The final stage to Paris, where the riders finally see theire famili and friends after 3 weeks of cycling through France.
52km to go
A breakaway of 13 riders, including Vaitkus, Nuyens, Leukemans, Van Emden and Felline, turn into the Champs d'Elysées for the first time. They have a lead of 3'51 to the peloton.
20km to go
With only 20km to go, Bjorn Leukemans gives it a final try. He knws it will be fruitless, but this is nice for the cameras and his familiy.
5km to go
Why not try an again? Leukemans is back in the peloton, and we have taken the lead with 5km to go. We've failed in doing this a lot, but why not try again?
1500m to go
But as all the times before, we get overtaken by the other teams (Westra at dot 99, at 2.5km Sagan sprinting at aggressive and dot 95....). Eisel is leading out Cavendish, with Haussler in his wheel and Farrar a little behind. Can Cav finally do it this time?
Finish
Of course not. Although getting his best result (2nd), Tyler Farrar is unbeatable this Tour de France when it comes to mass sprints. He wins all 5 of them, taking the green jersey very very deserved!
And Kittel? Despite a good looking train, he sprints to the 12th place. His daily form wasn't the best (0), but again a disappointing result....
Nibali
Vincenzo Nibali ends the last stage in 15th place, winning his first Tour de France with a margin of 11 seconds. Congratulations to the Italian!
Results
1
Tyler Farrar
Omega Pharma - Quick·Step
3h44'48
2
Mark Cavendish
Sky ProCycling
s.t.
3
Heinrich Haussler
Rabobank Cycling Team
s.t.
4
André Greipel
Sony Ericsson
s.t.
5
Romain Feillu
Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team
s.t.
6
Matthew Goss
Team Qantas
s.t.
7
Filippo Pozzato
Katusha Team
s.t.
8
Óscar Freire
Team Garmin - Cervélo
s.t.
9
Alessandro Petacchi
Lampre - Generali
s.t.
10
Thor Hushovd
BMC Racing Team
s.t.
Spoiler
11
Bernhard Eisel
Sky ProCycling
s.t.
12
Marcel Kittel
Monster Energy - Ford
s.t.
13
Marco Marcato
Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team
s.t.
14
Robert Gesink
Monster Energy - Ford
s.t.
15
Vincenzo Nibali
Radio Shack - Nissan
s.t.
16
Sébastien Turgot
Team Europcar
s.t.
17
Fabian Cancellara
Radio Shack - Nissan
s.t.
18
Ben Swift
Sky ProCycling
s.t.
19
Marcello Pavarin
Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team
s.t.
20
Samuel Dumoulin
Cofidis, le crédit en ligne
s.t.
21
Peter Sagan
Monster Energy - Ford
s.t.
22
George Hincapie
BMC Racing Team
s.t.
23
Lars Boom
Rabobank Cycling Team
s.t.
24
Staf Scheirlinckx
Lotto - Belisol
s.t.
25
Lars Ytting Bak
Lotto - Belisol
s.t.
26
Roman Kreuziger
Pro Team Astana
s.t.
27
Joost Posthuma
Monster Energy - Ford
s.t.
28
Matti Breschel
Rabobank Cycling Team
s.t.
29
Tony Martin
Omega Pharma - Quick·Step
s.t.
30
Alex Rasmussen
Nespresso
s.t.
31
Denis Menchov
Sony Ericsson
s.t.
32
Alexandre Vinokourov
Pro Team Astana
s.t.
33
Christophe Riblon
Team Garmin - Cervélo
s.t.
34
Anthony Ravard
AG2R La Mondiale
s.t.
35
Luis León Sánchez
Rabobank Cycling Team
s.t.
36
Stuart O'Grady
Team Qantas
s.t.
37
Bradley Wiggins
Sky ProCycling
s.t.
38
Simon Spilak
Lampre - Generali
s.t.
39
Lieuwe Westra
Monster Energy - Ford
s.t.
40
Peter Velits
Omega Pharma - Quick·Step
s.t.
41
Alessandro Ballan
BMC Racing Team
s.t.
42
Martin Mortensen
Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team
s.t.
43
Gabriele Bosisio
Lampre - Generali
s.t.
44
Gerald Ciolek
Omega Pharma - Quick·Step
s.t.
45
Pierre Rolland
Omega Pharma - Quick·Step
s.t.
46
Carlos Barredo
Rabobank Cycling Team
s.t.
47
Jurgen Van den Broeck
Lotto - Belisol
s.t.
48
Sergio Hernandez
Sony Ericsson
s.t.
49
Thomas Dekker
Monster Energy - Ford
s.t.
50
Johan Vansummeren
Team Garmin - Cervélo
s.t.
51
José Joaquín Rojas
Team Garmin - Cervélo
s.t.
52
Yukiya Arashiro
Team Europcar
s.t.
53
Enrico Gasparotto
Lampre - Generali
s.t.
54
Chris Froome
Sky ProCycling
s.t.
55
Dominique Cornu
Lotto - Belisol
s.t.
56
Thomas Rohregger
Sony Ericsson
s.t.
57
Geraint Thomas
Sky ProCycling
s.t.
58
Sébastien Chavanel
AG2R La Mondiale
s.t.
59
Maarten Tjallingii
Rabobank Cycling Team
s.t.
60
Clément Lhotellerie
Cofidis, le crédit en ligne
s.t.
61
Michael Rogers
Sky ProCycling
s.t.
62
Allan Davis
Team Qantas
s.t.
63
Rigoberto Urán
Sky ProCycling
s.t.
64
Karsten Kroon
BMC Racing Team
s.t.
65
Tomas Vaitkus
Team Qantas
s.t.
66
Christian Vande Velde
Team Garmin - Cervélo
s.t.
67
Marek Rutkiewicz
Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team
s.t.
68
Francisco José Ventoso
Movistar Team
s.t.
69
Aleksejs Saramotins
Sony Ericsson
s.t.
70
Tom Boonen
Omega Pharma - Quick·Step
s.t.
71
Maxime Monfort
Radio Shack - Nissan
s.t.
72
Rob Ruijgh
Monster Energy - Ford
s.t.
