Stage 5: Al Jissah (ITT) This is indeed going to be an extremely important stage, where Jeppe and Jesper will have much to lose…
Brajkovic haven’t delivered in terms of the GC, but he looks to be setting a good time today. Quaade is our hope for today. The hill in the start is not his favourite thing, but he rides his way into the race on the final flat/downhill section.
He gives it everything he’s got, but is 15 seconds slower than Brajkovic. Richie Porte is another of the disappointments in this race – and he stays that way finishing a provisional 5th today.
Finally a rider able to challenge Brajkovic. Boom sets new best time. Cancellara seems to be getting in form for the cobbled classics as he completely destroys the competition today. Gesink almost manages to catch Jesper Hansen before the finish. That is so fast that the Dutchman gets new best time and makes a real assault on the GC.
Stage Results
1
Robert Gesink
Rabobank
29’00’’
2
Fabian Cancellara
Rabobank
+ 13’’
3
Tanel Kangert
Astana
+ 20’’
4
Jesús Herrada
Movistar
+ 27’’
5
Niki Terpstra
Tissot
+ 28’’
Spoiler
6
Philippe Gilbert
Omega Pharme – QuickStep
+ 32’’
7
Lars Boom
Rabobank
+ 35’’
8
Janez Brajkovic
Astana
+ 38’’
9
Kevin Seeldrayers
Astana
+ 38’’
10
Jussi Veikkanen
Volvo – SAS
+ 40’’
23
Rasmus Quaade
Volvo – SAS
+ 53’’
37
Jesper Hansen
Volvo – SAS
+ 1’05’’
155
Jeppe Lykke Hartvig Nielsen
Volvo – SAS
+ 1’54’’
Stage 6: Quarayyat – Mattrah Seafront
This stage has bunch sprint written all over it.
I don’t think anyone expected anything but a bunch sprint from the morning but that didn’t stop Ludvigsson and 10 other riders from going in the break.
After quite a long struggle they build a gap of 6 minutes with 70 km to go.
The only ones chasing the break is Vacansoleil and they only have two guys on the job. Still they close in on the break and with 22 km to go the gap is down to 1’47’’
As hoped the Vacansoleil riders start getting tired and they can’t quite finish the job – or they are only interested in protecting Deveyns’ GC lead…
13 km to the line and the 11 has 2’18’’. This could very well be one for the break!
In a sprint from this group the favourites has to be Trussov and Arashiro. Riders like Tobias, Morten Høberg and Gorka Izagirre could have a good chance as well if they have fresher legs. Oroz opens the sprint hoping to lead out Izagirre, while Tobias loses a few places and ends up 4th last in the group at the start of the sprint.
1,2 km to the line and Høberg is doing a brilliant leadout for Ludvigsson.
Unfortunately Tobias doesn’t have enough power left in the legs to go past the Dane.
The biggest day in Høbergs career without a doubt!
Still a 2nd on the stage is a good result for Tobias – especially since it puts us in the lead of the team competition!
Stage Results
1
Morten Høberg
Team Saxo - Tinkoff
3h38'11
2
Tobias Ludvigsson
Volvo - SAS
s.t.
3
Yukiya Arashiro
Garmin - Sharp
s.t.
4
Nikolai Trussov
Volkswagen
s.t.
5
Gorka Izagirre
Euskaltel - Euskadi
s.t.
Spoiler
6
Jean-Eudes Demaret
Alstom
s.t.
7
Travis Meyer
Commonwealth Bank - GreenEdge
s.t.
8
Jesse Sergent
Nissan
s.t.
9
Luca Ascani
Team Selle Italia
s.t.
10
Julian Arredondo
Colombia - Coldeportes
s.t.
11
Juan José Oroz
Euskaltel - Euskadi
s.t.
12
Sep Vanmarcke
Lotto Belisol Team
+ 1'22
13
Marcel Kittel
Rabobank Cycling Team
+ 2'02
14
Juan José Haedo
Team Vodafone
s.t.
15
Giacomo Nizzolo
Liquigas - Cannondale
s.t.
16
Davide Appollonio
Commonwealth Bank - GreenEdge
s.t.
17
Aidis Kruopis
Astana Pro Team
s.t.
18
Mark Cavendish
Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team
s.t.
19
André Greipel
Lotto Belisol Team
s.t.
20
Cyril Lemoine
Saur - Sojasun
s.t.
21
Ben Swift
Team ISD - Ferrari
s.t.
22
Tom Leezer
Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team
s.t.
23
Greg Van Avermaet
Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team
s.t.
24
Coen Vermeltfoort
Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team
s.t.
25
Alexander Kristoff
Volvo - SAS
s.t.
26
Jan Ghyselinck
Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team
s.t.
27
Alessandro Ballan
Tissot
s.t.
28
Rasmus Sterebo
Volvo - SAS
s.t.
29
Nick Nuyens
Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team
s.t.
30
Boris Shpilevski
Volkswagen
s.t.
31
Jussi Veikkanen
Volvo - SAS
s.t.
32
Jesper Hansen
Volvo - SAS
s.t.
33
Arnaud Demare
FDJ - BigMat
s.t.
34
Fabio Felline
Team ISD - Ferrari
s.t.
