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Qatar Optics - Duvel 2021: Story Completed
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Posted on 21-02-2014 20:56
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Spoiler Cessna
1. J.Salomein
2. Y.Bagot
3. D.Cotte
4. A.Cunningham
5. N.Defrance
6. G.Duran
7. M.Jeanneau
8. J.Maillard
ExxonMobil
11. V.Cabedo
12. J.Drucker
13. C.Heymans
14. F.Lopes
15. D.Montgomery
16. M.Stoop
17. J.Wagner
18. J.Zangerle
Argos Oil
21. L.Boom
22. N.Bosscher
23. G.Ciolek
24. T.Dekker
25. M.Hümbert
26. M.Koch
27. S.Meyer
28. R.Van Zandbeek
7-Eleven
31. G.Thomas
32. C.Beyer
33. R.Müller
34. H.Nateghi
35. M.Saggiorato
36. N.Schnyder
37. M.Schöffmann
38. M.Wyss
YouTube
41. A.Guardini
42. D.Beatse
43. J.Bertrand
44. K.Goddaert
45. S.Johnson
46. M.Santos
47. K.Seeldraeyers
48. J.Vangenechten
Belavia
51. T.Farrar
52. A.Blythe
53. A.Bowden
54. G.Mannion
55. J.Rathe
56. M.Rowe
57. E.Schmäh
58. P.Stetina
KLM
61. D.Van Winden
62. S.Baetens
63. T.Degand
64. M.Goos
65. R.Majka
66. J.Stallaert
67. D.Teuns
68. P.Vanspeybroeck
Citrix
71. T.Roe
72. H.Cameron
73. L.Durbridge
74. K.Parker
75. I.Robinson
76. D.Smith
Qatar Optics
81. V.De Ridder
82. A.Al Asmari
83. A.Al Muwalid
84. A.Al Zaid
85. J.Baeyens
86. T.Boonen
87. S.Rosseler
88. I.Sulimani
Jardar
91. M.Kwiatkowski
Landbouwkrediet
101. G.Bakker
102. S.Daniel
103. A.Debakker
104. B.Gourgue
105. F.Polazzi
106. F.Robert
107. F.Verkinderen
108. N.Wauters
Accent Jobs
111. O.Van Daele
112. J.Adams
113. P.Serry
114. J.Smits
115. P.Timmermans
116. D.Van Baarle
117. S.Van Vooren
118. J.Veldkamp
Japan Airlines
121. T.Boonen
122. U.Al Hamdani
123. L.Benes
124. N.De Smet
125. T.Lenaerts
126. V.Vandevelde
Bacardi
131. M.Visser
132. H.Duyn
133. M.Houtman
134. G.Morrison
135. O.Riesebeek
136. A.Smets
137. R.Te Brake
Luxair
141. D.Nerz
142. S.Brandl
143. F.Hoffmann
144. F.Holm
145. T.Klein
146. N.Pilz
147. T.Stein
148. K.Thiele
Van Merksteijn
151. T.Bos
152. V.Batishchev
153. S.Kamphuis
154. K.de Wit
155. V.van Dam
156. T.van Lieshout
Emporiki Bank
161. S.Beamer
162. D.Bakker
163. T.Bonin
164. W.Bruylant
165. P.Crawford
166. T.Hübner
167. H.Linden
168. M.Michaelis
Herbalife
171. R.Michel
172. D.Ercolani
173. G.Morel
174. J.Richard
175. K.Sanchez
176. G.Svab
177. N.Warner
Trilux
181. C.Böttger
182. P.Brandt
183. N.Klein
Much to the delight of the Duvel Beer people, we sent a squad to the Ronde van Belge. Although I would be at the Giro I would be following with a keen eye.
STAGE 1: Buggenhout 6 KM
Us out on course.
Kwiatkowski rode a strong prologue to beat the stage favourites, Durbridge and Salomein, to the minor positions on the podium and take a nice win.
STAGE RESULTS:
| 1 | Michał Kwiatkowski | Jardar - Savings & Loans | 7'34 | | 2 | Luke Durbridge | Citrix - Finnair | + 1 | | 3 | Jarl Salomein | Cessna - Specialized | + 5 | | 4 | Rafal Majka | TEAM KLM - Microsoft | + 10 | | 5 | Huub Duyn | Bacardi - ING | + 11 | | 6 | Jempy Drucker | ExxonMobil | s.t. | | 7 | Dennis Van Winden | TEAM KLM - Microsoft | + 12 | | 8 | Tyler Farrar | Belavia | + 14 | | 9 | Dylan Van Baarle | Accent Jobs - Willems Veranda's | + 15 |
Spoiler | 10 | Thomas Dekker | Argos Oil - Wii | s.t. | | 11 | Timothy Roe | Citrix - Finnair | s.t. | | 12 | Andrea Guardini | YouTube | s.t. | | 13 | Geraint Thomas | 7-Eleven | s.t. | | 14 | Fabio Polazzi | Landbouwkrediet - Euphony | + 17 | | 15 | Marc Goos | TEAM KLM - Microsoft | s.t. | | 16 | Imtiyaz Sulimani | Qatar Optics - Duvel | s.t. | | 17 | Staf Baetens | TEAM KLM - Microsoft | + 18 | | 18 | Dries Beatse | YouTube | s.t. | | 19 | Valentin De Ridder | Qatar Optics - Duvel | s.t. | | 20 | Mark Visser | Bacardi - ING | s.t. | | 21 | Marcel Wyss | 7-Eleven | s.t. | | 22 | Kevin Seeldraeyers | YouTube | + 19 | | 23 | Frederique Robert | Landbouwkrediet - Euphony | s.t. | | 24 | Wilfried Bruylant | Emporiki Bank - UPC | s.t. | | 25 | Niklas Pilz | Luxair - Vattenfall | + 20 | | 26 | Guillaume Morel | Herbalife | + 21 | | 27 | Pieter Serry | Accent Jobs - Willems Veranda's | s.t. | | 28 | Adam Blythe | Belavia | s.t. | | 29 | Gijs Bakker | Landbouwkrediet - Euphony | s.t. | | 30 | Jonas Vangenechten | YouTube | s.t. | | 31 | Joeri Adams | Accent Jobs - Willems Veranda's | + 22 | | 32 | Lars Boom | Argos Oil - Wii | s.t. | | 33 | VÃctor Cabedo | ExxonMobil | s.t. | | 34 | Mirco Saggiorato | 7-Eleven | s.t. | | 35 | Jakob Rathe | Belavia | s.t. | | 36 | Peter Stetina | Belavia | s.t. | | 37 | Joris Smits | Accent Jobs - Willems Veranda's | + 23 | | 38 | Gerald Ciolek | Argos Oil - Wii | s.t. | | 39 | Pieter Vanspeybroeck | TEAM KLM - Microsoft | s.t. | | 40 | Michel Koch | Argos Oil - Wii | + 24 | | 41 | Kristof Goddaert | YouTube | s.t. | | 42 | Theo Bos | TEAM Van Merksteijn - Zoegas | s.t. | | 43 | Dominik Nerz | Luxair - Vattenfall | s.t. | | 44 | Jérémy Maillard | Cessna - Specialized | + 25 | | 45 | Sebastiaan Meyer | Argos Oil - Wii | s.t. | | 46 | Joeri Stallaert | TEAM KLM - Microsoft | s.t. | | 47 | Preben Timmermans | Accent Jobs - Willems Veranda's | s.t. | | 48 | Kasper de Wit | TEAM Van Merksteijn - Zoegas | s.t. | | 49 | Antonio Cunningham | Cessna - Specialized | s.t. | | 50 | Thomas Bonin | Emporiki Bank - UPC | s.t. | | 51 | Florian Hoffmann | Luxair - Vattenfall | s.t. | | 52 | Stefan M. Brandl | Luxair - Vattenfall | s.t. | | 53 | Chad Beyer | 7-Eleven | s.t. | | 54 | Michael Hümbert | Argos Oil - Wii | s.t. | | 55 | Elias Schmäh | Belavia | + 26 | | 56 | Matthew Rowe | Belavia | s.t. | | 57 | Jarne Baeyens | Qatar Optics - Duvel | s.t. | | 58 | Joel Zangerle | ExxonMobil | + 27 | | 59 | Frederik Verkinderen | Landbouwkrediet - Euphony | s.t. | | 60 | Nicolas Schnyder | 7-Eleven | s.t. | | 61 | Tom Lenaerts | Japan Airlines | s.t. | | 62 | Hossein Nateghi | 7-Eleven | s.t. | | 63 | Robin Müller | 7-Eleven | s.t. | | 64 | Usama Al Hamdani | Japan Airlines | s.t. | | 65 | Spencer Beamer | Emporiki Bank - UPC | s.t. | | 66 | Jesse Veldkamp | Accent Jobs - Willems Veranda's | s.t. | | 67 | Killian Sanchez | Herbalife | + 28 | | 68 | Benjamin Gourgue | Landbouwkrediet - Euphony | s.t. | | 69 | Mark Werner | TEAM Trilux - Siemens | + 29 | | 70 | Thom van Lieshout | TEAM Van Merksteijn - Zoegas | s.t. | | 71 | Alex Bowden | Belavia | s.t. | | 72 | Nik Bosscher | Argos Oil - Wii | s.t. | | 73 | Ronan Van Zandbeek | Argos Oil - Wii | + 30 | | 74 | Maurice Jeanneau | Cessna - Specialized | s.t. | | 75 | Ian Robinson | Citrix - Finnair | s.t. | | 76 | Gavin Mannion | Belavia | s.t. | | 77 | Diego Ercolani | Herbalife | s.t. | | 78 | Ali Al Asmari | Qatar Optics - Duvel | s.t. | | 79 | Harry Cameron | Citrix - Finnair | s.t. | | 80 | Daniel Montgomery | ExxonMobil | s.t. | | 81 | Sébastien Rosseler | Qatar Optics - Duvel | + 31 | | 82 | Valentijn van Dam | TEAM Van Merksteijn - Zoegas | s.t. | | 83 | Oscar Riesebeek | Bacardi - ING | s.t. | | 84 | Fernando Miguel Lopes | ExxonMobil | s.t. | | 85 | Gaël Duran | Cessna - Specialized | + 32 | | 86 | Andreas P. Stefan | TEAM Trilux - Siemens | s.t. | | 87 | Thomas Degand | TEAM KLM - Microsoft | s.t. | | 88 | Jonathan Bertrand | YouTube | s.t. | | 89 | Vladimir Batishchev | TEAM Van Merksteijn - Zoegas | s.t. | | 90 | Stephen Johnson | YouTube | s.t. | | 91 | Steven Van Vooren | Accent Jobs - Willems Veranda's | + 33 | | 92 | Dylan Teuns | TEAM KLM - Microsoft | s.t. | | 93 | Martin Schöffmann | 7-Eleven | s.t. | | 94 | Jonathan Wagner | ExxonMobil | s.t. | | 95 | Thibault Boonen | Japan Airlines | s.t. | | 96 | Tim Klein | Luxair - Vattenfall | + 34 | | 97 | Tom Boonen | Qatar Optics - Duvel | + 35 | | 98 | Nicolas Defrance | Cessna - Specialized | s.t. | | 99 | Kenneth Parker | Citrix - Finnair | s.t. | | 100 | Nick Wauters | Landbouwkrediet - Euphony | s.t. | | 101 | Patrick Crawford | Emporiki Bank - UPC | + 36 | | 102 | Jean Richard | Herbalife | s.t. | | 103 | Fredrik Holm | Luxair - Vattenfall | s.t. | | 104 | Alexander Debakker | Landbouwkrediet - Euphony | s.t. | | 105 | Michael Stoop | ExxonMobil | + 37 | | 106 | George Morrison | Bacardi - ING | s.t. | | 107 | Nick De Smet | Japan Airlines | s.t. | | 108 | Sebastiaan Kamphuis | TEAM Van Merksteijn - Zoegas | s.t. | | 109 | Paul Brandt | TEAM Trilux - Siemens | s.t. | | 110 | Kersten Thiele | Luxair - Vattenfall | s.t. | | 111 | Timm Stein | Luxair - Vattenfall | + 38 | | 112 | Alexander Reis | TEAM Trilux - Siemens | s.t. | | 113 | Cyrille Heymans | ExxonMobil | s.t. | | 114 | Yoann Bagot | Cessna - Specialized | s.t. | | 115 | Gasper Svab | Herbalife | + 39 | | 116 | Ladislav Benes | Japan Airlines | s.t. | | 117 | Damien Cotte | Cessna - Specialized | s.t. | | 118 | Simon Daniel | Landbouwkrediet - Euphony | s.t. | | 119 | Christopher Böttger | TEAM Trilux - Siemens | s.t. | | 120 | Olivier Van Daele | Accent Jobs - Willems Veranda's | s.t. | | 121 | Max Michaelis | Emporiki Bank - UPC | s.t. | | 122 | Tom Hübner | Emporiki Bank - UPC | + 40 | | 123 | Axel Smets | Bacardi - ING | + 41 | | 124 | Dan Smith | Citrix - Finnair | s.t. | | 125 | Marcus Santos | YouTube | s.t. | | 126 | Ali Sanad Al Muwalid | Qatar Optics - Duvel | s.t. | | 127 | Niclas Klein | TEAM Trilux - Siemens | + 43 | | 128 | Robin Michel | Herbalife | s.t. | | 129 | Remco Te Brake | Bacardi - ING | + 45 | | 130 | Vincent Vandevelde | Japan Airlines | + 46 | | 131 | Dean Bakker | Emporiki Bank - UPC | s.t. | | 132 | Nicholas Warner | Herbalife | + 47 | | 133 | Hendrik Linden | Emporiki Bank - UPC | s.t. | | 134 | Abdulatif Al Zaid | Qatar Optics - Duvel | s.t. | | 135 | Max Houtman | Bacardi - ING | s.t. |
STAGE 2: Lochristi - Knokke Heist 160 KM's
In the end ... it is a straightforward sprint win for Guardini.
Al Zaid made the break today and it looked like it would go all the way to the finish. Al Zaid was left on the front with a few kilometres to go, he and no one else wanted to set the pace so the peloton came back at a fast speed which resulted in an easy win for the stage favourite.
Only 53 riders avoided the big crash late on, Boonen was one who avoided it along with Qatari champ Al Muwalid.