73
Przemyslaw Niemiec
Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team
s.t.
74
Koldo Fernández
Euskaltel - Euskadi
s.t.
75
Jos Van Emden
Rabobank Cycling Team
s.t.
76
Samuel Sánchez
Euskaltel - Euskadi
s.t.
77
Danilo Hondo
Lampre - Generali
s.t.
78
Jelle Vanendert
Monster Energy - Ford
s.t.
79
Diego Ulissi
Lampre - Generali
s.t.
80
Wout Poels
Monster Energy - Ford
s.t.
81
Jens Voigt
Radio Shack - Nissan
s.t.
82
Andreas Klöden
Radio Shack - Nissan
s.t.
83
Kevin De Weert
Radio Shack - Nissan
s.t.
84
Geert Omloop
Omega Pharma - Quick·Step
s.t.
85
Björn Leukemans
BMC Racing Team
s.t.
86
Jakob Fuglsang
Radio Shack - Nissan
s.t.
87
Jean-Eudes Demaret
Cofidis, le crédit en ligne
s.t.
88
Sylvain Chavanel
Team Garmin - Cervélo
s.t.
89
Nicolas Roche
AG2R La Mondiale
s.t.
90
Vladimir Efimkin
Katusha Team
s.t.
91
Sébastien Minard
Sony Ericsson
s.t.
92
Wesley Sulzberger
Team Qantas
s.t.
93
Grégory Rast
Radio Shack - Nissan
s.t.
94
Steve Houanard
AG2R La Mondiale
s.t.
95
Roberto Ferrari
Androni Giocattoli
s.t.
96
Nicolas Edet
Cofidis, le crédit en ligne
s.t.
97
Luca Barla
Androni Giocattoli
s.t.
98
Cadel Evans
Katusha Team
s.t.
99
Florian Vachon
AG2R La Mondiale
s.t.
100
Ángel Vicioso
Androni Giocattoli
s.t.
101
Simon Gerrans
Team Qantas
s.t.
102
Tony Gallopin
Cofidis, le crédit en ligne
s.t.
103
Romain Sicard
Euskaltel - Euskadi
s.t.
104
Francisco Pérez
Movistar Team
s.t.
105
Greg Van Avermaet
BMC Racing Team
s.t.
106
Lloyd Mondory
AG2R La Mondiale
s.t.
107
Dimitri Champion
AG2R La Mondiale
s.t.
108
Albert Timmer
Sony Ericsson
s.t.
109
Fabio Felline
Nespresso
s.t.
110
Linus Gerdemann
Katusha Team
s.t.
111
Rick Flens
Rabobank Cycling Team
s.t.
112
Joaquím Rodríguez
Katusha Team
s.t.
113
Martin Elmiger
BMC Racing Team
s.t.
114
Levi Leipheimer
Omega Pharma - Quick·Step
s.t.
115
Ivan Basso
Team Garmin - Cervélo
s.t.
116
Luca Solari
Androni Giocattoli
s.t.
117
Luis Pasamontes
Movistar Team
s.t.
118
Óscar Sevilla
Movistar Team
s.t.
119
Imanol Erviti
Movistar Team
s.t.
120
Andriy Grivko
Pro Team Astana
s.t.
121
Marcel Wyss
Nespresso
s.t.
122
Pavel Brutt
Rabobank Cycling Team
s.t.
123
Julien Loubet
AG2R La Mondiale
s.t.
124
Alexsandr Dyachenko
Pro Team Astana
s.t.
125
Tom Danielson
Team Garmin - Cervélo
s.t.
126
Julian Dean
Team Qantas
s.t.
127
Jonathan Monsalve
Androni Giocattoli
s.t.
128
Ryder Hesjedal
Team Garmin - Cervélo
s.t.
129
Aidis Kruopis
Team Qantas
s.t.
130
Christophe Kern
Team Europcar
s.t.
131
Jussi Veikkanen
Lotto - Belisol
s.t.
132
Marzio Bruseghin
Movistar Team
s.t.
133
Trent Lowe
Sony Ericsson
s.t.
134
Eduard Vorganov
Katusha Team
s.t.
135
Andrey Amador
Movistar Team
s.t.
136
Matteo Montaguti
Androni Giocattoli
s.t.
137
Arnaud Labbe
Cofidis, le crédit en ligne
s.t.
138
Franco Pellizotti
Lampre - Generali
s.t.
139
Perrig Quemeneur
Team Europcar
s.t.
140
Martin Kohler
BMC Racing Team
s.t.
141
Brian Vandborg
Saxo Bank SunGard
s.t.
142
Iban Mayoz
Euskaltel - Euskadi
s.t.
143
Fränk Schleck
Radio Shack - Nissan
s.t.
144
Matthias Frank
BMC Racing Team
s.t.
145
Yohann Gène
Team Europcar
s.t.
146
Luca Paolini
Katusha Team
s.t.
147
Daniele Ratto
Nespresso
s.t.
148
Nick Nuyens
Saxo Bank SunGard
s.t.
149
Gorazd Stangelj
Pro Team Astana
s.t.
150
Vasil Kiryienka
Pro Team Astana
s.t.
151
Sebastian Langeveld
Team Qantas
s.t.
152
Vladimir Isaychev
Katusha Team
s.t.
153
Andrey Mizourov
Pro Team Astana
s.t.
154
Chris Anker Sørensen
Saxo Bank SunGard
s.t.
155
Kristof Goddaert
Lotto - Belisol
s.t.
156
Daniel Navarro
Saxo Bank SunGard
s.t.
157
Leonardo Piepoli
Androni Giocattoli
s.t.
158
Chris Horner
Lotto - Belisol
s.t.
159
Jonathan Castroviejo
Euskaltel - Euskadi
s.t.
160
Giuseppe Palumbo
Nespresso
s.t.
161
Rafael Valls
Nespresso
s.t.
162
Pablo Urtasun
Euskaltel - Euskadi
s.t.
163
Aleksandr Kuschynski
Katusha Team
s.t.
164
Daniele Bennati
Euskaltel - Euskadi
s.t.
165
Lucas Sebastián Haedo
Saxo Bank SunGard
s.t.