35
Dries Devenyns
Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team
s.t.
36
Pavel Brutt
Team Saxo - Tinkoff
s.t.
37
Jeppe Lykke Hartvig Nielsen
Volvo - SAS
s.t.
38
Sébastien Turgot
Alstom
s.t.
39
Manuele Boaro
Team Saxo - Tinkoff
s.t.
40
Yohan Offredo
Cofidis, le crédit en ligne
s.t.
41
Filippo Pozzato
FDJ - BigMat
s.t.
42
Rasmus Quaade
Volvo - SAS
s.t.
43
Víctor Cabedo
Euskaltel - Euskadi
s.t.
44
Alexandre Pichot
Alstom
s.t.
45
Angelo Tulik
Alstom
s.t.
46
Koldo Fernández
Euskaltel - Euskadi
s.t.
47
Tom Van Asbroeck
Lotto Belisol Team
s.t.
48
Philippe Gilbert
Omega Pharma - Quick·Step
s.t.
49
Jelle Vanendert
Lotto Belisol Team
s.t.
50
Jens Erik Madsen
Volvo - SAS
s.t.
51
Gert Steegmans
Omega Pharma - Quick·Step
s.t.
52
Sergey Rudaskov
Volkswagen
s.t.
53
Stéphane Poulhiès
FDJ - BigMat
s.t.
54
Anthony Geslin
FDJ - BigMat
s.t.
55
Cédric Pineau
FDJ - BigMat
s.t.
56
Jakob Rathe
Garmin - Sharp
s.t.
57
Christophe Riblon
Garmin - Sharp
s.t.
58
Yoann Bagot
FDJ - BigMat
s.t.
59
Juan Antonio Flecha
Commonwealth Bank - GreenEdge
s.t.
60
Paul Martens
Nissan
s.t.
61
Samuel Dumoulin
Cofidis, le crédit en ligne
s.t.
62
Roberto Ferrari
Team Selle Italia
s.t.
63
Sylvain Chavanel
Team Vodafone
s.t.
64
Fabian Cancellara
Rabobank Cycling Team
s.t.
65
Francisco José Ventoso
Movistar Team
s.t.
66
Gabriele Bosisio
Team ISD - Ferrari
s.t.
67
Tanel Kangert
Astana Pro Team
s.t.
68
Thomas Voeckler
Cofidis, le crédit en ligne
s.t.
69
Javier Moreno
Movistar Team
s.t.
70
Robert Gesink
Rabobank Cycling Team
s.t.
71
Wilson Marentes
Colombia - Coldeportes
s.t.
72
Andy Schleck
Commonwealth Bank - GreenEdge
s.t.
73
Nicolas Vogondy
Alstom
s.t.
74
Edoardo Costanzi
Team ISD - Ferrari
s.t.
75
Fabio Sabatini
Liquigas - Cannondale
s.t.
76
Lars Petter Nordhaug
Team Vodafone
s.t.
77
Jens Voigt
Nissan
s.t.
78
Marco Zanotti
Tissot
s.t.
79
Dimitriy Muravyev
Astana Pro Team
s.t.
80
Jérôme Baugnies
Lotto Belisol Team
s.t.
81
Maxim Iglinskiy
Team Vodafone
s.t.
82
Bernhard Eisel
Astana Pro Team
s.t.
83
Johann Tschopp
Colombia - Coldeportes
s.t.
84
Richie Porte
Saur - Sojasun
s.t.
85
Nicholas Walker
Commonwealth Bank - GreenEdge
s.t.
86
Aurélien Duval
FDJ - BigMat
s.t.
87
Tiago Machado
Nissan
s.t.
88
Janez Brajkovič
Astana Pro Team
s.t.
89
Xavier Florencio
Volkswagen
s.t.
90
Matthieu Ladagnous
Orange
s.t.
91
Christophe Laborie
Saur - Sojasun
s.t.
92
Jérémie Galland
Saur - Sojasun
s.t.
93
Sebastian Langeveld
Commonwealth Bank - GreenEdge
s.t.
94
Andrew Talansky
Garmin - Sharp
s.t.
95
Laurent Mangel
Alstom
s.t.
96
Fabio Aru
Astana Pro Team
s.t.
97
Alexey Tsatevitch
Volkswagen
s.t.
98
Jürgen Roelandts
Lotto Belisol Team
s.t.
99
Eros Capecchi
Liquigas - Cannondale
s.t.
100
Dominique Cornu
Lotto Belisol Team
s.t.
101
Rémy Di Gregorio
FDJ - BigMat
s.t.
102
José Rujano
Saur - Sojasun
s.t.
103
Johan Mombaerts
Cofidis, le crédit en ligne
s.t.
104
Alessandro Vanotti
Liquigas - Cannondale
s.t.
105
Marzio Bruseghin
Movistar Team
s.t.
106
Grega Bole
Team ISD - Ferrari
s.t.
107
Wilco Kelderman
Rabobank Cycling Team
s.t.
108
Kevin Seeldraeyers
Astana Pro Team
s.t.
109
Andreas Klier
Garmin - Sharp
s.t.
110
Davide Cimolai
Liquigas - Cannondale
s.t.
111
Heinrich Haussler
Omega Pharma - Quick·Step
s.t.
