Grand Prix d'Ouverture La Marseillaise is a single-day road bicycle race held annually in February around the city of Marseille, France. It is usually the first race of the European calendar.
2011 Route
Allauch - Aubagne
This year's route is a lot easier than last few years. It can now be considered a sprinter's classics, rather than hilly one. The race should be easier to control, and we should expect bunch sprint for the win.
Sky Squad
Geraint Thomas will begin his season here. He's definitely highest profile rider in the race, but clearly out shape. CJ Sutton will be our man here and we are hoping with a victory with him, adding that he has good shape after Tour Down Under. The rest of the team will support him.
Stephen Cummings is one of the early attackers. Joined by four other riders, they create first break of the day.
The peleton is led by FDJ and Topsport at high pace. The break is caught shortly thereafter.
It's Preben Van Hecke ( Topsport ) who animates the seconds attack. This time it's Kurt Asle Arvesen who is following. Hopefully, this break will stick around for longer.
The breakaway of the day is made. Although they seem unlikely to succeed, as they are never given more than two minutes lead.
With 30km to go the break had been caught. Robert Hayles ( Endura ) is lonely attacker, hoping for a solo victory. Arvesen, as our road captain makes the decision not too chase him back too early.
It was good decision as FDJ lead the peleton, closing the gap to Hayles, saving us from additional work.
12km to go and our train is formed. We are looking super strong today. Arvesen is the leading rider so far and still has plenty of energy. We feel very postive, and bit secure with good lead-out ready for Sutton.
When Geraint Thomas took over, the race literally blew apart. His brilliant flat and lead out skills helped us to create a gap between Hunt and the peleton. Though Sutton's couldn't hang onto Hun't wheel. Now this race will either end with epic fail or epic win !
500metres to go and Hunt is still leading, thanks to Thomas superb lead-out. Will he survive and get very unexpected win here ?
Yes, he will. Amazing feat by our team today. Although can't help thinking we could have made it 1-2 if Sutton didn't loose Hunt's wheel. Hunt takes his first win in our team. Great team effort.
Results
1
Jeremy Hunt
Sky ProCycling
4h52'29
2
Paul Martens
Rabobank Cycling Team
s.t.
3
Anthony Geslin
FDJ
s.t.
4
Tom Leezer
Rabobank Cycling Team
s.t.
5
Ariel Maximiliano Richeze
D'Angelo & Antenucci - Nippo
s.t.
6
Samuel Dumoulin
Cofidis, le crédit en ligne
s.t.
7
Bert De Waele
Landbouwkrediet
s.t.
8
Bert Scheirlinckx
Landbouwkrediet
s.t.
9
Denis Flahaut
Roubaix Lille Métropole
s.t.
10
René Obst
Team NSP
s.t.
11
Markus Fothen
Team NSP
s.t.
12
Christopher Sutton
Sky ProCycling
s.t.
13
Cyril Lemoine
Saur - Sojasun
s.t.
14
Geraint Thomas
Sky ProCycling
s.t.
15
Kenny De Ketele
Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator
s.t.
Spoiler
16
Robert Hayles
Endura Racing
s.t.
17
Geoffroy Lequatre
Team RadioShack
s.t.
18
Nicolas Vogondy
Cofidis, le crédit en ligne
s.t.
19
Yaroslav Popovych
Team RadioShack
s.t.
20
Stijn Joseph
Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator
s.t.
21
Preben Van Hecke
Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator
s.t.
22
Koen Barbé
Landbouwkrediet
s.t.
23
Jelle Wallays
Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator
s.t.
24
Bauke Mollema
Rabobank Cycling Team
s.t.
25
Steven Van Vooren
Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator
s.t.
26
Pierrick Fédrigo
FDJ
s.t.
27
Bram Tankink
Rabobank Cycling Team
s.t.
28
Sébastien Joly
Saur - Sojasun
s.t.
29
Reinier Honig
Landbouwkrediet
s.t.