166
Dimitry Kozontchuk
Nespresso
s.t.
167
Tomas Alberio
Nespresso
s.t.
168
Eduardo Gonzalo
Movistar Team
s.t.
169
Cyril Gautier
Team Europcar
s.t.
170
Yoann Bagot
Cofidis, le crédit en ligne
s.t.
171
Pierre Cazaux
Euskaltel - Euskadi
s.t.
172
Nuno Ribeiro
Pro Team Astana
s.t.
173
Anders Lund
Saxo Bank SunGard
s.t.
174
Ion Izagirre
Euskaltel - Euskadi
s.t.
175
Alessandro Spezialetti
Lampre - Generali
s.t.
176
David Tanner
Saxo Bank SunGard
s.t.
177
Vincent Jérôme
Team Europcar
s.t.
178
Mathieu Claude
Team Europcar
s.t.
179
Daniele Righi
Lampre - Generali
s.t.
180
Davide Cimolai
Androni Giocattoli
+ 3'04
Today's winner Edited by dienblad on 18-02-2012 10:45
GC
After one of the most thrilling Tour de Frances in history, Vincenzo Nibali becomes the successor of Marco Pantani, the last Italian winner in 1998. He rode 8 days in the maillot jaune, only loosing it to Robert Gesink for 3 days. But Gesink wasn't the only threat, as Cadel Evans imrpoved every stage, winning 4 of them and only be 11 seconds slower after more than 88 hours of cycling.
1
Vincenzo Nibali
Radio Shack - Nissan
88h06'37
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
Mathieu Claude
Team Europcar
+ 5h50'27
179
Davide Cimolai
Androni Giocattoli
+ 5h51'48
180
Tomas Alberio
Nespresso
+ 6h01'19
Points
5 stages turned into a mass sprint and 5 times, Tyler Farrar won the stage. The American had the perfect lead out with Tom Boonen and Gerald Ciolek and always paid their trust. For the other sprinters, only top 3 finishes remained, with surprisingly Heinrich Haussler and Romain Feillu being the most consistent.
1
Tyler Farrar
Omega Pharma - Quick·Step
45
286
2
Heinrich Haussler
Rabobank Cycling Team
30
197
3
Romain Feillu
Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team
26
197
4
Vincenzo Nibali
Radio Shack - Nissan
2
186
5
André Greipel
Sony Ericsson
27
186
6
Mark Cavendish
Sky ProCycling
35
159
7
Cadel Evans
Katusha Team
0
158
8
Robert Gesink
Monster Energy - Ford
4
152
9
Matthew Goss
Team Qantas
20
146
10
Alessandro Petacchi
Lampre - Generali
14
136
KOTM
The KOTM-ranking had 7 different leaders, with in the end Robert Gesink to win it. This surely isn't a consolation prize for the Dutch rider.
1
Robert Gesink
Monster Energy - Ford
0
106
2
Cadel Evans
Katusha Team
0
85
3
Vincenzo Nibali
Radio Shack - Nissan
0
64
4
Jurgen Van den Broeck
Lotto - Belisol
0
58
5
Peter Velits
Omega Pharma - Quick·Step
0
52
6
Fränk Schleck
Radio Shack - Nissan
0
43
7
Nicolas Roche
AG2R La Mondiale
0
40
8
Chris Anker Sørensen
Saxo Bank SunGard
0
37
9
Maxime Monfort
Radio Shack - Nissan
0
32
10
Simon Spilak
Lampre - Generali
0
28
U25
The U25-jersey is meant to be awarded to the most promising young rider. This years ranking, is a disappointment, as we don't see future GT-winners in it. Okay, riders as Sicard, Sagan and Urán are talented, but they wil never win a GC. Nevertheless, this is a great result for Wout Poels, bringing home the white jersey!
1
Wout Poels
Monster Energy - Ford
89h00'07
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
6
Jonathan Monsalve
Androni Giocattoli
+ 1h13'31
7
Rafael Valls
Nespresso
+ 1h22'08
8
Ion Izagirre
Euskaltel - Euskadi
+ 1h54'11
9
Rigoberto Urán
Sky ProCycling
+ 2h00'57
10
Nicolas Edet
Cofidis, le crédit en ligne
+ 2h11'48
Teams
Team Radio Shack - Nissan was without a doubt the strongest team. Although lacking a sprinter, they had great time trialists (Cancellara, Klöden, Monfort) and great climbers (Nibali, Schleck, KlOéden, De Weert). So a deserved win of the teams ranking.
Summary
21 stages and over 3000 kilometres, more than 88 hours of cycling with legendary places as the Alpe d'Huez, Galibier, Tourmalet and the Champs d'Elysées. This resulted in 5 mass sprints, 8 breakaway wins, one dominating sprinter, and 3 close contenders for the GC. I think, one of the most exciting Tour de Frances in years!
