Very well Gesink, not in a great shape, but kept on with the best.
As for the transfers, I think you could try Gilbert... the team's based around the Benelux countries, and I think it would be a realistic transfer. Or try to bring Frank to the team, and drop Gesink.
When you thought that yesterday's stage was tough, take a look at stage 7! 4 mountain passes and a mountain top finish, th ehighest point at 2434 metres above sea level, 99.6 ascending kilometres at a total of 162.6 and a height difference of 5599 metres. Not for sprinters .
Note: this is the 2nd time I have to write this report, as I accidentaly closed the browser when I'd almost finished it . So a shorter version now....
65km to go
With the goal of securing his KOTM-jersey, Wout Poels is in the attack again. With only 2 breakaway-buddies, it's easier to collect th epoints, especially because Jean-Christophe Péraud (AG2R) and Bauke Mollema (Rabobank) aren't interested in these points. Poels collects the maximum amount of points at the first 2 KOTM-sprints (Lukmanierpass and Oberalppass), and with the last energy left in his legs, he's also the first at the Furkapass, the Cima Coppi in this Tour de Suisse.
Since he's secured of the KOTM-jersey, he shakes hands with Peraud and Mollema, and wishes them a nice continue of their breakaway and takes it easy.
19km to go
After 7 ascending kilometres of today's final climb, the Sustenpass, GC's number 4 Matthias Frank attacks. At this point, he's 3'18 behind Peraud and Mollema and is for sure aiming at the podium. Just as yesterday, Frank Schleck serves as a very luxury domestique of GC-leader Vincenzo Nibali and takes control of the pace of the peloton.
10km to go
Due to the high pace set by Frank Schleck, BMC's Frank gets caught and only 30 riders are left in the first group. The gap to the leading duo has decreased to 1'21.
6km to go
In the next kilometres, Peraud and Mollema get caught. Then GC's number 7 uses the dark of a short tunnel to launch an attack. His countrymen Samuel Sánchez is the first to react, and this causes a chain of reaction. The group thins out rapidly and also Robert Gesink can't follow the leaders at this moment.
3km to go
7 riders form the head of the race with 3km to go: Nibali (GC1), Menchov (GC2), Hesjedal (GC3), Frank (GC4), Sánchez (GC5), Schleck (GC9) and Rodríguez (GC14). David Arroyo, who started this, is falling back and is '20 behind. Gesink is closing in again and is now '28 behind. GC's number 6 Bradley Wiggins is already a minute behind!
1km to go Robert Gesink manages to close the gap to the leading group (and has dropped Arroyo), but at that moment, Vincenzo Nibali attacks. No one is capable of following the Italian whom is on his way to his 3rd stage win.
Finish
Nibali can't be threatened in the last kilometre and secures his third stage win in this Tour de Suisse, and the 5th of his team.
2nd place
'37 behind Nibali, it's Sammy Sánchez who wins the sprint for the 2nd position. Robert Gesink finishes behind him in an excellent 3rd position. And because of the time loss for Arroyo and Wiggins, he jumps to the 6th place in the GC.
13 riders finish outside the timelimit, unfortunately Tom Dumoulin, Marcel Kittel & Maxim Léfevre are among them.
Results
1
Vincenzo Nibali
Radio Shack - Nissan
5h07'54
2
Samuel Sánchez
Euskaltel - Euskadi
+ 37
3
Robert Gesink
Monster Energy - Ford
s.t.
4
Denis Menchov
Sony Ericsson
s.t.
5
Ryder Hesjedal
Team Garmin - Cervélo
s.t.
6
Matthias Frank
BMC Racing Team
s.t.
7
Joaquím Rodríguez
Katusha Team
s.t.
8
Fränk Schleck
Radio Shack - Nissan
s.t.
9
David Arroyo
Movistar Team
+ 1'12
10
Nairo Quintana
Colombia es Pasión - Café de Colombia
+ 2'21
Spoiler
11
Bradley Wiggins
Sky ProCycling
s.t.
12
Pierre Rolland
Omega Pharma - Quick·Step
s.t.
13
Vladimir Karpets
Katusha Team
s.t.
14
Diego Ulissi
Lampre - Generali
s.t.
15
Mikel Astarloza
Euskaltel - Euskadi
s.t.
16
Bauke Mollema
Rabobank Cycling Team
+ 2'36
17
Romain Sicard
Euskaltel - Euskadi
+ 2'56
18
Peter Velits
Omega Pharma - Quick·Step
+ 3'39
19
Cyril Dessel
AG2R La Mondiale
s.t.
20
Levi Leipheimer
Omega Pharma - Quick·Step
s.t.
21
Tadej Valjavec
Pro Team Astana
s.t.
22
Jean-Christophe Peraud
AG2R La Mondiale
+ 3'59
23
Daniel Martin
Team Garmin - Cervélo
s.t.
24
Christian Vande Velde
Team Garmin - Cervélo
s.t.
25
Tony Martin
Omega Pharma - Quick·Step
s.t.
26
Maxime Monfort
Radio Shack - Nissan
s.t.
27
Kevin De Weert
Radio Shack - Nissan
+ 4'18
28
Michael Albasini
Team Qantas
+ 5'26
29
Jakob Fuglsang
Radio Shack - Nissan
s.t.
30
Kim Kirchen
Sky ProCycling
s.t.
31
Marcel Wyss
Nespresso
s.t.
32
Francesco Masciarelli
Pro Team Astana
+ 7'23
33
Jens Voigt
Radio Shack - Nissan
s.t.
34
Chris Froome
Sky ProCycling
+ 8'57
35
John Darwin Atapuma
Colombia es Pasión - Café de Colombia
s.t.
36
Daniel Moreno
Katusha Team
s.t.
37
Simon Gerrans
Team Qantas
+ 9'20
38
Anders Lund
Saxo Bank SunGard
+ 10'29
39
Juan José Cobo
Nespresso
s.t.
40
Trent Lowe
Sony Ericsson
s.t.
41
Mads Christensen
Saxo Bank SunGard
+ 10'56
42
Rigoberto Urán
Sky ProCycling
s.t.
43
Thomas Dekker
Monster Energy - Ford
+ 11'30
44
David Le Lay
AG2R La Mondiale
+ 13'14
45
Jorge Azanza
Euskaltel - Euskadi
s.t.
46
Chris Horner
Lotto - Belisol
s.t.
47
Juan José Oroz
Euskaltel - Euskadi
s.t.
48
Evgeni Petrov
Pro Team Astana
s.t.
49
Bart De Clercq
Lotto - Belisol
s.t.
50
Pierre Cazaux
Euskaltel - Euskadi
s.t.
51
Rinaldo Nocentini
AG2R La Mondiale
+ 13'48
52
Simon Zahner
BMC Racing Team
+ 14'03
53
Sylvain Chavanel
Team Garmin - Cervélo
+ 14'17
54
André Steensen
Saxo Bank SunGard
s.t.
55
Andrey Amador
Movistar Team
+ 14'34
56
Rob Ruijgh
Monster Energy - Ford
+ 15'10
57
Fabian Wegmann
Team Garmin - Cervélo
s.t.
58
Fabian Cancellara
Radio Shack - Nissan
+ 16'33
59
Richie Porte
Saxo Bank SunGard
s.t.
60
Matthew Lloyd
Pro Team Astana
s.t.
61
Geraint Thomas
Sky ProCycling
+ 17'48
62
Enrico Gasparotto
Lampre - Generali
+ 18'12
63
Leonardo Duque
Sony Ericsson
+ 18'32
64
Marek Rutkiewicz
Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team
+ 19'17
65
Giampaolo Caruso
Katusha Team
+ 19'56
66
Francisco Pérez
Movistar Team
s.t.
67
Félix Cárdenas
Colombia es Pasión - Café de Colombia
s.t.
68
Jesús Herrada
Movistar Team
s.t.
69
Rui Costa
Movistar Team
s.t.
70
Mirko Selvaggi
Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team
+ 20'43
71
Heinrich Haussler
Rabobank Cycling Team
+ 22'03
72
Wout Poels
Monster Energy - Ford
s.t.
73
Aketza Peña
Euskaltel - Euskadi
s.t.
74
Jürgen Van de Walle
Lotto - Belisol
s.t.
75
Brian Vandborg
Saxo Bank SunGard
+ 24'00
76
Maarten Tjallingii
Rabobank Cycling Team
+ 24'56
77
Francisco José Ventoso
Movistar Team
+ 25'25
78
Gerald Ciolek
Omega Pharma - Quick·Step
s.t.
79
José Joaquín Rojas
Team Garmin - Cervélo
+ 25'50
80
David Loosli
Lampre - Generali
+ 26'23
81
Alessandro Spezialetti
Lampre - Generali
s.t.
82
Eduardo Gonzalo
Movistar Team
s.t.
83
Andrea Moletta
Lampre - Generali
s.t.
84
Alessandro Petacchi
Lampre - Generali
s.t.
