Project 1T4i - Bye, bye!
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Posted on 31-03-2012 20:31
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well i can only repeat what the others said... you havent promised to much - what an amazing stage cunego really must have had a +10 day if vdb already had +5
but you kept the lead and knowing your skills i cant imagine you losing it on the last stage!!! |
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Posted on 31-03-2012 20:45
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Incredible stage...Cunego almost did it.
VDB rode imo his best stage overall,just like Cunego...great report.
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Posted on 31-03-2012 21:26
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i think the last one was really exicting good luck in the las stage! |
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Posted on 01-04-2012 10:53
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Thanks guys! You'll see for yourselves how it went!
Edited by Pellizotti2 on 01-04-2012 10:54
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Posted on 01-04-2012 10:53
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Stage 21 - Bergamo > Brescia
If you thought that the Giro is over, then think again! We still have this very, very hard final day of racing, finishing with a mountainous circuit in Brescia. The big, incredibly steep Monte Maddalena will be climbed five times, and with 10% in average gradient, we should see some big attacks.
A few really strong names joined the day's breakaway. Quite a big group as well, with around fifteen riders in the beginning. That number soon shrank.
The leading group stretched out a large advantage, leading the main field by ten minutes at one point. That also soon changed however, when UniCredit and Lampre started to send up their domestiques to shut down the break.
Onto the last lap, Rob Ruijgh and José Rujano ditched the other members of the breakaway on the small Mompiano climb. Interestingly, they still led the main field by over four minutes!
We got caught off guard when Cunego decided to make his move already on the Mompiano. Nibali and Sivtsov were onto this immediately.
Cunego broke Nibali quite easily, but Sivtsov still seemed very strong. Van den Broeck tried his best to make his way back behind.
Cunego didn't want to drag Sivtsov with him over the top, so he slowed down to wait for the others. Nibali then profited from the tricky descent to open up a small gap on the others.
Down on the flat part between the two climbs, his advantage had grown to just over half a minute, with Cunego leading the chase.
On the incredibly steep slopes of Monte Maddalena, Van den Broeck battled his way back to the group with Cunego. Unfortunately he didn't have a good day at all (-2), struggling to keep up.
The GC battle behind was the end for the escapees. Ruijgh had dropped Rujano up front, but was just a minute ahead of the favourites.
Nibali was brought back into the favourite group, but Cunego jumped instead, just as they made the catch. Van den Broeck was still fighting behind, desperately trying to stay with the others.
Nibali couldn't allow Cunego to go by himself, so he was off in pursuit soon. Sivtsov and Scarponi jumped along.
But Cunego continued to increase his advantage, shutting down the breakaway for good by catching up with Ruijgh.
Van den Broeck's battle behind continued, but it looked darker and darker for every moment. He just couldn't follow the top names anymore!
The three musketeers also continued to battle, a little bit behind Cunego. This time it was Sivtsov's turn to jump.
Nibali used that move as a springboard for a last one of his own. With a kilometer to the top of the climb, he gave it all in one last try to win the Giro.
But Cunego was relentless at the front, hammering on all the way to the top, knowing that he could be winning this Giro right here, right now.
Nibali ran out of fuel after his attack and was caught by Sivtsov and Scarponi again. They passed the top over a minute behind Cunego however. Van den Broeck followed in the next group.
Knowing his skill in the tricky descents, Nibali tailed off his two companions quickly, setting off after Cunego.
The little prince was already too far ahead however! Hitting the Flamme Rouge, he still led his compatriot by over a minute! He's back!
The final kilometer was one of celebration for Damiano Cunego. Knowing that his gap was more than enough to defend his title, he enjoyed every moment. What a comeback in the last week, winning three straight stages!