30
Benoît Vaugrenard
FDJ
s.t.
31
Kevin Lalouette
Roubaix Lille Métropole
s.t.
32
Jos Van Emden
Rabobank Cycling Team
s.t.
33
Davide Appollonio
Sky ProCycling
s.t.
34
Johan Coenen
Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator
s.t.
35
Matthew Busche
Team RadioShack
s.t.
36
Benjamin Gourgue
Landbouwkrediet
s.t.
37
Rick Flens
Rabobank Cycling Team
s.t.
38
Anthony Roux
FDJ
s.t.
39
Haimar Zubeldia
Team RadioShack
s.t.
40
Stephen Cummings
Sky ProCycling
s.t.
41
Rafaâ Chtioui
Acqua & Sapone
s.t.
42
Giuseppe Muraglia
D'Angelo & Antenucci - Nippo
s.t.
43
Danilo Andrenacci
D'Angelo & Antenucci - Nippo
s.t.
44
Russell Downing
Sky ProCycling
s.t.
45
Baptiste Planckaert
Landbouwkrediet
s.t.
46
Paul Voss
Endura Racing
s.t.
47
Jérémy Roy
FDJ
s.t.
48
Camilo Suárez
Colombia es Pasión - Café de Colombia
s.t.
49
Kurt-Asle Arvesen
Sky ProCycling
s.t.
50
Matthieu Ladagnous
FDJ
s.t.
51
Bernardo Riccio
D'Angelo & Antenucci - Nippo
s.t.
52
Aidis Kruopis
Landbouwkrediet
s.t.
53
Cyril Gautier
Team Europcar
s.t.
54
René Mandri
Endura Racing
s.t.
55
Adrien Petit
Cofidis, le crédit en ligne
s.t.
56
Fabrice Jeandesboz
Saur - Sojasun
s.t.
57
Sébastien Turgot
Team Europcar
s.t.
58
Alejandro Marque
Onda
s.t.
59
Fortunato Baliani
D'Angelo & Antenucci - Nippo
s.t.
60
Justin Jules
Velo-Club La Pomme Marseille
s.t.
61
Julien Simon
Saur - Sojasun
s.t.
62
Tino Thömel
Team NSP
s.t.
63
Daniel Ricardo Díaz
Velo-Club La Pomme Marseille
s.t.
64
Alexander Zdanov
D'Angelo & Antenucci - Nippo
s.t.
65
Guillaume Le Floch
Team Europcar
s.t.
66
Dimitriy Muravyev
Team RadioShack
s.t.
67
Mathieu Drujon
Big Mat - Auber 93
s.t.
68
Matthias Mortka
Team NSP
s.t.
69
Steve Chainel
FDJ
s.t.
70
Jonathan Hivert
Saur - Sojasun
s.t.
71
Alex Dowsett
Sky ProCycling
s.t.
72
Daniel Silva
Onda
s.t.
73
Pieter Serry
Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator
s.t.
74
Jarl Salomein
Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator
s.t.
75
Morgan Kneisky
Roubaix Lille Métropole
s.t.
76
Gaetan Bille
Wallonie Bruxelles - Crédit Agricole
s.t.
77
Gianni Meersman
FDJ
s.t.
78
Florian Vachon
Bretagne - Schuller
s.t.
79
Sérgio Ribeiro
Barbot - Efapel
s.t.
80
Guillaume Blot
Bretagne - Schuller
s.t.
81
Henry Frusto
D'Angelo & Antenucci - Nippo
s.t.
82
Michał Kwiatkowski
Team RadioShack
s.t.
83
Pierre Rolland
Team Europcar
s.t.
84
Jonas Vangenechten
Wallonie Bruxelles - Crédit Agricole
s.t.
85
Christophe Laborie
Saur - Sojasun
s.t.
86
Markus Eichler
Team NSP
s.t.
87
Nicolas Bonnet
Roubaix Lille Métropole
s.t.
