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Petronas - Monster Energy; The end of an era
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| dienblad |
Posted on 02-01-2012 18:46
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Today can be a decisive day for some of the GC-contenders. When they want to stay close to GC-leader Alberto Contador, they have to ride one hell of a ITT. The 23.5 kilometres around Moudon are difficult. Immediately after the start, the road starts to arise up to 12%, as 300 height metres have to be made.
David Zabriskie (Garmin) is the first one to set a great time: 33'24. Don't know if it will bring him the win, but he should get close!
This is probably the most difficult stage for Andy Schleck, as he has to try to minimize his loss. He does it with a fast start in the uphill section. Well, it's not good, not bad, pretty mediocre: 28th in total, 1'21 behind today's winner.
Vincenzo Nibali is the GC's number 6 and in preparation for the Giro d'Italia. He rides a very good ITT, only '8 behind Zabriskie.
Thomas De Gendt started the ITT as the GC's number 5, but will drop 3 places after it. He sets the 16th time, 1'00 behind today's winner, and is the best from our team.
Next one is Bradley Wiggins and he rides a pretty disappointing race. "Only" 9th at '46.
Simon Gerrans is the worst time trailist of the top 5, and he tries to make up for it, by riding a fast first part (with the ascend in it), but falls back a lot in the 2nd half: 23rd at 1'12.
The last 2 riders, Tony Martin and Alberto Contador, have started and already crossed the line of the split time:
St. Clerges, 9.6km:
| 1. Alberto Contador 15'35 | | 2. David Zabriskie + 9 | | 3. Tony Martin + 13 | | 4. Vincenzo Nibali +13 | | 5. Simon Gerrans + 24 | | 7. Andy Schleck + 26 |
So Tony Martin knows he has to make up time in the 2nd part. He's 4 seconds behind current leader Zabriskie at the first split, and isn't able in gaining time. 2nd so far, at '4.
Than the last rider on the road, Alberto Contador. Although El Pistolero looses a few seconds in the 2nd half, his margin was big enough to win the ITT and to stay in the leaders jersey.
Results
As you can see, Contador is showing the team's new jersey!
| 1 | Alberto Contador | Saxo Bank SunGard | 33'17 | | 2 | David Zabriskie | Team Garmin - Cervélo | + 7 | | 3 | Tony Martin | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step | + 11 | | 4 | Vincenzo Nibali | Nissan - Radio Shack - Trek | + 15 | | 5 | Richie Porte | Saxo Bank SunGard | + 34 | | 6 | Sylvain Chavanel | Team Garmin - Cervélo | + 39 | | 7 | Simon Spilak | Lampre - Generali | + 44 | | 8 | Lars Boom | Rabobank Cycling Team | + 46 | | 9 | Bradley Wiggins | Sky ProCycling | s.t. | | 10 | Kanstantsin Siutsou | Sky ProCycling | + 48 |
Spoiler | 11 | Gustavo César Veloso | Movistar Team | + 50 | | 12 | Stef Clement | Rabobank Cycling Team | + 51 | | 13 | Christian Vande Velde | Team Garmin - Cervélo | + 54 | | 14 | Maxime Monfort | Nissan - Radio Shack - Trek | + 58 | | 15 | Peter Velits | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step | + 59 | | 16 | Thomas De Gendt | Monster Energy - Ford | + 1'00 | | 17 | Michele Scarponi | BMC Racing Team | + 1'02 | | 18 | Jurgen Van den Broeck | Lotto - Belisol | + 1'04 | | 19 | Jonathan Castroviejo | Euskaltel - Euskadi | + 1'05 | | 20 | Jesús Herrada | Movistar Team | + 1'06 | | 21 | Sandy Casar | FDJ | + 1'09 | | 22 | Rubén Plaza | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 23 | Simon Gerrans | Team Qantas | + 1'12 | | 24 | Marc De Maar | Monster Energy - Ford | s.t. | | 25 | Jean-Christophe Peraud | AG2R La Mondiale | + 1'15 | | 26 | Frantisek Rabon | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step | + 1'16 | | 27 | Matthieu Ladagnous | FDJ | + 1'17 | | 28 | Andy Schleck | Monster Energy - Ford | + 1'21 | | 29 | Johann Tschopp | BMC Racing Team | + 1'22 | | 30 | Thomas Rohregger | Sony Ericsson | + 1'23 | | 31 | Christian Knees | Sky ProCycling | + 1'24 | | 32 | Maxime Bouet | AG2R La Mondiale | s.t. | | 33 | Andrew Talansky | Nissan - Radio Shack - Trek | s.t. | | 34 | Wilco Kelderman | Monster Energy - Ford | s.t. | | 35 | José JoaquÃn Rojas | Team Garmin - Cervélo | + 1'25 | | 36 | Gorka Izagirre | Euskaltel - Euskadi | + 1'27 | | 37 | Markel Irizar | Nissan - Radio Shack - Trek | s.t. | | 38 | Michael Albasini | Team Qantas | s.t. | | 39 | Adam Hansen | Lotto - Belisol | + 1'28 | | 40 | Mikaël Chérel | AG2R La Mondiale | + 1'30 | | 41 | Romain Sicard | Euskaltel - Euskadi | s.t. | | 42 | Sérgio Paulinho | Saxo Bank SunGard | s.t. | | 43 | Matthias Frank | BMC Racing Team | + 1'32 | | 44 | Vladimir Efimkin | Katusha Team | s.t. | | 45 | Javier Francisco Aramendia | Euskaltel - Euskadi | + 1'33 | | 46 | Stephen Cummings | Sky ProCycling | s.t. | | 47 | Vladimir Karpets | Katusha Team | + 1'34 | | 48 | Bart De Clercq | Lotto - Belisol | s.t. | | 49 | Matteo Montaguti | Androni Giocattoli | + 1'35 | | 50 | Juan José Oroz | Euskaltel - Euskadi | s.t. | | 51 | Rein Taaramäe | Sony Ericsson | + 1'36 | | 52 | Francis De Greef | Monster Energy - Ford | + 1'39 | | 53 | Manuele Boaro | Saxo Bank SunGard | s.t. | | 54 | Tyler Farrar | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step | + 1'43 | | 55 | Dennis Van Winden | Rabobank Cycling Team | + 1'45 | | 56 | Ian Stannard | Sky ProCycling | + 1'46 | | 57 | Óscar Sevilla | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 58 | Bruno Pires | Saxo Bank SunGard | s.t. | | 59 | Maarten Neyens | Lotto - Belisol | + 1'47 | | 60 | Chris Barton | Sony Ericsson | s.t. | | 61 | Rinaldo Nocentini | AG2R La Mondiale | s.t. | | 62 | Jussi Veikkanen | Lotto - Belisol | + 1'48 | | 63 | Tadej Valjavec | Pro Team Astana | s.t. | | 64 | Oliver Zaugg | Sony Ericsson | + 1'50 | | 65 | David Blanco | Nespresso | + 1'51 | | 66 | Lars Petter Nordhaug | Sky ProCycling | s.t. | | 67 | Heinrich Haussler | Rabobank Cycling Team | s.t. | | 68 | José Rujano | Androni Giocattoli | + 1'52 | | 69 | Anthony Geslin | FDJ | + 1'53 | | 70 | Leonardo Duque | Sony Ericsson | s.t. | | 71 | Geoffroy Lequatre | Nissan - Radio Shack - Trek | s.t. | | 72 | Pierre Rolland | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step | + 1'54 | | 73 | Robert Kiserlovski | Team Garmin - Cervélo | + 1'56 | | 74 | Grega Bole | Lampre - Generali | s.t. | | 75 | Ruslan Pidgornyy | Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team | + 1'58 | | 76 | Giampaolo Caruso | Katusha Team | s.t. | | 77 | Stijn Vandenbergh | Katusha Team | s.t. | | 78 | Fabio Duarte | Nespresso | + 1'59 | | 79 | Brett Lancaster | Team Qantas | + 2'00 | | 80 | Haimar Zubeldia | Nissan - Radio Shack - Trek | s.t. | | 81 | Romain Feillu | Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 82 | Bram Tankink | Rabobank Cycling Team | + 2'01 | | 83 | Chad Beyer | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | | 84 | Matthew Goss | Team Qantas | + 2'02 | | 85 | Romain Zingle | Monster Energy - Ford | s.t. | | 86 | Emanuele Sella | Lampre - Generali | + 2'04 | | 87 | Juan Mauricio Soler | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 88 | Martin Velits | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step | s.t. | | 89 | Kurt-Asle Arvesen | Sky ProCycling | + 2'05 | | 90 | Rémi Pauriol | FDJ | + 2'06 | | 91 | Simon Clarke | Team Qantas | s.t. | | 92 | Riccardo Chiarini | Androni Giocattoli | + 2'08 | | 93 | Sergio Pardilla | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 94 | Pim Ligthart | Monster Energy - Ford | s.t. | | 95 | Ivan Rovny | Nissan - Radio Shack - Trek | + 2'09 | | 96 | Mitchell Docker | Team Qantas | s.t. | | 97 | Steve Morabito | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | | 98 | Danilo Wyss | BMC Racing Team | + 2'10 | | 99 | Aleksandr Kuschynski | Katusha Team | s.t. | | 100 | Martin Mortensen | Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 101 | Sam Bewley | Sony Ericsson | + 2'11 | | 102 | Kevin Van Impe | Lotto - Belisol | s.t. | | 103 | Martin Elmiger | BMC Racing Team | + 2'12 | | 104 | Joost Van Leijen | Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 105 | Greg Henderson | Pro Team Astana | + 2'13 | | 106 | Roman Kireyev | Pro Team Astana | s.t. | | 107 | Fabio Felline | Nespresso | s.t. | | 108 | Marcos GarcÃa | Euskaltel - Euskadi | + 2'14 | | 109 | Simon Zahner | BMC Racing Team | + 2'15 | | 110 | Matteo Rabottini | Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli | + 2'16 | | 111 | Gorik Gardeyn | Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team | + 2'17 | | 112 | Marco Corti | Nespresso | s.t. | | 113 | Vitali Kondrut | Lampre - Generali | + 2'18 | | 114 | Maxim Gourov | Pro Team Astana | s.t. | | 115 | André Greipel | Sony Ericsson | + 2'19 | | 116 | Eduardo Gonzalo | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 117 | Francesco Failli | Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli | + 2'20 | | 118 | Mark Renshaw | Rabobank Cycling Team | + 2'21 | | 119 | Julien Bérard | AG2R La Mondiale | + 2'22 | | 120 | Alessandro Petacchi | Lampre - Generali | s.t. | | 121 | Denis Galimzyanov | Katusha Team | + 2'23 | | 122 | Julien Vermote | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step | s.t. | | 123 | Yauheni Hutarovich | FDJ | + 2'24 | | 124 | Wouter Mol | Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team | + 2'25 | | 125 | Michael Rasmussen | Saxo Bank SunGard | s.t. | | 126 | Americo Novembrini | Androni Giocattoli | + 2'27 | | 127 | Maarten Wynants | Rabobank Cycling Team | + 2'28 | | 128 | Frederik Veuchelen | Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 129 | Iñaki Isasi | Euskaltel - Euskadi | + 2'29 | | 130 | Tanel Kangert | Pro Team Astana | s.t. | | 131 | Jonas Aaen Jørgensen | Saxo Bank SunGard | + 2'31 | | 132 | Jan Kuyckx | Lotto - Belisol | s.t. | | 133 | Kenny Dehaes | Lotto - Belisol | s.t. | | 134 | Enrico Zen | Androni Giocattoli | + 2'32 | | 135 | Assan Bazayev | Pro Team Astana | s.t. | | 136 | Davide Ricci Bitti | Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli | + 2'35 | | 137 | Koldo Fernández | Euskaltel - Euskadi | + 2'36 | | 138 | Pierpaolo De Negri | Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli | s.t. | | 139 | Ben Swift | Sky ProCycling | + 2'37 | | 140 | Theo Bos | Monster Energy - Ford | s.t. | | 141 | Nikolas Maes | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step | s.t. | | 142 | Kalle Kriit | Sony Ericsson | + 2'40 | | 143 | Francisco José Ventoso | Movistar Team | + 2'41 | | 144 | Dimitri Krivtsov | Lampre - Generali | + 2'45 | | 145 | Job Vissers | Rabobank Cycling Team | s.t. | | 146 | Justin Williams | Saxo Bank SunGard | + 2'46 | | 147 | Lloyd Mondory | AG2R La Mondiale | s.t. | | 148 | Giampaolo Cheula | Nespresso | s.t. | | 149 | Danilo Hondo | Lampre - Generali | s.t. | | 150 | Robbie McEwen | Team Qantas | + 2'47 | | 151 | Vladimir Isaychev | Katusha Team | + 2'48 | | 152 | Mickaël Delage | FDJ | s.t. | | 153 | Roberto De Patre | Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli | + 2'49 | | 