STAGE RESULTS:
| 1 | Andrea Guardini | YouTube | 3h37'19 | | 2 | Adam Blythe | Belavia | s.t. | | 3 | Max Michaelis | Emporiki Bank - UPC | s.t. | | 4 | Michał Kwiatkowski | Jardar - Savings & Loans | s.t. | | 5 | Gerald Ciolek | Argos Oil - Wii | s.t. | | 6 | Frederique Robert | Landbouwkrediet - Euphony | s.t. | | 7 | Dennis Van Winden | TEAM KLM - Microsoft | s.t. | | 8 | Joeri Stallaert | TEAM KLM - Microsoft | s.t. | | 9 | Patrick Crawford | Emporiki Bank - UPC | s.t. | | 10 | Damien Cotte | Cessna - Specialized | s.t. |
Spoiler | 11 | Dylan Van Baarle | Accent Jobs - Willems Veranda's | s.t. | | 12 | Tyler Farrar | Belavia | s.t. | | 13 | Jakob Rathe | Belavia | s.t. | | 14 | Kenneth Parker | Citrix - Finnair | s.t. | | 15 | Jarl Salomein | Cessna - Specialized | s.t. | | 16 | Hossein Nateghi | 7-Eleven | s.t. | | 17 | Jempy Drucker | ExxonMobil | s.t. | | 18 | Peter Stetina | Belavia | s.t. | | 19 | Ali Sanad Al Muwalid | Qatar Optics - Duvel | s.t. | | 20 | Lars Boom | Argos Oil - Wii | s.t. | | 21 | Vincent Vandevelde | Japan Airlines | s.t. | | 22 | Spencer Beamer | Emporiki Bank - UPC | s.t. | | 23 | VÃctor Cabedo | ExxonMobil | s.t. | | 24 | Matthew Rowe | Belavia | s.t. | | 25 | Michel Koch | Argos Oil - Wii | s.t. | | 26 | Ian Robinson | Citrix - Finnair | s.t. | | 27 | Luke Durbridge | Citrix - Finnair | s.t. | | 28 | Thibault Boonen | Japan Airlines | s.t. | | 29 | Gijs Bakker | Landbouwkrediet - Euphony | s.t. | | 30 | Marcel Wyss | 7-Eleven | s.t. | | 31 | Dries Beatse | YouTube | s.t. | | 32 | Kevin Seeldraeyers | YouTube | s.t. | | 33 | Mark Werner | TEAM Trilux - Siemens | s.t. | | 34 | Abdulatif Al Zaid | Qatar Optics - Duvel | s.t. | | 35 | Remco Te Brake | Bacardi - ING | s.t. | | 36 | Huub Duyn | Bacardi - ING | s.t. | | 37 | Valentijn van Dam | TEAM Van Merksteijn - Zoegas | s.t. | | 38 | Timm Stein | Luxair - Vattenfall | s.t. | | 39 | Ronan Van Zandbeek | Argos Oil - Wii | s.t. | | 40 | Martin Schöffmann | 7-Eleven | s.t. | | 41 | Harry Cameron | Citrix - Finnair | s.t. | | 42 | Timothy Roe | Citrix - Finnair | s.t. | | 43 | Pieter Serry | Accent Jobs - Willems Veranda's | s.t. | | 44 | Gasper Svab | Herbalife | s.t. | | 45 | Tom Lenaerts | Japan Airlines | s.t. | | 46 | Marc Goos | TEAM KLM - Microsoft | s.t. | | 47 | Joeri Adams | Accent Jobs - Willems Veranda's | s.t. | | 48 | Mark Visser | Bacardi - ING | s.t. | | 49 | Robin Michel | Herbalife | s.t. | | 50 | Tom Boonen | Qatar Optics - Duvel | s.t. | | 51 | Yoann Bagot | Cessna - Specialized | s.t. | | 52 | Alex Bowden | Belavia | s.t. | | 53 | Nicolas Defrance | Cessna - Specialized | s.t. | | 54 | Cyrille Heymans | ExxonMobil | + 1'25 | | 55 | Sebastiaan Kamphuis | TEAM Van Merksteijn - Zoegas | s.t. | | 56 | Maurice Jeanneau | Cessna - Specialized | s.t. | | 57 | Gavin Mannion | Belavia | s.t. | | 58 | Fernando Miguel Lopes | ExxonMobil | s.t. | | 59 | Valentin De Ridder | Qatar Optics - Duvel | s.t. | | 60 | Kristof Goddaert | YouTube | s.t. | | 61 | Jonas Vangenechten | YouTube | s.t. | | 62 | Jesse Veldkamp | Accent Jobs - Willems Veranda's | s.t. | | 63 | Benjamin Gourgue | Landbouwkrediet - Euphony | s.t. | | 64 | Gaël Duran | Cessna - Specialized | s.t. | | 65 | Dylan Teuns | TEAM KLM - Microsoft | s.t. | | 66 | Simon Daniel | Landbouwkrediet - Euphony | s.t. | | 67 | Guillaume Morel | Herbalife | s.t. | | 68 | Alexander Debakker | Landbouwkrediet - Euphony | s.t. | | 69 | Fabio Polazzi | Landbouwkrediet - Euphony | s.t. | | 70 | Jonathan Bertrand | YouTube | s.t. | | 71 | Frederik Verkinderen | Landbouwkrediet - Euphony | s.t. | | 72 | Olivier Van Daele | Accent Jobs - Willems Veranda's | s.t. | | 73 | Jérémy Maillard | Cessna - Specialized | s.t. | | 74 | Sebastiaan Meyer | Argos Oil - Wii | s.t. | | 75 | Nik Bosscher | Argos Oil - Wii | s.t. | | 76 | Rafal Majka | TEAM KLM - Microsoft | s.t. | | 77 | Stephen Johnson | YouTube | s.t. | | 78 | Staf Baetens | TEAM KLM - Microsoft | s.t. | | 79 | Killian Sanchez | Herbalife | s.t. | | 80 | Nicholas Warner | Herbalife | s.t. | | 81 | Robin Müller | 7-Eleven | s.t. | | 82 | Michael Stoop | ExxonMobil | s.t. | | 83 | Nicolas Schnyder | 7-Eleven | s.t. | | 84 | Nick Wauters | Landbouwkrediet - Euphony | s.t. | | 85 | Geraint Thomas | 7-Eleven | s.t. | | 86 | Imtiyaz Sulimani | Qatar Optics - Duvel | s.t. | | 87 | Sébastien Rosseler | Qatar Optics - Duvel | s.t. | | 88 | Michael Hümbert | Argos Oil - Wii | s.t. | | 89 | Diego Ercolani | Herbalife | s.t. | | 90 | Joel Zangerle | ExxonMobil | s.t. | | 91 | Usama Al Hamdani | Japan Airlines | s.t. | | 92 | Jean Richard | Herbalife | s.t. | | 93 | Theo Bos | TEAM Van Merksteijn - Zoegas | s.t. | | 94 | Jarne Baeyens | Qatar Optics - Duvel | s.t. | | 95 | Kasper de Wit | TEAM Van Merksteijn - Zoegas | s.t. | | 96 | Dean Bakker | Emporiki Bank - UPC | s.t. | | 97 | Niklas Pilz | Luxair - Vattenfall | s.t. | | 98 | Andreas P. Stefan | TEAM Trilux - Siemens | s.t. | | 99 | Mirco Saggiorato | 7-Eleven | s.t. | | 100 | Pieter Vanspeybroeck | TEAM KLM - Microsoft | s.t. | | 101 | Nick De Smet | Japan Airlines | s.t. | | 102 | Ali Al Asmari | Qatar Optics - Duvel | s.t. | | 103 | Stefan M. Brandl | Luxair - Vattenfall | s.t. | | 104 | Daniel Montgomery | ExxonMobil | s.t. | | 105 | Wilfried Bruylant | Emporiki Bank - UPC | s.t. | | 106 | Dominik Nerz | Luxair - Vattenfall | s.t. | | 107 | Steven Van Vooren | Accent Jobs - Willems Veranda's | s.t. | | 108 | Thomas Bonin | Emporiki Bank - UPC | s.t. | | 109 | Fredrik Holm | Luxair - Vattenfall | s.t. | | 110 | Thomas Dekker | Argos Oil - Wii | s.t. | | 111 | Kersten Thiele | Luxair - Vattenfall | s.t. | | 112 | Preben Timmermans | Accent Jobs - Willems Veranda's | s.t. | | 113 | Christopher Böttger | TEAM Trilux - Siemens | s.t. | | 114 | Jonathan Wagner | ExxonMobil | s.t. | | 115 | Oscar Riesebeek | Bacardi - ING | s.t. | | 116 | Chad Beyer | 7-Eleven | s.t. | | 117 | Thom van Lieshout | TEAM Van Merksteijn - Zoegas | s.t. | | 118 | Alexander Reis | TEAM Trilux - Siemens | s.t. | | 119 | Joris Smits | Accent Jobs - Willems Veranda's | s.t. | | 120 | Marcus Santos | YouTube | s.t. | | 121 | Tim Klein | Luxair - Vattenfall | s.t. | | 122 | Vladimir Batishchev | TEAM Van Merksteijn - Zoegas | s.t. | | 123 | Paul Brandt | TEAM Trilux - Siemens | s.t. | | 124 | Florian Hoffmann | Luxair - Vattenfall | s.t. | | 125 | Niclas Klein | TEAM Trilux - Siemens | s.t. | | 126 | Elias Schmäh | Belavia | s.t. | | 127 | Tom Hübner | Emporiki Bank - UPC | s.t. | | 128 | Ladislav Benes | Japan Airlines | s.t. | | 129 | Hendrik Linden | Emporiki Bank - UPC | s.t. | | 130 | Max Houtman | Bacardi - ING | s.t. | | 131 | Axel Smets | Bacardi - ING | s.t. | | 132 | Thomas Degand | TEAM KLM - Microsoft | s.t. | | 133 | George Morrison | Bacardi - ING | s.t. | | 134 | Dan Smith | Citrix - Finnair | s.t. | | 135 | Antonio Cunningham | Cessna - Specialized | + 12'13 |
STAGE 3: Knokke Heist - Ieper 188 KM's
A stage with laps around a nasty cobbled hill.
'Wild Warlock' Baeyens crashes!
The fight to get into the break of the day was intense early on. We tried to get the Qatari champ in there, but we couldn't manage it. No need to worry though as we managed to get Tom Boonen into the break. He was the only man to avoid the crash yesterday and as a result was best placed in GC by over 1'00 of those in the break.
Boonen puts in an attack as the late attackers almost catch up to the original break.
With 30 KM to go a group containing Polazzi and Lopes, after some aggressive attacking, ride across to the Boonen break as we ride the final time up the cobbled hill. Polazzi, in sprinting for the bonus seconds, distances everyone and continues on.
A big crash at the head of the tiring peloton with 20 KM to go means the breaks ahead will contest the victory and, likely, the GC.
Polazzi is 1'01 ahead of Boonen at this time in the GC. Polazzi has a gap of 1'05 on the road with 10 KM to go, but if this gap reduces Boonen has a shot at the GC lead. To our relief the riders work well together as they think they can catch Polazzi for the stage win.
Polazzi gets a strong stage win, but what about the time gaps? Has Boonen taken the GC lead?
Boonen has the GC lead!
Yes, he still has it! Thanks to the break speeding up Polazzi only ended up winning by '36, combined with the '20 bonus seconds means Boonen leads by '5. He still has it! It is a cliché, but you couldn't have wrote that!
Duvel Beer were ecstatic with this result, if the 20 messages I received are anything to go by. They even offered me a visit to one of their factories for a 'rare and rewarding tour', how could I refuse!
Boonen:
STAGE RESULTS:
| 1 | Fabio Polazzi | Landbouwkrediet - Euphony | 4h33'54 | | 2 | Dylan Teuns | TEAM KLM - Microsoft | + 36 | | 3 | Robin Müller | 7-Eleven | s.t. | | 4 | Oscar Riesebeek | Bacardi - ING | s.t. | | 5 | Fernando Miguel Lopes | ExxonMobil | s.t. | | 6 | Sebastiaan Meyer | Argos Oil - Wii | s.t. | | 7 | Tom Boonen | Qatar Optics - Duvel | s.t. | | 8 | Jérémy Maillard | Cessna - Specialized | s.t. | | 9 | Preben Timmermans | Accent Jobs - Willems Veranda's | s.t. | | 10 | Florian Hoffmann | Luxair - Vattenfall | s.t. |
Spoiler | 11 | Dennis Van Winden | TEAM KLM - Microsoft | + 3'00 | | 12 | Gerald Ciolek | Argos Oil - Wii | s.t. | | 13 | Max Michaelis | Emporiki Bank - UPC | s.t. | | 14 | Dries Beatse | YouTube | s.t. | | 15 | Andrea Guardini | YouTube | s.t. | | 16 | Luke Durbridge | Citrix - Finnair | s.t. | | 17 | Dylan Van Baarle | Accent Jobs - Willems Veranda's | s.t. | | 18 | Jarl Salomein | Cessna - Specialized | s.t. | | 19 | Pieter Serry | Accent Jobs - Willems Veranda's | s.t. | | 20 | Maurice Jeanneau | Cessna - Specialized | s.t. | | 21 | Gijs Bakker | Landbouwkrediet - Euphony | s.t. | | 22 | Frederik Verkinderen | Landbouwkrediet - Euphony | s.t. | | 23 | MichaÅ‚ Kwiatkowski | Jardar - Savings & Loans | s.t. | | 24 | Michael Hümbert | Argos Oil - Wii | s.t. | | 25 | Olivier Van Daele | Accent Jobs - Willems Veranda's | s.t. | | 26 | Joris Smits | Accent Jobs - Willems Veranda's | s.t. | | 27 | Kevin Seeldraeyers | YouTube | s.t. | | 28 | Rafal Majka | TEAM KLM - Microsoft | s.t. | | 29 | Jonathan Bertrand | YouTube | s.t. | | 30 | Usama Al Hamdani | Japan Airlines | s.t. | | 31 | Jesse Veldkamp | Accent Jobs - Willems Veranda's | s.t. | | 32 | Christopher Böttger | TEAM Trilux - Siemens | s.t. | | 33 | Diego Ercolani | Herbalife | s.t. | | 34 | Stephen Johnson | YouTube | s.t. | | 35 | Alex Bowden | Belavia | + 3'58 | | 36 | Matthew Rowe | Belavia | s.t. | | 37 | Patrick Crawford | Emporiki Bank - UPC | s.t. | | 38 | Tyler Farrar | Belavia | s.t. | | 39 | Jakob Rathe | Belavia | s.t. | | 40 | Ronan Van Zandbeek | Argos Oil - Wii | s.t. | | 41 | Adam Blythe | Belavia | s.t. | | 42 | Peter Stetina | Belavia | s.t. | | 43 | Timothy Roe | Citrix - Finnair | s.t. | | 44 | Joeri Stallaert | TEAM KLM - Microsoft | s.t. | | 45 | Martin Schöffmann | 7-Eleven | s.t. | | 46 | Ali Sanad Al Muwalid | Qatar Optics - Duvel | s.t. | | 47 | Joeri Adams | Accent Jobs - Willems Veranda's | s.t. | | 48 | Michel Koch | Argos Oil - Wii | s.t. | | 49 | VÃctor Cabedo | ExxonMobil | s.t. | | 50 | Geraint Thomas | 7-Eleven | s.t. | | 51 | Marc Goos | TEAM KLM - Microsoft | s.t. | | 52 | Steven Van Vooren | Accent Jobs - Willems Veranda's | s.t. | | 53 | Huub Duyn | Bacardi - ING | s.t. | | 54 | Gavin Mannion | Belavia | s.t. | | 55 | Jonas Vangenechten | YouTube | s.t. | | 56 | Nicolas Schnyder | 7-Eleven | s.t. | | 57 | Hossein Nateghi | 7-Eleven | s.t. | | 58 | Joel Zangerle | ExxonMobil | s.t. | | 59 | Tom Lenaerts | Japan Airlines | s.t. | | 60 | Chad Beyer | 7-Eleven | s.t. | | 61 | Pieter Vanspeybroeck | TEAM KLM - Microsoft | s.t. | | 62 | Cyrille Heymans | ExxonMobil | s.t. | | 63 | Simon Daniel | Landbouwkrediet - Euphony | s.t. | | 64 | Elias Schmäh | Belavia | s.t. | | 65 | Kersten Thiele | Luxair - Vattenfall | s.t. | | 66 | Michael Stoop | ExxonMobil | s.t. | | 67 | Wilfried Bruylant | Emporiki Bank - UPC | s.t. | | 68 | Yoann Bagot | Cessna - Specialized | s.t. | | 69 | Staf Baetens | TEAM KLM - Microsoft | s.t. | | 70 | Spencer Beamer | Emporiki Bank - UPC | + 6'01 | | 71 | Frederique Robert | Landbouwkrediet - Euphony | s.t. | | 72 | Thomas Bonin | Emporiki Bank - UPC | s.t. | | 73 | Nick Wauters | Landbouwkrediet - Euphony | s.t. | | 74 | Daniel Montgomery | ExxonMobil | s.t. | | 75 | Tom Hübner | Emporiki Bank - UPC | s.t. | | 76 | Ladislav Benes | Japan Airlines | s.t. | | 77 | Jempy Drucker | ExxonMobil | s.t. | | 78 | Kenneth Parker | Citrix - Finnair | s.t. | | 79 | Harry Cameron | Citrix - Finnair | s.t. | | 80 | Thibault Boonen | Japan Airlines | s.t. | | 81 | Ali Al Asmari | Qatar Optics - Duvel | s.t. | | 82 | Benjamin Gourgue | Landbouwkrediet - Euphony | s.t. | | 83 | Lars Boom | Argos Oil - Wii | + 6'53 | | 84 | Alexander Debakker | Landbouwkrediet - Euphony | s.t. | | 85 | Thomas Dekker | Argos Oil - Wii | s.t. | | 86 | Mark Visser | Bacardi - ING | s.t. | | 87 | Damien Cotte | Cessna - Specialized | s.t. | | 88 | Vincent Vandevelde | Japan Airlines | s.t. | | 89 | Jonathan Wagner | ExxonMobil | s.t. | | 90 | Stefan M. Brandl | Luxair - Vattenfall | s.t. | | 91 | Gasper Svab | Herbalife | s.t. | | 92 | Remco Te Brake | Bacardi - ING | s.t. | | 93 | Imtiyaz Sulimani | Qatar Optics - Duvel | s.t. | | 94 | Mark Werner | TEAM Trilux - Siemens | s.t. | | 95 | Alexander Reis | TEAM Trilux - Siemens | s.t. | | 96 | Hendrik Linden | Emporiki Bank - UPC | + 8'11 | | 97 | Robin Michel | Herbalife | + 8'36 | | 98 | Valentin De Ridder | Qatar Optics - Duvel | + 9'28 | | 99 | Thom van Lieshout | TEAM Van Merksteijn - Zoegas | s.t. | | 100 | Nick De Smet | Japan Airlines | s.t. | | 101 | Marcus Santos | YouTube | s.t. | | 102 | Jean Richard | Herbalife | + 11'43 | | 103 | Timm Stein | Luxair - Vattenfall | s.t. | | 104 | Andreas P. Stefan | TEAM Trilux - Siemens | s.t. | | 105 | Valentijn van Dam | TEAM Van Merksteijn - Zoegas | s.t. | | 106 | Dean Bakker | Emporiki Bank - UPC | s.t. | | 107 | Jarne Baeyens | Qatar Optics - Duvel | s.t. | | 108 | Dominik Nerz | Luxair - Vattenfall | + 12'30 | | 109 | Ian Robinson | Citrix - Finnair | s.t. | | 110 | Theo Bos | TEAM Van Merksteijn - Zoegas | s.t. | | 111 | Mirco Saggiorato | 7-Eleven | s.t. | | 112 | Kristof Goddaert | YouTube | s.t. | | 113 | Marcel Wyss | 7-Eleven | s.t. | | 114 | Nik Bosscher | Argos Oil - Wii | s.t. | | 115 | Gaël Duran | Cessna - Specialized | s.t. | | 116 | Niklas Pilz | Luxair - Vattenfall | s.t. | | 117 | Sebastiaan Kamphuis | TEAM Van Merksteijn - Zoegas | s.t. | | 118 | Guillaume Morel | Herbalife | s.t. | | 119 | Dan Smith | Citrix - Finnair | s.t. | | 120 | Kasper de Wit | TEAM Van Merksteijn - Zoegas | s.t. | | 121 | Fredrik Holm | Luxair - Vattenfall | s.t. | | 122 | Vladimir Batishchev | TEAM Van Merksteijn - Zoegas | s.t. | | 123 | Axel Smets | Bacardi - ING | s.t. | | 124 | Abdulatif Al Zaid | Qatar Optics - Duvel | s.t. | | 125 | George Morrison | Bacardi - ING | + 15'03 | | 126 | Antonio Cunningham | Cessna - Specialized | + 15'45 | | 127 | Max Houtman | Bacardi - ING | s.t. | | 128 | Killian Sanchez | Herbalife | s.t. | | 129 | Niclas Klein | TEAM Trilux - Siemens | s.t. | | 130 | Nicholas Warner | Herbalife | s.t. | | 131 | Tim Klein | Luxair - Vattenfall | s.t. | | 132 | Paul Brandt | TEAM Trilux - Siemens | s.t. | | 133 | Sébastien Rosseler | Qatar Optics - Duvel | s.t. |
GC AFTER STAGE:
| 1 | Tom Boonen | Qatar Optics - Duvel | 8h19'58 | | 2 | Fabio Polazzi | Landbouwkrediet - Euphony | + 5 | | 3 | Jérémy Maillard | Cessna - Specialized | + 1'07 | | 4 | Robin Müller | 7-Eleven | + 1'09 | | 5 | Oscar Riesebeek | Bacardi - ING | s.t. | | 6 | Dylan Teuns | TEAM KLM - Microsoft | + 1'11 | | 7 | Sebastiaan Meyer | Argos Oil - Wii | s.t. | | 8 | Preben Timmermans | Accent Jobs - Willems Veranda's | s.t. | | 9 | Florian Hoffmann | Luxair - Vattenfall | + 1'13 | | 10 | Fernando Miguel Lopes | ExxonMobil | + 1'19 |
Spoiler | 11 | Andrea Guardini | YouTube | + 1'44 | | 12 | MichaÅ‚ Kwiatkowski | Jardar - Savings & Loans | + 1'49 | | 13 | Luke Durbridge | Citrix - Finnair | + 1'50 | | 14 | Jarl Salomein | Cessna - Specialized | + 1'54 | | 15 | Dennis Van Winden | TEAM KLM - Microsoft | + 2'01 | | 16 | Dylan Van Baarle | Accent Jobs - Willems Veranda's | + 2'04 | | 17 | Dries Beatse | YouTube | + 2'07 | | 18 | Gijs Bakker | Landbouwkrediet - Euphony | + 2'08 | | 19 | Kevin Seeldraeyers | YouTube | s.t. | | 20 | Pieter Serry | Accent Jobs - Willems Veranda's | + 2'10 | | 21 | Gerald Ciolek | Argos Oil - Wii | + 2'12 | | 22 | Max Michaelis | Emporiki Bank - UPC | + 2'20 | | 23 | Adam Blythe | Belavia | + 2'56 | | 24 | Huub Duyn | Bacardi - ING | + 2'58 | | 25 | Tyler Farrar | Belavia | + 3'01 | | 26 | Timothy Roe | Citrix - Finnair | + 3'02 | | 27 | Marc Goos | TEAM KLM - Microsoft | + 3'04 | | 28 | Jakob Rathe | Belavia | + 3'09 | | 29 | Peter Stetina | Belavia | s.t. | | 30 | VÃctor Cabedo | ExxonMobil | s.t. | | 31 | Joeri Adams | Accent Jobs - Willems Veranda's | s.t. | | 32 | Michel Koch | Argos Oil - Wii | + 3'11 | | 33 | Joeri Stallaert | TEAM KLM - Microsoft | + 3'12 | | 34 | Matthew Rowe | Belavia | + 3'13 | | 35 | Hossein Nateghi | 7-Eleven | + 3'14 | | 36 | Tom Lenaerts | Japan Airlines | s.t. | | 37 | Alex Bowden | Belavia | + 3'16 | | 38 | Ronan Van Zandbeek | Argos Oil - Wii | + 3'17 | | 39 | Martin Schöffmann | 7-Eleven | + 3'20 | | 40 | Patrick Crawford | Emporiki Bank - UPC | + 3'23 | | 41 | Rafal Majka | TEAM KLM - Microsoft | + 3'24 | | 42 | Yoann Bagot | Cessna - Specialized | + 3'25 | | 43 | Ali Sanad Al Muwalid | Qatar Optics - Duvel | + 3'28 | | 44 | Joris Smits | Accent Jobs - Willems Veranda's | + 3'37 | | 45 | Michael Hümbert | Argos Oil - Wii | + 3'39 | | 46 | Jesse Veldkamp | Accent Jobs - Willems Veranda's | + 3'41 | | 47 | Frederik Verkinderen | Landbouwkrediet - Euphony | s.t. | | 48 | Usama Al Hamdani | Japan Airlines | s.t. | | 49 | Maurice Jeanneau | Cessna - Specialized | + 3'44 | | 50 | Diego Ercolani | Herbalife | s.t. | | 51 | Jonathan Bertrand | YouTube | + 3'46 | | 52 | Stephen Johnson | YouTube | s.t. | | 53 | Olivier Van Daele | Accent Jobs - Willems Veranda's | + 3'53 | | 54 | Christopher Böttger | TEAM Trilux - Siemens | s.t. | | 55 | Geraint Thomas | 7-Eleven | + 4'27 | | 56 | Chad Beyer | 7-Eleven | + 4'29 | | 57 | Staf Baetens | TEAM KLM - Microsoft | + 4'30 | | 58 | Wilfried Bruylant | Emporiki Bank - UPC | + 4'31 | | 59 | Jonas Vangenechten | YouTube | + 4'33 | | 60 | Cyrille Heymans | ExxonMobil | + 4'34 | | 61 | Pieter Vanspeybroeck | TEAM KLM - Microsoft | + 4'35 | | 62 | Elias Schmäh | Belavia | + 4'38 | | 63 | Nicolas Schnyder | 7-Eleven | + 4'39 | | 64 | Joel Zangerle | ExxonMobil | s.t. | | 65 | Gavin Mannion | Belavia | + 4'42 | | 66 | Steven Van Vooren | Accent Jobs - Willems Veranda's | + 4'45 | | 67 | Michael Stoop | ExxonMobil | + 4'49 | | 68 | Kersten Thiele | Luxair - Vattenfall | s.t. | | 69 | Simon Daniel | Landbouwkrediet - Euphony | + 4'51 | | 70 | Jempy Drucker | ExxonMobil | + 5'01 | | 71 | Frederique Robert | Landbouwkrediet - Euphony | + 5'09 | | 72 | Spencer Beamer | Emporiki Bank - UPC | + 5'17 | | 73 | Harry Cameron | Citrix - Finnair | + 5'20 | | 74 | Thibault Boonen | Japan Airlines | + 5'23 | | 75 | Kenneth Parker | Citrix - Finnair | + 5'25 | | 76 | Lars Boom | Argos Oil - Wii | + 5'58 | | 77 | Mark Visser | Bacardi - ING | + 6'00 | | 78 | Mark Werner | TEAM Trilux - Siemens | + 6'11 | | 79 | Damien Cotte | Cessna - Specialized | + 6'21 | | 80 | Gasper Svab | Herbalife | s.t. | | 81 | Remco Te Brake | Bacardi - ING | + 6'27 | | 82 | Vincent Vandevelde | Japan Airlines | + 6'28 | | 83 | Thomas Bonin | Emporiki Bank - UPC | + 6'40 | | 84 | Benjamin Gourgue | Landbouwkrediet - Euphony | + 6'43 | | 85 | Daniel Montgomery | ExxonMobil | + 6'45 | | 86 | Ali Al Asmari | Qatar Optics - Duvel | s.t. | | 87 | Nick Wauters | Landbouwkrediet - Euphony | + 6'50 | | 88 | Ladislav Benes | Japan Airlines | + 6'54 | | 89 | Tom Hübner | Emporiki Bank - UPC | + 6'55 | | 90 | Thomas Dekker | Argos Oil - Wii | + 7'22 | | 91 | Imtiyaz Sulimani | Qatar Optics - Duvel | + 7'24 | | 92 | Stefan M. Brandl | Luxair - Vattenfall | + 7'32 | | 93 | Jonathan Wagner | ExxonMobil | + 7'40 | | 94 | Alexander Debakker | Landbouwkrediet - Euphony | + 7'43 | | 95 | Alexander Reis | TEAM Trilux - Siemens | + 7'45 | | 96 | Robin Michel | Herbalife | + 8'08 | | 97 | Hendrik Linden | Emporiki Bank - UPC | + 9'12 | | 98 | Valentin De Ridder | Qatar Optics - Duvel | + 10'00 | | 99 | Thom van Lieshout | TEAM Van Merksteijn - Zoegas | + 10'11 | | 100 | Nick De Smet | Japan Airlines | + 10'19 | | 101 | Marcus Santos | YouTube | + 10'23 | | 102 | Valentijn van Dam | TEAM Van Merksteijn - Zoegas | + 11'03 | | 103 | Timm Stein | Luxair - Vattenfall | + 11'10 | | 104 | Marcel Wyss | 7-Eleven | + 11'37 | | 105 | Ian Robinson | Citrix - Finnair | + 11'49 | | 106 | Abdulatif Al Zaid | Qatar Optics - Duvel | + 12'04 | | 107 | Jarne Baeyens | Qatar Optics - Duvel | + 12'23 | | 108 | Andreas P. Stefan | TEAM Trilux - Siemens | + 12'29 | | 109 | Jean Richard | Herbalife | + 12'33 | | 110 | Dean Bakker | Emporiki Bank - UPC | + 12'43 | | 111 | Niklas Pilz | Luxair - Vattenfall | + 13'04 | | 112 | Guillaume Morel | Herbalife | + 13'05 | | 113 | Mirco Saggiorato | 7-Eleven | + 13'06 | | 114 | Kristof Goddaert | YouTube | + 13'08 | | 115 | Theo Bos | TEAM Van Merksteijn - Zoegas | s.t. | | 116 | Dominik Nerz | Luxair - Vattenfall | s.t. | | 117 | Kasper de Wit | TEAM Van Merksteijn - Zoegas | + 13'09 | | 118 | Nik Bosscher | Argos Oil - Wii | + 13'13 | | 119 | Gaël Duran | Cessna - Specialized | + 13'16 | | 120 | Vladimir Batishchev | TEAM Van Merksteijn - Zoegas | s.t. | | 121 | Fredrik Holm | Luxair - Vattenfall | + 13'20 | | 122 | Sebastiaan Kamphuis | TEAM Van Merksteijn - Zoegas | + 13'21 | | 123 | Dan Smith | Citrix - Finnair | + 13'25 | | 124 | Axel Smets | Bacardi - ING | s.t. | | 125 | George Morrison | Bacardi - ING | + 15'54 | | 126 | Killian Sanchez | Herbalife | + 16'27 | | 127 | Sébastien Rosseler | Qatar Optics - Duvel | + 16'30 | | 128 | Tim Klein | Luxair - Vattenfall | + 16'33 | | 129 | Paul Brandt | TEAM Trilux - Siemens | + 16'36 | | 130 | Niclas Klein | TEAM Trilux - Siemens | + 16'42 | | 131 | Nicholas Warner | Herbalife | + 16'46 | | 132 | Max Houtman | Bacardi - ING | s.t. | | 133 | Antonio Cunningham | Cessna - Specialized | + 27'12 |
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Some great days for the team. Tom Boonen finds his former self in Belgium and Vandyck wins second Giro stage. 
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STAGE 19: Treviso - Alpe di Pampeago 196 KM's
Stage Favourites:
***Salas(HLE) **Preidler(B&O) *Jeannesson(FDJ)
The penultimate mountain stage and what a brute. We go up the Passo Pampeago twice (10 KM @ 9.95). The Giro can be won or lost today.
Vuelta winner Garabay is dropped before the final climb.
It is a super hard stage and the racing is super hard. Only a dozen or so of the big favourites are not empty before the final gruelling climb.
Battaglin (3rd) would suffer today and, after a great Giro, tumble out of the top 10.
Long leads the gruppeto.
It is a really hard stage for the team today. Only Kishi manages to finish under 1'00'00 from the stage winner on the day. However, only Bole from our team was timed out on the stage.
Barton, rocking and rolling in the saddle, is the last of the break to be caught. For much of the stage he along with Kennaugh were out front as members of the quality climbing break.
Salas and pink jersey Henao are the ones doing the pace setting today. Salas is the first to attack, he quickly gets a gap of '30 but Henao rides a steady tempo ... this would be pay off as he catches the Spaniard after 1 km.
Henao puts in a monster attack.
With around 3 KM to go Henao attacks. Salas tries to go with him, but can't follow that pace for even 1 meter. The Spaniard looks around, but he won't get any help there. Henao continues one as the Spaniard suffers.
Henao on course for a 4th Giro win!
With Salas cracking towards the finish and Henao being super strong there was only one winner today. Henao, the best Giro rider this century hands down, puts big time into Salas today and is now the overwhelming favourite for the GC win.
