Well I have to await a call from my mentor about whether I'l pass the year or not so still a bit stressful but I think I passed
thanks
Volta ao Distrito de Santarem RTP, 4 Stages:
Stage 3, Alpiarca ITT:
Guidi lost time today as expected as he dropped to the 8th place, 33 secs behind Vorganov who does manage to stay in the lead but with Costa being 13 secs behind he should still watch out, if Costa wins tommorow he'l also take over the lead...the stage went to a certain Helder Miranda
result:
1. Hélder Miranda BENFICA 22'35
2. Jason Donald TEAM SLIPSTREAM + 2
3. Steven Cozza TEAM SLIPSTREAM + 13
4. Dennis Van Winden RABOBANK CONTINENTAL + 14
5. Thom Van Dulmen RABOBANK CONTINENTAL + 19
6 Harald Totschnig ELK HAUS - SIMPLON + 24
7 José Martins VITÓRIA - ASC s.t.
8 Pablo Urtasun LIBERTY SEGUROS + 28
9 Brad Huff TEAM SLIPSTREAM + 30
10 Alexis Rodriguez Hernandez FERCASE - ROTA DOS MÓVEIS s.t.
11 Alejandro Marques MADEINOX - BRIC - LOULÉ s.t.
12 Virgílio Dos Santos RIBERALVES - BOAVISTA s.t.
13 Unai Uribarri EUSKALTEL - EUSKADI s.t.
14 Linas Balciunas AGRITUBEL + 32
15 Maxime Monfort COFIDIS, LE CRÉDIT PAR TÉLÉPHONE + 34
16 Gonzalo Rabuñal KARPIN GALICIA + 35
17 Hector Guerra LIBERTY SEGUROS + 36 18 Ryan Cox BARLOWORLD + 38
19 Emilien-Benoît Bergès AGRITUBEL + 40
20 Mikel Pradera BENFICA + 41
21 Afonso Azevedo LA MSS + 42
22 Andoni Lafuente EUSKALTEL - EUSKADI + 44 23 James Lewis Perry BARLOWORLD s.t.
24 Gustavo Dominguez Lemos KARPIN GALICIA + 45
25 Michael Creed TEAM SLIPSTREAM s.t.
Stage 4, Golega - Santarem:
An easy final stage, Guidi was 8th before this stage but 6 boni seconds could let him jump from 8 to place 5, he went for the first boni sprint and succeeded in taking the 6 secs, a few kms later a group gets away and with 20 kms there are 3 left...but their lead seems to small
Left: Guidi takes some important seconds, Right: Heijboer, Jalabert and Marques
The 3 get caught just in time and then Vorganov has to hope that Costa doesn't win...guess what happens
Costa wins yet again and take the final win on the final stage!
Result:
