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baggieboys32
Posted on 05-05-2012 15:09
Sprinter
Posts: 1981
Joined: 01-10-2011
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The first big day for the GC contenders, with an ascent finish, being the second of two difficult climbs!
The morning breakaway initially, contained just one man! he broke away after 25km of racing, but despite going solo, he was still heavily marked! The reason- his name. Fabian Cancellara.
He showed he's strong, by opening a 5minute gap, by the base of the first major climb, and unsurprisingly, many riders wanted to try and join him, a second group was able to form around Fabian, the only other big name present was Andreas Kloden of Radioshack, currently 4th in the GC.
The group were traced as they bridged the gap, and the time difference was just 2'42" on the summit, the three biggest favourites decided that weas the time to attack, Andy Schleck, Cadel Evans and Lance Armstrong all moved away from the pack, followed by Rodriguez.
It was at the base of the final climb, that the two groups joined, it was clear Fabian had nothing left, he quickly got dropped by his companions, as the large group moved up the mountain.
However, the main contenders didn't like the large group that was together with them, so the big 4, Evans, Schleck, Armstrong and Rodriguez, upped the pace, quickly dropping the rest.
Into the final straight, it was still all together, Schleck looked strongest, and was pulling away, whilst Armstrong held the wheel of Joaquin Rodriguez.
And that was the order on the podium, Schleck takes a solid stage win, and with it the yellow jersey, Armstrong moves up to 3rd on the GC, well inside our top 5 sponsor goal!
Stage Results
1 Andy Schleck Leopard Trek 3h38'39 2 JoaquÃm RodrÃguez Katusha Team s.t. 3 Lance Armstrong Exxon Duke s.t. 4 Cadel Evans BMC Racing Team s.t. 5 Andreas Klöden Team RadioShack + 1'03 6 Francesco Masciarelli Pro Team Astana s.t. 7 Dries Devenyns Quick·Step Cycling Team + 1'27 8 Tony Martin HTC - Highroad s.t. 9 Levi Leipheimer Team RadioShack + 1'59 10 Janez Brajkovič Team RadioShack + 3'11
Spoiler
11 Alexandr Kolobnev Katusha Team + 3'19 12 Valerio Agnoli Liquigas - Cannondale + 3'27 13 Christian Vande Velde Team Garmin - Cervélo + 3'35 14 Fränk Schleck Leopard Trek s.t. 15 Daniel Moreno Katusha Team + 3'51 16 Charles Wegelius UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling + 3'59 17 BenjamÃn Noval Saxo Bank SunGard + 4'07 18 Alexander Efimkin Team Type 1 s.t. 19 Danilo Di Luca Katusha Team + 4'23 20 Johan Van Summeren Team Garmin - Cervélo s.t. 21 Andrew Bajadali Kelly Benefit Strategies - Optum Health + 4'31 22 Matthew Busche Team RadioShack + 4'39 23 Dimitriy Muravyev Team RadioShack + 5'03 24 Laurent Didier Saxo Bank SunGard s.t. 25 Thor Hushovd Team Garmin - Cervélo + 5'11 26 Jure Kocjan Team Type 1 s.t. 27 Daniel Fleeman Team Raleigh + 5'27 28 Rory Sutherland UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling s.t. 29 Lars Ytting Bak HTC - Highroad + 5'43 30 Martin Velits HTC - Highroad s.t. 31 Fabian Wegmann Leopard Trek s.t. 32 Timothy Duggan Liquigas - Cannondale + 5'51 33 Markel Irizar Team RadioShack + 5'59 34 Kristian House Rapha Condor - Sharp s.t. 35 Daniel Lloyd Team Garmin - Cervélo + 6'07 36 Jacob Nielsen Glud & Marstrand - LRØ s.t. 37 Jonathan Tiernan-Locke Rapha Condor - Sharp + 6'15 38 Nick Nuyens Saxo Bank SunGard s.t. 39 Mirco Lorenzetto Pro Team Astana + 6'23 40 Fabian Cancellara Leopard Trek + 6'31 41 Gorazd Stangelj Pro Team Astana + 6'39 42 Enrico Gasparotto Pro Team Astana + 6'47 43 Craig Lewis Exxon Duke s.t. 44 Jeff Louder Exxon Duke s.t. 45 Assan Bazayev Pro Team Astana s.t. 46 Jarosław Marycz Saxo Bank SunGard s.t. 47 Andy Guptill Jamis - Sutter Home s.t. 48 Maxim Iglinskiy Pro Team Astana + 6'55 49 Sylvain Chavanel Quick·Step Cycling Team s.t. 50 Iker Camaño Endura Racing + 7'19 51 Maciej Paterski Liquigas - Cannondale + 7'35 52 Gerald Ciolek Quick·Step Cycling Team + 7'43 53 Tom Boonen Quick·Step Cycling Team s.t. 54 Heinrich Haussler Team Garmin - Cervélo s.t. 55 Luca Paolini Katusha Team + 7'51 56 Kiel Reijnen Team Type 1 s.t. 57 Jack Bauer Endura Racing s.t. 58 Dominik Nerz Liquigas - Cannondale s.t. 59 Maxim Gourov Pro Team Astana s.t. 60 Zdenek Stybar Quick·Step Cycling Team s.t. 61 Robert Partridge Endura Racing + 7'59 62 Tyler Farrar Exxon Duke s.t. 63 Peter Stetina Exxon Duke s.t. 64 Valentin Iglinskiy Pro Team Astana s.t. 65 Bjorn Selander Exxon Duke + 8'07 66 Matt Crane RealCyclist.com Cycling Team s.t. 67 Matthew Kipling Team Raleigh s.t. 68 Matteo Tosatto Saxo Bank SunGard + 8'15 69 Daniele Bennati Leopard Trek s.t. 70 Michael Mørkøv Saxo Bank SunGard + 8'23 71 Chris Barton BMC Racing Team s.t. 72 Simone Ponzi Liquigas - Cannondale s.t. 73 Philip Mooney Team Raleigh + 8'31 74 Alessandro Ballan BMC Racing Team s.t. 75 Jamie Sparling Team Raleigh s.t. 76 Mauro Finetto Liquigas - Cannondale s.t. 77 John Murphy BMC Racing Team s.t. 78 Michael Andersen Glud & Marstrand - LRØ s.t. 79 Jake Keough UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling + 8'39 80 Gert Steegmans Quick·Step Cycling Team s.t. 81 Filippo Pozzato Katusha Team s.t. 82 Niki Østergaard Glud & Marstrand - LRØ s.t. 83 Dean Downing Rapha Condor - Sharp s.t. 84 Steven Cozza Exxon Duke s.t. 85 Eric Schildge Jamis - Sutter Home + 8'47 86 Marcus Burghardt BMC Racing Team s.t. 87 Mauro Da Dalto Liquigas - Cannondale s.t. 88 Jesse Anthony Kelly Benefit Strategies - Optum Health + 8'55 89 Sheldon Deeny Exxon Duke + 9'03 90 Niki Terpstra Quick·Step Cycling Team + 9'19 91 Robert Wagner Leopard Trek + 9'27 92 Leif Hoste Katusha Team s.t. 93 Martin Mortensen Leopard Trek + 9'35 94 Jonathan Clarke UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling + 10'07 95 Boy Van Poppel UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling + 11'51 96 Matthew Goss HTC - Highroad + 11'59 97 Alex Candelario Kelly Benefit Strategies - Optum Health + 12'07 98 Mark Cavendish HTC - Highroad + 12'15 99 Juraj Sagan Liquigas - Cannondale s.t. 100 Manuel Quinziato BMC Racing Team + 12'31 101 James Driscoll Jamis - Sutter Home s.t. 102 Adrian Hegyvari UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling + 12'39 103 Michael Creed Kelly Benefit Strategies - Optum Health s.t. 104 Alejandro Borrajo Jamis - Sutter Home + 12'47 105 Callum Wilkinson Endura Racing + 12'55 106 Michael Berling Glud & Marstrand - LRØ + 13'03 107 Rafal Majka Saxo Bank SunGard s.t. 108 Andreas Klier Team Garmin - Cervélo + 13'11 109 Casey Munro Rapha Condor - Sharp + 13'27 110 Morgan Schmitt UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling + 13'59 111 Mark Hinnen Kelly Benefit Strategies - Optum Health + 14'07 112 Thomas Rabou RealCyclist.com Cycling Team + 14'15 113 Matt Cronshaw Team Raleigh s.t. 114 Alexander Porsev Katusha Team s.t. 115 Alexander Wetterhall Endura Racing + 14'23 116 Bernhard Eisel HTC - Highroad s.t. 117 Jesse Sergent Team RadioShack + 14'39 118 Maarten De Jonge Endura Racing + 15'11 119 Alexander Kristoff BMC Racing Team + 15'19 120 Fabio Calabria Team Type 1 s.t. 121 Olaf Kerkhof Team Type 1 s.t. 122 Alexey Shmidt Team Type 1 + 15'43 123 Roger Hammond Team Garmin - Cervélo + 15'51 124 Wouter Weylandt Leopard Trek + 16'07 125 Hayden Roulston HTC - Highroad s.t. 126 Martijn Verschoor Team Type 1 + 16'15 127 Greg Van Avermaet BMC Racing Team s.t. 128 Daniel Holloway Kelly Benefit Strategies - Optum Health s.t. 129 Michael Friedman Kelly Benefit Strategies - Optum Health + 16'23 130 Cole House RealCyclist.com Cycling Team + 16'39 131 Evan Hyde RealCyclist.com Cycling Team + 16'55 132 Alessandro Bazzana Team Type 1 + 17'11 133 Tucker Brown Jamis - Sutter Home s.t. 134 James McCallum Rapha Condor - Sharp + 17'35 135 Colton Barrett Kelly Benefit Strategies - Optum Health + 17'59 136 Mark Renshaw HTC - Highroad + 18'07 137 Ryan Parnes Team Raleigh s.t. 138 Francesco Chicchi Quick·Step Cycling Team + 18'23 139 Martijn Maaskant Team Garmin - Cervélo + 18'31 140 Jack Anderson Endura Racing + 18'47 141 Andrew Pinfold UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling + 18'55 142 Jackie Simes Jamis - Sutter Home + 19'03 143 Juan José Haedo Saxo Bank SunGard + 19'11 144 Ian Burnett RealCyclist.com Cycling Team + 19'19 145 Zakkari Dempster Rapha Condor - Sharp + 19'43 146 Kasper Jørgensen Glud & Marstrand - LRØ + 19'51 147 Frank Travieso RealCyclist.com Cycling Team + 19'59 148 Kasper Jebjerg Glud & Marstrand - LRØ + 20'07 149 Sam Bewley Team RadioShack + 20'15
baggieboys32
Posted on 05-05-2012 18:47
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One for the punchers, or the break today, a difficult route containing many short climbs, but only 155km in length, it seems well suited to the break.
Pate was once again our man for the breakaway today, his goal was simple, to take the lead in the KOM back from Scarponi, and back to it's rightful ( ) place- on an Exxon back.
Todays break was large, and it set a high pace within, Pate won the first 3 KOM sprints, and with 40km to go, the lead of the reduced break, was still over 7minutes!
It was clear with 5km to go, the break would take the day, they had been massively closed down, just 2minutes ahead, but the gap was enough, Pate was 4th back in the line, but his legs were fairly tired, following his efforts in the KOM contest.
Meanwhile at the back, the Punchers and GC men were coming forwards, Horner found Albasini's wheel, fighting for 8th place.
Ruggero Marzoli is the strongest man in the breakaway, he takes a stage win for Acqua & Sapone, Danny Pate is able to hold on for 4th place, and collects his real reward of the day, the Maglia Verde , he is "King of the Mountains"
Horner takes another top 10 today, he is showing very good form as we pass the halfway stage, and the penultimate flat stage in week 2.
Stage Results
1 Ruggero Marzoli Acqua & Sapone 4h13'20 2 Grégory Rast Team RadioShack s.t. 3 Maxime Vantomme Katusha Team + 13 4 Danny Pate Exxon Duke s.t. 5 Elia Viviani Liquigas - Cannondale s.t. 6 Francisco Javier Aramendia Euskaltel - Euskadi s.t. 7 Jens Debusschere Omega Pharma - Lotto + 1'48 8 Vincenzo Nibali Liquigas - Cannondale + 2'01 9 Alexandre Vinokourov Pro Team Astana s.t. 10 Chris Horner Exxon Duke s.t.
Spoiler
11 Francesco Ginanni Androni Giocattoli s.t. 12 Marzio Bruseghin Movistar Team s.t. 13 Matteo Carrara Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team s.t. 14 Michele Scarponi Lampre - ISD s.t. 15 Damiano Cunego Lampre - ISD s.t. 16 Giovanni Visconti Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli s.t. 17 Marco Pinotti HTC - Highroad s.t. 18 Stefano Garzelli Acqua & Sapone s.t. 19 Manuel Cardoso Team RadioShack s.t. 20 Jakob Fuglsang Leopard Trek s.t. 21 Peter Sagan Liquigas - Cannondale s.t. 22 José Iván Gutiérrez Movistar Team s.t. 23 Ivan Basso Liquigas - Cannondale s.t. 24 Emanuele Sella Androni Giocattoli s.t. 25 Haimar Zubeldia Team RadioShack s.t. 26 Giampaolo Caruso Katusha Team s.t. 27 Alessandro Bertolini Androni Giocattoli s.t. 28 Peter Velits HTC - Highroad s.t. 29 José JoaquÃn Rojas Movistar Team s.t. 30 Luis León Sánchez Rabobank Cycling Team s.t. 31 Andrea Noè Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli s.t. 32 Aitor Pérez Arrieta Lampre - ISD s.t. 33 Beñat Intxausti Movistar Team s.t. 34 Amets Txurruka Euskaltel - Euskadi s.t. 35 Richie Porte Saxo Bank SunGard s.t. 36 Marco Marcato Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team s.t. 37 Nicki Sørensen Saxo Bank SunGard s.t. 38 Simon Clarke Pro Team Astana s.t. 39 Philip Deignan Team RadioShack s.t. 40 Allan Davis Pro Team Astana s.t. 41 Yaroslav Popovych Team RadioShack s.t. 42 Luca Mazzanti Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli s.t. 43 Maarten Wynants Rabobank Cycling Team s.t. 44 Taylor Phinney Exxon Duke s.t. 45 Riccardo Chiarini Androni Giocattoli s.t. 46 Aleksandr Kuschynski Katusha Team s.t. 47 Grega Bole Lampre - ISD s.t. 48 Joost Van Leijen Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team s.t. 49 Luca Solari Androni Giocattoli s.t. 50 José Rujano Androni Giocattoli s.t. 51 Emanuele Vona Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli s.t. 52 Carlos Betancourt Acqua & Sapone s.t. 53 Vasil Kiryienka Movistar Team s.t. 54 Michael Albasini HTC - Highroad s.t. 55 Cayetano Sarmiento Acqua & Sapone s.t. 56 Santo Anza Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team s.t. 57 Massimo Codol Acqua & Sapone s.t. 58 Andrea Masciarelli Acqua & Sapone s.t. 59 Alessandro Bisolti Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli s.t. 60 Ben Jacques-Maynes Exxon Duke s.t. 61 Grischa Niermann Rabobank Cycling Team s.t. 62 Juan Mauricio Soler Movistar Team s.t. 63 Sergey Lagutin Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team s.t. 64 Pablo Lastras Movistar Team s.t. 65 Ben Hermans Team RadioShack s.t. 66 Roberto Ferrari Androni Giocattoli s.t. 67 Paolo Tiralongo Pro Team Astana s.t. 68 José Serpa Androni Giocattoli s.t. 69 Volodymir Gustov Saxo Bank SunGard s.t. 70 Eduard Vorganov Katusha Team s.t. 71 Tiziano Dall'Antonia Liquigas - Cannondale s.t. 72 Bernardo Colex Exxon Duke s.t. 73 Bert Grabsch HTC - Highroad s.t. 74 Michael Matthews Rabobank Cycling Team s.t. 75 Baden Cooke Saxo Bank SunGard s.t. 76 Andrey Kashechkin Lampre - ISD s.t. 77 Stuart O'Grady Leopard Trek s.t. 78 Pablo Urtasun Euskaltel - Euskadi s.t. 79 Bauke Mollema Rabobank Cycling Team s.t. 80 Francesco Failli Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli s.t. 81 Dominic Klemme Leopard Trek s.t. 82 Mirko Selvaggi Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team s.t. 83 Balint Szeghalmi Lampre - ISD s.t. 84 David Zabriskie Exxon Duke s.t. 85 Robbie McEwen Team RadioShack s.t. 86 Simon Spilak Lampre - ISD s.t. 87 Pierpaolo De Negri Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli s.t. 88 Andrea Guardini Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli s.t. 89 Kanstantsin Siutsou HTC - Highroad s.t. 90 Patrik Sinkewitz Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli s.t. 91 Andriy Grivko Pro Team Astana s.t. 92 Addy Engels Quick·Step Cycling Team s.t. 93 Rubén Plaza Movistar Team s.t. 94 Mikel Nieve Euskaltel - Euskadi s.t. 95 David Le Lay AG2R La Mondiale s.t. 96 Leonardo Bertagnolli Lampre - ISD s.t. 97 Iván Velasco Euskaltel - Euskadi