112
Kanstantsin Siutsou
Orange
s.t.
113
Davide Viganò
Team ISD - Ferrari
s.t.
114
Rafael de Mattos Andriato
Team Selle Italia
s.t.
115
Julien Simon
Saur - Sojasun
s.t.
116
Rafael Rodríguez
Euskaltel - Euskadi
s.t.
117
John Darwin Atapuma
Colombia - Coldeportes
s.t.
118
Daniele Bennati
Team ISD - Ferrari
s.t.
119
Rasmus Guldhammer
Team Saxo - Tinkoff
s.t.
120
Cyrille Heymans
Nissan
s.t.
121
Eduard Vorganov
Volkswagen
s.t.
122
Brent Bookwalter
Tissot
s.t.
123
Markel Irizar
Euskaltel - Euskadi
s.t.
124
Denis Galimzyanov
Rabobank Cycling Team
s.t.
125
Nicolas Sanderson
Commonwealth Bank - GreenEdge
s.t.
126
Graham Briggs
Team Vodafone
s.t.
127
José Herrada
Movistar Team
s.t.
128
Vitaliy Popkov
Team Selle Italia
s.t.
129
Luke Rowe
Team Vodafone
s.t.
130
Michael Matthews
Rabobank Cycling Team
s.t.
131
Niki Terpstra
Tissot
s.t.
132
Juan José Cobo
Team Selle Italia
s.t.
133
Omar Fraile
Euskaltel - Euskadi
s.t.
134
Mark Renshaw
Rabobank Cycling Team
s.t.
135
Stijn Vandenbergh
Omega Pharma - Quick·Step
s.t.
136
Dimitry Kozontchuk
Volkswagen
s.t.
137
Dirk Bellemakers
Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team
s.t.
138
Charles Broomhead
Team Vodafone
s.t.
139
Markus Fothen
Team Vodafone
s.t.
140
Fabio Duarte
Colombia - Coldeportes
s.t.
141
Francesco Gavazzi
Team ISD - Ferrari
s.t.
142
Tiziano Dall'Antonia
Team Selle Italia
s.t.
143
Pieter Weening
Commonwealth Bank - GreenEdge
s.t.
144
Aleksejs Saramotins
Cofidis, le crédit en ligne
s.t.
145
Oleg Chuzhda
Team Selle Italia
s.t.
146
Stephen Cummings
Tissot
s.t.
147
Yann Huguet
Orange
s.t.
148
Jesús Herrada
Movistar Team
s.t.
149
Pablo Lastras
Movistar Team
s.t.
150
Vladimir Efimkin
Team Saxo - Tinkoff
s.t.
151
Egoitz García
Cofidis, le crédit en ligne
s.t.
152
Marco Pinotti
Tissot
s.t.
153
Freddy Montaña
Colombia - Coldeportes
s.t.
154
Anthony Charteau
Alstom
s.t.
155
Brice Feillu
Cofidis, le crédit en ligne
s.t.
156
Rigoberto Urán
Tissot
s.t.
157
Miguel Mínguez
Euskaltel - Euskadi
s.t.
158
Matteo Trentin
Omega Pharma - Quick·Step
s.t.
159
John Gadret
Orange
s.t.
160
Guillaume Van Keirsbulck
Omega Pharma - Quick·Step
s.t.
161
Romain Matheou
Orange
s.t.
162
Sandy Casar
Orange
s.t.
163
Jonathan Castroviejo
Astana Pro Team
s.t.
164
Ben Gastauer
Orange
s.t.
165
Lars Boom
Rabobank Cycling Team
s.t.
166
Sylvain Georges
Orange
s.t.
167
Michael Reihs
Team Saxo - Tinkoff
s.t.
168
Nikolas Maes
Omega Pharma - Quick·Step
s.t.
169
Sergio Hernandez
Garmin - Sharp
s.t.
170
Enrique Sanz
Colombia - Coldeportes
s.t.
171
Jempy Drucker
Nissan
s.t.
172
Ivan Santaromita
Team Selle Italia
s.t.
173
Thibaut Pinot
Cofidis, le crédit en ligne
s.t.
174
Björn Leukemans
Omega Pharma - Quick·Step
s.t.
175
Timofey Kritskiy
Team Saxo - Tinkoff
s.t.
176
Matthias Frank
Tissot
s.t.
177
Johan Vansummeren
Lotto Belisol Team
s.t.
178
Dominik Nerz
Liquigas - Cannondale
s.t.
179
Fred Rodriguez
Garmin - Sharp
s.t.
180
Maxime Méderel
Saur - Sojasun
s.t.
181
Maciej Paterski
Liquigas - Cannondale
s.t.
182
Davide Malacarne
Liquigas - Cannondale
s.t.
183
Daniel Martin
Garmin - Sharp
s.t.
184
Mikhail Antonov
Team Saxo - Tinkoff
s.t.
185
Guillaume Levarlet
Saur - Sojasun
s.t.
186
Oliver Zaugg
Nissan
s.t.
187
Laurent Didier
Nissan
+ 7'20
188
Vladimir Karpets
Movistar Team
+ 13'32
189
Justino Subero
Movistar Team
s.t.