1. Pedro Costa VITÓRIA - ASC 3h46'06
2. Bruno Sá FERCASE - ROTA DOS MÓVEIS s.t.
3. Manuel Antonio Cardoso RIBERALVES - BOAVISTA s.t.
4. Leonardo Duque COFIDIS, LE CRÉDIT PAR TÉLÉPHONE s.t.
5. Hans Dekkers AGRITUBEL s.t.
6 Jochen Summer ELK HAUS - SIMPLON s.t. 7 Juan Van Heerden BARLOWORLD s.t.
8 Nuno Marta MADEINOX - BRIC - LOULÉ s.t.
9 Brad Huff TEAM SLIPSTREAM s.t. 10 Fabrizio Guidi BARLOWORLD s.t.
11 Pedro Miguel Soeiro BARBOT - HALCON s.t.
12 Saïd Haddou BOUYGUES TELECOM s.t.
13 Javier Benitez BENFICA s.t.
14 José Martins VITÓRIA - ASC s.t. 15 Hugo Sabido BARLOWORLD s.t.
16 Anthony Ravard AGRITUBEL s.t.
17 César Quitério LIBERTY SEGUROS s.t.
18 Peter Wrolich GEROLSTEINER s.t.
19 Cláudio Faria LA MSS s.t.
20 Benoît Sinner AGRITUBEL s.t.
21 Christopher Sutton COFIDIS, LE CRÉDIT PAR TÉLÉPHONE s.t.
22 Pedro Lopes Goncalves BENFICA s.t.
23 Francisco José Pacheco BARBOT - HALCON s.t.
24 Jacek Morajko RIBERALVES - BOAVISTA s.t.
25 Alexandre Pichot BOUYGUES TELECOM s.t.
Final GC:
1. Pedro Costa VITÓRIA - ASC 13h32'11
2. Eduard Vorganov KARPIN GALICIA + 7
3. José Martins VITÓRIA - ASC + 15
4. Alexis Rodriguez Hernandez FERCASE - ROTA DOS MÓVEIS + 21 5. Fabrizio Guidi BARLOWORLD + 34
6 Ian MacGregor TEAM SLIPSTREAM + 37
7 Hélder Oliveira MADEINOX - BRIC - LOULÉ s.t.
8 Leonardo Duque COFIDIS, LE CRÉDIT PAR TÉLÉPHONE + 38
9 Krasimir Vasilev DUJA - TAVIRA + 40
10 David Herrero Llorente KARPIN GALICIA + 45
11 Pedro Miguel Soeiro BARBOT - HALCON + 47
12 Cláudio Faria LA MSS + 50
13 Romain Feillu AGRITUBEL s.t.
14 Pedro Lopes Goncalves BENFICA + 51
15 Jordi Grau LIBERTY SEGUROS + 56
16 Francisco José Pacheco BARBOT - HALCON + 59
17 Boy Van Poppel RABOBANK CONTINENTAL + 1'02
18 Javier Benitez BENFICA + 1'07 19 Juan Van Heerden BARLOWORLD + 1'08
20 Hugo Sabido BARLOWORLD s.t.
21 Carlo Westphal GEROLSTEINER s.t.
22 Anthony Geslin BOUYGUES TELECOM + 1'11
23 Peter Wrolich GEROLSTEINER + 1'13
24 Hélder Miranda BENFICA + 1'21
25 Jason Donald TEAM SLIPSTREAM + 1'23
Dwight K. Schrute: 'I'm not a hero. Im just a mere defender of the office. You know who is a hero? Hiro from Heroes. That's a hero. And Bono'.
Costa seems unbeatable in his own country...2nd in the CT rankings atm
Pro Tour News
Paris Nice
"Franco Pellizotti wins in Mende and takes the jersey to Nice"
Franco Pellizotti won stage 4 to Mende and remained in the lead, it was a strange Paris Nice after Gutierrez won the TT it was Torsten Hiekmann who surprised his breakaway companions by taking the stage just in front of Benatti. After Sanchez won the sprint in stage 2 and Boonen in stage 3 it was Pellizotti who made his move on the 4th stage by beating Mayo and Frank Schleck in Mende. Pineau won the next stage in front of the old Brochard while McEwen surprisingly took stage 6. Gomez Marchante won the final stage to Nice solo but he didn't mean any harm to Pellizotti and so he won.
Final GC:
1. Franco Pellizotti - Liquigas - 29h47'36"
2. Frank Schleck - Team CSC - +3"
3. Michael Boogerd - Rabobank - +29"
4. Samuel Sanchez Gonzalez - Euskaltel - +36"
5. Iban Mayo - Saunier Duval - +2'52"
6. Tom Danielson - Discovery Channel - +3'54"
7. Jens Voigt - Team CSC - +4'03"
8. Mauricio Ardila - Rabobank - +4'07"
9. Dario David Cioni - Predictor Lotto - +4'49"
10. Marzio Bruseghin - Lampre Fondital - +5'12"
Tirreno Adriatico
"Italians bite Kirchen's dust as he wins Tirreno Adriatico"
Just as Paris Nice the Tirreno Adriatico also started crazy as the leader after the 1st stage was Marco Fertonani! But unfortunately for him he lost his lead the day after to Kim Kirchen who finished in a group behind the break in which Sebastien Hinault was the strongest. The 3rd stage almost went to Kirchen but it was Gilbert who beated him on the line and in stage 4 it was Matthe Pronk who won after beating his fellow breakaway companion Rossi in the sprint. Stage 5 saw Zabriskie winning a very close TT and in stage 6 Ricardo Ricco won but to everyone's surprise Kirchen hang on to the Italian climbers and therefore kept his lead...the final stage, won by Allan Davis didn't change anything as Kirchen wins the Tirreno Adriatico.
next, one of the most exciting MSR's I ever played!
