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Petronas - Monster Energy; The end of an era
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| sutty68 |
Posted on 15-02-2012 22:51
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A quiet day just what Gesink needed |
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| dienblad |
Posted on 16-02-2012 18:47
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This very exciting Tour de France will be decided in the final individual time trial of 53 kilometres between Cerilly and Saint-Amand-Montrond.
We'll continue immediately to the contenders for the stage win. Tony Martin, who won the first ITT, is about 1'30 faster than the current best time set by Christian Vandevelde. The German needs 1h14'51 for the 53 kilometres.
Time trial world champ Fabian Cancellara has a declining form level, and finishes 1'32 behind Martin. That's a pretty big gap!
Luis Leon Sánchez is even faster than Cancellara, 2nd at 1'10.
Andreas Klöden sets the 4th time so far in 1h16'25.
Bradley Wiggins needs only '7 to improve to 7th in the GC and '34 to improve to the 6th place. The Brit does this easily: 1h15'53, 2nd time so far.
Denis Menchov had a few bad days, loosing valuable time, but restores himself in the ITT with the 4th time so far, 1'29 behind Martin.
Samuel Sánchez won't end this Tour as the number 3, like last year. But he can be satisfied with the 4th place. He ends the ITT as 25th in 1h17'56.
The situation before the Top 3 starts:
1. Gesink; 2. Nibali at '26; 3. Evans at 1'05.
First split time
Cadel Evans has to ride the ITT of his life, and for sure, the first part he does it. At the first split time, he is even '10 faster than Martin, 22'11.
Vincenzo Nibali also starts very fast, only '8 behind Evans.
And Gesink? As he has seen his team mates go dead in the last part of the route, he starts a little bit slow, to save some energy for the final (and most hilly) kilometres. But it's too slow! 53rd time, 1'36 behind Evans.
So the virtual GC:
1. Nibali; 2. Evans at '31; 3. Gesink at '58
This will continue later tonight. Stay tuned!
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| fernando97 |
Posted on 16-02-2012 18:55
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That's a pretty big gap. 
Hope this tendency will turn. |
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| Schleck96 |
Posted on 16-02-2012 19:27
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Not looking good! |
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| fcancellara |
Posted on 16-02-2012 19:44
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| dienblad |
Posted on 16-02-2012 20:06
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Second spilt time
Of course, Cadel Evans arrives as first at the second split point. He doesn't set the fastest time, loosing '19 to him, and '9 behind.
Vincenzo Nibali looses ground to Evans. It was 8 seconds, and now it is 19 seconds. But Cadel needs '39 to overtake Nibali.
Robert Gesink has turned up the pace a bit and improved from the 53rd time to the 23rd time. But he's 2'06 behind Evans and 1'47 behind Nibali...........
Virtual GC:
1. Nibali; 2. Evans at '20; 3rd Gesink at 1'21.
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| bendzsi98 |
Posted on 16-02-2012 20:09
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Go go Robert!
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Posted on 16-02-2012 20:24
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But the impossible happens: Cadel Evans rides a faster ITT than Tony Martin (stats: Martin 84 and Evans 79, of course...). New best time: 1h14'41.
This means that Vincenzo Nibali needs a time faster than 1h15'20 to be the new virtual leader in the Tour de France 2012.
And he does it! 1h15'09, 11 seconds left!
Robert Gesink has to do the impossible in the last sector of the time trial. When he finishes, he knows it isn't enough: 1h17'01. Being dead tired, given it for the full 100%, it simply wasn't enough to win the Tour....