s.t. 98 Matthew Lloyd Omega Pharma - Lotto s.t. 99 Russell Downing Sky ProCycling s.t. 100 John Degenkolb HTC - Highroad s.t. 101 Steve Houanard AG2R La Mondiale s.t. 102 Caleb Fairly Exxon Duke s.t. 103 Robert Hunter Team RadioShack s.t. 104 Gustav Erik Larsson Saxo Bank SunGard s.t. 105 Christophe Riblon AG2R La Mondiale s.t. 106 Xabier Zandio Sky ProCycling s.t. 107 Christian Knees Sky ProCycling s.t. 108 Michel Kreder Team Garmin - Cervélo s.t. 109 Johann Tschopp BMC Racing Team s.t. 110 Morris Possoni Sky ProCycling s.t. 111 Oliver Zaugg Leopard Trek s.t. 112 Borut Božic Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team s.t. 113 Óscar Pujol Omega Pharma - Lotto s.t. 114 Bruno Pires Leopard Trek s.t. 115 Kevin De Weert Quick·Step Cycling Team s.t. 116 Hubert Dupont AG2R La Mondiale s.t. 117 Julian Dean Team Garmin - Cervélo s.t. 118 Davide Malacarne Quick·Step Cycling Team s.t. 119 Kjell Carlström Sky ProCycling s.t. 120 Evgeni Petrov Pro Team Astana s.t. 121 Robert Kiserlovski Pro Team Astana s.t. 122 Francisco José Ventoso Movistar Team s.t. 123 Mario Aerts Omega Pharma - Lotto s.t. 124 Marc De Maar Quick·Step Cycling Team s.t. 125 Tejay Van Garderen HTC - Highroad s.t. 126 Paul Martens Rabobank Cycling Team s.t. 127 Pavel Brutt Katusha Team s.t. 128 Scott Zwizanski Exxon Duke s.t. 129 Jürgen Van de Walle Omega Pharma - Lotto s.t. 130 Gorka Izagirre Euskaltel - Euskadi s.t. 131 Rubén Pérez Euskaltel - Euskadi s.t. 132 Adam Hansen Omega Pharma - Lotto s.t. 133 Steven Kruijswijk Rabobank Cycling Team s.t. 134 Przemyslaw Niemiec Lampre - ISD s.t. 135 Chris Froome Sky ProCycling s.t. 136 Amaël Moinard BMC Racing Team s.t. 137 Stephen Cummings Sky ProCycling s.t. 138 Dario Cioni Sky ProCycling s.t. 139 Jonas Aaen Jørgensen Saxo Bank SunGard s.t. 140 Steve Morabito BMC Racing Team s.t. 141 Lieuwe Westra Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team s.t. 142 Joan Horrach Katusha Team s.t. 143 Coen Vermeltfoort Rabobank Cycling Team s.t. 144 Crescenzo D'Amore Androni Giocattoli s.t. 145 Fabio Sabatini Liquigas - Cannondale + 4'32 146 Ramunas Navardauskas Team Garmin - Cervélo + 5'13 147 Thomas Rohregger Leopard Trek s.t. 148 Rémy Di Gregorio Pro Team Astana s.t. 149 Travis Meyer Team Garmin - Cervélo s.t. 150 Maxime Bouet AG2R La Mondiale s.t. 151 Geoffroy Lequatre Team RadioShack s.t. 152 Christopher Sutton Sky ProCycling s.t. 153 Davide Viganò Leopard Trek s.t. 154 Danilo Wyss BMC Racing Team s.t. 155 Jorge Azanza Euskaltel - Euskadi s.t. 156 Jack Bobridge Team Garmin - Cervélo s.t. 157 Sylwester Szmyd Liquigas - Cannondale s.t. 158 Danilo Napolitano Acqua & Sapone s.t. 159 Jonathan Bellis Saxo Bank SunGard s.t. 160 Vicente Reynès Omega Pharma - Lotto s.t. 161 Mikaël Chérel AG2R La Mondiale s.t. 162 Francesco Reda Quick·Step Cycling Team s.t. 163 Stefan Denifl Leopard Trek s.t. 164 Roman Kireyev Pro Team Astana s.t. 165 Pierre Cazaux Euskaltel - Euskadi s.t. 166 Sep Vanmarcke Team Garmin - Cervélo s.t. 167 Ivan Santaromita BMC Racing Team s.t. 168 Martin Kohler BMC Racing Team s.t. 169 Andreas Stauff Quick·Step Cycling Team s.t. 170 Cameron Meyer Team Garmin - Cervélo s.t. 171 Gert Dockx Omega Pharma - Lotto + 6'41 172 Matthew Brammeier HTC - Highroad + 6'50 173 Vladimir Miholjevic Acqua & Sapone s.t. 174 Anthony Ravard AG2R La Mondiale s.t. 175 Sébastien Hinault AG2R La Mondiale s.t. 176 Matthew Wilson Team Garmin - Cervélo + 7'35 177 Simon Zahner BMC Racing Team + 8'04 178 Andrew Talansky Team Garmin - Cervélo s.t. 179 Kevin Van Impe Quick·Step Cycling Team + 8'40 180 Paolo Longo Borghini Liquigas - Cannondale + 9'20 181 Marco Bandiera Quick·Step Cycling Team + 9'56 182 Kristof Goddaert AG2R La Mondiale + 10'13 183 Jens Mouris Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team s.t. 184 Leigh Howard HTC - Highroad + 10'25 185 Artem Ovechkin Katusha Team + 11'07 186 Alexander Mironov Katusha Team + 12'17 187 Claudio Corioni Acqua & Sapone + 12'41 188 Frederique Robert Quick·Step Cycling Team + 13'13 189 Christian Meier Exxon Duke + 13'21
King of the Moutains
1 Danny Pate Exxon Duke 21 2 Michele Scarponi Lampre - ISD 15 3 Chris Horner Exxon Duke 14 4 Scott Zwizanski Exxon Duke 13 5 Rubén Pérez Euskaltel - Euskadi 12
sutty68
Posted on 05-05-2012 19:43
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Lance finally showing is face in California
And the climbers on fire at the Giro
baggieboys32
Posted on 05-05-2012 21:40
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Posts: 1981
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The last genuine easy day of the tour, and as such, no one was really willing to put in an effort, as a result a large breakaway (13) men was allowed clear, and fought out the stage amongst themselves.
Caleb Fairly was our man for the day, he's had a quiet race as one of our doméstiques, so he jumped at the chance to get involved in the break, and he can add 4th place in a stage at a Grand Tour, to his palmarés!
1 Kjell Carlström Sky ProCycling 3h52'48 2 Simon Zahner BMC Racing Team s.t. 3 Steve Houanard AG2R La Mondiale s.t. 4 Caleb Fairly Exxon Duke s.t. 5 Andreas Stauff Quick·Step Cycling Team s.t. 6 Vicente Reynès Omega Pharma - Lotto s.t. 7 Gorka Izagirre Euskaltel - Euskadi s.t. 8 Jonathan Bellis Saxo Bank SunGard s.t. 9 Dominic Klemme Leopard Trek s.t. 10 John Degenkolb HTC - Highroad s.t.
Spoiler
11 Sep Vanmarcke Team Garmin - Cervélo s.t. 12 Emanuele Vona Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli s.t. 13 Christopher Sutton Sky ProCycling s.t. 14 Alessandro Bertolini Androni Giocattoli + 5'56 15 Sergey Lagutin Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team s.t. 16 Ben Hermans Team RadioShack s.t. 17 Michel Kreder Team Garmin - Cervélo s.t. 18 Tiziano Dall'Antonia Liquigas - Cannondale s.t. 19 Geoffroy Lequatre Team RadioShack s.t. 20 José Iván Gutiérrez Movistar Team s.t. 21 Matteo Carrara Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team s.t. 22 Peter Sagan Liquigas - Cannondale s.t. 23 José JoaquÃn Rojas Movistar Team s.t. 24 Luca Mazzanti Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli s.t. 25 Riccardo Chiarini Androni Giocattoli s.t. 26 Vincenzo Nibali Liquigas - Cannondale s.t. 27 Marzio Bruseghin Movistar Team s.t. 28 Luis León Sánchez Rabobank Cycling Team s.t. 29 Allan Davis Pro Team Astana s.t. 30 Francesco Ginanni Androni Giocattoli s.t. 31 Santo Anza Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team s.t. 32 Crescenzo D'Amore Androni Giocattoli s.t. 33 Carlos Betancourt Acqua & Sapone s.t. 34 Simon Clarke Pro Team Astana s.t. 35 Giovanni Visconti Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli s.t. 36 Grega Bole Lampre - ISD s.t. 37 Danilo Napolitano Acqua & Sapone s.t. 38 Joost Van Leijen Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team s.t. 39 Taylor Phinney Exxon Duke s.t. 40 Robbie McEwen Team RadioShack s.t. 41 Michele Scarponi Lampre - ISD s.t. 42 Alexandre Vinokourov Pro Team Astana s.t. 43 Ruggero Marzoli Acqua & Sapone s.t. 44 Julian Dean Team Garmin - Cervélo s.t. 45 Massimo Codol Acqua & Sapone s.t. 46 Stefano Garzelli Acqua & Sapone s.t. 47 Russell Downing Sky ProCycling s.t. 48 Anthony Ravard AG2R La Mondiale s.t. 49 Aitor Pérez Arrieta Lampre - ISD s.t. 50 Manuel Cardoso Team RadioShack s.t. 51 Grischa Niermann Rabobank Cycling Team s.t. 52 Damiano Cunego Lampre - ISD s.t. 53 Paolo Longo Borghini Liquigas - Cannondale s.t. 54 Jack Bobridge Team Garmin - Cervélo s.t. 55 Roman Kireyev Pro Team Astana s.t. 56 Travis Meyer Team Garmin - Cervélo s.t. 57 Davide Viganò Leopard Trek s.t. 58 Alessandro Bisolti Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli s.t. 59 Juan Mauricio Soler Movistar Team s.t. 60 Francisco José Ventoso Movistar Team s.t. 61 Rémy Di Gregorio Pro Team Astana s.t. 62 Marco Marcato Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team s.t. 63 Pablo Lastras Movistar Team s.t. 64 Grégory Rast Team RadioShack s.t. 65 Ben Jacques-Maynes Exxon Duke s.t. 66 Chris Horner Exxon Duke s.t. 67 Matthew Brammeier HTC - Highroad s.t. 68 Mirko Selvaggi Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team s.t. 69 Haimar Zubeldia Team RadioShack s.t. 70 Bert Grabsch HTC - Highroad s.t. 71 Marco Pinotti HTC - Highroad s.t. 72 Elia Viviani Liquigas - Cannondale s.t. 73 Claudio Corioni Acqua & Sapone s.t. 74 Peter Velits HTC - Highroad s.t. 75 Andrea Guardini Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli s.t. 76 Vladimir Miholjevic Acqua & Sapone s.t. 77 Borut Božic Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team s.t. 78 Stuart O'Grady Leopard Trek s.t. 79 Jakob Fuglsang Leopard Trek s.t. 80 Andrey Kashechkin Lampre - ISD s.t. 81 Pablo Urtasun Euskaltel - Euskadi s.t. 82 Baden Cooke Saxo Bank SunGard s.t. 83 Pierpaolo De Negri Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli s.t. 84 Evgeni Petrov Pro Team Astana s.t. 85 Aleksandr Kuschynski Katusha Team s.t. 86 Amets Txurruka Euskaltel - Euskadi s.t. 87 Marco Bandiera Quick·Step Cycling Team s.t. 88 Richie Porte Saxo Bank SunGard s.t. 89 Matthew Wilson Team Garmin - Cervélo s.t. 90 Andrea Noè Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli s.t. 91 Jens Mouris Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team s.t. 92 Giampaolo Caruso Katusha Team s.t. 93 Balint Szeghalmi Lampre - ISD s.t. 94 Tejay Van Garderen HTC - Highroad s.t. 95 Cameron Meyer Team Garmin - Cervélo s.t. 96 Kanstantsin Siutsou HTC - Highroad s.t. 97 Sylwester Szmyd Liquigas - Cannondale s.t. 98 Vasil Kiryienka Movistar Team s.t. 99 Ramunas Navardauskas Team Garmin - Cervélo s.t. 100 Przemyslaw Niemiec Lampre - ISD s.t. 101 Morris Possoni Sky ProCycling s.t. 102 Nicki Sørensen Saxo Bank SunGard s.t. 103 Patrik Sinkewitz Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli s.t. 104 Mikel Nieve Euskaltel - Euskadi s.t. 105 Andrew Talansky Team Garmin - Cervélo s.t. 106 Iván Velasco Euskaltel - Euskadi s.t. 107 José Serpa Androni Giocattoli s.t. 108 Simon Spilak Lampre - ISD s.t. 109 Kevin De Weert Quick·Step Cycling Team s.t. 110 Emanuele Sella Androni Giocattoli s.t. 111 Andriy Grivko Pro Team Astana s.t. 112 Dario Cioni Sky ProCycling s.t. 113 Leonardo Bertagnolli Lampre - ISD s.t. 114 Danilo Wyss BMC Racing Team s.t. 115 Christian Meier Exxon Duke s.t. 116 Martin Kohler BMC Racing Team s.t. 117 Chris Froome Sky ProCycling s.t. 118 Robert Kiserlovski Pro Team Astana s.t. 119 Pavel Brutt Katusha Team s.t. 120 Ivan Santaromita BMC Racing Team s.t. 121 Francesco Reda Quick·Step Cycling Team s.t. 122 Jürgen Van de Walle Omega Pharma - Lotto s.t. 123 Maxime Vantomme Katusha Team s.t. 124 Paolo Tiralongo Pro Team Astana s.t. 125 Eduard Vorganov Katusha Team s.t. 126 Cayetano Sarmiento Acqua & Sapone s.t. 127 José Rujano Androni Giocattoli s.t. 128 Xabier Zandio Sky ProCycling s.t. 129 Adam Hansen Omega Pharma - Lotto s.t. 130 Sébastien Hinault AG2R La Mondiale s.t. 131 Alexander Mironov Katusha Team s.t. 132 Christian Knees Sky ProCycling s.t. 133 Luca Solari Androni Giocattoli s.t. 134 Addy Engels Quick·Step Cycling Team s.t. 135 Artem Ovechkin Katusha Team s.t. 136 Maxime Bouet AG2R La Mondiale s.t. 137 Stephen Cummings Sky ProCycling s.t. 138 Michael Matthews Rabobank Cycling Team s.t. 139 Joan Horrach Katusha Team s.t. 140 David Le Lay AG2R La Mondiale s.t. 141 Michael Albasini HTC - Highroad s.t. 142 Ivan Basso Liquigas - Cannondale s.t. 143 Hubert Dupont AG2R La Mondiale s.t. 144 Andrea Masciarelli Acqua & Sapone s.t. 145 Scott Zwizanski Exxon Duke s.t. 146 Gustav Erik Larsson Saxo Bank SunGard s.t. 147 Coen Vermeltfoort Rabobank Cycling Team s.t. 148 Matthew Lloyd Omega Pharma - Lotto s.t. 149 Danny Pate Exxon Duke s.t. 150 Paul Martens Rabobank Cycling Team s.t. 151 Marc De Maar Quick·Step Cycling Team s.t. 152 Mario Aerts Omega Pharma - Lotto s.t. 153 Óscar Pujol Omega Pharma - Lotto s.t. 154 Davide Malacarne Quick·Step Cycling Team s.t. 155 Bauke Mollema Rabobank Cycling Team s.t. 156 Kristof Goddaert AG2R La Mondiale s.t. 157 Gert Dockx Omega Pharma - Lotto s.t. 158 Frederique Robert Quick·Step Cycling Team s.t. 159 Maarten Wynants Rabobank Cycling Team s.t. 160 Christophe Riblon AG2R La Mondiale s.t. 161 Jens Debusschere Omega Pharma - Lotto s.t. 162 Johann Tschopp BMC Racing Team s.t. 163 Kevin Van Impe Quick·Step Cycling Team s.t. 164 Mikaël Chérel AG2R La Mondiale s.t. 165 Steven Kruijswijk Rabobank Cycling Team s.t. 166 Philip Deignan Team RadioShack s.t. 167 Rubén Plaza Movistar Team s.t. 168 Beñat Intxausti Movistar Team s.t. 169 Steve Morabito BMC Racing Team s.t. 170 Jonas Aaen Jørgensen Saxo Bank SunGard s.t. 171 Amaël Moinard BMC Racing Team s.t. 172 Pierre Cazaux Euskaltel - Euskadi s.t. 173 Yaroslav Popovych Team RadioShack s.t. 174 Bruno Pires Leopard Trek s.t. 175 Thomas Rohregger Leopard Trek s.t. 176 Rubén Pérez Euskaltel - Euskadi s.t. 177 Francisco Javier Aramendia Euskaltel - Euskadi s.t. 178 Jorge Azanza Euskaltel - Euskadi s.t. 179 Robert Hunter Team RadioShack s.t. 180 Stefan Denifl Leopard Trek s.t. 181 Volodymir Gustov Saxo Bank SunGard s.t. 182 David Zabriskie Exxon Duke s.t. 183 Oliver Zaugg Leopard Trek s.t. 184 Leigh Howard HTC - Highroad s.t. 185 Bernardo Colex Exxon Duke s.t. 186 Francesco Failli Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli s.t. 187 Lieuwe Westra Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team s.t. 188 Roberto Ferrari Androni Giocattoli s.t. 189 Fabio Sabatini Liquigas - Cannondale + 7'48
The race today, sees a sharp climb 40km from the finish, this may break up the pack, or we may see a group sprint, depending on the work rate of the top climbers.
The two man breakaway formed early in the stage, Jonathon Tiernan-Locke, joins Dominik Nerz out in front of the peloton, where they opened a gap of 5minutes at peak.
The peloton however pulled it all back together today, Farrar was the only sprinter still in the 40man group, Armstrong and Louder nursed him over the climbs but his legs were suffering none the less, he would struggle to win a sprint, as we had hoped at the beginning of the day.
With 10km to go however, Cadel Evans showed he had rather different plans for the day, he attacked, and managed to open a gap to everyone, Leopard were doing the chase work with help from us here at Exxon , but in the end, the attack was too strong, and Evans swaps the Australian NC jersey for the leader tomorrow!
