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PCM rulezz - Thanks, I'll need it!
sutty68 - Indeed, he just lacked the energy for a sprint.
Just wanted to write down a report for the stage, but photobucket is down. I'm afraid it'll have to wait for tomorrow, then. Until then! |
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| Ian Butler |
Posted on 25-02-2013 19:57
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Critérium du Dauphiné - Stage 4
Another day in the saddle. Weather predictions: rain, snow at the peak.
The first mountain stage. Actually the first time Willy will climb against the top of the world in similar form.
Meersman went in the break as soon as authorized. Unfortunately he didn't last very long.
I've been given the chance to be a leader at my favorite races and I haven't forgotten that. Today is a day I can give back at the team so I assisted all day long by getting water bottles.
I let myself drop out slowly when the last bottle was given to Costa.
My day started pretty good, I spend most of my time alongside Rui (Costa). It was important to find out who was the better, with eyes on the Tour!
I thought my best chance would be to anticipate. I saw a chance to attack and took it.
But I wish I hadn't. I soon discovered the eagerness of the big guns and their teams. Everyone was looking forward to this day to prove themselves for the Tour. I got caught pretty quickly.
Then I took a snap decision. My race was over anyway, so I gave Costa the best help I could and slowly dropped out.
I got stuck in a group with Carusa and Brambilla. I regained some energy and went solo for the final 3 km.
Andy Schleck showed the world he's ready for the Tour! The battle of the stars (Wiggins vs Froome) was won by Froome!
I had a more than decent second half of the climb, actually.
I finished just inside the top 25. But it's happened, I've finally been disillusioned. By winning Tirreno - Adriatico, the weight of the Belgian public has fallen on my shoulders, but I'm not ready for it. I haven't been coping well with all the pressure lately. I will take part in the Tour, not to compete in the GC, but I will just try my best and do what I can. Costa will lead the Tour!
Result
| 1 | Andy Schleck | Radioshack Nissan Trek | 4h41'13 | | | 2 | Vincenzo Nibali | Liquigas-Cannondale | s.t. | | | 3 | Cadel Evans | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | | | 4 | Chris Froome | Sky Pro Cycling | + 19 | | | 5 | Jurgen Van den Broeck | Lotto Belisol | s.t. | | | 6 | Maxime Monfort | Radioshack Nissan Trek | s.t. | | | 7 | Bradley Wiggins | Astana Pro Team | + 32 | | | 8 | Robert Gesink | Rabobank Cycling Team | + 41 | | | 9 | Arnold Jeannesson | FDJ-BigMat | + 1'07 | | | 10 | Samuel Sánchez | Radioshack Nissan Trek | + 1'15 | | | 11 | Pierre Rolland | Team Europcar | + 2'35 | | | 12 | Lars Petter Nordhaug | Sky Pro Cycling | + 3'16 | | | 13 | Rui Costa | Team Argos-Shimano | s.t. | IanButler | | 14 | John Gadret | Ag2r La Mondiale | s.t. | | | 15 | Thomas De Gendt | Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | | 16 | Denis Menchov | Liquigas-Cannondale | s.t. | | | 17 | Christophe Kern | Team Europcar | s.t. | | | 18 | Daniel Martin | Team Garmin-Barracuda | s.t. | | | 19 | Ryder Hesjedal | Team Garmin-Barracuda | s.t. | | | 20 | Fränk Schleck | Radioshack Nissan Trek | s.t. | | | 21 | Francis De Greef | Lotto Belisol | s.t. | | | 22 | Danilo Di Luca | Acqua & Sapone | + 6'16 | | | 23 | Willy Wouters | Team Argos-Shimano | + 6'40 | IanButler | | 24 | Vladimir Gusev | Katusha Team | + 9'53 | | | 25 | Gianluca Brambilla | Liquigas-Cannondale | s.t. | | | (...) | | 57 | Stijn Van Gent | Team Argos-Shimano | + 13'06 | IanButler |
Spoiler | 26 | Damiano Caruso | Liquigas-Cannondale | s.t. | | | 27 | Maxime Bouet | Ag2r La Mondiale | s.t. | | | 28 | Morris Possoni | Lampre-ISD | s.t. | | | 29 | Johnny Hoogerland | Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | | 30 | Alexandre Geniez | Team Argos-Shimano | + 10'17 | IanButler | | 31 | Nikita Novikov | Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team | + 10'31 | | | 32 | Chris Horner | Radioshack Nissan Trek | + 10'40 | | | 33 | Aitor Hernández | Movistar Team | s.t. | | | 34 | Pablo Lastras | Movistar Team | s.t. | | | 35 | Mickael Buffaz | Saur - Sojasun | s.t. | | | 36 | Angel Madrazo | Movistar Team | s.t. | | | 37 | Cayetano Jose Sarmiento | Liquigas-Cannondale | s.t. | | | 38 | Mikel Nieve | Sky Pro Cycling | s.t. | | | 39 | Maxim Iglinskiy | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | | 40 | Jérémy Roy | FDJ-BigMat | s.t. | | | 41 | Peter Kennaugh | Sky Pro Cycling | s.t. | | | 42 | Rob Ruijgh | Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | | 43 | Gustav Larsson | Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | | 44 | Davide Malacarne | Team Europcar | s.t. | | | 45 | Pieter Serry | Team Argos-Shimano | s.t. | IanButler | | 46 | Romain Bardet | Ag2r La Mondiale | s.t. | | | 47 | Lars Ytting Bak | Lotto Belisol | s.t. | | | 48 | Simon Clarke | Movistar Team | s.t. | | | 49 | Mauro Santambrogio | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | | | 50 | José Iván Gutierrez | Movistar Team | s.t. | | | 51 | George Hincapie | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | | | 52 | Assan Bazayev | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | | 53 | Giovanni Visconti | Movistar Team | + 11'25 | | | 54 | Jonas Aaen Jörgensen | Team Saxo Bank | s.t. | | | 55 | Anthony Geslin | FDJ-BigMat | + 12'02 | | | 56 | Alberto Losada | Katusha Team | + 12'19 | | | 57 | Stijn Van Gent | Team Argos-Shimano | + 13'06 | IanButler | | 58 | Cyril Lemoine | Saur - Sojasun | s.t. | | | 59 | Sylvain Georges | Ag2r La Mondiale | s.t. | | | 60 | Sandy Casar | FDJ-BigMat | s.t. | | | 61 | Cisco Muro | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | | | 62 | Julien Vermote | Omega Pharma-Quick-Step Cycling Team | + 13'31 | | | 63 | Alexandre Vinokourov | Astana Pro Team | + 14'08 | | | 64 | Maxim Belkov | Katusha Team | + 14'52 | | | 65 | Björn Leukemans | Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | | 66 | Mikhail Ignatiev | Katusha Team | s.t. | | | 67 | Vladimir Isaychev | Katusha Team | + 15'04 | | | 68 | Leonardo Duque | Orica-GreenEDGE | s.t. | | | 69 | Bram Tankink | Rabobank Cycling Team | s.t. | | | 70 | Olivier Kaisen | Lotto Belisol | s.t. | | | 71 | Marvin Determe | Lotto Belisol | s.t. | | | 72 | Tom Vermeer | Rabobank Cycling Team | s.t. | | | 73 | Marcus Burghardt | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | | | 74 | Maciej Bodnar | Liquigas-Cannondale | s.t. | | | 75 | Maarten Wynants | Rabobank Cycling Team | s.t. | | | 76 | Alan Marangoni | Liquigas-Cannondale | s.t. | | | 77 | Levi Leipheimer | Omega Pharma-Quick-Step Cycling Team | + 18'49 | | | 78 | Tony Gallopin | Radioshack Nissan Trek | + 19'15 | | | 79 | Luis Angel Mate | Cofidis, Le Crédit en Ligne | + 20'04 | | | 80 | Vincent Jérôme | Team Europcar | + 20'29 | | | 81 | Bruno Pires | Team Saxo Bank | + 21'30 | | | 82 | Giovanni Bernaudeau | Team Europcar | s.t. | | | 83 | Tosh Van der Sande | Lotto Belisol | s.t. | | | 84 | Rafaâ Chtioui | Team Europcar | s.t. | | | 85 | Michael Rogers | Sky Pro Cycling | + 21'50 | | | 86 | Mirko Selvaggi | Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | | 87 | Juan Antonio Flecha | Sky Pro Cycling | s.t. | | | 88 | Nick Nuyens | Team Saxo Bank | + 22'04 | | | 89 | Przemyslaw Niemiec | Lampre-ISD | s.t. | | | 90 | Blel Kadri | Team Europcar | s.t. | | | 91 | Serge Pauwels | Omega Pharma-Quick-Step Cycling Team | s.t. | | | 92 | Danny Pate | Team Garmin-Barracuda | s.t. | | | 93 | Rudy Molard | Cofidis, Le Crédit en Ligne | s.t. | | | 94 | Johannes Fröhlinger | Omega Pharma-Quick-Step Cycling Team | s.t. | | | 95 | Zdenek Stybar | Omega Pharma-Quick-Step Cycling Team | s.t. | | | 96 | Sébastien Minard | Ag2r La Mondiale | s.t. | | | 97 | Martin Elmiger | Ag2r La Mondiale | s.t. | | | 98 | Daryl Impey | Orica-GreenEDGE | s.t. | | | 99 | Vitaliy Buts | Lampre-ISD | s.t. | | | 100 | Romain Zingle | Cofidis, Le Crédit en Ligne | s.t. | | | 101 | Juan José Cobo Acebo | Movistar Team | s.t. | | | 102 | Conrado Descarga | Katusha Team | s.t. | | | 103 | Mathieu Sprick | Team Argos-Shimano | s.t. | IanButler | | 104 | Edwig Cammaerts | Cofidis, Le Crédit en Ligne | s.t. | | | 105 | Murilo Fischer | Team Garmin-Barracuda | s.t. | | | 106 | Enrico Gasparotto | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | | 107 | Sören Nissen | Team Saxo Bank | s.t. | | | 108 | Dmitriy Muravyev | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | | 109 | Dominique Rollin | FDJ-BigMat | + 22'55 | | | 110 | Roger Kluge | Team Argos-Shimano | s.t. | IanButler | | 111 | Borut Bozic | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | | 112 | Gianni Meersman | Team Argos-Shimano | s.t. | IanButler | | 113 | Bruce Burton | Orica-GreenEDGE | s.t. | | | 114 | Jean-Lou Paiani | Saur - Sojasun | s.t. | | | 115 | Philippe Gilbert | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | | | 116 | Koldo Fernandez | Movistar Team | s.t. | | | 117 | Michel Kreder | Team Garmin-Barracuda | s.t. | | | 118 | Steve Houanard | Ag2r La Mondiale | s.t. | | | 119 | Manuele Mori | Lampre-ISD | s.t. | | | 120 | Jimmy Engoulvent | Saur - Sojasun | s.t. | | | 121 | Massimo Codol | Acqua & Sapone | s.t. | | | 122 | Stéphane Poulhies | Saur - Sojasun | s.t. | | | 123 | Julien Fouchard | Cofidis, Le Crédit en Ligne | s.t. | | | 124 | Francesco Ginanni | Acqua & Sapone | s.t. | | | 125 | Luke Roberts | Team Saxo Bank | s.t. | | | 126 | Andrea Masciarelli | Acqua & Sapone | s.t. | | | 127 | Tomas Vaitkus | Orica-GreenEDGE | s.t. | | | 128 | Karsten Kroon | Team Saxo Bank | s.t. | | | 129 | Wladimir Miholjevic | Acqua & Sapone | s.t. | | | 130 | Lloyd Mondory | Ag2r La Mondiale | s.t. | | | 131 | Rémy Di Gregorio | Cofidis, Le Crédit en Ligne | s.t. | | | 132 | Matteo Tosatto | Team Saxo Bank | s.t. | | | 133 | Luca Barla | Acqua & Sapone | s.t. | | | 134 | José Joaquin Rojas Gil | Katusha Team | s.t. | | | 135 | Alexei Tsatevich | Katusha Team | s.t. | | | 136 | David Zabriskie | Team Garmin-Barracuda | s.t. | | | 137 | Paul Poux | Saur - Sojasun | s.t. | | | 138 | Matteo Bono | Lampre-ISD | s.t. | | | 139 | Anthony Roux | FDJ-BigMat | s.t. | | | 140 | John Murphy | Liquigas-Cannondale | s.t. | | | 141 | Marcel Sieberg | Lotto Belisol | s.t. | | | 142 | Sep Vanmarcke | Team Garmin-Barracuda | s.t. | | | 143 | Arnaud Coyot | Saur - Sojasun | s.t. | | | 144 | Yevgeni Nepomnyachsniy | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | | 145 | Jack Bobridge | Orica-GreenEDGE | s.t. | | | 146 | Tom Boonen | Omega Pharma-Quick-Step Cycling Team | s.t. | | | 147 | Manuel Quinziato | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | | | 148 | Tomas Alberio | Lampre-ISD | s.t. | | | 149 | Pascal Lamouroux | Team Europcar | + 24'26 | | | 150 | Paride Grillo | FDJ-BigMat | s.t. | | | 151 | Coen Vermeltfoort | Rabobank Cycling Team | s.t. | | | 152 | Ruggero Marzoli | Acqua & Sapone | s.t. | | | 153 | Grégory Rast | Radioshack Nissan Trek | s.t. | | | 154 | Daniele Bennati | Radioshack Nissan Trek | s.t. | | | 155 | Fabien Bacquet | Saur - Sojasun | s.t. | | | 156 | Mathew Hayman | Rabobank Cycling Team | s.t. | | | 157 | Bernhard Eisel | Sky Pro Cycling | s.t. | | | 158 | Nico Sijmens | Cofidis, Le Crédit en Ligne | + 25'27 | | | 159 | Juan José Haedo | Team Saxo Bank | s.t. | | | 160 | Jens Mouris | Orica-GreenEDGE | s.t. | | | 161 | Campbell Hill | Orica-GreenEDGE | s.t. | | | 162 | Pierre Duchateau | Cofidis, Le Crédit en Ligne | s.t. | | | 163 | Danilo Hondo | Lampre-ISD | s.t. | | | 164 | Niki Terpstra | Omega Pharma-Quick-Step Cycling Team | s.t. | | | 165 | Carlo Scognamiglio | Lampre-ISD | s.t. | | | 166 | Gregory Henderson | Lotto Belisol | s.t. | | | 167 | Brent Bookwalter | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | | | 168 | Barry Markus | Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | | 169 | Hervé Provost | Omega Pharma-Quick-Step Cycling Team | s.t. | | | 170 | Cédric Pineau | FDJ-BigMat | s.t. | | | 171 | Francesco Lasca | Acqua & Sapone | + 27'18 | | | 172 | Graeme Brown | Rabobank Cycling Team | s.t. | | | 173 | Julian Dean | Orica-GreenEDGE | s.t. | | | 174 | Luke Rowe | Sky Pro Cycling | + 27'43 | | | 175 | Jakob Rathe | Team Garmin-Barracuda | s.t. | | | 176 | Jos Van Emden | Rabobank Cycling Team | + 31'19 | |