Results
| 1 | Cadel Evans | Katusha Team | 1h14'41 | | 2 | Tony Martin | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step | + 10 | | 3 | Vincenzo Nibali | Radio Shack - Nissan | + 28 | | 4 | Bradley Wiggins | Sky ProCycling | + 1'12 | | 5 | Luis León Sánchez | Rabobank Cycling Team | + 1'21 | | 6 | Denis Menchov | Sony Ericsson | + 1'40 | | 7 | Fabian Cancellara | Radio Shack - Nissan | + 1'43 | | 8 | Andreas Klöden | Radio Shack - Nissan | + 1'44 | | 9 | Christian Vande Velde | Team Garmin - Cervélo | + 1'45 | | 10 | Levi Leipheimer | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step | + 1'49 |
Spoiler | 11 | Roman Kreuziger | Pro Team Astana | + 1'56 | | 12 | Ryder Hesjedal | Team Garmin - Cervélo | + 2'05 | | 13 | Tom Danielson | Team Garmin - Cervélo | + 2'06 | | 14 | Robert Gesink | Monster Energy - Ford | + 2'20 | | 15 | Lars Ytting Bak | Lotto - Belisol | + 2'23 | | 16 | Vasil Kiryienka | Pro Team Astana | + 2'24 | | 17 | Chris Froome | Sky ProCycling | + 2'29 | | 18 | Michael Rogers | Sky ProCycling | + 2'33 | | 19 | Christophe Kern | Team Europcar | + 2'36 | | 20 | Maxime Monfort | Radio Shack - Nissan | + 3'01 | | 21 | Peter Velits | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step | + 3'02 | | 22 | Joost Posthuma | Monster Energy - Ford | + 3'07 | | 23 | Filippo Pozzato | Katusha Team | + 3'08 | | 24 | Geraint Thomas | Sky ProCycling | + 3'11 | | 25 | Samuel Sánchez | Euskaltel - Euskadi | + 3'15 | | 26 | George Hincapie | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | | 27 | Ivan Basso | Team Garmin - Cervélo | + 3'23 | | 28 | Vladimir Efimkin | Katusha Team | + 3'25 | | 29 | Jussi Veikkanen | Lotto - Belisol | + 3'30 | | 30 | Christophe Riblon | Team Garmin - Cervélo | + 3'33 | | 31 | Fränk Schleck | Radio Shack - Nissan | + 3'35 | | 32 | Franco Pellizotti | Lampre - Generali | s.t. | | 33 | Jurgen Van den Broeck | Lotto - Belisol | + 3'45 | | 34 | Heinrich Haussler | Rabobank Cycling Team | + 3'46 | | 35 | Lars Boom | Rabobank Cycling Team | + 3'49 | | 36 | Luca Barla | Androni Giocattoli | + 3'53 | | 37 | Sylvain Chavanel | Team Garmin - Cervélo | s.t. | | 38 | Thomas Dekker | Monster Energy - Ford | s.t. | | 39 | Jakob Fuglsang | Radio Shack - Nissan | s.t. | | 40 | Dimitri Champion | AG2R La Mondiale | + 4'03 | | 41 | Jos Van Emden | Rabobank Cycling Team | + 4'05 | | 42 | Dominique Cornu | Lotto - Belisol | + 4'13 | | 43 | Alex Rasmussen | Nespresso | + 4'16 | | 44 | Carlos Barredo | Rabobank Cycling Team | + 4'17 | | 45 | Alexsandr Dyachenko | Pro Team Astana | + 4'18 | | 46 | Alexandre Vinokourov | Pro Team Astana | + 4'19 | | 47 | Simon Spilak | Lampre - Generali | + 4'25 | | 48 | Peter Sagan | Monster Energy - Ford | + 4'26 | | 49 | Jens Voigt | Radio Shack - Nissan | + 4'28 | | 50 | Pierre Rolland | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step | s.t. | | 51 | Imanol Erviti | Movistar Team | + 4'33 | | 52 | Marcel Wyss | Nespresso | + 4'41 | | 53 | Jonathan Castroviejo | Euskaltel - Euskadi | + 4'42 | | 54 | Linus Gerdemann | Katusha Team | + 4'47 | | 55 | Sebastian Langeveld | Team Qantas | + 4'49 | | 56 | Kevin De Weert | Radio Shack - Nissan | + 4'50 | | 57 | Andriy Grivko | Pro Team Astana | + 4'53 | | 58 | Nicolas Roche | AG2R La Mondiale | + 4'56 | | 59 | Romain Sicard | Euskaltel - Euskadi | + 4'58 | | 60 | Yukiya Arashiro | Team Europcar | + 4'59 | | 61 | Lieuwe Westra | Monster Energy - Ford | + 5'00 | | 62 | Chris