Sivtsov dumped Scarponi once they came down to the flat finish, but couldn't make his way back up to Nibali, who finished second today, and for the second year in a row, is the runner-up overall.
Scarponi completely blew up after being dropped by Sivtsov, and even got passed by Pellizotti in the finale.
And then, our own hero, Van den Broeck. His bad daily form totally drained his energy on the climbs, and therefore lost big time today. He drops to third overall, of course a bit disappointing, but it's way more than we dreamed of before the start!
1 | Damiano Cunego | Lampre - San Marco | 6h09'23 | 2 | Vincenzo Nibali | UniCredit - Bianchi Cycling Team | + 1'13 | 3 | Kanstantsin Sivtsov | Team Sky Pro Cycling | + 1'51 | 4 | Franco Pellizotti | Team Radioshack - Nissan | + 2'29 | 5 | Michele Scarponi | Liquigas - Cannondale | s.t. | 6 | Chris Anker Sörensen | Lotto - Belisol | + 2'59 | 7 | Igor Anton | Euskaltel - Orbea | + 3'17 | 8 | Jurgen Van den Broeck | Project 1T4i - Shimano | s.t. | 9 | Marco Marzano | Androni Giocattoli - Trecolli | s.t. | 10 | Janez Brajkovic | Astana Pro Team | + 5'07 |
Spoiler 11 | Ivan Basso | Liquigas - Cannondale | + 6'01 | 12 | Wouter Poels | Vacansoleil - DCM | s.t. | 13 | Carlos Alberto Betancur | Liquigas - Cannondale | s.t. | 14 | Fredrik Kessiakoff | The Bose Project | + 6'52 | 15 | Rob Ruijgh | Vacansoleil - DCM | + 8'10 | 16 | Tom Jelte Slagter | Vodafone Pro Cycling Team | + 8'28 | 17 | Jure Kocjan | Astana Pro Team | + 8'53 | 18 | Matthias Kessler | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | 19 | Francesco Masciarelli | Liquigas - Cannondale | + 10'25 | 20 | Rubén Plaza | Euskaltel - Orbea | s.t. | 21 | Peter Velits | Vacansoleil - DCM | s.t. | 22 | Juan Manuel Gárate | Team Katusha | + 10'49 | 23 | Sergio Henao | Team Sky Pro Cycling | + 11'57 | 24 | Alessandro De Marchi | Androni Giocattoli - Trecolli | s.t. | 25 | Riccardo Chiarini | Androni Giocattoli - Trecolli | + 12'10 | 26 | Domenico Pozzovivo | UniCredit - Bianchi Cycling Team | + 12'32 | 27 | Stefano Pirazzi | UniCredit - Bianchi Cycling Team | s.t. | 28 | Sérgio Paulinho | Team Radioshack - Nissan | s.t. | 29 | Richie Porte | Team Sky Pro Cycling | s.t. | 30 | Andrea Masciarelli | Liquigas - Cannondale | s.t. | 31 | José Rujano | Androni Giocattoli - Trecolli | s.t. | 32 | Iván Velasco | Euskaltel - Orbea | + 13'07 | 33 | Levi Leipheimer | OmegaPharma - Quickstep | s.t. | 34 | Egor Silin | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | 35 | Marco Marcato | UniCredit - Bianchi Cycling Team | s.t. | 36 | Philip Deignan | Team Radioshack - Nissan | + 15'13 | 37 | Sylwester Szmyd | Team Katusha | + 16'23 | 38 | Valerio Agnoli | UniCredit - Bianchi Cycling Team | + 16'50 | 39 | Sergey Lagutin | Project 1T4i - Shimano | s.t. | 40 | Thomas Dekker | Vodafone Pro Cycling Team | + 17'15 | 41 | Mikel Landa | Euskaltel - Orbea | s.t. | 42 | Andrea Tonti | Liquigas - Cannondale | + 18'22 | 43 | Matteo Carrara | UniCredit - Bianchi Cycling Team | + 18'49 | 44 | Wilco Kelderman | Vodafone Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | 45 | Daniele Pietropolli | Lampre - San Marco | + 19'20 | 46 | Simon Clarke | GreenEDGE Cycling Project | + 21'04 | 47 | Jussi Veikkanen | The Bose Project | s.t. | 48 | Marcel Wyss | BMC - Swiss Cycling Technology | s.t. | 49 | Florian Stalder | BMC - Swiss Cycling Technology | s.t. | 50 | Mauro Santambrogio | UniCredit - Bianchi Cycling Team | + 22'16 | 51 | Christian Knees | Team Sky Pro Cycling | + 22'35 | 52 | José Iván Gutiérrez | Miche - Guerciotti | + 23'19 | 53 | Mauro Finetto | Miche - Guerciotti | + 23'38 | 54 | Pablo Lastras | Euskaltel - Orbea | + 23'50 | 55 | Andrey Kashechkin | Cofidis, le crédit en ligne | + 24'38 | 56 | Bram Tankink | Vodafone Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | 57 | Juan José Oroz | Euskaltel - Orbea | + 24'54 | 58 | Filippo Savini | Lampre - San Marco | s.t. | 59 | Xavier Florencio | Euskaltel - Orbea | + 25'54 | 60 | Tyler Farrar | Team Radioshack - Nissan | + 26'11 | 61 | Alexander Efimkin | Team Katusha | + 27'03 | 62 | Michel Kreder | Garmin - Barracuda | + 27'44 | 63 | José JoaquÃn Rojas | Caisse d'Epargne | + 28'00 | 64 | Ryan Eastman | Garmin - Barracuda | + 28'35 | 65 | Aleksandr Kuschynski | Team Katusha | + 30'16 | 66 | Ramunas Navardauskas | The Bose Project | s.t. | 67 | Sacha Modolo | Androni Giocattoli - Trecolli | s.t. | 68 | Roberto Ferrari | Androni Giocattoli - Trecolli | s.t. | 69 | Andrea Moletta | BMC - Swiss Cycling Technology | s.t. | 70 | Stephen Cummings | Team Sky Pro Cycling | s.t. | 71 | Rigoberto Urán | Team Sky Pro Cycling | s.t. | 72 | Javier Moreno Bazan | Caisse d'Epargne | s.t. | 73 | Aleksejs Saramotins | The Bose Project | + 31'07 | 74 | Francisco Ventoso | Caisse d'Epargne | + 31'22 | 75 | Davide Malacarne | UniCredit - Bianchi Cycling Team | s.t. | 76 | Lars Petter Nordhaug | The Bose Project | + 32'17 | 77 | Rui Costa | Caisse d'Epargne | s.t. | 78 | Christian Vande Velde | Garmin - Barracuda | s.t. | 79 | Yukihiro Doi | Project 1T4i - Shimano | s.t. | 80 | Alexsandr Dyachenko | Astana Pro Team | + 32'42 | 81 | Mikhaylo Khalilov | Farnese Vini - Selle Italia | + 33'42 | 82 | Michal Kwiatkowski | Miche - Guerciotti | + 34'26 | 83 | Tony Gallopin | Team Radioshack - Nissan | + 35'22 | 84 | Simone Ponzi | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | 85 | Marco Frapporti | Lampre - San Marco | s.t. | 86 | Mirko Selvaggi | Vacansoleil - DCM | s.t. | 87 | Alessandro Bertolini | Androni Giocattoli - Trecolli | s.t. | 88 | Stefan Denifl | Vacansoleil - DCM | s.t. | 89 | Trent Lowe | GreenEDGE Cycling Project | s.t. | 90 | Markus Fothen | Team Radioshack - Nissan | + 35'51 | 91 | José Herrada | Caisse d'Epargne | s.t. | 92 | DÃdac Ortega | Caisse d'Epargne | s.t. | 93 | Stuart O'Grady | GreenEDGE Cycling Project | + 36'38 | 94 | Allan Davis | GreenEDGE Cycling Project | s.t. | 95 | Koldo Fernández | Garmin - Barracuda | s.t. | 96 | Christian Moreni | Farnese Vini - Selle Italia | s.t. | 97 | Jack Bobridge | GreenEDGE Cycling Project | + 37'29 | 98 | Damien Monier | Cofidis, le crédit en ligne | s.t. | 99 | David Moncoutié | Cofidis, le crédit en ligne | s.t. | 100 | Rafael Valls | Caisse d'Epargne | s.t. | 101 | Elia Viviani | Liquigas - Cannondale | + 37'49 | 102 | Pietro Caucchioli | Lampre - San Marco | + 39'08 | 103 | Americo Novembrini | Liquigas - Cannondale | + 39'31 | 104 | Jesús Herrada | Caisse d'Epargne | s.t. | 105 | Steve Morabito | BMC - Swiss Cycling Technology | s.t. | 106 | Luca Paolini | Miche - Guerciotti | + 47'30 | 107 | Greg Henderson | Lotto - Belisol | s.t. | 108 | Ben Swift | Team Sky Pro Cycling | s.t. | 109 | Marcos GarcÃa | Lotto - Belisol | s.t. | 110 | Leigh Howard | GreenEDGE Cycling Project | s.t. | 111 | Maciej Paterski | Team Katusha | s.t. | 112 | Francis De Greef | Lotto - Belisol | s.t. | 113 | Cameron Meyer | GreenEDGE Cycling Project | s.t. | 114 | Elia Favilli | Farnese Vini - Selle Italia | s.t. | 115 | Lloyd Mondory | Garmin - Barracuda | s.t. | 116 | Manuel Cardoso | Team Radioshack - Nissan | s.t. | 117 | Leonardo Duque | Cofidis, le crédit en ligne | s.t. | 118 | Romain Zingle | Cofidis, le crédit en ligne | s.t. | 119 | Peter Stetina | Garmin - Barracuda | s.t. | 120 | Cesar Grajales | Miche - Guerciotti | s.t. | 121 | Enrico Zen | Miche - Guerciotti | s.t. | 122 | Nuno Ribeiro | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | 123 | Taylor Phinney | Garmin - Barracuda | s.t. | 124 | Robert Wagner | Team Radioshack - Nissan | s.t. | 125 | Volodymyr Zagorodny | Miche - Guerciotti | + 48'18 | 126 | Kevin De Weert | OmegaPharma - Quickstep | + 49'16 | 127 | Dario Cataldo | OmegaPharma - Quickstep | s.t. | 128 | Jérôme Pineau | OmegaPharma - Quickstep | s.t. | 129 | Borut Božic | Project 1T4i - Shimano | s.t. | 130 | Alexandre Geniez | Project 1T4i - Shimano | s.t. | 131 | Leonardo Bertagnolli | Lampre - San Marco | s.t. | 132 | Tomasz Marczynski | Vacansoleil - DCM | s.t. | 133 | Wim Van Huffel | Lotto - Belisol | s.t. | 134 | Ian Stannard | Team Sky Pro Cycling | s.t. | 135 | Frederik Willems | Lotto - Belisol | s.t. | 136 | Francesco Chicchi | OmegaPharma - Quickstep | s.t. | 137 | Francesco Bellotti | Lampre - San Marco | s.t. | 138 | Johannes Fröhlinger | Project 1T4i - Shimano | s.t. | 139 | Davide Bonuccelli | Androni Giocattoli - Trecolli | s.t. | 140 | Giuseppe Palumbo | Farnese Vini - Selle Italia | s.t. | 141 | Laurent Lefèvre | Cofidis, le crédit en ligne | s.t. | 142 | Benoît Sinner | Garmin - Barracuda | + 50'38 | 143 | Adam Hansen | Lotto - Belisol | s.t. | 144 | Fabio Felline | Androni Giocattoli - Trecolli | s.t. | 145 | Petr Ignatenko | Team Katusha | s.t. | 146 | Mickaël Buffaz | Cofidis, le crédit en ligne | + 54'44 | 147 | Chad Beyer | BMC - Swiss Cycling Technology | + 55'41 | 148 | Mikhail Ignatiev | Astana Pro Team | + 56'09 | 149 | Martijn Keizer | Vacansoleil - DCM | s.t. | 150 | Gert Dockx | Lotto - Belisol | s.t. | 151 | Nicolas Vogondy | Cofidis, le crédit en ligne | s.t. | 152 | Ivan Santaromita | BMC - Swiss Cycling Technology | s.t. | 153 | Gustavo César Veloso | Euskaltel - Orbea | + 57'39 | 154 | Raffaele Ferrara | OmegaPharma - Quickstep | + 58'56 | 155 | Vladimir Isaychev | Team Katusha | + 59'14 |
With the strength he showed over the last three days, there's no doubt that Cunego is a very deserving winner. While the other favourites "wasted" a lot of energy earlier in the race, he was smart enough to save it.