GC
| 1 | Vincenzo Nibali | Liquigas-Cannondale | 14h04'02 | | | 2 | Cadel Evans | BMC Racing Team | + 7 | | | 3 | Andy Schleck | Radioshack Nissan Trek | + 18 | | | 4 | Maxime Monfort | Radioshack Nissan Trek | + 32 | | | 5 | Chris Froome | Sky Pro Cycling | s.t. | | | 6 | Jurgen Van den Broeck | Lotto Belisol | + 33 | | | 7 | Bradley Wiggins | Astana Pro Team | + 38 | | | 8 | Robert Gesink | Rabobank Cycling Team | + 1'00 | | | 9 | Samuel Sánchez | Radioshack Nissan Trek | + 1'29 | | | 10 | Arnold Jeannesson | FDJ-BigMat | + 1'32 | | | 11 | Pierre Rolland | Team Europcar | + 3'11 | | | 12 | Thomas De Gendt | Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team | + 3'25 | | | 13 | Denis Menchov | Liquigas-Cannondale | + 3'33 | | | 14 | Rui Costa | Team Argos-Shimano | + 3'34 | IanButler | | 15 | Lars Petter Nordhaug | Sky Pro Cycling | + 3'36 | | | 16 | Francis De Greef | Lotto Belisol | + 3'40 | | | 17 | Christophe Kern | Team Europcar | + 3'44 | | | 18 | Daniel Martin | Team Garmin-Barracuda | + 3'46 | | | 19 | Ryder Hesjedal | Team Garmin-Barracuda | + 3'47 | | | 20 | John Gadret | Ag2r La Mondiale | + 3'48 | | | 21 | Fränk Schleck | Radioshack Nissan Trek | s.t. | | | 22 | Danilo Di Luca | Acqua & Sapone | + 6'45 | | | 23 | Willy Wouters | Team Argos-Shimano | + 6'47 | IanButler | | 24 | Maxime Bouet | Ag2r La Mondiale | + 10'05 | | | 25 | Vladimir Gusev | Katusha Team | + 10'16 | | | (...) | | 57 | Stijn Van Gent | Team Argos-Shimano | + 13'33 | IanButler |
Well, I'll repeat what I said: I've been disillusioned. Costa will lead the Tour De France, I will help him where he needs it and will try to get something myself. But I haven't any special objectives, I just want to ride my first Grand Tour without pressure from anyone.
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Posted on 25-02-2013 20:04
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Costa loses more than 3 minutes  I hope it goes better in the tour
Winners never quit, quitters never win.
It's difficult not to be happy when you're surrounded by Belgians. - Mark Cavendish
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| Ian Butler |
Posted on 26-02-2013 08:55
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PCM rulezz - Hope so, too. Though he didn't have too many races yet, so his fitness can still increase much for the Tour  |
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| Ollfardh |
Posted on 26-02-2013 09:08
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Ok, Costa for the Tour, Willy for the Vuelta, it's settled then
Changed my sig, this was getting absurd.
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| Jakstar22 |
Posted on 26-02-2013 10:34
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Well, it will probably be best for Costs to lead anyway. Good luck for the rest of the race
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| JuanMotr |
Posted on 26-02-2013 12:07
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Come on Willy show you are better than Costa!  |
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| sutty68 |
Posted on 26-02-2013 12:22
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I think Willy needs to be better at when to launch attacks |
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| Ian Butler |
Posted on 26-02-2013 12:29
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Ollfardh - I think one Grand Tour will be enough for this year
Jakstar22 - Costa has more experience and will be a good leader, thanks!
JuanMotr - Maybe he is, but he lacks experience and a 21-day stage race is unknown grounds for him!
sutty68 - Probably  But that's the advantage of working with co-leaders, one can attack and the other's still safe. So Willy took a risk. You won't get anywhere without taking risks, unfortunately, this one got him nowhere |
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Posted on 26-02-2013 12:46
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Good point |
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| Ian Butler |
Posted on 26-02-2013 13:45
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Critérium du Dauphiné - Stage 5 - ITT
The second time trial, 32 km long this one!
This year's time trial takes us over a hill, around Annecy, close to Genève.
Willy still isn't over the "shock" from yesterday. He let himself get dragged along with the media about him being a new hope for the Belgians, but he won't fall for that again. He's really to himself now. I thought today would be interesting for the coming National TT because Monfort, De Gendt and Van Den Broeck are here, but he didn't want to hear it, today he'd just ride his own race.
I, on the other hand, was quite uncomfortable on my bike. Damn that aerodynamic stuff, I just sat my ass down on my saddle and started peddling. I would get there in the end, on brute strength
In the end I finished 105th. Good enough. Tomorrow's the final chance for the sprinters, though with those hills, it'll be hard to keep the pack together!
After a rough day yesterday, where my confidence and ego got a big slap in the face, I didn't start out too good. I made some mistakes that I shouldn't make!
However, at the first checkpoint I mentally kicked myself in the balls and said: "shape up, concentrate". It worked!
The TT training at Argos is really bearing its fruit. I'm moving through the corners much better and I'm positioned very well on my bike!
I finished a provisional 5th, but dropped down to an 11th place, which is very hopeful! I hope this will be noticed for the selection for the World Championships.