85
Manuele Mori
Lampre - Generali
+ 28'38
86
Joan Horrach
Katusha Team
+ 28'52
87
Wilmar Perez
Colombia es Pasión - Café de Colombia
+ 29'39
88
Lars Ytting Bak
Lotto - Belisol
+ 30'08
89
Edvald Boasson Hagen
Sony Ericsson
+ 30'15
90
Davide Rebellin
Pisanellastoria - Guerciotti
+ 31'18
91
Maurizio Biondo
Pisanellastoria - Guerciotti
s.t.
92
Eddy Ratti
Pisanellastoria - Guerciotti
s.t.
93
Koldo Fernández
Euskaltel - Euskadi
s.t.
94
Luca Celli
Pisanellastoria - Guerciotti
s.t.
95
Óscar Freire
Team Garmin - Cervélo
s.t.
96
Johan Vansummeren
Team Garmin - Cervélo
+ 31'42
97
Dimitry Kozontchuk
Nespresso
+ 32'28
98
Ruslan Pidgornyy
Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team
+ 32'56
99
Matti Breschel
Rabobank Cycling Team
s.t.
100
Volodymyr Zagorodny
Pisanellastoria - Guerciotti
+ 33'49
101
Ángel Vicioso
Androni Giocattoli
+ 34'25
102
Cristiano Salerno
Androni Giocattoli
s.t.
103
Luca Solari
Androni Giocattoli
+ 34'40
104
Americo Novembrini
Androni Giocattoli
s.t.
105
Lieuwe Westra
Monster Energy - Ford
+ 52'38
106
Francesco Ginanni
Androni Giocattoli
s.t.
107
Matteo Montaguti
Androni Giocattoli
s.t.
108
Andrey Mizourov
Pro Team Astana
s.t.
109
Stijn Devolder
Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team
s.t.
110
Matthew Goss
Team Qantas
s.t.
111
Jos Van Emden
Rabobank Cycling Team
s.t.
112
Martin Elmiger
BMC Racing Team
s.t.
113
Tomas Vaitkus
Team Qantas
s.t.
114
Laurent Lefèvre
AG2R La Mondiale
s.t.
115
Cristiano Fumagalli
Pisanellastoria - Guerciotti
s.t.
116
Víctor Hugo Peña
Colombia es Pasión - Café de Colombia
s.t.
117
Alessandro Ballan
BMC Racing Team
s.t.
118
Lucas Sebastián Haedo
Saxo Bank SunGard
s.t.
119
Tyler Farrar
Omega Pharma - Quick·Step
s.t.
120
Enrico Rossi
Pisanellastoria - Guerciotti
s.t.
121
Florian Vachon
AG2R La Mondiale
s.t.
122
Martin Kohler
BMC Racing Team
s.t.
123
Lloyd Mondory
AG2R La Mondiale
s.t.
124
Jelle Wallays
Lotto - Belisol
s.t.
125
Assan Bazayev
Pro Team Astana
s.t.
126
Wesley Sulzberger
Team Qantas
s.t.
127
Greg Van Avermaet
BMC Racing Team
s.t.
128
Martijn Keizer
Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team
s.t.
129
Simone Masciarelli
Sony Ericsson
s.t.
130
Ben Swift
Sky ProCycling
s.t.
131
David Tanner
Saxo Bank SunGard
s.t.
132
Staf Scheirlinckx
Lotto - Belisol
s.t.
133
André Greipel
Sony Ericsson
s.t.
134
Sergio Hernandez
Sony Ericsson
s.t.
135
Michal Golas
Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team
s.t.
136
Manuel Quinziato
BMC Racing Team
s.t.
137
Rick Flens
Rabobank Cycling Team
s.t.
138
Hector Paez
Colombia es Pasión - Café de Colombia
s.t.
139
Julian Dean
Team Qantas
s.t.
140
Francisco José Pacheco
Movistar Team
s.t.
141
Leonardo Moser
Androni Giocattoli
s.t.
142
Baden Cooke
Team Qantas
s.t.
143
Nick Nuyens
Saxo Bank SunGard
s.t.
144
Greg Henderson
Pro Team Astana
s.t.
145
Juan Villegas
Colombia es Pasión - Café de Colombia
s.t.
146
Stijn Vandenbergh
Katusha Team
s.t.
147
Mark Cavendish
Sky ProCycling
s.t.
148
Alex Rasmussen
Nespresso
s.t.
149
Martin Mortensen
Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team
s.t.
GC
1
Vincenzo Nibali
Radio Shack - Nissan
25h28'37
2
Denis Menchov
Sony Ericsson
+ 1'07
3
Ryder Hesjedal
Team Garmin - Cervélo
+ 2'05
4
Matthias Frank
BMC Racing Team
+ 2'13
5
Samuel Sánchez
Euskaltel - Euskadi
+ 2'17
6
Robert Gesink
Monster Energy - Ford
+ 3'15
7
Fränk Schleck
Radio Shack - Nissan
+ 3'28
8
David Arroyo
Movistar Team
+ 3'53
9
Bradley Wiggins
Sky ProCycling
+ 4'28
10
Vladimir Karpets
Katusha Team
+ 7'33
Spoiler
11
Joaquím Rodríguez
Katusha Team
+ 10'16
12
Mikel Astarloza
Euskaltel - Euskadi
+ 10'30
13
Daniel Martin
Team Garmin - Cervélo
+ 10'54
14
Christian Vande Velde
Team Garmin - Cervélo
+ 12'36
15
Nairo Quintana
Colombia es Pasión - Café de Colombia
+ 13'26
16
Romain Sicard
Euskaltel - Euskadi
+ 13'40
17
Peter Velits
Omega Pharma - Quick·Step
+ 13'47
18
Bauke Mollema
Rabobank Cycling Team
+ 14'53
19
Pierre Rolland
Omega Pharma - Quick·Step
+ 15'04
20
Maxime Monfort
Radio Shack - Nissan
+ 15'05
21
Tadej Valjavec
Pro Team Astana
+ 16'26
22
Diego Ulissi
Lampre - Generali
+ 16'52
23
Jean-Christophe Peraud
AG2R La Mondiale
+ 16'58
24
Levi Leipheimer
Omega Pharma - Quick·Step
+ 17'08
25
Tony Martin
Omega Pharma - Quick·Step
+ 17'34
26
Cyril Dessel
AG2R La Mondiale
+ 18'21
27
Michael Albasini
Team Qantas
+ 18'38
28
Kim Kirchen
Sky ProCycling
+ 20'58
29
Kevin De Weert
Radio Shack - Nissan
+ 21'44
30
Jens Voigt
Radio Shack - Nissan
+ 22'01
31
Simon Gerrans
Team Qantas
+ 22'56
32
Francesco Masciarelli
Pro Team Astana
+ 23'51
33
Marcel Wyss
Nespresso
+ 24'35
34
Daniel Moreno
Katusha Team
+ 25'38
35
Chris Froome
Sky ProCycling
+ 25'42
36
Evgeni Petrov
Pro Team Astana
+ 26'40
37
Sylvain Chavanel
Team Garmin - Cervélo
+ 26'43
38
Jakob Fuglsang
Radio Shack - Nissan
+ 26'58
39
Chris Horner
Lotto - Belisol
+ 27'35
40
Juan José Oroz
Euskaltel - Euskadi
+ 29'52
41
Bart De Clercq
Lotto - Belisol
+ 29'59
42
Fabian Cancellara
Radio Shack - Nissan
+ 30'15
43
Juan José Cobo
Nespresso
+ 30'58
44
Thomas Dekker
Monster Energy - Ford
+ 31'05
45
Pierre Cazaux
Euskaltel - Euskadi
+ 31'36
46
Trent Lowe
Sony Ericsson
+ 31'46
47
Andrey Amador
Movistar Team
+ 33'12
48
Rigoberto Urán
Sky ProCycling
+ 34'32
49
David Le Lay
AG2R La Mondiale
+ 34'59
50
Jorge Azanza
Euskaltel - Euskadi
+ 36'32
51
Rinaldo Nocentini
AG2R La Mondiale
+ 37'24
52
Fabian Wegmann
Team Garmin - Cervélo
+ 37'30
53
Enrico Gasparotto
Lampre - Generali
+ 38'21
54
Simon Zahner
BMC Racing Team
+ 39'16
55
Matthew Lloyd
Pro Team Astana
+ 39'55
56
Geraint Thomas
Sky ProCycling
+ 40'31
57
John Darwin Atapuma
Colombia es Pasión - Café de Colombia
+ 41'46
58
Félix Cárdenas
Colombia es Pasión - Café de Colombia
+ 46'25
59
Mads Christensen
Saxo Bank SunGard
+ 46'55
60
Rob Ruijgh
Monster Energy - Ford
+ 47'25
61
Leonardo Duque
Sony Ericsson
+ 51'42
62
Giampaolo Caruso
Katusha Team
+ 52'06
63
Andrea Moletta
Lampre - Generali
+ 54'58
64
Mirko Selvaggi
Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team
+ 55'18
65
Jürgen Van de Walle
Lotto - Belisol
+ 56'03
66
Heinrich Haussler
Rabobank Cycling Team
+ 56'07
67
Wout Poels
Monster Energy - Ford
+ 56'23
68
José Joaquín Rojas
Team Garmin - Cervélo
+ 56'39
69
Marek Rutkiewicz
Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team
s.t.