154 | Mirco Lorenzetto | Androni Giocattoli | + 2'50 | | 155 | Dimitry Kozontchuk | Nespresso | + 2'51 | | 156 | Marcello Pavarin | Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 157 | Mathieu Perget | AG2R La Mondiale | s.t. | | 158 | Giacomo Nizzolo | Nissan - Radio Shack - Trek | + 2'53 | | 159 | Marcel Wyss | Nespresso | + 2'54 | | 160 | Francesco Ginanni | Androni Giocattoli | s.t. | | 161 | Valentin Iglinskiy | Pro Team Astana | s.t. | | 162 | Frédéric Guesdon | FDJ | + 2'55 | | 163 | Luca Zanasca | Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli | s.t. | | 164 | Allan Davis | Team Qantas | + 2'57 | | 165 | Nacer Bouhanni | FDJ | + 3'01 | | 166 | Luca Paolini | Katusha Team | + 3'02 | | 167 | Matthew Wilson | Team Garmin - Cervélo | + 3'03 | | 168 | Sergey Renev | Pro Team Astana | s.t. | | 169 | David Loosli | Lampre - Generali | + 3'05 | | 170 | Óscar Freire | Team Garmin - Cervélo | + 3'09 | | 171 | Daniel Lloyd | Team Garmin - Cervélo | s.t. | | 172 | Davide Cimolai | Androni Giocattoli | + 3'16 | | 173 | Sergio Marinangeli | Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli | + 3'20 | | 174 | Noe Gianetti | Nespresso | + 3'28 | | 175 | Florian Vachon | AG2R La Mondiale | + 3'30 |
GC
| 1 | Alberto Contador | Saxo Bank SunGard | 9h17'33 | | 2 | Tony Martin | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step | + 11 | | 3 | Vincenzo Nibali | Nissan - Radio Shack - Trek | + 25 | | 4 | Richie Porte | Saxo Bank SunGard | + 43 | | 5 | Bradley Wiggins | Sky ProCycling | + 52 | | 6 | Simon Spilak | Lampre - Generali | + 59 | | 7 | Kanstantsin Siutsou | Sky ProCycling | + 1'03 | | 8 | Thomas De Gendt | Monster Energy - Ford | + 1'08 | | 9 | Christian Vande Velde | Team Garmin - Cervélo | s.t. | | 10 | Maxime Monfort | Nissan - Radio Shack - Trek | + 1'10 |
Spoiler | 11 | Simon Gerrans | Team Qantas | + 1'17 | | 12 | Jurgen Van den Broeck | Lotto - Belisol | s.t. | | 13 | Michele Scarponi | BMC Racing Team | + 1'22 | | 14 | Rubén Plaza | Movistar Team | + 1'23 | | 15 | Marc De Maar | Monster Energy - Ford | + 1'24 | | 16 | Sandy Casar | FDJ | s.t. | | 17 | Matthieu Ladagnous | FDJ | + 1'33 | | 18 | Wilco Kelderman | Monster Energy - Ford | + 1'36 | | 19 | Andy Schleck | Monster Energy - Ford | + 1'39 | | 20 | Gorka Izagirre | Euskaltel - Euskadi | + 1'41 | | 21 | Johann Tschopp | BMC Racing Team | + 1'42 | | 22 | Thomas Rohregger | Sony Ericsson | s.t. | | 23 | Francis De Greef | Monster Energy - Ford | + 1'47 | | 24 | Michael Albasini | Team Qantas | + 1'48 | | 25 | Juan José Oroz | Euskaltel - Euskadi | + 1'57 | | 26 | Rinaldo Nocentini | AG2R La Mondiale | + 2'05 | | 27 | Tadej Valjavec | Pro Team Astana | + 2'11 | | 28 | Oliver Zaugg | Sony Ericsson | + 2'13 | | 29 | Leonardo Duque | Sony Ericsson | + 2'14 | | 30 | Anthony Geslin | FDJ | + 2'15 | | 31 | Martin Elmiger | BMC Racing Team | + 2'25 | | 32 | Pim Ligthart | Monster Energy - Ford | + 2'28 | | 33 | Juan Mauricio Soler | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 34 | Romain Zingle | Monster Energy - Ford | + 2'29 | | 35 | Joost Van Leijen | Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team | + 2'30 | | 36 | Emanuele Sella | Lampre - Generali | + 2'31 | | 37 | Francesco Failli | Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli | + 2'35 | | 38 | Aleksandr Kuschynski | Katusha Team | + 2'38 | | 39 | Marcos GarcÃa | Euskaltel - Euskadi | + 2'39 | | 40 | Eduardo Gonzalo | Movistar Team | + 2'44 | | 41 | Jan Kuyckx | Lotto - Belisol | + 3'01 | | 42 | Sylvain Chavanel | Team Garmin - Cervélo | + 3'25 | | 43 | Jonathan Castroviejo | Euskaltel - Euskadi | + 3'47 | | 44 | Fabio Duarte | Nespresso | + 4'00 | | 45 | Maxime Bouet | AG2R La Mondiale | + 4'14 | | 46 | José JoaquÃn Rojas | Team Garmin - Cervélo | + 4'17 | | 47 | Sérgio Paulinho | Saxo Bank SunGard | + 4'22 | | 48 | Romain Sicard | Euskaltel - Euskadi | + 4'23 | | 49 | Vladimir Efimkin | Katusha Team | + 4'24 | | 50 | Matthias Frank | BMC Racing Team | + 4'25 | | 51 | Bart De Clercq | Lotto - Belisol | + 4'26 | | 52 | Jonas Aaen Jørgensen | Saxo Bank SunGard | + 4'36 | | 53 | Bruno Pires | Saxo Bank SunGard | + 4'41 | | 54 | José Rujano | Androni Giocattoli | + 4'44 | | 55 | Grega Bole | Lampre - Generali | + 4'51 | | 56 | Romain Feillu | Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team | + 4'52 | | 57 | Bram Tankink | Rabobank Cycling Team | + 4'55 | | 58 | Giampaolo Cheula | Nespresso | + 5'10 | | 59 | Michael Rasmussen | Saxo Bank SunGard | + 5'30 | | 60 | Óscar Sevilla | Movistar Team | + 5'31 | | 61 | Pierre Rolland | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step | + 5'42 | | 62 | Maxim Gourov | Pro Team Astana | + 5'56 | | 63 | Francesco Ginanni | Androni Giocattoli | + 5'57 | | 64 | Heinrich Haussler | Rabobank Cycling Team | + 6'06 | | 65 | David Loosli | Lampre - Generali | + 6'11 | | 66 | Gustavo César Veloso | Movistar Team | + 6'59 | | 67 | Peter Velits | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step | + 7'13 | | 68 | Jesús Herrada | Movistar Team | + 7'15 | | 69 | Pierpaolo De Negri | Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli | + 7'17 | | 70 | Nikolas Maes | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step | + 7'20 | | 71 | Lloyd Mondory | AG2R La Mondiale | + 7'23 | | 72 | Jean-Christophe Peraud | AG2R La Mondiale | + 7'25 | | 73 | Mirco Lorenzetto | Androni Giocattoli | + 7'29 | | 74 | Christian Knees | Sky ProCycling | + 7'37 | | 75 | Lars Boom | Rabobank Cycling Team | + 7'41 | | 76 | Stephen