STAGE RESULTS:
| 1 | Sergio Henao | YouTube | 6h11'18 | | 2 | Ibai Salas | Herbalife | + 1'52 | | 3 | Jerry De Vos | RIM | + 2'13 | | 4 | Kenneth Andreasen | E.ON | + 2'51 | | 5 | Pello Bilbao | Euskaltel - Euskadi | + 3'08 | | 6 | Arnold Jeannesson | FDJ - BigMat | + 3'32 | | 7 | Oliver Skov | B&O - Red Bull | s.t. | | 8 | Guillaume Bonnafond | Ribena - France Télécom | + 3'43 | | 9 | Wilco Kelderman | TEAM UnitedHealthcare - M&M's | + 4'43 | | 10 | George Preidler | B&O - Red Bull | + 5'02 |
Spoiler | 11 | Lasse Norman Hansen | Jardar - Savings & Loans | + 5'20 | | 12 | Andrea Bernasconi | TEAM Colnago - Fakta | + 6'16 | | 13 | Chris Barton | Bank BGZ - Schuller | + 6'32 | | 14 | Mark Christian | E.ON | + 11'35 | | 15 | Enrico Battaglin | ExxonMobil | + 12'56 | | 16 | Romain Sicard | YouTube | + 13'22 | | 17 | Daniel Martin | TEAM KLM - Microsoft | + 14'17 | | 18 | Blel Kadri | Bank BGZ - Schuller | + 14'41 | | 19 | Stefano Agostini | TEAM Colnago - Fakta | s.t. | | 20 | Fabian Bruno | E.ON | + 15'20 | | 21 | Peter Kennaugh | TEAM Colnago - Fakta | + 17'01 | | 22 | Henri Patin | Bank BGZ - Schuller | + 19'39 | | 23 | Diego Ulissi | John Deere - Electronic Arts | + 21'26 | | 24 | Juan Jorge Garabay | Euskaltel - Euskadi | s.t. | | 25 | Ilmari Saarinen | TEAM Colnago - Fakta | s.t. | | 26 | Nairo Quintana | ExxonMobil | + 21'39 | | 27 | Mathias Marais | Ribena - France Télécom | + 22'06 | | 28 | Michael Torckler | ExxonMobil | + 23'38 | | 29 | Daniel Teklehaimanot | E.ON | + 24'14 | | 30 | Javier Iriarte | Herbalife | + 25'42 | | 31 | Stefano Locatelli | Lampre - UniCredit | + 26'21 | | 32 | Arkaitz Durán | John Deere - Electronic Arts | + 28'31 | | 33 | Kenny Terweduwe | RIM | s.t. | | 34 | Abzal Negodyayev | TEAM KazMunayGas | + 31'14 | | 35 | Josué Moyano | TEAM KazMunayGas | + 31'49 | | 36 | Fabio Aru | John Deere - Electronic Arts | + 32'03 | | 37 | Karol Domagalski | Jardar - Savings & Loans | s.t. | | 38 | Giorgio Anto | TEAM Colnago - Fakta | + 32'18 | | 39 | Robert Gesink | YouTube | + 34'10 | | 40 | Thomas Nybo Riis | B&O - Red Bull | s.t. | | 41 | Lars Telschow | Argos Oil - Wii | + 35'36 | | 42 | Thomas Faiers | TEAM Colnago - Fakta | s.t. | | 43 | Robert Kiserlovski | TEAM KazMunayGas | + 35'49 | | 44 | Matty Davidson | E.ON | + 36'21 | | 45 | Yevgeniy Nepomnyachshiy | Herbalife | + 36'31 | | 46 | Rémy Monier | Ribena - France Télécom | + 37'58 | | 47 | Thomas Bonnin | FDJ - BigMat | + 38'12 | | 48 | Moreno Moser | ExxonMobil | + 38'22 | | 49 | Frédéric Clavel | Bank BGZ - Schuller | + 39'39 | | 50 | Lenny Mery | Bank BGZ - Schuller | + 42'20 | | 51 | Ben Hermans | RIM | + 43'15 | | 52 | Jonathan Hivert | Ribena - France Télécom | + 45'06 | | 53 | Juan Valerón | Euskaltel - Euskadi | s.t. | | 54 | Rasmus Guldhammer | B&O - Red Bull | s.t. | | 55 | Dale Appleby | E.ON | + 48'09 | | 56 | Garikoitz Bravo | Euskaltel - Euskadi | s.t. | | 57 | Maciej Paterski | YouTube | s.t. | | 58 | Józef Bednarski | Jardar - Savings & Loans | + 48'29 | | 59 | Antonio Piedra | Argos Oil - Wii | + 48'50 | | 60 | Luciano Gamba | John Deere - Electronic Arts | + 49'53 | | 61 | Robin Eckmann | ExxonMobil | + 50'28 | | 62 | Romain Hardy | RIM | + 50'47 | | 63 | Matteo Desantis | TEAM Farnese Vini - Martini | + 51'12 | | 64 | Olivier Martin | Cessna - Specialized | + 51'45 | | 65 | Saito Kishi | Qatar Optics - Duvel | + 53'57 | | 66 | Niels Albert | Herbalife | s.t. | | 67 | Ben King | TEAM UnitedHealthcare - M&M's | + 54'47 | | 68 | Luca Dodi | Lampre - UniCredit | + 55'46 | | 69 | Marc Maire | Cessna - Specialized | + 56'37 | | 70 | Maksym Petrus | TEAM Farnese Vini - Martini | + 59'17 | | 71 | Arthur Vichot | TEAM KLM - Microsoft | + 59'26 | | 72 | Tiago Machado | Jardar - Savings & Loans | + 59'33 | | 73 | Beñat Intxausti | B&O - Red Bull | + 59'44 | | 74 | Yohan Fouche | Ribena - France Télécom | + 1h01'25 | | 75 | Patrice Grandjean | Cessna - Specialized | + 1h01'34 | | 76 | Filippo Fortin | TEAM Farnese Vini - Martini | + 1h01'55 | | 77 | Fabio Felline | TEAM Farnese Vini - Martini | + 1h02'23 | | 78 | Timofey Kritskiy | Qatar Optics - Duvel | + 1h02'36 | | 79 | David Gutiérrez Palacios | Euskaltel - Euskadi | + 1h03'19 | | 80 | Jure Kocjan | Argos Oil - Wii | + 1h03'28 | | 81 | Pieter Jacobs | TEAM KLM - Microsoft | + 1h04'56 | | 82 | Daniele Ratto | John Deere - Electronic Arts | + 1h05'04 | | 83 | Abdulatif Al Yazeedi | Qatar Optics - Duvel | + 1h05'21 | | 84 | Michel Bruno | Cessna - Specialized | + 1h05'42 | | 85 | Dylan Wuyts | RIM | + 1h06'46 | | 86 | Elia Favilli | TEAM Farnese Vini - Martini | + 1h07'53 | | 87 | Giuseppe Catania | Lampre - UniCredit | s.t. | | 88 | Matteo Pelucchi | Lampre - UniCredit | + 1h08'04 | | 89 | Guillaume Malle | Ribena - France Télécom | s.t. | | 90 | Ben Swift | Lampre - UniCredit | + 1h08'18 | | 91 | Filippo Baggio | Herbalife | s.t. | | 92 | Frank Scherzinger | Argos Oil - Wii | + 1h08'41 | | 93 | Daniel Oss | Lampre - UniCredit | + 1h08'54 | | 94 | Sep Vanmarcke | TEAM KLM - Microsoft | + 1h09'09 | | 95 | Philip Lavery | Jardar - Savings & Loans | + 1h09'55 | | 96 | Rasmus Sterebo | Bank BGZ - Schuller | + 1h10'27 | | 97 | Shane Jones | Herbalife | + 1h10'53 | | 98 | Leigh Howard | ExxonMobil | + 1h11'04 | | 99 | Elia Viviani | John Deere - Electronic Arts | + 1h12'08 | | 100 | Sibrecht Pieters | YouTube | + 1h13'28 | | 101 | Jan Ghyselinck | Rabobank Cycling Team | s.t. | | 102 | Sonny Colbrelli | Argos Oil - Wii | s.t. | | 103 | Davide Cimolai | TEAM Farnese Vini - Martini | + 1h13'48 | | 104 | Zico Waeytens | Rabobank Cycling Team | s.t. | | 105 | Daryl Impey | Qatar Optics - Duvel | + 1h18'47 | | 106 | Marco Frapporti | John Deere - Electronic Arts | s.t. | | 107 | Martijn Keizer | Rabobank Cycling Team | s.t. | | 108 | Francesco Gavazzi | TEAM UnitedHealthcare - M&M's | s.t. | | 109 | Alan Vergnaud | Cessna - Specialized | s.t. | | 110 | Jérôme Baugnies | TEAM KLM - Microsoft | s.t. | | 111 | Adrien Petit | Bank BGZ - Schuller | + 1h19'14 | | 112 | Chan Siu Long | Qatar Optics - Duvel | + 1h25'35 | | 113 | Julian Kern | Argos Oil - Wii | s.t. | | 114 | Egoitz GarcÃa | B&O - Red Bull | s.t. | | 115 | Boy Van Poppel | Rabobank Cycling Team | s.t. | | 116 | Gabriele Polli | TEAM Farnese Vini - Martini | s.t. | | 117 | Salvatore Puccio | Rabobank Cycling Team | s.t. | | 118 | Matteo Trentin | TEAM Farnese Vini - Martini | s.t. | | 119 | Marcel Kittel | Euskaltel - Euskadi | s.t. | | 120 | Sebastian Lander | Rabobank Cycling Team | s.t. | | 121 | Niels Vandyck | Qatar Optics - Duvel | s.t. | | 122 | Travis Meyer | TEAM UnitedHealthcare - M&M's | + 1h26'11 | | 123 | Barry Markus | Rabobank Cycling Team | s.t. | | 124 | Gianluigi Palazzo | Lampre - UniCredit | s.t. |
GC AFTER STAGE:
| 1 | Sergio Henao | YouTube | 84h29'24 | | 2 | Ibai Salas | Herbalife | + 2'56 | | 3 | Pello Bilbao | Euskaltel - Euskadi | + 6'50 | | 4 | Jerry De Vos | RIM | + 9'24 | | 5 | Kenneth Andreasen | E.ON | + 10'25 | | 6 | George Preidler | B&O - Red Bull | + 11'48 | | 7 | Wilco Kelderman | TEAM UnitedHealthcare - M&M's | + 14'22 | | 8 | Enrico Battaglin | ExxonMobil | + 14'25 | | 9 | Guillaume Bonnafond | Ribena - France Télécom | + 14'42 | | 10 | Lasse Norman Hansen | Jardar - Savings & Loans | + 15'42 |
Spoiler | 11 | Chris Barton | Bank BGZ - Schuller | + 19'22 | | 12 | Mark Christian | E.ON | + 19'27 | | 13 | Romain Sicard | YouTube | + 22'18 | | 14 | Fabian Bruno | E.ON | + 31'03 | | 15 | Peter Kennaugh | TEAM Colnago - Fakta | + 31'58 | | 16 | Oliver Skov | B&O - Red Bull | + 32'11 | | 17 | Blel Kadri | Bank BGZ - Schuller | + 33'23 | | 18 | Diego Ulissi | John Deere - Electronic Arts | + 36'53 | | 19 | Daniel Martin | TEAM KLM - Microsoft | + 40'18 | | 20 | Ilmari Saarinen | TEAM Colnago - Fakta | + 43'29 | | 21 | Stefano Agostini | TEAM Colnago - Fakta | + 44'16 | | 22 | Stefano Locatelli | Lampre - UniCredit | + 49'12 | | 23 | Mathias Marais | Ribena - France Télécom | + 51'58 | | 24 | Michael Torckler | ExxonMobil | + 54'08 | | 25 | Robert Gesink | YouTube | + 55'46 | | 26 | Arkaitz Durán | John Deere - Electronic Arts | + 56'56 | | 27 | Kenny Terweduwe | RIM | + 1h02'18 | | 28 | Javier Iriarte | Herbalife | + 1h03'41 | | 29 | Nairo Quintana | ExxonMobil | + 1h04'38 | | 30 | Moreno Moser | ExxonMobil | + 1h06'38 | | 31 | Josué Moyano | TEAM KazMunayGas | + 1h07'04 | | 32 | Juan Jorge Garabay | Euskaltel - Euskadi | + 1h07'54 | | 33 | Henri Patin | Bank BGZ - Schuller | + 1h11'23 | | 34 | Karol Domagalski | Jardar - Savings & Loans | + 1h13'21 | | 35 | Abzal Negodyayev | TEAM KazMunayGas | + 1h13'31 | | 36 | Fabio Aru | John Deere - Electronic Arts | + 1h18'14 | | 37 | Giorgio Anto | TEAM Colnago - Fakta | + 1h18'52 | | 38 | Yevgeniy Nepomnyachshiy | Herbalife | + 1h28'31 | | 39 | Juan Valerón | Euskaltel - Euskadi | + 1h28'38 | | 40 | Ben Hermans | RIM | + 1h30'05 | | 41 | Andrea Bernasconi | TEAM Colnago - Fakta | + 1h30'52 | | 42 | Thomas Nybo Riis | B&O - Red Bull | + 1h31'20 | | 43 | Robert Kiserlovski | TEAM KazMunayGas | + 1h31'38 | | 44 | Maciej Paterski | YouTube | + 1h39'30 | | 45 | Lars Telschow | Argos Oil - Wii | + 1h39'56 | | 46 | Daniel Teklehaimanot | E.ON | + 1h42'00 | | 47 | Rémy Monier | Ribena - France Télécom | + 1h42'54 | | 48 | Matty Davidson | E.ON | + 1h43'12 | | 49 | Romain Hardy | RIM | + 1h46'30 | | 50 | Garikoitz Bravo | Euskaltel - Euskadi | + 1h47'02 | | 51 | Rasmus Guldhammer | B&O - Red Bull | + 1h50'18 | | 52 | Saito Kishi | Qatar Optics - Duvel | + 1h50'26 | | 53 | Józef Bednarski | Jardar - Savings & Loans | + 1h50'52 | | 54 | Luca Dodi | Lampre - UniCredit | + 1h51'20 | | 55 | Niels Albert | Herbalife | + 1h54'47 | | 56 | Jonathan Hivert | Ribena - France Télécom | + 1h56'45 | | 57 | Antonio Piedra | Argos Oil - Wii | + 1h57'43 | | 58 | Arnold Jeannesson | FDJ - BigMat | + 1h58'16 | | 59 | Fabio Felline | TEAM Farnese Vini - Martini | + 2h07'55 | | 60 | Luciano Gamba | John Deere - Electronic Arts | + 2h10'09 | | 61 | Thomas Bonnin | FDJ - BigMat | + 2h10'44 | | 62 | Maksym Petrus | TEAM Farnese Vini - Martini | + 2h11'49 | | 63 | Arthur Vichot | TEAM KLM - Microsoft | + 2h13'09 | | 64 | Frédéric Clavel | Bank BGZ - Schuller | + 2h13'43 | | 65 | Jure Kocjan | Argos Oil - Wii | + 2h16'23 | | 66 | Beñat Intxausti | B&O - Red Bull | + 2h16'26 | | 67 | Timofey Kritskiy | Qatar Optics - Duvel | + 2h16'29 | | 68 | Ben King | TEAM UnitedHealthcare - M&M's | + 2h17'31 | | 69 | Thomas Faiers | TEAM Colnago - Fakta | + 2h18'58 | | 70 | Dylan Wuyts | RIM | + 2h20'47 | | 71 | Daniele Ratto | John Deere - Electronic Arts | + 2h21'18 | | 72 | Matteo Desantis | TEAM Farnese Vini - Martini | + 2h21'25 | | 73 | Elia Favilli | TEAM Farnese Vini - Martini | + 2h23'00 | | 74 | Sep Vanmarcke | TEAM KLM - Microsoft | + 2h23'18 | | 75 | Jan Ghyselinck | Rabobank Cycling Team | + 2h24'22 | | 76 | David Gutiérrez Palacios | Euskaltel - Euskadi | + 2h30'58 | | 77 | Patrice Grandjean | Cessna - Specialized | + 2h32'04 | | 78 | Daniel Oss | Lampre - UniCredit | + 2h32'16 | | 79 | Filippo Baggio | Herbalife | + 2h33'50 | | 80 | Rasmus Sterebo | Bank BGZ - Schuller | + 2h37'23 | | 81 | Yohan Fouche | Ribena - France Télécom | + 2h39'33 | | 82 | Marc Maire | Cessna - Specialized | + 2h40'03 | | 83 | Filippo Fortin | TEAM Farnese Vini - Martini | + 2h43'04 | | 84 | Robin Eckmann | ExxonMobil | + 2h43'13 | | 85 | Philip Lavery | Jardar - Savings & Loans | + 2h45'37 | | 86 | Dale Appleby | E.ON | + 2h45'39 | | 87 | Giuseppe Catania | Lampre - UniCredit | + 2h46'01 | | 88 | Pieter Jacobs | TEAM KLM - Microsoft | + 2h46'22 | | 89 | Frank Scherzinger | Argos Oil - Wii | + 2h51'27 | | 90 | Matteo Pelucchi | Lampre - UniCredit | + 2h54'01 | | 91 | Zico Waeytens | Rabobank Cycling Team | + 2h54'22 | | 92 | Sonny Colbrelli | Argos Oil - Wii | + 3h06'08 | | 93 | Egoitz GarcÃa | B&O - Red Bull | + 3h14'57 | | 94 | Lenny Mery | Bank BGZ - Schuller | + 3h16'15 | | 95 | Marco Frapporti | John Deere - Electronic Arts | + 3h16'39 | | 96 | Michel Bruno | Cessna - Specialized | + 3h16'49 | | 97 | Olivier Martin | Cessna - Specialized | + 3h21'46 | | 98 | Elia Viviani | John Deere - Electronic Arts | + 3h28'42 | | 99 | Alan Vergnaud | Cessna - Specialized | + 3h29'24 | | 100 | Daryl Impey | Qatar Optics - Duvel | + 3h31'10 | | 101 | Tiago Machado | Jardar - Savings & Loans | + 3h33'35 | | 102 | Ben Swift | Lampre - UniCredit | + 3h33'48 | | 103 | Leigh Howard | ExxonMobil | + 3h34'38 | | 104 | Davide Cimolai | TEAM Farnese Vini - Martini | + 3h35'07 | | 105 | Sibrecht Pieters | YouTube | + 3h40'32 | | 106 | Martijn Keizer | Rabobank Cycling Team | + 3h40'54 | | 107 | Jérôme Baugnies | TEAM KLM - Microsoft | + 3h41'02 | | 108 | Gabriele Polli | TEAM Farnese Vini - Martini | + 3h43'36 | | 109 | Guillaume Malle | Ribena - France Télécom | + 3h46'30 | | 110 | Shane Jones | Herbalife | + 3h48'03 | | 111 | Francesco Gavazzi | TEAM UnitedHealthcare - M&M's | + 3h48'10 | | 112 | Julian Kern | Argos Oil - Wii | + 3h49'05 | | 113 | Niels Vandyck | Qatar Optics - Duvel | + 3h58'07 | | 114 | Gianluigi Palazzo | Lampre - UniCredit | + 4h00'06 | | 115 | Matteo Trentin | TEAM Farnese Vini - Martini | + 4h02'02 | | 116 | Marcel Kittel | Euskaltel - Euskadi | + 4h05'48 | | 117 | Sebastian Lander | Rabobank Cycling Team | + 4h08'22 | | 118 | Travis Meyer | TEAM UnitedHealthcare - M&M's | + 4h12'46 | | 119 | Chan Siu Long | Qatar Optics - Duvel | + 4h26'09 | | 120 | Adrien Petit | Bank BGZ - Schuller | + 4h36'57 | | 121 | Abdulatif Al Yazeedi | Qatar Optics - Duvel | + 4h38'01 | | 122 | Barry Markus | Rabobank Cycling Team | + 4h39'25 | | 123 | Salvatore Puccio | Rabobank Cycling Team | + 4h39'49 | | 124 | Boy Van Poppel | Rabobank Cycling Team | + 4h39'59 |
After the great recent success of Belgian riders Boonen and Vandyck for the team. The guys at Duvel Beer have offered me a tour of their renown factory in Breendonk, Belgium. They said I could bring one other person along for the tour. I was going to bring my partner, Jun Lee, but see isn't a fan of beer! Abdulatif Al Zaid is, however, so he will be joining me. What have I got myself into!