70
Davide Rebellin
Pisanellastoria - Guerciotti
+ 58'06
71
Rui Costa
Movistar Team
+ 58'52
72
Jesús Herrada
Movistar Team
+ 59'06
73
Alessandro Petacchi
Lampre - Generali
+ 59'52
74
Edvald Boasson Hagen
Sony Ericsson
+ 1h01'09
75
Eduardo Gonzalo
Movistar Team
+ 1h01'30
76
Maarten Tjallingii
Rabobank Cycling Team
+ 1h02'12
77
Manuele Mori
Lampre - Generali
+ 1h03'11
78
Aketza Peña
Euskaltel - Euskadi
+ 1h05'14
79
Ruslan Pidgornyy
Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team
+ 1h07'34
80
Luca Celli
Pisanellastoria - Guerciotti
+ 1h07'57
81
Koldo Fernández
Euskaltel - Euskadi
+ 1h08'36
82
Maurizio Biondo
Pisanellastoria - Guerciotti
+ 1h09'16
83
Lars Ytting Bak
Lotto - Belisol
+ 1h10'03
84
Johan Vansummeren
Team Garmin - Cervélo
+ 1h10'28
85
Matti Breschel
Rabobank Cycling Team
+ 1h10'33
86
David Loosli
Lampre - Generali
+ 1h12'15
87
Ángel Vicioso
Androni Giocattoli
+ 1h15'25
88
Eddy Ratti
Pisanellastoria - Guerciotti
+ 1h15'29
89
Americo Novembrini
Androni Giocattoli
+ 1h16'03
90
Francisco Pérez
Movistar Team
+ 1h16'26
91
Óscar Freire
Team Garmin - Cervélo
+ 1h17'28
92
Volodymyr Zagorodny
Pisanellastoria - Guerciotti
+ 1h18'14
93
Luca Solari
Androni Giocattoli
+ 1h18'44
94
Cristiano Salerno
Androni Giocattoli
+ 1h19'35
95
Alessandro Spezialetti
Lampre - Generali
+ 1h23'00
96
Anders Lund
Saxo Bank SunGard
+ 1h23'03
97
Joan Horrach
Katusha Team
+ 1h24'22
98
André Steensen
Saxo Bank SunGard
+ 1h25'20
99
Richie Porte
Saxo Bank SunGard
+ 1h26'59
100
Francesco Ginanni
Androni Giocattoli
+ 1h28'07
101
Gerald Ciolek
Omega Pharma - Quick·Step
+ 1h28'08
102
Brian Vandborg
Saxo Bank SunGard
+ 1h31'38
103
Matthew Goss
Team Qantas
+ 1h32'54
104
Martin Elmiger
BMC Racing Team
+ 1h34'08
105
Francisco José Ventoso
Movistar Team
+ 1h35'39
106
Tomas Vaitkus
Team Qantas
+ 1h41'09
107
Laurent Lefèvre
AG2R La Mondiale
+ 1h42'09
108
Stijn Devolder
Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team
+ 1h42'12
109
Florian Vachon
AG2R La Mondiale
+ 1h43'04
110
Leonardo Moser
Androni Giocattoli
+ 1h44'38
111
Dimitry Kozontchuk
Nespresso
+ 1h45'53
112
Wilmar Perez
Colombia es Pasión - Café de Colombia
+ 1h50'49
113
Tyler Farrar
Omega Pharma - Quick·Step
+ 1h56'28
114
Greg Van Avermaet
BMC Racing Team
+ 1h56'42
115
Assan Bazayev
Pro Team Astana
+ 1h58'10
116
Martin Mortensen
Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team
+ 1h58'11
117
Wesley Sulzberger
Team Qantas
+ 1h58'40
118
Francisco José Pacheco
Movistar Team
+ 1h59'07
119
Lucas Sebastián Haedo
Saxo Bank SunGard
+ 2h00'33
120
Baden Cooke
Team Qantas
+ 2h01'01
121
Alessandro Ballan
BMC Racing Team
+ 2h01'24
122
Nick Nuyens
Saxo Bank SunGard
+ 2h01'31
123
André Greipel
Sony Ericsson
+ 2h01'55
124
Ben Swift
Sky ProCycling
+ 2h02'58
125
Simone Masciarelli
Sony Ericsson
+ 2h03'37
126
Lloyd Mondory
AG2R La Mondiale
+ 2h03'46
127
Lieuwe Westra
Monster Energy - Ford
+ 2h04'17
128
Enrico Rossi
Pisanellastoria - Guerciotti
+ 2h04'28
129
Jos Van Emden
Rabobank Cycling Team
+ 2h05'10
130
Matteo Montaguti
Androni Giocattoli
+ 2h05'31
131
David Tanner
Saxo Bank SunGard
s.t.
132
Sergio Hernandez
Sony Ericsson
+ 2h06'00
133
Michal Golas
Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team
+ 2h06'25
134
Julian Dean
Team Qantas
+ 2h06'41
135
Jelle Wallays
Lotto - Belisol
+ 2h07'25
136
Mark Cavendish
Sky ProCycling
+ 2h08'09
137
Rick Flens
Rabobank Cycling Team
+ 2h09'09
138
Juan Villegas
Colombia es Pasión - Café de Colombia
+ 2h11'45
139
Andrey Mizourov
Pro Team Astana
+ 2h17'28
140
Víctor Hugo Peña
Colombia es Pasión - Café de Colombia
+ 2h19'41
141
Martin Kohler
BMC Racing Team
+ 2h21'38
142
Greg Henderson
Pro Team Astana
+ 2h24'19
143
Alex Rasmussen
Nespresso
+ 2h25'59
144
Cristiano Fumagalli
Pisanellastoria - Guerciotti
+ 2h28'24
145
Manuel Quinziato
BMC Racing Team
+ 2h30'36
146
Staf Scheirlinckx
Lotto - Belisol
+ 2h32'44
147
Stijn Vandenbergh
Katusha Team
+ 2h35'09
148
Martijn Keizer
Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team
+ 2h36'24
149
Hector Paez
Colombia es Pasión - Café de Colombia
+ 2h42'07
Points
1
Vincenzo Nibali
Radio Shack - Nissan
15
61
2
Denis Menchov
Sony Ericsson
9
45
3
Fabian Cancellara
Radio Shack - Nissan
0
34
4
Samuel Sánchez
Euskaltel - Euskadi
12
32
5
Martin Kohler
BMC Racing Team
0
31
KOTM
1
Wout Poels
Monster Energy - Ford
48
94
2
Vincenzo Nibali
Radio Shack - Nissan
20
43
3
Jean-Christophe Peraud
AG2R La Mondiale
39
39
4
Bauke Mollema
Rabobank Cycling Team
28
28
5
Matthew Lloyd
Pro Team Astana
0
28
U25
Colombia in the lead, after a nice 10th place today for Quintana.
1
Nairo Quintana
Colombia es Pasión - Café de Colombia
25h42'03
2
Romain Sicard
Euskaltel - Euskadi
+ 14
3
Diego Ulissi
Lampre - Generali
+ 3'26
4
Rigoberto Urán
Sky ProCycling
+ 21'06
5
John Darwin Atapuma
Colombia es Pasión - Café de Colombia
+ 28'20
Teams
1
Radio Shack - Nissan
76h40'36
2
Team Garmin - Cervélo
+ 9'19
3
Euskaltel - Euskadi
+ 10'40
4
Katusha Team
+ 22'00
5
Omega Pharma - Quick·Step
+ 24'51
Today's winner
Word from the DS
Another good stage. Poels did an excellent job, and now only has to finish the last 2 stages to win the KOTM-jersey. Gesink is showing that with an increasing form, he'll be a contender for a Top 3 in Le Tour.
For the transfer season, I'd go for Breschel and EBH. The cobbles is the part of the squad that needs a boost the most I think. Also EBH would be a good choice, as he's always almost unbeatable in game.
But whatever you do, don't sign a new GT contender. Schleck and Gesink are both talented enough, plus they're younger than Contador and Evans. Sticking with the ones you have is the way to go I think.
3 votes for EB Hagen, 2 for Breschel and Gilbert... Think that my first offer goes to EBH, 2nd to Gilbert, 3rd to Breschel, 4th to Cancellara....
To be continued in a few weeks (in-game).
Bjarne Riis, Chairman of the board from the Saxo Bank - Sunguard cycling team has announced that the team-direction made the decision to fire Alberto Contador. Contador heard the verdict that he got banned for 2 years in the Clenbuterol-case, and that he isn't allowes to cycle in races until August 2012.
Riis: "Alberto's contract expires at the end of the year. As we want to be a doping free team, weve decided not only to not prolong his contrct, but also to fire him for the remaining of this year. We feel very sad about it, but believe this is the only option!"