Stage Results
1 Cadel Evans BMC Racing Team 5h39'56 2 Tony Martin HTC - Highroad + 26 3 Janez Brajkovič Team RadioShack s.t. 4 Christian Vande Velde Team Garmin - Cervélo s.t. 5 Andreas Klöden Team RadioShack s.t. 6 Levi Leipheimer Team RadioShack s.t. 7 Andy Schleck Leopard Trek s.t. 8 JoaquÃm RodrÃguez Katusha Team s.t. 9 Francesco Masciarelli Pro Team Astana s.t. 10 Fabian Cancellara Leopard Trek s.t.
Spoiler
11 Matthew Busche Team RadioShack s.t. 12 Lars Ytting Bak HTC - Highroad s.t. 13 Fränk Schleck Leopard Trek s.t. 14 Johan Van Summeren Team Garmin - Cervélo s.t. 15 BenjamÃn Noval Saxo Bank SunGard s.t. 16 Tyler Farrar Exxon Duke s.t. 17 Dries Devenyns Quick·Step Cycling Team s.t. 18 Charles Wegelius UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling s.t. 19 Mirco Lorenzetto Pro Team Astana s.t. 20 Daniel Moreno Katusha Team s.t. 21 Jure Kocjan Team Type 1 s.t. 22 Lance Armstrong Exxon Duke s.t. 23 Andrew Bajadali Kelly Benefit Strategies - Optum Health s.t. 24 Thor Hushovd Team Garmin - Cervélo s.t. 25 Alexandr Kolobnev Katusha Team s.t. 26 Danilo Di Luca Katusha Team s.t. 27 Tom Boonen Quick·Step Cycling Team s.t. 28 Jeff Louder Exxon Duke s.t. 29 Alexander Efimkin Team Type 1 s.t. 30 Laurent Didier Saxo Bank SunGard s.t. 31 Markel Irizar Team RadioShack s.t. 32 Heinrich Haussler Team Garmin - Cervélo + 1'52 33 Valentin Iglinskiy Pro Team Astana s.t. 34 Rory Sutherland UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling s.t. 35 Niki Terpstra Quick·Step Cycling Team s.t. 36 Luca Paolini Katusha Team s.t. 37 Gerald Ciolek Quick·Step Cycling Team s.t. 38 Bernhard Eisel HTC - Highroad + 3'28 39 Matteo Tosatto Saxo Bank SunGard s.t. 40 Sheldon Deeny Exxon Duke + 3'44 41 Zdenek Stybar Quick·Step Cycling Team s.t. 42 Jonathan Tiernan-Locke Rapha Condor - Sharp s.t. 43 Craig Lewis Exxon Duke s.t. 44 Martin Velits HTC - Highroad s.t. 45 Assan Bazayev Pro Team Astana s.t. 46 Daniele Bennati Leopard Trek s.t. 47 Jarosław Marycz Saxo Bank SunGard s.t. 48 Dimitriy Muravyev Team RadioShack s.t. 49 Sylvain Chavanel Quick·Step Cycling Team s.t. 50 Mark Cavendish HTC - Highroad s.t. 51 Dean Downing Rapha Condor - Sharp s.t. 52 Daniel Lloyd Team Garmin - Cervélo s.t. 53 Gert Steegmans Quick·Step Cycling Team s.t. 54 Nick Nuyens Saxo Bank SunGard s.t. 55 Kristian House Rapha Condor - Sharp s.t. 56 Maxim Iglinskiy Pro Team Astana s.t. 57 Valerio Agnoli Liquigas - Cannondale s.t. 58 Gorazd Stangelj Pro Team Astana s.t. 59 Jack Bauer Endura Racing s.t. 60 Fabian Wegmann Leopard Trek s.t. 61 Leif Hoste Katusha Team s.t. 62 Chris Barton BMC Racing Team s.t. 63 Maciej Paterski Liquigas - Cannondale s.t. 64 Iker Camaño Endura Racing s.t. 65 Matthew Goss HTC - Highroad s.t. 66 Enrico Gasparotto Pro Team Astana s.t. 67 Martin Mortensen Leopard Trek + 4'32 68 Robert Partridge Endura Racing s.t. 69 Maxim Gourov Pro Team Astana s.t. 70 Morgan Schmitt UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling s.t. 71 Bjorn Selander Exxon Duke s.t. 72 Andreas Klier Team Garmin - Cervélo s.t. 73 Jesse Sergent Team RadioShack s.t. 74 Jonathan Clarke UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling s.t. 75 Mark Renshaw HTC - Highroad + 4'56 76 Robert Wagner Leopard Trek + 5'20 77 Simone Ponzi Liquigas - Cannondale s.t. 78 Philip Mooney Team Raleigh + 6'00 79 Michael Andersen Glud & Marstrand - LRØ s.t. 80 Jacob Nielsen Glud & Marstrand - LRØ s.t. 81 Olaf Kerkhof Team Type 1 s.t. 82 Matt Cronshaw Team Raleigh s.t. 83 Wouter Weylandt Leopard Trek s.t. 84 Juan José Haedo Saxo Bank SunGard s.t. 85 Boy Van Poppel UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling s.t. 86 Alex Candelario Kelly Benefit Strategies - Optum Health s.t. 87 Mauro Finetto Liquigas - Cannondale s.t. 88 Hayden Roulston HTC - Highroad s.t. 89 Filippo Pozzato Katusha Team s.t. 90 Roger Hammond Team Garmin - Cervélo s.t. 91 Alessandro Ballan BMC Racing Team s.t. 92 Michael Mørkøv Saxo Bank SunGard s.t. 93 Matt Crane RealCyclist.com Cycling Team s.t. 94 Alexander Porsev Katusha Team s.t. 95 Steven Cozza Exxon Duke s.t. 96 Manuel Quinziato BMC Racing Team s.t. 97 Marcus Burghardt BMC Racing Team s.t. 98 Jesse Anthony Kelly Benefit Strategies - Optum Health s.t. 99 Matthew Kipling Team Raleigh s.t. 100 Michael Friedman Kelly Benefit Strategies - Optum Health s.t. 101 Michael Creed Kelly Benefit Strategies - Optum Health s.t. 102 Jamie Sparling Team Raleigh s.t. 103 Juraj Sagan Liquigas - Cannondale s.t. 104 Andy Guptill Jamis - Sutter Home s.t. 105 John Murphy BMC Racing Team s.t. 106 Jake Keough UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling s.t. 107 Dominik Nerz Liquigas - Cannondale s.t. 108 Alejandro Borrajo Jamis - Sutter Home s.t. 109 Adrian Hegyvari UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling s.t. 110 Peter Stetina Exxon Duke s.t. 111 Michael Berling Glud & Marstrand - LRØ s.t. 112 Timothy Duggan Liquigas - Cannondale s.t. 113 Colton Barrett Kelly Benefit Strategies - Optum Health s.t. 114 Martijn Maaskant Team Garmin - Cervélo s.t. 115 Alexey Shmidt Team Type 1 s.t. 116 Eric Schildge Jamis - Sutter Home s.t. 117 Daniel Fleeman Team Raleigh + 8'08 118 Daniel Holloway Kelly Benefit Strategies - Optum Health s.t. 119 Maarten De Jonge Endura Racing s.t. 120 Kiel Reijnen Team Type 1 s.t. 121 Mark Hinnen Kelly Benefit Strategies - Optum Health s.t. 122 Niki Østergaard Glud & Marstrand - LRØ s.t. 123 Francesco Chicchi Quick·Step Cycling Team s.t. 124 Martijn Verschoor Team Type 1 s.t. 125 Alexander Wetterhall Endura Racing + 10'00 126 Alexander Kristoff BMC Racing Team + 11'04 127 Greg Van Avermaet BMC Racing Team s.t. 128 James Driscoll Jamis - Sutter Home s.t. 129 Zakkari Dempster Rapha Condor - Sharp + 11'28 130 Jack Anderson Endura Racing s.t. 131 Mauro Da Dalto Liquigas - Cannondale + 12'40 132 Sam Bewley Team RadioShack s.t. 133 James McCallum Rapha Condor - Sharp + 13'36 134 Callum Wilkinson Endura Racing s.t. 135 Thomas Rabou RealCyclist.com Cycling Team s.t. 136 Casey Munro Rapha Condor - Sharp s.t. 137 Ryan Parnes Team Raleigh s.t. 138 Fabio Calabria Team Type 1 s.t. 139 Andrew Pinfold UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling + 14'56 140 Tucker Brown Jamis - Sutter Home + 15'28 141 Rafal Majka Saxo Bank SunGard s.t. 142 Kasper Jebjerg Glud & Marstrand - LRØ s.t. 143 Evan Hyde RealCyclist.com Cycling Team s.t. 144 Cole House RealCyclist.com Cycling Team s.t. 145 Frank Travieso RealCyclist.com Cycling Team + 17'28 146 Jackie Simes Jamis - Sutter Home + 18'40 147 Kasper Jørgensen Glud & Marstrand - LRØ s.t. 148 Ian Burnett RealCyclist.com Cycling Team s.t. 149 Alessandro Bazzana Team Type 1 + 21'28
We just had nothing left after that climb today, we'd hoped for a sprint, and Evans showed his strength, taking on Exxon , Leopard and Katusha at the end, to take a stage and the leaders jersey, tomorrows TT will play into his favour as well, it will be hard to bring him back, though the TT may give us a chance to improve on 4th place!
The TT is one of two final opportunities for the Stage Racers to improve there GC placing, the route is long and slightly hilly, and we hoped to move past Schleck and Rodriguez today, as our TT skills should benefit us somewhat.
Stage Results
1 Tony Martin HTC - Highroad 33'53 2 Cadel Evans BMC Racing Team + 13 3 Fabian Cancellara Leopard Trek + 19 4 Christian Vande Velde Team Garmin - Cervélo + 25 5 Janez Brajkovič Team RadioShack + 33 6 Levi Leipheimer Team RadioShack + 35 7 Lance Armstrong Exxon Duke + 40 8 Andreas Klöden Team RadioShack + 48 9 Tom Boonen Quick·Step Cycling Team + 49 10 Tyler Farrar Exxon Duke + 50
Spoiler
11 Andy Schleck Leopard Trek + 58 12 Thor Hushovd Team Garmin - Cervélo + 1'03 13 Charles Wegelius UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling + 1'06 14 Matthew Busche Team RadioShack + 1'08 15 Danilo Di Luca Katusha Team + 1'12 16 Jesse Sergent Team RadioShack + 1'13 17 Martin Velits HTC - Highroad + 1'22 18 Philip Mooney Team Raleigh + 1'23 19 Fränk Schleck Leopard Trek s.t. 20 Jack Bauer Endura Racing + 1'27 21 Daniele Bennati Leopard Trek + 1'28 22 Lars Ytting Bak HTC - Highroad s.t. 23 JoaquÃm RodrÃguez Katusha Team s.t. 24 Heinrich Haussler Team Garmin - Cervélo + 1'32 25 Markel Irizar Team RadioShack + 1'33 26 Jure Kocjan Team Type 1 s.t. 27 BenjamÃn Noval Saxo Bank SunGard + 1'35 28 Martin Mortensen Leopard Trek + 1'36 29 John Murphy BMC Racing Team s.t. 30 Laurent Didier Saxo Bank SunGard s.t. 31 Niki Terpstra Quick·Step Cycling Team + 1'37 32 Mark Cavendish HTC - Highroad s.t. 33 Robert Partridge Endura Racing s.t. 34 Dries Devenyns Quick·Step Cycling Team + 1'38 35 Steven Cozza Exxon Duke + 1'39 36 Daniel Moreno Katusha Team s.t. 37 Leif Hoste Katusha Team + 1'40 38 Rory Sutherland UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling + 1'41 39 Craig Lewis Exxon Duke + 1'42 40 Assan Bazayev Pro Team Astana + 1'43 41 Fabian Wegmann Leopard Trek s.t. 42 Kiel Reijnen Team Type 1 + 1'44 43 Enrico Gasparotto Pro Team Astana s.t. 44 Michael Andersen Glud & Marstrand - LRØ + 1'45 45 Michael Creed Kelly Benefit Strategies - Optum Health + 1'46 46 Marcus Burghardt BMC Racing Team s.t. 47 Matthew Goss HTC - Highroad + 1'47 48 Jake Keough UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling s.t. 49 Zakkari Dempster Rapha Condor - Sharp + 1'48 50 Gert Steegmans Quick·Step Cycling Team + 1'49 51 Alessandro Ballan BMC Racing Team + 1'51 52 Valentin Iglinskiy Pro Team Astana s.t. 53 Andrew Bajadali Kelly Benefit Strategies - Optum Health s.t. 54 Adrian Hegyvari UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling + 1'52 55 Michael Mørkøv Saxo Bank SunGard s.t. 56 Jacob Nielsen Glud & Marstrand - LRØ s.t. 57 Jeff Louder Exxon Duke + 1'53 58 Michael Friedman Kelly Benefit Strategies - Optum Health s.t. 59 Nick Nuyens Saxo Bank SunGard + 1'54 60 Sylvain Chavanel Quick·Step Cycling Team s.t. 61 Alexandr Kolobnev Katusha Team s.t. 62 Gerald Ciolek Quick·Step Cycling Team + 1'55 63 Filippo Pozzato Katusha Team s.t. 64 Matt Crane RealCyclist.com Cycling Team + 1'56 65 Manuel Quinziato BMC Racing Team s.t. 66 Boy Van Poppel UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling + 1'57 67 Alexander Wetterhall Endura Racing + 1'58 68 Alexander Kristoff BMC Racing Team + 1'59 69 Iker Camaño Endura Racing s.t. 70 Chris Barton BMC Racing Team s.t. 71 Daniel Lloyd Team Garmin - Cervélo + 2'00 72 Dominik Nerz Liquigas - Cannondale + 2'01 73 Daniel Fleeman Team Raleigh s.t. 74 Jarosław Marycz Saxo Bank SunGard + 2'02 75 Sam Bewley Team RadioShack + 2'03 76 Robert Wagner Leopard Trek + 2'04 77 Gorazd Stangelj Pro Team Astana + 2'08 78 Kristian House Rapha Condor - Sharp s.t. 79 Francesco Masciarelli Pro Team Astana s.t. 80 Jack Anderson Endura Racing + 2'09 81 Dimitriy Muravyev Team RadioShack s.t. 82 Maxim Iglinskiy Pro Team Astana + 2'11 83 Johan Van Summeren Team Garmin - Cervélo s.t. 84 Olaf Kerkhof Team Type 1 + 2'12 85 Sheldon Deeny Exxon Duke + 2'13 86 Dean Downing Rapha Condor - Sharp s.t. 87 Timothy Duggan Liquigas - Cannondale + 2'14 88 Jonathan Clarke UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling s.t. 89 Hayden Roulston HTC - Highroad + 2'15 90 Jonathan Tiernan-Locke Rapha Condor - Sharp s.t. 91 Eric Schildge Jamis - Sutter Home + 2'16 92 Bjorn Selander Exxon Duke + 2'17 93 Evan Hyde RealCyclist.com Cycling Team + 2'18 94 Ryan Parnes Team Raleigh s.t. 95 Wouter Weylandt Leopard Trek s.t. 96 Andrew Pinfold UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling + 2'20 97 Valerio Agnoli Liquigas - Cannondale + 2'21 98 Juan José Haedo Saxo Bank SunGard s.t. 99 Alexey Shmidt Team Type 1 + 2'22 100 Bernhard Eisel HTC - Highroad s.t. 101 Peter Stetina Exxon Duke + 2'23 102 Colton Barrett Kelly Benefit Strategies - Optum Health s.t. 103 Rafal Majka Saxo Bank SunGard + 2'24 104 Mark Hinnen Kelly Benefit Strategies - Optum Health s.t. 105 Mauro Da Dalto Liquigas - Cannondale s.t. 106 Tucker Brown Jamis - Sutter Home + 2'25 107 Jesse Anthony Kelly Benefit Strategies - Optum Health s.t. 108 Ian Burnett RealCyclist.com Cycling Team + 2'26 109 Mirco Lorenzetto Pro Team Astana + 2'27 110 Luca Paolini Katusha Team + 2'28 111 Andreas Klier Team Garmin - Cervélo + 2'29 112 Niki Østergaard Glud & Marstrand - LRØ s.t. 113 Alejandro Borrajo Jamis - Sutter Home s.t. 114 Mauro Finetto Liquigas - Cannondale + 2'31 115 Alessandro Bazzana Team Type 1 + 2'32 116 Jamie Sparling Team Raleigh s.t. 117 Maxim Gourov Pro Team Astana + 2'33 118 Kasper Jørgensen Glud & Marstrand - LRØ + 2'37 119 Greg Van Avermaet BMC Racing Team s.t. 120 Alexander Efimkin Team Type 1 s.t. 121 Mark Renshaw HTC - Highroad s.t. 122 Maarten De Jonge Endura Racing + 2'38 123 Alexander Porsev Katusha Team s.t. 124 Matt Cronshaw Team Raleigh s.t. 125 Matteo Tosatto Saxo Bank SunGard + 2'39 126 Frank Travieso RealCyclist.com Cycling Team + 2'40 127 Maciej Paterski Liquigas - Cannondale s.t. 128 Matthew Kipling Team Raleigh + 2'43 129 Zdenek Stybar Quick·Step Cycling Team s.t. 130 Simone Ponzi Liquigas - Cannondale + 2'45 131 Thomas Rabou RealCyclist.com Cycling Team + 2'49 132 Martijn Verschoor Team Type 1 + 2'50 133 James McCallum Rapha Condor - Sharp + 2'52 134 Kasper Jebjerg Glud & Marstrand - LRØ + 2'54 135 Francesco Chicchi Quick·Step Cycling Team s.t. 136 Callum Wilkinson Endura Racing + 2'55 137 James Driscoll Jamis - Sutter Home + 2'56 138 Casey Munro Rapha Condor - Sharp s.t. 139 Martijn Maaskant Team Garmin - Cervélo + 2'57 140 Michael Berling Glud & Marstrand - LRØ + 2'58 141 Roger Hammond Team Garmin - Cervélo s.t. 142 Daniel Holloway Kelly Benefit Strategies - Optum Health + 3'01 143 Alex Candelario Kelly Benefit Strategies - Optum Health s.t. 144 Juraj Sagan Liquigas - Cannondale + 3'05 145 Morgan Schmitt UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling s.t. 146 Cole House RealCyclist.com Cycling Team + 3'07 147 Andy Guptill Jamis - Sutter Home s.t. 148 Fabio Calabria Team Type 1 + 3'09 149 Jackie Simes Jamis - Sutter Home + 3'11
The big surprise of the day today, was Tyler Farrar , hanging on for 10th spot in the TT! today went towards perfectly for us here, Armstrong did enough on the route to move into second place, the only shame, is the strength which Cadel Evans showed to come in second, he increases his GC lead to over a minute with 2 days to go, we will be hard pressed to close the gap, but 2nd is still a very strong position, and it's good to see Lance finally finding some form!