Cummings | Sky ProCycling | + 7'48 | | 77 | Mikaël Chérel | AG2R La Mondiale | s.t. | | 78 | Vladimir Karpets | Katusha Team | + 7'50 | | 79 | Stef Clement | Rabobank Cycling Team | + 7'53 | | 80 | Jussi Veikkanen | Lotto - Belisol | + 8'06 | | 81 | Lars Petter Nordhaug | Sky ProCycling | + 8'10 | | 82 | Robert Kiserlovski | Team Garmin - Cervélo | + 8'20 | | 83 | Sergio Pardilla | Movistar Team | + 8'24 | | 84 | Giampaolo Caruso | Katusha Team | s.t. | | 85 | Mitchell Docker | Team Qantas | + 8'27 | | 86 | Simon Clarke | Team Qantas | s.t. | | 87 | Javier Francisco Aramendia | Euskaltel - Euskadi | + 8'39 | | 88 | Ruslan Pidgornyy | Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team | + 9'03 | | 89 | Marco Corti | Nespresso | + 9'35 | | 90 | Iñaki Isasi | Euskaltel - Euskadi | + 9'41 | | 91 | David Zabriskie | Team Garmin - Cervélo | + 9'49 | | 92 | Andrew Talansky | Nissan - Radio Shack - Trek | + 11'54 | | 93 | Chris Barton | Sony Ericsson | + 12'20 | | 94 | Stijn Vandenbergh | Katusha Team | + 12'30 | | 95 | Kurt-Asle Arvesen | Sky ProCycling | + 12'37 | | 96 | Steve Morabito | BMC Racing Team | + 12'40 | | 97 | Riccardo Chiarini | Androni Giocattoli | s.t. | | 98 | Fabio Felline | Nespresso | + 12'44 | | 99 | Assan Bazayev | Pro Team Astana | + 13'04 | | 100 | David Blanco | Nespresso | + 14'22 | | 101 | Markel Irizar | Nissan - Radio Shack - Trek | + 17'07 | | 102 | Rein Taaramäe | Sony Ericsson | + 17'39 | | 103 | Frantisek Rabon | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step | + 17'55 | | 104 | Tanel Kangert | Pro Team Astana | + 19'29 | | 105 | Danilo Hondo | Lampre - Generali | + 19'44 | | 106 | Dennis Van Winden | Rabobank Cycling Team | + 22'03 | | 107 | Maarten Neyens | Lotto - Belisol | + 22'06 | | 108 | Geoffroy Lequatre | Nissan - Radio Shack - Trek | + 22'08 | | 109 | Chad Beyer | BMC Racing Team | + 22'19 | | 110 | Haimar Zubeldia | Nissan - Radio Shack - Trek | + 22'24 | | 111 | Ivan Rovny | Nissan - Radio Shack - Trek | + 22'30 | | 112 | Rémi Pauriol | FDJ | + 22'32 | | 113 | Simon Zahner | BMC Racing Team | + 22'38 | | 114 | Frederik Veuchelen | Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team | + 22'53 | | 115 | Americo Novembrini | Androni Giocattoli | + 22'57 | | 116 | Enrico Zen | Androni Giocattoli | + 23'01 | | 117 | Manuele Boaro | Saxo Bank SunGard | + 24'39 | | 118 | Adam Hansen | Lotto - Belisol | + 25'08 | | 119 | Matteo Rabottini | Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli | + 25'27 | | 120 | Theo Bos | Monster Energy - Ford | + 25'38 | | 121 | Luca Zanasca | Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli | + 26'46 | | 122 | Ian Stannard | Sky ProCycling | + 28'16 | | 123 | Koldo Fernández | Euskaltel - Euskadi | + 28'33 | | 124 | Matthew Goss | Team Qantas | + 28'37 | | 125 | Danilo Wyss | BMC Racing Team | + 28'44 | | 126 | Maarten Wynants | Rabobank Cycling Team | + 29'05 | | 127 | Julien Bérard | AG2R La Mondiale | s.t. | | 128 | Francisco José Ventoso | Movistar Team | + 29'14 | | 129 | Mathieu Perget | AG2R La Mondiale | + 29'32 | | 130 | Matteo Montaguti | Androni Giocattoli | + 30'46 | | 131 | André Greipel | Sony Ericsson | + 31'32 | | 132 | Marcello Pavarin | Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team | + 32'14 | | 133 | Alessandro Petacchi | Lampre - Generali | + 32'30 | | 134 | Davide Ricci Bitti | Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli | + 32'39 | | 135 | Dimitry Kozontchuk | Nespresso | + 32'55 | | 136 | Julien Vermote | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step | + 34'12 | | 137 | Giacomo Nizzolo | Nissan - Radio Shack - Trek | + 34'42 | | 138 | Mickaël Delage | FDJ | s.t. | | 139 | Job Vissers | Rabobank Cycling Team | + 35'41 | | 140 | Mark Renshaw | Rabobank Cycling Team | + 35'52 | | 141 | Martin Velits | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step | + 37'36 | | 142 | Tyler Farrar | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step | + 37'52 | | 143 | Kenny Dehaes | Lotto - Belisol | + 37'55 | | 144 | Martin Mortensen | Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team | + 38'09 | | 145 | Valentin Iglinskiy | Pro Team Astana | + 38'28 | | 146 | Allan Davis | Team Qantas | + 38'33 | | 147 | Daniel Lloyd | Team Garmin - Cervélo | + 38'47 | | 148 | Florian Vachon | AG2R La Mondiale | + 39'13 | | 149 | Sam Bewley | Sony Ericsson | + 41'16 | | 150 | Kevin Van Impe | Lotto - Belisol | + 41'23 | | 151 | Brett Lancaster | Team Qantas | + 41'42 | | 152 | Ben Swift | Sky ProCycling | + 41'53 | | 153 | Roman Kireyev | Pro Team Astana | + 42'04 | | 154 | Denis Galimzyanov | Katusha Team | + 42'12 | | 155 | Sergey Renev | Pro Team Astana | + 42'27 | | 156 | Roberto De Patre | Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli | + 42'45 | | 157 | Luca Paolini | Katusha Team | + 42'56 | | 158 | Gorik Gardeyn | Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team | + 45'40 | | 159 | Vitali Kondrut | Lampre - Generali | + 46'38 | | 160 | Justin Williams | Saxo Bank SunGard | + 47'42 | | 161 | Greg Henderson | Pro Team Astana | + 47'51 | | 162 | Kalle Kriit | Sony Ericsson | + 48'28 | | 163 | Robbie McEwen | Team Qantas | + 48'31 | | 164 | Wouter Mol | Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team | + 48'44 | | 165 | Marcel Wyss | Nespresso | + 49'17 | | 166 | Frédéric Guesdon | FDJ | + 49'20 | | 167 | Davide Cimolai | Androni Giocattoli | + 49'42 | | 168 | Sergio Marinangeli | Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli | + 49'47 | | 169 | Yauheni Hutarovich | FDJ | + 54'04 | | 170 | Vladimir Isaychev | Katusha Team | + 54'34 | | 171 | Noe Gianetti | Nespresso | + 56'30 | | 172 | Matthew Wilson | Team Garmin - Cervélo | + 56'47 | | 173 | Óscar Freire | Team Garmin - Cervélo | + 56'54 | | 174 | Dimitri Krivtsov | Lampre - Generali | + 59'28 | | 175 | Nacer Bouhanni | FDJ | + 1h00'37 |