Milano San Remo
Our sprinters will not make it past the Cipressa me thinks and so being in the main break and a top 50 rank will probably be enough for us, after a high pace at the start it is Gianmpaolo Cheula who takes off, more and more join him and after a while there is a pretty strong group up front
19 riders, notable names are Cobo, Rodriguez, Kopp, Gesink, Leukemans, Zabriskie, Mazzanti, Figueras and Cheula
There are some dangerous guys out there but Milram and Lampre don't seem to care, with 90 kms to go and a 10 min advantage Milram and Lampre finally react but it could be too late since the group is so big and some of these guys won't lose much on the Cipressa and the Poggio! The group gets smaller when they reach the Cipressa and soon it seems like the pack won't catch them all even though the pace is extremely high...on the descent of the Cipressa 4 guys are left chasing the Spaniard Cobo
As Cobo is on his way to the Poggio, Zabriskie, Mazzanti, Leukemans and Rodriguez are trying everything to catch him!
When they get to the Poggio Cobo surrenders to spare some energy and soon it is Dave Zabriskie who tries to slip away but the 4 work together and catch him on the top of the Poggio, when they go down Zabriskie even has to let go because of his earlier effort and so 4 are left but then the race get's even more exciting and stranger!
Left: Zabriskie won't win today! Right: Mazzanti slips away on the hot tarmac! 3 are left in this crazy race!
So it's down to Cobo, Rodriguez and Leukemans and soon it appears that Cobo is now feeling the pain from his earlier solo...Rodriguez sences this and sets off, Cobo can't do anything...Leukemans can as he jumps out of Cobo's wheel but it would be too little too late!
Rodriguez' decisive jump, Leukemans came too late and so Rodriguez wins a crazy Milano San Remo!
Pozzaton wins the sprint in front of Paolini, Wegmann and Cancellara (Gesink was from the early break) And Efimkin ended 48th behind Zabel and in front of Hushovd --8)
Result:
1. Joaquin Rodriguez Oliver CAISSE D'EPARGNE 7h04'19
2. Björn Leukemans PREDICTOR - LOTTO s.t.
3. Juan José Cobo SAUNIER DUVAL - PRODIR + 38
4. David Zabriskie TEAM CSC s.t.
quite an unlikely group of riders there...never seen the early break even make it to the capo mele, never mind san remo
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"I love him, I think he's great. He's transformed the sport in so many ways. Every person in cycling has benefitted from Lance Armstrong, perhaps not financially but in some sense" - Bradley Wiggins on Lance Armstrong
A Italian director called us, telling us that we obtained a WildCard for the Giro --8)
Settimana Internazionale Coppi e Bartali, 6 Stages:
Vladimir Efimkin is without a doubt our guy in this race which is seen as one of the more important races in the eyes of our sponsors, A top 5 is therefore our goal and with this strong team it should be possible
Stage 1, Riccione - Riccione:
A hilly criterium trough Riccione which isn't extremely difficult so a sprint will probably decide the winner today but the pace is a bit slow and so a Barloworlder tries his luck but isn't rewarded with the win, Efimkin (who has 93 pts --8) ) gets caught in the sprint and ends 15th, up front the pro tour riders get surprised by a Russian from the Tinkoff team!
Left: Efimkin showed his presence, Right: Sergei Klimov wins in the rain!
6 Davide Rebellin GEROLSTEINER s.t.
7 Stefano Garzelli ACQUA & SAPONE - CAFFÈ MOKAMBO s.t.
8 Niki Terpstra TEAM MILRAM s.t.
9 Gabriele Colombo AURUM HOTELS s.t.
10 Juri Krivtsov AG2R PRÉVOYANCE s.t.
11 Ricardo Serrano TINKOFF CREDIT SYSTEMS s.t.
12 Vladimir Duma CERAMICA FLAMINIA s.t.
13 Jesus Del Nero SAUNIER DUVAL - PRODIR s.t.
14 Assan Bazajev ASTANÁ s.t. 15 Aleksandr Efimkin BARLOWORLD s.t.
16 Francesco Reda OTC DOORS - LAURETANA s.t.
17 Björn Leukemans PREDICTOR - LOTTO s.t.
18 Alberto Benitez SAUNIER DUVAL - PRODIR s.t.
19 Johan Vansummeren PREDICTOR - LOTTO s.t.
20 José Enrique Gutiérrez Cataluña TEAM LPR s.t.
21 Stefan Schreck T-MOBILE TEAM s.t.
22 Mauro Santambrogio LAMPRE - FONDITAL s.t.
23 Sven Krauss GEROLSTEINER s.t.
24 Rinaldo Nocentini AG2R PRÉVOYANCE s.t.
25 Daniele Nardello TEAM LPR s.t.
Stage 2, Misano TTT:
Dissapointing result for Barloworld...