Stage
Winner
GC
Points
KOTM
U25
Teams
1
T. Gallopin
T. Gallopin
T. Gallopin
F. Vachon
T. Gallopin
Katusha
2
T. Farrar
J. Rodríguez
T. Gallopin
A. Ballan
T. Gallopin
Katusha
3
T. Farrar
J. Rodríguez
T. Farrar
A. Ballan
T. Gallopin
Katusha
4
T. Martin
T. Martin
T. Farrar
A. Ballan
J. Castroviejo
Radio Shack
5
T. Farrar
T. Martin
T. Farrar
A. Ballan
J. Castroviejo
Radio Shack
6
F. Schleck
T. Martin
T. Farrar
F. Pozzato
P. Sagan
Radio Shack
7
J. Veikkanen
T. Martin
T. Farrar
J. Veikkanen
P. Sagan
Monster Energy
8
G. van Avermaet
T. Martin
T. Farrar
J. Veikkanen
P. Sagan
Monster Energy
9
C. Evans
V. Nibali
T. Farrar
A. Dyachenko
P. Sagan
Monster Energy
10
J. Van den Broeck
V. Nibali
T. Farrar
J. Van den Broeck
R. Sicard
Omega Pharma
11
V. Nibali
V. Nibali
T. Farrar
J. Van den Broeck
W. Poels
Radio Shack
12
L. Y. Bak
V. Nibali
T. Farrar
J. Van den Broeck
W. Poels
Radio Shack
13
S. Turgot
V. Nibali
T. Farrar
J. Van den Broeck
W. Poels
Radio Shack
14
T. Farrar
V. Nibali
T. Farrar
J. Van den Broeck
W. Poels
Radio Shack
15
C. Evans
V. Nibali
T. Farrar
J. Van den Broeck
W. Poels
Radio Shack
16
S. Spilak
R. Gesink
T. Farrar
J. Van den Broeck
W. Poels
Radio Shack
17
C. Evans
R. Gesink
T. Farrar
R. Gesink
W. Poels
Radio Shack
18
R. Gesink
R. Gesink
T. Farrar
R. Gesink
W. Poels
Radio Shack
19
B. Leukemans
R. Gesink
T. Farrar
R. Gesink
W. Poels
Radio Shack
20
C. Evans
V. Nibali
T. Farrar
R. Gesink
W. Poels
Radio Shack
21
T. Farrar
V. Nibali
T. Farrar
R. Gesink
W. Poels
Radio Shack
Positives
Although winning one stage (the 11th to Foix), Vincenzo Nibali was the most consistent rider. He started the Giro with a great form, after dominating the Tour de Suisse, and manages to keep that level.
Cadel Evans started the Tour a little bit bad, but his form increased, winning 4 stages, including the 3 mountain top finishes and the final ITT. But again, he missed the GC-win...
Starting as the biggest favourite, winning one stage, and being in th elead for 3 days, finishing in 3rd is a bit disappointing. But knowing that he gave it all in the TT, and winning the KOTM-jersey, Robert Gesink can look back at a very good Tour. He'll win it one day, that's for sure.
5 mass sprints, 5 wins. Nothing more to be said for the winner of the green jersey, Tyler Farrar.
A team with 3 stage wins, and none of them in a mass sprint or by a GC-contender. Breakaway wins with Jussi Veikkanen, Lars Ytting Bak and Jurgen Van den Broeck make it a very positive Tour for Lotto - Belisol.
Negatives
29th position at 53 minutes.... Ivan Basso was an outsider for the podium, but with a reult like this, it seems that his GT-ambitions can be put in a closet.
We'll never know how well Roman Kreuziger would have done without that crash in the first stage. But the fact is, that the Czech never was seen in the first ranks.
Having raced more than 75 days when this Tour ends, this was too much for exhausted Purito. So a disappointing Tour for Joaquím Rodríguez, who only rode a good result in stage 1.
The fastest man on a bike, ha to give that title to Tyler Farrar. Mark Cavendish didn't won a stage, and was only close in the last one. That's very disappointing.
After winning a lot earlier this season, it wasn't menat to be in this Tour. But Matthew Goss is still young, so maybe next year?
Our team
Reviewing our Tour de France, our thoughts are positive. Okay, we're very disappointed that Gesink lost the lead in the final ITT, but we feel he can't be blamed. So with the total amount of one stage win, one KOTM-jersey, one U25-jersey, 2nd in the Teams-rankings, and getting a lot of Top 5's in the stages, we can be happy about it.
Now, all eyes are focused at the Vuelta, we need to win that!!!!
Edited by dienblad on 18-02-2012 11:12
We take part in the 12th edition o fthe Brixia Tour, a 5 stage race in the Italian region of Lombardia, consisiting of 1 TTT, 2 flat stages and 2 mountain stages.
Last years edition was won by Domenico Pozzovivo.
Stage 1
The Brixia Tour starts with a 16km team TT in Palazzolo s. Oglio. Lampre is the best, '2 before Astana and '6 before Omega Pharma. We finish in 12th at '34.
1
Lampre - Generali
21'14
2
Pro Team Astana
+ 2
3
Omega Pharma - Quick·Step
+ 6
4
Bank BGZ
+ 8
5
Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team
+ 11
6
Pisanellastoria - Guerciotti
+ 14
7
Christina Watches - Onfone
+ 15
8
PSK Whirlpool - Author
+ 17
9
Liquigas - Cannondale
+ 20
10
Androni Giocattoli
+ 29
...
12
Monster Energy - Ford
+ 34
Stage 2
The next stage is a short mountain stage, with finish at the Cima Poffe.
When the BOTD was caught in the final ascend, Matteo Carrara (Vacansoleil) attacks with about 4km to go. Our best climber Francis De Greef ride up in his own high pace and at the finish, he almost catches Carrara. But the win, and GC-lead goes to the Vacansoleil-rider.
That was great Tour for you imo, Gesink got a very good podium as well as dominating KotM and U25 jersey and doing great in Team Competition. Nothing to complain about. Greef already started nice in Brixia, that's a very nice result. Good luck for upcoming stages
Alakagom wrote:
That was great Tour for you imo, Gesink got a very good podium as well as dominating KotM and U25 jersey and doing great in Team Competition. Nothing to complain about. Greef already started nice in Brixia, that's a very nice result. Good luck for upcoming stages
+1
Guess who's back?
Lets see how many friens are still around...
Stage 3
Stage 3, with start and finish in Pisogne, is for the sprinters.
Martijn Maaskant attacked on a small hill, with about 10km to go. He got a gap of 30 seconds to the peloton, but got past in the last metres of the race. So close....
The sprint was won by Mauro Finetto, followed by Marco Bandiera. Maaskant finished in 3rd.
1
Mauro Finetto
Liquigas - Cannondale
4h14'21
2
Marco Bandiera
Omega Pharma - Quick·Step
s.t.
3
Martijn Maaskant
Monster Energy - Ford
s.t.
4
Andrea Guardini
Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli
s.t.
5
Manuel Belletti
Team Type 1
s.t.
6
Mirco Lorenzetto
Androni Giocattoli
s.t.
7
Elia Rigotto
Colnago - CSF Inox
s.t.
8
Alberto Ongarato
Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team
s.t.
9
Matteo Carrara
Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team
s.t.
10
Robert Radosz
Bank BGZ
s.t.
Stage 4
Stage 4 is the queens stage, with 3 climb, including 2 times the Passo Maniva, the last time is also the finish.