88
Fumiyuki Beppu
Team RadioShack
s.t.
89
Cyril Bessy
Saur - Sojasun
s.t.
90
Ricardo Mestre
Tavira - Prio
s.t.
91
Julien Antomarchi
Velo-Club La Pomme Marseille
s.t.
92
Yannick Talabardon
Saur - Sojasun
s.t.
93
Kevyn Ista
Cofidis, le crédit en ligne
s.t.
94
Jean-Luc Delpech
Bretagne - Schuller
s.t.
95
Lucas Schädlich
Team NSP
s.t.
96
Steven Tronet
Roubaix Lille Métropole
s.t.
97
Jack Bauer
Endura Racing
s.t.
98
Stéphane Bonsergent
Bretagne - Schuller
s.t.
99
Jon Pardo
Onda
s.t.
100
Maarten De Jonge
Endura Racing
s.t.
101
Olivier Pardini
Wallonie Bruxelles - Crédit Agricole
s.t.
102
Nicolas Edet
Cofidis, le crédit en ligne
s.t.
103
Fabian Bruno
Team NSP
s.t.
104
Julien El Fares
Cofidis, le crédit en ligne
s.t.
105
Jonathan Thiré
Big Mat - Auber 93
s.t.
106
Thomas Fothen
Team NSP
s.t.
107
Robert Partridge
Endura Racing
s.t.
108
Pieter Weening
Rabobank Cycling Team
s.t.
109
Damien Monier
Cofidis, le crédit en ligne
s.t.
110
Stefano Garzelli
Acqua & Sapone
s.t.
111
Franck Bouyer
Team Europcar
s.t.
112
Célio Sousa
Onda
s.t.
113
Toms Skujins
Velo-Club La Pomme Marseille
s.t.
114
Arnaud Molmy
Big Mat - Auber 93
s.t.
115
Nico Sijmens
Cofidis, le crédit en ligne
s.t.
116
Sérgio Sousa
Barbot - Efapel
s.t.
117
David Clarke
Endura Racing
s.t.
118
Renaud Dion
Bretagne - Schuller
s.t.
119
Juan Forero
Colombia es Pasión - Café de Colombia
s.t.
120
Sylvain Georges
Big Mat - Auber 93
s.t.
121
Alberto Morrás
Onda
s.t.
122
Fabio Taborre
Acqua & Sapone
s.t.
123
Cesar Fonte
Barbot - Efapel
s.t.
124
Anthony Charteau
Team Europcar
s.t.
125
Delio Fernández
Onda
s.t.
126
Robinson Chalapud
Colombia es Pasión - Café de Colombia
s.t.
127
Stef Clement
Rabobank Cycling Team
s.t.
128
Fabio Polazzi
Wallonie Bruxelles - Crédit Agricole
s.t.
129
Carlos Betancourt
Acqua & Sapone
s.t.
130
Flavien Dassonville
Big Mat - Auber 93
s.t.
131
Hugo Salazar
Colombia es Pasión - Café de Colombia
s.t.
132
Raúl Alarcón
Barbot - Efapel
s.t.
133
Nicolas Rousseau
Big Mat - Auber 93
s.t.
134
Víctor Hugo Peña
Colombia es Pasión - Café de Colombia
s.t.
135
Junya Sano
D'Angelo & Antenucci - Nippo
s.t.
136
Mathieu Delaroziere
Velo-Club La Pomme Marseille
s.t.
137
Álex Cano Ardila
Colombia es Pasión - Café de Colombia
s.t.
138
Benjamin Giraud
Velo-Club La Pomme Marseille
s.t.
139
Jean-Marc Bideau
Bretagne - Schuller
s.t.
140
Cayetano Sarmiento
Acqua & Sapone
s.t.
141
Esteban Chaves
Colombia es Pasión - Café de Colombia
s.t.
142
Eric Berthou
Bretagne - Schuller
s.t.
143
Vladimir Miholjevic
Acqua & Sapone
s.t.
