycling Team + 9'00
104 Bryce Mead Jelly Belly Cycling Team s.t.
105 Davide Frattini Colavita - Sutter Home presented by Cooking Light + 9'09
106 Justin England Toyota - United Pro Cycling Team + 9'23
107 Jan Boven Rabobank + 10'12
108 Kevin Klein Rock Racing + 10'15
109 Kevin Seeldraeyers Quick·Step + 10'19
110 Robert Förster Gerolsteiner + 10'20
111 Wilfried Cretskens Quick·Step s.t.
112 Frank Pipp Health Net presented by Maxxis + 10'25
113 Steven Cozza Slipstream - Chipotle powered by H3O + 10'35
114 Aurélien Clerc Bouygues Télécom + 10'41
115 Craig Lewis Team High Road + 10'52
116 Fränk Schleck Team CSC + 11'22
117 Jens Voigt Team CSC s.t.
118 Karsten Kroon Team CSC + 11'29
119 Michael Creed Rock Racing + 11'30
120 Denis Flahaut Saunier Duval - Scott + 11'38
121 Arkaitz Durán Saunier Duval - Scott + 11'39
122 Aaron Olson Bissell Pro Cycling + 11'52
123 Tucker Brown Colavita - Sutter Home presented by Cooking Light + 12'04
124 Taylor Tolleson BMC Racing Team + 12'11
125 Michael Lange Jelly Belly Cycling Team + 12'56
126 Timothy Duggan Slipstream - Chipotle powered by H3O + 13'23
127 Adam Switters Rock Racing + 14'19
128 Michiel Elijzen Rabobank + 14'35
129 Luis Alfredo Gutiérrez Tecos de la Universidad Autonóma de Guadalajara + 15'35
130 Doug Ollerenshaw Rock Racing + 15'56
131 Mark Hinnen Kelly Benefit Strategies - Medifast + 16'08
132 Omer Kem Bissell Pro Cycling + 16'09
133 Ian McKissick BMC Racing Team + 16'43
134 Brock Curry Rock Racing + 17'06
135 Freddy Piamonte Tecos de la Universidad Autonóma de Guadalajara + 19'00
136 Perrig Quemeneur Bouygues Télécom + 19'16
137 Jesús Del Nero Saunier Duval - Scott + 19'50
138 Blake Caldwell Slipstream - Chipotle powered by H3O + 20'43
139 Kyle Gritters Health Net presented by Maxxis + 20'47
140 Steve Howard Bissell Pro Cycling + 22'09
141 Sergei Ivanov Team Astana + 23'30
142 Ben Day Toyota - United Pro Cycling Team + 23'38
143 Carlo Westphal Gerolsteiner + 25'49
144 Angelo Furlan Crédit Agricole + 28'00
145 Berik Kupeshov Team Astana s.t.
146 Antonio Cruz BMC Racing Team + 28'19

Arnoldo has the young riders jersey as wel and Freddy Piamonte is second.

Tommorows tricky hilly stage is crucial as I can't afford to let Arnoldo lose time to second-placed Cancellara before the important TT.
 
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