190
Rafaâ Chtioui
Alstom
+ 15'05
191
Artem Ovechkin
Volkswagen
+ 16'32
Final Standings
1
Dries Devenyns
Vacansoleil - DCM
17h23'35
2
Eros Capecchi
Liquigas - Cannondale
+ 6
3
Robert Gesink
Rabobank Cycling Team
+ 14
4
Kevin Seeldraeyers
Astana Pro Team
+ 29
5
Tanel Kangert
Astana Pro Team
+ 37
6
José Rujano
Saur - Sojasun
+ 46
7
Philippe Gilbert
Omega Pharma - Quick·Step
+ 47
8
Markus Fothen
Team Vodafone
+ 57
9
Tiago Machado
Nissan
+ 58
10
Jeppe Lykke Hartvig Nielsen
Volvo - SAS
+ 1'04
Spoiler
11
Kanstantsin Siutsou
Orange
+ 1'07
12
Johann Tschopp
Colombia - Coldeportes
s.t.
13
Maciej Paterski
Liquigas - Cannondale
+ 1'14
14
Fabian Cancellara
Rabobank Cycling Team
+ 1'16
15
Javier Moreno
Movistar Team
+ 1'17
16
Jesper Hansen
Volvo - SAS
+ 1'22
17
Tobias Ludvigsson
Volvo - SAS
+ 1'24
18
José Herrada
Movistar Team
+ 1'27
19
Marcel Kittel
Rabobank Cycling Team
+ 1'30
20
Jesús Herrada
Movistar Team
s.t.
21
Rémy Di Gregorio
FDJ - BigMat
s.t.
22
Jelle Vanendert
Lotto Belisol Team
+ 1'35
23
John Darwin Atapuma
Colombia - Coldeportes
s.t.
24
Luke Rowe
Team Vodafone
+ 1'36
25
Pieter Weening
Commonwealth Bank - GreenEdge
s.t.
26
Thomas Voeckler
Cofidis, le crédit en ligne
+ 1'42
27
Jussi Veikkanen
Volvo - SAS
+ 1'43
28
Jonathan Castroviejo
Astana Pro Team
+ 1'50
29
Fabio Felline
Team ISD - Ferrari
+ 1'52
30
Stephen Cummings
Tissot
s.t.
31
Paul Martens
Nissan
+ 1'57
32
Rigoberto Urán
Tissot
+ 2'08
33
Andy Schleck
Commonwealth Bank - GreenEdge
+ 2'10
34
Andrew Talansky
Garmin - Sharp
+ 2'12
35
Johan Vansummeren
Lotto Belisol Team
+ 2'23
36
Matteo Trentin
Omega Pharma - Quick·Step
+ 2'24
37
Alexey Tsatevitch
Volkswagen
+ 2'25
38
Vladimir Efimkin
Team Saxo - Tinkoff
+ 2'30
39
Francesco Gavazzi
Team ISD - Ferrari
+ 2'35
40
Niki Terpstra
Tissot
+ 2'38
41
Lars Boom
Rabobank Cycling Team
+ 2'49
42
Nicolas Vogondy
Alstom
+ 2'57
43
Jens Voigt
Nissan
+ 3'00
44
Cyril Lemoine
Saur - Sojasun
+ 3'06
45
Jan Ghyselinck
Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team
+ 3'09
46
Greg Van Avermaet
Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team
+ 3'10
47
Daniele Bennati
Team ISD - Ferrari
+ 3'17
48
Filippo Pozzato
FDJ - BigMat
+ 3'19
49
Alessandro Ballan
Tissot
+ 3'21
50
Sylvain Chavanel
Team Vodafone
+ 3'27
51
Maxim Iglinskiy
Team Vodafone
+ 3'28
52
Aurélien Duval
FDJ - BigMat
s.t.
53
Matthieu Ladagnous
Orange
+ 3'29
54
Denis Galimzyanov
Rabobank Cycling Team
+ 3'30
55
Sergey Rudaskov
Volkswagen
+ 3'32
56
Mark Cavendish
Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team
+ 3'34
57
Rasmus Guldhammer
Team Saxo - Tinkoff
+ 3'38
58
Dimitry Kozontchuk
Volkswagen
+ 3'39
59
Víctor Cabedo
Euskaltel - Euskadi
+ 3'42
60
Dirk Bellemakers
Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team
s.t.
61
Yann Huguet
Orange
+ 3'44
62
Pablo Lastras
Movistar Team
+ 3'45
63
Xavier Florencio
Volkswagen
+ 3'47
64
Anthony Geslin
FDJ - BigMat
+ 3'50
65
Oleg Chuzhda
Team Selle Italia
s.t.
66
Guillaume Levarlet
Saur - Sojasun
+ 3'52
67
Rasmus Sterebo
Volvo - SAS
+ 3'53
68
Morten Høberg
Team Saxo - Tinkoff
+ 3'54
69
Eduard Vorganov
Volkswagen
+ 3'55
70
Roberto Ferrari
Team Selle Italia
+ 3'56
71
John Gadret
Orange
+ 4'00
72
Jean-Eudes Demaret
Alstom
s.t.