1. TINKOFF CREDIT SYSTEMS 14'23
2. T-MOBILE TEAM + 17
3. TEAM MILRAM + 29
4. GEROLSTEINER + 31
5. AG2R PRÉVOYANCE + 33
14. BARLOWORLD + 46
Stage 3, Cervia - Faenza:
Many experts see this stage as a flat stage but nevertheless we send our team out there with the lightest equipment and an attack from Efimkin can be expected on the final climb! On the climb all the favourites soon attack, Garzelli first and Efimkin counters him...first Efimkin doesn't feel good but suddenly he drops the veteran and finds himself up front, luckily he gets some company as Nocentini and Rebellin join him. Sella and Ghisalberti just don't manage to join but then the poor Efimkin has to all the work himself as Rebellin tells Nocentini to work he stops working himself as well...but Efimkin keeps on going and when they sprint it isnt so surprising that the cowards decide who wins, luckily it is Rebellin who did do some work who wins it easily, still a 3rd place behind Nocentini and Rebellin isn't too shabby for Efimkin
Left: The young Russian had to do all the work, Right: Rebellin takes the win
Settimana Internazionale Coppi e Bartali, 6 Stages:
Stage 4, Scandiano - Modenense:
A stage which would suit our young Russian leader well, since we want a stage win in this, for us, important tour we send Efimkin on the road with the thought that he will attack on the final hill, he does and amazes everyone as not even Gerdemann can hang onto him! Efimkin can't believe it as he wins the stage by 27 secs in front of some guys who listen to the names Rebellin, Garzelli and Gerdemann --8)
Left: Efimkin on his way to the win, Right: Efimkin is excited with the win, and the overall lead!
Result:
1. Aleksandr Efimkin BARLOWORLD 4h06'55
2. Linus Gerdemann T-MOBILE TEAM + 27
3. Davide Rebellin GEROLSTEINER s.t.
4. Stefano Garzelli ACQUA & SAPONE - CAFFÈ MOKAMBO s.t.
5. Jesus Del Nero SAUNIER DUVAL - PRODIR s.t.
6 Sergei Klimov TINKOFF CREDIT SYSTEMS s.t.
7 Michail Ignatiev TINKOFF CREDIT SYSTEMS s.t.
8 Rinaldo Nocentini AG2R PRÉVOYANCE s.t.
9 José Enrique Gutiérrez Cataluña TEAM LPR s.t.
10 Ricardo Serrano TINKOFF CREDIT SYSTEMS s.t.
11 Addy Engels QUICK STEP - INNERGETIC s.t.
12 Johan Vansummeren PREDICTOR - LOTTO s.t.
13 Björn Leukemans PREDICTOR - LOTTO s.t.
14 Francesco Reda OTC DOORS - LAURETANA s.t.
15 Fabian Wegmann GEROLSTEINER s.t.
16 Bernhard Kohl GEROLSTEINER s.t.
17 Alessandro Proni QUICK STEP - INNERGETIC s.t.
18 Christophe Brandt PREDICTOR - LOTTO s.t.
19 Luca Mazzanti CERAMICA PANARIA - NAVIGARE s.t.
20 Juri Krivtsov AG2R PRÉVOYANCE s.t.
21 Julio Alberto Perez Cuapio CERAMICA PANARIA - NAVIGARE s.t.
22 Marco Marzano LAMPRE - FONDITAL s.t.
23 Christian Knees TEAM MILRAM s.t.
24 Johannes Frohlinger GEROLSTEINER s.t.
25 Emanuele Sella CERAMICA PANARIA - NAVIGARE s.t.
Stage 5, Carpi - Finale Emilia:
A flat stage which we and the sprinter teams controlled...Gerolsteiner takes it's 2nd win thanks to Wegmann
Fabian Wegmann beats the sprinters in Finale Emilia!