Result
| 1 | Cadel Evans | BMC Racing Team | 46'02 | | | 2 | Chris Froome | Sky Pro Cycling | + 4 | | | 3 | Gustav Larsson | Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team | + 27 | | | 4 | Bradley Wiggins | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | | 5 | Maxime Monfort | Radioshack Nissan Trek | s.t. | | | 6 | Thomas De Gendt | Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team | + 33 | | | 7 | Vincenzo Nibali | Liquigas-Cannondale | + 34 | | | 8 | Michael Rogers | Sky Pro Cycling | + 38 | | | 9 | Rui Costa | Team Argos-Shimano | + 52 | IanButler | | 10 | Anthony Roux | FDJ-BigMat | + 56 | | | 11 | Willy Wouters | Team Argos-Shimano | s.t. | IanButler | | 12 | Jurgen Van den Broeck | Lotto Belisol | s.t. | | | 13 | Mikhail Ignatiev | Katusha Team | + 1'04 | | | 14 | Andy Schleck | Radioshack Nissan Trek | s.t. | | | 15 | Danny Pate | Team Garmin-Barracuda | + 1'11 | |
Spoiler | 16 | David Zabriskie | Team Garmin-Barracuda | + 1'20 | | | 17 | Denis Menchov | Liquigas-Cannondale | + 1'21 | | | 18 | Samuel Sánchez | Radioshack Nissan Trek | s.t. | | | 19 | Jérémy Roy | FDJ-BigMat | + 1'27 | | | 20 | Lars Ytting Bak | Lotto Belisol | + 1'32 | | | 21 | Maxime Bouet | Ag2r La Mondiale | + 1'33 | | | 22 | Cyril Lemoine | Saur - Sojasun | + 1'34 | | | 23 | Jack Bobridge | Orica-GreenEDGE | + 1'38 | | | 24 | Vladimir Gusev | Katusha Team | + 1'42 | | | 25 | Alexandre Vinokourov | Astana Pro Team | + 1'44 | | | 26 | Christophe Kern | Team Europcar | + 1'49 | | | 27 | José Iván Gutierrez | Movistar Team | + 1'51 | | | 28 | Chris Horner | Radioshack Nissan Trek | s.t. | | | 29 | Johnny Hoogerland | Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team | + 1'53 | | | 30 | Levi Leipheimer | Omega Pharma-Quick-Step Cycling Team | + 1'54 | | | 31 | Tomas Vaitkus | Orica-GreenEDGE | s.t. | | | 32 | Philippe Gilbert | BMC Racing Team | + 1'55 | | | 33 | Mathieu Sprick | Team Argos-Shimano | + 1'56 | IanButler | | 34 | George Hincapie | BMC Racing Team | + 1'57 | | | 35 | Jos Van Emden | Rabobank Cycling Team | + 2'01 | | | 36 | Rafaâ Chtioui | Team Europcar | s.t. | | | 37 | Martin Elmiger | Ag2r La Mondiale | + 2'03 | | | 38 | Przemyslaw Niemiec | Lampre-ISD | s.t. | | | 39 | Francis De Greef | Lotto Belisol | + 2'04 | | | 40 | Tony Gallopin | Radioshack Nissan Trek | + 2'05 | | | 41 | Robert Gesink | Rabobank Cycling Team | + 2'10 | | | 42 | Angel Madrazo | Movistar Team | + 2'18 | | | 43 | Blel Kadri | Team Europcar | + 2'19 | | | 44 | Niki Terpstra | Omega Pharma-Quick-Step Cycling Team | s.t. | | | 45 | Lars Petter Nordhaug | Sky Pro Cycling | s.t. | | | 46 | Anthony Geslin | FDJ-BigMat | + 2'21 | | | 47 | Daniel Martin | Team Garmin-Barracuda | s.t. | | | 48 | Manuel Quinziato | BMC Racing Team | + 2'22 | | | 49 | Olivier Kaisen | Lotto Belisol | + 2'23 | | | 50 | Paul Poux | Saur - Sojasun | s.t. | | | 51 | Maxim Belkov | Katusha Team | + 2'24 | | | 52 | Nikita Novikov | Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | | 53 | Sandy Casar | FDJ-BigMat | + 2'25 | | | 54 | Sylvain Georges | Ag2r La Mondiale | s.t. | | | 55 | Enrico Gasparotto | Astana Pro Team | + 2'26 | | | 56 | Daryl Impey | Orica-GreenEDGE | s.t. | | | 57 | Aitor Hernández | Movistar Team | s.t. | | | 58 | Brent Bookwalter | BMC Racing Team | + 2'27 | | | 59 | Julien Vermote | Omega Pharma-Quick-Step Cycling Team | + 2'28 | | | 60 | Alberto Losada | Katusha Team | + 2'29 | | | 61 | Rob Ruijgh | Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | | 62 | Serge Pauwels | Omega Pharma-Quick-Step Cycling Team | + 2'31 | | | 63 | Pablo Lastras | Movistar Team | s.t. | | | 64 | Assan Bazayev | Astana Pro Team | + 2'32 | | | 65 | Vladimir Isaychev | Katusha Team | + 2'34 | | | 66 | Jens Mouris | Orica-GreenEDGE | + 2'35 | | | 67 | Juan José Cobo Acebo | Movistar Team | s.t. | | | 68 | Cisco Muro | BMC Racing Team | + 2'36 | | | 69 | Daniele Bennati | Radioshack Nissan Trek | s.t. | | | 70 | Giovanni Visconti | Movistar Team | + 2'37 | | | 71 | Zdenek Stybar | Omega Pharma-Quick-Step Cycling Team | + 2'38 | | | 72 | Mikel Nieve | Sky Pro Cycling | s.t. | | | 73 | Davide Malacarne | Team Europcar | s.t. | | | 74 | Luca Barla | Acqua & Sapone | + 2'39 | | | 75 | Maciej Bodnar | Liquigas-Cannondale | + 2'40 | | | 76 | Simon Clarke | Movistar Team | + 2'41 | | | 77 | Arnold Jeannesson | FDJ-BigMat | s.t. | | | 78 | Juan Antonio Flecha | Sky Pro Cycling | + 2'42 | | | 79 | Pierre Rolland | Team Europcar | s.t. | | | 80 | Sören Nissen | Team Saxo Bank | + 2'43 | | | 81 | Danilo Hondo | Lampre-ISD | + 2'44 | | | 82 | Julien Fouchard | Cofidis, Le Crédit en Ligne | s.t. | | | 83 | Conrado Descarga | Katusha Team | s.t. | | | 84 | Peter Kennaugh | Sky Pro Cycling | + 2'48 | | | 85 | Coen Vermeltfoort | Rabobank Cycling Team | s.t. | | | 86 | Sébastien Minard | Ag2r La Mondiale | + 2'51 | | | 87 | Johannes Fröhlinger | Omega Pharma-Quick-Step Cycling Team | + 2'52 | | | 88 | Murilo Fischer | Team Garmin-Barracuda | + 2'53 | | | 89 | Fränk Schleck | Radioshack Nissan Trek | + 2'54 | | | 90 | Marcel Sieberg | Lotto Belisol | s.t. | | | 91 | Mickael Buffaz | Saur - Sojasun | s.t. | | | 92 | Lloyd Mondory | Ag2r La Mondiale | + 2'55 | | | 93 | Maxim Iglinskiy | Astana Pro Team | + 2'56 | | | 94 | Rudy Molard | Cofidis, Le Crédit en Ligne | s.t. | | | 95 | Bram Tankink | Rabobank Cycling Team | + 2'57 | | | 96 | Alexandre Geniez | Team Argos-Shimano | s.t. | IanButler | | 97 | Dominique Rollin | FDJ-BigMat | + 2'58 | | | 98 | Nick Nuyens | Team Saxo Bank | + 2'59 | | | 99 | Danilo Di Luca | Acqua & Sapone | s.t. | | | 100 | John Murphy | Liquigas-Cannondale | + 3'00 | | | 101 | Arnaud Coyot | Saur - Sojasun | s.t. | | | 102 | Tom Boonen | Omega Pharma-Quick-Step Cycling Team | + 3'03 | | | 103 | Borut Bozic | Astana Pro Team | + 3'04 | | | 104 | Jimmy Engoulvent | Saur - Sojasun | s.t. | | | 105 | Stijn Van Gent | Team Argos-Shimano | + 3'05 | IanButler | | 106 | Ryder Hesjedal | Team Garmin-Barracuda | s.t. | | | 107 | Romain Zingle | Cofidis, Le Crédit en Ligne | + 3'06 | | | 108 | Gregory Henderson | Lotto Belisol | + 3'07 | | | 109 | Morris Possoni | Lampre-ISD | + 3'08 | | | 110 | Luke Roberts | Team Saxo Bank | s.t. | | | 111 | Gianluca Brambilla | Liquigas-Cannondale | + 3'11 | | | 112 | Stéphane Poulhies | Saur - Sojasun | s.t. | | | 113 | Karsten Kroon | Team Saxo Bank | s.t. | | | 114 | Alan Marangoni | Liquigas-Cannondale | + 3'12 | | | 115 | Bruno Pires | Team Saxo Bank | s.t. | | | 116 | Edwig Cammaerts | Cofidis, Le Crédit en Ligne | + 3'13 | | | 117 | Damiano Caruso | Liquigas-Cannondale | s.t. | | | 118 | Pieter Serry | Team Argos-Shimano | + 3'14 | IanButler | | 119 | Mauro Santambrogio | BMC Racing Team | + 3'15 | | | 120 | Vitaliy Buts | Lampre-ISD | s.t. | | | 121 | Pierre Duchateau | Cofidis, Le Crédit en Ligne | + 3'18 | | | 122 | Mathew Hayman | Rabobank Cycling Team | + 3'19 | | | 123 | Cayetano Jose Sarmiento | Liquigas-Cannondale | + 3'21 | | | 124 | Leonardo Duque | Orica-GreenEDGE | + 3'25 | | | 125 | John Gadret | Ag2r La Mondiale | + 3'27 | | | 126 | Marvin Determe | Lotto Belisol | + 3'28 | | | 127 | Gianni Meersman | Team Argos-Shimano | + 3'29 | IanButler | | 128 | Jean-Lou Paiani | Saur - Sojasun | + 3'30 | | | 129 | Maarten Wynants | Rabobank Cycling Team | s.t. | | | 130 | Giovanni Bernaudeau | Team Europcar | + 3'31 | | | 131 | Pascal Lamouroux | Team Europcar | + 3'32 | | | 132 | Bernhard Eisel | Sky Pro Cycling | + 3'34 | | | 133 | Steve Houanard | Ag2r La Mondiale | + 3'36 | | | 134 | Marcus Burghardt | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | | | 135 | Nico Sijmens | Cofidis, Le Crédit en Ligne | + 3'37 | | | 136 | José Joaquin Rojas Gil | Katusha Team | + 3'38 | | | 137 | Ruggero Marzoli | Acqua & Sapone | + 3'39 | | | 138 | Massimo Codol | Acqua & Sapone | s.t. | | | 139 | Michel Kreder | Team Garmin-Barracuda | + 3'41 | | | 140 | Luis Angel Mate | Cofidis, Le Crédit en Ligne | + 3'43 | | | 141 | Luke Rowe | Sky Pro Cycling | + 3'45 | | | 142 | Koldo Fernandez | Movistar Team | + 3'46 | | | 143 | Jakob Rathe | Team Garmin-Barracuda | + 3'47 | | | 144 | Paride Grillo | FDJ-BigMat | s.t. | | | 145 | Yevgeni Nepomnyachsniy | Astana Pro Team | + 3'48 | | | 146 | Sep Vanmarcke | Team Garmin-Barracuda | s.t. | | | 147 | Mirko Selvaggi | Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team | + 3'49 | | | 148 | Grégory Rast | Radioshack Nissan Trek | + 3'51 | | | 149 | Fabien Bacquet | Saur - Sojasun | s.t. | | | 150 | Roger Kluge | Team Argos-Shimano | + 3'52 | IanButler | | 151 | Tosh Van der Sande | Lotto Belisol | s.t. | | | 152 | Barry Markus | Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team | + 3'53 | | | 153 | Campbell Hill | Orica-GreenEDGE | + 3'54 | | | 154 | Tom Vermeer | Rabobank Cycling Team | s.t. | | | 155 | Bruce Burton | Orica-GreenEDGE | + 3'57 | | | 156 | Tomas Alberio | Lampre-ISD | + 3'59 | | | 157 | Dmitriy Muravyev | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | | 158 | Romain Bardet | Ag2r La Mondiale | + 4'00 | | | 159 | Graeme Brown | Rabobank Cycling Team | s.t. | | | 160 | Francesco Lasca | Acqua & Sapone | + 4'01 | | | 161 | Francesco Ginanni | Acqua & Sapone | + 4'05 | | | 162 | Matteo Tosatto | Team Saxo Bank | + 4'07 | | | 163 | Björn Leukemans | Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | | 164 | Vincent Jérôme | Team Europcar | + 4'08 | | | 165 | Julian Dean | Orica-GreenEDGE | + 4'11 | | | 166 | Jonas Aaen Jörgensen | Team Saxo Bank | s.t. | | | 167 | Alexei Tsatevich | Katusha Team | + 4'12 | | | 168 | Andrea Masciarelli | Acqua & Sapone | + 4'16 | | | 169 | Juan José Haedo | Team Saxo Bank | + 4'20 | | | 170 | Matteo Bono | Lampre-ISD | + 4'21 | | | 171 | Manuele Mori | Lampre-ISD | + 4'24 | | | 172 | Hervé Provost | Omega Pharma-Quick-Step Cycling Team | + 4'29 | | | 173 | Rémy Di Gregorio | Cofidis, Le Crédit en Ligne | + 4'33 | | | 174 | Wladimir Miholjevic | Acqua & Sapone | + 4'36 | | | 175 | Carlo Scognamiglio | Lampre-ISD | + 4'50 | | | 176 | Cédric Pineau | FDJ-BigMat | + 4'58 | |
Of course this time trial shook up things in the general classification. Let's take a look!