@ Shonak: Sadly, that decision is final.
@ sutty: Great to see him still putting in results like that. |
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Posted on 23-02-2014 13:47
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Nothing to do on such stage at the end of a GT
I would love to come visit the beer factory as well.
Those are strange guy though: firing you then invite you for a Tour 
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Posted on 23-02-2014 14:25
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That was indeed a hard day full of suffering  |
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Posted on 23-02-2014 23:02
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STAGE 4: Bertem - Eupen 202 KM's
A hilly stage. We have Boonen in the race lead but with poor form it is unlikely the lead can be held.
We hit the first serious hills of the stage with 95 KM to go. Boonen immediately begins to lose the customary yellow jersey position at the head of the race. It is not long before he is dropped completely....
We did do our darndest to ensure Boonen had every chance of regaining the lead, but it was never going to happen. He was dropped with 75 KM to go for good. It was great to see De Ridder wait up for Boonen time after time nevertheless, a true domestique. A true teammate.
Seeldraeyers takes another YouTube win showing he is a top puncheur in such a field of riders. Polazzi wasn't too far behind and moves into the race lead.
STAGE RESULTS:
| 1 | Kevin Seeldraeyers | YouTube | 5h13'56 | | 2 | Dylan Teuns | TEAM KLM - Microsoft | + 15 | | 3 | Sebastiaan Meyer | Argos Oil - Wii | s.t. | | 4 | Michael Hümbert | Argos Oil - Wii | + 25 | | 5 | Peter Stetina | Belavia | s.t. | | 6 | Dylan Van Baarle | Accent Jobs - Willems Veranda's | s.t. | | 7 | Fernando Miguel Lopes | ExxonMobil | s.t. | | 8 | Dries Beatse | YouTube | s.t. | | 9 | Adam Blythe | Belavia | s.t. | | 10 | Dennis Van Winden | TEAM KLM - Microsoft | s.t. |
Spoiler
| 11 | Rafal Majka | TEAM KLM - Microsoft | s.t. | | 12 | Maurice Jeanneau | Cessna - Specialized | s.t. | | 13 | Wilfried Bruylant | Emporiki Bank - UPC | s.t. | | 14 | Fabio Polazzi | Landbouwkrediet - Euphony | s.t. | | 15 | Steven Van Vooren | Accent Jobs - Willems Veranda's | + 1'09 | | 16 | Marc Goos | TEAM KLM - Microsoft | + 2'39 | | 17 | Thomas Dekker | Argos Oil - Wii | + 3'04 | | 18 | Frederik Verkinderen | Landbouwkrediet - Euphony | s.t. | | 19 | Jonathan Bertrand | YouTube | + 3'16 | | 20 | Thibault Boonen | Japan Airlines | + 3'33 | | 21 | Jonathan Wagner | ExxonMobil | s.t. | | 22 | Ian Robinson | Citrix - Finnair | + 3'54 | | 23 | Robin Müller | 7-Eleven | + 5'24 | | 24 | Staf Baetens | TEAM KLM - Microsoft | + 6'12 | | 25 | Elias Schmäh | Belavia | + 6'24 | | 26 | Usama Al Hamdani | Japan Airlines | + 6'48 | | 27 | Joel Zangerle | ExxonMobil | s.t. | | 28 | Jérémy Maillard | Cessna - Specialized | s.t. | | 29 | Jakob Rathe | Belavia | s.t. | | 30 | MichaÅ‚ Kwiatkowski | Jardar - Savings & Loans | s.t. | | 31 | Niklas Pilz | Luxair - Vattenfall | s.t. | | 32 | Dominik Nerz | Luxair - Vattenfall | s.t. | | 33 | Simon Daniel | Landbouwkrediet - Euphony | s.t. | | 34 | Geraint Thomas | 7-Eleven | s.t. | | 35 | Yoann Bagot | Cessna - Specialized | s.t. | | 36 | Martin Schöffmann | 7-Eleven | + 7'26 | | 37 | Luke Durbridge | Citrix - Finnair | + 7'42 | | 38 | Max Michaelis | Emporiki Bank - UPC | + 8'15 | | 39 | Ronan Van Zandbeek | Argos Oil - Wii | + 8'26 | | 40 | Marcel Wyss | 7-Eleven | s.t. | | 41 | Oscar Riesebeek | Bacardi - ING | s.t. | | 42 | Thomas Bonin | Emporiki Bank - UPC | s.t. | | 43 | Joeri Stallaert | TEAM KLM - Microsoft | s.t. | | 44 | Matthew Rowe | Belavia | s.t. | | 45 | Stefan M. Brandl | Luxair - Vattenfall | s.t. | | 46 | Huub Duyn | Bacardi - ING | s.t. | | 47 | Mirco Saggiorato | 7-Eleven | s.t. | | 48 | Pieter Serry | Accent Jobs - Willems Veranda's | s.t. | | 49 | Jarl Salomein | Cessna - Specialized | s.t. | | 50 | Florian Hoffmann | Luxair - Vattenfall | s.t. | | 51 | Nik Bosscher | Argos Oil - Wii | s.t. | | 52 | Joeri Adams | Accent Jobs - Willems Veranda's | s.t. | | 53 | Vincent Vandevelde | Japan Airlines | s.t. | | 54 | Joris Smits | Accent Jobs - Willems Veranda's | s.t. | | 55 | Preben Timmermans | Accent Jobs - Willems Veranda's | + 9'19 | | 56 | Timothy Roe | Citrix - Finnair | + 12'20 | | 57 | Mark Visser | Bacardi - ING | + 12'59 | | 58 | Benjamin Gourgue | Landbouwkrediet - Euphony | s.t. | | 59 | Diego Ercolani | Herbalife | + 13'13 | | 60 | Valentin De Ridder | Qatar Optics - Duvel | + 13'48 | | 61 | Thom van Lieshout | TEAM Van Merksteijn - Zoegas | s.t. | | 62 | Patrick Crawford | Emporiki Bank - UPC | s.t. | | 63 | Michel Koch | Argos Oil - Wii | s.t. | | 64 | Gijs Bakker | Landbouwkrediet - Euphony | s.t. | | 65 | Lars Boom | Argos Oil - Wii | s.t. | | 66 | Gerald Ciolek | Argos Oil - Wii | s.t. | | 67 | Tom Lenaerts | Japan Airlines | s.t. | | 68 | Andrea Guardini | YouTube | s.t. | | 69 | Alex Bowden | Belavia | + 14'24 | | 70 | Gaël Duran | Cessna - Specialized | s.t. | | 71 | Kersten Thiele | Luxair - Vattenfall | + 14'33 | | 72 | Damien Cotte | Cessna - Specialized | s.t. | | 73 | Tom Boonen | Qatar Optics - Duvel | + 15'49 | | 74 | Chad Beyer | 7-Eleven | s.t. | | 75 | VÃctor Cabedo | ExxonMobil | + 17'56 | | 76 | Hossein Nateghi | 7-Eleven | s.t. | | 77 | Alexander Debakker | Landbouwkrediet - Euphony | s.t. | | 78 | Kasper de Wit | TEAM Van Merksteijn - Zoegas | s.t. | | 79 | Olivier Van Daele | Accent Jobs - Willems Veranda's | s.t. | | 80 | Gasper Svab | Herbalife | s.t. | | 81 | Nicolas Schnyder | 7-Eleven | s.t. | | 82 | Jonas Vangenechten | YouTube | s.t. | | 83 | Cyrille Heymans | ExxonMobil | s.t. | | 84 | Vladimir Batishchev | TEAM Van Merksteijn - Zoegas | s.t. | | 85 | Spencer Beamer | Emporiki Bank - UPC | s.t. | | 86 | Kristof Goddaert | YouTube | s.t. | | 87 | Tyler Farrar | Belavia | s.t. | | 88 | Gavin Mannion | Belavia | s.t. | | 89 | Frederique Robert | Landbouwkrediet - Euphony | s.t. | | 90 | Sebastiaan Kamphuis | TEAM Van Merksteijn - Zoegas | s.t. | | 91 | Dan Smith | Citrix - Finnair | s.t. | | 92 | Jesse Veldkamp | Accent Jobs - Willems Veranda's | s.t. | | 93 | Jempy Drucker | ExxonMobil | s.t. | | 94 | Jean Richard | Herbalife | s.t. | | 95 | Stephen Johnson | YouTube | s.t. | | 96 | Sébastien Rosseler | Qatar Optics - Duvel | s.t. | | 97 | George Morrison | Bacardi - ING | + 19'44 | | 98 | Harry Cameron | Citrix - Finnair | s.t. | | 99 | Remco Te Brake | Bacardi - ING | s.t. | | 100 | Pieter Vanspeybroeck | TEAM KLM - Microsoft | + 20'30 | | 101 | Timm Stein | Luxair - Vattenfall | s.t. | | 102 | Nick Wauters | Landbouwkrediet - Euphony | s.t. | | 103 | Michael Stoop | ExxonMobil | s.t. | | 104 | Tom Hübner | Emporiki Bank - UPC | s.t. | | 105 | Fredrik Holm | Luxair - Vattenfall | s.t. | | 106 | Tim Klein | Luxair - Vattenfall | s.t. | | 107 | Theo Bos | TEAM Van Merksteijn - Zoegas | + 23'08 | | 108 | Kenneth Parker | Citrix - Finnair | s.t. | | 109 | Ladislav Benes | Japan Airlines | + 23'23 | | 110 | Ali Sanad Al Muwalid | Qatar Optics - Duvel | s.t. | | 111 | Christopher Böttger | TEAM Trilux - Siemens | s.t. | | 112 | Valentijn van Dam | TEAM Van Merksteijn - Zoegas | s.t. | | 113 | Jarne Baeyens | Qatar Optics - Duvel | + 23'37 | | 114 | Dean Bakker | Emporiki Bank - UPC | s.t. | | 115 | Axel Smets | Bacardi - ING | s.t. | | 116 | Ali Al Asmari | Qatar Optics - Duvel | s.t. | | 117 | Hendrik Linden | Emporiki Bank - UPC | s.t. | | 118 | Mark Werner | TEAM Trilux - Siemens | + 26'22 | | 119 | Guillaume Morel | Herbalife | s.t. | | 120 | Abdulatif Al Zaid | Qatar Optics - Duvel | s.t. | | 121 | Niclas Klein | TEAM Trilux - Siemens | s.t. | | 122 | Andreas P. Stefan | TEAM Trilux - Siemens | s.t. | | 123 | Nick De Smet | Japan Airlines | s.t. | | 124 | Paul Brandt | TEAM Trilux - Siemens | s.t. | | 125 | Killian Sanchez | Herbalife | s.t. | | 126 | Daniel Montgomery | ExxonMobil | s.t. | | 127 | Nicholas Warner | Herbalife | s.t. | | 128 | Alexander Reis | TEAM Trilux - Siemens | + 26'54 | | 129 | Antonio Cunningham | Cessna - Specialized | + 29'01 | | 130 | Robin Michel | Herbalife | s.t. | | 131 | Imtiyaz Sulimani | Qatar Optics - Duvel | s.t. | | 132 | Max Houtman | Bacardi - ING | s.t. | | 133 | Marcus Santos | YouTube | + 29'47 |
STAGE 5: Oreye - Putte 169 KM's
Three wins for YouTube!
YouTube showed their impressive weight in this continental race with Guardini winning the last stage in style and thus winning the points jersey. Blythe had a great lead in the final but Guardini is really on another level to everyone here.
We came into this race with an 8 man squad out of shape, having led the race with talisman Boonen is a huge result.