Result:
1. Fabian Wegmann GEROLSTEINER 4h12'56
2. Mirko Lorenzetto TEAM MILRAM s.t.
3. Sergei Klimov TINKOFF CREDIT SYSTEMS s.t.
4. Igor Abakoumov ASTANÁ s.t.
5. Jesus Del Nero SAUNIER DUVAL - PRODIR s.t.
6 Claudio Corioni LAMPRE - FONDITAL s.t.
7 Roberto Ferrari TENAX s.t.
8 Stefano Garzelli ACQUA & SAPONE - CAFFÈ MOKAMBO s.t.
9 Niki Terpstra TEAM MILRAM s.t.
10 Martin Müller TEAM MILRAM s.t.
11 Oleg Grishkine NAVIGATORS INSURANCE CYCLING TEAM s.t.
12 Mark Cavendish T-MOBILE TEAM s.t.
13 Luca Ascani AURUM HOTELS s.t.
14 Davide Viganò QUICK STEP - INNERGETIC s.t.
15 Emanuele Rizza AURUM HOTELS s.t.
16 Guido Trenti LIQUIGAS s.t.
17 Brett Lancaster TEAM MILRAM s.t.
18 Marco Corsini TENAX s.t.
19 Christian Knees TEAM MILRAM s.t.
20 Alberto Benitez SAUNIER DUVAL - PRODIR s.t.
21 Kristian House NAVIGATORS INSURANCE CYCLING TEAM s.t.
22 Assan Bazajev ASTANÁ s.t.
23 Jürgen Van de Walle QUICK STEP - INNERGETIC s.t.
24 Vladimir Duma CERAMICA FLAMINIA s.t.
25 Björn Leukemans PREDICTOR - LOTTO s.t.
Stage 6, Castellarano - Sassuolo:
The final stage in which Barloworld had to defend Efimkin's lead, everything goes right until the german talent Gerdemann decides to give it a go together with Mazzanti who was very unlucky in MSR. They go early but their lead stands and so Efimkin goes after them himself but is it enough?
Left: Gerdemann and Mazzanti looking good, Right: Efimkin in an attempt to defend his lead!
But unfortunately Efimkin lacks the strenght to make it, Nocentini does make the jump and so it looks like Efimkin will lose 2 places, not bad in a field as strong as this but still Aleksandr is a bit dissapointed...
The coward from stage 2, Nocentini takes the stage and the overall...
We brought a very strong team but if I would have known that the competition would have been this weak I would have changed my line-up
Stage 1, Brignano - Brignano:
A pretty tough stage where Florentino Marquez was very close to victory...but unfortunately he got caught under the flamme rouge. Miholjevic beats Falzarano in a stage in which the Barloworlders took it easy
Marquez just didn't make it...
Result:
1. Vladimir Miholjevic LIQUIGAS 4h45'39
2. Alfonso Falzarano CINELLI - ENDEKA - OPD s.t.
3. Nicola D'Andrea MICHE + 25 4. Florentino Marquez BARLOWORLD s.t.
5. Aleksandr Efimkin BARLOWORLD s.t.
1. Francesco Chicchi LIQUIGAS 3h57'39
2. Aldo-Ino Ilesic PERUTNINA PTUJ s.t.
3. Mattia Gavazzi KIO ENE - TONAZZO - DMT s.t.
4. Jochen Summer ELK HAUS - SIMPLON s.t.
5. Claudio Corioni LAMPRE - FONDITAL s.t.
6 Fabio Borghesi SERRAMENTI PVC DIQUIGIOVANNI - SELLE ITALIA s.t. 7 Giosuè Bonomi BARLOWORLD s.t.
8 Vladimir Duma CERAMICA FLAMINIA s.t.
9 Krzysztof Szczawinski MICHE s.t.
10 Adam Wadecki CERAMICA FLAMINIA s.t.
11 Emanuele Bindi TEAM UNIVERSAL CAFFE' - ECOPETROL s.t.
12 Giuseppe Palumbo ACQUA & SAPONE - CAFFÈ MOKAMBO s.t.
13 Jure Kocjan RADENSKA POWERBAR s.t.
14 Maxim Rudenko CINELLI - ENDEKA - OPD s.t.
15 Jaime Alberto Castañeda LAMPRE - FONDITAL s.t.
16 Mirko Allegrini KIO ENE - TONAZZO - DMT s.t.
17 Marcin Gebka DYNATEC s.t.
18 Stefano Boggia CERAMICA FLAMINIA s.t.
19 Francesco Gavazzi LAMPRE - FONDITAL s.t.
20 Roberto Longo LAMPRE - FONDITAL s.t.
21 Vladimir Smirnov CINELLI - ENDEKA - OPD s.t.
22 Vid Ogris RADENSKA POWERBAR s.t.
23 Emiliano Donadello SERRAMENTI PVC DIQUIGIOVANNI - SELLE ITALIA s.t.
24 Michael Albasini LIQUIGAS s.t.
25 Mattia Parravicini KIO ENE - TONAZZO - DMT s.t.
Stage 3, Vertova - Vertova:
Barloworld dominated the stage, but couldn't take the win...Liquigas takes the 2nd win, this time thanks to Bertagnolli. But Konstantin Siutsou is the new overall leader
Result:
1. Leonardo Bertagnolli LIQUIGAS 4h07'12 2. Konstantin Siutsou BARLOWORLD s.t.
3. Dario Cataldo LIQUIGAS s.t. 4. Aleksandr Efimkin BARLOWORLD s.t.
5. Pedro Arreitunandia BARLOWORLD s.t.
6 Mauricio Soler BARLOWORLD s.t.
7 Alex Ardila Cano BARLOWORLD s.t.
8 Gianpaolo Caruso LAMPRE - FONDITAL + 2'32
9 Davide Bragazzi KIO ENE - TONAZZO - DMT + 3'00
10 Vladimir Miholjevic LIQUIGAS s.t.
11 Francesco Reda OTC DOORS - LAURETANA + 3'40
12 Krzysztof Szczawinski MICHE s.t.
13 Nicola D'Andrea MICHE s.t.
14 Devis Miorin KIO ENE - TONAZZO - DMT s.t.
15 Boris Shpilevski KIO ENE - TONAZZO - DMT s.t.
16 Mitja Mahoric PERUTNINA PTUJ s.t. 17 Florentino Marquez BARLOWORLD s.t.
18 Alfonso Falzarano CINELLI - ENDEKA - OPD s.t.
19 Rob Ruijgh RABOBANK CONTINENTAL s.t.
20 Domenico Quagliarella CERAMICA FLAMINIA s.t.
21 Giuseppe Muraglia ACQUA & SAPONE - CAFFÈ MOKAMBO s.t.
22 Alessandro Spezialetti LIQUIGAS s.t.
23 Andrei Kunitski ACQUA & SAPONE - CAFFÈ MOKAMBO s.t.
24 Mattia Turrina SERRAMENTI PVC DIQUIGIOVANNI - SELLE ITALIA + 5'18
25 Giuseppe Palumbo ACQUA & SAPONE - CAFFÈ MOKAMBO + 7'03
Stage 4, Roncadelle - Roncadelle:
A mountain stage where Efimkin went early on and was later joined by Ardila and Caruso...yet again no win but Efimkin takes over the overall lead from Siutsou
thanks guys, well I just used my team's capacities to the fullest and was therefore able to destroy the 'small' competition :wink:
Volta ao Alentejo, 6 Stages:
Soler and Siutsou are our leaders here because of the mountain ITT
Stage 1, Vidigueira - Beja:
A flat stage and we could use Bonomi and Serebriakov here, first a break with Caccia in it is caught but Serebriakov manages to join the right break...
Serebriakov finds himself in the break together with Turrina, Livramento, Garcia Dapena, Rosendo, Sousa, Sa and Sousa Alves
The breaks seems to make it but what's more surprising is that the Tinkoff team doesn't manage to get closer at first, so the winner of this stage will also take a nice lead in the GC which won't be endangered during the mountain ITT of only 7 kms...Serebriakov is of course the best sprinter but he still has to look out that he doesn't overestimate himself, the Young Russian goes early but then Turrina comes very close!
Left: Serebriakov starts the sprint early! Right: Turrina doesn't catch him and so Serebriakov wins the stage!