Horner | Lotto - Belisol | + 5'04 | | 63 | Marcel Kittel | Monster Energy - Ford | + 5'09 | | 64 | Thor Hushovd | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | | 65 | Tom Boonen | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step | + 5'12 | | 66 | Eduard Vorganov | Katusha Team | + 5'14 | | 67 | Luis Pasamontes | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 68 | Pavel Brutt | Rabobank Cycling Team | + 5'20 | | 69 | Gerald Ciolek | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step | + 5'23 | | 70 | Matti Breschel | Rabobank Cycling Team | + 5'26 | | 71 | Tyler Farrar | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step | + 5'28 | | 72 | Stuart O'Grady | Team Qantas | + 5'32 | | 73 | Marek Rutkiewicz | Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team | + 5'41 | | 74 | Enrico Gasparotto | Lampre - Generali | + 5'43 | | 75 | Tomas Vaitkus | Team Qantas | + 5'46 | | 76 | Matthias Frank | BMC Racing Team | + 5'47 | | 77 | Óscar Freire | Team Garmin - Cervélo | + 5'48 | | 78 | Thomas Rohregger | Sony Ericsson | + 5'49 | | 79 | Andrey Amador | Movistar Team | + 5'50 | | 80 | Romain Feillu | Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team | + 5'54 | | 81 | Marzio Bruseghin | Movistar Team | + 5'57 | | 82 | Martin Mortensen | Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team | + 5'58 | | 83 | Diego Ulissi | Lampre - Generali | + 5'59 | | 84 | Bernhard Eisel | Sky ProCycling | + 6'00 | | 85 | Brian Vandborg | Saxo Bank SunGard | + 6'05 | | 86 | Rigoberto Urán | Sky ProCycling | s.t. | | 87 | Cyril Gautier | Team Europcar | + 6'10 | | 88 | Wout Poels | Monster Energy - Ford | + 6'11 | | 89 | Rick Flens | Rabobank Cycling Team | + 6'12 | | 90 | Matteo Montaguti | Androni Giocattoli | s.t. | | 91 | Johan Vansummeren | Team Garmin - Cervélo | + 6'13 | | 92 | Maarten Tjallingii | Rabobank Cycling Team | + 6'14 | | 93 | Steve Houanard | AG2R La Mondiale | + 6'15 | | 94 | Ion Izagirre | Euskaltel - Euskadi | + 6'19 | | 95 | Óscar Sevilla | Movistar Team | + 6'20 | | 96 | Simon Gerrans | Team Qantas | + 6'22 | | 97 | Daniel Navarro | Saxo Bank SunGard | + 6'23 | | 98 | Iban Mayoz | Euskaltel - Euskadi | + 6'29 | | 99 | Sébastien Minard | Sony Ericsson | + 6'31 | | 100 | Greg Van Avermaet | BMC Racing Team | + 6'37 | | 101 | Chris Anker Sørensen | Saxo Bank SunGard | + 6'42 | | 102 | Aleksejs Saramotins | Sony Ericsson | + 6'44 | | 103 | Przemyslaw Niemiec | Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team | + 6'47 | | 104 | Nick Nuyens | Saxo Bank SunGard | s.t. | | 105 | Sébastien Turgot | Team Europcar | + 6'52 | | 106 | Francisco Pérez | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 107 | Staf Scheirlinckx | Lotto - Belisol | + 6'54 | | 108 | Ángel Vicioso | Androni Giocattoli | + 6'55 | | 109 | Pierre Cazaux | Euskaltel - Euskadi | s.t. | | 110 | Matthew Goss | Team Qantas | + 6'56 | | 111 | Koldo Fernández | Euskaltel - Euskadi | + 7'02 | | 112 | Gabriele Bosisio | Lampre - Generali | s.t. | | 113 | André Greipel | Sony Ericsson | s.t. | | 114 | Martin Kohler | BMC Racing Team | + 7'04 | | 115 | Joaquím Rodríguez | Katusha Team | + 7'05 | | 116 | Jelle Vanendert | Monster Energy - Ford | + 7'06 | | 117 | Rafael Valls | Nespresso | + 7'08 | | 118 | Alessandro Ballan | BMC Racing Team | + 7'11 | | 119 | Daniele Bennati | Euskaltel - Euskadi | + 7'13 | | 120 | Tony Gallopin | Cofidis, le crédit en ligne | s.t. | | 121 | Alessandro