73
Koldo Fernández
Euskaltel - Euskadi
+ 4'03
74
Tiziano Dall'Antonia
Team Selle Italia
+ 4'05
75
Stéphane Poulhiès
FDJ - BigMat
+ 4'11
76
Rafael de Mattos Andriato
Team Selle Italia
+ 4'17
77
Luca Ascani
Team Selle Italia
+ 4'28
78
Julian Arredondo
Colombia - Coldeportes
+ 4'29
79
Travis Meyer
Commonwealth Bank - GreenEdge
+ 4'46
80
Yohan Offredo
Cofidis, le crédit en ligne
+ 5'00
81
Lars Petter Nordhaug
Team Vodafone
+ 5'05
82
Sep Vanmarcke
Lotto Belisol Team
+ 5'08
83
Sebastian Langeveld
Commonwealth Bank - GreenEdge
+ 5'10
84
Markel Irizar
Euskaltel - Euskadi
+ 5'12
85
Jesse Sergent
Nissan
+ 5'13
86
Nick Nuyens
Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team
+ 5'18
87
Dominique Cornu
Lotto Belisol Team
+ 5'26
88
Pavel Brutt
Team Saxo - Tinkoff
+ 5'29
89
Grega Bole
Team ISD - Ferrari
+ 5'32
90
Gorka Izagirre
Euskaltel - Euskadi
+ 5'33
91
Richie Porte
Saur - Sojasun
+ 5'34
92
Ben Swift
Team ISD - Ferrari
+ 5'37
93
Maxime Méderel
Saur - Sojasun
+ 5'43
94
Jérôme Baugnies
Lotto Belisol Team
+ 5'45
95
Heinrich Haussler
Omega Pharma - Quick·Step
+ 5'47
96
Jérémie Galland
Saur - Sojasun
+ 5'51
97
Jakob Rathe
Garmin - Sharp
+ 5'54
98
Brice Feillu
Cofidis, le crédit en ligne
+ 5'57
99
Samuel Dumoulin
Cofidis, le crédit en ligne
+ 5'59
100
Coen Vermeltfoort
Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team
+ 6'00
101
Matthias Frank
Tissot
s.t.
102
Stijn Vandenbergh
Omega Pharma - Quick·Step
+ 6'03
103
Vitaliy Popkov
Team Selle Italia
+ 6'05
104
Juan Antonio Flecha
Commonwealth Bank - GreenEdge
+ 6'06
105
Dominik Nerz
Liquigas - Cannondale
+ 6'07
106
Nikolas Maes
Omega Pharma - Quick·Step
+ 6'08
107
Tom Leezer
Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team
+ 6'10
108
Sylvain Georges
Orange
+ 6'12
109
Michael Matthews
Rabobank Cycling Team
+ 6'18
110
Francisco José Ventoso
Movistar Team
+ 6'20
111
Davide Appollonio
Commonwealth Bank - GreenEdge
+ 6'22
112
Juan José Haedo
Team Vodafone
+ 6'23
113
Rasmus Quaade
Volvo - SAS
s.t.
114
Wilson Marentes
Colombia - Coldeportes
+ 6'25
115
Anthony Charteau
Alstom
+ 6'26
116
Juan José Cobo
Team Selle Italia
s.t.
117
Dimitriy Muravyev
Astana Pro Team
+ 6'27
118
Yukiya Arashiro
Garmin - Sharp
+ 6'28
119
Sandy Casar
Orange
+ 6'35
120
Sébastien Turgot
Alstom
+ 6'40
121
Marzio Bruseghin
Movistar Team
+ 6'43
122
Boris Shpilevski
Volkswagen
+ 6'44
123
Enrique Sanz
Colombia - Coldeportes
+ 6'45
124
Alexander Kristoff
Volvo - SAS
+ 6'46
125
Alessandro Vanotti
Liquigas - Cannondale
+ 6'58
126
Mark Renshaw
Rabobank Cycling Team
+ 6'59
127
Timofey Kritskiy
Team Saxo - Tinkoff
s.t.
128
Egoitz García
Cofidis, le crédit en ligne
s.t.
129
Björn Leukemans
Omega Pharma - Quick·Step
+ 7'00
130
Aleksejs Saramotins
Cofidis, le crédit en ligne
+ 7'01
131
Jens Erik Madsen
Volvo - SAS
+ 7'02
132
Davide Viganò
Team ISD - Ferrari
+ 7'08
133
Bernhard Eisel
Astana Pro Team
+ 7'10
134
André Greipel
Lotto Belisol Team
+ 7'13
135
Juan José Oroz
Euskaltel - Euskadi
+ 7'18
136
Aidis Kruopis
Astana Pro Team
+ 7'21
137
Davide Cimolai
Liquigas - Cannondale
+ 7'22
138
Fabio Sabatini
Liquigas - Cannondale
+ 7'25
139
Christophe Riblon
Garmin - Sharp
s.t.
140
Arnaud Demare
FDJ - BigMat
s.t.
141
Ivan Santaromita
Team Selle Italia
+ 7'36
142
Manuele Boaro
Team Saxo - Tinkoff
+ 7'37
143
Johan Mombaerts
Cofidis, le crédit en ligne
+ 7'42
144
Janez Brajkovič
Astana Pro Team
+ 7'44
145
Giacomo Nizzolo
Liquigas - Cannondale
+ 7'45
146
Jürgen Roelandts
Lotto Belisol Team
s.t.