As a result, Contador's season is ended. This is a big blow for the winner of 3 World Tour stage races (Vuelta Pais Vasco, Tour de Romandie and Dauphiné). Edited by dienblad on 06-02-2012 19:36
The 3rd mountain stage in a row, but the easiest one. The stage between Lugano and the Alp Flix is only 143 kilometres, and the first 2 climbs aren't steep: Malojapass, 32.2km at 4.6% and the Julierpass, 7.3km at 6.6%. The last 5 kilometres to the Alp Flix have an average gradient of 9.0%, so the Tour de Suisse will be decided there.
98km to go
A group of 13 tries to form a breakaway, and creates a gap of 2 minutes. But the peloton doesn't allow the group, with Rigoberto Urán (Sky), Rui Costa (Movistar) and Richie Porte (Saxobank) as the big names, to ride away and catches them before the ascend of the Malojapass starts.
39km to go
Another breakaway is formed in the ascend of the Majolapass, and this time, theyget the approval of the peloton. Mikel Astarloza (Euskaltel), Diego Ulissi (Lampre), Mads Christensen (SaxoBank) and David Le Lay (AG2R) arrive at the summit of the Majolapass with an advantage of 3'36 to the peloton.
23km to go
When the peloton starts with the ascend of the Julierpass (alt. 2285m), Nairo Quintana (Colombia) attacks, surprisingly followed by Nibali and Sammy Sánchez. Unfortunately for Quintana, this means that he has no chance and he wasted his energy.
20km to go
Ulissi and Astarloza have dropped Christensen and Le Lay, and arrive at the summit with a gap of 1'52 to Nibali and Sánchez, and 2'07 to the chasing peloton. Nibali and Sánchez see that they won't stay away and wait for the group.
5km to go
A group of 27 cyclists arrives at the foot of the Alp Flix 1;52 behind the 2 leaders. Robert Gesink has taken the lead of the group and sets a high pace.
3km to go
Being less than a minute behind the 2 leaders, Gesink attacks and tries to win this stage. But Nibali reacts immediately, trying to win everything in this Tour de Suisse.
1500m to go
Because of the attack, the leading duo gets caught. Nibali is too strong for Gesink, so he stops his attack. As a result, a group of 12 riders is preparing for the sprint. Can someone beat Nibali?
Finish
Of course not, what were we thinking? Nibali easily wins the sprint, even creates a gap of 10 seconds, and takes his 3rd stage win. Menchov finishes in 2nd and Gesink takes another 3rd place.
Results
1
Vincenzo Nibali
Radio Shack - Nissan
3h59'19
2
Denis Menchov
Sony Ericsson
+ 10
3
Robert Gesink
Monster Energy - Ford
s.t.
4
Samuel Sánchez
Euskaltel - Euskadi
s.t.
5
Mikel Astarloza
Euskaltel - Euskadi
s.t.
6
Ryder Hesjedal
Team Garmin - Cervélo
s.t.
7
Joaquím Rodríguez
Katusha Team
s.t.
8
Fränk Schleck
Radio Shack - Nissan
s.t.
9
Matthias Frank
BMC Racing Team
s.t.
10
Diego Ulissi
Lampre - Generali
+ 36
Spoiler
11
David Arroyo
Movistar Team
+ 44
12
Bradley Wiggins
Sky ProCycling
s.t.
13
Peter Velits
Omega Pharma - Quick·Step
+ 1'18
14
Nairo Quintana
Colombia es Pasión - Café de Colombia
s.t.
15
Pierre Rolland
Omega Pharma - Quick·Step
+ 1'30
16
Vladimir Karpets
Katusha Team
+ 1'42
17
Christian Vande Velde
Team Garmin - Cervélo
+ 1'58
18
Romain Sicard
Euskaltel - Euskadi
s.t.
19
Kevin De Weert
Radio Shack - Nissan
+ 2'31
20
Juan José Cobo
Nespresso
s.t.
21
Chris Froome
Sky ProCycling
s.t.
22
Maxime Monfort
Radio Shack - Nissan
s.t.
23
Jean-Christophe Peraud
AG2R La Mondiale
s.t.
24
Chris Horner
Lotto - Belisol
s.t.
25
Tadej Valjavec
Pro Team Astana
s.t.
26
Bauke Mollema
Rabobank Cycling Team
s.t.
27
Marcel Wyss
Nespresso
s.t.
28
Trent Lowe
Sony Ericsson
+ 2'57
29
Jakob Fuglsang
Radio Shack - Nissan
s.t.
30
Michael Albasini
Team Qantas
+ 4'08
31
Davide Rebellin
Pisanellastoria - Guerciotti
+ 4'37
32
John Darwin Atapuma
Colombia es Pasión - Café de Colombia
s.t.
33
Levi Leipheimer
Omega Pharma - Quick·Step
+ 4'50
34
Daniel Moreno
Katusha Team
s.t.
35
Jens Voigt
Radio Shack - Nissan
+ 5'05
36
Simon Gerrans
Team Qantas
s.t.
37
Thomas Dekker
Monster Energy - Ford
s.t.
38
Kim Kirchen
Sky ProCycling
s.t.
39
Mads Christensen
Saxo Bank SunGard
s.t.
40
Wout Poels
Monster Energy - Ford
+ 5'54
41
Anders Lund
Saxo Bank SunGard
+ 6'17
42
David Le Lay
AG2R La Mondiale
+ 6'39
43
Cyril Dessel
AG2R La Mondiale
+ 7'23
44
Francesco Masciarelli
Pro Team Astana
s.t.
45
Bart De Clercq
Lotto - Belisol
s.t.
46
Simon Zahner
BMC Racing Team
s.t.
47
Rob Ruijgh
Monster Energy - Ford
s.t.
48
Sylvain Chavanel
Team Garmin - Cervélo
s.t.
49
Marek Rutkiewicz
Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team
+ 9'05
50
Matthew Lloyd
Pro Team Astana
s.t.
51
Evgeni Petrov
Pro Team Astana
s.t.
52
Tony Martin
Omega Pharma - Quick·Step
s.t.
53
Félix Cárdenas
Colombia es Pasión - Café de Colombia
s.t.
54
Andrey Amador
Movistar Team
+ 9'27
55
Cristiano Salerno
Androni Giocattoli
s.t.
56
Richie Porte
Saxo Bank SunGard
s.t.
57
Daniel Martin
Team Garmin - Cervélo
+ 9'48
58
Rigoberto Urán
Sky ProCycling
s.t.
59
Francisco Pérez
Movistar Team
s.t.
60
Rinaldo Nocentini
AG2R La Mondiale
s.t.
61
Juan José Oroz
Euskaltel - Euskadi
s.t.
62
André Steensen
Saxo Bank SunGard
s.t.
63
Ángel Vicioso
Androni Giocattoli
s.t.
64
Jesús Herrada
Movistar Team
s.t.
65
Maurizio Biondo
Pisanellastoria - Guerciotti
+ 11'05
66
Rui Costa
Movistar Team
s.t.
67
Fabian Cancellara
Radio Shack - Nissan
s.t.
68
Geraint Thomas
Sky ProCycling
+ 12'01
69
Pierre Cazaux
Euskaltel - Euskadi
s.t.
70
Fabian Wegmann
Team Garmin - Cervélo
s.t.
71
Mirko Selvaggi
Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team
+ 12'21
72
Jorge Azanza
Euskaltel - Euskadi
+ 13'12
73
Luca Solari
Androni Giocattoli
s.t.
74
Heinrich Haussler
Rabobank Cycling Team
s.t.
75
Eduardo Gonzalo
Movistar Team
+ 13'24
76
Wilmar Perez
Colombia es Pasión - Café de Colombia
s.t.
77
Giampaolo Caruso
Katusha Team
s.t.
78
Jürgen Van de Walle
Lotto - Belisol
+ 13'36
79
Brian Vandborg
Saxo Bank SunGard
s.t.
80
Leonardo Duque
Sony Ericsson
s.t.
81
Maarten Tjallingii
Rabobank Cycling Team
s.t.
82
Juan Villegas
Colombia es Pasión - Café de Colombia
s.t.
83
José Joaquín Rojas
Team Garmin - Cervélo
s.t.
84
Andrea Moletta
Lampre - Generali
+ 14'34
85
David Loosli
Lampre - Generali
s.t.
86
Enrico Gasparotto
Lampre - Generali
s.t.
87
Alessandro Petacchi
Lampre - Generali
+ 14'49
88
Leonardo Moser
Androni Giocattoli
s.t.
89
Eddy Ratti
Pisanellastoria - Guerciotti
s.t.
90
Lars Ytting Bak
Lotto - Belisol
s.t.
91
Matteo Montaguti
Androni Giocattoli
s.t.
92
Edvald Boasson Hagen
Sony Ericsson
s.t.
93
Aketza Peña
Euskaltel - Euskadi
s.t.
94
Matti Breschel
Rabobank Cycling Team
s.t.
95
Alessandro Spezialetti
Lampre - Generali
s.t.