General Classification
1 Cadel Evans BMC Racing Team 24h05'53 2 Lance Armstrong Exxon Duke + 1'05 3 Andy Schleck Leopard Trek + 1'11 4 Tony Martin HTC - Highroad + 1'40 5 JoaquÃm RodrÃguez Katusha Team + 1'49 6 Andreas Klöden Team RadioShack + 2'12 7 Levi Leipheimer Team RadioShack + 3'07 8 Dries Devenyns Quick·Step Cycling Team + 3'38 9 Francesco Masciarelli Pro Team Astana + 3'44 10 Janez Brajkovič Team RadioShack + 4'09
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And there here! The Alps have arrived, bringing some real challenges for the riders, and it will be a hard battle for the next week as the climbers really start to shine on these sharp ascents. We start today with the Austrian Grossglockner!
The breakaway today, was a 4 man group, all mad! and intending to carry the attack all the way to the finish line and glory...
The attack was successful, and the pack slowed down, Lampre featured near the front, but no more drama came until the first descent of the day, Benat Intxausti, had led the -25 competition from day one, but he crashed hard, and lost over 10minutes on the men out in front today, a real shame as he has been showing good form, but Movistar wouldn't send men back to help the young spaniard, he loses the Jersey, and his high GC placing.
Back out in front, The break split again, Cioni (Sky) and Miholjevic (A & S) forced too higher pace on the second climb, dropping there companions, Faiers and Le Lay.
Today was also the end of the road for Caleb Fairly, he has worked hard for the team, his breakaway yesterday was his Addio a la Giro , he doesn't yet have the legs for the big climbs that lie ahead for the rest of the race, and so he drops out so that he can prepare for the Tour De France, where he may well play a very similar role.
On the ascent of the Grossglockner, the pace was high right from the start, Horner was well positioned near the front avoiding splits, and the gap to the break was dwindling, a matter of time before the attacks start?
Indeed, once again, Basso makes an early attack in an ascent finish, this time however, the opposition were more wary, sitting in the pack with Nibali, and relying on team mates to close the gap.
Eventually, the time came, Scarponi attacked, thundering away from the peloton, Horner did well and hung on with the main group, these much longer climbs are less to his fancy, and the main favourites moved towards Basso as the finish came into view.
Scarponi, has hit some glistening form at the perfect time, he timed his attack to perfection, moving past Basso, and climbing away from the competition, he takes another stage today, further increasing his GC lead.
The main favourites followed him in steadily, 17" back came Basso, another rider in sparkling form, followed by Garzelli and Nibali at 35", Horner was in the next group back again, along with Sanchéz and Vinokourov, taking 7th place in the stage, moving to 6th place overall.
Stage Results
1 Michele Scarponi Lampre - ISD 4h53'08 2 Ivan Basso Liquigas - Cannondale + 17 3 Vincenzo Nibali Liquigas - Cannondale + 35 4 Stefano Garzelli Acqua & Sapone s.t. 5 Marzio Bruseghin Movistar Team + 49 6 Haimar Zubeldia Team RadioShack + 1'21 7 Chris Horner Exxon Duke s.t .8 Luis León Sánchez Rabobank Cycling Team s.t. 9 Alexandre Vinokourov Pro Team Astana s.t. 10 Damiano Cunego Lampre - ISD + 1'40
Spoiler
11 Jakob Fuglsang Leopard Trek + 1'48 12 Giampaolo Caruso Katusha Team s.t. 13 Amets Txurruka Euskaltel - Euskadi + 2'00 14 Peter Velits HTC - Highroad + 2'09 15 Steven Kruijswijk Rabobank Cycling Team s.t. 16 Matteo Carrara Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team s.t. 17 José Serpa Androni Giocattoli + 2'22 18 Iván Velasco Euskaltel - Euskadi s.t. 19 Marco Pinotti HTC - Highroad s.t. 20 Emanuele Sella Androni Giocattoli s.t. 21 Morris Possoni Sky ProCycling s.t. 22 Leonardo Bertagnolli Lampre - ISD + 2'54 23 Juan Mauricio Soler Movistar Team s.t. 24 Simon Spilak Lampre - ISD s.t. 25 Robert Kiserlovski Pro Team Astana s.t. 26 Mikel Nieve Euskaltel - Euskadi + 3'10 27 Andrea Noè Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli + 3'18 28 Richie Porte Saxo Bank SunGard s.t. 29 Kevin De Weert Quick·Step Cycling Team + 4'38 30 Nicki Sørensen Saxo Bank SunGard s.t. 31 Alessandro Bisolti Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli s.t. 32 Carlos Betancourt Acqua & Sapone s.t. 33 Tejay Van Garderen HTC - Highroad s.t. 34 Andriy Grivko Pro Team Astana s.t. 35 Cayetano Sarmiento Acqua & Sapone s.t. 36 Philip Deignan Team RadioShack s.t. 37 Vladimir Miholjevic Acqua & Sapone s.t. 38 Rubén Plaza Movistar Team s.t. 39 Grischa Niermann Rabobank Cycling Team + 4'58 40 Francesco Failli Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli + 6'15 41 Luca Mazzanti Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli + 6'46 42 Patrik Sinkewitz Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli s.t. 43 Óscar Pujol Omega Pharma - Lotto s.t. 44 Peter Sagan Liquigas - Cannondale s.t. 45 Giovanni Visconti Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli s.t. 46 Christophe Riblon AG2R La Mondiale s.t. 47 Yaroslav Popovych Team RadioShack s.t. 48 Volodymir Gustov Saxo Bank SunGard s.t. 49 Johann Tschopp BMC Racing Team s.t. 50 Steve Morabito BMC Racing Team s.t. 51 David Zabriskie Exxon Duke s.t. 52 Amaël Moinard BMC Racing Team s.t. 53 Aitor Pérez Arrieta Lampre - ISD s.t. 54 Xabier Zandio Sky ProCycling s.t. 55 José Rujano Androni Giocattoli s.t. 56 Bauke Mollema Rabobank Cycling Team s.t. 57 Andrey Kashechkin Lampre - ISD s.t. 58 Rémy Di Gregorio Pro Team Astana s.t. 59 Francesco Ginanni Androni Giocattoli s.t. 60 Alessandro Bertolini Androni Giocattoli s.t. 61 Dario Cioni Sky ProCycling s.t. 62 Evgeni Petrov Pro Team Astana s.t. 63 Vasil Kiryienka Movistar Team s.t. 64 Sylwester Szmyd Liquigas - Cannondale s.t. 65 José Iván Gutiérrez Movistar Team s.t. 66 Chris Froome Sky ProCycling s.t. 67 Riccardo Chiarini Androni Giocattoli s.t. 68 Kanstantsin Siutsou HTC - Highroad s.t. 69 Oliver Zaugg Leopard Trek s.t. 70 José JoaquÃn Rojas Movistar Team s.t. 71 Aleksandr Kuschynski Katusha Team s.t. 72 Przemyslaw Niemiec Lampre - ISD s.t. 73 Sergey Lagutin Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team + 8'19 74 Bernardo Colex Exxon Duke + 8'46 75 Ben Hermans Team RadioShack + 9'04 76 Paolo Tiralongo Pro Team Astana s.t. 77 Michael Albasini HTC - Highroad s.t. 78 Addy Engels Quick·Step Cycling Team + 9'26 79 Mario Aerts Omega Pharma - Lotto + 9'34 80 Christian Knees Sky ProCycling s.t. 81 Pablo Lastras Movistar Team + 9'46 82 Massimo Codol Acqua & Sapone + 10'38 83 Matthew Lloyd Omega Pharma - Lotto + 12'06 84 Michel Kreder Team Garmin - Cervélo + 12'58 85 Bruno Pires Leopard Trek s.t. 86 Manuel Cardoso Team RadioShack s.t. 87 Gustav Erik Larsson Saxo Bank SunGard + 13'14 88 Paul Martens Rabobank Cycling Team s.t. 89 Davide Malacarne Quick·Step Cycling Team s.t. 90 Scott Zwizanski Exxon Duke s.t. 91 Joan Horrach Katusha Team s.t. 92 Eduard Vorganov Katusha Team s.t. 93 Danny Pate Exxon Duke s.t. 94 Jürgen Van de Walle Omega Pharma - Lotto s.t. 95 Andrew Talansky Team Garmin - Cervélo s.t. 96 Simon Clarke Pro Team Astana s.t. 97 Roberto Ferrari Androni Giocattoli s.t. 98 Santo Anza Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team s.t. 99 Luca Solari Androni Giocattoli + 13'50 100 Steve Houanard AG2R La Mondiale s.t. 101 Francisco José Ventoso Movistar Team s.t. 102 Gorka Izagirre Euskaltel - Euskadi s.t. 103 Rubén Pérez Euskaltel - Euskadi + 14'14 104 Beñat Intxausti Movistar Team + 14'30 105 David Le Lay AG2R La Mondiale + 15'54 106 Christian Meier Exxon Duke + 20'19 107 Ben Jacques-Maynes Exxon Duke + 20'27 108 Taylor Phinney Exxon Duke + 20'56 109 Anthony Ravard AG2R La Mondiale + 22'40 110 Jorge Azanza Euskaltel - Euskadi s.t. 111 Stefan Denifl Leopard Trek s.t. 112 Ivan Santaromita BMC Racing Team + 22'48 113 Kjell Carlström Sky ProCycling s.t. 114 Emanuele Vona Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli s.t. 115 Pierre Cazaux Euskaltel - Euskadi + 23'04 116 Maxime Bouet AG2R La Mondiale s.t. 117 Pavel Brutt Katusha Team + 23'12 118 Mirko Selvaggi Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team + 23'28 119 Roman Kireyev Pro Team Astana + 23'44 120 Robert Hunter Team RadioShack + 27'52 121 Thomas Rohregger Leopard Trek + 28'00 122 Hubert Dupont AG2R La Mondiale s.t. 123 Travis Meyer Team Garmin - Cervélo + 28'08 124 Marco Marcato Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team + 28'16 125 Sep Vanmarcke Team Garmin - Cervélo s.t. 126 Russell Downing Sky ProCycling + 28'24 127 Marc De Maar Quick·Step Cycling Team + 28'40 128 Stephen Cummings Sky ProCycling s.t. 129 Adam Hansen Omega Pharma - Lotto + 28'48 130 Stuart O'Grady Leopard Trek s.t. 131 Pablo Urtasun Euskaltel - Euskadi + 28'56 132 Ruggero Marzoli Acqua & Sapone s.t. 133 Grega Bole Lampre - ISD + 29'04 134 Geoffroy Lequatre Team RadioShack s.t. 135 Bert Grabsch HTC - Highroad s.t. 136 Martin Kohler BMC Racing Team s.t. 137 Allan Davis Pro Team Astana + 29'12 138 Pierpaolo De Negri Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli s.t. 139 Artem Ovechkin Katusha Team s.t. 140 Andrea Masciarelli Acqua & Sapone s.t. 141 Maarten Wynants Rabobank Cycling Team s.t. 142 Simon Zahner BMC Racing Team s.t. 143 Alexander Mironov Katusha Team s.t. 144 Jonas Aaen Jørgensen Saxo Bank SunGard s.t. 145 Elia Viviani Liquigas - Cannondale s.t. 146 Dominic Klemme Leopard Trek s.t. 147 Baden Cooke Saxo Bank SunGard s.t. 148 Maxime Vantomme Katusha Team s.t. 149 Ramunas Navardauskas Team Garmin - Cervélo + 29'20 150 Balint Szeghalmi Lampre - ISD s.t. 151 Lieuwe Westra Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team s.t. 152 Coen Vermeltfoort Rabobank Cycling Team s.t. 153 Joost Van Leijen Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team s.t. 154 Borut Božic Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team s.t. 155 Cameron Meyer Team Garmin - Cervélo s.t. 156 Danilo Wyss BMC Racing Team s.t. 157 Francesco Reda Quick·Step Cycling Team + 29'28 158 Jack Bobridge Team Garmin - Cervélo s.t. 159 Mikaël Chérel AG2R La Mondiale s.t. 160 Tiziano Dall'Antonia Liquigas - Cannondale s.t. 161 Michael Matthews Rabobank Cycling Team + 29'36 162 Paolo Longo Borghini Liquigas - Cannondale s.t. 163 Jonathan Bellis Saxo Bank SunGard + 29'44 164 Andrea Guardini Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli + 29'52 165 John Degenkolb HTC - Highroad + 42'00 166 Francisco Javier Aramendia Euskaltel - Euskadi s.t. 167 Davide Viganò Leopard Trek s.t. 168 Matthew Wilson Team Garmin - Cervélo + 42'08 169 Sébastien Hinault AG2R La Mondiale s.t. 170 Julian Dean Team Garmin - Cervélo s.t. 171 Vicente Reynès Omega Pharma - Lotto + 42'24 172 Fabio Sabatini Liquigas - Cannondale + 42'48 173 Grégory Rast Team RadioShack s.t. 174 Danilo Napolitano Acqua & Sapone s.t. 175 Christopher Sutton Sky ProCycling + 42'56 176 Kristof Goddaert AG2R La Mondiale s.t. 177 Frederique Robert Quick·Step Cycling Team s.t. 178 Marco Bandiera Quick·Step Cycling Team + 43'12 179 Gert Dockx Omega Pharma - Lotto + 43'36 180 Crescenzo D'Amore Androni Giocattoli s.t. 181 Robbie McEwen Team RadioShack s.t. 182 Andreas Stauff Quick·Step Cycling Team s.t. 183 Jens Debusschere Omega Pharma - Lotto + 43'44 184 Leigh Howard HTC - Highroad s.t. 185 Claudio Corioni Acqua & Sapone + 43'52 186 Kevin Van Impe Quick·Step Cycling Team + 47'52 187 Jens Mouris Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team + 51'04 188 Matthew Brammeier HTC - Highroad + 51'12
Word From Chris: "Wow, this is tough, the stages from now to the finish are all menacing, no rest for the wicked... It was a shame to see Caleb go today, but it had been the team plan, and his legs are young, he is still developing at the moment.
Tomorrow is arguably the hardest day of the race, and doesn't really suit my climbing style, for me, it's just a case of hanging on as best i can, there are more days for me to come!"
Edited by baggieboys32 on 06-05-2012 00:30
baggieboys32
Posted on 06-05-2012 10:10
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Sometimes, i really hate this game. It wouldn't load the stage, so in the end i had to Detailed Sim it, The result was pretty good, but on the queen stage of the race, i wanted to to play it you stupid game.
The day is the big one for the GC men, the ascent of Mt Baldy will be the last chance to shake up the general classification.
Exxon-Duke as a whole were a credit here today, they brought back the morning break along with BMC, and controlled the attacks on the climbs beautifully, Armstrong then rode away from the pack along with one of the best climbers currently riding anywhere in the world, Lance and Andy Schleck. The duo opened a gap of 16" to 3rd place, and 28" on Cadel Evans, before Andy outsprinted Lance to take the stage win,the gap is much smaller, but can we close 20" on a fairly flat stage?