Points
| 1 | Alberto Contador | Saxo Bank SunGard | 15 | 45 | | 2 | Heinrich Haussler | Rabobank Cycling Team | 0 | 31 | | 3 | Tony Martin | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step | 10 | 28 | | 4 | Simon Gerrans | Team Qantas | 0 | 25 | | 5 | Lloyd Mondory | AG2R La Mondiale | 0 | 20 |
KOTM
| 1 | Francis De Greef | Monster Energy - Ford | 0 | 26 | | 2 | Joost Van Leijen | Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team | 0 | 24 | | 3 | Maxim Gourov | Pro Team Astana | 0 | 20 | | 4 | Rinaldo Nocentini | AG2R La Mondiale | 0 | 10 | | 5 | Giampaolo Cheula | Nespresso | 0 | 10 |
U25
| 1 | Wilco Kelderman | Monster Energy - Ford | 9h19'09 | | 2 | Gorka Izagirre | Euskaltel - Euskadi | + 5 | | 3 | Pim Ligthart | Monster Energy - Ford | + 52 |
Teams
| 1 | Movistar Team | 27h56'22 | | 2 | Monster Energy - Ford | + 26 | | 3 | Saxo Bank SunGard | + 30 |
Today's winner
Word from the DS
Time trialing is very difficult for this DS, especially with daily forms between -1 and +1. But I think we minimized our losses, and still have one rider in the top 10 and Schleck entering the top 20. The next 2 stages are classified as mountain stages, so expect some GC-changes!
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| alexanderlens |
Posted on 02-01-2012 18:50
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Contador doesn't look good, he is good!
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| baia |
Posted on 02-01-2012 19:20
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You are going really fast mate....not complainning ...
Nice result in Köln,pity the win didn´t came...
Romandie stage 2 was good...ITT wasn´t the best but i´m sure Andy will be back in last 2 MO stages...good luck.
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Posted on 02-01-2012 19:28
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You have 2 jerseys and 8th overall that's good:-)
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Posted on 02-01-2012 22:58
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Contador beating Martin in a TT |
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Posted on 02-01-2012 23:02
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Well again Andy need to work on his tt stats but a very nice 8th place in the GC for you
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FuglsangxTH3 wrote:
Well again Andy need to work on his tt stats but a very nice 8th place in the GC for you
Well, Andy's fitness was 88 ad his TT stats 72, so losing 1'20 to Conta who was a TT stat of 81 isn't bad to my opinion. Plus his daily form was -1, and I started a little too fast with him (losing '26 in the climb, but then '55 in the last 15 flat and descending kilometres).
So i think it's a reasonable time loss...
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The 5th stage is the first of two mountain stages. The first part of the route between Vevey and Chatel is flat. Then at the summit of the Pas de Margins, the riders enter France, and after the Col du Corbier, the riders will finish in Chatel after 159 kilometres.
With 2 1st-category climbs, it is a great opportunity for Francis De Greef to collect some more KOTM-points to secure his jersey. He was in an early attack, but that group got caught (what to expect with 19 riders in it?).
But when Oliver Zaugg attacks shortly before the foot of the first climb, it's a great moment for De Greef to join the attack.
Zaugg isn't interested in KOTM-points, so it's easy for De Greef to collect the 12 points given at the summit. 2'04 behind them follows BMC's Johan Tschopp, who made his move in the early part of the ascend. The peloton did an slowly ascend and follows at 5'57 with 64 kilometres remaining.
The 2nd climb, the Col du Corbier has begun and Tschopp is closing in on the 2 leaders. When he is only '40 behind, Zaugg gets nervous and attacks. De Greef doesn't follow him, but continues in his own pace.
In the peloton we see an attack by GC-leader Contador with 22km to go (3'21 behind the leaders). But he doesn't creat a big gap!
Back to the leaders: Zaugg creates a gap of 15 seconds with his attack, but then the fatigue hits him and De Greef joins him again and even leaves him behind. Our Belgian rider reaches the 2nd summit in first place, and Zaugg follows at '12. Tschopp is 1'21 behind, a group with Contador, Nibali, Van den Broeck and Spilak at 2'36. The other GC-contenders follow at 3'01.
De Greef rides a good descend and extends his lead. With 10km to go, he leads Zaugg with '28 and the chasing group (the group Contador gets caught) with 3'08. Things look good for a stage win!
Then with 8km to go, Contador tries again. This time Andy Schleck follows him, together with Thomas Rohregger (Sony Ericsson) and Simon Spilak (Lampre).
De Greef is entering the last kilometre and his lead is about a minute to the group of GC-contenders, that have caught Zaugg. Vincenzo Nibali tries to gains few seconds in the last kilometre.
But the win goes to Francis De Greef, his first for our team and the biggest in his career! Nibali finishes in 2nd at '29, Spilak in 3rd. Our GC-contenders are in this group.