144
Jonathan Bertrand
Wallonie Bruxelles - Crédit Agricole
s.t.
145
James Moss
Endura Racing
s.t.
146
John Darwin Atapuma
Colombia es Pasión - Café de Colombia
s.t.
147
Matthieu Halleguen
Bretagne - Schuller
s.t.
148
Matti Helminen
Landbouwkrediet
s.t.
149
Nelson Oliveira
Team RadioShack
s.t.
150
Filipe Cardoso
Barbot - Efapel
s.t.
151
Benoît Daeninck
Roubaix Lille Métropole
s.t.
152
Thomas Vaubourzeix
Velo-Club La Pomme Marseille
+ 3'22
153
Luis Silva
Tavira - Prio
s.t.
154
Robin Steenuit
Wallonie Bruxelles - Crédit Agricole
s.t.
155
Rui Sousa
Barbot - Efapel
s.t.
156
Alexandre Pichot
Team Europcar
s.t.
157
Kevin Reza
Team Europcar
s.t.
158
Paolo Ciavatta
Acqua & Sapone
+ 3'47
159
Henrijs Vimba
Velo-Club La Pomme Marseille
s.t.
160
Jerome Giaux
Wallonie Bruxelles - Crédit Agricole
s.t.
161
David Livramento
Tavira - Prio
s.t.
162
Diogo Nunes
Tavira - Prio
s.t.
163
João Pereira
Tavira - Prio
s.t.
164
Francesco Di Paolo
Acqua & Sapone
+ 6'37
165
Christophe Premont
Wallonie Bruxelles - Crédit Agricole
s.t.
After-Race Meeting
The rider of the race ? Hmmm... first race back and it's becasue of his lead-out skills we won, Geraint is the man. Already showing how talented he is. Although the final didn't go right to the plan, we are still very happy with the ending result.
Other Race Results and Janury Summary coming up tomorrow ! Hope you enjoyed the report. Stay Tuned and Comment if you may.
FreitasPCM wrote:
A very good win from Hunt. And also a positive Down Under.
Yea agreed, will be essential rider in our cobbled classics so nice to se him in good early form. Thanks
roturn wrote:
This was indeed unexpected.
Brilliant lead-out. You should definitely teach me.
Aye, quite I guess Thomas Flat skill compared to the other riders was soo better he just rode away, even with his fitness low. You are definitely getting better in lead-outs And I am not really that good at sprints Let's see if I prove my skills in Qatar first.
dienblad wrote:
The same for me. Brilliant leadout, need too learn from you (altough I have none with the flat skills as Thomas)
Thomas flat skills help a lot. Well, let's see what I can do in Qatar, and if I do similar I might thrown in few tips, though I don't think I have any Thanks
Axletig wrote:
Great leasd out skills by Thomas.
Another win on the board.
Thanks very much ! Great to have you on board and commenting Yea, Thomas was the reason we won, always happy with a win
tsmoha wrote:
Great win, great screens! Great story
Thanks very much !
valverde321 wrote:
Yeah nice win by Hunt, and nice screens too!
Thanks, trying y best with the screens. Getting used to it again, after a month break from PCM
Tour de San Luis
The Tour de San Luis is a road cycling race held in San Luis Province, Argentina. The race consists of only a men's competition over a prologue and five stages.
1
Giampaolo Caruso
Katusha Team
24h48'52
2
Bert de Waele
Landbouwkrediet
+2
3
Markus fothen
Team NSP
+18
4
Remmert Wieligna
Itera - Katusha
+49
5
Jesús Herrada
Movistar Team
+1'03
6
Jacobus Venter
Verenda's Willems - Accent
+1'14
7
Rubén Plaza
Movistar Team
+1'16
8
Mario Brushegin
Movistar Team
+1'21
9
Vladimir Karpets
Katusha Team
+1'41
10
Daniel Moreno
Katusha Team
+2'12
Giro della Calabria
The Giro della Provincia di Reggio Calabria is a road bicycle race held annually in Province of Reggio Calabria, Italy. It was first held in 1920 but the number of stages in the last 10 years changed a lot between 1 and 4 stages.