Stage Results
1 Andy Schleck Leopard Trek 3h56'24 2 Lance Armstrong Exxon Duke s.t. 3 Levi Leipheimer Team RadioShack + 16 4 JoaquÃm RodrÃguez Katusha Team s.t. 5 Charles Wegelius UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling + 28 6 Cadel Evans BMC Racing Team s.t. 7 Danilo Di Luca Katusha Team s.t. 8 Christian Vande Velde Team Garmin - Cervélo s.t. 9 Fränk Schleck Leopard Trek s.t. 10 Andreas Klöden Team RadioShack + 40
Spoiler
11 Tony Martin HTC - Highroad s.t. 12 Francesco Masciarelli Pro Team Astana s.t. 13 Daniel Moreno Katusha Team s.t. 14 Dries Devenyns Quick·Step Cycling Team + 1'40 15 Janez Brajkovič Team RadioShack s.t. 16 Alexandr Kolobnev Katusha Team + 1'48 17 Valerio Agnoli Liquigas - Cannondale + 2'36 18 Laurent Didier Saxo Bank SunGard s.t. 19 Gorazd Stangelj Pro Team Astana s.t. 20 BenjamÃn Noval Saxo Bank SunGard s.t. 21 Andrew Bajadali Kelly Benefit Strategies - Optum Health s.t. 22 Alexander Efimkin Team Type 1 + 3'04 23 Jure Kocjan Team Type 1 + 5'32 24 Johan Van Summeren Team Garmin - Cervélo s.t. 25 Dimitriy Muravyev Team RadioShack s.t. 26 Maxim Iglinskiy Pro Team Astana s.t. 27 Lars Ytting Bak HTC - Highroad s.t. 28 Matthew Busche Team RadioShack s.t. 29 Chris Barton BMC Racing Team + 6'20 30 Rory Sutherland UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling + 6'36 31 Sylvain Chavanel Quick·Step Cycling Team + 6'44 32 Jacob Nielsen Glud & Marstrand - LRØ + 7'40 33 Jonathan Tiernan-Locke Rapha Condor - Sharp s.t. 34 Iker Camaño Endura Racing s.t. 35 Andy Guptill Jamis - Sutter Home s.t. 36 Kristian House Rapha Condor - Sharp + 8'00 37 Martin Velits HTC - Highroad + 8'08 38 Timothy Duggan Liquigas - Cannondale s.t. 39 Assan Bazayev Pro Team Astana + 8'16 40 Daniel Lloyd Team Garmin - Cervélo s.t. 41 Fabian Wegmann Leopard Trek s.t. 42 Thor Hushovd Team Garmin - Cervélo s.t. 43 James Driscoll Jamis - Sutter Home s.t. 44 Fabian Cancellara Leopard Trek s.t. 45 Alessandro Ballan BMC Racing Team s.t. 46 Craig Lewis Exxon Duke s.t. 47 Zdenek Stybar Quick·Step Cycling Team s.t. 48 Jeff Louder Exxon Duke s.t. 49 Steven Cozza Exxon Duke + 8'48 50 Marcus Burghardt BMC Racing Team s.t. 51 John Murphy BMC Racing Team + 9'04 52 Kiel Reijnen Team Type 1 s.t. 53 Bjorn Selander Exxon Duke s.t. 54 Markel Irizar Team RadioShack s.t. 55 Dominik Nerz Liquigas - Cannondale s.t. 56 Matteo Tosatto Saxo Bank SunGard s.t. 57 Peter Stetina Exxon Duke s.t. 58 Daniele Bennati Leopard Trek s.t. 59 Heinrich Haussler Team Garmin - Cervélo s.t. 60 Jarosław Marycz Saxo Bank SunGard s.t. 61 Daniel Fleeman Team Raleigh + 9'56 62 Matthew Goss HTC - Highroad + 10'16 63 Nick Nuyens Saxo Bank SunGard s.t. 64 Niki Østergaard Glud & Marstrand - LRØ + 10'40 65 Jack Bauer Endura Racing + 11'44 66 Simone Ponzi Liquigas - Cannondale s.t. 67 Robert Partridge Endura Racing + 11'56 68 Enrico Gasparotto Pro Team Astana + 12'16 69 Matt Crane RealCyclist.com Cycling Team + 12'32 70 Tom Boonen Quick·Step Cycling Team s.t. 71 Gert Steegmans Quick·Step Cycling Team s.t. 72 Jonathan Clarke UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling s.t. 73 Jake Keough UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling s.t. 74 Mirco Lorenzetto Pro Team Astana + 12'52 75 Gerald Ciolek Quick·Step Cycling Team s.t. 76 Dean Downing Rapha Condor - Sharp s.t. 77 Mauro Finetto Liquigas - Cannondale s.t. 78 Jesse Anthony Kelly Benefit Strategies - Optum Health s.t. 79 Michael Andersen Glud & Marstrand - LRØ s.t. 80 Philip Mooney Team Raleigh + 13'08 81 Mark Cavendish HTC - Highroad s.t. 82 Eric Schildge Jamis - Sutter Home s.t. 83 Rafal Majka Saxo Bank SunGard s.t. 84 Jamie Sparling Team Raleigh + 13'32 85 Matthew Kipling Team Raleigh s.t. 86 Filippo Pozzato Katusha Team s.t. 87 Matt Cronshaw Team Raleigh s.t. 88 Thomas Rabou RealCyclist.com Cycling Team s.t. 89 Robert Wagner Leopard Trek s.t. 90 Boy Van Poppel UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling s.t. 91 Fabio Calabria Team Type 1 s.t. 92 Maxim Gourov Pro Team Astana s.t. 93 Valentin Iglinskiy Pro Team Astana + 14'00 94 Mark Hinnen Kelly Benefit Strategies - Optum Health s.t. 95 Juraj Sagan Liquigas - Cannondale s.t. 96 Alejandro Borrajo Jamis - Sutter Home + 14'12 97 Adrian Hegyvari UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling s.t. 98 Leif Hoste Katusha Team s.t. 99 Alexey Shmidt Team Type 1 s.t. 100 Callum Wilkinson Endura Racing s.t. 101 Luca Paolini Katusha Team s.t. 102 Casey Munro Rapha Condor - Sharp s.t. 103 Mauro Da Dalto Liquigas - Cannondale s.t. 104 Martin Mortensen Leopard Trek s.t. 105 Alexander Porsev Katusha Team + 15'52 106 Greg Van Avermaet BMC Racing Team + 17'12 107 Tyler Farrar Exxon Duke + 30'00 108 Michael Creed Kelly Benefit Strategies - Optum Health + 30'08 109 Alex Candelario Kelly Benefit Strategies - Optum Health s.t. 110 Michael Friedman Kelly Benefit Strategies - Optum Health s.t. 111 Cole House RealCyclist.com Cycling Team + 30'20 112 Manuel Quinziato BMC Racing Team + 30'40 113 Michael Berling Glud & Marstrand - LRØ s.t. 114 Niki Terpstra Quick·Step Cycling Team + 31'04 115 Sheldon Deeny Exxon Duke s.t. 116 Tucker Brown Jamis - Sutter Home + 31'20 117 Alessandro Bazzana Team Type 1 s.t. 118 Olaf Kerkhof Team Type 1 s.t. 119 James McCallum Rapha Condor - Sharp + 31'32 120 Hayden Roulston HTC - Highroad s.t. 121 Jesse Sergent Team RadioShack + 31'44 122 Daniel Holloway Kelly Benefit Strategies - Optum Health + 31'52 123 Maarten De Jonge Endura Racing s.t. 124 Alexander Wetterhall Endura Racing s.t. 125 Jack Anderson Endura Racing + 32'08 126 Maciej Paterski Liquigas - Cannondale s.t. 127 Evan Hyde RealCyclist.com Cycling Team s.t. 128 Juan José Haedo Saxo Bank SunGard s.t. 129 Andreas Klier Team Garmin - Cervélo s.t. 130 Morgan Schmitt UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling s.t. 131 Michael Mørkøv Saxo Bank SunGard s.t. 132 Colton Barrett Kelly Benefit Strategies - Optum Health s.t. 133 Mark Renshaw HTC - Highroad s.t. 134 Jackie Simes Jamis - Sutter Home s.t. 135 Andrew Pinfold UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling s.t. 136 Ian Burnett RealCyclist.com Cycling Team s.t. 137 Martijn Verschoor Team Type 1 s.t. 138 Alexander Kristoff BMC Racing Team s.t. 139 Francesco Chicchi Quick·Step Cycling Team s.t. 140 Martijn Maaskant Team Garmin - Cervélo s.t. 141 Frank Travieso RealCyclist.com Cycling Team s.t. 142 Sam Bewley Team RadioShack s.t. 143 Wouter Weylandt Leopard Trek s.t. 144 Roger Hammond Team Garmin - Cervélo s.t. 145 Kasper Jørgensen Glud & Marstrand - LRØ s.t.
General Classification
1 Cadel Evans BMC Racing Team 28h02'45 2 Andy Schleck Leopard Trek + 23 3 Lance Armstrong Exxon Duke + 25 4 JoaquÃm RodrÃguez Katusha Team + 1'37 5 Tony Martin HTC - Highroad + 1'52 6 Andreas Klöden Team RadioShack + 2'24 7 Levi Leipheimer Team RadioShack + 2'47 8 Francesco Masciarelli Pro Team Astana + 3'56 9 Christian Vande Velde Team Garmin - Cervélo + 4'33 10 Dries Devenyns Quick·Step Cycling Team + 4'50
Points
1 Cadel Evans BMC Racing Team 79 2 Tony Martin HTC - Highroad 79 3 Andy Schleck Leopard Trek 76 4 Andreas Klöden Team RadioShack 58 5 JoaquÃm RodrÃguez Katusha Team 57 6 Tyler Farrar Exxon Duke 56 7 Levi Leipheimer Team RadioShack 55 8 Lance Armstrong Exxon Duke 45 9 Alexandr Kolobnev Katusha Team 41 10 Janez Brajkovič Team RadioShack 40
King of the Mountains
1 Andreas Klöden Team RadioShack 50 2 Matthew Goss HTC - Highroad 44 3 Andy Schleck Leopard Trek 43 4 Lance Armstrong Exxon Duke 35 5 Francesco Masciarelli Pro Team Astana 31 6 Daniel Moreno Katusha Team 29 7 JoaquÃm RodrÃguez Katusha Team 25 8 Fabian Cancellara Leopard Trek 24 9 Cadel Evans BMC Racing Team 21 10 Andrew Bajadali Kelly Benefit Strategies - Optum Health 20
sutty68
Posted on 06-05-2012 13:47
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Having to sim is a pain, but this time around it really helped Lance on the GC
baggieboys32
Posted on 06-05-2012 15:47
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The final day of week 2, and possibly the hardest of this race, the ascent of the Monte Crostis is a challenge which will refine the peloton, before the riders reach the main climb of the day, the 11.9km 9% average, Monte Zoncolan and the finish line.
11 men formed the breakaway today, Saxobank clearly felt the breakaway had a good chance today, they sent both Gustav Larsson and and Jonas Jorgensen into the breakaway, along with our man Danny Pate , donning the Green King of the Mountains jersey as Scarpo is wearing Pink.
Pate made good use of this breakaway, he collected the first 3 KOM sprints, as he continues to take the fight to Lampre's leader in the KOM competition.
It was a sign of how difficult this stage is, that by the base of Monte Crostis, the peloton had already fallen to just 59riders, and all but 3 men from the break had been caught, including Danny Pate , who was feeling the effects of consecutive breaks.
Included in the men left behind, were two of the GC men, both Cunego and Basso had fallen away during the race, leaving there leaders Nibali and Scarponi isolated from there main helper for the first time this race.
As the group started the Zoncolan, Horner was the only man remaining for Exxon , but his legs were good, Zabriskie and Zwizanski had sacrificed there legs to get him up the Monte Crostis in good shape.
6 turns left, and the group was down to just 12 of the favourites, Vinokourov was starting slide away along with Bruseghin, Fuglsang, and Caruso of Katusha. Anyone with legs left would surely go soon, and exploit this opportunity to reduce the group size.
No attack was needed, 8 of the group just blew up with 3 turns left, Horner, Scarponi, Sanchéz and Garzelli suddenly found daylight between themselves and the rest of the pack, and Horner was still looking strong!
Garzelli may lack the ability to Time trial, but it's clear that he knows how to climb, he outsprinted his contenders to pick up the stage win here, and Horner also showed his strength once more, outsprinting Sanchéz and Scarponi, to pick up 2nd place!
Stage Results
1 Stefano Garzelli Acqua & Sapone 6h33'15 2 Chris Horner Exxon Duke s.t. 3 Michele Scarponi Lampre - ISD s.t. 4 Luis León Sánchez Rabobank Cycling Team + 11 5 Alexandre Vinokourov Pro Team Astana + 29 6 Vincenzo Nibali Liquigas - Cannondale + 50 7 Marzio Bruseghin Movistar Team s.t. 8 Haimar Zubeldia Team RadioShack s.t. 9 Jakob Fuglsang Leopard Trek s.t. 10 Giampaolo Caruso Katusha Team s.t.
Spoiler
11 Peter Velits HTC - Highroad s.t. 12 Leonardo Bertagnolli Lampre - ISD s.t. 13 Amets Txurruka Euskaltel - Euskadi + 4'32 14 Matteo Carrara Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team + 5'52 15 Mikel Nieve Euskaltel - Euskadi + 7'44 16 Emanuele Sella Androni Giocattoli + 8'24 17 Juan Mauricio Soler Movistar Team + 8'40 18 Simon Spilak Lampre - ISD s.t. 19 Rubén Plaza Movistar Team + 8'56 20 Francesco Failli Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli + 9'28 21 José Serpa Androni Giocattoli + 9'44 22 Beñat Intxausti Movistar Team + 10'48 23 Ivan Basso Liquigas - Cannondale + 11'04 24 Marco Pinotti HTC - Highroad + 11'20 25 Steven Kruijswijk Rabobank Cycling Team + 11'36 26 Damiano Cunego Lampre - ISD s.t. 27 Philip Deignan Team RadioShack + 11'52 28 Morris Possoni Sky ProCycling s.t. 29 Richie Porte Saxo Bank SunGard + 12'00 30 Iván Velasco Euskaltel - Euskadi s.t. 31 Giovanni Visconti Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli s.t. 32 Cayetano Sarmiento Acqua & Sapone s.t. 33 Tejay Van Garderen HTC - Highroad s.t. 34 Andrea Noè Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli s.t. 35 Kevin De Weert Quick·Step Cycling Team + 12'08 36 Patrik Sinkewitz Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli + 12'16 37 Carlos Betancourt Acqua & Sapone s.t. 38 José Iván Gutiérrez Movistar Team s.t. 39 Przemyslaw Niemiec Lampre - ISD s.t. 40 Alessandro Bisolti Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli + 12'24 41 Yaroslav Popovych Team RadioShack s.t. 42 Óscar Pujol Omega Pharma - Lotto + 12'56 43 Kanstantsin Siutsou HTC - Highroad + 13'04 44 Nicki Sørensen Saxo Bank SunGard + 14'08 45 Massimo Codol Acqua & Sapone s.t. 46 Steve Morabito BMC Racing Team + 14'24 47 Volodymir Gustov Saxo Bank SunGard s.t. 48 Luca Mazzanti Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli + 14'32 49 Johann Tschopp BMC Racing Team s.t. 50 Christian Knees Sky ProCycling + 14'40 51 Aitor Pérez Arrieta Lampre - ISD + 14'48 52 Andrey Kashechkin Lampre - ISD s.t. 53 José Rujano Androni Giocattoli + 15'12 54 Vladimir Miholjevic Acqua & Sapone + 16'24 55 Peter Sagan Liquigas - Cannondale + 16'32 56 Grischa Niermann Rabobank Cycling Team s.t. 57 Robert Kiserlovski Pro Team Astana + 17'20 58 Sylwester Szmyd Liquigas - Cannondale + 18'00 59 Andriy Grivko Pro Team Astana + 18'08 60 Manuel Cardoso Team RadioShack s.t. 61 Michael Albasini HTC - Highroad + 18'16 62 Vasil Kiryienka Movistar Team s.t. 63 Sergey Lagutin Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team + 18'40 64 Eduard Vorganov Katusha Team + 18'48 65 Rémy Di Gregorio Pro Team Astana + 18'56 66 Oliver Zaugg Leopard Trek + 19'20 67 Chris Froome Sky ProCycling s.t. 68 Bauke Mollema Rabobank Cycling Team + 19'28 69 Pablo Lastras Movistar Team + 20'40 70 David Zabriskie Exxon Duke + 21'44 71 José JoaquÃn Rojas Movistar Team + 22'00 72 Paul Martens Rabobank Cycling Team + 22'32 73 Francesco Ginanni Androni Giocattoli + 22'40 74 Santo Anza Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team + 22'56 75 Michel Kreder Team Garmin - Cervélo + 23'04 76 Ben Hermans Team RadioShack + 23'52 77 Riccardo Chiarini Androni Giocattoli + 24'00 78 Christophe Riblon AG2R La Mondiale + 24'16 79 Paolo Tiralongo Pro Team Astana + 24'24 80 Andrea Masciarelli Acqua & Sapone + 24'32 81 Xabier Zandio Sky ProCycling + 24'40 82 Ben Jacques-Maynes Exxon Duke s.t. 83 Scott Zwizanski Exxon Duke s.t. 84 Evgeni Petrov Pro Team Astana + 24'48 85 Simon Clarke Pro Team Astana + 24'56 86 Dario Cioni Sky ProCycling + 25'04 87 Emanuele Vona Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli + 25'12 88 Thomas Rohregger Leopard Trek s.t. 89 Matthew Lloyd Omega Pharma - Lotto + 25'20 90 Amaël Moinard BMC Racing Team s.t. 91 Davide Malacarne Quick·Step Cycling Team s.t. 92 Maxime Bouet AG2R La Mondiale + 25'44 93 Aleksandr Kuschynski Katusha Team + 26'08 94 Ivan Santaromita BMC Racing Team + 26'16 95 Steve Houanard AG2R La Mondiale + 26'32 96 Francisco José Ventoso Movistar Team + 27'12 97 Mario Aerts Omega Pharma - Lotto + 27'20 98 Roberto Ferrari Androni Giocattoli + 27'36 99 Hubert Dupont AG2R La Mondiale + 28'48 100 Mirko Selvaggi Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team + 29'04 101 Gustav Erik Larsson Saxo Bank SunGard s.t. 102 Kjell Carlström Sky ProCycling + 29'12 103 Andrew Talansky Team Garmin - Cervélo + 29'20 104 Bernardo Colex Exxon Duke + 29'36 105 Danny Pate Exxon Duke + 30'40 106 Jorge Azanza Euskaltel - Euskadi + 35'28 107 Marco Marcato Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team + 35'36 108 Addy Engels Quick·Step Cycling Team + 35'52 109 Stefan Denifl Leopard Trek s.t. 110 Pavel Brutt Katusha Team + 36'00 111 Jürgen Van de Walle Omega Pharma - Lotto + 45'20 112 Pierre Cazaux Euskaltel - Euskadi + 45'28 113 Simon Zahner BMC Racing Team s.t. 114 Christian Meier Exxon Duke + 45'36 115 Sep Vanmarcke Team Garmin - Cervélo s.t. 116 Russell Downing Sky ProCycling + 49'12 117 Geoffroy Lequatre Team RadioShack s.t. 118 Robert Hunter Team RadioShack + 49'20 119 Grega Bole Lampre - ISD + 49'28 120 Balint Szeghalmi Lampre - ISD s.t. 121 Jonas Aaen Jørgensen Saxo Bank SunGard + 49'44 122 Taylor Phinney Exxon Duke + 55'12 123 Alessandro Bertolini Androni Giocattoli + 1h02'47 124 Tiziano Dall'Antonia Liquigas - Cannondale + 1h06'14 125 Bruno Pires Leopard Trek + 1h07'14 126 Rubén Pérez Euskaltel - Euskadi s.t. 127 Joan Horrach Katusha Team + 1h07'30 128 Bert Grabsch HTC - Highroad s.t. 129 Pablo Urtasun Euskaltel - Euskadi + 1h07'46 130 Davide Viganò Leopard Trek s.t. 131 Allan Davis Pro Team Astana + 1h07'54 132 Stuart O'Grady Leopard Trek s.t. 133 Dominic Klemme Leopard Trek s.t. 134 David Le Lay AG2R La Mondiale s.t. 135 Stephen Cummings Sky ProCycling s.t. 136 Luca Solari Androni Giocattoli s.t. 137 Adam Hansen Omega Pharma - Lotto s.t. 138 Anthony Ravard AG2R La Mondiale s.t. 139 Gorka Izagirre Euskaltel - Euskadi s.t. 140 Maarten Wynants Rabobank Cycling Team s.t. 141 Lieuwe Westra Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team s.t. 142 Artem Ovechkin Katusha Team s.t. 143 Michael Matthews Rabobank Cycling Team s.t. 144 Roman Kireyev Pro Team Astana s.t. 145 Ruggero Marzoli Acqua & Sapone + 1h08'34 146 Marc De Maar Quick·Step Cycling Team + 1h08'46 147 Martin Kohler BMC Racing Team s.t. 148 Danilo Napolitano Acqua & Sapone s.t. 149 Alexander Mironov Katusha Team s.t. 150 Maxime Vantomme Katusha Team s.t. 151 Joost Van Leijen Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team s.t. 152 Paolo Longo Borghini Liquigas - Cannondale s.t. 153 Coen Vermeltfoort Rabobank Cycling Team s.t. 154 Jack Bobridge Team Garmin - Cervélo s.t. 155 Borut Božic Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team s.t. 156 Baden Cooke Saxo Bank SunGard s.t. 157 Cameron Meyer Team Garmin - Cervélo s.t. 158 Julian Dean Team Garmin - Cervélo + 1h09'22 159 Christopher Sutton Sky ProCycling + 1h10'02 160 Mikaël Chérel AG2R La Mondiale s.t.