96
Francesco Ginanni
Androni Giocattoli
s.t.
97
Ruslan Pidgornyy
Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team
s.t.
98
Manuele Mori
Lampre - Generali
s.t.
99
Francisco José Ventoso
Movistar Team
s.t.
100
Joan Horrach
Katusha Team
s.t.
101
Americo Novembrini
Androni Giocattoli
s.t.
102
Volodymyr Zagorodny
Pisanellastoria - Guerciotti
s.t.
103
Johan Vansummeren
Team Garmin - Cervélo
s.t.
104
Koldo Fernández
Euskaltel - Euskadi
s.t.
105
Andrey Mizourov
Pro Team Astana
s.t.
106
Luca Celli
Pisanellastoria - Guerciotti
s.t.
107
Tomas Vaitkus
Team Qantas
s.t.
108
Florian Vachon
AG2R La Mondiale
s.t.
109
Martin Elmiger
BMC Racing Team
s.t.
110
Tyler Farrar
Omega Pharma - Quick·Step
s.t.
111
Óscar Freire
Team Garmin - Cervélo
s.t.
112
Laurent Lefèvre
AG2R La Mondiale
s.t.
113
Gerald Ciolek
Omega Pharma - Quick·Step
s.t.
114
Lucas Sebastián Haedo
Saxo Bank SunGard
s.t.
115
Dimitry Kozontchuk
Nespresso
s.t.
116
Jos Van Emden
Rabobank Cycling Team
s.t.
117
Simone Masciarelli
Sony Ericsson
s.t.
118
Stijn Devolder
Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team
s.t.
119
Martijn Keizer
Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team
s.t.
120
Lieuwe Westra
Monster Energy - Ford
+ 29'41
121
Martin Kohler
BMC Racing Team
+ 31'01
122
Hector Paez
Colombia es Pasión - Café de Colombia
s.t.
123
Ben Swift
Sky ProCycling
s.t.
124
Matthew Goss
Team Qantas
s.t.
125
Jelle Wallays
Lotto - Belisol
s.t.
126
Víctor Hugo Peña
Colombia es Pasión - Café de Colombia
s.t.
127
Enrico Rossi
Pisanellastoria - Guerciotti
s.t.
128
Alessandro Ballan
BMC Racing Team
s.t.
129
Lloyd Mondory
AG2R La Mondiale
s.t.
130
André Greipel
Sony Ericsson
s.t.
131
Wesley Sulzberger
Team Qantas
s.t.
132
Cristiano Fumagalli
Pisanellastoria - Guerciotti
s.t.
133
David Tanner
Saxo Bank SunGard
s.t.
134
Assan Bazayev
Pro Team Astana
s.t.
135
Greg Van Avermaet
BMC Racing Team
s.t.
136
Michal Golas
Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team
s.t.
137
Sergio Hernandez
Sony Ericsson
s.t.
138
Rick Flens
Rabobank Cycling Team
s.t.
139
Greg Henderson
Pro Team Astana
s.t.
140
Staf Scheirlinckx
Lotto - Belisol
s.t.
141
Nick Nuyens
Saxo Bank SunGard
s.t.
142
Martin Mortensen
Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team
s.t.
143
Stijn Vandenbergh
Katusha Team
s.t.
144
Francisco José Pacheco
Movistar Team
s.t.
145
Baden Cooke
Team Qantas
+ 37'12
146
Alex Rasmussen
Nespresso
s.t.
147
Manuel Quinziato
BMC Racing Team
s.t.
148
Julian Dean
Team Qantas
s.t.
149
Mark Cavendish
Sky ProCycling
s.t.
GC
No changes in the top 10.
1
Vincenzo Nibali
Radio Shack - Nissan
29h27'46
2
Denis Menchov
Sony Ericsson
+ 1'21
3
Ryder Hesjedal
Team Garmin - Cervélo
+ 2'25
4
Matthias Frank
BMC Racing Team
+ 2'33
5
Samuel Sánchez
Euskaltel - Euskadi
+ 2'37
6
Robert Gesink
Monster Energy - Ford
+ 3'31
7
Fränk Schleck
Radio Shack - Nissan
+ 3'48
8
David Arroyo
Movistar Team
+ 4'47
9
Bradley Wiggins
Sky ProCycling
+ 5'22
10
Vladimir Karpets
Katusha Team
+ 9'25
Points
1
Vincenzo Nibali
Radio Shack - Nissan
15
76
2
Denis Menchov
Sony Ericsson
12
57
3
Samuel Sánchez
Euskaltel - Euskadi
9
41
4
Robert Gesink
Monster Energy - Ford
10
38
5
Ryder Hesjedal
Team Garmin - Cervélo
7
35
KOTM
1
Wout Poels
Monster Energy - Ford
0
94
2
Vincenzo Nibali
Radio Shack - Nissan
18
61
3
Jean-Christophe Peraud
AG2R La Mondiale
0
39
4
Denis Menchov
Sony Ericsson
8
31
5
Bauke Mollema
Rabobank Cycling Team
0
28
U25
1
Nairo Quintana
Colombia es Pasión - Café de Colombia
29h42'40
2
Romain Sicard
Euskaltel - Euskadi
+ 54
3
Diego Ulissi
Lampre - Generali
+ 2'41
4
Rigoberto Urán
Sky ProCycling
+ 29'36
5
John Darwin Atapuma
Colombia es Pasión - Café de Colombia
+ 31'39
Teams
1
Radio Shack - Nissan
88h41'14
2
Euskaltel - Euskadi
+ 10'17
3
Team Garmin - Cervélo
+ 16'09
4
Katusha Team
+ 26'01
5
Omega Pharma - Quick·Step
+ 29'48
Today's winner
Word from the DS
Another god stage by Gesink. He tried to attack, but Nibali was too strong. Looking forward to the Tour, especially with the ban for Contador!
The last stage of the Tour de Suisse, 166 kilometres with start and finish in Zürich, and should be for the sprinters.
18km to go
A lot of riders try to form a breakaway, but none of them succeeds. Among them are Joaquím Rodríguez, Nairo Quintana and also Lieuwe Westra & Thomas Dekker.
One rider eventually manages to create a gap of maximum 2'30, Vacansoleil's Martin Mortensen. But he knows that he won't wake it against the furious peloton. And with 14km to go, he gets caught.
2km to go
2 sprint trains are formed: Team Qantas for Matthew Goss, and Omega Pharma - Quick Step for Tyler Farrar.
But then a big crash and a massive pile up as a result. Only 63 riders can stay in the first peloton and 3 riders even have to abandon: Americo Novembrini, Kim Kirchen and Stijn Devolder. One victim is Nairo Quintana, and unfortunately for him, he looses the U25-jersey to Romain Sicard because of it.
Finish
Tyler Farrar has a perfect lead out in Gerald Ciolek and wins the sprint, his 2nd in this Tour de Suisse. Goss gets 2nd, Ale Petacchi 3rd.
Results
1
Tyler Farrar
Omega Pharma - Quick·Step
3h42'58
2
Matthew Goss
Team Qantas
s.t.
3
Alessandro Petacchi
Lampre - Generali
s.t.
4
Heinrich Haussler
Rabobank Cycling Team
s.t.
5
Óscar Freire
Team Garmin - Cervélo
s.t.
6
Mark Cavendish
Sky ProCycling
s.t.
7
Koldo Fernández
Euskaltel - Euskadi
s.t.
8
Alex Rasmussen
Nespresso
s.t.
9
Greg Henderson
Pro Team Astana
s.t.
10
Vincenzo Nibali
Radio Shack - Nissan
s.t.
Spoiler
11
Gerald Ciolek
Omega Pharma - Quick·Step
s.t.
12
Wesley Sulzberger
Team Qantas
s.t.
13
Fränk Schleck
Radio Shack - Nissan
s.t.
14
Baden Cooke
Team Qantas
s.t.
15
José Joaquín Rojas
Team Garmin - Cervélo
s.t.
16
Ryder Hesjedal
Team Garmin - Cervélo
s.t.
17
Geraint Thomas
Sky ProCycling
s.t.
18
Peter Velits
Omega Pharma - Quick·Step
s.t.
19
Bradley Wiggins
Sky ProCycling
s.t.
20
Samuel Sánchez
Euskaltel - Euskadi
s.t.
21
Lars Ytting Bak
Lotto - Belisol
s.t.
22
Robert Gesink
Monster Energy - Ford
s.t.
23
Matthias Frank
BMC Racing Team
s.t.
24
Matti Breschel
Rabobank Cycling Team
s.t.
25
Greg Van Avermaet
BMC Racing Team
s.t.
26
Ben Swift
Sky ProCycling
s.t.
27
Francesco Ginanni
Androni Giocattoli
s.t.
28
Joaquím Rodríguez
Katusha Team
s.t.
29
Vladimir Karpets
Katusha Team
s.t.
30
David Arroyo
Movistar Team
s.t.
31
Julian Dean
Team Qantas
s.t.
32
Leonardo Duque
Sony Ericsson
s.t.