Results
| 1 | Francis De Greef | Monster Energy - Ford | 4h06'42 | | 2 | Vincenzo Nibali | Nissan - Radio Shack - Trek | + 26 | | 3 | Simon Spilak | Lampre - Generali | s.t. | | 4 | Alberto Contador | Saxo Bank SunGard | s.t. | | 5 | Richie Porte | Saxo Bank SunGard | s.t. | | 6 | Wilco Kelderman | Monster Energy - Ford | s.t. | | 7 | Thomas De Gendt | Monster Energy - Ford | s.t. | | 8 | José Rujano | Androni Giocattoli | s.t. | | 9 | Pierre Rolland | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step | s.t. | | 10 | Matthias Frank | BMC Racing Team | s.t. |
Spoiler | 11 | Andy Schleck | Monster Energy - Ford | s.t. | | 12 | Michele Scarponi | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | | 13 | Bradley Wiggins | Sky ProCycling | s.t. | | 14 | Jurgen Van den Broeck | Lotto - Belisol | s.t. | | 15 | Oliver Zaugg | Sony Ericsson | s.t. | | 16 | Giampaolo Cheula | Nespresso | s.t. | | 17 | Tony Martin | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step | s.t. | | 18 | Johann Tschopp | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | | 19 | Kanstantsin Siutsou | Sky ProCycling | s.t. | | 20 | Juan Mauricio Soler | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 21 | Emanuele Sella | Lampre - Generali | s.t. | | 22 | Michael Albasini | Team Qantas | s.t. | | 23 | Christian Vande Velde | Team Garmin - Cervélo | s.t. | | 24 | Thomas Rohregger | Sony Ericsson | s.t. | | 25 | Tadej Valjavec | Pro Team Astana | s.t. | | 26 | Rubén Plaza | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 27 | Maxime Monfort | Nissan - Radio Shack - Trek | s.t. | | 28 | Francesco Failli | Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli | s.t. | | 29 | Gorka Izagirre | Euskaltel - Euskadi | s.t. | | 30 | Peter Velits | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step | s.t. | | 31 | Sandy Casar | FDJ | + 3'15 | | 32 | Romain Sicard | Euskaltel - Euskadi | s.t. | | 33 | Óscar Sevilla | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 34 | Fabio Duarte | Nespresso | s.t. | | 35 | Robert Kiserlovski | Team Garmin - Cervélo | s.t. | | 36 | Jean-Christophe Peraud | AG2R La Mondiale | s.t. | | 37 | Marcos GarcÃa | Euskaltel - Euskadi | s.t. | | 38 | Simon Gerrans | Team Qantas | s.t. | | 39 | Sergio Pardilla | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 40 | Michael Rasmussen | Saxo Bank SunGard | s.t. | | 41 | Marc De Maar | Monster Energy - Ford | s.t. | | 42 | Jesús Herrada | Movistar Team | + 4'15 | | 43 | David Zabriskie | Team Garmin - Cervélo | s.t. | | 44 | Bruno Pires | Saxo Bank SunGard | s.t. | | 45 | Rein Taaramäe | Sony Ericsson | s.t. | | 46 | Rinaldo Nocentini | AG2R La Mondiale | s.t. | | 47 | Maxime Bouet | AG2R La Mondiale | s.t. | | 48 | Gustavo César Veloso | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 49 | Vladimir Karpets | Katusha Team | s.t. | | 50 | Vladimir Efimkin | Katusha Team | s.t. | | 51 | Juan José Oroz | Euskaltel - Euskadi | s.t. | | 52 | Sylvain Chavanel | Team Garmin - Cervélo | s.t. | | 53 | Lars Petter Nordhaug | Sky ProCycling | s.t. | | 54 | José JoaquÃn Rojas | Team Garmin - Cervélo | s.t. | | 55 | Matteo Rabottini | Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli | s.t. | | 56 | Chris Barton | Sony Ericsson | s.t. | | 57 | Sérgio Paulinho | Saxo Bank SunGard | s.t. | | 58 | Aleksandr Kuschynski | Katusha Team | s.t. | | 59 | Eduardo Gonzalo | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 60 | David Loosli | Lampre - Generali | s.t. | | 61 | David Blanco | Nespresso | + 6'11 | | 62 | Steve Morabito | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | | 63 | Andrew Talansky | Nissan - Radio Shack - Trek | s.t. | | 64 | Romain Zingle | Monster Energy - Ford | s.t. | | 65 | Tanel Kangert | Pro Team Astana | + 7'51 | | 66 | Stephen Cummings | Sky ProCycling | s.t. | | 67 | Ruslan Pidgornyy | Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 68 | Markel Irizar | Nissan - Radio Shack - Trek | s.t. | | 69 | Leonardo Duque | Sony Ericsson | s.t. | | 70 | Jonas Aaen Jørgensen | Saxo Bank SunGard | + 9'56 | | 71 | Enrico Zen | Androni Giocattoli | + 11'53 | | 72 | Mikaël Chérel | AG2R La Mondiale | + 13'03 | | 73 | Haimar Zubeldia | Nissan - Radio Shack - Trek | s.t. | | 74 | Mitchell Docker | Team Qantas | + 14'46 | | 75 | Ivan Rovny | Nissan - Radio Shack - Trek | s.t. | | 76 | Marco Corti | Nespresso | s.t. | | 77 | Matthieu Ladagnous | FDJ | s.t. | | 78 | Grega Bole | Lampre - Generali | s.t. | | 79 | Mathieu Perget | AG2R La Mondiale | s.t. | | 80 | Bart De Clercq | Lotto - Belisol | + 15'53 | | 81 | Giampaolo Caruso | Katusha Team | s.t. | | 82 | Stef Clement | Rabobank Cycling Team | s.t. | | 83 | Julien Bérard | AG2R La Mondiale | s.t. | | 84 | Assan Bazayev | Pro Team Astana | s.t. | | 85 | Anthony Geslin | FDJ | s.t. | | 86 | Jussi Veikkanen | Lotto - Belisol | s.t. | | 87 | Jan Kuyckx | Lotto - Belisol | s.t. | | 88 | Simon Clarke | Team Qantas | s.t. | | 89 | Adam Hansen | Lotto - Belisol | s.t. | | 90 | Manuele Boaro | Saxo Bank SunGard | s.t. | | 91 | Geoffroy Lequatre | Nissan - Radio Shack - Trek | + 16'37 | | 92 | Roman Kireyev | Pro Team Astana | s.t. | | 93 | Frantisek Rabon | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step | s.t. | | 94 | Jonathan Castroviejo | Euskaltel - Euskadi | s.t. | | 95 | Kurt-Asle Arvesen | Sky ProCycling | s.t. | | 96 | Joost Van Leijen | Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team | + 17'36 | | 97 | Francisco José Ventoso | Movistar Team | + 17'47 | | 98 | Javier Francisco Aramendia | Euskaltel - Euskadi | s.t. | | 99 | Noe Gianetti | Nespresso | + 19'13 | | 100 | Iñaki Isasi | Euskaltel - Euskadi | s.t. | | 101 | Ben Swift | Sky ProCycling | + 20'12 | | 102 | Pim Ligthart | Monster Energy - Ford | s.t. | | 103 | Theo Bos | Monster Energy - Ford | s.t. | | 104 | Ian Stannard | Sky ProCycling | s.t. | | 105 | Christian Knees | Sky ProCycling | + 29'40 | | 106 | Riccardo Chiarini | Androni Giocattoli | s.t. | | 107 | Francesco Ginanni | Androni Giocattoli | s.t. | | 108 | Lars Boom | Rabobank Cycling Team | s.t. | | 109 | Heinrich Haussler | Rabobank Cycling Team | s.t. | | 110 | Bram Tankink | Rabobank Cycling Team | s.t. | | 111 | Chad Beyer | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | | 112 | Simon Zahner | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | | 113 | Stijn Vandenbergh | Katusha Team | s.t. | | 114 | Martin Velits | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step | s.t. | | 115 | Rémi Pauriol | FDJ | s.t. | | 116 | Dimitry Kozontchuk | Nespresso | s.t. | | 117 | Fabio Felline | Nespresso | s.t. | | 118 | Romain Feillu | Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 119 | Mirco Lorenzetto | Androni Giocattoli | s.t. | | 120 | Alessandro Petacchi | Lampre - Generali | s.t. | | 121 | Lloyd Mondory | AG2R La Mondiale | s.t. | | 122 | André Greipel | Sony Ericsson | s.t. | | 123 | Matteo Montaguti | Androni Giocattoli | s.t. | | 124 | Martin Elmiger | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | | 125 | Maxim Gourov | Pro Team Astana | s.t. | | 126 | Tyler Farrar | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step | s.t. | | 127 | Pierpaolo De Negri | Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli | s.t. | | 128 | Koldo Fernández | Euskaltel - Euskadi | s.t. | | 129 | Matthew Goss | Team Qantas | s.t. | | 130 | Nikolas Maes | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step | s.t. | | 131 | Danilo Hondo | Lampre - Generali | s.t. | | 132 | Roberto De Patre | Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli | s.t. | | 133 | Kenny Dehaes | Lotto - Belisol | s.t. | | 134 | Dennis Van Winden | Rabobank Cycling Team | s.t. | | 135 | Maarten Neyens | Lotto - Belisol | s.t. | | 136 | Marcel Wyss | Nespresso | s.t. | | 137 | Luca Zanasca | Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli | s.t. | | 138 | Mickaël Delage | FDJ | s.t. | | 139 | Vitali Kondrut | Lampre - Generali | s.t. | | 140 | Allan Davis | Team Qantas | s.t. | | 141 | Davide Ricci Bitti | Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli | s.t. | | 142 | Valentin Iglinskiy | Pro Team Astana | s.t. | | 143 | Greg Henderson | Pro Team Astana | s.t. | | 144 | Gorik Gardeyn | Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 145 | Yauheni Hutarovich | FDJ | s.t. | | 146 | Danilo Wyss | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | | 147 | Marcello Pavarin | Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 148 | Wouter Mol | Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 149 | Denis Galimzyanov | Katusha Team | s.t. | | 150 | Florian Vachon | AG2R La Mondiale | s.t. | | 151 | Sam Bewley | Sony Ericsson | s.t. | | 152 | Robbie McEwen | Team Qantas | s.t. | | 153 | Kalle Kriit | Sony Ericsson | s.t. | | 154 | Luca Paolini | Katusha Team | s.t. | | 155 | Julien Vermote | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step | s.t. | | 156 | Martin Mortensen | Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 157 | Mark Renshaw | Rabobank Cycling Team | s.t. | | 158 | Davide Cimolai | Androni Giocattoli | s.t. | | 159 | Matthew Wilson | Team Garmin - Cervélo | s.t. | | 160 | Americo Novembrini | Androni Giocattoli | s.t. | | 161 | Giacomo Nizzolo | Nissan - Radio Shack - Trek | s.t. | | 162 | Sergey Renev | Pro Team Astana | s.t. | | 163 | Óscar Freire | Team Garmin - Cervélo | s.t. | | 164 | Sergio Marinangeli | Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli | s.t. | | 165 | Job Vissers | Rabobank Cycling Team | s.t. | | 166 | Frédéric Guesdon | FDJ | s.t. | | 167 | Nacer Bouhanni | FDJ | s.t. | | 168 | Frederik Veuchelen | Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 169 | Daniel Lloyd | Team Garmin - Cervélo | s.t. | | 170 | Kevin Van Impe | Lotto - Belisol | s.t. | | 171 | Brett Lancaster | Team Qantas | s.t. | | 172 | Vladimir Isaychev | Katusha Team | s.t. | | 173 | Justin Williams | Saxo Bank SunGard | s.t. | | 174 | Dimitri Krivtsov | Lampre - Generali | s.t. | | 175 | Maarten Wynants | Rabobank Cycling Team | + 37'23 |
GC
No changes in the Top 10. De Greef jumps to 11th, Schleck to 15th.
| 1 | Alberto Contador | Saxo Bank SunGard | 13h24'41 | | 2 | Tony Martin | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step | + 11 | | 3 | Vincenzo Nibali | Nissan - Radio Shack - Trek | + 19 | | 4 | Richie Porte | Saxo Bank SunGard | + 43 | | 5 | Bradley Wiggins | Sky ProCycling | + 52 | | 6 | Simon Spilak | Lampre - Generali | + 55 | | 7 | Kanstantsin Siutsou | Sky ProCycling | + 1'03 | | 8 | Thomas De Gendt | Monster Energy - Ford | + 1'08 | | 9 | Christian Vande Velde | Team Garmin - Cervélo | s.t. | | 10 | Maxime Monfort | Nissan - Radio Shack - Trek | + 1'10 |
Spoiler | 11 | Francis De Greef | Monster Energy - Ford | + 1'11 | | ... | | 15 | Andy Schleck | Monster Energy - Ford | + 1'33 | | 16 | Wilco Kelderman | Monster Energy - Ford | + 1'36 |
Points
| 1 | Alberto Contador | Saxo Bank SunGard | 13 | 58 | | 2 | Vincenzo Nibali | Nissan - Radio Shack - Trek | 20 | 38 | | 3 | Simon Spilak | Lampre - Generali | 16 | 34 | | 4 | Heinrich Haussler | Rabobank Cycling Team | 0 | 31 | | 5 | Francis De Greef | Monster Energy - Ford | 25 | 31 |
KOTM
As good as secured of it!!
| 1 | Francis De Greef | Monster Energy - Ford | 24 | 50 | | 2 | Joost Van Leijen | Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team | 0 | 24 | | 3 | Maxim Gourov | Pro Team Astana | 0 | 20 | | 4 | Oliver Zaugg | Sony Ericsson | 16 | 16 | | 5 | Johann Tschopp | BMC Racing Team | 12 | 12 |
Today's winner
Word from the DS
Great riding by De Greef, and again winning a stage in a World Tour race. We'll drink a small glass of champagne tonight, as there is one stage left. But a long time ago we won a race by a long attack.