Just like in stage 2, Matteo Carrara attacks with a few km to go. This time De Greef can't follow and will finish in 6th at '48. Carrara is looking to take his 2nd stage win, but shortly before the finish, he looses speed and Liquigas Damiano Caruso takes over and wins the stage.
1
Damiano Caruso
Liquigas - Cannondale
5h00'54
2
Matteo Carrara
Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team
s.t.
3
Leonardo Bertagnolli
Lampre - Generali
+ 17
4
Francesco Masciarelli
Pro Team Astana
+ 23
5
Yury Trofimov
Pro Team Astana
+ 28
6
Francis De Greef
Monster Energy - Ford
+ 48
7
Dario Cataldo
Omega Pharma - Quick·Step
s.t.
8
Danilo Di Luca
Katusha Team
s.t.
9
Tomasz Nose
Adria Mobil
+ 1'12
10
Álex Cano Ardila
Christina Watches - Onfone
s.t.
Stage 5
The last stage from Chiari to Orzinuovo is flat again.
The win in the mass sprint goed to Team Type 1, as Manuel Belletti beats Mirco Lorenzetto (Androni) and Filipp Baggio (De Rosa).
Matteo Carrara wins the GC!
1
Manuel Belletti
Team Type 1
4h24'24
2
Mirco Lorenzetto
Androni Giocattoli
s.t.
3
Filippo Baggio
De Rosa - Ceramica Flaminia
s.t.
4
Andrea Guardini
Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli
s.t.
5
Robert Radosz
Bank BGZ
s.t.
6
Grega Bole
Lampre - Generali
s.t.
7
Alberto Ongarato
Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team
s.t.
8
Oscar Gatto
Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli
s.t.
9
Marco Bandiera
Omega Pharma - Quick·Step
s.t.
10
Matteo Carrara
Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team
s.t.
GC
1
Matteo Carrara
Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team
17h11'51
2
Damiano Caruso
Liquigas - Cannondale
+ 11
3
Leonardo Bertagnolli
Lampre - Generali
+ 35
4
Francesco Masciarelli
Pro Team Astana
+ 1'01
5
Yury Trofimov
Pro Team Astana
+ 1'18
6
Francis De Greef
Monster Energy - Ford
+ 1'29
7
Dario Cataldo
Omega Pharma - Quick·Step
+ 1'41
8
Álex Cano Ardila
Christina Watches - Onfone
+ 2'02
9
Danilo Di Luca
Katusha Team
+ 2'03
10
Dries Devenyns
Omega Pharma - Quick·Step
+ 2'29
Points
1
Matteo Carrara
Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team
58
2
Damiano Caruso
Liquigas - Cannondale
41
3
Francis De Greef
Monster Energy - Ford
40
4
Manuel Belletti
Team Type 1
37
5
Leonardo Bertagnolli
Lampre - Generali
30
KOTM
1
Matteo Carrara
Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team
28
2
Damiano Caruso
Liquigas - Cannondale
26
3
Massimo Giunti
Colnago - CSF Inox
22
4
Andrea Moletta
Lampre - Generali
22
5
Sergey Rudaskov
Itera - Katusha
22
Overall winner
Word from the DS
A 2nd place and a 3rd in a stage, and 6th in the GC. We can be happy with that.
Congrats for an amazing Tour de France in my opinion. Great reports, great results and an awesome summary in the end. Thanks for keep it going! And of course good luck for the upcoming races.
One day after the Tour, we show up in Basque country to prepare us for the Clasica San Sebastian. Last year, we won this Preuba Villafranca - Ordiziako Klasika, a hilly race with 7 climbs in it. 5 times the Alto de Abalzisketa, 4.3km at 5.4% with a max. gradient of 16%, and 2 times the Alto de Altzo, 2.5km at 7.3% with a max. gradient of 14%.
Last year, we dominated the 90th edition, with the win by Andy Schleck. Ricardo Montero is the record winner, with 5 wins between 1927 and 1935.
Startlist
Spoiler
Sorry, forgot to export it.
Our team
The favourites ***Robert Gesink, Peter Sagan, Jelle Vanendert ** Igor Antón & Mikel Astarloza (Euskaltel), David López (Movistar) *Wout Poels & Thomas Dekker, Brice Feillu (Saur), Tejay van Garderen (Colnago)
The race
45km to go
With Marcel Kittel & Lieuwe Westra working hard not to let a breakaway take a big gap (and they succeeded in doing it, as 2 times a breakaway was formed, getting a max lead of 3 minutes, but to be caught every time), the pace was that high that a lot of riders got dropped before the final starts.
In the penultimate ascend of the Alto de Abalzisketa, only 29 riders are in the first group. This makes the race much easier to control!
24km to go
At the summit of the Alto de Abalzisketa, Thomas Dekker sneaks away. He has a lead of 30 seconds towards a 18-man chasing group, including 6 Monster Energy-riders, 3 from Euskaltel (Antón, Astarloza & Oroz), 4 from Saur (Feillu, Joly, Hivert & Stalder), 1 from CCC (Marczynski), 2 from Movistar (Pérez & López), 1 from Andalucia (Gutiérrez) and 1 from Colnago (Van Garderen).
20km to go
The leading group has started the ascend of the Alto de Altzo. The Spanish rider realize that the only way to win this race, is to attack. So when Dekker is caught, David López and Igor Antón attack.
15km to go
We can easily counter this attack and the result is that the leading group has become smaller, only 8 left: Dekker, Gesink, Sagan & Vanendert, Antón & Astarloza, López and Feillu.
We see that our opponents are more dead than alive, so feel confident with 3 riders that can attack and win this race.
10km to go Jelle Vanendert sets a high pace in the ascend of the Alto de Abalzisketa. Dekker and Feillu get dropped and than Vanendert simply rides away from the Spanish opponents. He quickly creates a gap of 30 seconds.
Finish
That gap increases to a minute, so we didnt even had to attack to win this Ordiziaka Klasika. It's the 2nd win of the season for Jelle Vanendert, besides a stage in the Critérium du Dauphinée.