33
Romain Sicard
Euskaltel - Euskadi
s.t.
34
Denis Menchov
Sony Ericsson
s.t.
35
Staf Scheirlinckx
Lotto - Belisol
s.t.
36
Tony Martin
Omega Pharma - Quick·Step
s.t.
37
Pierre Rolland
Omega Pharma - Quick·Step
s.t.
38
Martin Mortensen
Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team
s.t.
39
Maarten Tjallingii
Rabobank Cycling Team
s.t.
40
Cristiano Fumagalli
Pisanellastoria - Guerciotti
s.t.
41
Aketza Peña
Euskaltel - Euskadi
s.t.
42
Marcel Wyss
Nespresso
s.t.
43
Daniel Martin
Team Garmin - Cervélo
s.t.
44
Bauke Mollema
Rabobank Cycling Team
s.t.
45
Evgeni Petrov
Pro Team Astana
s.t.
46
Andrea Moletta
Lampre - Generali
s.t.
47
Kevin De Weert
Radio Shack - Nissan
s.t.
48
Thomas Dekker
Monster Energy - Ford
s.t.
49
Alessandro Ballan
BMC Racing Team
s.t.
50
Simon Gerrans
Team Qantas
s.t.
51
Diego Ulissi
Lampre - Generali
s.t.
52
Juan José Cobo
Nespresso
s.t.
53
Lucas Sebastián Haedo
Saxo Bank SunGard
s.t.
54
Levi Leipheimer
Omega Pharma - Quick·Step
s.t.
55
Assan Bazayev
Pro Team Astana
s.t.
56
Tadej Valjavec
Pro Team Astana
s.t.
57
Andrey Mizourov
Pro Team Astana
s.t.
58
Enrico Rossi
Pisanellastoria - Guerciotti
s.t.
59
Jens Voigt
Radio Shack - Nissan
s.t.
60
Fabian Cancellara
Radio Shack - Nissan
s.t.
61
Alessandro Spezialetti
Lampre - Generali
s.t.
62
Daniel Moreno
Katusha Team
s.t.
63
Víctor Hugo Peña
Colombia es Pasión - Café de Colombia
s.t.
64
Martin Kohler
BMC Racing Team
+ 2'12
65
Martin Elmiger
BMC Racing Team
s.t.
66
Chris Horner
Lotto - Belisol
s.t.
67
Nairo Quintana
Colombia es Pasión - Café de Colombia
s.t.
68
Rinaldo Nocentini
AG2R La Mondiale
s.t.
69
André Steensen
Saxo Bank SunGard
s.t.
70
Lieuwe Westra
Monster Energy - Ford
s.t.
71
Manuel Quinziato
BMC Racing Team
s.t.
72
John Darwin Atapuma
Colombia es Pasión - Café de Colombia
s.t.
73
Simone Masciarelli
Sony Ericsson
s.t.
74
Leonardo Moser
Androni Giocattoli
s.t.
75
Hector Paez
Colombia es Pasión - Café de Colombia
+ 2'48
76
Enrico Gasparotto
Lampre - Generali
s.t.
77
Francisco José Ventoso
Movistar Team
s.t.
78
Martijn Keizer
Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team
+ 3'25
79
Michal Golas
Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team
s.t.
80
Davide Rebellin
Pisanellastoria - Guerciotti
s.t.
81
Francesco Masciarelli
Pro Team Astana
s.t.
82
Wout Poels
Monster Energy - Ford
s.t.
83
Rob Ruijgh
Monster Energy - Ford
s.t.
84
Mads Christensen
Saxo Bank SunGard
s.t.
85
Maxime Monfort
Radio Shack - Nissan
s.t.
86
Jakob Fuglsang
Radio Shack - Nissan
s.t.
87
Manuele Mori
Lampre - Generali
s.t.
88
Matteo Montaguti
Androni Giocattoli
s.t.
89
Chris Froome
Sky ProCycling
s.t.
90
Volodymyr Zagorodny
Pisanellastoria - Guerciotti
s.t.
91
Juan José Oroz
Euskaltel - Euskadi
s.t.
92
Dimitry Kozontchuk
Nespresso
s.t.
93
Mikel Astarloza
Euskaltel - Euskadi
s.t.
94
Mirko Selvaggi
Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team
s.t.
95
Cyril Dessel
AG2R La Mondiale
s.t.
96
Jesús Herrada
Movistar Team
s.t.
97
Ángel Vicioso
Androni Giocattoli
s.t.
98
David Loosli
Lampre - Generali
s.t.
99
Tomas Vaitkus
Team Qantas
s.t.
100
Stijn Vandenbergh
Katusha Team
s.t.
101
Juan Villegas
Colombia es Pasión - Café de Colombia
s.t.
102
Maurizio Biondo
Pisanellastoria - Guerciotti
s.t.
103
David Le Lay
AG2R La Mondiale
s.t.
104
Bart De Clercq
Lotto - Belisol
s.t.
105
Nick Nuyens
Saxo Bank SunGard
s.t.
106
André Greipel
Sony Ericsson
s.t.
107
Florian Vachon
AG2R La Mondiale
s.t.
108
Sylvain Chavanel
Team Garmin - Cervélo
s.t.
109
Jos Van Emden
Rabobank Cycling Team
s.t.
110
Luca Celli
Pisanellastoria - Guerciotti
s.t.
111
Rick Flens
Rabobank Cycling Team
s.t.
112
Christian Vande Velde
Team Garmin - Cervélo
s.t.
113
Jürgen Van de Walle
Lotto - Belisol
s.t.
114
Jelle Wallays
Lotto - Belisol
s.t.
115
Andrey Amador
Movistar Team
s.t.
116
Rui Costa
Movistar Team
s.t.
117
Joan Horrach
Katusha Team
s.t.
118
Fabian Wegmann
Team Garmin - Cervélo
s.t.
119
Jean-Christophe Peraud
AG2R La Mondiale
s.t.
120
Lloyd Mondory
AG2R La Mondiale
s.t.
121
Matthew Lloyd
Pro Team Astana
s.t.
122
Brian Vandborg
Saxo Bank SunGard
s.t.
123
Michael Albasini
Team Qantas
s.t.
124
Anders Lund
Saxo Bank SunGard
s.t.
125
David Tanner
Saxo Bank SunGard
s.t.
126
Francisco José Pacheco
Movistar Team
s.t.
127
Richie Porte
Saxo Bank SunGard
s.t.
128
Simon Zahner
BMC Racing Team
s.t.
129
Rigoberto Urán
Sky ProCycling
s.t.
130
Sergio Hernandez
Sony Ericsson
s.t.
131
Marek Rutkiewicz
Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team
s.t.
132
Edvald Boasson Hagen
Sony Ericsson
s.t.
133
Eddy Ratti
Pisanellastoria - Guerciotti
s.t.
134
Ruslan Pidgornyy
Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team
s.t.
135
Wilmar Perez
Colombia es Pasión - Café de Colombia
s.t.
136
Trent Lowe
Sony Ericsson
s.t.
137
Francisco Pérez
Movistar Team
s.t.
138
Pierre Cazaux
Euskaltel - Euskadi
s.t.
139
Giampaolo Caruso
Katusha Team
s.t.
140
Johan Vansummeren
Team Garmin - Cervélo
s.t.
141
Luca Solari
Androni Giocattoli
s.t.
142
Félix Cárdenas
Colombia es Pasión - Café de Colombia
s.t.
143
Cristiano Salerno
Androni Giocattoli
s.t.
144
Jorge Azanza
Euskaltel - Euskadi
s.t.
145
Eduardo Gonzalo
Movistar Team
s.t.
146
Laurent Lefèvre
AG2R La Mondiale
s.t.
Today's winner
GC
No changes in the Top 10. Nibali is the deserved winner with 3 stage wins. The big surprise is Matthias Frank, with the 4th place.
1
Vincenzo Nibali
Radio Shack - Nissan
33h10'44
2
Denis Menchov
Sony Ericsson
+ 1'21
3
Ryder Hesjedal
Team Garmin - Cervélo
+ 2'25
4
Matthias Frank
BMC Racing Team
+ 2'33
5
Samuel Sánchez
Euskaltel - Euskadi
+ 2'37
6
Robert Gesink
Monster Energy - Ford
+ 3'31
7
Fränk Schleck
Radio Shack - Nissan
+ 3'48
8
David Arroyo
Movistar Team
+ 4'47
9
Bradley Wiggins
Sky ProCycling
+ 5'22
10
Vladimir Karpets
Katusha Team
+ 9'25
Spoiler
11
Joaquím Rodríguez
Katusha Team
+ 10'36
12
Mikel Astarloza
Euskaltel - Euskadi
+ 14'13
13
Peter Velits
Omega Pharma - Quick·Step
+ 15'15
14
Romain Sicard
Euskaltel - Euskadi
+ 15'48
15
Pierre Rolland
Omega Pharma - Quick·Step
+ 16'44
16
Nairo Quintana
Colombia es Pasión - Café de Colombia
+ 17'03
17
Bauke Mollema
Rabobank Cycling Team
+ 17'34
18
Diego Ulissi
Lampre - Generali
+ 17'35
19
Christian Vande Velde
Team Garmin - Cervélo
+ 18'09
20
Tadej Valjavec
Pro Team Astana
+ 19'07
21
Daniel Martin
Team Garmin - Cervélo
+ 20'52
22
Maxime Monfort
Radio Shack - Nissan
+ 21'10
23
Levi Leipheimer
Omega Pharma - Quick·Step
+ 22'08
24
Jean-Christophe Peraud
AG2R La Mondiale
+ 23'04
25
Kevin De Weert
Radio Shack - Nissan
+ 24'25
26
Michael Albasini
Team Qantas
+ 26'21
27
Tony Martin
Omega Pharma - Quick·Step
+ 26'49
28
Jens Voigt
Radio Shack - Nissan
+ 27'16
29
Marcel Wyss
Nespresso
s.t.