STAGE RESULTS:
| 1 | Andrea Guardini | YouTube | 4h02'31 | | 2 | Adam Blythe | Belavia | s.t. | | 3 | Damien Cotte | Cessna - Specialized | s.t. | | 4 | Dennis Van Winden | TEAM KLM - Microsoft | s.t. | | 5 | Michał Kwiatkowski | Jardar - Savings & Loans | s.t. | | 6 | Frederique Robert | Landbouwkrediet - Euphony | s.t. | | 7 | Max Michaelis | Emporiki Bank - UPC | s.t. | | 8 | Dylan Van Baarle | Accent Jobs - Willems Veranda's | s.t. | | 9 | Tyler Farrar | Belavia | s.t. | | 10 | Pieter Serry | Accent Jobs - Willems Veranda's | s.t. |
Spoiler | 11 | Geraint Thomas | 7-Eleven | s.t. | | 12 | Luke Durbridge | Citrix - Finnair | s.t. | | 13 | Jakob Rathe | Belavia | s.t. | | 14 | Fabio Polazzi | Landbouwkrediet - Euphony | s.t. | | 15 | Patrick Crawford | Emporiki Bank - UPC | s.t. | | 16 | Kenneth Parker | Citrix - Finnair | s.t. | | 17 | Kevin Seeldraeyers | YouTube | s.t. | | 18 | Dylan Teuns | TEAM KLM - Microsoft | s.t. | | 19 | Gijs Bakker | Landbouwkrediet - Euphony | s.t. | | 20 | Dries Beatse | YouTube | s.t. | | 21 | Kristof Goddaert | YouTube | s.t. | | 22 | Ali Sanad Al Muwalid | Qatar Optics - Duvel | s.t. | | 23 | Staf Baetens | TEAM KLM - Microsoft | s.t. | | 24 | Thibault Boonen | Japan Airlines | s.t. | | 25 | Oscar Riesebeek | Bacardi - ING | s.t. | | 26 | Joeri Adams | Accent Jobs - Willems Veranda's | s.t. | | 27 | Chad Beyer | 7-Eleven | s.t. | | 28 | Joeri Stallaert | TEAM KLM - Microsoft | s.t. | | 29 | Fernando Miguel Lopes | ExxonMobil | s.t. | | 30 | Jonas Vangenechten | YouTube | s.t. | | 31 | Ronan Van Zandbeek | Argos Oil - Wii | s.t. | | 32 | Robin Müller | 7-Eleven | s.t. | | 33 | Alex Bowden | Belavia | s.t. | | 34 | Elias Schmäh | Belavia | s.t. | | 35 | Tom Lenaerts | Japan Airlines | s.t. | | 36 | Matthew Rowe | Belavia | s.t. | | 37 | Theo Bos | TEAM Van Merksteijn - Zoegas | s.t. | | 38 | Huub Duyn | Bacardi - ING | s.t. | | 39 | Joel Zangerle | ExxonMobil | s.t. | | 40 | Jempy Drucker | ExxonMobil | s.t. | | 41 | Maurice Jeanneau | Cessna - Specialized | s.t. | | 42 | Olivier Van Daele | Accent Jobs - Willems Veranda's | s.t. | | 43 | Dominik Nerz | Luxair - Vattenfall | s.t. | | 44 | Sebastiaan Meyer | Argos Oil - Wii | s.t. | | 45 | Rafal Majka | TEAM KLM - Microsoft | s.t. | | 46 | Timothy Roe | Citrix - Finnair | s.t. | | 47 | Jarl Salomein | Cessna - Specialized | s.t. | | 48 | Wilfried Bruylant | Emporiki Bank - UPC | s.t. | | 49 | Florian Hoffmann | Luxair - Vattenfall | s.t. | | 50 | Jonathan Bertrand | YouTube | s.t. | | 51 | Vincent Vandevelde | Japan Airlines | s.t. | | 52 | Alexander Debakker | Landbouwkrediet - Euphony | s.t. | | 53 | Gerald Ciolek | Argos Oil - Wii | s.t. | | 54 | Christopher Böttger | TEAM Trilux - Siemens | s.t. | | 55 | Sebastiaan Kamphuis | TEAM Van Merksteijn - Zoegas | s.t. | | 56 | Benjamin Gourgue | Landbouwkrediet - Euphony | s.t. | | 57 | Andreas P. Stefan | TEAM Trilux - Siemens | s.t. | | 58 | Mirco Saggiorato | 7-Eleven | s.t. | | 59 | Thomas Bonin | Emporiki Bank - UPC | s.t. | | 60 | Gavin Mannion | Belavia | s.t. | | 61 | Kersten Thiele | Luxair - Vattenfall | s.t. | | 62 | Stephen Johnson | YouTube | s.t. | | 63 | Tom Boonen | Qatar Optics - Duvel | s.t. | | 64 | Simon Daniel | Landbouwkrediet - Euphony | s.t. | | 65 | Valentin De Ridder | Qatar Optics - Duvel | s.t. | | 66 | Tom Hübner | Emporiki Bank - UPC | s.t. | | 67 | Robin Michel | Herbalife | s.t. | | 68 | Cyrille Heymans | ExxonMobil | s.t. | | 69 | Guillaume Morel | Herbalife | s.t. | | 70 | Preben Timmermans | Accent Jobs - Willems Veranda's | s.t. | | 71 | Spencer Beamer | Emporiki Bank - UPC | s.t. | | 72 | Dan Smith | Citrix - Finnair | s.t. | | 73 | Thom van Lieshout | TEAM Van Merksteijn - Zoegas | s.t. | | 74 | Gaël Duran | Cessna - Specialized | s.t. | | 75 | Ian Robinson | Citrix - Finnair | s.t. | | 76 | Usama Al Hamdani | Japan Airlines | s.t. | | 77 | Lars Boom | Argos Oil - Wii | s.t. | | 78 | Jonathan Wagner | ExxonMobil | s.t. | | 79 | Diego Ercolani | Herbalife | s.t. | | 80 | Valentijn van Dam | TEAM Van Merksteijn - Zoegas | s.t. | | 81 | Jesse Veldkamp | Accent Jobs - Willems Veranda's | s.t. | | 82 | Harry Cameron | Citrix - Finnair | s.t. | | 83 | Antonio Cunningham | Cessna - Specialized | s.t. | | 84 | Alexander Reis | TEAM Trilux - Siemens | s.t. | | 85 | Marcel Wyss | 7-Eleven | s.t. | | 86 | Thomas Dekker | Argos Oil - Wii | s.t. | | 87 | Mark Werner | TEAM Trilux - Siemens | s.t. | | 88 | Michel Koch | Argos Oil - Wii | s.t. | | 89 | Joris Smits | Accent Jobs - Willems Veranda's | s.t. | | 90 | Ali Al Asmari | Qatar Optics - Duvel | s.t. | | 91 | Michael Hümbert | Argos Oil - Wii | s.t. | | 92 | Nick Wauters | Landbouwkrediet - Euphony | s.t. | | 93 | VÃctor Cabedo | ExxonMobil | s.t. | | 94 | Marc Goos | TEAM KLM - Microsoft | s.t. | | 95 | Pieter Vanspeybroeck | TEAM KLM - Microsoft | s.t. | | 96 | Steven Van Vooren | Accent Jobs - Willems Veranda's | s.t. | | 97 | Martin Schöffmann | 7-Eleven | s.t. | | 98 | Jérémy Maillard | Cessna - Specialized | s.t. | | 99 | Nicolas Schnyder | 7-Eleven | s.t. | | 100 | Nik Bosscher | Argos Oil - Wii | s.t. | | 101 | Frederik Verkinderen | Landbouwkrediet - Euphony | s.t. | | 102 | Michael Stoop | ExxonMobil | s.t. | | 103 | Vladimir Batishchev | TEAM Van Merksteijn - Zoegas | s.t. | | 104 | Gasper Svab | Herbalife | s.t. | | 105 | Remco Te Brake | Bacardi - ING | s.t. | | 106 | Niklas Pilz | Luxair - Vattenfall | s.t. | | 107 | Yoann Bagot | Cessna - Specialized | s.t. | | 108 | Kasper de Wit | TEAM Van Merksteijn - Zoegas | s.t. | | 109 | Mark Visser | Bacardi - ING | s.t. | | 110 | Hossein Nateghi | 7-Eleven | s.t. | | 111 | Axel Smets | Bacardi - ING | s.t. | | 112 | Jean Richard | Herbalife | s.t. | | 113 | Stefan M. Brandl | Luxair - Vattenfall | s.t. | | 114 | Ladislav Benes | Japan Airlines | + 2'57 | | 115 | Paul Brandt | TEAM Trilux - Siemens | s.t. | | 116 | George Morrison | Bacardi - ING | s.t. | | 117 | Max Houtman | Bacardi - ING | s.t. | | 118 | Imtiyaz Sulimani | Qatar Optics - Duvel | s.t. | | 119 | Killian Sanchez | Herbalife | s.t. | | 120 | Nicholas Warner | Herbalife | s.t. | | 121 | Dean Bakker | Emporiki Bank - UPC | s.t. | | 122 | Daniel Montgomery | ExxonMobil | s.t. | | 123 | Hendrik Linden | Emporiki Bank - UPC | s.t. | | 124 | Timm Stein | Luxair - Vattenfall | s.t. | | 125 | Niclas Klein | TEAM Trilux - Siemens | s.t. | | 126 | Nick De Smet | Japan Airlines | s.t. | | 127 | Jarne Baeyens | Qatar Optics - Duvel | s.t. | | 128 | Marcus Santos | YouTube | s.t. | | 129 | Sébastien Rosseler | Qatar Optics - Duvel | + 4'18 | | 130 | Tim Klein | Luxair - Vattenfall | + 5'13 | | 131 | Fredrik Holm | Luxair - Vattenfall | s.t. | | 132 | Peter Stetina | Belavia | + 6'17 | | 133 | Abdulatif Al Zaid | Qatar Optics - Duvel | s.t. |
FINAL GC:
| 1 | Fabio Polazzi | Landbouwkrediet - Euphony | 17h36'55 | | 2 | Dylan Teuns | TEAM KLM - Microsoft | + 38 | | 3 | Sebastiaan Meyer | Argos Oil - Wii | + 44 | | 4 | Fernando Miguel Lopes | ExxonMobil | + 1'14 | | 5 | Kevin Seeldraeyers | YouTube | + 1'18 | | 6 | Dennis Van Winden | TEAM KLM - Microsoft | + 1'56 | | 7 | Dylan Van Baarle | Accent Jobs - Willems Veranda's | + 1'57 | | 8 | Dries Beatse | YouTube | + 2'02 | | 9 | Adam Blythe | Belavia | + 2'39 | | 10 | Rafal Majka | TEAM KLM - Microsoft | + 3'19 |
Spoiler | 11 | Michael Hümbert | Argos Oil - Wii | + 3'34 | | 12 | Maurice Jeanneau | Cessna - Specialized | + 3'39 | | 13 | Wilfried Bruylant | Emporiki Bank - UPC | + 4'26 | | 14 | Marc Goos | TEAM KLM - Microsoft | + 5'13 | | 15 | Steven Van Vooren | Accent Jobs - Willems Veranda's | + 5'22 | | 16 | Robin Müller | 7-Eleven | + 6'03 | | 17 | Frederik Verkinderen | Landbouwkrediet - Euphony | + 6'15 | | 18 | Jonathan Bertrand | YouTube | + 6'32 | | 19 | Jérémy Maillard | Cessna - Specialized | + 7'25 | | 20 | MichaÅ‚ Kwiatkowski | Jardar - Savings & Loans | + 8'07 | | 21 | Thibault Boonen | Japan Airlines | + 8'22 | | 22 | Luke Durbridge | Citrix - Finnair | + 9'02 | | 23 | Oscar Riesebeek | Bacardi - ING | + 9'05 | | 24 | Florian Hoffmann | Luxair - Vattenfall | + 9'09 | | 25 | Peter Stetina | Belavia | + 9'21 | | 26 | Jakob Rathe | Belavia | + 9'27 | | 27 | Yoann Bagot | Cessna - Specialized | + 9'41 | | 28 | Jarl Salomein | Cessna - Specialized | + 9'50 | | 29 | Thomas Dekker | Argos Oil - Wii | + 9'56 | | 30 | Usama Al Hamdani | Japan Airlines | + 9'59 | | 31 | Preben Timmermans | Accent Jobs - Willems Veranda's | + 10'00 | | 32 | Max Michaelis | Emporiki Bank - UPC | + 10'05 | | 33 | Pieter Serry | Accent Jobs - Willems Veranda's | + 10'06 | | 34 | Staf Baetens | TEAM KLM - Microsoft | + 10'12 | | 35 | Martin Schöffmann | 7-Eleven | + 10'16 | | 36 | Elias Schmäh | Belavia | + 10'32 | | 37 | Jonathan Wagner | ExxonMobil | + 10'43 | | 38 | Geraint Thomas | 7-Eleven | + 10'45 | | 39 | Huub Duyn | Bacardi - ING | + 10'54 | | 40 | Joel Zangerle | ExxonMobil | + 10'57 | | 41 | Joeri Adams | Accent Jobs - Willems Veranda's | + 11'05 | | 42 | Joeri Stallaert | TEAM KLM - Microsoft | + 11'08 | | 43 | Matthew Rowe | Belavia | + 11'09 | | 44 | Simon Daniel | Landbouwkrediet - Euphony | s.t. | | 45 | Ronan Van Zandbeek | Argos Oil - Wii | + 11'13 | | 46 | Joris Smits | Accent Jobs - Willems Veranda's | + 11'33 | | 47 | Vincent Vandevelde | Japan Airlines | + 14'14 | | 48 | Thomas Bonin | Emporiki Bank - UPC | + 14'36 | | 49 | Andrea Guardini | YouTube | + 14'42 | | 50 | Timothy Roe | Citrix - Finnair | + 14'52 | | 51 | Ian Robinson | Citrix - Finnair | + 15'07 | | 52 | Tom Boonen | Qatar Optics - Duvel | + 15'19 | | 53 | Gijs Bakker | Landbouwkrediet - Euphony | + 15'26 | | 54 | Stefan M. Brandl | Luxair - Vattenfall | + 15'28 | | 55 | Gerald Ciolek | Argos Oil - Wii | + 15'30 | | 56 | Diego Ercolani | Herbalife | + 16'21 | | 57 | Michel Koch | Argos Oil - Wii | + 16'29 | | 58 | Tom Lenaerts | Japan Airlines | + 16'32 | | 59 | Patrick Crawford | Emporiki Bank - UPC | + 16'41 | | 60 | Alex Bowden | Belavia | + 17'10 | | 61 | Mark Visser | Bacardi - ING | + 18'29 | | 62 | Kersten Thiele | Luxair - Vattenfall | + 18'48 | | 63 | Benjamin Gourgue | Landbouwkrediet - Euphony | + 19'12 | | 64 | Lars Boom | Argos Oil - Wii | + 19'16 | | 65 | Niklas Pilz | Luxair - Vattenfall | + 19'22 | | 66 | Dominik Nerz | Luxair - Vattenfall | + 19'26 | | 67 | Marcel Wyss | 7-Eleven | + 19'33 | | 68 | Chad Beyer | 7-Eleven | + 19'48 | | 69 | Damien Cotte | Cessna - Specialized | + 20'16 | | 70 | Tyler Farrar | Belavia | + 20'27 | | 71 | VÃctor Cabedo | ExxonMobil | + 20'35 | | 72 | Hossein Nateghi | 7-Eleven | + 20'40 | | 73 | Mirco Saggiorato | 7-Eleven | + 20'56 | | 74 | Jesse Veldkamp | Accent Jobs - Willems Veranda's | + 21'07 | | 75 | Nik Bosscher | Argos Oil - Wii | + 21'09 | | 76 | Stephen Johnson | YouTube | + 21'12 | | 77 | Olivier Van Daele | Accent Jobs - Willems Veranda's | + 21'19 | | 78 | Jonas Vangenechten | YouTube | + 21'59 | | 79 | Cyrille Heymans | ExxonMobil | + 22'00 | | 80 | Nicolas Schnyder | 7-Eleven | + 22'05 | | 81 | Gavin Mannion | Belavia | + 22'08 | | 82 | Jempy Drucker | ExxonMobil | + 22'27 | | 83 | Frederique Robert | Landbouwkrediet - Euphony | + 22'35 | | 84 | Spencer Beamer | Emporiki Bank - UPC | + 22'43 | | 85 | Valentin De Ridder | Qatar Optics - Duvel | + 23'18 | | 86 | Thom van Lieshout | TEAM Van Merksteijn - Zoegas | + 23'29 | | 87 | Gasper Svab | Herbalife | + 23'47 | | 88 | Harry Cameron | Citrix - Finnair | + 24'34 | | 89 | Pieter Vanspeybroeck | TEAM KLM - Microsoft | + 24'35 | | 90 | Michael Stoop | ExxonMobil | + 24'49 | | 91 | Alexander Debakker | Landbouwkrediet - Euphony | + 25'09 | | 92 | Remco Te Brake | Bacardi - ING | + 25'41 | | 93 | Ali Sanad Al Muwalid | Qatar Optics - Duvel | + 26'21 | | 94 | Christopher Böttger | TEAM Trilux - Siemens | + 26'46 | | 95 | Nick Wauters | Landbouwkrediet - Euphony | + 26'50 | | 96 | Tom Hübner | Emporiki Bank - UPC | + 26'55 | | 97 | Gaël Duran | Cessna - Specialized | + 27'10 | | 98 | Kenneth Parker | Citrix - Finnair | + 28'03 | | 99 | Ali Al Asmari | Qatar Optics - Duvel | + 29'52 | | 100 | Jean Richard | Herbalife | + 29'59 | | 101 | Kristof Goddaert | YouTube | + 30'34 | | 102 | Sebastiaan Kamphuis | TEAM Van Merksteijn - Zoegas | + 30'35 | | 103 | Kasper de Wit | TEAM Van Merksteijn - Zoegas | s.t. | | 104 | Vladimir Batishchev | TEAM Van Merksteijn - Zoegas | + 30'42 | | 105 | Dan Smith | Citrix - Finnair | + 30'51 | | 106 | Mark Werner | TEAM Trilux - Siemens | + 31'55 | | 107 | Ladislav Benes | Japan Airlines | + 32'44 | | 108 | Valentijn van Dam | TEAM Van Merksteijn - Zoegas | + 33'56 | | 109 | Timm Stein | Luxair - Vattenfall | + 34'07 | | 110 | Alexander Reis | TEAM Trilux - Siemens | + 34'09 | | 111 | Hendrik Linden | Emporiki Bank - UPC | + 35'16 | | 112 | Daniel Montgomery | ExxonMobil | + 35'34 | | 113 | Theo Bos | TEAM Van Merksteijn - Zoegas | + 35'46 | | 114 | Axel Smets | Bacardi - ING | + 36'32 | | 115 | Robin Michel | Herbalife | + 36'39 | | 116 | George Morrison | Bacardi - ING | + 38'05 | | 117 | Sébastien Rosseler | Qatar Optics - Duvel | + 38'14 | | 118 | Andreas P. Stefan | TEAM Trilux - Siemens | + 38'21 | | 119 | Jarne Baeyens | Qatar Optics - Duvel | + 38'27 | | 120 | Fredrik Holm | Luxair - Vattenfall | + 38'33 | | 121 | Dean Bakker | Emporiki Bank - UPC | + 38'47 | | 122 | Imtiyaz Sulimani | Qatar Optics - Duvel | + 38'52 | | 123 | Guillaume Morel | Herbalife | + 38'57 | | 124 | Nick De Smet | Japan Airlines | + 39'08 | | 125 | Tim Klein | Luxair - Vattenfall | + 41'46 | | 126 | Marcus Santos | YouTube | + 42'37 | | 127 | Abdulatif Al Zaid | Qatar Optics - Duvel | + 44'13 | | 128 | Killian Sanchez | Herbalife | + 45'16 | | 129 | Paul Brandt | TEAM Trilux - Siemens | + 45'25 | | 130 | Niclas Klein | TEAM Trilux - Siemens | + 45'31 | | 131 | Nicholas Warner | Herbalife | + 45'35 | | 132 | Max Houtman | Bacardi - ING | + 48'14 | | 133 | Antonio Cunningham | Cessna - Specialized | + 55'43 |
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@ sutty68 - Lets hope Kritskiy can survive the Stelvio for a shot at a TT win. |
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STAGE 20: Caldes - Passo del Stelvio 216 KM's
Stage Favourites:
***Salas(HLE) **Barton(BGZ) *Henao(YTE)
The penultimate stage ends on the fabled climb.
Teklehaimanot, Martin, Kennaugh, Marais and Patin were five quality climbers which made the break today. But with Youtube able to put Sicard and Gesink on the front they stood little chance. The break only had 2'40 as the Stelvio was reached.
Henao goes for a long one!
With the break caught the pink jersey attacked with 11 KM to go. What an attack it was, only Kelderman could hang on and that was only for a few meters before the Colombian went off into the distance.
Suffering!
It was a another day of hurt for the guys. However, Kritskiy would comfortably make the time limit ahead of the TT.
Henao wins the stage. He will win the Giro!
Henao takes to the Giro like a duck to water, he wins on the Stelvio with a legendary climbing display. One wonders, if competing against the likes of Merckx and Coppi, that he may still win no matter than competition.
Salas, is once again, the best of the rest. He will put time into Henao on the final stage TT, but never 5'01.