1 | Damiano Cunego | Lampre - San Marco | 92h10'14 | 2 | Vincenzo Nibali | UniCredit - Bianchi Cycling Team | + 1'29 | 3 | Jurgen Van den Broeck | Project 1T4i - Shimano | + 3'19 | 4 | Kanstantsin Sivtsov | Team Sky Pro Cycling | + 6'28 | 5 | Michele Scarponi | Liquigas - Cannondale | + 8'12 | 6 | Marco Marzano | Androni Giocattoli - Trecolli | + 19'34 | 7 | Igor Anton | Euskaltel - Orbea | + 21'29 | 8 | Franco Pellizotti | Team Radioshack - Nissan | + 23'11 | 9 | Fredrik Kessiakoff | The Bose Project | + 31'54 | 10 | Ivan Basso | Liquigas - Cannondale | + 35'07 |
Spoiler 11 | Carlos Alberto Betancur | Liquigas - Cannondale | + 36'18 | 12 | Sergio Henao | Team Sky Pro Cycling | + 1h00'10 | 13 | Rob Ruijgh | Vacansoleil - DCM | + 1h00'52 | 14 | Sergey Lagutin | Project 1T4i - Shimano | + 1h02'16 | 15 | Peter Velits | Vacansoleil - DCM | + 1h03'42 | 16 | Chris Anker Sörensen | Lotto - Belisol | + 1h03'49 | 17 | José Rujano | Androni Giocattoli - Trecolli | + 1h03'58 | 18 | Egor Silin | Astana Pro Team | + 1h08'00 | 19 | Stefano Pirazzi | UniCredit - Bianchi Cycling Team | + 1h10'22 | 20 | Wouter Poels | Vacansoleil - DCM | + 1h12'28 | 21 | Domenico Pozzovivo | UniCredit - Bianchi Cycling Team | + 1h12'40 | 22 | Valerio Agnoli | UniCredit - Bianchi Cycling Team | + 1h13'37 | 23 | Levi Leipheimer | OmegaPharma - Quickstep | + 1h15'30 | 24 | Juan Manuel Gárate | Team Katusha | + 1h19'07 | 25 | Richie Porte | Team Sky Pro Cycling | + 1h19'18 | 26 | Alessandro De Marchi | Androni Giocattoli - Trecolli | + 1h21'41 | 27 | Rubén Plaza | Euskaltel - Orbea | + 1h26'15 | 28 | Tom Jelte Slagter | Vodafone Pro Cycling Team | + 1h33'01 | 29 | Francesco Masciarelli | Liquigas - Cannondale | + 1h33'59 | 30 | Sylwester Szmyd | Team Katusha | + 1h49'11 | 31 | Janez Brajkovic | Astana Pro Team | + 1h51'08 | 32 | Sérgio Paulinho | Team Radioshack - Nissan | + 1h53'55 | 33 | Mikel Landa | Euskaltel - Orbea | + 1h57'04 | 34 | Kevin De Weert | OmegaPharma - Quickstep | + 2h07'17 | 35 | Iván Velasco | Euskaltel - Orbea | + 2h08'25 | 36 | Andrea Masciarelli | Liquigas - Cannondale | + 2h13'07 | 37 | Matthias Kessler | Astana Pro Team | + 2h16'18 | 38 | Andrey Kashechkin | Cofidis, le crédit en ligne | + 2h24'05 | 39 | Filippo Savini | Lampre - San Marco | + 2h29'06 | 40 | Alexandre Geniez | Project 1T4i - Shimano | + 2h29'27 | 41 | Riccardo Chiarini | Androni Giocattoli - Trecolli | + 2h31'34 | 42 | Christian Vande Velde | Garmin - Barracuda | + 2h34'20 | 43 | Andrea Tonti | Liquigas - Cannondale | + 2h36'42 | 44 | Rigoberto Urán | Team Sky Pro Cycling | + 2h39'04 | 45 | Jure Kocjan | Astana Pro Team | + 2h45'37 | 46 | Alexsandr Dyachenko | Astana Pro Team | + 2h49'22 | 47 | Dario Cataldo | OmegaPharma - Quickstep | + 2h49'36 | 48 | Philip Deignan | Team Radioshack - Nissan | + 2h50'42 | 49 | Jussi Veikkanen | The Bose Project | + 3h00'39 | 50 | Mauro Santambrogio | UniCredit - Bianchi Cycling Team | + 3h02'45 | 51 | Javier Moreno Bazan | Caisse d'Epargne | + 3h03'26 | 52 | Rui Costa | Caisse d'Epargne | + 3h03'27 | 53 | David Moncoutié | Cofidis, le crédit en ligne | + 3h08'24 | 54 | Pablo Lastras | Euskaltel - Orbea | + 3h08'45 | 55 | Francisco Ventoso | Caisse d'Epargne | + 3h14'46 | 56 | Bram Tankink | Vodafone Pro Cycling Team | + 3h17'36 | 57 | Christian Knees | Team Sky Pro Cycling | + 3h19'33 | 58 | Matteo Carrara | UniCredit - Bianchi Cycling Team | + 3h19'44 | 59 | Maciej Paterski | Team Katusha | + 3h20'11 | 60 | Michel Kreder | Garmin - Barracuda | + 3h20'16 | 61 | Daniele Pietropolli | Lampre - San Marco | + 3h20'56 | 62 | Marcel Wyss | BMC - Swiss Cycling Technology | + 3h25'09 | 63 | Lars Petter Nordhaug | The Bose Project | + 3h26'47 | 64 | Americo Novembrini | Liquigas - Cannondale | + 3h26'48 | 65 | Francis De Greef | Lotto - Belisol | + 3h33'35 | 66 | Thomas Dekker | Vodafone Pro Cycling Team | + 3h34'24 | 67 | Rafael Valls | Caisse d'Epargne | + 3h36'47 | 68 | Xavier Florencio | Euskaltel - Orbea | + 3h37'38 | 69 | Marcos GarcÃa | Lotto - Belisol | + 3h37'51 | 70 | Ryan Eastman | Garmin - Barracuda | + 3h38'04 | 71 | Simon Clarke | GreenEDGE Cycling Project | + 3h38'14 | 72 | Davide Malacarne | UniCredit - Bianchi Cycling Team | + 3h43'17 | 73 | Wilco Kelderman | Vodafone Pro Cycling Team | + 3h50'52 | 74 | Florian Stalder | BMC - Swiss Cycling Technology | + 3h51'14 | 75 | Juan José Oroz | Euskaltel - Orbea | + 3h51'22 | 76 | Yukihiro Doi | Project 1T4i - Shimano | + 3h52'26 | 77 | Alexander Efimkin | Team Katusha | + 3h56'42 | 78 | Jesús Herrada | Caisse d'Epargne | + 4h08'01 | 79 | Johannes Fröhlinger | Project 1T4i - Shimano | + 4h11'28 | 80 | Tomasz Marczynski | Vacansoleil - DCM | + 4h11'59 | 81 | Damien Monier | Cofidis, le crédit en ligne | + 4h21'54 | 82 | José Herrada | Caisse d'Epargne | + 4h22'39 | 83 | Trent Lowe | GreenEDGE Cycling Project | + 4h33'00 | 84 | Marco Marcato | UniCredit - Bianchi Cycling Team | + 4h35'28 | 85 | Roberto Ferrari | Androni Giocattoli - Trecolli | + 4h36'53 | 86 | Petr Ignatenko | Team Katusha | + 4h37'52 | 87 | José Iván Gutiérrez | Miche - Guerciotti | + 4h39'58 | 88 | DÃdac Ortega | Caisse d'Epargne | + 4h41'08 | 89 | Stuart O'Grady | GreenEDGE Cycling Project | + 4h43'54 | 90 | Gustavo César Veloso | Euskaltel - Orbea | + 4h50'10 | 91 | Stefan Denifl | Vacansoleil - DCM | + 4h50'38 | 92 | Markus Fothen | Team Radioshack - Nissan | + 4h51'28 | 93 | Andrea Moletta | BMC - Swiss Cycling Technology | + 4h52'53 | 94 | Nuno Ribeiro | Astana Pro Team | + 4h58'01 | 95 | Mirko Selvaggi | Vacansoleil - DCM | + 4h59'09 | 96 | Francesco Bellotti | Lampre - San Marco | + 5h00'54 | 97 | Steve Morabito | BMC - Swiss Cycling Technology | + 5h01'07 | 98 | Mauro Finetto | Miche - Guerciotti | + 5h04'41 | 99 | Enrico Zen | Miche - Guerciotti | + 5h06'34 | 100 | Greg Henderson | Lotto - Belisol | + 5h15'56 | 101 | Peter Stetina | Garmin - Barracuda | + 5h16'51 | 102 | Michal Kwiatkowski | Miche - Guerciotti | + 5h17'17 | 103 | Stephen Cummings | Team Sky Pro Cycling | + 5h19'20 | 104 | Jérôme Pineau | OmegaPharma - Quickstep | + 5h19'23 | 105 | Romain Zingle | Cofidis, le crédit en ligne | + 5h21'50 | 106 | Leonardo Bertagnolli | Lampre - San Marco | + 5h26'31 | 107 | Wim Van Huffel | Lotto - Belisol | + 5h28'40 | 108 | Aleksejs Saramotins | The Bose Project | + 5h42'06 | 109 | José JoaquÃn Rojas | Caisse d'Epargne | + 5h44'10 | 110 | Ramunas Navardauskas | The Bose Project | + 5h54'59 | 111 | Pietro Caucchioli | Lampre - San Marco | + 5h55'15 | 112 | Giuseppe Palumbo | Farnese Vini - Selle Italia | + 5h57'36 | 113 | Allan Davis | GreenEDGE Cycling Project | + 5h59'58 | 114 | Raffaele Ferrara | OmegaPharma - Quickstep | + 6h02'02 | 115 | Alessandro Bertolini | Androni Giocattoli - Trecolli | + 6h05'47 | 116 | Elia Favilli | Farnese Vini - Selle Italia | + 6h06'54 | 117 | Sacha Modolo | Androni Giocattoli - Trecolli | + 6h09'34 | 118 | Tyler Farrar | Team Radioshack - Nissan | + 6h12'06 | 119 | Koldo Fernández | Garmin - Barracuda | + 6h18'26 | 120 | Cesar Grajales | Miche - Guerciotti | + 6h25'21 | 121 | Mikhaylo Khalilov | Farnese Vini - Selle Italia | + 6h28'58 | 122 | Elia Viviani | Liquigas - Cannondale | + 6h29'43 | 123 | Marco Frapporti | Lampre - San Marco | + 6h31'14 | 124 | Luca Paolini | Miche - Guerciotti | + 6h38'55 | 125 | Ivan Santaromita | BMC - Swiss Cycling Technology | + 6h41'26 | 126 | Robert Wagner | Team Radioshack - Nissan | + 6h50'07 | 127 | Benoît Sinner | Garmin - Barracuda | + 6h53'51 | 128 | Aleksandr Kuschynski | Team Katusha | + 6h53'59 | 129 | Christian Moreni | Farnese Vini - Selle Italia | + 6h55'33 | 130 | Manuel Cardoso | Team Radioshack - Nissan | + 6h55'56 | 131 | Borut Božic | Project 1T4i - Shimano | + 6h56'26 | 132 | Simone Ponzi | Astana Pro Team | + 7h00'02 | 133 | Ben Swift | Team Sky Pro Cycling | + 7h02'34 | 134 | Laurent Lefèvre | Cofidis, le crédit en ligne | + 7h03'18 | 135 | Tony Gallopin | Team Radioshack - Nissan | + 7h07'16 | 136 | Davide Bonuccelli | Androni Giocattoli - Trecolli | + 7h07'30 | 137 | Jack Bobridge | GreenEDGE Cycling Project | + 7h07'47 | 138 | Leigh Howard | GreenEDGE Cycling Project | + 7h19'16 | 139 | Taylor Phinney | Garmin - Barracuda | + 7h22'33 | 140 | Fabio Felline | Androni Giocattoli - Trecolli | + 7h24'40 | 141 | Lloyd Mondory | Garmin - Barracuda | + 7h25'57 | 142 | Mikhail Ignatiev | Astana Pro Team | + 7h28'58 | 143 | Cameron Meyer | GreenEDGE Cycling Project | + 7h29'08 | 144 | Adam Hansen | Lotto - Belisol | + 7h31'18 | 145 | Ian Stannard | Team Sky Pro Cycling | s.t. | 146 | Volodymyr Zagorodny | Miche - Guerciotti | + 7h33'34 | 147 | Nicolas Vogondy | Cofidis, le crédit en ligne | + 7h35'56 | 148 | Frederik Willems | Lotto - Belisol | + 7h39'02 | 149 | Francesco Chicchi | OmegaPharma - Quickstep | + 7h39'32 | 150 | Gert Dockx | Lotto - Belisol | + 7h46'17 | 151 | Mickaël Buffaz | Cofidis, le crédit en ligne | + 7h54'12 | 152 | Martijn Keizer | Vacansoleil - DCM | + 7h58'31 | 153 | Leonardo Duque | Cofidis, le crédit en ligne | + 7h58'43 | 154 | Chad Beyer | BMC - 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As a little bit of consolation for missing out on the overall victory for the second consecutive year, Nibali at least wins the points classification, due to his consistency throughout the whole race.