DS Comments: Wow, Chris may be a veteran in the cycling world, but he's having a fantastic season, this stage moves him to 2nd place in the GC! Not a bad way to continue, following his success in La Fleche Wallonne!
As a measure of how hard today was, we saw 33 men drop out after missing the time split, Quickstep are the worst hit of the teams here, they lost 5 men from there side! We managed to avoid any losses today, moving us further up the team rankings!
Edited by baggieboys32 on 06-05-2012 15:48
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Amazing race for Chris. Now to kill Scarponi the rest of the way through!
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2nd on GC, come on Chris Horner lets win this damn thing
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sutty68 wrote:
2nd on GC, come on Chris Horner lets win this damn thing
No antón to get in the way in this story!
This time its Scarponi, i'll put up the week review and 3rd week introduction in a while, you'll see that the chase is going to be difficult!
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With the Zoncolan out of the way, the second week comes to its conclusion, just 7 days more face the riders, but the third week is arguably the hardest, and will be a sure test of how strong the legs are!
General Classification
Currently, Michele Scarponi dominates the GC, he has been ever-present at the front during mountain days, as is shown by his huge lead in the General Classification!
Chris Horner is really sparkling this season, and his Giro has been no exception, he came with a target of top 10, and is currently 2nd! let's hope he can maintain this form for another week, as he finished the first half of his season, returning after the TdF, for the Autumn Classics, and possibly La Vuelta.
1 Michele Scarponi Lampre - ISD 61h16'43 2 Chris Horner Exxon Duke + 3'17 3 Stefano Garzelli Acqua & Sapone + 3'24 4 Marzio Bruseghin Movistar Team + 3'40 5 Vincenzo Nibali Liquigas - Cannondale + 3'53 6 Luis León Sánchez Rabobank Cycling Team + 4'06 7 Alexandre Vinokourov Pro Team Astana + 4'15 8 Haimar Zubeldia Team RadioShack + 5'03 9 Giampaolo Caruso Katusha Team + 5'20 10 Peter Velits HTC - Highroad + 5'26 11 Leonardo Bertagnolli Lampre - ISD + 6'17 12 Jakob Fuglsang Leopard Trek + 6'30 13 Matteo Carrara Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team + 10'08 14 Amets Txurruka Euskaltel - Euskadi + 10'15 15 Ivan Basso Liquigas - Cannondale + 14'16
Points Jersey
Unsurprisingly given the recent stages, the sprinters have gone home, after a fruitless first week, leaving the climbers leading the Points competition as well! Scarponi has won stages as well as climbing solidly, he leads the Sprints competition, ahead of second place Cararra, by over 50 points!
1 Michele Scarponi Lampre - ISD 177 2 Matteo Carrara Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team 123 3 Vincenzo Nibali Liquigas - Cannondale 113 4 Alexandre Vinokourov Pro Team Astana 113 5 Luis León Sánchez Rabobank Cycling Team 109 6 Chris Horner Exxon Duke 96 7 Damiano Cunego Lampre - ISD 95 8 Stefano Garzelli Acqua & Sapone 82 9 Marzio Bruseghin Movistar Team 61 10 Marco Marcato Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team 47
King of the Mountains
What a shock, this name must be getting repetitive! Scarponi leads the King of the Mountains, despite our best efforts, We hold second and third, but The stage finishes are where the big points are, and this has been the reason for Scarpo's success.
1 Michele Scarponi Lampre - ISD 40 2 Danny Pate Exxon Duke 32 3 Chris Horner Exxon Duke 24 4 Stefano Garzelli Acqua & Sapone 24 5 Rubén Pérez Euskaltel - Euskadi 20 6 Vincenzo Nibali Liquigas - Cannondale 16 7 Ivan Basso Liquigas - Cannondale 16 8 Scott Zwizanski Exxon Duke 13 9 Francesco Failli Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli 10 10 José Serpa Androni Giocattoli 6
Under 25 Classément
Scarponi is too old for this classification, but that doesn't stop the tide of Lampre, they are the team to beat, (or currently - lose to) and it is Simon Spilak who leads the youth competition, collecting the jersey after Intxausti fell.
1 Simon Spilak Lampre - ISD 61h31'08 (1) 2 Steven Kruijswijk Rabobank Cycling Team + 3'42 (2) 3 Tejay Van Garderen HTC - Highroad + 5'07 (3) 4 Cayetano Sarmiento Acqua & Sapone + 7'16 (4) 5 Carlos Betancourt Acqua & Sapone + 10'57 (5) 6 Robert Kiserlovski Pro Team Astana + 11'56 (6) 7 Beñat Intxausti Movistar Team + 13'21 (7) 8 Peter Sagan Liquigas - Cannondale + 16'58 (8) 9 Ben Hermans Team RadioShack + 27'58 (9) 10 Bauke Mollema Rabobank Cycling Team + 28'26 (10)
Now to take a look at what Italy has to offer over the next week, as we head towards the finish, and Glory for whoever controls the Maglia Rosa.
If Stage 14 has a competitor for the title of "Queen Stage" it is this one, following the day after, and at 226km long, with 6500metres of ascent, spread over 61km of climbing, this will make even the toughest legs burn towards the end!
Following that, we have another Mountain day, this time, a 13km TT, whilst this will be a much shorter day in the saddle, the riders cannot afford to relax here, today could make or break someones tour!
This week refuses to let up, Stage 17 is classed as... Flat?!? The days contains 4500m of climbing, and max gradients just shy of 25% this will not be the relaxing day for the sprinters, that a "Flat" stage would suggest!
The closest thing to a break in this relentless week in the saddle, this stage is just 147km in length, however, the 1.3km of ascent will still be likely to break up the GC, and the riders will have to be on there guard against attacks!
Back to the climbs, they wouldn;t actually let the riders have a "Rest" after all Yet another ascent finish here, the final climb, 15km at an average of 5.9% is more gentle than many on offer, but will still provide a chance to improve a GC placing!
The last day on a standard road bike, 3.3km of ascent, with a short but fast descent, between the main climb of the day, and the final, more steady ascent finish. The length could play a part today, 242km in the saddle, on already exhausted legs!
And finally, we arrive in Milan, for a 30km TT, where the race will be decided. This is one of the hardest weeks of any race in the calendar, so, current positions will have many opportunities to shift over the next 7days.
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Today sees the conclusion of the Tour of California, we hold 3rd place in the GC going into today, just 4" behind Schleck, and Farrar sits in 4th place in the points competition, despite 2 stage wins!
The morning break today consisted of just one man, bet you can't guess the name!
No really, go on try...
Lance Armstrong! the day seemed doomed to a bunch sprint, and with Lance just 4" behind second, the plan was to breakaway, win the intermediate sprint, before tucking back into the pack, with 2nd place in the overall.
What's more, It worked! Armstrong was marked, but he wasn't brought back by the BMC guys until after the sprint, meaning that Schleck would have to make do with the bottom spot on the podium!
Apart from Lance's attack, the day was a largely boring affair, and as we entered the final 3km of the stage, Tyler was neatly tucked in behind the men leading out the pack, namely, Cadel Evans!
The climbers gave it a good go, but there was no way they could hold off a genuine sprinter on such a short flat day, Tyler was the only sprinter in a good position, and easily picks up a 3rd stage win, to round up a great all round race for Team Exxon-Duke!
Stage Results
1 Tyler Farrar Exxon Duke 2h57'37 2 Filippo Pozzato Katusha Team s.t. 3 Daniele Bennati Leopard Trek s.t. 4 Cadel Evans BMC Racing Team s.t. 5 Tony Martin HTC - Highroad s.t. 6 Andy Schleck Leopard Trek s.t. 7 Mirco Lorenzetto Pro Team Astana s.t. 8 Jure Kocjan Team Type 1 s.t. 9 JoaquÃm RodrÃguez Katusha Team s.t. 10 Tom Boonen Quick·Step Cycling Team s.t.
1 Cadel Evans BMC Racing Team 31h00'22 2 Lance Armstrong Exxon Duke + 19 3 Andy Schleck Leopard Trek + 23 4 JoaquÃm RodrÃguez Katusha Team + 1'37 5 Tony Martin HTC - Highroad + 1'52 6 Andreas Klöden Team RadioShack + 2'24 7 Levi Leipheimer Team RadioShack + 2'47 8 Francesco Masciarelli Pro Team Astana + 3'56 9 Christian Vande Velde Team Garmin - Cervélo + 4'33 10 Dries Devenyns Quick·Step Cycling Team + 4'50 11 Janez Brajkovič Team RadioShack + 5'21 12 Fränk Schleck Leopard Trek + 5'31 13 Charles Wegelius UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling + 5'38 14 Danilo Di Luca Katusha Team + 6'08 15 Daniel Moreno Katusha Team + 6'15
Armstrong finally comes into his own here in California, it was great to see him competing effectively with the very best, a good sign ahead of the TdF.
Lance has been suffering with poor morale since his failure to make an impact with this second return, but he shows today that he still has what it takes!
1 Cadel Evans BMC Racing Team 93 2 Tony Martin HTC - Highroad 91 3 Andy Schleck Leopard Trek 86 4 Tyler Farrar Exxon Duke 81 5 JoaquÃm RodrÃguez Katusha Team 64 6 Andreas Klöden Team RadioShack 63 7 Levi Leipheimer Team RadioShack 58 8 Lance Armstrong Exxon Duke 51 9 Mirco Lorenzetto Pro Team Astana 42 10 Alexandr Kolobnev Katusha Team 41
We saw some unusual sprints here, and the number of uphill days and TT's mean that Tyler was unable to maintain his grasp upon the jersey, none the less, he continues a strong season, with 3 more stage victories, whilst his rivals really seem to be struggling to get going!
1 Andreas Klöden Team RadioShack 50 2 Matthew Goss HTC - Highroad 44 3 Andy Schleck Leopard Trek 43 4 Lance Armstrong Exxon Duke 41 5 Francesco Masciarelli Pro Team Astana 31 6 Daniel Moreno Katusha Team 31 7 JoaquÃm RodrÃguez Katusha Team 25 8 Fabian Cancellara Leopard Trek 24 9 Cadel Evans BMC Racing Team 21 10 Andrew Bajadali Kelly Benefit Strategies - Optum Health 20
Kloden's aggressive racing lands him the top spot in the KOM contest, he may not have been at the top in the GC, but by joining breaks, and climbing in peak fitness, Andreas rewards Radioshack, with the KOM jersey.
1 Francesco Masciarelli Pro Team Astana s.t. 31h04'18 (1) 2 Chris Barton BMC Racing Team s.t. + 16'09 (2) 3 Jarosław Marycz Saxo Bank SunGard s.t. + 17'20 (3) 4 Gerald Ciolek Quick·Step Cycling Team s.t. + 20'05 (4) 5 Bjorn Selander Exxon Duke s.t. + 20'51 (5) 6 Peter Stetina Exxon Duke s.t. + 25'03 (6) 7 Niki Østergaard Glud & Marstrand - LRØ s.t. + 25'29 (7) 8 Matthew Goss HTC - Highroad s.t. + 25'51 (8) 9 Jake Keough UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling s.t. + 26'45 (9) 10 Dominik Nerz Liquigas - Cannondale s.t. + 26'49 (10)
Astana had a fruitless race, due to the lack of a real GC leader, they thus turned there target towards the youth jersey, which Masciarelli totally dominated, Stetina shows signs of improvement at this point of the season, he is still a fledgling rider, but his climbing is steadily improving, and he shows a lot of potential in this area.
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Posted on 07-05-2012 11:40
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Great way to finish with a Farrar victory
And a well deserved 2nd place overall for Lance
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This is going to be a real toughy, with 6.1km of ascent, and max gradients of well into the 20%'s!
The break was a tentative affair today, forming after 35km of racing, most teams placed a weaker man from there side into the breakaway, Cioni of Sky was the best climber, and best placed 45minutes down!
Surprisingly, Acqua&Sapone took on a large proportion of the work here today, Garzelli was clearly feeling good, because he had most of his team at the front driving a high pace and reeling in the break, despite there lack of danger towards the GC.
On the penultimate climb, the break was brought back, and the attacks began, surprisingly, Scarponi was the first man to go onto the attack, but it soon became clear why!
Scarponi just rode away from the rest, we tried to follow, and an elite group of 4 formed behind him, but Scarpo was already 45" up the rode, and showing no signs of slowing...
This second group grew as the rest of the big favourites soloed away from the peloton over the summit of the penultimate climb, but Scarponi just kept going, his lead now 1'20". This might spell the end of the Race for the Maglia Rosa, unless Scarponi blows up...
On the final climb, Scarponi showed the rest, that he hadn't been trying on the previous climb, he puts in another burst, and opens the gap to over 3minutes! The favourites group meanwhile starts to thin out, as the lesser climbers fall away due to the ferocious pace
With 7km left to ride in the second group, it's down to just 3men, Sanchéz, Vinokourov, and Horner . Great news in terms of second place, 3rd-5th have fallen away, so we will hopefully increase the gap slightly.
Scarponi has 3km left, and his legs finally seem to be waning, the lead now, 5'30! but he is tiring, and the 3 behind are finally making some headway...
Onto the gravel go the trio, Horner is pace-setting, trying to limit losses to Scarponi, with 1.5km the gap is back under 5minutes, the race is over for first, but the quicker Horner can keep the pace, the higher his gap over 3rd place!
And 4'46 ahead of him, Scarponi can zip up his jersey, throw his arms high into the air, and celebrate a great victory today, and in all likelihood, also the Giro D'Italia! No one could keep up with his high pace, and he now holds more than 8minutes over second place!
It was clear in the second group, that Chris Horner was the only man with strength to sprint, the two held with him, but Horner manages to hold off there charge, and picks up consecutive second places, really starting to solidify his grasp on second place!
Garzelli was 26" behind Horner to the summit, stretching the gap to 45" now, and 4th place is Sanchéz at 53".