General Classification
| 1 | Cadel Evans | BMC Racing Team | 14h50'11 | | | 2 | Vincenzo Nibali | Liquigas-Cannondale | + 27 | | | 3 | Chris Froome | Sky Pro Cycling | + 29 | | | 4 | Maxime Monfort | Radioshack Nissan Trek | + 52 | | | 5 | Bradley Wiggins | Astana Pro Team | + 58 | | | 6 | Andy Schleck | Radioshack Nissan Trek | + 1'15 | | | 7 | Jurgen Van den Broeck | Lotto Belisol | + 1'22 | | | 8 | Samuel Sánchez | Radioshack Nissan Trek | + 2'43 | | | 9 | Robert Gesink | Rabobank Cycling Team | + 3'03 | | | 10 | Thomas De Gendt | Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team | + 3'51 | | | 11 | Arnold Jeannesson | FDJ-BigMat | + 4'06 | | | 12 | Rui Costa | Team Argos-Shimano | + 4'19 | IanButler | | 13 | Denis Menchov | Liquigas-Cannondale | + 4'47 | | | 14 | Christophe Kern | Team Europcar | + 5'26 | | | 15 | Francis De Greef | Lotto Belisol | + 5'37 | | | (...) | | 22 | Willy Wouters | Team Argos-Shimano | + 7'36 | IanButler |
Spoiler | 16 | Pierre Rolland | Team Europcar | + 5'46 | | | 17 | Lars Petter Nordhaug | Sky Pro Cycling | + 5'48 | | | 18 | Daniel Martin | Team Garmin-Barracuda | + 6'00 | | | 19 | Fränk Schleck | Radioshack Nissan Trek | + 6'35 | | | 20 | Ryder Hesjedal | Team Garmin-Barracuda | + 6'45 | | | 21 | John Gadret | Ag2r La Mondiale | + 7'08 | | | 22 | Willy Wouters | Team Argos-Shimano | + 7'36 | IanButler | | 23 | Danilo Di Luca | Acqua & Sapone | + 9'37 | | | 24 | Gustav Larsson | Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team | + 11'04 | | | 25 | Maxime Bouet | Ag2r La Mondiale | + 11'31 | | | 26 | Vladimir Gusev | Katusha Team | + 11'51 | | | 27 | Johnny Hoogerland | Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team | + 12'05 | | | 28 | Jérémy Roy | FDJ-BigMat | + 12'15 | | | 29 | Lars Ytting Bak | Lotto Belisol | + 12'23 | | | 30 | Chris Horner | Radioshack Nissan Trek | + 12'45 | | | 31 | José Iván Gutierrez | Movistar Team | s.t. | | | 32 | George Hincapie | BMC Racing Team | + 12'48 | | | 33 | Nikita Novikov | Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team | + 13'21 | | | 34 | Angel Madrazo | Movistar Team | + 13'23 | | | 35 | Morris Possoni | Lampre-ISD | + 13'27 | | | 36 | Aitor Hernández | Movistar Team | + 13'28 | | | 37 | Gianluca Brambilla | Liquigas-Cannondale | + 13'32 | | | 38 | Rob Ruijgh | Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team | + 13'33 | | | 39 | Assan Bazayev | Astana Pro Team | + 13'35 | | | 40 | Pablo Lastras | Movistar Team | + 13'36 | | | 41 | Alexandre Geniez | Team Argos-Shimano | + 13'40 | IanButler | | 42 | Simon Clarke | Movistar Team | + 13'42 | | | 43 | Damiano Caruso | Liquigas-Cannondale | s.t. | | | 44 | Davide Malacarne | Team Europcar | + 13'43 | | | 45 | Mikel Nieve | Sky Pro Cycling | + 13'51 | | | 46 | Peter Kennaugh | Sky Pro Cycling | + 13'54 | | | 47 | Maxim Iglinskiy | Astana Pro Team | + 13'55 | | | 48 | Mickael Buffaz | Saur - Sojasun | + 13'59 | | | 49 | Giovanni Visconti | Movistar Team | + 14'22 | | | 50 | Mauro Santambrogio | BMC Racing Team | + 14'23 | | | 51 | Pieter Serry | Team Argos-Shimano | s.t. | IanButler | | 52 | Anthony Geslin | FDJ-BigMat | + 14'26 | | | 53 | Cayetano Jose Sarmiento | Liquigas-Cannondale | + 14'35 | | | 54 | Cyril Lemoine | Saur - Sojasun | + 14'53 | | | 55 | Alberto Losada | Katusha Team | + 15'12 | | | 56 | Mikhail Ignatiev | Katusha Team | + 15'54 | | | 57 | Alexandre Vinokourov | Astana Pro Team | + 15'57 | | | 58 | Sylvain Georges | Ag2r La Mondiale | s.t. | | | 59 | Sandy Casar | FDJ-BigMat | s.t. | | | 60 | Cisco Muro | BMC Racing Team | + 16'01 | | | 61 | Julien Vermote | Omega Pharma-Quick-Step Cycling Team | + 16'09 | | | 62 | Stijn Van Gent | Team Argos-Shimano | + 16'31 | IanButler | | 63 | Maxim Belkov | Katusha Team | + 17'37 | | | 64 | Olivier Kaisen | Lotto Belisol | + 17'43 | | | 65 | Vladimir Isaychev | Katusha Team | + 17'56 | | | 66 | Maciej Bodnar | Liquigas-Cannondale | + 18'04 | | | 67 | Bram Tankink | Rabobank Cycling Team | + 18'21 | | | 68 | Alan Marangoni | Liquigas-Cannondale | + 18'40 | | | 69 | Leonardo Duque | Orica-GreenEDGE | + 18'48 | | | 70 | Marvin Determe | Lotto Belisol | + 18'55 | | | 71 | Maarten Wynants | Rabobank Cycling Team | + 19'04 | | | 72 | Marcus Burghardt | BMC Racing Team | + 19'07 | | | 73 | Romain Bardet | Ag2r La Mondiale | + 19'28 | | | 74 | Björn Leukemans | Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team | + 19'32 | | | 75 | Tom Vermeer | Rabobank Cycling Team | + 19'34 | | | 76 | Jonas Aaen Jörgensen | Team Saxo Bank | + 20'54 | | | 77 | Levi Leipheimer | Omega Pharma-Quick-Step Cycling Team | + 20'56 | | | 78 | Tony Gallopin | Radioshack Nissan Trek | + 21'31 | | | 79 | Michael Rogers | Sky Pro Cycling | + 22'30 | | | 80 | Danny Pate | Team Garmin-Barracuda | + 23'21 | | | 81 | Anthony Roux | FDJ-BigMat | + 23'47 | | | 82 | Rafaâ Chtioui | Team Europcar | + 23'48 | | | 83 | Mathieu Sprick | Team Argos-Shimano | + 24'22 | IanButler | | 84 | Przemyslaw Niemiec | Lampre-ISD | + 24'26 | | | 85 | Luis Angel Mate | Cofidis, Le Crédit en Ligne | s.t. | | | 86 | David Zabriskie | Team Garmin-Barracuda | + 24'27 | | | 87 | Martin Elmiger | Ag2r La Mondiale | + 24'29 | | | 88 | Blel Kadri | Team Europcar | + 24'32 | | | 89 | Daryl Impey | Orica-GreenEDGE | + 24'45 | | | 90 | Jack Bobridge | Orica-GreenEDGE | + 24'47 | | | 91 | Philippe Gilbert | BMC Racing Team | + 24'49 | | | 92 | Enrico Gasparotto | Astana Pro Team | + 24'52 | | | 93 | Juan Antonio Flecha | Sky Pro Cycling | + 24'53 | | | 94 | Serge Pauwels | Omega Pharma-Quick-Step Cycling Team | + 24'57 | | | 95 | Zdenek Stybar | Omega Pharma-Quick-Step Cycling Team | + 25'02 | | | 96 | Vincent Jérôme | Team Europcar | + 25'12 | | | 97 | Conrado Descarga | Katusha Team | + 25'14 | | | 98 | Sébastien Minard | Ag2r La Mondiale | + 