1 | Vincenzo Nibali | UniCredit - Bianchi Cycling Team | 243 | 2 | Jurgen Van den Broeck | Project 1T4i - Shimano | 213 | 3 | Damiano Cunego | Lampre - San Marco | 210 | 4 | Kanstantsin Sivtsov | Team Sky Pro Cycling | 181 | 5 | Michele Scarponi | Liquigas - Cannondale | 180 | 6 | Tyler Farrar | Team Radioshack - Nissan | 108 | 7 | Marco Marzano | Androni Giocattoli - Trecolli | 95 | 8 | Carlos Alberto Betancur | Liquigas - Cannondale | 82 | 9 | Igor Anton | Euskaltel - Orbea | 73 | 10 | Franco Pellizotti | Team Radioshack - Nissan | 73 |
Not just the points jersey for Nibali either, as he also wins the King of the Mountains classification. Worth noting however, is the fact that just three long breakaways succeeded, two in simulation.
1 | Vincenzo Nibali | UniCredit - Bianchi Cycling Team | 93 | 2 | Damiano Cunego | Lampre - San Marco | 86 | 3 | Chris Anker Sörensen | Lotto - Belisol | 82 | 4 | Jurgen Van den Broeck | Project 1T4i - Shimano | 80 | 5 | Michele Scarponi | Liquigas - Cannondale | 61 | 6 | Kanstantsin Sivtsov | Team Sky Pro Cycling | 54 | 7 | Kevin De Weert | OmegaPharma - Quickstep | 51 | 8 | Stefan Denifl | Vacansoleil - DCM | 48 | 9 | José Rujano | Androni Giocattoli - Trecolli | 47 | 10 | Rob Ruijgh | Vacansoleil - DCM | 40 |
By far the most dominant winner of a jersey was Betancur in the white best young riders' one. He proved to be one of the very best climbers in the whole race, and only his low stamina prevented him from challenging the Top 5.
1 | Carlos Alberto Betancur | Liquigas - Cannondale | 92h46'32 (1) | 2 | Sergio Henao | Team Sky Pro Cycling | + 23'52 (2) | 3 | Egor Silin | Astana Pro Team | + 31'42 (3) | 4 | Stefano Pirazzi | UniCredit - Bianchi Cycling Team | + 34'04 (4) | 5 | Wouter Poels | Vacansoleil - DCM | + 36'10 (5) | 6 | Tom Jelte Slagter | Vodafone Pro Cycling Team | + 56'43 (6) | 7 | Mikel Landa | Euskaltel - Orbea | + 1h20'46 (7) | 8 | Alexandre Geniez | Project 1T4i - Shimano | + 1h53'09 (8) | 9 | Rigoberto Urán | Team Sky Pro Cycling | + 2h02'46 (9) | 10 | Michel Kreder | Garmin - Barracuda | + 2h43'58 (10) |
Lastly, Liquigas also takes the team classification, after proving stronger than the UniCredit squad over three weeks. Scarponi, Basso and Betancur all finished in the Top 11 overall, showing the squad's strength.
1 | Liquigas - Cannondale | 276h58'11 (1) | 2 | UniCredit - Bianchi Cycling Team | + 30'04 (2) | 3 | Team Sky Pro Cycling | + 47'58 (3) | 4 | Androni Giocattoli - Trecolli | + 56'10 (4) | 5 | Vacansoleil - DCM | + 1h30'20 (5) | 6 | Project 1T4i - Shimano | + 1h45'43 (6) | 7 | Euskaltel - Orbea | + 1h58'17 (7) | 8 | Astana Pro Team | + 3h09'44 (8) | 9 | Team Radioshack - Nissan | + 3h24'23 (9) | 10 | Lampre - San Marco | + 3h45'37 (10) |
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Miguel98 |
Posted on 01-04-2012 11:21
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Vdb wasn't good enough in the last stage, and Cunego was a beast in the last stages, making it very hard to push. Last stage, the -2 daily form ruin everything. |
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Posted on 01-04-2012 11:40
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Bad luck with the last stage but anyway your performance was just incredible! Keep it going like this. |
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Posted on 01-04-2012 15:38
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Unfortunate, but still a nice podium spot!
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VladuuTs |
Posted on 01-04-2012 16:10
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A podium in a GT is still very good Cunego was just too fresh in the last stages |
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Posted on 01-04-2012 16:15
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Oh no Valiant effort, and great report.
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hazzy |
Posted on 01-04-2012 17:40
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What a pity. Van den Broeck was not in a good day, althoug he finished in the podium. Nice Giro. |
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FreitasPCM |
Posted on 01-04-2012 17:46
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Pity you lost the overall win... still, it has to be said it was a great race. |
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Pellizotti2 |
Posted on 01-04-2012 18:09
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Thanks everyone. Needless to say, I'm not disappointed with the result!