2nd place Peter Sagan & Robert Gesink didn't have to work a single meter this race, they have enough energy left to make it a 1-2-3 for the Monster Energy - Ford team. With 6 in the Top 10, this has been an awesome race for us.
Results
1
Jelle Vanendert
Monster Energy - Ford
4h19'18
2
Peter Sagan
Monster Energy - Ford
+ 59
3
Robert Gesink
Monster Energy - Ford
s.t.
4
Mikel Astarloza
Euskaltel - Euskadi
s.t.
5
Igor Antón
Euskaltel - Euskadi
s.t.
6
David López
Movistar Team
s.t.
7
Brice Feillu
Saur - Sojasun
+ 1'48
8
Thomas Dekker
Monster Energy - Ford
+ 2'19
9
Rob Ruijgh
Monster Energy - Ford
+ 2'35
10
Wout Poels
Monster Energy - Ford
s.t.
Spoiler
11
Jonathan Hivert
Saur - Sojasun
s.t.
12
Tomasz Marczynski
CCC Polsat Polkowice
s.t.
13
Sébastien Joly
Saur - Sojasun
s.t.
14
Lieuwe Westra
Monster Energy - Ford
+ 3'26
15
Tejay Van Garderen
Colnago - CSF Inox
s.t.
16
Iván Gutiérrez
Andalucía Caja Granada
+ 4'49
17
Juan José Oroz
Euskaltel - Euskadi
+ 5'47
18
Florian Stalder
Saur - Sojasun
s.t.
19
Rubén Pérez
Movistar Team
+ 6'15
20
Jacek Morajko
CCC Polsat Polkowice
s.t.
21
Antonio Colom
Andalucía Caja Granada
s.t.
22
Rui Costa
Movistar Team
s.t.
23
Mateusz Taciak
CCC Polsat Polkowice
s.t.
24
Moisés Dueñas
Burgos 2016 - Castilla y León
s.t.
25
Pello Bilbao
Euskaltel - Euskadi
+ 6'50
26
Egoi Martínez
Euskaltel - Euskadi
+ 7'37
27
Eduard Prades
Euskaltel - Euskadi
+ 9'50
28
Aitor Hernández
Orbea Continental
s.t.
29
Domenico Pozzovivo
Colnago - CSF Inox
s.t.
30
Jose Mendes
CCC Polsat Polkowice
+ 10'28
31
Jérôme Baugnies
Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator
s.t.
32
Dirk Bellemakers
Landbouwkrediet
s.t.
33
Ricardo Vilela
Onda
s.t.
34
Alejandro Marque
Onda
s.t.
35
Marcel Kittel
Monster Energy - Ford
s.t.
36
André Cardoso
Tavira - Prio
s.t.
37
Gorka Izagirre
Euskaltel - Euskadi
s.t.
38
Matthias Kessler
Team NSP
s.t.
39
Matthias Ruß
Team NetApp
s.t.
40
Bert De Waele
Landbouwkrediet
s.t.
41
Egoitz García
Caja Rural
s.t.
42
Ricardo Mestre
Tavira - Prio
s.t.
43
José Alberto Benítez
Andalucía Caja Granada
+ 11'45
44
Alexander Gottfried
Team NetApp
s.t.
45
Ángel Vallejo
Burgos 2016 - Castilla y León
s.t.
46
Eddy Mazzoleni
Colnago - CSF Inox
s.t.
47
André Vital
Tavira - Prio
s.t.
48
Robert Partridge
Kingspan - Alpro
s.t.
49
Daniel Schorn
Team NetApp
s.t.
50
Joeri Stallaert
Landbouwkrediet
s.t.
51
David Hesselbarth
Team NetApp
s.t.
52
Craig Lewis
Team NetApp
s.t.
53
Raúl Alarcón
Barbot - Efapel
s.t.
54
Javier Iriarte
Movistar Team
s.t.
55
Andreas Schillinger
Team NetApp
s.t.
56
Francisco José Pacheco
Movistar Team
s.t.
57
Marcos García
Euskaltel - Euskadi
s.t.
58
Vitor Rodrigues
Barbot - Efapel
s.t.
59
Hélder Oliveira
LA - Antarte
s.t.
60
Jan Barta
Team NetApp
s.t.
61
Jon Aberasturi
Orbea Continental
s.t.
62
Laurent Didier
Orbea Continental
s.t.
63
Sibrecht Pieters
Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator
s.t.
64
Steven Van Vooren
Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator
s.t.
65
Daniel Fleeman
Kingspan - Alpro
s.t.
66
John Darwin Atapuma
Colombia es Pasión - Café de Colombia
s.t.
67
Wilmar Perez
Colombia es Pasión - Café de Colombia
s.t.
68
Daniel Silva
Onda
+ 14'20
69
Walter Pedraza
Colombia es Pasión - Café de Colombia
+ 14'45
70
Miguel Ángel Candil
LA - Antarte
s.t.
71
Robert Vrecer
LA - Antarte
s.t.
72
Kamil Zielinski
CCC Polsat Polkowice
+ 15'13
73
Jef Peeters
Landbouwkrediet
s.t.
74
Nelson Victorino
Tavira - Prio
s.t.
75
Cyril Lemoine
Saur - Sojasun
s.t.
76
Robinson Chalapud
Colombia es Pasión - Café de Colombia
s.t.
77
Federico Canuti
Colnago - CSF Inox
s.t.
78
Pablo Lastras
Movistar Team
s.t.
79
Kenny De Ketele
Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator
s.t.
80
Márcio Barbosa
LA - Antarte
s.t.
81
Víctor Hugo Peña
Colombia es Pasión - Café de Colombia
+ 16'32
82
Camilo Suárez
Colombia es Pasión - Café de Colombia
s.t.
83
Garikoitz Bravo
Caja Rural
s.t.
84
Silvère Ackermann
Barbot - Efapel
s.t.
85
André Schulze
CCC Polsat Polkowice
s.t.
86
Carlos Sastre
Onda
s.t.
87
Juan Forero
Colombia es Pasión - Café de Colombia
s.t.
88
Jérémie Galland
Saur - Sojasun
s.t.
89
Paul Voss
Kingspan - Alpro
s.t.