Route 2011
Stage 1
Stage 2
Stage 3
Results
1
Diego Ulissi
Lampre - ISD
+12h27'24
2
Frederik Kessiakoff
Pro Team Astana
+1'01
3
Francesco Masciarelli
Pro Team Astana
+1'21
4
Przemyslaw Niemiec
Lampre - ISD
+1'45
5
Dario Cataldo
Quickstep Cycling Team
+1'49
6
Evgeni Petrov
Pro Team Astana
+2'01
7
Blaz Jarc
Adrin Mobil
+2'04
8
Andrey Kashechkin
Lampre - ISD
+2'13
9
Vladimir Efimkin
Team Type 1
+2'15
10
Francesco Bellotti
Liguigas - Cannondale
+2'26
GP Costa degli Etruschi
San Vicenzo - Donoratico
The Gran Premio della Costa Etruschi is a one day professional cycling race between the towns of San Vincenzo and Donoratico on the Tuscany coast in Italy. The 193 kilometre long race takes place at the beginning of February.
Haha. Fothen 3rd in San Luis. Good joke, next one.
Also nice to see Förster doing well, his transfer to UHC was indeed pretty good for him, in real and in your story. No chance for all the Italians behind.
@Roturn Thanks. Yeah it was good move by Förster. Quite funny to see all the Italians behind him
January Sumary
Races and Winners - January
The new season started with 7 big races in January. Topping the list was Pro Tour race - Tour Down Under. It was our only race, which we performed admirably finishing on 2nd and 3rd Overall.
2nd biggest race in Malysia was won by Matteo Rabottini. Surprsing winner, beat creknowec climbers such as Kiserlovski ( Astana ) or Cobo ( Geox ). In the sprints, Kenny van Hummel showed his strength with two wins.
Giro della Calabria was the last stage race this January and dominated by young Italian star, Diego Ullisi. Grand Prix d'Ouverture La Marseillaise was the first classics of the season, with another unexpected winner. Jeremy hunt. Who we are very pelased for.
Rankings
UCI Pro Tour rankings
Indiviudal Rankings
Team Rankings
CQ Rankings
Indiviudal Rankings
Team Rankings
UCI Continental Rankings
Indiviudal Rankings
Team Rankings
Finances
Quick overview of where we stand with our finances and how we spend our budget montly, as well as how much we are gaining from competitions, like Tour Down Under, where we performed quite good.
Magazine
Jurgen Van Den Broeck Interview
Simon Gerrans was picked by the public and the newspapers editors as the rider of the month. Usually the award goes to winner of Tour Down Under, but Simon with a 3rd in Nationals, Stage Win, 2nd Overall and Climber's Jersey is a worthy winner indeed.
Cameron Meyer takes young rider after his 3rd place in National Time Trial Championships.
Palamares
Here you can take look at our two rider's biggest palamares this January.
February Race Calendar
Days
Country
Category
Race
Stages
6/02 - 11/2
2.1
Tour of Qatar
6
9/02 - 13/2
2.1
Tour of Méditerranéen
5
15/02 - 20/02
2.1
Tour of Oman
6
20/02 - 24/02
2.1
Vuelta a Andalucía
5
26/2
1.1
GP Dell' Insubria - Lugano
1
26/2
1.HC
Omloop Het Nieuwsblad
1
27/2
1.1
Kuurne - Bruxelles - Kuurne
1
Tour of Oman
Tour of Oman is the most important stage-race for us this February. Arguably the most prestigious as well, we will target the sprints with Edvlad Boasson Hagen. This year's edition also includes tough finish on the Green Mountain and hilly time trial.