25'16 | | | 99 | Johannes Fröhlinger | Omega Pharma-Quick-Step Cycling Team | + 25'24 | | | 100 | Manuel Quinziato | BMC Racing Team | + 25'26 | | | 101 | Murilo Fischer | Team Garmin-Barracuda | s.t. | | | 102 | Nick Nuyens | Team Saxo Bank | + 25'28 | | | 103 | Rudy Molard | Cofidis, Le Crédit en Ligne | + 25'31 | | | 104 | Paul Poux | Saur - Sojasun | + 25'33 | | | 105 | Romain Zingle | Cofidis, Le Crédit en Ligne | + 25'37 | | | 106 | Giovanni Bernaudeau | Team Europcar | + 25'41 | | | 107 | Edwig Cammaerts | Cofidis, Le Crédit en Ligne | + 25'47 | | | 108 | Vitaliy Buts | Lampre-ISD | + 25'48 | | | 109 | Julien Fouchard | Cofidis, Le Crédit en Ligne | + 25'58 | | | 110 | Tom Boonen | Omega Pharma-Quick-Step Cycling Team | + 26'06 | | | 111 | Marcel Sieberg | Lotto Belisol | + 26'09 | | | 112 | Jimmy Engoulvent | Saur - Sojasun | s.t. | | | 113 | Lloyd Mondory | Ag2r La Mondiale | + 26'14 | | | 114 | Mirko Selvaggi | Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team | + 26'17 | | | 115 | Dominique Rollin | FDJ-BigMat | + 26'18 | | | 116 | John Murphy | Liquigas-Cannondale | + 26'19 | | | 117 | Luke Roberts | Team Saxo Bank | s.t. | | | 118 | Borut Bozic | Astana Pro Team | + 26'25 | | | 119 | Karsten Kroon | Team Saxo Bank | + 26'29 | | | 120 | Stéphane Poulhies | Saur - Sojasun | + 26'31 | | | 121 | Dmitriy Muravyev | Astana Pro Team | + 26'35 | | | 122 | Jean-Lou Paiani | Saur - Sojasun | + 26'50 | | | 123 | Gianni Meersman | Team Argos-Shimano | + 26'56 | IanButler | | 124 | Michel Kreder | Team Garmin-Barracuda | + 27'02 | | | 125 | José Joaquin Rojas Gil | Katusha Team | + 27'05 | | | 126 | Massimo Codol | Acqua & Sapone | + 27'06 | | | 127 | Sep Vanmarcke | Team Garmin-Barracuda | s.t. | | | 128 | Steve Houanard | Ag2r La Mondiale | s.t. | | | 129 | Koldo Fernandez | Movistar Team | + 27'14 | | | 130 | Bruce Burton | Orica-GreenEDGE | + 27'19 | | | 131 | Daniele Bennati | Radioshack Nissan Trek | + 27'20 | | | 132 | Tomas Alberio | Lampre-ISD | + 27'31 | | | 133 | Francesco Ginanni | Acqua & Sapone | + 27'33 | | | 134 | Coen Vermeltfoort | Rabobank Cycling Team | + 27'35 | | | 135 | Alexei Tsatevich | Katusha Team | + 27'42 | | | 136 | Andrea Masciarelli | Acqua & Sapone | + 27'52 | | | 137 | Manuele Mori | Lampre-ISD | + 27'56 | | | 138 | Matteo Bono | Lampre-ISD | s.t. | | | 139 | Niki Terpstra | Omega Pharma-Quick-Step Cycling Team | + 28'07 | | | 140 | Rémy Di Gregorio | Cofidis, Le Crédit en Ligne | + 28'11 | | | 141 | Mathew Hayman | Rabobank Cycling Team | + 28'12 | | | 142 | Wladimir Miholjevic | Acqua & Sapone | s.t. | | | 143 | Bernhard Eisel | Sky Pro Cycling | + 28'31 | | | 144 | Grégory Rast | Radioshack Nissan Trek | + 28'39 | | | 145 | Fabien Bacquet | Saur - Sojasun | + 28'53 | | | 146 | Tomas Vaitkus | Orica-GreenEDGE | + 29'13 | | | 147 | Juan José Cobo Acebo | Movistar Team | + 29'21 | | | 148 | Nico Sijmens | Cofidis, Le Crédit en Ligne | + 29'33 | | | 149 | Sören Nissen | Team Saxo Bank | + 30'05 | | | 150 | Bruno Pires | Team Saxo Bank | + 30'06 | | | 151 | Arnaud Coyot | Saur - Sojasun | + 30'37 | | | 152 | Tosh Van der Sande | Lotto Belisol | + 30'45 | | | 153 | Paride Grillo | FDJ-BigMat | + 31'31 | | | 154 | Graeme Brown | Rabobank Cycling Team | + 31'46 | | | 155 | Francesco Lasca | Acqua & Sapone | + 31'54 | | | 156 | Matteo Tosatto | Team Saxo Bank | + 32'24 | | | 157 | Brent Bookwalter | BMC Racing Team | + 32'55 | | | 158 | Danilo Hondo | Lampre-ISD | + 33'17 | | | 159 | Pascal Lamouroux | Team Europcar | + 33'19 | | | 160 | Jos Van Emden | Rabobank Cycling Team | + 33'30 | | | 161 | Ruggero Marzoli | Acqua & Sapone | s.t. | | | 162 | Gregory Henderson | Lotto Belisol | + 33'42 | | | 163 | Pierre Duchateau | Cofidis, Le Crédit en Ligne | + 34'06 | | | 164 | Luca Barla | Acqua & Sapone | + 34'14 | | | 165 | Barry Markus | Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team | + 34'44 | | | 166 | Campbell Hill | Orica-GreenEDGE | s.t. | | | 167 | Juan José Haedo | Team Saxo Bank | + 35'19 | | | 168 | Yevgeni Nepomnyachsniy | Astana Pro Team | + 35'23 | | | 169 | Carlo Scognamiglio | Lampre-ISD | + 35'50 | | | 170 | Roger Kluge | Team Argos-Shimano | + 36'54 | IanButler | | 171 | Julian Dean | Orica-GreenEDGE | s.t. | | | 172 | Luke Rowe | Sky Pro Cycling | + 38'52 | | | 173 | Jens Mouris | Orica-GreenEDGE | + 38'54 | | | 174 | Cédric Pineau | FDJ-BigMat | + 39'35 | | | 175 | Hervé Provost | Omega Pharma-Quick-Step Cycling Team | + 41'38 | | | 176 | Jakob Rathe | Team Garmin-Barracuda | + 45'42 | |
Well, to be honest, if I was to finish 22nd in the Tour, I'd be amazingly surprised and happy. But there are two more mountain stages, and the Tour is a much different race. We'll see.
Costa is moving up well, let's hope he can get in that top 10. That way he'll be mentally strong for the Tour!
Until tomorrow,
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| sutty68 |
Posted on 26-02-2013 14:02
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A Good effort from Willy  |
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| JuanMotr |
Posted on 26-02-2013 16:25
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Not the TT performance we are used to with Willy |
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| Ian Butler |
Posted on 26-02-2013 16:47
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sutty68 - Thanks
JuanMotr - Result-wise, maybe not. But looking at the names who finished in front of him, I'd say he made quite some progress. Don't forget this is the world top of time trialing: Froome, Wiggins... So it's not that bad |
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| Ian Butler |
Posted on 26-02-2013 17:30
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Critérium du Dauphiné - Stage 6
Sixth stage of this race.