Stage Results
1 Michele Scarponi Lampre - ISD 7h11'57 2 Chris Horner Exxon Duke + 4'46 3 Luis León Sánchez Rabobank Cycling Team s.t. 4 Alexandre Vinokourov Pro Team Astana s.t. 5 Stefano Garzelli Acqua & Sapone + 5'12 6 Jakob Fuglsang Leopard Trek + 5'57 7 Marzio Bruseghin Movistar Team + 6'39 8 Vincenzo Nibali Liquigas - Cannondale + 7'35 9 Haimar Zubeldia Team RadioShack + 7'51 10 Peter Velits HTC - Highroad + 8'23
Spoiler
11 Giampaolo Caruso Katusha Team + 8'31 12 Amets Txurruka Euskaltel - Euskadi + 9'27 13 Matteo Carrara Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team + 10'15 14 Ivan Basso Liquigas - Cannondale + 10'39 15 Damiano Cunego Lampre - ISD + 10'47 16 Leonardo Bertagnolli Lampre - ISD + 11'03 17 Marco Pinotti HTC - Highroad + 11'11 18 Steven Kruijswijk Rabobank Cycling Team + 11'19 19 Emanuele Sella Androni Giocattoli s.t. 20 Philip Deignan Team RadioShack + 11'43 21 Mikel Nieve Euskaltel - Euskadi s.t. 22 Beñat Intxausti Movistar Team s.t. 23 Juan Mauricio Soler Movistar Team + 11'51 24 Iván Velasco Euskaltel - Euskadi s.t. 25 Rubén Plaza Movistar Team + 11'59 26 Nicki Sørensen Saxo Bank SunGard + 12'23 27 Richie Porte Saxo Bank SunGard s.t. 28 Simon Spilak Lampre - ISD s.t. 29 Morris Possoni Sky ProCycling + 12'31 30 Andrea Noè Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli + 12'47 31 Andriy Grivko Pro Team Astana s.t. 32 Robert Kiserlovski Pro Team Astana + 12'55 33 Alessandro Bisolti Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli s.t. 34 Tejay Van Garderen HTC - Highroad + 13'03 35 Cayetano Sarmiento Acqua & Sapone s.t. 36 José Serpa Androni Giocattoli s.t. 37 Massimo Codol Acqua & Sapone + 13'19 38 Sylwester Szmyd Liquigas - Cannondale + 13'51 39 Francesco Failli Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli + 13'59 40 Carlos Betancourt Acqua & Sapone + 15'19 41 Giovanni Visconti Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli + 16'47 42 Kevin De Weert Quick·Step Cycling Team + 16'55 43 Aitor Pérez Arrieta Lampre - ISD + 17'27 44 Andrey Kashechkin Lampre - ISD + 18'23 45 Kanstantsin Siutsou HTC - Highroad s.t. 46 José Rujano Androni Giocattoli + 18'55 47 David Zabriskie Exxon Duke + 19'51 48 Michael Albasini HTC - Highroad s.t. 49 Patrik Sinkewitz Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli + 19'59 50 Przemyslaw Niemiec Lampre - ISD + 20'07 51 Grischa Niermann Rabobank Cycling Team + 20'47 52 Xabier Zandio Sky ProCycling + 21'11 53 Eduard Vorganov Katusha Team s.t. 54 Bruno Pires Leopard Trek + 21'19 55 Yaroslav Popovych Team RadioShack + 21'35 56 Johann Tschopp BMC Racing Team + 21'51 57 Chris Froome Sky ProCycling + 23'19 58 Vasil Kiryienka Movistar Team + 23'35 59 Peter Sagan Liquigas - Cannondale + 23'43 60 Francesco Ginanni Androni Giocattoli + 23'59 61 Aleksandr Kuschynski Katusha Team s.t. 62 Christophe Riblon AG2R La Mondiale s.t. 63 Volodymir Gustov Saxo Bank SunGard + 24'07 64 Alessandro Bertolini Androni Giocattoli s.t. 65 Riccardo Chiarini Androni Giocattoli + 24'15 66 José Iván Gutiérrez Movistar Team + 24'31 67 Óscar Pujol Omega Pharma - Lotto + 25'19 68 Hubert Dupont AG2R La Mondiale + 25'43 69 Steve Morabito BMC Racing Team + 26'07 70 Christian Knees Sky ProCycling s.t. 71 Bauke Mollema Rabobank Cycling Team + 26'47 72 Manuel Cardoso Team RadioShack + 28'15 73 Vladimir Miholjevic Acqua & Sapone + 28'55 74 Gustav Erik Larsson Saxo Bank SunGard + 29'11 75 Ben Hermans Team RadioShack + 29'19 76 José JoaquÃn Rojas Movistar Team + 30'07 77 Bernardo Colex Exxon Duke + 30'15 78 Sergey Lagutin Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team + 31'11 79 Oliver Zaugg Leopard Trek + 31'59 80 Evgeni Petrov Pro Team Astana + 32'31 81 Ben Jacques-Maynes Exxon Duke + 32'39 82 Amaël Moinard BMC Racing Team + 32'55 83 Dario Cioni Sky ProCycling + 33'51 84 Luca Mazzanti Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli s.t. 85 Paolo Tiralongo Pro Team Astana + 34'15 86 Addy Engels Quick·Step Cycling Team + 35'35 87 Santo Anza Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team + 35'43 88 Pablo Lastras Movistar Team + 36'23 89 Andrea Masciarelli Acqua & Sapone + 38'15 90 Pavel Brutt Katusha Team + 38'47 91 Joan Horrach Katusha Team + 38'55 92 Paul Martens Rabobank Cycling Team + 39'27 93 Mario Aerts Omega Pharma - Lotto + 39'51 94 Bert Grabsch HTC - Highroad + 40'15 95 Scott Zwizanski Exxon Duke + 40'47 96 Jürgen Van de Walle Omega Pharma - Lotto + 41'03 97 Stefan Denifl Leopard Trek + 41'27 98 Michel Kreder Team Garmin - Cervélo + 41'51 99 Artem Ovechkin Katusha Team + 42'23 100 Rémy Di Gregorio Pro Team Astana + 43'03 101 Matthew Lloyd Omega Pharma - Lotto + 43'11 102 Danny Pate Exxon Duke + 43'59 103 Roberto Ferrari Androni Giocattoli + 44'07 104 Russell Downing Sky ProCycling + 44'23 105 Andrew Talansky Team Garmin - Cervélo + 44'47 106 Pierre Cazaux Euskaltel - Euskadi + 49'42 107 Davide Malacarne Quick·Step Cycling Team + 49'54 108 Christian Meier Exxon Duke s.t. 109 Taylor Phinney Exxon Duke + 50'06 110 Emanuele Vona Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli s.t. 111 Simon Clarke Pro Team Astana s.t. 112 Gorka Izagirre Euskaltel - Euskadi + 50'18 113 Anthony Ravard AG2R La Mondiale + 50'26 114 Francisco José Ventoso Movistar Team s.t. 115 Mirko Selvaggi Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team s.t. 116 Thomas Rohregger Leopard Trek + 50'42 117 Sep Vanmarcke Team Garmin - Cervélo s.t. 118 Luca Solari Androni Giocattoli + 50'54 119 Roman Kireyev Pro Team Astana + 51'02 120 Jorge Azanza Euskaltel - Euskadi s.t. 121 Grega Bole Lampre - ISD + 51'10 122 Maxime Bouet AG2R La Mondiale s.t. 123 Steve Houanard AG2R La Mondiale + 51'18 124 Rubén Pérez Euskaltel - Euskadi + 1h05'02 125 Allan Davis Pro Team Astana s.t. 126 David Le Lay AG2R La Mondiale + 1h05'18 127 Kjell Carlström Sky ProCycling + 1h05'34 128 Marco Marcato Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team + 1h05'42 129 Dominic Klemme Leopard Trek + 1h05'50 130 Robert Hunter Team RadioShack + 1h06'14 131 Stuart O'Grady Leopard Trek + 1h06'30 132 Paolo Longo Borghini Liquigas - Cannondale s.t. 133 Pablo Urtasun Euskaltel - Euskadi + 1h06'46 134 Geoffroy Lequatre Team RadioShack + 1h06'54 135 Stephen Cummings Sky ProCycling + 1h07'02 136 Adam Hansen Omega Pharma - Lotto s.t.
General Classification
1 Michele Scarponi Lampre - ISD 68h28'20 2 Chris Horner Exxon Duke + 8'11 3 Stefano Garzelli Acqua & Sapone + 8'56 4 Luis León Sánchez Rabobank Cycling Team + 9'04 5 Alexandre Vinokourov Pro Team Astana + 9'21 6 Marzio Bruseghin Movistar Team + 10'39 7 Vincenzo Nibali Liquigas - Cannondale + 11'48 8 Jakob Fuglsang Leopard Trek + 12'47 9 Haimar Zubeldia Team RadioShack + 13'14 10 Peter Velits HTC - Highroad + 14'09 11 Giampaolo Caruso Katusha Team + 14'11 12 Leonardo Bertagnolli Lampre - ISD + 17'40 13 Amets Txurruka Euskaltel - Euskadi + 20'02 14 Matteo Carrara Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team + 20'43 15 Ivan Basso Liquigas - Cannondale + 25'15
Words from Chris: Wow, well, that pretty much sorts that out then! The 3 of us were all chasing hard, and we kept a really high pace, despite several sections in the 15-20% region!
Michele has been a class above so far, and showed that here today, and to open a gap of almost 5minutes just shows how strong a climber he really is!
The task for me now is simple, I'm 45" ahead of third place, and I want to try and keep that gap for the rest of the race, 2nd in any GT, is an absolutely fantastic result, especially considering im 39, but to do it in this race, with such a difficult route, that'd be a icing on the cake of what has already been a fantastic season!
Buzzing.
sutty68
Posted on 07-05-2012 12:52
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You were right about Scarponi, the guy is a beast
baggieboys32
Posted on 07-05-2012 16:10
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Today is in many ways a chance to recover the legs, with a much shorter day in the saddle, just 13km, however, this Mountain TT will be hard fought, and every one of the GC contenders will be fighting it out, trying to consolidate there places!
The early lead, was taken by Ruben Pérez, he has been present in many breakaways, and managed to set a good early time of, 32'43"
The next guy to make a serious dent in this time, was Dario Cioni, shaving a full 47" off the time, it was clear there was a lot still to be got out of the course!
The times kept on falling, but by the time we reached the main contenders for the GC, It was Radioshacks Yaroslav Popovych who held the lead, with a final time of 40'16. Now it was time to see what the men from the top 25 could do to make a dent in this time.
30'22 From Ivan Basso was looking strong, with 15 to go, he had dented Popo's time, and had beaten some great TTists, such as Pinotti, Team mate Nibali, and Damiano Cunego.
The top 5.
Going into today, the top 5 was 1.Scarponi, 2.Horner 3.Garzelli 4.Sanchéz 5.Vinokourov
Vino was best with just 2 riders left to set off, 30'14 was yet another large decrease, and This would be a hard time to beat!
On second thoughts, perhaps not! Horner was not going too strongly as he reached the Intermediate Checkpoint, well behind the pace, however, he really pushed it up a gear on the climb, and shaved 20" off of Vinokourovs time!
Seeing this, we were shocked? annoyed? Chris certainly wasn't happy. Scarponi managed to more than match Chris on the TT, finishing with the fastest time of the day, 29'52. He's in fantastic form, and this TT has been no different.
Stage Results
1 Michele Scarponi Lampre - ISD 29'52 2 Chris Horner Exxon Duke + 2 3 Alexandre Vinokourov Pro Team Astana + 22 4 Stefano Garzelli Acqua & Sapone + 24 5 Luis León Sánchez Rabobank Cycling Team + 26 6 Ivan Basso Liquigas - Cannondale + 30 7 Jakob Fuglsang Leopard Trek + 38 8 Marco Pinotti HTC - Highroad s.t. 9 Haimar Zubeldia Team RadioShack + 42 10 Amets Txurruka Euskaltel - Euskadi + 45
Spoiler
11 Marzio Bruseghin Movistar Team + 47
12 Vincenzo Nibali Liquigas - Cannondale + 48
13 Peter Velits HTC - Highroad s.t.
14 Damiano Cunego Lampre - ISD + 59
15 Beñat Intxausti Movistar Team + 1'01
16 Giampaolo Caruso Katusha Team + 1'08
17 Steven Kruijswijk Rabobank Cycling Team s.t.
18 Rubén Plaza Movistar Team + 1'16
19 Matteo Carrara Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team + 1'23
20 Yaroslav Popovych Team RadioShack + 1'24
21 Mikel Nieve Euskaltel - Euskadi + 1'25
22 Iván Velasco Euskaltel - Euskadi + 1'28
23 Emanuele Sella Androni Giocattoli + 1'30
24 Tejay Van Garderen HTC - Highroad s.t.
25 Juan Mauricio Soler Movistar Team + 1'31
26 Leonardo Bertagnolli Lampre - ISD + 1'34
27 Richie Porte Saxo Bank SunGard s.t.
28 Simon Spilak Lampre - ISD + 1'39
29 Nicki Sørensen Saxo Bank SunGard s.t.
30 José Serpa Androni Giocattoli s.t.
31 Christian Knees Sky ProCycling + 1'42
32 Andrey Kashechkin Lampre - ISD s.t.
33 Kevin De Weert Quick·Step Cycling Team s.t.
34 Kanstantsin Siutsou HTC - Highroad s.t.
35 Philip Deignan Team RadioShack + 1'46
36 Peter Sagan Liquigas - Cannondale + 1'49
37 Massimo Codol Acqua & Sapone s.t.
38 Morris Possoni Sky ProCycling s.t.
39 Giovanni Visconti Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli + 1'50
40 Carlos Betancourt Acqua & Sapone s.t.
41 Aitor Pérez Arrieta Lampre - ISD + 1'54
42 Vladimir Miholjevic Acqua & Sapone + 1'56
43 Chris Froome Sky ProCycling + 1'57
44 Xabier Zandio Sky ProCycling s.t.
45 José Iván Gutiérrez Movistar Team + 2'00
46 Óscar Pujol Omega Pharma - Lotto + 2'01
47 Vasil Kiryienka Movistar Team s.t.
48 David Zabriskie Exxon Duke + 2'03
49 Alessandro Bisolti Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli s.t.
50 Francesco Failli Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli s.t.
51 Andrea Noè Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli s.t.
52 Dario Cioni Sky ProCycling + 2'04
53 Bert Grabsch HTC - Highroad + 2'05
54 Robert Hunter Team RadioShack s.t.
55 Grischa Niermann Rabobank Cycling Team + 2'06
56 Andriy Grivko Pro Team Astana s.t.
57 Gustav Erik Larsson Saxo Bank SunGard + 2'09
58 José Rujano Androni Giocattoli + 2'10
59 Paul Martens Rabobank Cycling Team + 2'11
60 Cayetano Sarmiento Acqua & Sapone s.t.
61 Robert Kiserlovski Pro Team Astana + 2'15
62 Steve Morabito BMC Racing Team + 2'16
63 Przemyslaw Niemiec Lampre - ISD s.t.
64 Luca Mazzanti Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli + 2'17
65 Evgeni Petrov Pro Team Astana s.t.
66 Sylwester Szmyd Liquigas - Cannondale s.t.
67 Ben Hermans Team RadioShack + 2'18
68 Patrik Sinkewitz Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli s.t.
69 Michael Albasini HTC - Highroad + 2'24
70 Allan Davis Pro Team Astana s.t.
71 Adam Hansen Omega Pharma - Lotto + 2'26
72 Stuart O'Grady Leopard Trek s.t.
73 Christophe Riblon AG2R La Mondiale + 2'28
74 José JoaquÃn Rojas Movistar Team + 2'29
75 Rémy Di Gregorio Pro Team Astana s.t.
76 Taylor Phinney Exxon Duke s.t.
77 Johann Tschopp BMC Racing Team + 2'30
78 Bauke Mollema Rabobank Cycling Team + 2'31
79 David Le Lay AG2R La Mondiale s.t.
80 Manuel Cardoso Team RadioShack + 2'32
81 Christian Meier Exxon Duke s.t.
82 Stephen Cummings Sky ProCycling + 2'33
83 Ben Jacques-Maynes Exxon Duke s.t.
84 Bruno Pires Leopard Trek s.t.
85 Riccardo Chiarini Androni Giocattoli s.t.
86 Volodymir Gustov Saxo Bank SunGard s.t.
87 Michel Kreder Team Garmin - Cervélo s.t.
88 Scott Zwizanski Exxon Duke + 2'34
89 Amaël Moinard BMC Racing Team s.t.
90 Eduard Vorganov Katusha Team s.t.
91 Jürgen Van de Walle Omega Pharma - Lotto + 2'35
92 Alessandro Bertolini Androni Giocattoli + 2'36
93 Danny Pate Exxon Duke s.t.
94 Francisco José Ventoso Movistar Team + 2'37
95 Paolo Tiralongo Pro Team Astana s.t.
96 Oliver Zaugg Leopard Trek s.t.
97 Francesco Ginanni Androni Giocattoli s.t.
98 Gorka Izagirre Euskaltel - Euskadi s.t.
99 Russell Downing Sky ProCycling + 2'41
100 Artem Ovechkin Katusha Team s.t.
101 Davide Malacarne Quick·Step Cycling Team + 2'42
102 Pablo Lastras Movistar Team s.t.
103 Sep Vanmarcke Team Garmin - Cervélo + 2'43
104 Mario Aerts Omega Pharma - Lotto + 2'44
105 Steve Houanard AG2R La Mondiale + 2'45
106 Santo Anza Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team s.t.
107 Marco Marcato Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team s.t.
108 Dominic Klemme Leopard Trek s.t.
109 Roman Kireyev Pro Team Astana + 2'47
110 Grega Bole Lampre - ISD s.t.
111 Hubert Dupont AG2R La Mondiale + 2'48
112 Addy Engels Quick·Step Cycling Team s.t.
113 Aleksandr Kuschynski Katusha Team + 2'49
114 Stefan Denifl Leopard Trek s.t.
115 Pavel Brutt Katusha Team + 2'51
116 Rubén Pérez Euskaltel - Euskadi s.t.
117 Pablo Urtasun Euskaltel - Euskadi + 2'52
118 Emanuele Vona Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli + 2'53
119 Geoffroy Lequatre Team RadioShack + 2'54
120 Simon Clarke Pro Team Astana s.t.
121 Joan Horrach Katusha Team s.t.
122 Jorge Azanza Euskaltel - Euskadi + 2'55
123 Roberto Ferrari Androni Giocattoli + 2'56
124 Maxime Bouet AG2R La Mondiale + 2'57
125 Andrew Talansky Team Garmin - Cervélo s.t.
126 Sergey Lagutin Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team s.t.
127 Kjell Carlström Sky ProCycling s.t.
128 Pierre Cazaux Euskaltel - Euskadi + 3'01
129 Thomas Rohregger Leopard Trek s.t.
130 Mirko Selvaggi Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team + 3'06
131 Bernardo Colex Exxon Duke + 3'07
132 Anthony Ravard AG2R La Mondiale + 3'09
133 Paolo Longo Borghini Liquigas - Cannondale + 3'10
134 Matthew Lloyd Omega Pharma - Lotto s.t.
135 Andrea Masciarelli Acqua & Sapone + 3'12
136 Luca Solari Androni Giocattoli + 3'21
Yet again, we see a great ride from Horner pipped at the post by the flying Italian, there is consolation to be taken from this day though, Horners' lead over 3rd continues to grow, now standing at 1'07, and the days are starting to run out for those men behind who are chasing him down.
baggieboys32
Posted on 07-05-2012 17:34
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One of the longest days of the tour follows the TT. 242km in length, but the hills are by the standards of this week "Gentle" HA. Still a killer, and we won't be seeing the sprinters competing this "Flat" day.