147
Tom Van Asbroeck
Lotto Belisol Team
+ 7'47
148
Gert Steegmans
Omega Pharma - Quick·Step
+ 7'51
149
Thibaut Pinot
Cofidis, le crédit en ligne
+ 7'52
150
Wilco Kelderman
Rabobank Cycling Team
+ 7'54
151
Fabio Duarte
Colombia - Coldeportes
s.t.
152
Gabriele Bosisio
Team ISD - Ferrari
+ 7'57
153
Romain Matheou
Orange
+ 8'08
154
Marco Zanotti
Tissot
+ 8'13
155
Nicholas Walker
Commonwealth Bank - GreenEdge
+ 8'18
156
Angelo Tulik
Alstom
+ 8'27
157
Nicolas Sanderson
Commonwealth Bank - GreenEdge
s.t.
158
Christophe Laborie
Saur - Sojasun
+ 8'28
159
Daniel Martin
Garmin - Sharp
+ 8'37
160
Fabio Aru
Astana Pro Team
+ 8'48
161
Edoardo Costanzi
Team ISD - Ferrari
+ 9'02
162
Miguel Mínguez
Euskaltel - Euskadi
+ 9'15
163
Nikolai Trussov
Volkswagen
+ 9'23
164
Omar Fraile
Euskaltel - Euskadi
+ 9'38
165
Alexandre Pichot
Alstom
+ 10'34
166
Julien Simon
Saur - Sojasun
+ 10'46
167
Oliver Zaugg
Nissan
+ 11'08
168
Laurent Mangel
Alstom
+ 11'11
169
Rafael Rodríguez
Euskaltel - Euskadi
+ 11'32
170
Graham Briggs
Team Vodafone
+ 11'39
171
Sergio Hernandez
Garmin - Sharp
+ 11'40
172
Guillaume Van Keirsbulck
Omega Pharma - Quick·Step
+ 11'53
173
Yoann Bagot
FDJ - BigMat
+ 12'05
174
Laurent Didier
Nissan
+ 12'18
175
Freddy Montaña
Colombia - Coldeportes
+ 12'19
176
Brent Bookwalter
Tissot
+ 12'22
177
Cédric Pineau
FDJ - BigMat
+ 12'30
178
Vladimir Karpets
Movistar Team
+ 13'40
179
Fred Rodriguez
Garmin - Sharp
+ 13'45
180
Ben Gastauer
Orange
+ 13'57
181
Cyrille Heymans
Nissan
+ 15'02
182
Andreas Klier
Garmin - Sharp
+ 15'23
183
Mikhail Antonov
Team Saxo - Tinkoff
+ 16'07
184
Davide Malacarne
Liquigas - Cannondale
+ 17'06
185
Michael Reihs
Team Saxo - Tinkoff
+ 17'09
186
Marco Pinotti
Tissot
+ 17'42
187
Charles Broomhead
Team Vodafone
+ 18'06
188
Justino Subero
Movistar Team
+ 23'42
189
Rafaâ Chtioui
Alstom
+ 24'35
190
Artem Ovechkin
Volkswagen
+ 25'49
191
Jempy Drucker
Nissan
+ 36'33
Points Jersey: Marcel Kittel, Rabobank
Spoiler
1
Marcel Kittel
Rabobank Cycling Team
72
2
Mark Cavendish
Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team
59
3
Juan José Haedo
Team Vodafone
53
4
Davide Appollonio
Commonwealth Bank - GreenEdge
52
5
André Greipel
Lotto Belisol Team
52
6
Ben Swift
Team ISD - Ferrari
50
7
Aidis Kruopis
Astana Pro Team
49
8
Niki Terpstra
Tissot
41
9
Roberto Ferrari
Team Selle Italia
39
10
Philippe Gilbert
Omega Pharma - Quick·Step
36
11
Tobias Ludvigsson
Volvo - SAS
36
Mountain Jersey: Eros Capecchi, Liquigas - Cannondale
Spoiler
1
Eros Capecchi
Liquigas - Cannondale
12
2
Dries Devenyns
Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team
8
3
Jeppe Lykke Hartvig Nielsen
Volvo - SAS
6
4
José Rujano
Saur - Sojasun
4
5
Egoitz García
Cofidis, le crédit en ligne
3
6
Kevin Seeldraeyers
Astana Pro Team
2
7
Jussi Veikkanen
Volvo - SAS
2
8
Francisco José Ventoso
Movistar Team
1
Young Rider: Jeppe Lykke Hartvig Nielsen, Volvo - SAS
Spoiler
1
Jeppe Lykke Hartvig Nielsen
Volvo - SAS
17h24'39 (1)
2
Jesper Hansen
Volvo - SAS
+ 18 (2)
3
Tobias Ludvigsson
Volvo - SAS
+ 20 (3)
4
Jesús Herrada
Movistar Team
+ 26 (4)
5
Luke Rowe
Team Vodafone
+ 32 (5)
6
Fabio Felline
Team ISD - Ferrari
+ 48 (6)
7
Rasmus Sterebo
Volvo - SAS
+ 2'49 (7)
8
Jakob Rathe
Garmin - Sharp
+ 4'50 (8)
9
Michael Matthews
Rabobank Cycling Team
+ 5'14 (9)
10
Rasmus Quaade
Volvo - SAS
+ 5'19 (10)
11
Arnaud Demare
FDJ - BigMat
+ 6'21 (11)
12
Tom Van Asbroeck
Lotto Belisol Team
+ 6'43 (12)
13
Thibaut Pinot
Cofidis, le crédit en ligne
+ 6'48 (13)
14
Wilco Kelderman
Rabobank Cycling Team
+ 6'50 (14)
15
Angelo Tulik
Alstom
+ 7'23 (15)
16
Fabio Aru
Astana Pro Team
+ 7'44 (16)
17
Omar Fraile
Euskaltel - Euskadi
+ 8'34 (17)
18
Guillaume Van Keirsbulck
Omega Pharma - Quick·Step
+ 10'49 (18)
19
Charles Broomhead
Team Vodafone
+ 17'02 (19)
20
Justino Subero
Movistar Team
+ 22'38 (20)
Team Classification: Volvo - SAS
Spoiler
1
Volvo - SAS
52h11'55 (1)
2
Astana Pro Team
+ 1'37 (2)
3
Rabobank Cycling Team
+ 2'01 (3)
4
Nissan