30
Simon Gerrans
Team Qantas
+ 28'11
31
Cyril Dessel
AG2R La Mondiale
+ 29'19
32
Daniel Moreno
Katusha Team
+ 30'38
33
Chris Froome
Sky ProCycling
+ 31'48
34
Chris Horner
Lotto - Belisol
+ 32'28
35
Jakob Fuglsang
Radio Shack - Nissan
+ 33'30
36
Juan José Cobo
Nespresso
+ 33'39
37
Francesco Masciarelli
Pro Team Astana
+ 34'49
38
Evgeni Petrov
Pro Team Astana
+ 35'55
39
Thomas Dekker
Monster Energy - Ford
+ 36'20
40
Sylvain Chavanel
Team Garmin - Cervélo
+ 37'41
41
Trent Lowe
Sony Ericsson
+ 38'18
42
Bart De Clercq
Lotto - Belisol
+ 40'57
43
Fabian Cancellara
Radio Shack - Nissan
+ 41'30
44
Juan José Oroz
Euskaltel - Euskadi
+ 43'15
45
David Le Lay
AG2R La Mondiale
+ 45'13
46
Andrey Amador
Movistar Team
+ 46'14
47
Pierre Cazaux
Euskaltel - Euskadi
+ 47'12
48
Rigoberto Urán
Sky ProCycling
+ 47'55
49
John Darwin Atapuma
Colombia es Pasión - Café de Colombia
+ 48'45
50
Rinaldo Nocentini
AG2R La Mondiale
+ 49'34
51
Simon Zahner
BMC Racing Team
+ 50'14
52
Matthew Lloyd
Pro Team Astana
+ 52'35
53
Geraint Thomas
Sky ProCycling
+ 52'42
54
Fabian Wegmann
Team Garmin - Cervélo
+ 53'06
55
Jorge Azanza
Euskaltel - Euskadi
+ 53'19
56
Mads Christensen
Saxo Bank SunGard
+ 55'32
57
Enrico Gasparotto
Lampre - Generali
+ 55'53
58
Rob Ruijgh
Monster Energy - Ford
+ 58'23
59
Félix Cárdenas
Colombia es Pasión - Café de Colombia
+ 59'05
60
Leonardo Duque
Sony Ericsson
+ 1h05'28
61
Wout Poels
Monster Energy - Ford
+ 1h05'52
62
Davide Rebellin
Pisanellastoria - Guerciotti
+ 1h06'18
63
Giampaolo Caruso
Katusha Team
+ 1h09'05
64
Marek Rutkiewicz
Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team
+ 1h09'19
65
Heinrich Haussler
Rabobank Cycling Team
+ 1h09'28
66
Andrea Moletta
Lampre - Generali
+ 1h09'42
67
José Joaquín Rojas
Team Garmin - Cervélo
+ 1h10'25
68
Mirko Selvaggi
Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team
+ 1h11'14
69
Jesús Herrada
Movistar Team
+ 1h12'29
70
Jürgen Van de Walle
Lotto - Belisol
+ 1h13'14
71
Rui Costa
Movistar Team
+ 1h13'32
72
Alessandro Petacchi
Lampre - Generali
+ 1h14'47
73
Maarten Tjallingii
Rabobank Cycling Team
+ 1h15'58
74
Eduardo Gonzalo
Movistar Team
+ 1h18'29
75
Edvald Boasson Hagen
Sony Ericsson
+ 1h19'33
76
Aketza Peña
Euskaltel - Euskadi
+ 1h20'13
77
Manuele Mori
Lampre - Generali
+ 1h21'35
78
Koldo Fernández
Euskaltel - Euskadi
+ 1h23'35
79
Maurizio Biondo
Pisanellastoria - Guerciotti
+ 1h23'56
80
Lars Ytting Bak
Lotto - Belisol
+ 1h25'02
81
Matti Breschel
Rabobank Cycling Team
+ 1h25'32
82
Ruslan Pidgornyy
Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team
+ 1h25'58
83
Luca Celli
Pisanellastoria - Guerciotti
+ 1h26'19
84
Ángel Vicioso
Androni Giocattoli
+ 1h28'48
85
Johan Vansummeren
Team Garmin - Cervélo
+ 1h28'52
86
Francisco Pérez
Movistar Team
+ 1h29'49
87
David Loosli
Lampre - Generali
+ 1h30'24
88
Óscar Freire
Team Garmin - Cervélo
+ 1h32'27
89
Cristiano Salerno
Androni Giocattoli
+ 1h32'37
90
Anders Lund
Saxo Bank SunGard
+ 1h32'55
91
Eddy Ratti
Pisanellastoria - Guerciotti
+ 1h33'53
92
Luca Solari
Androni Giocattoli
+ 1h35'31
93
Volodymyr Zagorodny
Pisanellastoria - Guerciotti
+ 1h36'38
94
André Steensen
Saxo Bank SunGard
+ 1h37'30
95
Alessandro Spezialetti
Lampre - Generali
+ 1h37'59
96
Richie Porte
Saxo Bank SunGard
+ 1h40'01
97
Joan Horrach
Katusha Team
+ 1h42'46
98
Francesco Ginanni
Androni Giocattoli
+ 1h43'06
99
Gerald Ciolek
Omega Pharma - Quick·Step
+ 1h43'07
100
Brian Vandborg
Saxo Bank SunGard
+ 1h48'48
101
Martin Elmiger
BMC Racing Team
+ 1h51'19
102
Francisco José Ventoso
Movistar Team
+ 1h53'26
103
Tomas Vaitkus
Team Qantas
+ 1h59'33
104
Laurent Lefèvre
AG2R La Mondiale
+ 2h00'33
105
Florian Vachon
AG2R La Mondiale
+ 2h01'28
106
Leonardo Moser
Androni Giocattoli
+ 2h01'49
107
Matthew Goss
Team Qantas
+ 2h03'59
108
Dimitry Kozontchuk
Nespresso
+ 2h04'17
109
Wilmar Perez
Colombia es Pasión - Café de Colombia
+ 2h07'48
110
Tyler Farrar
Omega Pharma - Quick·Step
+ 2h11'17
111
Lucas Sebastián Haedo
Saxo Bank SunGard
+ 2h15'32
112
Simone Masciarelli
Sony Ericsson
+ 2h20'48
113
Jos Van Emden
Rabobank Cycling Team
+ 2h23'34
114
Matteo Montaguti
Androni Giocattoli
+ 2h23'55
115
Greg Van Avermaet
BMC Racing Team
+ 2h27'53
116
Juan Villegas
Colombia es Pasión - Café de Colombia
+ 2h28'56
117
Martin Mortensen
Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team
+ 2h29'19
118
Assan Bazayev
Pro Team Astana
+ 2h29'21
119
Wesley Sulzberger
Team Qantas
+ 2h29'51
120
Andrey Mizourov
Pro Team Astana
+ 2h32'27
121
Alessandro Ballan
BMC Racing Team
+ 2h32'35
122
Francisco José Pacheco
Movistar Team
+ 2h33'43
123
Ben Swift
Sky ProCycling
+ 2h34'09
124
Enrico Rossi
Pisanellastoria - Guerciotti
+ 2h35'39
125
Nick Nuyens
Saxo Bank SunGard
+ 2h36'07
126
Lieuwe Westra
Monster Energy - Ford
+ 2h36'20
127
André Greipel
Sony Ericsson
+ 2h36'31
128
Lloyd Mondory
AG2R La Mondiale
+ 2h38'22
129
Baden Cooke
Team Qantas
+ 2h38'23
130
David Tanner
Saxo Bank SunGard
+ 2h40'07
131
Sergio Hernandez
Sony Ericsson
+ 2h40'36
132
Michal Golas
Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team
+ 2h41'01
133
Jelle Wallays
Lotto - Belisol
+ 2h42'01
134
Rick Flens
Rabobank Cycling Team
+ 2h43'45
135
Julian Dean
Team Qantas
+ 2h44'03
136
Mark Cavendish
Sky ProCycling
+ 2h45'31
137
Víctor Hugo Peña
Colombia es Pasión - Café de Colombia
+ 2h50'52
138
Martijn Keizer
Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team
+ 2h54'48
139
Martin Kohler
BMC Racing Team
+ 2h54'59
140
Greg Henderson
Pro Team Astana
+ 2h55'30
141
Cristiano Fumagalli
Pisanellastoria - Guerciotti
+ 2h59'35
142
Alex Rasmussen
Nespresso
+ 3h03'21
143
Staf Scheirlinckx
Lotto - Belisol
+ 3h03'55
144
Stijn Vandenbergh
Katusha Team
+ 3h09'45
145
Manuel Quinziato
BMC Racing Team
+ 3h10'10
146
Hector Paez
Colombia es Pasión - Café de Colombia
+ 3h16'06
Points
1
Vincenzo Nibali
Radio Shack - Nissan
6
82
2
Denis Menchov
Sony Ericsson
0
57
3
Tyler Farrar
Omega Pharma - Quick·Step
25
55
4
Samuel Sánchez
Euskaltel - Euskadi
0
41
5
Alessandro Petacchi
Lampre - Generali
16
40
KOTM
8 out of 8 KOTM-jerseys in World Tour stage races . Great racing by Wout Poels!