The morning break consisted of 4 men today, they were mostly from the teams who have been severly reduced in number, such as Larsson of Saxobank, but Izagirre of Euskaltel also found his way into the break, as they pulled away from the pack.
Over the first 100km, it became clear, that Izagirre didn't have the legs for the breakaway, he dropped back into the peloton, as 4 became 3.
Despite not being a threat for the overall, the group ran out of legs, and the gap disappeared, they were caught by the 54man peloton over the main climb of the day, and this signalled the beginning of a more relaxed day in the saddle, Lampre set a slowish pace, and everyone was able to recover there legs somewhat.
The next action, came on the hill just 5km from home, Scarponi attacked again, followed by Sanchéz and Garzelli, they held a 30" gap over the summit, Horner simply didn't have the legs to follow, and prayed the pack would reel them back in.
The break stayed away, but an attempt to bridge, by Vinokourov and Nibali alleviated the time gap by enough to stop the peloton receiving a different time, and Horner maintains his 45" gap over Garzelli, 4 days to go. Scarponi is un beatable. even in this more relaxed day, he easily broke away, and outsprinted his companions, collecting his 6th stage victory of the race.
Stage Results
1 Michele Scarponi Lampre - ISD 6h59'18 2 Stefano Garzelli Acqua & Sapone s.t. 3 Luis León Sánchez Rabobank Cycling Team s.t. 4 Alexandre Vinokourov Pro Team Astana s.t. 5 Vincenzo Nibali Liquigas - Cannondale s.t. 6 Giampaolo Caruso Katusha Team s.t. 7 Francesco Failli Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli s.t. 8 Ivan Basso Liquigas - Cannondale s.t. 9 Damiano Cunego Lampre - ISD s.t. 10 Amets Txurruka Euskaltel - Euskadi s.t.
Spoiler
11 José Serpa Androni Giocattoli s.t. 12 Andrea Noè Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli s.t. 13 Beñat Intxausti Movistar Team s.t. 14 Peter Velits HTC - Highroad s.t. 15 Marzio Bruseghin Movistar Team s.t. 16 Alessandro Bisolti Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli s.t. 17 Jakob Fuglsang Leopard Trek s.t. 18 Andriy Grivko Pro Team Astana s.t. 19 Rubén Plaza Movistar Team s.t. 20 Haimar Zubeldia Team RadioShack s.t. 21 Matteo Carrara Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team s.t. 22 Xabier Zandio Sky ProCycling s.t. 23 Patrik Sinkewitz Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli s.t. 24 José JoaquÃn Rojas Movistar Team s.t. 25 Mikel Nieve Euskaltel - Euskadi s.t. 26 Leonardo Bertagnolli Lampre - ISD s.t. 27 Peter Sagan Liquigas - Cannondale s.t. 28 Paul Martens Rabobank Cycling Team s.t. 29 Nicki Sørensen Saxo Bank SunGard s.t. 30 Emanuele Sella Androni Giocattoli s.t. 31 José Iván Gutiérrez Movistar Team s.t. 32 Philip Deignan Team RadioShack s.t. 33 Allan Davis Pro Team Astana s.t. 34 Juan Mauricio Soler Movistar Team s.t. 35 Marco Pinotti HTC - Highroad s.t. 36 Richie Porte Saxo Bank SunGard s.t. 37 Yaroslav Popovych Team RadioShack s.t. 38 Russell Downing Sky ProCycling s.t. 39 Vladimir Miholjevic Acqua & Sapone s.t. 40 Giovanni Visconti Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli s.t. 41 Francesco Ginanni Androni Giocattoli s.t. 42 Manuel Cardoso Team RadioShack s.t. 43 Simon Spilak Lampre - ISD s.t. 44 Kevin De Weert Quick·Step Cycling Team s.t. 45 Chris Horner Exxon Duke s.t. 46 Aitor Pérez Arrieta Lampre - ISD s.t. 47 Morris Possoni Sky ProCycling s.t. 48 Rémy Di Gregorio Pro Team Astana s.t. 49 Massimo Codol Acqua & Sapone s.t. 50 Chris Froome Sky ProCycling s.t. 51 Cayetano Sarmiento Acqua & Sapone s.t. 52 Ben Hermans Team RadioShack s.t. 53 Paolo Longo Borghini Liquigas - Cannondale s.t. 54 Aleksandr Kuschynski Katusha Team s.t. 55 Bernardo Colex Exxon Duke s.t. 56 José Rujano Androni Giocattoli s.t. 57 Bruno Pires Leopard Trek + 1'59 58 Steven Kruijswijk Rabobank Cycling Team s.t. 59 Kanstantsin Siutsou HTC - Highroad s.t. 60 Michael Albasini HTC - Highroad s.t. 61 Óscar Pujol Omega Pharma - Lotto s.t. 62 Johann Tschopp BMC Racing Team s.t. 63 Iván Velasco Euskaltel - Euskadi s.t. 64 Hubert Dupont AG2R La Mondiale s.t. 65 Santo Anza Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team s.t. 66 Christophe Riblon AG2R La Mondiale s.t. 67 Pablo Lastras Movistar Team s.t. 68 Addy Engels Quick·Step Cycling Team s.t. 69 David Zabriskie Exxon Duke s.t. 70 Grega Bole Lampre - ISD s.t. 71 Grischa Niermann Rabobank Cycling Team s.t. 72 Andrea Masciarelli Acqua & Sapone s.t. 73 Carlos Betancourt Acqua & Sapone s.t. 74 Robert Kiserlovski Pro Team Astana s.t. 75 Bert Grabsch HTC - Highroad s.t. 76 Danny Pate Exxon Duke s.t. 77 Michel Kreder Team Garmin - Cervélo s.t. 78 Tejay Van Garderen HTC - Highroad s.t. 79 Taylor Phinney Exxon Duke s.t. 80 Paolo Tiralongo Pro Team Astana s.t. 81 Dario Cioni Sky ProCycling s.t. 82 Alessandro Bertolini Androni Giocattoli s.t. 83 Przemyslaw Niemiec Lampre - ISD s.t. 84 Steve Morabito BMC Racing Team s.t. 85 Andrey Kashechkin Lampre - ISD s.t. 86 Luca Mazzanti Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli + 2'55 87 Sergey Lagutin Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team + 3'19 88 Eduard Vorganov Katusha Team + 4'15 89 Volodymir Gustov Saxo Bank SunGard s.t. 90 Christian Knees Sky ProCycling s.t. 91 Evgeni Petrov Pro Team Astana s.t. 92 Amaël Moinard BMC Racing Team s.t. 93 Marco Marcato Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team + 4'55 94 Joan Horrach Katusha Team s.t. 95 Simon Clarke Pro Team Astana s.t. 96 Robert Hunter Team RadioShack + 12'07 97 Rubén Pérez Euskaltel - Euskadi s.t. 98 Francisco José Ventoso Movistar Team s.t. 99 Dominic Klemme Leopard Trek s.t. 100 Oliver Zaugg Leopard Trek s.t. 101 Roberto Ferrari Androni Giocattoli s.t. 102 Scott Zwizanski Exxon Duke s.t. 103 Stefan Denifl Leopard Trek s.t. 104 Ben Jacques-Maynes Exxon Duke s.t. 105 Matthew Lloyd Omega Pharma - Lotto s.t. 106 Luca Solari Androni Giocattoli s.t. 107 Bauke Mollema Rabobank Cycling Team s.t. 108 Vasil Kiryienka Movistar Team s.t. 109 Sylwester Szmyd Liquigas - Cannondale s.t. 110 Riccardo Chiarini Androni Giocattoli s.t. 111 Pierre Cazaux Euskaltel - Euskadi s.t. 112 Stuart O'Grady Leopard Trek + 13'27 113 Thomas Rohregger Leopard Trek s.t. 114 Roman Kireyev Pro Team Astana s.t. 115 Sep Vanmarcke Team Garmin - Cervélo s.t. 116 Mirko Selvaggi Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team s.t. 117 Anthony Ravard AG2R La Mondiale s.t. 118 Pavel Brutt Katusha Team s.t. 119 Steve Houanard AG2R La Mondiale s.t. 120 Kjell Carlström Sky ProCycling + 19'19 121 Maxime Bouet AG2R La Mondiale s.t. 122 Emanuele Vona Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli s.t. 123 David Le Lay AG2R La Mondiale s.t. 124 Adam Hansen Omega Pharma - Lotto + 19'59 125 Geoffroy Lequatre Team RadioShack s.t. 126 Pablo Urtasun Euskaltel - Euskadi s.t. 127 Jorge Azanza Euskaltel - Euskadi s.t. 128 Stephen Cummings Sky ProCycling s.t. 129 Christian Meier Exxon Duke s.t. 130 Davide Malacarne Quick·Step Cycling Team s.t. 131 Jürgen Van de Walle Omega Pharma - Lotto s.t. 132 Andrew Talansky Team Garmin - Cervélo s.t.
baggieboys32
Posted on 07-05-2012 19:37
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Stage 18 will almost certainly be used as a rest, 146km and only one hill be a wonderful sight to the pack, and of the remaining days, today seems the one most likely to see a breakaway victory, if anyone has the legs to try and get away that is!
Unsurprisingly, 12men formed a breakaway today, one of the largest we have seen during the race, including Kanstantin Siutsou, Russel Downing, Kevin De Weert, and Andréa Noe.
No one was interested in chasing the break today, we helped out to keep the lead below 15minutes, along with a couple of other sides, but they could have the stage win today. Siutsou and Downing showed they had more left than the rest, and just rode away from the break on the climb, would it be HTC or Sky taking the stage win today?
Under the Flamme Rouge, and Downing is leading out the sprint, he is the stronger of the Duo, but Siutsou is better placed, this looks like it's going to be tight!
Russ Downing holds on to the line! Sky have had a rough Giro, bringing a fairly weak squad, so they will be pleased to take a stage victory home with them.
The rest of the break followed in 2'20" behind, and the pack was 12minutes behind today, after a much more relaxed pace. It's back to the mountains tomorrow, for 2 final days before we arrive in Milan for the final Time Trial.
Stage Results
1 Russell Downing Sky ProCycling 3h34'24 2 Kanstantsin Siutsou HTC - Highroad s.t. 3 Andrea Noè Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli + 30 4 Kevin De Weert Quick·Step Cycling Team + 1'37 5 Hubert Dupont AG2R La Mondiale s.t. 6 Rubén Pérez Euskaltel - Euskadi + 2'20 7 Amaël Moinard BMC Racing Team s.t. 8 Joan Horrach Katusha Team s.t. 9 Sep Vanmarcke Team Garmin - Cervélo s.t. 10 Jürgen Van de Walle Omega Pharma - Lotto s.t.
Spoiler
11 Mirko Selvaggi Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team + 4'35 12 Michele Scarponi Lampre - ISD + 12'10 13 Alexandre Vinokourov Pro Team Astana s.t. 14 Leonardo Bertagnolli Lampre - ISD s.t. 15 Grega Bole Lampre - ISD s.t. 16 Marco Marcato Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team s.t. 17 Simon Spilak Lampre - ISD s.t. 18 Marco Pinotti HTC - Highroad s.t. 19 Peter Velits HTC - Highroad s.t. 20 Luis León Sánchez Rabobank Cycling Team s.t. 21 Damiano Cunego Lampre - ISD s.t. 22 Manuel Cardoso Team RadioShack s.t. 23 Aitor Pérez Arrieta Lampre - ISD s.t. 24 Chris Horner Exxon Duke s.t. 25 Matteo Carrara Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team s.t. 26 Vincenzo Nibali Liquigas - Cannondale s.t. 27 Rubén Plaza Movistar Team s.t. 28 David Zabriskie Exxon Duke s.t. 29 Stefano Garzelli Acqua & Sapone s.t. 30 Scott Zwizanski Exxon Duke s.t. 31 Taylor Phinney Exxon Duke s.t. 32 José JoaquÃn Rojas Movistar Team s.t. 33 Santo Anza Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team s.t. 34 Robert Kiserlovski Pro Team Astana s.t. 35 Allan Davis Pro Team Astana s.t. 36 Francesco Failli Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli s.t. 37 Patrik Sinkewitz Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli s.t. 38 Vladimir Miholjevic Acqua & Sapone s.t. 39 Danny Pate Exxon Duke s.t. 40 Giovanni Visconti Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli s.t. 41 Jakob Fuglsang Leopard Trek s.t. 42 Marzio Bruseghin Movistar Team s.t. 43 Emanuele Vona Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli s.t. 44 Michel Kreder Team Garmin - Cervélo s.t. 45 Andrey Kashechkin Lampre - ISD s.t. 46 Sergey Lagutin Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team s.t. 47 Haimar Zubeldia Team RadioShack s.t. 48 Peter Sagan Liquigas - Cannondale s.t. 49 Paul Martens Rabobank Cycling Team s.t. 50 Bert Grabsch HTC - Highroad s.t. 51 Giampaolo Caruso Katusha Team s.t. 52 Philip Deignan Team RadioShack s.t. 53 Eduard Vorganov Katusha Team s.t. 54 Francesco Ginanni Androni Giocattoli s.t. 55 Steven Kruijswijk Rabobank Cycling Team s.t. 56 Przemyslaw Niemiec Lampre - ISD s.t. 57 Alessandro Bisolti Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli s.t. 58 Tejay Van Garderen HTC - Highroad s.t. 59 Paolo Longo Borghini Liquigas - Cannondale s.t. 60 Amets Txurruka Euskaltel - Euskadi s.t. 61 Mikel Nieve Euskaltel - Euskadi s.t. 62 Bruno Pires Leopard Trek s.t. 63 Dario Cioni Sky ProCycling s.t. 64 José Serpa Androni Giocattoli s.t. 65 Nicki Sørensen Saxo Bank SunGard s.t. 66 Emanuele Sella Androni Giocattoli s.t. 67 Richie Porte Saxo Bank SunGard s.t. 68 Morris Possoni Sky ProCycling s.t. 69 Michael Albasini HTC - Highroad s.t. 70 Sylwester Szmyd Liquigas - Cannondale s.t. 71 Addy Engels Quick·Step Cycling Team s.t. 72 Alessandro Bertolini Androni Giocattoli s.t. 73 José Iván Gutiérrez Movistar Team s.t. 74 Pablo Lastras Movistar Team s.t. 75 Aleksandr Kuschynski Katusha Team s.t. 76 Dominic Klemme Leopard Trek s.t. 77 Yaroslav Popovych Team RadioShack s.t. 78 Christophe Riblon AG2R La Mondiale s.t. 79 David Le Lay AG2R La Mondiale s.t. 80 Ben Hermans Team RadioShack s.t. 81 Juan Mauricio Soler Movistar Team s.t. 82 Johann Tschopp BMC Racing Team s.t. 83 Oliver Zaugg Leopard Trek s.t. 84 Ivan Basso Liquigas - Cannondale s.t. 85 Volodymir Gustov Saxo Bank SunGard s.t. 86 Vasil Kiryienka Movistar Team s.t. 87 Matthew Lloyd Omega Pharma - Lotto s.t. 88 Stefan Denifl Leopard Trek s.t. 89 Óscar Pujol Omega Pharma - Lotto s.t. 90 Andriy Grivko Pro Team Astana s.t. 91 Bauke Mollema Rabobank Cycling Team s.t. 92 Beñat Intxausti Movistar Team s.t. 93 Thomas Rohregger Leopard Trek s.t. 94 Massimo Codol Acqua & Sapone s.t. 95 Christian Knees Sky ProCycling s.t. 96 Steve Morabito BMC Racing Team s.t. 97 Xabier Zandio Sky ProCycling s.t. 98 Chris Froome Sky ProCycling s.t. 99 Luca Solari Androni Giocattoli s.t. 100 Stuart O'Grady Leopard Trek s.t. 101 Simon Clarke Pro Team Astana s.t. 102 Davide Malacarne Quick·Step Cycling Team s.t. 103 Iván Velasco Euskaltel - Euskadi s.t. 104 Stephen Cummings Sky ProCycling s.t. 105 Cayetano Sarmiento Acqua & Sapone s.t. 106 Grischa Niermann Rabobank Cycling Team s.t. 107 Paolo Tiralongo Pro Team Astana s.t. 108 Andrea Masciarelli Acqua & Sapone s.t. 109 Carlos Betancourt Acqua & Sapone s.t. 110 Pavel Brutt Katusha Team s.t. 111 José Rujano Androni Giocattoli s.t. 112 Francisco José Ventoso Movistar Team s.t. 113 Luca Mazzanti Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli s.t. 114 Robert Hunter Team RadioShack + 14'46 115 Geoffroy Lequatre Team RadioShack + 15'10 116 Maxime Bouet AG2R La Mondiale s.t. 117 Evgeni Petrov Pro Team Astana s.t. 118 Adam Hansen Omega Pharma - Lotto s.t. 119 Pablo Urtasun Euskaltel - Euskadi s.t. 120 Andrew Talansky Team Garmin - Cervélo s.t. 121 Kjell Carlström Sky ProCycling s.t. 122 Steve Houanard AG2R La Mondiale s.t. 123 Riccardo Chiarini Androni Giocattoli s.t. 124 Rémy Di Gregorio Pro Team Astana s.t. 125 Ben Jacques-Maynes Exxon Duke s.t. 126 Roberto Ferrari Androni Giocattoli s.t. 127 Bernardo Colex Exxon Duke s.t. 128 Jorge Azanza Euskaltel - Euskadi + 17'02 129 Anthony Ravard AG2R La Mondiale + 17'42 130 Roman Kireyev Pro Team Astana s.t. 131 Christian Meier Exxon Duke s.t.
The teams legs are really starting to wane now, and we will be glad to get past this race, and have a chance to relax for a couple of weeks. It's a credit to all of the riders, that they're still here at this late sage, no one has abandoned, other than Caleb Fairly, who withdrew, to train for La Tour, and we are one of the teams who are still near full strength!
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