The final chance for the sprinters. Stijn can survive these hills, without a doubt!
Today I took responsibility. I spend the day keeping Costa out of the wind.
Then the big moment came. On the final hill, Stijn had to stay in the pack. It was hard, because the attacks soon came. Finally everyone's getting what they wanted: A duel between Wiggins and Froome. The one wouldn't let the other get away.
But Stijn held his ground and I lead him out!
Today was a hilly, tough race. A race I really enjoy, normally!
Costa launched me for the sprint and did a great job, I must thank him! Even better: most sprinters were caught behind on the final hill.
But what the hell? Samuel Sánchez unleashed!
What the hell is this? He outsprints me for the victory, I don't see how this is possible. Evans third? Rojas Gil only 8th? Come on, what's this? Maybe the final 150m were slightly uphill? I don't know...
Result
| 1 | Samuel Sánchez | Radioshack Nissan Trek | 4h24'07 | | | 2 | Stijn Van Gent | Team Argos-Shimano | s.t. | IanButler | | 3 | Cadel Evans | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | | | 4 | Jurgen Van den Broeck | Lotto Belisol | s.t. | | | 5 | Murilo Fischer | Team Garmin-Barracuda | s.t. | | | 6 | Johnny Hoogerland | Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | | 7 | Blel Kadri | Team Europcar | s.t. | | | 8 | José Joaquin Rojas Gil | Katusha Team | s.t. | | | 9 | Willy Wouters | Team Argos-Shimano | s.t. | IanButler | | 10 | Rui Costa | Team Argos-Shimano | s.t. | IanButler |
General Classification
| 1 | Cadel Evans | BMC Racing Team | 19h14'14 | | | 2 | Vincenzo Nibali | Liquigas-Cannondale | + 31 | | | 3 | Chris Froome | Sky Pro Cycling | + 33 | | | 4 | Maxime Monfort | Radioshack Nissan Trek | + 56 | | | 5 | Bradley Wiggins | Astana Pro Team | + 1'02 | | | 6 | Andy Schleck | Radioshack Nissan Trek | + 1'19 | | | 7 | Jurgen Van den Broeck | Lotto Belisol | + 1'26 | | | 8 | Samuel Sánchez | Radioshack Nissan Trek | + 2'37 | | | 9 | Robert Gesink | Rabobank Cycling Team | + 3'07 | | | 10 | Thomas De Gendt | Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team | + 3'55 | | | 11 | Arnold Jeannesson | FDJ-BigMat | + 4'10 | | | 12 | Rui Costa | Team Argos-Shimano | + 4'23 | IanButler | | 13 | Denis Menchov | Liquigas-Cannondale | + 4'51 | | | 14 | Christophe Kern | Team Europcar | + 5'30 | | | 15 | Francis De Greef | Lotto Belisol | + 5'41 | |
Well... Don't really know what to say anymore. This Dauphiné is turning into one big disappointment for the both of us. Don't get me wrong, a second place is good, but in a sprint against Sánchez?
Anyway, tomorrow the mountains.
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| Jesleyh |
Posted on 26-02-2013 17:33
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Wow, that was strange. Stijn should be happy with his 2nd place nevertheless. I think Sanchez improved his uphill sprint
Don't forget to mention that Willy & Rui also Top 10'd the stage. That's great
And the ITT of Willy was good, also in terms of results(He's facing the best). The only disappointing thing is that he could barely leave Schleck behind. In an ITT. What the hell?
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| Ian Butler |
Posted on 26-02-2013 18:01
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Well, all I can say is: weird things are a-happenin'
Thanks for the comment! Some strange things going on in this Dauphiné, let's hope things turn back to normal for the Tour
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| Ian Butler |
Posted on 26-02-2013 18:43
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Critérium du Dauphiné - Stage 7
The one but the last stage!
A tough mountain stage. The breakaway might make it to the finish here...
My day can be summarized in one shot:
The breakaway had gotten an 8 minute lead. It was looking good, so I decided to join them!
As soon as I reached them, I left them behind. They were Vinokourob, Martin, Visconti and Geslin.
However, Martin didn't give up and chased me.
I was going pretty strong and the finish was only 2 km away! But then I looked behind me... After a 20 km solo, I got caught with only 1.8 km left to go.
Pierre Rolland took the win! Costa raced pretty good and finished 13th.
Oh man, so close to the win! It was a hard day, and I hope it won't take its toll tomorrow...
Result
| 1 | Pierre Rolland | Team Europcar | 5h06'42 | | | 2 | Chris Froome | Sky Pro Cycling | + 28 | | | 3 | Cadel Evans | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | | | 4 | John Gadret | Ag2r La Mondiale | s.t. | | | 5 | Vincenzo Nibali | Liquigas-Cannondale | s.t. | | | 6 | Andy Schleck | Radioshack Nissan Trek | + 1'00 | | | 7 | Jurgen Van den Broeck | Lotto Belisol | + 1'20 | | | 8 | Ryder Hesjedal | Team Garmin-Barracuda | s.t. | | | 9 | Arnold Jeannesson | FDJ-BigMat | + 1'35 | | | 10 | Bradley Wiggins | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | | 11 | Robert Gesink | Rabobank Cycling Team | s.t. | | | 12 | Maxime Monfort | Radioshack Nissan Trek | s.t. | | | 13 | Rui Costa | Team Argos-Shimano | s.t. | IanButler | | (...) | | 21 | Willy Wouters | Team Argos-Shimano | + 2'37 | IanButler |
General Classification
| 1 | Cadel Evans | BMC Racing Team | 24h21'24 | | | 2 | Vincenzo Nibali | Liquigas-Cannondale | + 31 | | | 3 | Chris Froome | Sky Pro Cycling | + 33 | | | 4 | Andy Schleck | Radioshack Nissan Trek | + 1'51 | | | 5 | Maxime Monfort | Radioshack Nissan Trek | + 2'03 | | | 6 | Bradley Wiggins | Astana Pro Team | + 2'09 | | | 7 | Jurgen Van den Broeck | Lotto Belisol | + 2'18 | | | 8 | Robert Gesink | Rabobank Cycling Team | + 4'14 | | | 9 | Thomas De Gendt | Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team | + 5'02 | | | 10 | Arnold Jeannesson | FDJ-BigMat | + 5'17 | | | 11 | Pierre Rolland | Team Europcar | + 5'22 | | | 12 | Rui Costa | Team Argos-Shimano | + 5'30 | IanButler | | 13 | Denis Menchov | Liquigas-Cannondale | + 6'25 | | | 14 | Samuel Sánchez | Radioshack Nissan Trek | + 6'45 | | | 15 | Francis De Greef | Lotto Belisol | + 6'48 | | | (...) | | 21 | Willy Wouters | Team Argos-Shimano | + 9'49 | IanButler |
The final stage tomorrow. See you then,
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| Jesleyh |
Posted on 26-02-2013 18:45
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Ouch. It's not the first time in his career that he got caught so close before the finish
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| JuanMotr |
Posted on 26-02-2013 19:24
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At least Willy will have great legs for TDF! hope he don't burn himself too early in the race. Rui should give him some GT tactics |
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