01.05 | Rund um Eschborn-Frankfurt | Cadel Evans | 04.05 - 08.05 | 5 Jours de Dunkerque | Jimmy Engoulvent | 07.05 - 29.05 | Giro d'Italia | Damiano Cunego | 13.05 - 15.05 | Tour de Picardie | Jimmy Casper | 14.05 | Scandinavian Race Uppsala | Robbie McEwen | 15.05 - 22.05 | AMGEN Tour of California | Joaquim Rodriguez | 18.05 - 22.05 | Circuit de Lorraine | Denis Flahaut | 22.05 | ProRace Berlin | André Schulze | 25.05 - 29.05 | Bayern Rundfahrt | Bartosz Huzarski | 25.05 - 29.05 | Ronde van Belgie | Leif Hoste |
UCI WorldTour - Individual:
1 | Jurgen Van den Broeck | Project 1T4i - Shimano | 319 | 2 | Damiano Cunego | Lampre - San Marco | 302 | 3 | Vincenzo Nibali | UniCredit - Bianchi Cycling Team | 298 | 4 | Joaquim Rodriguez | Team Sky Pro Cycling | 271 | 5 | Philippe Gilbert | OmegaPharma - Quickstep | 266 | 6 | Steven Kruijswijk | Vodafone Pro Cycling Team | 230 | 7 | Kanstantsin Sivtsov | Team Sky Pro Cycling | 205 | 8 | Gert Steegmans | OmegaPharma - Quickstep | 197 | 9 | Andy Schleck | Radioshack - Nissan | 195 | 10 | Cadel Evans | GreenEDGE Cycling Project | 191 |
Spoiler 11 | Fabian Cancellara | BMC - Swiss Cycling Technology | 184 | 12 | Roman Kreuziger | Astana Pro Team | 162 | 13 | Sylvain Chavanel | OmegaPharma - Quickstep | 162 | 14 | Marco Marzano | Androni Giocattoli - Trecolli | 155 | 15 | Björn Leukemans | Vacansoleil - DCM | 150 | 16 | Michele Scarponi | Liquigas - Cannondale | 141 | 17 | Chris Froome | Team Sky Pro Cycling | 129 | 18 | Samuel Sánchez | Caisse d'Epargne | 126 | 19 | Jelle Vanendert | Lotto - Belisol | 122 | 20 | Sep Vanmarcke | Garmin - Barracuda | 122 |
1 | OmegaPharma - Quickstep | 791 | 2 | Team Sky Pro Cycling | 720 | 3 | Project 1T4i - Shimano | 714 | 4 | Lampre - San Marco | 530 | 5 | Radioshack - Nissan | 466 | 6 | Vodafone Pro Cycling Team | 421 | 7 | Astana Pro Team | 401 | 8 | Garmin - Barracuda | 380 | 9 | UniCredit - Bianchi Cycling Team | 340 | 10 | GreenEDGE Cycling Project | 308 |
Spoiler 11 | Caisse d'Epargne | 295 | 12 | Liquigas - Cannondale | 289 | 13 | BMC - Swiss Cycling Technology | 272 | 14 | The Bose Project | 258 | 15 | Lotto - Belisol | 222 | 16 | Androni Giocattoli - Trecolli | 185 | 17 | Vacansoleil - DCM | 183 | 18 | Euskaltel - Orbea | 138 | 19 | Team Katusha | 103 | 20 | Farnese Vini - Selle Italia | 90 |
Continental Tour - Individual:
1 | Leif Hoste | Accent.Jobs - Willems Veranda's | 943 | 2 | Filippo Pozzato | Farnese Vini - Selle Italia | 536 | 3 | Bobbie Traksel | Landbouwkrediet - Euphony | 469 | 4 | Robert Förster | UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling | 369 | 5 | Tomasz Smolen | CCC Polsat - Polkowice | 337 | 6 | Jimmy Casper | Saur - Sojasun | 333 | 7 | Samuel Dumoulin | Team NetApp | 330 | 8 | Jimmy Engoulvent | Saur - Sojasun | 284 | 9 | Sébastien Joly | Saur - Sojasun | 259 | 10 | Jonathan Hivert | Saur - Sojasun | 229 |
Spoiler 11 | Massimo Gentili | Team Type 1 - Sanofi Aventis | 215 | 12 | Enrico Franzoi | UniCredit - Bianchi Cycling Team | 210 | 13 | Hugo Sabido | LA - Antarte | 185 | 14 | Wim Stroetinga | Accent.Jobs - Willems Veranda's | 181 | 15 | Daniele Colli | Champion System | 169 | 16 | Vincenzo Nibali | UniCredit - Bianchi Cycling Team | 169 | 17 | Yauheni Sobal | Team NSP | 169 | 18 | Andrea Guardini | Farnese Vini - Selle Italia | 166 | 19 | Denis Flahaut | Roubaix Lille Métropole | 164 | 20 | Bartosz Huzarski | Team NetApp | 160 |
1 | Saur - Sojasun | 1476 | 2 | Accent.Jobs - Willems Veranda's | 1454 | 3 | Farnese Vini - Selle Italia | 912 | 4 | Landbouwkrediet - Euphony | 894 | 5 | Team NetApp | 846 | 6 | CCC Polsat - Polkowice | 756 | 7 | UniCredit - Bianchi Cycling Team | 756 | 8 | AG2R - La Mondiale | 748 | 9 | UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling | 667 | 10 | Champion System | 500 |
Spoiler 11 | Caja Rural | 471 | 12 | Team Type 1 - Sanofi Aventis | 450 | 13 | Androni Giocattoli - Trecolli | 422 | 14 | Miche - Guerciotti | 362 | 15 | Saxobank | 346 | 16 | D'Angelo & Antenucci - Nippo | 304 | 17 | Team NSP | 304 | 18 | Roubaix Lille Métropole | 235 | 19 | Team Europcar | 233 | 20 | LA - Antarte | 225 |
1 | Vincenzo Nibali | UniCredit - Bianchi Cycling Team | 2195 | 2 | Jurgen Van den Broeck | Project 1T4i - Shimano | 1546 | 3 | Damiano Cunego | Lampre - San Marco | 1256 | 4 | Leif Hoste | Accent.Jobs - Willems Veranda's | 1229 | 5 | Gert Steegmans | OmegaPharma - Quickstep | 1115 | 6 | Kanstantsin Sivtsov | Team Sky Pro Cycling | 1037 | 7 | Joaquim Rodriguez | Team Sky Pro Cycling | 971 | 8 | Cadel Evans | GreenEDGE Cycling Project | 919 | 9 | Steven Kruijswijk | Vodafone Pro Cycling Team | 893 | 10 | Andy Schleck | Radioshack - Nissan | 889 |
Spoiler 11 | Filippo Pozzato | Farnese Vini - Selle Italia | 834 | 12 | Michele Scarponi | Liquigas - Cannondale | 831 | 13 | Philippe Gilbert | OmegaPharma - Quickstep | 797 | 14 | Samuel Sánchez | Caisse d'Epargne | 795 | 15 | Marco Marzano | Androni Giocattoli - Trecolli | 744 | 16 | Sylvain Chavanel | OmegaPharma - Quickstep | 723 | 17 | Hayden Roulston | Radioshack - Nissan | 716 | 18 | Jelle Vanendert | Lotto - Belisol | 697 | 19 | Bobbie Traksel | Landbouwkrediet - Euphony | 668 | 20 | Sep Vanmarcke | Garmin - Barracuda | 622 |