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| whitejersey |
Posted on 03-01-2012 21:32
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Nice win, and two other top 10's
go MEF
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Posted on 03-01-2012 21:32
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Great job by Francis!
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Posted on 03-01-2012 21:44
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Great work!
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Posted on 03-01-2012 22:53
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Great riding by De Greef today, Well Done |
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Posted on 03-01-2012 23:21
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Great win..
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Posted on 04-01-2012 00:05
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Nice win, now just to see if you can do anything with Andy |
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Posted on 04-01-2012 07:35
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Wow, what a result!
Guess who's back?
Lets see how many friens are still around... |
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Posted on 04-01-2012 08:00
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@ all: Thank you guys (even a banana!). I'll probably play the last stage topnight after work, so maybe an update later tonight (or thursday....)
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Good luck!
Guess who's back?
Lets see how many friens are still around... |
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alexanderlens wrote:
Good luck!
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The last stage, with start and finish in Sion. The route is only 122 kilometres long, but features 3 1st-category climbs. So it should shake up the GC!
There's no shaking in the first part of the race. The peloton crosses the first two summits together. Attacks by Mikaël Chérel (AG2R) and also Giampaolo Cheula (Nespresso) and Rinaldo Nocentini (AG2R) are fruitless.
So an entire peloton starts the ascend of the last climb of the day, the Ovronnaz. Our team has taken the lead of the peloton.
After Wilco Kelderman was ascending in a high pace, it lasts untill 4 kilometres before the summit (and 24 before the finish) when we see the first attack. And surprise, surprise.... it's Contador! Andy Schleck jumps behind him.
Contador is the first to reach the last summit of this Tour de Romandie. 16 seconds behind him follow Schleck and Vincenzo Nibali. Simon Spilak follows at '46, Michele Scarponi at 1'14 and a group of 36 riders, including GC's number 2 Tony Martin and most of our riders, at 1'45.
The first 5 join each other, and also Jurgen Van den Broeck and Ruben Plaza, who attacked out of the chasing group do it. Obviously, there is no cooperation between Schleck, Contador and Nibali, else this could not happen. So 11km before the finish, Schleck decides to try it on his own, also because of the chasing group that is only '32 behind.
But he doesn't stand a chance in the last flat 10 kilometres. So there's a regrouping of 41 riders and immediately Tony Martin, Ion Izagirre and Tadej Valjavec try to attack, but also fruitless. We've decided to set our cards at De Gendt, has he has some good legs left.
He is launched by Wilco Kelderman and is in the lead with 400 metres to go. Simon Spilak is closely behind, but from the back comes José Joaquin Rojas
And in the last metres of this stage, Rojas overtakes De Gendt to claim his first win of the season. Spilak gets 3rd and 41 riders finish within the same time, everybody in the Top 20 is in it.
Results
| 1 | José JoaquÃn Rojas | Team Garmin - Cervélo | 3h33'29 | | 2 | Thomas De Gendt | Monster Energy - Ford | s.t. | | 3 | Simon Spilak | Lampre - Generali | s.t. | | 4 | Wilco Kelderman | Monster Energy - Ford | s.t. | | 5 | Alberto Contador | Saxo Bank SunGard | s.t. | | 6 | Rein Taaramäe | Sony Ericsson | s.t. | | 7 | Michael Albasini | Team Qantas | s.t. | | 8 | Giampaolo Cheula | Nespresso | s.t. | | 9 | Maxime Monfort | Nissan - Radio Shack - Trek | s.t. | | 10 | Juan Mauricio Soler | Movistar Team | s.t. |
Today's winner
GC
One tiny changing, as De Gendt goes from 8th to 7th thanks to the bonus seconds.
| 1 | Alberto Contador | Saxo Bank SunGard | 16h58'06 | | 2 | Tony Martin | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step | + 15 | | 3 | Vincenzo Nibali | Nissan - Radio Shack - Trek | + 17 | | 4 | Richie Porte | Saxo Bank SunGard | + 47 | | 5 | Simon Spilak | Lampre - Generali | + 53 | | 6 | Bradley Wiggins | Sky ProCycling | + 56 | | 7 | Thomas De Gendt | Monster Energy - Ford | + 1'06 | | 8 | Kanstantsin Siutsou | Sky ProCycling | + 1'07 | | 9 | Christian Vande Velde | Team Garmin - Cervélo | + 1'12 | | 10 | Maxime Monfort | Nissan - Radio Shack - Trek | + 1'14 |
Spoiler | 11 | Francis De Greef | Monster Energy - Ford | + 1'15 | | 12 | Jurgen Van den Broeck | Lotto - Belisol | + 1'21 | | 13 | Michele Scarponi | BMC Racing Team | + 1'26 | | 14 | Rubén Plaza | Movistar Team | + 1'27 | | 15 | Andy Schleck | Monster Energy - Ford | + 1'37 | | 16 | Wilco Kelderman | Monster Energy - Ford | + 1'40 |
Points
| 1 | Alberto Contador | Saxo Bank SunGard | 14 | 72 | | 2 | Simon Spilak | Lampre - Generali | 17 | 51 | | 3 | Vincenzo Nibali | Nissan - Radio Shack - Trek | 11 | 49 | | 4 | Thomas De Gendt | Monster Energy - Ford | 20 | 45 | | 5 | Francis De Greef | Monster Energy - Ford | 0 | 31 |
KOTM
6 out of 6 
| 1 | Francis De Greef | Monster Energy - Ford | 8 | 58 | | 2 | Giampaolo Cheula | Nespresso | 20 | 30 | | 3 | Joost Van Leijen | Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team | 0 | 24 | | 4 | Rinaldo Nocentini | AG2R La Mondiale | 12 | 22 | | 5 | Maxim Gourov | Pro Team Astana | 0 | 20 |
U25
2nd jersey for us!
| 1 | Wilco Kelderman | Monster Energy - Ford | 16h59'46 | | 2 | Gorka Izagirre | Euskaltel - Euskadi | + 5 | | 3 | Romain Sicard | Euskaltel - Euskadi | + 5'36 |
Teams
| 1 | Monster Energy - Ford | 50h58'13 | | 2 | BMC Racing Team | + 1'13 | | 3 | Movistar Team | + 2'49 |
Overall winner
Word from the DS
Aargh, so close today to take the 2nd stage win....
But we can look back at a succesful Tour de Romandie, with a stage win, the KOTM & U25 jersey, and we even won the teams ranking. And Andy is getting in form for the Giro.
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Great result by De Gendt and Keldermannin the laststage and also for de gendt in the GC
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