+ 2'43 (4)
5
Movistar Team
+ 3'01 (5)
6
Team Vodafone
+ 3'16 (6)
7
Colombia - Coldeportes
+ 3'29 (7)
8
Tissot
+ 4'21 (8)
9
Team Saxo - Tinkoff
+ 5'05 (9)
10
Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team
+ 5'15 (10)
11
Liquigas - Cannondale
+ 5'27 (11)
12
Omega Pharma - Quick·Step
+ 5'34 (12)
13
Euskaltel - Euskadi
+ 5'46 (13)
14
Commonwealth Bank - GreenEdge
+ 5'48 (14)
15
Saur - Sojasun
+ 6'00 (15)
16
Cofidis, le crédit en ligne
+ 6'21 (16)
17
Volkswagen
+ 6'24 (17)
18
Team ISD - Ferrari
+ 6'34 (18)
19
Lotto Belisol Team
+ 7'02 (19)
20
FDJ - BigMat
+ 7'07 (20)
21
Orange
+ 7'14 (21)
22
Team Selle Italia
+ 7'21 (22)
23
Alstom
+ 8'28 (23)
24
Garmin - Sharp
+ 11'15 (24)
On one hand it was disappointing that the boys lost so much time on the TT on the other hand a 10th place, the youth jersey and the team competition isn't all that bad...
Our first time racing in Malaysia. We will be looking to get the team in shape for Tirreno – Adriattico while Jesper will be chasing a good GC position – after all there’s no TT in this race…
The first couple of stages went fairly quiet for us as Matti isn’t quit fit to sprint yet – after all this is the his first race of the season.
Things changed on stage 3 though where Rasmus Sterebo took a splendid solo win attacking out of a break with the peloton coming fast from behind. Sterebo was just the rider, who wanted it the most that day!
On the first mountain stage (stage 4) the entire team was dedicated to setting up Jesper. He does well to keep in the game and ready for the next mountain stage, which should suit him even better.
And so be it. On stage five finishing on a mountain top the team makes it a very hard day – and with an uphill finish Jesper is in his right environment and takes the stage win!
Another form-builder. With Boasson-Hagen, Hushovd and McDermott on the roster everyone expect us to do well in a cobbled race, but none of the above are really that fit yet and the cobbles-part of this race are usually not that decisive...
It was a hard day for a break to get a good gap, so in stead we went to the front doing a lot of work setting to make the other riders tired. Thor attacked on the last cobbles-section and none of the Belgian CT-teams can respond to that. Thor might not be as young as he used to be, but he certainly hasn’t forgotten how to win!
Rider of the Month: Marcel Kittel, Rabobank. Complete and utter domination in Qatar while winning the points jersey and a stage in Oman really made the German sprinter stand out this last month. Nordic rider of the month: Jesper Hansen, Volvo – SAS. Victory in Giro della Calabria along with a stage win, a GC 10th in Mallorca was followed up by a disappointing Tour of Oman, but the young Dane has come back strongly winning the Queen stage of Langkawi and being placed a provisional 4th at this moment.
Jesper Hansen, Volvo – SAS
Congratulations on the first actual win in your career. How does it feel?
Of course it’s nice to win a GC for the first time, but I count the mountain jerseys in Tirreno 2013 and youth jerseys in races like Tour de Suisse, Catalunya and Tour de France as wins as well – even though they doesn’t give any World Tour points. To be honest wearing white on the podium in Paris was a bit more thrilling than winning the GC in Giro della Calabria.
I understand that. Still it is thrilling for all of your fans (myself included) to finally get to see you be the first rider to cross the line first. That said I think I can say that a lot of us was disappointed with your result in Oman. You seemed in great shape both before and after – what happened?
I was feeling rather ok, but the mountain stage wasn’t quite hard enough for our tactic to have effect. We sent out Jeppe to try and make some of the other favourites tired, while I saved myself for the lasthalf of he climb. But the mountain was just too short and I didn’t want to end up chasing Jeppe.