Result:
1. Aleksandr Serebriakov BARLOWORLD 3h39'37
2. Mattia Turrina SERRAMENTI PVC DIQUIGIOVANNI - SELLE ITALIA s.t.
3. José Manuel Sousa Cunha VITÓRIA - ASC s.t.
4. Rui Sá BARBOT - HALCON s.t.
5. Célio Sousa Alves RIBERALVES - BOAVISTA s.t.
6 Jesus Rosendo ANDALUCIA - CAJASUR s.t.
7 David Garcia Dapena KARPIN GALICIA s.t.
8 David Livramento DUJA - TAVIRA s.t. 9 Sergei Klimov TINKOFF CREDIT SYSTEMS + 2'55
10 Pedro Costa VITÓRIA - ASC s.t.
11 Bruno Neves LA MSS s.t.
12 Fabio Borghesi SERRAMENTI PVC DIQUIGIOVANNI - SELLE ITALIA s.t.
13 Nuno Marta MADEINOX - BRIC - LOULÉ s.t.
14 Javier Benitez BENFICA s.t.
15 Pedro Miguel Soeiro BARBOT - HALCON s.t. 16 Giosuè Bonomi BARLOWORLD s.t.
17 Francisco José Pacheco BARBOT - HALCON s.t.
18 Cláudio Faria LA MSS s.t.
19 Manuel Antonio Cardoso RIBERALVES - BOAVISTA s.t.
20 Bruno Sá FERCASE - ROTA DOS MÓVEIS s.t.
21 Alberto Loddo SERRAMENTI PVC DIQUIGIOVANNI - SELLE ITALIA s.t.
22 Ricardo Serrano TINKOFF CREDIT SYSTEMS s.t.
23 Emiliano Donadello SERRAMENTI PVC DIQUIGIOVANNI - SELLE ITALIA s.t.
24 Marco Cunha MADEINOX - BRIC - LOULÉ s.t.
25 Aitor Perez Arrieta CAISSE D'EPARGNE s.t.
Stage 2, Zambujeira - Alcacer do Sal:
Almost the same profile as yesterday and Barloworld left all the work to the sprinters teams who in the end missed their 2nd oppurtunity as the break made it...Oleg Chuzda, an ex Kelme rider, takes off with 5 kms to go and takes the 2nd Eastern European win in this tour. Serebriakov keeps the lead
Oleg Chuzda takes a fully deserved win !
Result:
1. Oleg Chuzhda FUERTEVENTURA - CANARIAS 3h42'11
2. Manuel Vázquez Hueso ANDALUCIA - CAJASUR s.t.
3. Jésus Buendia BARBOT - HALCON s.t.
4. Paulo Barroso VITÓRIA - ASC s.t.
5. Manuel Antonio Cardoso RIBERALVES - BOAVISTA s.t.
6 Pedro Miguel Soeiro BARBOT - HALCON s.t.
7 Pedro Costa VITÓRIA - ASC s.t. 8 Aleksandr Serebriakov BARLOWORLD s.t.
9 Nuno Marta MADEINOX - BRIC - LOULÉ s.t.
10 Alberto Loddo SERRAMENTI PVC DIQUIGIOVANNI - SELLE ITALIA s.t.
11 Fabio Borghesi SERRAMENTI PVC DIQUIGIOVANNI - SELLE ITALIA s.t.
12 Javier Benitez BENFICA s.t.
13 Sergei Klimov TINKOFF CREDIT SYSTEMS s.t.
14 Cláudio Faria LA MSS s.t.
15 Pedro Lopes Goncalves BENFICA s.t.
16 Martin Garrido DUJA - TAVIRA s.t.
17 Bruno Neves LA MSS s.t.
18 Aitor Perez Arrieta CAISSE D'EPARGNE s.t.
19 Bruno Sá FERCASE - ROTA DOS MÓVEIS s.t.
20 César Quitério LIBERTY SEGUROS s.t.
21 Jacek Morajko RIBERALVES - BOAVISTA s.t.
22 Francisco José Pacheco BARBOT - HALCON s.t.
23 Emiliano Donadello SERRAMENTI PVC DIQUIGIOVANNI - SELLE ITALIA s.t.
24 José Martins VITÓRIA - ASC s.t.
25 Nelson Rocha RIBERALVES - BOAVISTA s.t.
Stage 3, Salvade - Beja TT:
A mountainious ITT and Serebriakov, with his 54 MO and 64 TT stats knew that he had to suffer if he wanted to keep his jersey, the 7 kms were not enough for the big guns to take the jersey but other guys in the group were better climbers than Serebriakov and so it didn't look good, Serebriakov took it easy after he heard from Mauricio Soler, who would finish the day as 2nd, that time he can win time in the final km where alot of riders blow up. Serebriakov follows his advice...and when he looks at the screen he can't believe what he's seeing
44 Aleksandr Serebriakov BARLOWORLD +1'10"
The young Russian sprinter, who isn't, and will never be, a climber ends 44th and sets the best time of the break away guys and even strengthens his lead towards them... Evgeni Petrov wins the stage in front of Soler, Siutsou ends 4th
Result:
1. Evgeni Petrov TINKOFF CREDIT SYSTEMS 19'24 2. Mauricio Soler BARLOWORLD + 10
3. Virgílio Dos Santos RIBERALVES - BOAVISTA + 11 4. Konstantin Siutsou BARLOWORLD + 19
5. Aleksandr Serov TINKOFF CREDIT SYSTEMS + 29
6 Hélder Magalhães RIBERALVES - BOAVISTA + 43
7 Gilberto Sampaio VITÓRIA - ASC s.t.
8 Steffen Weigold TINKOFF CREDIT SYSTEMS + 49
9 Florent Brard CAISSE D'EPARGNE s.t.
10 Hélder Miranda BENFICA + 51
11 Tyler Hamilton TINKOFF CREDIT SYSTEMS + 52 12 Ryan Cox BARLOWORLD + 53
13 Hector Guerra LIBERTY SEGUROS s.t.
14 Pablo Urtasun LIBERTY SEGUROS + 55
15 José Joaquin Rojas Gil CAISSE D'EPARGNE + 59
16 Alexis Rodriguez Hernandez FERCASE - ROTA DOS MÓVEIS + 1'01
17 José Manuel Cuesta Valero FERCASE - ROTA DOS MÓVEIS s.t.
18 Michail Ignatiev TINKOFF CREDIT SYSTEMS s.t.
19 Manuel Ortega ANDALUCIA - CAJASUR + 1'02
20 Martin Garrido DUJA - TAVIRA + 1'04
21 Mikel Pradera BENFICA + 1'05
22 Hélder Oliveira MADEINOX - BRIC - LOULÉ s.t.
23 Fabio Borghesi SERRAMENTI PVC DIQUIGIOVANNI - SELLE ITALIA + 1'06
24 Alejandro Marques MADEINOX - BRIC - LOULÉ s.t.
25 Joaquim Antonio Gregorio MADEINOX - BRIC - LOULÉ s.t.
GC with 3 stages to go:
1. Aleksandr Serebriakov BARLOWORLD 7h41'56
2. Mattia Turrina SERRAMENTI PVC DIQUIGIOVANNI - SELLE ITALIA + 13
3. Rui Sá BARBOT - HALCON + 28
4. Célio Sousa Alves RIBERALVES - BOAVISTA + 31
5. David Livramento DUJA - TAVIRA + 32
6 José Manuel Sousa Cunha VITÓRIA - ASC s.t.
7 David Garcia Dapena KARPIN GALICIA + 34
8 Jesus Rosendo ANDALUCIA - CAJASUR + 40
9 Evgeni Petrov TINKOFF CREDIT SYSTEMS + 2'11 10 Mauricio Soler BARLOWORLD + 2'21
11 Virgílio Dos Santos RIBERALVES - BOAVISTA + 2'22 12 Konstantin Siutsou BARLOWORLD + 2'30
13 Aleksandr Serov TINKOFF CREDIT SYSTEMS + 2'40
14 Oleg Chuzhda FUERTEVENTURA - CANARIAS + 2'53
15 Hélder Magalhães RIBERALVES - BOAVISTA + 2'54
16 Gilberto Sampaio VITÓRIA - ASC s.t.
17 Steffen Weigold TINKOFF CREDIT SYSTEMS + 3'00
18 Florent Brard CAISSE D'EPARGNE s.t.
19 Hélder Miranda BENFICA + 3'02
20 Tyler Hamilton TINKOFF CREDIT SYSTEMS + 3'03 21 Ryan Cox BARLOWORLD + 3'0422 Hector Guerra LIBERTY SEGUROS s.t.
23 Pablo Urtasun LIBERTY SEGUROS + 3'06
24 José Joaquin Rojas Gil CAISSE D'EPARGNE + 3'10
25 Manuel Vázquez Hueso ANDALUCIA - CAJASUR + 3'11
The final test will be stage 5, a hilly stage...also not Serebriakov's biggest friend but if he does what he did today it will be a nice week for the young sprinter...
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