1
Wout Poels
Monster Energy - Ford
0
94
2
Vincenzo Nibali
Radio Shack - Nissan
0
61
3
Jean-Christophe Peraud
AG2R La Mondiale
0
39
4
Denis Menchov
Sony Ericsson
0
31
5
Bauke Mollema
Rabobank Cycling Team
0
28
U25
Too bad for Quintana...
1
Romain Sicard
Euskaltel - Euskadi
33h26'32
2
Nairo Quintana
Colombia es Pasión - Café de Colombia
+ 1'15
3
Diego Ulissi
Lampre - Generali
+ 1'47
4
Rigoberto Urán
Sky ProCycling
+ 32'07
5
John Darwin Atapuma
Colombia es Pasión - Café de Colombia
+ 32'57
Teams
5 stage win, Shack-domination.
1
Radio Shack - Nissan
99h50'08
2
Euskaltel - Euskadi
+ 10'17
3
Team Garmin - Cervélo
+ 16'09
4
Katusha Team
+ 26'01
5
Omega Pharma - Quick·Step
+ 29'48
Overall winner
Word from the DS
Looking back, we can be very happy with another KOTM-jersey and the performance of Robert Gesink. And than especially his climbing performance, has he was as strong as Sánchez, Schleck and Menchov. Only Nibali was too strong. We're looking confident towards Le Tour!!
An Post
191. K.Klostergaard
192. G.Bagdonas
193. B.Brems
194. K.Claeys
195. N.Eeckhout
196. K.Heytens
197. D.Hollanders
198. C.Sheridan
Our team
Our goals
Getting another GC-win will be difficult, so we'll aim for a top 3.
Stage 1
The race kicks off with a 5.2km flat Prologue. The fastest time is set by Radio Shack's Jesse Sergent, with Stef Clement and Sébastien Rosseler finishing within one second.
1
Jesse Sergent
Radio Shack - Nissan
6'54
2
Stef Clement
Rabobank Cycling Team
s.t.
3
Sébastien Rosseler
Monster Energy - Ford
s.t.
4
Nelson Oliveira
Radio Shack - Nissan
+ 1
5
Andrew Talansky
Radio Shack - Nissan
+ 2
6
Yohan Offredo
FDJ
+ 3
7
Tiago Machado
Radio Shack - Nissan
s.t.
8
Tom Veelers
M&M's
s.t.
9
Bobbie Traksel
Landbouwkrediet
+ 4
10
Barry Markus
Rabobank Continental Team
+ 5
Stage 2
The 2nd stage to Sittard-Geleen has a steep final kilometre. We try to surprise the sprinters, but don't succeed. Bobbie Traksel (Landbouwkrediet) wins the stage and takes over the lead in the GC. Vanmarcke & Rosseler finish in the first group.
Stage 3
The 3rd stage towards Schimmert is for the sprinters, as it ends with a mass sprint. For the 2nd day in a row, Bobbie Traksel takes the win, being much and much stronger than the competition. And our riders? Well, they sucked in the sprint....
1
Bobbie Traksel
Landbouwkrediet
4h41'35
2
Giacomo Nizzolo
Radio Shack - Nissan
s.t.
3
Marco Marcato
Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team
s.t.
4
Jetse Bol
Rabobank Continental Team
s.t.
5
Tom Veelers
M&M's
s.t.
6
Murilo Fischer
Team Garmin - Cervélo
s.t.
7
Christopher Sutton
Sky ProCycling
s.t.
8
Sebastian Siedler
Team Differdange - Magic-Sportfood.de
s.t.
9
Wilfried Cretskens
Donckers Koffie - Livestrong
s.t.
10
Paul Martens
Rabobank Cycling Team
s.t.
Stage 4
In the queen's stage to La Gileppe, a breakaway won. Jonas Ljungblad (Team Differdange) was the only remaining rider out of a group of 3, that could stay out of reach of the peloton. Paul Martens (Rabobank) wins the sprint for the 2nd place at '49. Rosseler is the best of our team in 12th place.
1
Jonas Ljungblad
Team Differdange - Magic-Sportfood.de
3h40'41
2
Paul Martens
Rabobank Cycling Team
+ 49
3
Bobbie Traksel
Landbouwkrediet
s.t.
4
Yann Huguet
M&M's
s.t.
5
Maarten Wynants
Rabobank Cycling Team
s.t.
6
Thomas Bonnin
M&M's
s.t.
7
Laurens Ten Dam
Rabobank Cycling Team
s.t.
8
Ricardo Van der Velde
Donckers Koffie - Livestrong
s.t.
9
Stef Clement
Rabobank Cycling Team
s.t.
10
Marco Marcato
Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team
s.t.
Stage 5
The last stage to Etten-Leur is for the sprinters again. Traksel is about to win his 3rd stage, but Chris Sutton manages to pass him with a great final jump. Keukeleire was in a perfect position behind Traksel 2km before the finish, but got blocked by Traksel's lead out and all the riders behind him lost more than 20 seconds..... PCM-logic.
1
Christopher Sutton
Sky ProCycling
4h48'23
2
Bobbie Traksel
Landbouwkrediet
s.t.
3
Murilo Fischer
Team Garmin - Cervélo
s.t.
4
Jetse Bol
Rabobank Continental Team
+ 21
5
Yohan Offredo
FDJ
s.t.
6
Arnold Jeanneson
FDJ
s.t.
7
Hans Dekkers
Landbouwkrediet
s.t.
8
Tom Veelers
M&M's
s.t.
9
Jeremy Hunt
Sky ProCycling
s.t.
10
Marco Marcato
Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team
s.t.
GC
With 2 stage wins and one second place, Traksel fully deserves the win. Martens gets 2nd, Sutton 3rd and Rosseler nearly misses the podium.
1
Bobbie Traksel
Landbouwkrediet
18h00'27
2
Christopher Sutton
Sky ProCycling
+ 56
3
Paul Martens
Rabobank Cycling Team
+ 58
4
Sébastien Rosseler
Monster Energy - Ford
+ 1'17
5
Tom Veelers
M&M's
+ 1'20
6
Jetse Bol
Rabobank Continental Team
+ 1'25
7
Marco Marcato
Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team
s.t.
8
Giacomo Nizzolo
Radio Shack - Nissan
+ 1'27
9
Sep Vanmarcke
Monster Energy - Ford
+ 1'32
10
Murilo Fischer
Team Garmin - Cervélo
+ 1'51
Overall winner
Word from the DS
Satisfied with the result, 4th in the GC and a 3rd in the prologue. And the sprints....... oh man, how bad....
PRESS RELEASE
Monster Energy - Ford has decided to fire their young rider Thibault Dupont. Directeur Sportive mr. Dienblad: "While riding the Ster ZLM-Tour, Dupont didnt show up one night in his hotelroom. His first explanation was that he went to his parents house nearby and that he stayed the night there.
But during the National championships in Belgium, we found out that he went home with a Monster Energy-girl and stayed the night with her. The 2 had met after a stage, she was there as a promotion girl. This behaviour can't be approved, nor from a young rider like Dupont, nor from a team leader. For that reason, we decided that it was better to go on separate ways."
Just as last year, I simulated the National championships (for me Belgium, Netherlands and Germany). Maxime Monfort was only '5 faster than Sébastien Rosseler, so that was a close call. Westra (and Gesink in 2nd) dominated the Dutch TT-champs. Kittel finished in 5th, only 1'25 behind Tony Martin.
The RR on a cobbled rute in Belgium was a disaster, with Vanmarcke (take risks) being the best in 8th, Rosseler (no exertions) in 12th and Vanendert (break away) in 14th.... The Dutch race was way better (the route from the AGR), with Dekker (take risks) in first, beating Steven Kruijswijk in the sprint. Gesink (no exertions) finished in 3rd and Westra (break away) in 8th.
Here's an overview of the results:
. So a shorter version now....