STAGE RESULTS:
| 1 | Sergio Henao | YouTube | 6h41'36 | | 2 | Ibai Salas | Herbalife | + 1'57 | | 3 | George Preidler | B&O - Red Bull | + 2'13 | | 4 | Wilco Kelderman | TEAM UnitedHealthcare - M&M's | s.t. | | 5 | Chris Barton | Bank BGZ - Schuller | + 2'47 | | 6 | Lasse Norman Hansen | Jardar - Savings & Loans | + 3'45 | | 7 | Kenneth Andreasen | E.ON | + 4'20 | | 8 | Guillaume Bonnafond | Ribena - France Télécom | + 4'45 | | 9 | Jerry De Vos | RIM | s.t. | | 10 | Mark Christian | E.ON | + 4'58 |
Spoiler | 11 | Arnold Jeannesson | FDJ - BigMat | s.t. | | 12 | Romain Sicard | YouTube | + 5'13 | | 13 | Pello Bilbao | Euskaltel - Euskadi | + 5'29 | | 14 | Ilmari Saarinen | TEAM Colnago - Fakta | + 7'56 | | 15 | Oliver Skov | B&O - Red Bull | + 8'05 | | 16 | Andrea Bernasconi | TEAM Colnago - Fakta | s.t. | | 17 | Michael Torckler | ExxonMobil | + 8'56 | | 18 | Nairo Quintana | ExxonMobil | + 9'55 | | 19 | Abzal Negodyayev | TEAM KazMunayGas | + 10'06 | | 20 | Blel Kadri | Bank BGZ - Schuller | + 10'32 | | 21 | Stefano Agostini | TEAM Colnago - Fakta | + 10'55 | | 22 | Enrico Battaglin | ExxonMobil | + 11'44 | | 23 | Daniel Martin | TEAM KLM - Microsoft | + 13'07 | | 24 | Henri Patin | Bank BGZ - Schuller | + 13'17 | | 25 | Peter Kennaugh | TEAM Colnago - Fakta | + 13'25 | | 26 | Daniel Teklehaimanot | E.ON | + 15'57 | | 27 | Mathias Marais | Ribena - France Télécom | + 16'39 | | 28 | Kenny Terweduwe | RIM | + 16'50 | | 29 | Yevgeniy Nepomnyachshiy | Herbalife | s.t. | | 30 | Javier Iriarte | Herbalife | + 17'33 | | 31 | Robert Gesink | YouTube | s.t. | | 32 | Fabian Bruno | E.ON | + 18'08 | | 33 | Juan Jorge Garabay | Euskaltel - Euskadi | s.t. | | 34 | Arkaitz Durán | John Deere - Electronic Arts | s.t. | | 35 | Robert Kiserlovski | TEAM KazMunayGas | + 19'20 | | 36 | Thomas Faiers | TEAM Colnago - Fakta | + 19'32 | | 37 | Giorgio Anto | TEAM Colnago - Fakta | + 19'52 | | 38 | Thomas Nybo Riis | B&O - Red Bull | s.t. | | 39 | Frédéric Clavel | Bank BGZ - Schuller | + 20'38 | | 40 | Rémy Monier | Ribena - France Télécom | + 21'17 | | 41 | Stefano Locatelli | Lampre - UniCredit | + 21'30 | | 42 | Diego Ulissi | John Deere - Electronic Arts | + 22'27 | | 43 | Karol Domagalski | Jardar - Savings & Loans | + 23'30 | | 44 | Thomas Bonnin | FDJ - BigMat | s.t. | | 45 | Matty Davidson | E.ON | + 24'23 | | 46 | Jonathan Hivert | Ribena - France Télécom | + 24'52 | | 47 | Lenny Mery | Bank BGZ - Schuller | + 26'51 | | 48 | Josué Moyano | TEAM KazMunayGas | + 27'34 | | 49 | Fabio Aru | John Deere - Electronic Arts | + 30'31 | | 50 | Moreno Moser | ExxonMobil | + 32'36 | | 51 | Rasmus Guldhammer | B&O - Red Bull | s.t. | | 52 | Lars Telschow | Argos Oil - Wii | + 35'37 | | 53 | Ben Hermans | RIM | + 35'49 | | 54 | Romain Hardy | RIM | + 35'57 | | 55 | Garikoitz Bravo | Euskaltel - Euskadi | + 36'07 | | 56 | Antonio Piedra | Argos Oil - Wii | s.t. | | 57 | Dale Appleby | E.ON | s.t. | | 58 | Luca Dodi | Lampre - UniCredit | + 36'38 | | 59 | Józef Bednarski | Jardar - Savings & Loans | s.t. | | 60 | Juan Valerón | Euskaltel - Euskadi | + 38'54 | | 61 | Luciano Gamba | John Deere - Electronic Arts | s.t. | | 62 | Robin Eckmann | ExxonMobil | s.t. | | 63 | Patrice Grandjean | Cessna - Specialized | + 41'04 | | 64 | Tiago Machado | Jardar - Savings & Loans | + 42'52 | | 65 | Maciej Paterski | YouTube | s.t. | | 66 | Olivier Martin | Cessna - Specialized | + 45'31 | | 67 | Beñat Intxausti | B&O - Red Bull | s.t. | | 68 | Niels Albert | Herbalife | + 46'19 | | 69 | Ben King | TEAM UnitedHealthcare - M&M's | + 46'49 | | 70 | Arthur Vichot | TEAM KLM - Microsoft | s.t. | | 71 | Matteo Desantis | TEAM Farnese Vini - Martini | s.t. | | 72 | Maksym Petrus | TEAM Farnese Vini - Martini | s.t. | | 73 | Jan Ghyselinck | Rabobank Cycling Team | s.t. | | 74 | Yohan Fouche | Ribena - France Télécom | s.t. | | 75 | Jure Kocjan | Argos Oil - Wii | s.t. | | 76 | Timofey Kritskiy | Qatar Optics - Duvel | + 47'25 | | 77 | Saito Kishi | Qatar Optics - Duvel | s.t. | | 78 | Marc Maire | Cessna - Specialized | + 51'40 | | 79 | Elia Favilli | TEAM Farnese Vini - Martini | + 51'49 | | 80 | Michel Bruno | Cessna - Specialized | s.t. | | 81 | Giuseppe Catania | Lampre - UniCredit | + 52'34 | | 82 | Pieter Jacobs | TEAM KLM - Microsoft | s.t. | | 83 | Fabio Felline | TEAM Farnese Vini - Martini | + 55'47 | | 84 | Guillaume Malle | Ribena - France Télécom | + 57'43 | | 85 | Daniele Ratto | John Deere - Electronic Arts | + 59'27 | | 86 | Sonny Colbrelli | Argos Oil - Wii | + 59'42 | | 87 | Filippo Fortin | TEAM Farnese Vini - Martini | s.t. | | 88 | Davide Cimolai | TEAM Farnese Vini - Martini | + 59'55 | | 89 | Shane Jones | Herbalife | s.t. | | 90 | Filippo Baggio | Herbalife | s.t. | | 91 | Sep Vanmarcke | TEAM KLM - Microsoft | + 1h01'17 | | 92 | Zico Waeytens | Rabobank Cycling Team | s.t. | | 93 | Frank Scherzinger | Argos Oil - Wii | + 1h01'30 | | 94 | Abdulatif Al Yazeedi | Qatar Optics - Duvel | s.t. | | 95 | David Gutiérrez Palacios | Euskaltel - Euskadi | s.t. | | 96 | Dylan Wuyts | RIM | + 1h02'30 | | 97 | Jérôme Baugnies | TEAM KLM - Microsoft | s.t. | | 98 | Francesco Gavazzi | TEAM UnitedHealthcare - M&M's | + 1h04'18 | | 99 | Elia Viviani | John Deere - Electronic Arts | s.t. | | 100 | Ben Swift | Lampre - UniCredit | s.t. | | 101 | Daniel Oss | Lampre - UniCredit | s.t. | | 102 | Sibrecht Pieters | YouTube | s.t. | | 103 | Martijn Keizer | Rabobank Cycling Team | s.t. | | 104 | Rasmus Sterebo | Bank BGZ - Schuller | s.t. | | 105 | Julian Kern | Argos Oil - Wii | s.t. | | 106 | Niels Vandyck | Qatar Optics - Duvel | + 1h08'37 | | 107 | Leigh Howard | ExxonMobil | s.t. | | 108 | Philip Lavery | Jardar - Savings & Loans | s.t. | | 109 | Gabriele Polli | TEAM Farnese Vini - Martini | s.t. | | 110 | Marco Frapporti | John Deere - Electronic Arts | s.t. | | 111 | Boy Van Poppel | Rabobank Cycling Team | s.t. |
STAGE 21: Milano - Milano 31 KM's
Stage Favourites:
***Kritskiy(QOS) **King(UHC) *Salas(HLE)
We start the final stage with only 4 riders in the decimated Giro field of 111 riders. With a flat TT to finish us I said ... 'Take the win Kritskiy'!
Al Yazeedi and Vandyck
We are thrilled with both of these riders for making it too the finish in Milan. Al Yazeedi completed his first GT as does Vandyck, who has a stage win to boot!
Stage Favourites!
The organisers hardly could not have wished for the two stage favourites to start at the places when they did, King was 69th in GC and Kritskiy was 68th in GC!
We had the slight advantage of starting later.
At the first checkpoint:
King = 16'02 - Kritskiy = 15'41
However! King puts time into Kritskiy at the second checkpoint:
King = 28'43 - Kritskiy = 28'35
Could Kritskiy resist?
Kritskiy wins that battle!
Kritskiy finishes at 43'27 which is '38 faster than King, who pushed us so close in the prologue.
But the race is not over!
Saarinen and Kelderman beat the time of King and Salas .... is ahead of Kritskiy at the second checkpoint by '3!
Kritskiy's 20th win as a Qatar Optics rider!
Kritskiy would ride the last third of the race faster than Salas to win by '12 on the day. Few have worn a WTT jersey in a more domineering fashion.
What a Giro for us! Three stage wins, couldn't have asked for more! I suspect those guys at Duvel Beer are regretting giving me the boot!
Henao wins his fourth Giro!
He wins again with an empathic margin, I predicted it and he delivered! He is now one win off the all time record. He also takes home the KOM jersey whilst second place Salas has to be content with the points jersey. De Vos rises to the podium after two bad days for Bilbao.
STAGE RESULTS:
| 1 | Timofey Kritskiy | Qatar Optics - Duvel | 43'27 | | 2 | Ibai Salas | Herbalife | + 12 | | 3 | Ilmari Saarinen | TEAM Colnago - Fakta | + 33 | | 4 | Wilco Kelderman | TEAM UnitedHealthcare - M&M's | + 36 | | 5 | Ben King | TEAM UnitedHealthcare - M&M's | + 38 | | 6 | Guillaume Bonnafond | Ribena - France Télécom | + 51 | | 7 | Jerry De Vos | RIM | + 53 | | 8 | Romain Sicard | YouTube | + 59 | | 9 | Lasse Norman Hansen | Jardar - Savings & Loans | + 1'03 | | 10 | Arkaitz Durán | John Deere - Electronic Arts | + 1'05 |
Spoiler | 11 | Lars Telschow | Argos Oil - Wii | + 1'11 | | 12 | Kenneth Andreasen | E.ON | + 1'12 | | 13 | Yevgeniy Nepomnyachshiy | Herbalife | + 1'22 | | 14 | Javier Iriarte | Herbalife | s.t. | | 15 | Chris Barton | Bank BGZ - Schuller | s.t. | | 16 | Giorgio Anto | TEAM Colnago - Fakta | + 1'23 | | 17 | Thomas Bonnin | FDJ - BigMat | + 1'25 | | 18 | Thomas Faiers | TEAM Colnago - Fakta | + 1'26 | | 19 | Michael Torckler | ExxonMobil | + 1'33 | | 20 | Robert Gesink | YouTube | + 1'41 | | 21 | Maksym Petrus | TEAM Farnese Vini - Martini | + 1'45 | | 22 | Mark Christian | E.ON | + 1'55 | | 23 | Sergio Henao | YouTube | + 1'56 | | 24 | Henri Patin | Bank BGZ - Schuller | + 2'00 | | 25 | Daniel Teklehaimanot | E.ON | + 2'12 | | 26 | Daniel Oss | Lampre - UniCredit | + 2'13 | | 27 | Enrico Battaglin | ExxonMobil | + 2'15 | | 28 | Niels Vandyck | Qatar Optics - Duvel | + 2'16 | | 29 | Daniel Martin | TEAM KLM - Microsoft | + 2'17 | | 30 | Diego Ulissi | John Deere - Electronic Arts | + 2'19 | | 31 | Thomas Nybo Riis | B&O - Red Bull | s.t. | | 32 | Rasmus Guldhammer | B&O - Red Bull | + 2'22 | | 33 | Blel Kadri | Bank BGZ - Schuller | + 2'23 | | 34 | Martijn Keizer | Rabobank Cycling Team | + 2'30 | | 35 | Abzal Negodyayev | TEAM KazMunayGas | + 2'33 | | 36 | Nairo Quintana | ExxonMobil | + 2'40 | | 37 | Zico Waeytens | Rabobank Cycling Team | + 2'41 | | 38 | George Preidler | B&O - Red Bull | s.t. | | 39 | Michel Bruno | Cessna - Specialized | + 2'46 | | 40 | Beñat Intxausti | B&O - Red Bull | s.t. | | 41 | Jan Ghyselinck | Rabobank Cycling Team | + 2'48 | | 42 | Ben Hermans | RIM | + 2'49 | | 43 | Robert Kiserlovski | TEAM KazMunayGas | + 2'55 | | 44 | Tiago Machado | Jardar - Savings & Loans | + 2'56 | | 45 | Dale Appleby | E.ON | + 2'57 | | 46 | Peter Kennaugh | TEAM Colnago - Fakta | + 3'00 | | 47 | Moreno Moser | ExxonMobil | + 3'01 | | 48 | Fabian Bruno | E.ON | + 3'02 | | 49 | Josué Moyano | TEAM KazMunayGas | + 3'03 | | 50 | Robin Eckmann | ExxonMobil | s.t. | | 51 | Luca Dodi | Lampre - UniCredit | + 3'05 | | 52 | Arnold Jeannesson | FDJ - BigMat | + 3'07 | | 53 | Karol Domagalski | Jardar - Savings & Loans | + 3'08 | | 54 | Shane Jones | Herbalife | + 3'10 | | 55 | Gabriele Polli | TEAM Farnese Vini - Martini | + 3'11 | | 56 | Ben Swift | Lampre - UniCredit | + 3'14 | | 57 | Arthur Vichot | TEAM KLM - Microsoft | s.t. | | 58 | Fabio Aru | John Deere - Electronic Arts | s.t. | | 59 | Leigh Howard | ExxonMobil | + 3'15 | | 60 | Matteo Desantis | TEAM Farnese Vini - Martini | + 3'16 | | 61 | Filippo Fortin | TEAM Farnese Vini - Martini | s.t. | | 62 | Davide Cimolai | TEAM Farnese Vini - Martini | + 3'20 | | 63 | Filippo Baggio | Herbalife | + 3'21 | | 64 | Maciej Paterski | YouTube | + 3'22 | | 65 | Pieter Jacobs | TEAM KLM - Microsoft | + 3'24 | | 66 | Fabio Felline | TEAM Farnese Vini - Martini | + 3'27 | | 67 | Garikoitz Bravo | Euskaltel - Euskadi | + 3'28 | | 68 | Philip Lavery | Jardar - Savings & Loans | + 3'31 | | 69 | Boy Van Poppel | Rabobank Cycling Team | + 3'32 | | 70 | Rasmus Sterebo | Bank BGZ - Schuller | + 3'33 | | 71 | Pello Bilbao | Euskaltel - Euskadi | + 3'35 | | 72 | Matty Davidson | E.ON | s.t. | | 73 | Kenny Terweduwe | RIM | s.t. | | 74 | Sep Vanmarcke | TEAM KLM - Microsoft | s.t. | | 75 | Sonny Colbrelli | Argos Oil - Wii | + 3'36 | | 76 | Stefano Agostini | TEAM Colnago - Fakta | s.t. | | 77 | David Gutiérrez Palacios | Euskaltel - Euskadi | + 3'38 | | 78 | Jérôme Baugnies | TEAM KLM - Microsoft | + 3'39 | | 79 | Olivier Martin | Cessna - Specialized | + 3'40 | | 80 | Francesco Gavazzi | TEAM UnitedHealthcare - M&M's | + 3'41 | | 81 | Stefano Locatelli | Lampre - UniCredit | + 3'42 | | 82 | Guillaume Malle | Ribena - France Télécom | + 3'43 | | 83 | Frédéric Clavel | Bank BGZ - Schuller | + 3'45 | | 84 | Andrea Bernasconi | TEAM Colnago - Fakta | s.t. | | 85 | Sibrecht Pieters | YouTube | + 3'49 | | 86 | Romain Hardy | RIM | + 3'51 | | 87 | Daniele Ratto | John Deere - Electronic Arts | + 3'52 | | 88 | Elia Viviani | John Deere - Electronic Arts | + 3'53 | | 89 | Niels Albert | Herbalife | s.t. | | 90 | Józef Bednarski | Jardar - Savings & Loans | + 3'59 | | 91 | Juan Jorge Garabay | Euskaltel - Euskadi | + 4'05 | | 92 | Lenny Mery | Bank BGZ - Schuller | + 4'13 | | 93 | Mathias Marais | Ribena - France Télécom | + 4'15 | | 94 | Oliver Skov | B&O - Red Bull | + 4'16 | | 95 | Marc Maire | Cessna - Specialized | + 4'20 | | 96 | Patrice Grandjean | Cessna - Specialized | + 4'21 | | 97 | Luciano Gamba | John Deere - Electronic Arts | + 4'23 | | 98 | Elia Favilli | TEAM Farnese Vini - Martini | s.t. | | 99 | Marco Frapporti | John Deere - Electronic Arts | + 4'27 | | 100 | Antonio Piedra | Argos Oil - Wii | + 4'30 | | 101 | Yohan Fouche | Ribena - France Télécom | + 4'36 | | 102 | Jure Kocjan | Argos Oil - Wii | + 4'37 | | 103 | Rémy Monier | Ribena - France Télécom | + 4'42 | | 104 | Jonathan Hivert | Ribena - France Télécom | + 4'43 | | 105 | Julian Kern | Argos Oil - Wii | + 4'53 | | 106 | Juan Valerón | Euskaltel - Euskadi | + 4'57 | | 107 | Saito Kishi | Qatar Optics - Duvel | + 4'58 | | 108 | Dylan Wuyts | RIM | + 5'01 | | 109 | Frank Scherzinger | Argos Oil - Wii | + 5'03 | | 110 | Giuseppe Catania | Lampre - UniCredit | + 5'06 | | 111 | Abdulatif Al Yazeedi | Qatar Optics - Duvel | + 5'54 |
GC FINAL:
| 1 | Sergio Henao | YouTube | 91h56'03 | | 2 | Ibai Salas | Herbalife | + 3'17 | | 3 | Jerry De Vos | RIM | + 13'26 | | 4 | Pello Bilbao | Euskaltel - Euskadi | + 14'18 | | 5 | Kenneth Andreasen | E.ON | + 14'21 | | 6 | George Preidler | B&O - Red Bull | + 14'58 | | 7 | Wilco Kelderman | TEAM UnitedHealthcare - M&M's | + 15'35 | | 8 | Guillaume Bonnafond | Ribena - France Télécom | + 18'42 | | 9 | Lasse Norman Hansen | Jardar - Savings & Loans | + 18'54 | | 10 | Chris Barton | Bank BGZ - Schuller | + 21'55 |