Omloop Het Nieuwsblad
The classics that opens the cobble season. And one of the most important too. Last year Juan Antonio Flecha took amazing first win for his new team Sky with solo ride. We hope we can make it two in a row.
Hope you Enjoyed The Month Summary. We are off to Qatar now, wish us luck !
laidbackmarc wrote:
Wow really detailed story! Great work!
Thanks very much ! Great to hear as you are one of the best presenters of the stories and teams too Thanks again ! Very much appreciated.
jt1109 wrote:
pretty awesome lead out by Gee hopefully he can do more like that this season!
Thanks Yea, hoping for the same. G should be the most essential rider in every race he rides, so you will see him a lot
Sorry for no race updates. Been quite buys after I wrote the Month Summary. Tomorrow expect Tour of Qatar preview and first 2 stages. Thanks very much for reading, following and commenting everyone ! Stay Tuned
The Tour of Qatar is a road bicycle race race held in Qatar and is part of the UCI Asia Tour. The race consists of a men's competition over six stages. The race contains only flat stages, so it is usually won by a sprinter.
Route 2011
The 2011 route is very similar to the 2010 one. The TTT is replaced by 2km prologue. 5 flat stages will decide the winner, who more than likely will be a pure sprinter.
Stage 1
Stage 2
Stage 3
Stage 4
Stage 5
Stage 6
Sky Tour of Qatar Team
Geraint Thomas is our leader here - on paper. Definitely Christopher Sutton is our definte sprinter here, clearly with the best shape. The squad is here to help him all the way, if everything goes good on the day, you might see 8 riders lead-out from us.
Last minute change, Juan Antonio Flecha will join the squad and replace injured Stephen Cummings. With Flecha and Geraint in our train, I think we just might control the sprints
Sutton must be the favourite here I think. Rider with most raced days in the season so far, and with the strongest team support too. Förster might be a dark horse here already with a win in a very good field. We don't know much about the other sprinters form, so we will take it day by day who is the marked man here.
Tour of Qatar begins with a stage that coulnd't be shorter. Only 2km's long, it suits powerful riders. Great course for Geraint, but he isn't in form. We don't expect really great result here. On paper, the big contender should be young Italian, Malori and in-form Australian, Rory Sutherland.
David Veilleux is one of the first starters out of the gatehouse and sets an respectable time, beating the best time by massive 2 seconds.
3'06
Nobody expected anything big from Enrico Gasparotto today. Well, everybody was wrong as Enrico rode the best prologue of his life. 4 seconds faster than Veilleux, could he get surprising victory here ?
3'02
Pavel Brutt isn't know for his prologue skills, but makes another surprisingly good time.
3'04
It's Adrian Malori who is the favourite today, and he doesn't disappoint. Sets new best time, though only 1 seconds fatser than Gasparotto.
3'01
Rui Costa is great all-rounder, and being TT Champion of Portugal, its bears some pressure on getting results in TT's. Good ride, only 3 seconds slower than Malori.
3'04
Rory Sutherland comes here with great form. Buling his form up till Tour of Oman, which he hopes to shine. It's was close call and there's less than a second separating him from Malori today.
3'01
Geraint Thomas came here as an big favourite, not in-form, as many other riders. The time he set isn't what he is capable at his best, but it doesn't disappoint.
3'03
Gustav Larson is more renowned as TT'er than Prologue Specialist. Although he sets respectable time, just 3 seconds slowest than the winner on the day - Adrian Malori.
Result
1
Adriano Malori
Lampre - ISD
3'01
2
Rory Sutherland
UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling
s.t.
3
Enrico Gasparotto
Pro Team Astana
+ 1
4
Geraint Thomas
Sky ProCycling
+ 2
5
Jesús Herrada
Movistar Team
+ 3
6
Alex Dowsett
Sky ProCycling
s.t.
7
Pavel Brutt
Katusha Team
s.t.
8
Imanol Erviti
Movistar Team
s.t.
9
Rui Costa
Movistar Team
s.t.