90
João Cabreira
Onda
s.t.
91
Íñigo Cuesta
Caja Rural
s.t.
92
Davy Commeyne
Landbouwkrediet
s.t.
93
Alexander Wetterhall
Kingspan - Alpro
s.t.
94
Niels Albert
Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator
s.t.
95
Fabrice Jeandesboz
Saur - Sojasun
s.t.
96
Sander Armee
Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator
s.t.
97
Oleg Chuzhda
Caja Rural
s.t.
98
Geert Steurs
Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator
s.t.
99
Rubén Reig
Caja Rural
s.t.
100
Bruno Silva
LA - Antarte
s.t.
101
Julián Sánchez Pimienta
Caja Rural
s.t.
102
David Livramento
Tavira - Prio
s.t.
103
Maurice Astruc
Landbouwkrediet
s.t.
104
Andoni Blázquez
Orbea Continental
s.t.
105
Sergio Henao
Barbot - Efapel
s.t.
106
Carlos Pinho
LA - Antarte
s.t.
107
Baptiste Planckaert
Landbouwkrediet
+ 18'04
108
Krzysztof Maslowski
CCC Polsat Polkowice
s.t.
109
Julien Simon
Saur - Sojasun
s.t.
110
Marcin Sapa
CCC Polsat Polkowice
s.t.
111
Ignatas Konovalovas
Movistar Team
s.t.
112
Sergio Mantecón
Caja Rural
s.t.
113
Kevin Peeters
Landbouwkrediet
s.t.
114
Javier Benítez
Andalucía Caja Granada
+ 18'51
115
Sven Forberger
Team NSP
s.t.
116
Gregorio Ladino
Team NSP
s.t.
117
Daniel Freitas
Barbot - Efapel
s.t.
118
Jacob Fiedler
Team NSP
+ 19'22
119
Hugo Sancho
LA - Antarte
s.t.
120
Carlos Verona
Burgos 2016 - Castilla y León
s.t.
121
Stefano Pirazzi
Colnago - CSF Inox
s.t.
122
Luis Silva
Tavira - Prio
s.t.
123
José Vicente Toribio
Andalucía Caja Granada
s.t.
124
Óscar Vicente Grau
Burgos 2016 - Castilla y León
s.t.
125
José Brito
Barbot - Efapel
s.t.
126
Juan Javier Estrada
Andalucía Caja Granada
s.t.
127
Daniel Musiol
Team NetApp
s.t.
128
Noel Martín
Orbea Continental
s.t.
129
Xabier Zabalo
Orbea Continental
s.t.
130
Delio Fernández
Onda
s.t.
131
Henrique Casimiro
Tavira - Prio
s.t.
132
Vergílio Dos Santos
LA - Antarte
s.t.
133
Callum Wilkinson
Kingspan - Alpro
+ 20'19
134
Robert Hayles
Kingspan - Alpro
s.t.
135
Hernando Valencia
Colombia es Pasión - Café de Colombia
s.t.
136
Rubén Martínez
Caja Rural
+ 20'56
137
Matthias Mortka
Team NSP
s.t.
138
Scott Thwaites
Kingspan - Alpro
+ 21'32
139
Tony Gibb
Kingspan - Alpro
s.t.
140
Manuele Caddeo
Colnago - CSF Inox
+ 22'04
141
Sebastien Baldauf
Team NSP
s.t.
142
Cesar Fonte
Barbot - Efapel
s.t.
143
Lluis Guillermo Mas
Burgos 2016 - Castilla y León
s.t.
144
Björn Thurau
Team NSP
s.t.
145
Fabian Bruno
Team NSP
s.t.
146
Jorge Montaña
Movistar Team
s.t.
147
Yann Mery
Cofidis, le crédit en ligne
s.t.
148
Thibault Dupont
Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator
s.t.
149
Andrea Pasqualon
Colnago - CSF Inox
s.t.
150
Juan José Arregui
Tavira - Prio
s.t.
151
Florent Savoye
Cofidis, le crédit en ligne
s.t.
152
José Luis Cano
Andalucía Caja Granada
+ 22'43
153
Alberto Loddo
Colnago - CSF Inox
+ 23'26
154
Ruben Jimenez
Burgos 2016 - Castilla y León
s.t.
155
Antonio Filipe Oliveira Amorim
Barbot - Efapel
+ 24'48
156
Juan María Diaz Del Campo
Andalucía Caja Granada
+ 26'04
Today's winner
Word from the DS
You can call it tactical domination, or you can call it too easy / superior. ALll our hilly riders had a great form, so we could dominate the race.
Like last year, we take part in the Tour de Wallonie. This 5-stage race consists of hilly stages and flat stages, and we have good memories of it, as last year Pim Ligthart won the GC, in front of his team mates Sep Vanmarcke and Jens Keukeleire.
Startlist
Spoiler
Sony Ericsson
1. E.Boasson Hagen
2. C.Barton
3. S.Bewley
4. W.Clarke
5. R.Di Gregorio
6. L.Duque
7. N.Keinath
8. R.Quaade
Stage 1
The first stage between Amay and Banneux is the queen's stage, with a lot of hills in it.
A breakaway of 6 riders (F. Amorison (Landbouwkrediet), S. Caethoven (Veranda's), N. Eeckhout (An Post), S. Joseph (Topsport), B. Markus (Rabo CT) and M. Pinotti (BMC)) is stronger than expected by the peloton, and they won't be caught. Well, in the last flat part after the final climb, all but Eeckhout get overtaken by the peloton. The win goes to 41-year-old Nico Eeckhout, who manages to finish just in front of the peloton, leaded by Gianni Meersman and Sébastien Rosseler.
1
Nico Eeckhout
An Post - Sean Kelly
3h49'26
2
Gianni Meersman
FDJ
s.t.
3
Sébastien Rosseler
Monster Energy - Ford
s.t.
4
Sep Vanmarcke
Monster Energy - Ford
s.t.
5
Anthony Geslin
FDJ
s.t.
6
Edvald Boasson Hagen
Sony Ericsson
s.t.
7
Christian Knees
Sky ProCycling
s.t.