Spoiler | 11 | Mark Christian | E.ON | + 24'44 | | 12 | Enrico Battaglin | ExxonMobil | + 26'48 | | 13 | Romain Sicard | YouTube | + 26'54 | | 14 | Oliver Skov | B&O - Red Bull | + 42'56 | | 15 | Blel Kadri | Bank BGZ - Schuller | + 44'42 | | 16 | Peter Kennaugh | TEAM Colnago - Fakta | + 46'47 | | 17 | Ilmari Saarinen | TEAM Colnago - Fakta | + 50'22 | | 18 | Fabian Bruno | E.ON | + 50'37 | | 19 | Daniel Martin | TEAM KLM - Microsoft | + 54'06 | | 20 | Stefano Agostini | TEAM Colnago - Fakta | + 57'11 | | 21 | Diego Ulissi | John Deere - Electronic Arts | + 1h00'03 | | 22 | Michael Torckler | ExxonMobil | + 1h03'01 | | 23 | Mathias Marais | Ribena - France Télécom | + 1h11'14 | | 24 | Stefano Locatelli | Lampre - UniCredit | + 1h12'48 | | 25 | Robert Gesink | YouTube | + 1h13'24 | | 26 | Arkaitz Durán | John Deere - Electronic Arts | + 1h14'33 | | 27 | Nairo Quintana | ExxonMobil | + 1h15'37 | | 28 | Javier Iriarte | Herbalife | + 1h21'00 | | 29 | Kenny Terweduwe | RIM | + 1h21'07 | | 30 | Abzal Negodyayev | TEAM KazMunayGas | + 1h24'34 | | 31 | Henri Patin | Bank BGZ - Schuller | + 1h25'04 | | 32 | Juan Jorge Garabay | Euskaltel - Euskadi | + 1h28'31 | | 33 | Josué Moyano | TEAM KazMunayGas | + 1h36'05 | | 34 | Karol Domagalski | Jardar - Savings & Loans | + 1h38'23 | | 35 | Giorgio Anto | TEAM Colnago - Fakta | + 1h38'31 | | 36 | Moreno Moser | ExxonMobil | + 1h40'39 | | 37 | Andrea Bernasconi | TEAM Colnago - Fakta | + 1h41'06 | | 38 | Yevgeniy Nepomnyachshiy | Herbalife | + 1h45'07 | | 39 | Fabio Aru | John Deere - Electronic Arts | + 1h50'23 | | 40 | Thomas Nybo Riis | B&O - Red Bull | + 1h51'55 | | 41 | Robert Kiserlovski | TEAM KazMunayGas | + 1h52'17 | | 42 | Daniel Teklehaimanot | E.ON | + 1h58'27 | | 43 | Arnold Jeannesson | FDJ - BigMat | + 2h04'45 | | 44 | Ben Hermans | RIM | + 2h07'07 | | 45 | Rémy Monier | Ribena - France Télécom | + 2h07'17 | | 46 | Matty Davidson | E.ON | + 2h09'34 | | 47 | Juan Valerón | Euskaltel - Euskadi | + 2h10'53 | | 48 | Lars Telschow | Argos Oil - Wii | + 2h15'08 | | 49 | Rasmus Guldhammer | B&O - Red Bull | + 2h23'40 | | 50 | Maciej Paterski | YouTube | + 2h24'08 | | 51 | Romain Hardy | RIM | + 2h24'42 | | 52 | Jonathan Hivert | Ribena - France Télécom | + 2h24'44 | | 53 | Garikoitz Bravo | Euskaltel - Euskadi | + 2h25'01 | | 54 | Luca Dodi | Lampre - UniCredit | + 2h29'27 | | 55 | Józef Bednarski | Jardar - Savings & Loans | + 2h29'53 | | 56 | Thomas Bonnin | FDJ - BigMat | + 2h33'59 | | 57 | Frédéric Clavel | Bank BGZ - Schuller | + 2h36'30 | | 58 | Antonio Piedra | Argos Oil - Wii | + 2h36'44 | | 59 | Thomas Faiers | TEAM Colnago - Fakta | + 2h38'20 | | 60 | Saito Kishi | Qatar Optics - Duvel | + 2h41'13 | | 61 | Niels Albert | Herbalife | + 2h43'23 | | 62 | Luciano Gamba | John Deere - Electronic Arts | + 2h51'50 | | 63 | Maksym Petrus | TEAM Farnese Vini - Martini | + 2h58'47 | | 64 | Arthur Vichot | TEAM KLM - Microsoft | + 3h01'36 | | 65 | Timofey Kritskiy | Qatar Optics - Duvel | + 3h02'18 | | 66 | Beñat Intxausti | B&O - Red Bull | + 3h03'07 | | 67 | Ben King | TEAM UnitedHealthcare - M&M's | + 3h03'22 | | 68 | Fabio Felline | TEAM Farnese Vini - Martini | + 3h05'33 | | 69 | Jure Kocjan | Argos Oil - Wii | + 3h06'13 | | 70 | Matteo Desantis | TEAM Farnese Vini - Martini | + 3h09'54 | | 71 | Jan Ghyselinck | Rabobank Cycling Team | + 3h12'23 | | 72 | Patrice Grandjean | Cessna - Specialized | + 3h15'53 | | 73 | Elia Favilli | TEAM Farnese Vini - Martini | + 3h17'36 | | 74 | Daniele Ratto | John Deere - Electronic Arts | + 3h23'01 | | 75 | Dale Appleby | E.ON | + 3h23'07 | | 76 | Robin Eckmann | ExxonMobil | + 3h23'34 | | 77 | Sep Vanmarcke | TEAM KLM - Microsoft | + 3h26'34 | | 78 | Dylan Wuyts | RIM | + 3h26'42 | | 79 | Yohan Fouche | Ribena - France Télécom | + 3h29'22 | | 80 | Marc Maire | Cessna - Specialized | + 3h34'27 | | 81 | David Gutiérrez Palacios | Euskaltel - Euskadi | + 3h34'30 | | 82 | Filippo Baggio | Herbalife | + 3h35'30 | | 83 | Daniel Oss | Lampre - UniCredit | + 3h37'11 | | 84 | Pieter Jacobs | TEAM KLM - Microsoft | + 3h40'44 | | 85 | Giuseppe Catania | Lampre - UniCredit | + 3h42'05 | | 86 | Rasmus Sterebo | Bank BGZ - Schuller | + 3h43'38 | | 87 | Filippo Fortin | TEAM Farnese Vini - Martini | + 3h44'26 | | 88 | Lenny Mery | Bank BGZ - Schuller | + 3h45'43 | | 89 | Philip Lavery | Jardar - Savings & Loans | + 3h56'09 | | 90 | Frank Scherzinger | Argos Oil - Wii | + 3h56'24 | | 91 | Zico Waeytens | Rabobank Cycling Team | + 3h56'44 | | 92 | Sonny Colbrelli | Argos Oil - Wii | + 4h07'50 | | 93 | Olivier Martin | Cessna - Specialized | + 4h09'21 | | 94 | Michel Bruno | Cessna - Specialized | + 4h09'48 | | 95 | Tiago Machado | Jardar - Savings & Loans | + 4h17'47 | | 96 | Marco Frapporti | John Deere - Electronic Arts | + 4h28'07 | | 97 | Elia Viviani | John Deere - Electronic Arts | + 4h35'17 | | 98 | Davide Cimolai | TEAM Farnese Vini - Martini | + 4h36'46 | | 99 | Ben Swift | Lampre - UniCredit | + 4h39'44 | | 100 | Leigh Howard | ExxonMobil | + 4h44'54 | | 101 | Jérôme Baugnies | TEAM KLM - Microsoft | + 4h45'35 | | 102 | Martijn Keizer | Rabobank Cycling Team | + 4h46'06 | | 103 | Guillaume Malle | Ribena - France Télécom | + 4h46'20 | | 104 | Sibrecht Pieters | YouTube | + 4h47'03 | | 105 | Shane Jones | Herbalife | + 4h49'32 | | 106 | Gabriele Polli | TEAM Farnese Vini - Martini | + 4h53'48 | | 107 | Francesco Gavazzi | TEAM UnitedHealthcare - M&M's | + 4h54'33 | | 108 | Julian Kern | Argos Oil - Wii | + 4h56'40 | | 109 | Niels Vandyck | Qatar Optics - Duvel | + 5h07'24 | | 110 | Abdulatif Al Yazeedi | Qatar Optics - Duvel | + 5h43'49 | | 111 | Boy Van Poppel | Rabobank Cycling Team | + 5h50'32 |
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Quick Updates:
As we head into June and we have a few days without a race, it is a good time to look at the rankings.
WT rankings:
We are 10th but we just lie 112 points ahead of the danger zone. Some unexpected performances will have to come in if the team is to avoid relegation at the end of the season.
Continental Team:
Under the guise of my soon to be replacement, Sven Nys, the continental team saunter on. There aren't any big results in the races they take part in, but there is no doubt that the riders continue to improve both physically and mentally. Akake is really one to watch for the mountains.
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Having returned from the Giro I hastily returned home to Antwerp where I spent some relaxing days with Jun Lee and young Jelly-Sun (who is now 2.7 years old!). Afterwards, along with Abdulatif Al Zaid, we drove down to Breendonk to see the factory of Duvel Beer for our promised tour. Bizarre that I would accept this invitation as I would be unceremoniously dismissed at the end of the season, but I harbour no grudges. Also Abdualtif really wanted to go ..... really!
Part 1: The All Inclusive Tour
'Welcome! Welcome! Hello Mr Aurel and Mr Al Zaid! We are honoured to be giving you an all inclusive tour of the Duvel Beer facility today. I am sure you will be enlightened by what you see today and you deserve it after all you have done. I am Eugene Donk and I suppose I will be your tour guide today. Please call me Eugene.'
'Pleased to meet you Eugene.' I said. It was nice of them to greet us as soon as we left the car.
' Yeah, Yeah, Yeah'. Said Abdulatif, standing in the Belgian rain, shivering by the looks of it. ' Can we go inside Mr Donk? I am freezing my camel butt out here!' Abdulatif did never adjust to the Belgian weather.
' Right. This way.' Said our portly Belgian host and we stepped into the Belgian factory and the tour begun.
'It all started in 1871 when Moorgat brewery........'
In a world of ever increasing chrome and mass technology used on a worldwide scale, it was great to see this brewery had kept to its routes and individuality. We spent a good five minutes walking passed barrels, tanks, distilling rooms and the like whilst Eugene Donk rambled on not once, to my knowledge, pausing for a breath.
Having descended a flight of stairs we were now underground where, according to Eugene, ' Our special brews ferment in ideal conditions'.
We were continuing along when Abdulatif stopped me and indicated for me to keep quite. He took out a crowbar from goodness knows where and started to pry at old looking rickety door. Before I could protest against his actions the door was open and he ushered me to follow him. In the distance I could Eugene still giving us his tour, clearly not noticing he was by himself now.
'Follow me effendi' said Abdulatif. I followed him, perhaps carelessly, wondering where this adventure would take us. Once passing the wooden door we walked along an old oak beamed passage with little light to see where we were heading.
'Abdulatif I can't see where the hell I a........'. I fell. I must have dropped a good 8 eight. Fortunately Abdulatif broke my fall!
I was about to give Abdulatif a piece of my mind when, after dusting himself off, he lit a torch and revealed we were in some ancient underground tunnel system. With tunnels going in every direction. I was gob smacked as these tunnels looked centuries old and looked untouched for just as long.
' Believe me. I know what I am doing Effendi' Abdualtif said. At a fast walk he headed off down a tunnel and, realising shouting was pointless, I followed. |
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Posted on 26-02-2014 10:05
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Great way for Timofey Kritskiy to end the time in Italy with a nice stage win  |
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Posted on 26-02-2014 15:26
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Posted on 26-02-2014 23:48
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Great read! Abdualtif sure is a little troublemaker.
Oh, and: Too bad about Belgium Tour, but Kritskiy: Wohoo! Three stage wins at Giro d'Italia: Qatar Optics definitely delivered. Shame that Duvel probably still doesn't care. 
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Posted on 27-02-2014 15:23
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I was naively waiting for a classic Tour but Mr Donk E something has been fooled for good.
Qataris are resourceful men
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Posted on 27-02-2014 15:36
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Great victory for Kritskiy! And I think you can create a sixth account on photobucktet. 
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Part 2: The Dream
So here I was with Abdulatif leading me to goodness knows where in some long forgotten catacombs under a small Belgian town. I would have phoned Jun Lee, to tell her goodbye, if there was any signal. But, of couse, there wasn't.
We had been fast walking, in silence, through the tunnels for a good 5 minutes. Abdulatif was never in doubt about where to go, as if he had been here before.
'What is this Abdulatif?' I said whilst pulling at his shoulder forcing him to stop.
He exhaled a deep breath and then began. ' Fred, it is like this. You remember Mr Tang?'
' Vividly. How could I forget?' I responded. How could I indeed? When our plane crashed in China, almost one year ago, Mr Tang was there. He was a strange old gentleman, very strange. I let go of Abdulatif and we continued on walking.
Abdulatif continued. ' Well a few months after China I started having these strange dreams with Mr Tang .... guiding me. Listen effendi, you may say I am crazy, but in these dreams, which I have had hundreds of times, I have walked these very tunnels so often the path has been carved into my mind. When I saw that old wooden door I knew those dreams were not just dreams they were visions, visions into the future.'
After a few seconds, having digested this unbelievable story, I asked: ' Well what is next? How does this dream end?'
As the tunnel gave way to a larger space, a room, Abdulatif said, whilst pointing to something metallic on the floor, 'We make history effendi. '
Our encounter with Mr Tang:
@ sutty - I have noticed his TT stats have dropped by 1 .... Noooo!
@ Krisa ............
@ MrUFo87 - I have gone back to a previous one!
@ duxili - We have to get 'those races' (Dauphin and Suisse) out of the way first .... before our shining moment.
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Posted on 28-02-2014 16:47
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Scary and very interesting at the same time |
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Posted on 28-02-2014 16:48
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I didn't knew there are tunnels under my house
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Posted on 28-02-2014 16:51
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krisa wrote:
I didn't knew there are tunnels under my house
They are called sewers he he |
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Posted on 28-02-2014 16:58
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sutty68 wrote:
krisa wrote:
I didn't knew there are tunnels under my house
They are called sewers he he What you are saying lies under my street not under my house
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Posted on 28-02-2014 17:02
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krisa wrote:
sutty68 wrote:
krisa wrote:
I didn't knew there are tunnels under my house
They are called sewers he he What you are saying lies under my street not under my house
It has to come from your house somehow |
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