10
Tomas Vaitkus
Pro Team Astana
s.t.
Spoiler
11
Gustav Erik Larsson
Saxo Bank SunGard
s.t.
12
Fredrik Kessiakoff
Pro Team Astana
+ 4
13
Luke Roberts
Saxo Bank SunGard
s.t.
14
Denis Galimzyanov
Katusha Team
s.t.
15
Francisco José Ventoso
Movistar Team
s.t.
16
Mikhail Ignatiev
Katusha Team
+ 5
17
Robert Förster
UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling
s.t.
18
Denys Kostyuk
Lampre - ISD
s.t.
19
Pavel Kochetkov
Itera - Katusha
s.t.
20
Baden Cooke
Saxo Bank SunGard
s.t.
21
Assan Bazayev
Pro Team Astana
s.t.
22
Sergey Firsanov
Itera - Katusha
s.t.
23
Scott Zwizanski
UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling
s.t.
24
David Veilleux
Team Europcar
s.t.
25
Evgeni Petrov
Pro Team Astana
s.t.
26
Nikolai Trussov
Katusha Team
+ 6
27
Martin Reimer
Skil - Shimano
s.t.
28
Vladimir Efimkin
Team Type 1
s.t.
29
Dimitri Krivtsov
Lampre - ISD
s.t.
30
Nick Nuyens
Saxo Bank SunGard
s.t.
31
Juan Antonio Flecha
Sky ProCycling
s.t.
32
Dario Cioni
Sky ProCycling
s.t.
33
Simon Geschke
Skil - Shimano
s.t.
34
Laszló Bodrogi
Team Type 1
s.t.
35
Luca Paolini
Katusha Team
s.t.
36
Danilo Hondo
Lampre - ISD
s.t.
37
Will Routley
Team SpiderTech powered by C10
s.t.
38
Christopher Sutton
Sky ProCycling
+ 7
39
Ian Stannard
Sky ProCycling
s.t.
40
Jonas Ljungblad
Team Differdange - Magic-Sportfood.de
s.t.
41
Christopher Jones
UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling
s.t.
42
José Vicente García Acosta
Movistar Team
s.t.
43
Hilton Clarke
UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling
s.t.
44
Ryan Anderson
Team SpiderTech powered by C10
s.t.
45
Arkimedes Arguelyes
Katusha Team
s.t.
46
Kevin Lacombe
Team SpiderTech powered by C10
s.t.
47
Enrique Sanz
Movistar Team
s.t.
48
Anton Vorobyev
Itera - Katusha
+ 8
49
Nico Schneider
Team Differdange - Magic-Sportfood.de
s.t.
50
Mathieu Sprick
Skil - Shimano
s.t.
51
Greg Henderson
Sky ProCycling
s.t.
52
Maxim Iglinskiy
Pro Team Astana
s.t.
53
Oscar Gatto
Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli
s.t.
54
Cyrille Heymans
Team Differdange - Magic-Sportfood.de
s.t.
55
Davide Frattini
UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling
s.t.
56
Vitali Kondrut
Lampre - ISD
s.t.
57
Kurt-Asle Arvesen
Sky ProCycling
s.t.
58
Domenico Pozzovivo
Colnago - CSF Inox
s.t.
59
Christian Poos
Team Differdange - Magic-Sportfood.de
s.t.
60
Arturo Mora
Caja Rural
s.t.
61
Pierre Rolland
Team Europcar
s.t.
62
Vytautas Kaupas
Team Differdange - Magic-Sportfood.de
s.t.
63
Maxime Vantomme
Katusha Team
s.t.
64
François Parisien
Team SpiderTech powered by C10
+ 9
65
Branislau Samoilau
Movistar Team
s.t.
66
André Steensen
Saxo Bank SunGard
s.t.
67
Alexander Prishpetniy
Itera - Katusha
s.t.
68
Jérôme Cousin
Team Europcar
s.t.
69
Francesco Failli
Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli
s.t.