Petacchi | Lampre - Generali | + 7'15 | | 122 | Wesley Sulzberger | Team Qantas | + 7'16 | | 123 | Ben Swift | Sky ProCycling | s.t. | | 124 | Francisco José Ventoso | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 125 | Nuno Ribeiro | Pro Team Astana | + 7'19 | | 126 | José Joaquín Rojas | Team Garmin - Cervélo | s.t. | | 127 | Samuel Dumoulin | Cofidis, le crédit en ligne | + 7'22 | | 128 | Mark Cavendish | Sky ProCycling | + 7'23 | | 129 | Trent Lowe | Sony Ericsson | s.t. | | 130 | Karsten Kroon | BMC Racing Team | + 7'24 | | 131 | Rob Ruijgh | Monster Energy - Ford | + 7'31 | | 132 | Marco Marcato | Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team | + 7'32 | | 133 | Arnaud Labbe | Cofidis, le crédit en ligne | + 7'36 | | 134 | Andrey Mizourov | Pro Team Astana | + 7'37 | | 135 | Jean-Eudes Demaret | Cofidis, le crédit en ligne | + 7'47 | | 136 | Jonathan Monsalve | Androni Giocattoli | + 7'52 | | 137 | Dimitry Kozontchuk | Nespresso | + 7'57 | | 138 | Geert Omloop | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step | + 7'59 | | 139 | Gorazd Stangelj | Pro Team Astana | + 8'01 | | 140 | Julien Loubet | AG2R La Mondiale | s.t. | | 141 | Clément Lhotellerie | Cofidis, le crédit en ligne | + 8'04 | | 142 | Danilo Hondo | Lampre - Generali | + 8'05 | | 143 | Fabio Felline | Nespresso | + 8'06 | | 144 | Aleksandr Kuschynski | Katusha Team | + 8'08 | | 145 | Björn Leukemans | BMC Racing Team | + 8'09 | | 146 | Nicolas Edet | Cofidis, le crédit en ligne | + 8'10 | | 147 | Grégory Rast | Radio Shack - Nissan | + 8'13 | | 148 | Sergio Hernandez | Sony Ericsson | + 8'14 | | 149 | Anders Lund | Saxo Bank SunGard | + 8'22 | | 150 | Vladimir Isaychev | Katusha Team | s.t. | | 151 | Kristof Goddaert | Lotto - Belisol | + 8'24 | | 152 | Marcello Pavarin | Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team | + 8'27 | | 153 | Alessandro Spezialetti | Lampre - Generali | + 8'31 | | 154 | Leonardo Piepoli | Androni Giocattoli | + 8'32 | | 155 | Luca Solari | Androni Giocattoli | + 8'37 | | 156 | Roberto Ferrari | Androni Giocattoli | + 8'38 | | 157 | Pablo Urtasun | Euskaltel - Euskadi | + 8'42 | | 158 | Martin Elmiger | BMC Racing Team | + 8'47 | | 159 | Albert Timmer | Sony Ericsson | + 8'48 | | 160 | Aidis Kruopis | Team Qantas | + 8'50 | | 161 | Sébastien Chavanel | AG2R La Mondiale | + 8'52 | | 162 | Yoann Bagot | Cofidis, le crédit en ligne | + 8'53 | | 163 | Allan Davis | Team Qantas | + 8'58 | | 164 | Luca Paolini | Katusha Team | + 9'00 | | 165 | Perrig Quemeneur | Team Europcar | s.t. | | 166 | Julian Dean | Team Qantas | + 9'06 | | 167 | Yohann Gène | Team Europcar | s.t. | | 168 | Eduardo Gonzalo | Movistar Team | + 9'18 | | 169 | David Tanner | Saxo Bank SunGard | + 9'26 | | 170 | Daniele Ratto | Nespresso | + 9'28 | | 171 | Florian Vachon | AG2R La Mondiale | s.t. | | 172 | Daniele Righi | Lampre - Generali | + 9'46 | | 173 | Anthony Ravard | AG2R La Mondiale | + 9'50 | | 174 | Lloyd Mondory | AG2R La Mondiale | + 9'53 | | 175 | Tomas Alberio | Nespresso | + 9'55 | | 176 | Lucas Sebastián Haedo | Saxo Bank SunGard | + 9'59 | | 177 | Davide Cimolai | Androni Giocattoli | + 10'05 | | 178 | Giuseppe Palumbo | Nespresso | + 10'16 | | 179 | Vincent Jérôme | Team Europcar | + 10'20 | | 180 | Mathieu Claude | Team Europcar | + 10'46 |
GC
Vincenzo Nibali wins Le Tour with a difference of 11 seconds, the smallest gap since the 8 seconds between Lemond and Fignon!