8
Steven Caethoven
Veranda's Willems - Accent
s.t.
9
Rémy Di Gregorio
Sony Ericsson
s.t.
10
Frédéric Amorison
Landbouwkrediet
s.t.
Stage 2
The 2nd stage to Houffalize has a very difficult finish, with the Mur St. Roch. It's steep uphill.
After the BOTD gets caught with less than 5km to go, we've set up a nice train for Jens Keukeleire. He is perfectly launched by Sébastien Rosseler and takes the win. Funny fact: he also won this stage last year!
1
Jens Keukeleire
Monster Energy - Ford
5h01'43
2
Sébastien Rosseler
Monster Energy - Ford
s.t.
3
Bobbie Traksel
Landbouwkrediet
s.t.
4
Krzysztof Szczawinski
CCC Polsat Polkowice
s.t.
5
Steven Caethoven
Veranda's Willems - Accent
s.t.
6
Reinier Honig
Landbouwkrediet
s.t.
7
Robert Wagner
Radio Shack - Nissan
s.t.
8
Kenny Dehaes
Lotto - Belisol
s.t.
9
Nico Eeckhout
An Post - Sean Kelly
s.t.
10
Kenny Van Hummel
M&M's
s.t.
Stage 3
The 3rd stage from Sambreville to Perwez is almost flat, so it should end in a mass sprint.
And it ends in a mass sprint. The win goes to Edvald Boasson Hagen, finishing perfect work from his team. Our riders have a bad daily form, and finish outside the top 10.
1
Edvald Boasson Hagen
Sony Ericsson
4h44'45
2
Krzysztof Szczawinski
CCC Polsat Polkowice
s.t.
3
Kenny Van Hummel
M&M's
s.t.
4
Bobbie Traksel
Landbouwkrediet
s.t.
5
William Bonnet
FDJ
s.t.
6
Michael Van Staeyen
Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator
s.t.
7
Jetse Bol
Rabobank Continental Team
s.t.
8
Steven Caethoven
Veranda's Willems - Accent
s.t.
9
Kenny Dehaes
Lotto - Belisol
s.t.
10
Nico Eeckhout
An Post - Sean Kelly
s.t.
...
12
Jens Keukeleire
Monster Energy - Ford
s.t.
Stage 4
Also stage 4 to Mouscron should end in a mass sprint.
But this time, it won't. A group of 13 riders just stay out of reach of the peloton and Thiago Machado wins the sprint of that group.
1
Tiago Machado
Radio Shack - Nissan
3h04'08
2
Thomas Rabou
Rabobank Continental Team
s.t.
3
Aurélien Passeron
Cofidis, le crédit en ligne
s.t.
4
Derk Abel Beckeringh
Rabobank Continental Team
s.t.
5
Matthew Wilson
Team Garmin - Cervélo
s.t.
6
Wim De Vocht
Veranda's Willems - Accent
s.t.
7
Blazej Janiaczyk
CCC Polsat Polkowice
s.t.
8
Guillaume Van Keirsbulck
Omega Pharma - Quick·Step
s.t.
9
Bauke Mollema
Rabobank Cycling Team
s.t.
10
Kurt Hovelynck
Donckers Koffie - Livestrong
s.t.
...
21
Jens Keukeleire
Monster Energy - Ford
+ 37
Stage 5
The 5th stage finishes in Thuin with inside the last kilometre 600 ascendings meters with an average gradient of 8.1%.
Just as one day before, a breakaway of 13 riders manages to stay out of reach of the peloton. Sky's Thomas Löfkvist wins the sprint at the Mur de Thuin. The peloton finishes at '39,and because no time gaps are given, the 30th place is enough for Nico Eeckhout to win the Tour de Wallonie.
1
Thomas Löfkvist
Sky ProCycling
3h18'28
2
Maarten Wynants
Rabobank Cycling Team
s.t.
3
Frédéric Amorison
Landbouwkrediet
s.t.
4
Luis Ángel Maté
Cofidis, le crédit en ligne
s.t.
5
Roy Curvers
M&M's
s.t.
6
Taylor Phinney
BMC Racing Team
s.t.
7
Steve Schets
Donckers Koffie - Livestrong
s.t.
8
Yannick Eijssen
BMC Racing Team
s.t.
9
Piotr Sztobryn
CCC Polsat Polkowice
s.t.
10
Gabriel Rasch
Team Garmin - Cervélo
s.t.
...
15
Sep Vanmarcke
Monster Energy - Ford
+ 39
GC
1
Nico Eeckhout
An Post - Sean Kelly
19h59'16
2
Sébastien Rosseler
Monster Energy - Ford
+ 4
3
Edvald Boasson Hagen
Sony Ericsson
+ 10
4
Jens Keukeleire
Monster Energy - Ford
s.t.
5
Bobbie Traksel
Landbouwkrediet
+ 22
6
Steven Caethoven
Veranda's Willems - Accent
+ 28
7
Sep Vanmarcke
Monster Energy - Ford
+ 30
8
Gianni Meersman
FDJ
+ 57
9
Marco Pinotti
BMC Racing Team
+ 1'07
10
Romain Zingle
Monster Energy - Ford
+ 1'09
Points
1
Nico Eeckhout
An Post - Sean Kelly
48
2
Edvald Boasson Hagen
Sony Ericsson
42
3
Sébastien Rosseler
Monster Energy - Ford
42
4
Krzysztof Szczawinski
CCC Polsat Polkowice
36
5
Frédéric Amorison
Landbouwkrediet
32
KOTM
1
Thomas Löfkvist
Sky ProCycling
52
2
Sébastien Rosseler
Monster Energy - Ford
40
3
Maarten Wynants
Rabobank Cycling Team
38
4
Frédéric Amorison
Landbouwkrediet
34
5
Steven Caethoven
Veranda's Willems - Accent
28
Overall winner
Word from the DS
Now this was a good Tour de Wallonie for us. One stage win, some podium finishes, and a second in the GC. We even had 4 riders in the Top 10. Congrats to Nico Eeckhout, as this will probably his farewell gift to his cycling career.
Edited by dienblad on 19-02-2012 18:25