1 | Project 1T4i - Shimano | 3821 | 2 | OmegaPharma - Quickstep | 3680 | 3 | Team Sky Pro Cycling | 3585 | 4 | Radioshack - Nissan | 3366 | 5 | Lampre - San Marco | 3120 | 6 | UniCredit - Bianchi Cycling Team | 3105 | 7 | Caisse d'Epargne | 2865 | 8 | GreenEDGE Cycling Project | 2783 | 9 | Lotto - Belisol | 2388 | 10 | Astana Pro Team | 2286 |
Spoiler 11 | Saur - Sojasun | 2158 | 12 | Liquigas - Cannondale | 1997 | 13 | Accent.Jobs - Willems Veranda's | 1965 | 14 | Vodafone Pro Cycling Team | 1959 | 15 | Garmin - Barracuda | 1940 | 16 | Landbouwkrediet - Euphony | 1664 | 17 | Farnese Vini - Selle Italia | 1339 | 18 | Androni Giocattoli - Trecolli | 1379 | 19 | Cofidis, le crédit en ligne | 1351 | 20 | Team Katusha | 1308 |
1 | Leif Hoste | Accent.Jobs - Willems Veranda's | 12 | 2 | Robert Förster | UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling | 9 | 3 | Filippo Pozzato | Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli | 9 | 4 | Jurgen Van den Broeck | Project 1T4i - Shimano | 8 | 5 | Vincenzo Nibali | UniCredit - Bianchi Cycling Team | 7 | 6 | Gert Steegmans | OmegaPharma - Quickstep | 6 | 7 | Jimmy Casper | Saur - Sojasun | 6 | 8 | Bobbie Traksel | Landbouwkrediet - Euphony | 6 | 9 | Steven Kruijswijk | Vodafone Pro Cycling Team | 5 | 10 | Jimmy Engoulvent | Saur - Sojasun | 5 |
Spoiler 11 | Damiano Cunego | Lampre - San Marco | 5 | 12 | Mark Cavendish | Team Sky Pro Cycling | 5 | 13 | Mathias Kessler | Astana Pro Team | 4 | 14 | Hayden Roulston | Radioshack - Nissan | 4 | 15 | Daniele Bennati | Lampre - San Marco | 4 | 16 | Andrea Guardini | Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli | 4 | 17 | Samuel Sánchez | Caisse d'Epargne | 4 | 18 | José Joaquin Rojas | Caisse d'Epargne | 4 | 19 | Cadel Evans | GreenEDGE Cycling Project | 4 | 20 | Philippe Gilbert | OmegaPharma - Quickstep | 4 |
1 | GreenEDGE Cycling Project | 17 | 2 | Saur - Sojasun | 17 | 3 | Lampre - San Marco | 17 | 4 | OmegaPharma - Quickstep | 16 | 5 | Accent.Jobs - Willems Veranda's | 16 | 6 | Caisse d'Epargne | 15 | 7 | Farnese Vini - Selle Italia | 14 | 8 | Project 1T4i - Shimano | 13 | 9 | UniCredit - Bianchi Cycling Team | 13 | 10 | Team Sky Pro Cycling | 12 |
Spoiler 11 | UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling | 11 | 12 | Vodafone Pro Cycling Team | 9 | 13 | Garmin - Barracuda | 9 | 14 | Radioshack - Nissan | 9 | 15 | Lotto - Belisol | 9 | 16 | Astana Pro Team | 8 | 17 | Liquigas - Cannondale | 7 | 18 | Landbouwkrediet - Euphony | 7 | 19 | Euskaltel - Orbea | 7 | 20 | Androni Giocattoli - Trecolli | 6 |
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Miguel98 |
Posted on 01-04-2012 18:36
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Vdb, after the nice Giro, is leading the Rankings and It4i are fighting for the UCI Title. |
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baia |
Posted on 01-04-2012 19:46
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Damn...loose the Giro in last stage... but VDB gave one hell of a fight...at the end he still managed to finish in 3rd Overall...well done.
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johannes-w |
Posted on 01-04-2012 21:38
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too bad you lost the jersey in the last stage but it was a great giro against those opponents anyways |
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MitchNL |
Posted on 02-04-2012 17:32
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A pity you lost 1st and 2nd in the last stage, but 3rd in the Giro is a great result! VDB leading WT is also positive news, shows how good you are doing.
Mentioned it already a page / 2 pages ago: Are you going to change to Argos-Shimano in mid-season or after 2012?
SUPPORTING RODA JC KERKRADE AND EVERTON FC
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Alfster |
Posted on 02-04-2012 18:14
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Just used a couple of days reading your story from top to bottom. Must say I'm very impressed by your pcm skills.. Whauuuuu...
I will follow were ever you go... :-)
Go Team Saxobank!!
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Neillster |
Posted on 02-04-2012 20:42
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A podium for 1t4i is great, but I'm sure that you're disappointed given that you wore the leaders jersey right to the last day. That said, it shows what van den Broeck is capable of! |
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roturn |
Posted on 02-04-2012 20:45
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A pity that you lost the lead on the final stage. Tough one.
Still a nice Giro. |
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