| 1 | Vincenzo Nibali | Radio Shack - Nissan | 84h21'49 | | 2 | Cadel Evans | Katusha Team | + 11 | | 3 | Robert Gesink | Monster Energy - Ford | + 1'26 | | 4 | Samuel Sánchez | Euskaltel - Euskadi | + 5'05 | | 5 | Denis Menchov | Sony Ericsson | + 5'38 | | 6 | Bradley Wiggins | Sky ProCycling | + 6'52 | | 7 | Ryder Hesjedal | Team Garmin - Cervélo | + 7'38 | | 8 | Fränk Schleck | Radio Shack - Nissan | + 8'40 | | 9 | Christophe Kern | Team Europcar | + 10'14 |
10 Jurgen Van den Broeck Lotto - Belisol + 14'36
Spoiler | 11 | Peter Velits | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step | + 17'00 | | 12 | Pierre Rolland | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step | + 18'21 | | 13 | Andreas Klöden | Radio Shack - Nissan | + 18'48 | | 14 | Jelle Vanendert | Monster Energy - Ford | + 18'58 | | 15 | Levi Leipheimer | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step | + 20'06 | | 16 | Alexandre Vinokourov | Pro Team Astana | + 21'17 | | 17 | Kevin De Weert | Radio Shack - Nissan | + 24'36 | | 18 | Simon Spilak | Lampre - Generali | + 25'24 | | 19 | Luis León Sánchez | Rabobank Cycling Team | + 31'35 | | 20 | Maxime Monfort | Radio Shack - Nissan | + 33'25 | | 21 | Matthias Frank | BMC Racing Team | + 35'03 | | 22 | Chris Anker Sørensen | Saxo Bank SunGard | + 36'57 | | 23 | Joaquím Rodríguez | Katusha Team | + 42'08 | | 24 | Thomas Dekker | Monster Energy - Ford | + 42'25 | | 25 | Rob Ruijgh | Monster Energy - Ford | + 43'54 | | 26 | Jens Voigt | Radio Shack - Nissan | + 45'55 | | 27 | Vasil Kiryienka | Pro Team Astana | + 46'02 | | 28 | Chris Horner | Lotto - Belisol | + 48'47 | | 29 | Ivan Basso | Team Garmin - Cervélo | + 53'06 | | 30 | Linus Gerdemann | Katusha Team | + 53'15 | | 31 | Wout Poels | Monster Energy - Ford | + 53'30 | | 32 | Sylvain Chavanel | Team Garmin - Cervélo | + 56'07 | | 33 | Chris Froome | Sky ProCycling | + 57'02 | | 34 | Romain Sicard | Euskaltel - Euskadi | + 59'13 | | 35 | Daniel Navarro | Saxo Bank SunGard | + 1h05'20 | | 36 | Nicolas Roche | AG2R La Mondiale | + 1h13'47 | | 37 | Fabian Cancellara | Radio Shack - Nissan | + 1h15'10 | | 38 | Jakob Fuglsang | Radio Shack - Nissan | + 1h15'38 | | 39 | Franco Pellizotti | Lampre - Generali | + 1h18'21 | | 40 | Peter Sagan | Monster Energy - Ford | + 1h24'52 | | 41 | Christophe Riblon | Team Garmin - Cervélo | + 1h27'47 | | 42 | Carlos Barredo | Rabobank Cycling Team | + 1h29'30 | | 43 | Samuel Dumoulin | Cofidis, le crédit en ligne | + 1h31'30 | | 44 | Tony Martin | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step | + 1h34'25 | | 45 | Roman Kreuziger | Pro Team Astana | + 1h38'00 | | 46 | Clément Lhotellerie | Cofidis, le crédit en ligne | + 1h43'11 | | 47 | Diego Ulissi | Lampre - Generali | + 1h44'54 | | 48 | Marcel Wyss | Nespresso | + 1h48'20 | | 49 | Geraint Thomas | Sky ProCycling | + 1h49'53 | | 50 | Vladimir Efimkin | Katusha Team | + 1h53'16 | | 51 | Simon Gerrans | Team Qantas | + 1h53'20 | | 52 | Heinrich Haussler | Rabobank Cycling Team | + 1h56'23 | | 53 | Christian Vande Velde | Team Garmin - Cervélo | + 1h59'19 | | 54 | Cyril Gautier | Team Europcar | + 2h00'33 | | 55 | Dimitri Champion | AG2R La Mondiale | + 2h02'36 | | 56 | Jonathan Monsalve | Androni Giocattoli | + 2h07'01 | | 57 | Leonardo Piepoli | Androni Giocattoli | + 2h09'47 | | 58 | Marek Rutkiewicz | Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team | + 2h11'00 | | 59 | Romain Feillu | Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team | + 2h12'44 | | 60 | Iban Mayoz | Euskaltel - Euskadi | + 2h12'49 | | 61 | Thomas Rohregger | Sony Ericsson | + 2h14'43 | | 62 | Rafael Valls | Nespresso | + 2h15'38 | | 63 | Yukiya Arashiro | Team Europcar | + 2h18'53 | | 64 | Tom Danielson | Team Garmin - Cervélo | + 2h20'53 | | 65 | Alexsandr Dyachenko | Pro Team Astana | + 2h22'48 | | 66 | Joost Posthuma | Monster Energy - Ford | + 2h23'59 | | 67 | Pierre Cazaux | Euskaltel - Euskadi | + 2h26'01 | | 68 | Andrey Amador | Movistar Team | + 2h26'15 | | 69 | Francisco José Ventoso | Movistar Team | + 2h26'34 | | 70 | Julien Loubet | AG2R La Mondiale | + 2h33'41 | | 71 | Stuart O'Grady | Team Qantas | + 2h35'52 | | 72 | Enrico Gasparotto | Lampre - Generali | + 2h37'02 | | 73 | Andriy Grivko | Pro Team Astana | + 2h37'44 | | 74 | Trent Lowe | Sony Ericsson | + 2h38'42 | | 75 | Michael Rogers | Sky ProCycling | + 2h38'45 | | 76 | Luis Pasamontes | Movistar Team | + 2h38'58 | | 77 | Imanol Erviti | Movistar Team | + 2h40'50 | | 78 | Gerald Ciolek | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step | + 2h43'37 | | 79 | Pavel Brutt | Rabobank Cycling Team | + 2h44'16 | | 80 | Lars Ytting Bak | Lotto - Belisol | + 2h44'21 | | 81 | Jussi Veikkanen | Lotto - Belisol | + 2h45'09 | | 82 | Eduard Vorganov | Katusha Team | + 2h45'14 | | 83 | Staf Scheirlinckx | Lotto - Belisol | + 2h45'25 | | 84 | Johan Vansummeren | Team Garmin - Cervélo | + 2h45'35 | | 85 | Ángel Vicioso | Androni Giocattoli | + 2h45'58 | | 86 | Filippo Pozzato | Katusha Team | + 2h46'25 | | 87 | Ion Izagirre | Euskaltel - Euskadi | + 2h47'41 | | 88 | Luca Solari | Androni Giocattoli | + 2h48'10 | | 89 | Óscar Sevilla | Movistar Team | + 2h49'44 | | 90 | George Hincapie | BMC Racing Team | + 2h49'59 | | 91 | Jean-Eudes Demaret | Cofidis, le crédit en ligne | + 2h51'43 | | 92 | Przemyslaw Niemiec | Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team | + 2h52'29 | | 93 | Matti Breschel | Rabobank Cycling Team | + 2h53'21 | | 94 | Thor Hushovd | BMC Racing Team | + 2h53'22 | | 95 | Gabriele Bosisio | Lampre - Generali | + 2h53'44 | | 96 | Rigoberto Urán | Sky ProCycling | + 2h54'27 | | 97 | Dimitry Kozontchuk | Nespresso | + 2h55'03 | | 98 | Gorazd Stangelj | Pro Team Astana | + 2h55'34 | | 99 | Matteo Montaguti | Androni Giocattoli | + 2h55'36 | | 100 | José Joaquín Rojas | Team Garmin - Cervélo | + 2h58'16 | | 101 | Brian Vandborg | Saxo Bank SunGard | + 2h59'31 | | 102 | Francisco Pérez | Movistar Team | + 3h00'09 | | 103 | Maarten Tjallingii | Rabobank Cycling Team | + 3h00'35 | | 104 | Nuno Ribeiro | Pro Team Astana | + 3h03'27 | | 105 | Nicolas Edet | Cofidis, le crédit en ligne | + 3h05'18 | | 106 | Eduardo Gonzalo | Movistar Team | + 3h08'04 | | 107 | Anders Lund | Saxo Bank SunGard | + 3h14'14 | | 108 | Anthony Ravard | AG2R La Mondiale | + 3h16'07 | | 109 | Florian Vachon | AG2R La Mondiale | + 3h19'40 | | 110 | Marzio Bruseghin | Movistar Team | + 3h21'12 | | 111 | Alessandro Petacchi | Lampre - Generali | + 3h22'35 | | 112 | Lieuwe Westra | Monster Energy - Ford | + 3h25'27 | | 113 | Marco Marcato | Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team | + 3h25'43 | | 114 | Marcello Pavarin | Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team | + 3h30'18 | | 115 | Tomas Vaitkus | Team Qantas | + 3h32'55 | | 116 | Lars Boom | Rabobank Cycling Team | + 3h42'00 | | 117 | Sébastien Turgot | Team Europcar | + 3h43'32 | | 118 | Greg Van Avermaet | BMC Racing Team | + 3h52'04 | | 119 | Óscar Freire | Team Garmin - Cervélo | + 3h52'07 | | 120 | Matthew Goss | Team Qantas | + 3h54'04 | | 121 | Karsten Kroon | BMC Racing Team | + 3h54'57 | | 122 | Marcel Kittel | Monster Energy - Ford | + 3h56'07 | | 123 | Jonathan Castroviejo | Euskaltel - Euskadi | + 4h02'25 | | 124 | Allan Davis | Team Qantas | + 4h02'50 | | 125 | Sebastian Langeveld | Team Qantas | + 4h16'36 | | 126 | Sébastien Minard | Sony Ericsson | + 4h20'30 | | 127 | Lucas Sebastián Haedo | Saxo Bank SunGard | + 4h28'38 | | 128 | Fabio Felline | Nespresso | + 4h28'53 | | 129 | Perrig Quemeneur | Team Europcar | + 4h29'42 | | 130 | Tony Gallopin | Cofidis, le crédit en ligne | + 4h30'55 | | 131 | Steve Houanard | AG2R La Mondiale | + 4h34'21 | | 132 | Grégory Rast | Radio Shack - Nissan | + 4h39'04 | | 133 | Tyler Farrar | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step | + 4h42'22 | | 134 | Alessandro Ballan | BMC Racing Team | + 4h42'41 | | 135 | Björn Leukemans | BMC Racing Team | + 4h43'26 | | 136 | Jos Van Emden | Rabobank Cycling Team | + 4h43'27 | | 137 | Yoann Bagot | Cofidis, le crédit en ligne | + 4h45'27 | | 138 | Tom Boonen | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step | + 4h46'46 | | 139 | Luca Paolini | Katusha Team | + 4h49'37 | | 140 | Aleksandr Kuschynski | Katusha Team | + 4h52'35 | | 141 | Aleksejs Saramotins | Sony Ericsson | + 4h54'01 | | 142 | Nick Nuyens | Saxo Bank SunGard | + 4h54'07 | | 143 | Bernhard Eisel | Sky ProCycling | + 4h54'57 | | 144 | André Greipel | Sony Ericsson | + 4h55'48 | | 145 | Wesley Sulzberger | Team Qantas | + 4h56'52 | | 146 | Alessandro Spezialetti | Lampre - Generali | + 4h58'02 | | 147 | Koldo Fernández | Euskaltel - Euskadi | + 4h59'13 | | 148 | Danilo Hondo | Lampre - Generali | + 5h04'38 | | 149 | Martin Mortensen | Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team | + 5h05'51 | | 150 | Arnaud Labbe | Cofidis, le crédit en ligne | + 5h06'31 | | 151 | Ben Swift | Sky ProCycling | + 5h07'14 | | 152 | Alex Rasmussen | Nespresso | + 5h08'57 | | 153 | Pablo Urtasun | Euskaltel - Euskadi | s.t. | | 154 | Julian Dean | Team Qantas | + 5h09'15 | | 155 | Luca Barla | Androni Giocattoli | + 5h09'25 | | 156 | Dominique Cornu | Lotto - Belisol | + 5h09'44 | | 157 | Andrey Mizourov | Pro Team Astana | + 5h10'11 | | 158 | Rick Flens | Rabobank Cycling Team | + 5h10'39 | | 159 | Daniele Ratto | Nespresso | + 5h16'00 | | 160 | David Tanner | Saxo Bank SunGard | + 5h16'13 | | 161 | Martin Elmiger | BMC Racing Team | + 5h16'30 | | 162 | Yohann Gène | Team Europcar | + 5h17'14 | | 163 | Mark Cavendish | Sky ProCycling | + 5h17'31 | | 164 | Roberto Ferrari | Androni Giocattoli | + 5h18'12 | | 165 | Sébastien Chavanel | AG2R La Mondiale | + 5h19'48 | | 166 | Giuseppe Palumbo | Nespresso | + 5h20'19 | | 167 | Lloyd Mondory | AG2R La Mondiale | + 5h21'52 | | 168 | Sergio Hernandez | Sony Ericsson | + 5h21'56 | | 169 | Geert Omloop | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step | + 5h23'04 | | 170 | Vincent Jérôme | Team Europcar | + 5h23'32 | | 171 | Albert Timmer | Sony Ericsson | + 5h26'46 | | 172 | Vladimir Isaychev | Katusha Team | + 5h26'58 | | 173 | Martin Kohler | BMC Racing Team | + 5h33'34 | | 174 | Daniele Bennati | Euskaltel - Euskadi | + 5h34'32 | | 175 | Kristof Goddaert | Lotto - Belisol | + 5h36'55 | | 176 | Aidis Kruopis | Team Qantas | + 5h37'14 | | 177 | Daniele Righi | Lampre - Generali | + 5h44'50 | | 178 | Davide Cimolai | Androni Giocattoli | + 5h48'44 | | 179 | Mathieu Claude | Team Europcar | + 5h50'27 | | 180 | Tomas Alberio | Nespresso | + 6h01'19 |
Points
| 1 | Tyler Farrar | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step | 0 | 241 | | 2 | Vincenzo Nibali | Radio Shack - Nissan | 15 | 184 | | 3 | Romain Feillu | Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team | 0 | 171 | | 4 | Heinrich Haussler | Rabobank Cycling Team | 0 | 167 | | 5 | André Greipel | Sony Ericsson | 0 | 159 |
U25
| 1 | Wout Poels | Monster Energy - Ford | 85h15'19 | | 2 | Romain Sicard | Euskaltel - Euskadi | + 5'43 | | 3 | Peter Sagan | Monster Energy - Ford | + 31'22 | | 4 | Diego Ulissi | Lampre - Generali | + 51'24 | | 5 | Cyril Gautier | Team Europcar | + 1h07'03 |
Teams
| 1 | Radio Shack - Nissan | 253h15'58 | | 2 | Monster Energy - Ford | + 22'46 | | 3 | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step | + 25'23 | | 4 | Team Garmin - Cervélo | + 1h03'14 | | 5 | Katusha Team | + 1h04'48 |
Today's winner
Word from the DS