70
Francesco Gavazzi
Lampre - ISD
s.t.
71
Jonathan Bellis
Saxo Bank SunGard
s.t.
72
Emanuele Vona
Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli
s.t.
73
Simone Stortoni
Colnago - CSF Inox
s.t.
74
Charles Wegelius
UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling
+ 10
75
Daniele Righi
Lampre - ISD
s.t.
76
Roman Kireyev
Pro Team Astana
s.t.
77
Takashi Miyazawa
Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli
s.t.
78
Perrig Quemeneur
Team Europcar
s.t.
79
Pablo Lastras
Movistar Team
s.t.
80
Guillaume Boivin
Team SpiderTech powered by C10
s.t.
81
Fabricio Ferrari
Caja Rural
s.t.
82
Johannes Fröhlinger
Skil - Shimano
s.t.
83
Anthony Charteau
Team Europcar
s.t.
84
Gianluca Brambilla
Colnago - CSF Inox
s.t.
85
Higinio Fernández
Caja Rural
s.t.
86
Alex Bowden
Team Type 1
s.t.
87
Andrea Guardini
Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli
s.t.
88
David Tanner
Saxo Bank SunGard
s.t.
89
Filippo Savini
Colnago - CSF Inox
+ 11
90
Kevin Reza
Team Europcar
s.t.
91
Sergey Rudaskov
Itera - Katusha
s.t.
92
Joe Eldridge
Team Type 1
s.t.
93
Martin Gilbert
Team SpiderTech powered by C10
s.t.
94
Alexander Porsev
Katusha Team
s.t.
95
Paolo Locatelli
Colnago - CSF Inox
s.t.
96
Luca Mazzanti
Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli
s.t.
97
Lucas Euser
Team SpiderTech powered by C10
s.t.
98
William Dugan
Team Type 1
s.t.
99
Jonas Aaen Jørgensen
Saxo Bank SunGard
s.t.
100
Manuele Caddeo
Colnago - CSF Inox
s.t.
101
Giovanni Bernaudeau
Team Europcar
s.t.
102
Andrey Solomennikov
Itera - Katusha
+ 12
103
Morten Knudsen
Team Differdange - Magic-Sportfood.de
s.t.
104
Dmitry Mokrov
Itera - Katusha
s.t.
105
Dmitriy Fofonov
Pro Team Astana
s.t.
106
Alberto Contoli
Colnago - CSF Inox
s.t.
107
Scott Stewart
Team Type 1
s.t.
108
Andrea Noè
Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli
+ 13
109
Valery Kobzarenko
Team Type 1
s.t.
110
Andrew Pinfold
UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling
s.t.
111
Cheng Ji
Skil - Shimano
s.t.
112
Alexandre Pichot
Team Europcar
s.t.
113
Alexander Ryabkin
Caja Rural
s.t.
114
Fang Han
Skil - Shimano
s.t.
115
Fabio Calabria
Team Type 1
s.t.
116
Mark Batty
Team SpiderTech powered by C10
s.t.
117
Kirill Baranov
Itera - Katusha
s.t.
118
Roy Curvers
Skil - Shimano
s.t.
119
Angelo Pagani
Colnago - CSF Inox
+ 14
120
Remco Broers
Team Differdange - Magic-Sportfood.de
s.t.
121
Alessandro Bisolti
Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli
s.t.
122
Alessandro Spezialetti
Lampre - ISD
s.t.
After - Race Meeting
Well, the stage went better than expected. None of our riders are in shape, except Sutton, and to have 2 riders in Top 6 is good start. Tomorrow's stage is going be hell windy, so everything can happen on the stage. Will be an intersting race for sure.
The team is also happy with how Alex started his career at Sky. We see big things coming from him in the future and we will try to develop and nurture him into great rider.
I guess Thomas Flat skill compared to the other riders was soo better he just rode away, even with his fitness low. You are definitely getting better in lead-outs 
Thanks very much ! 
Great work!