We can't blame Gesink, we gave it all and was dead empty at the finish. His daily form wasn't good enough (0), whereas Evans and Nibali must have got a super day....
Edited by dienblad on 16-02-2012 20:25
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| fernando97 |
Posted on 16-02-2012 20:28
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Oh no!
Such a shame! |
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| beagle |
Posted on 16-02-2012 20:40
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I guess you made everything what you could...3rd place for Gesink is not bad at all, great Tour! 
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| fcancellara |
Posted on 16-02-2012 20:42
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3rd is great, but there is only one solution:
TRAIN, TRAIN, TRAIN!!! 
Just make sure this doesn't happen to Andy in the Vuelta 
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| FreitasPCM |
Posted on 16-02-2012 21:00
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It was really hard for Gesink... And, again, the final time trial is the main obstacle for your riders... :/ |
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| dienblad |
Posted on 16-02-2012 21:04
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FreitasPCM wrote:
It was really hard for Gesink... And, again, the final time trial is the main obstacle for your riders... :/
Not completely.... Schleck lost the Giro at the Stelvio, he regained time in the final TT....
But you're right that timetrialling is, besides sprinting, my weakest point in PCM....
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| Miguel98 |
Posted on 16-02-2012 21:08
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Great Tour but why does TT exist? WHY?
WHY do we always lose the Tour in the TT?
And Gesink with 77 TT lost the tour, imagine how much time Andy would have lost if he came to the Tour. |
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| Batista15 |
Posted on 16-02-2012 22:06
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Too bad! But 3rd is still a great result. Great Tour by your team. |
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| FreitasPCM |
Posted on 16-02-2012 22:08
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dienblad wrote:
FreitasPCM wrote:
It was really hard for Gesink... And, again, the final time trial is the main obstacle for your riders... :/
Not completely.... Schleck lost the Giro at the Stelvio, he regained time in the final TT....
Ah, yes, I remember that now... Still, hope you can have better luck in Spain. |
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| sutty68 |
Posted on 17-02-2012 08:24
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What a shame for Gesink to lose it on a TT after such great riding throughout the Tour |
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| alexanderlens |
Posted on 17-02-2012 14:52
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never mind! Let go to the Vuelta! And for next year:
Andy for the Tour and Gesink for Giro/Vuelta
Guess who's back?
Lets see how many friens are still around... |
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| dienblad |
Posted on 17-02-2012 18:16
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@ all: Thanks a lot for your comments! I'll keep on trying to win the Tour, one day in my PCM-career, I'll win it!!
@ alexanderlens: it all depends on the variants of the GT's. The more TT-kilometres, the bigger the chance Gesink will ride it instead of Schleck...
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| Neillster |
Posted on 17-02-2012 22:38
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Great Tour, really well written. So gutted to hear that Gesink wasn't able to make it. You just have to keep him at his time trial training. |
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