He is a good friend and deserved that stage podium!
You are currently ranked 4th in Tour de Langkawi, but the GC is very close. Is it realistic to see you move up?
Well all the stages left are completely flat, so it’s not really my terrain. That said we have a few ideas that I won’t tell here as we hope to surprise the competition.
Exiting! What then after Langkawi?
I will be riding Tirreno – Adriatico in a free role while the sponsors have told the team to focus on Paris – Nice. After that I will start preparing for Vuelta a España which is the GT best suited for me this year.
1
Edvald Boasson Hagen
Volvo – SAS
115
2
Dries Devenyns
Vacansoleil – DCM
104
3
Federico Canuti
Team Selle Italia
88
27
Morten Høberg
Team Saxo - Tinkoff
6
32
Tobias Ludvigsson
Volvo – SAS
4
1
Vacansoleil – DCM
215
2
Rabobank Cycling Team
131
3
Astana Pro Team
126
4
Volvo – SAS
125
11
Team Saxo – Tinkoff
18
1
Cyril Lemoine
Saur – Sojasun
249
2
Yaroslav Popovych
Catalunya
196
3
Carlo Sconamiglio
Colnago – CSF Inox
189
63
Sebastian Lander
TDC – LRØ Rådgivning
16
1
Colnago – CSF Inox
420
2
Landbouwkredit – Baguet Bicycle Center
389
3
Endura Racing
344
17
Blue Water Cycling
56
35
Joker Merida
20
40
TDC – LRØ Rådgivning
16
44
Christina Watches – Onfone
12
53
Ikea Cykling
6
-
Team Øster Hus – Ridley
0
-
DONG Energy – Himmerland
0
-
Jardar Sykling
0
Surprisingly two of the World Tour sponsors announced this month that they will stop their sponsorships. It is the British Vodafone and the American Garmin.
Lars Ytting Bak has announced that this season will be his last. At this point it is unknown what the future brings for the big Dane.
A lot of high-profile riders will be looking for a new contract next season. Vodafone have declared that they want Fabian Cancellara on their team, Garmin wants Cavendish and Colombia have set their eyes on Ryder Hesjedal.
To advance Jesper Hansen in the last part of the race we had to be creative as Malaysia had run out of mountains.
So we tried keeping the peloton together for Jesper to break away and take some seconds on the intermediate sprints.
We succeeded in getting Hansen up to 2nd through bonus seconds, but the overall victory was just too far away.
On the final stage Nicki went in a break, which quickly transformed into a solo effort as no one really wanted to help Selle Italia chase him. Unfortuately the stage was 7 km too long to keep away the sprinters…
Stage Results
Stage 6: De Marchi (Androni) / Shinagawa / Mori Stage 7: Finetto (Selle Italia) / Schorn / Khatuntsev Stage 8: Finetto (Selle Italia) / Schorn / Van Heerden Stage 9: Schorn (Astana) / Finetto / Karimov Stage 10: Schorn (Astana) / Traksel / L.S. Haedo
Final Results
1
Daan Olivier
SES Astra – Magic-Sportfood.de
32h22’13’’
2
Jesper Hansen
Volvo – SAS
+ 29’’
3
Daniel Fleeman
Endura Racing
+ 35’’
4
Arnold Jeanneson
SES Astra – Magic-Sportfood.de
+ 1’18’’
5
Matteo Rabottini
Volkswagen
+ 2’54’’
6
Mikel Nieve
Movistar Team
+ 3’06’’
7
Amaël Moinard
Catalunya
+ 6’01’’
8
Jeppe Lykke Hartvig Nielsen
Volvo –SAS
+ 6’17’’
9
Miguel Rubiano
Androni Giacattoli –Venezuela
+ 6’32’’
10
Peter Stetina
UnitedHealhcare
+ 6’52’’
Points Jersey: Daniel Schorn, Astana Pro Team
Mountain Jersey: Daniel Fleeman, Endura Racing
Young Rider: Daan Olivier, SES Astra – Magic-Sportfood.de
Team Classification: SES Astra – Magic-Sportfood.de
Bornholm Rundt
The final warm-up for Paris – Nice will for a large part be on the Danish island Bornholm. The Island is known for its hilly terrain, which should make for some good racing with a flat stage, a hilly stage and a short TT.
On the first stage we failed to take the break serious enough in time to reel them back in and they won a lot of time.
On the second stage we had both Fuglsang, Bøchman, Riis and last Boasson Hagen in breakaways. In the end Eddy took the stage win, but didn’t gain enough time to affect the GC much.
The sponsors want us to chase a stage win and that is what we’ll do while hoping that Edvald and Fuglsang can ride a good GC as well.
Stage 1: Houdan – Houdan
Today looks like a certain sprinters stage. We will aim to get a rider in the early break – just in case while the rest of the team will be dedicated to Eddy.
It takes a lot of effort, but in the end 14 riders are allowed a gap. Among them Lars Bak.
With 100 km to go the gap is 5 minutes and growing
With 50 km to go Rabobank and Astana has brought the gap down to 2’30’’
As expected it is a sprint, where Vacansoleil demonstrates a very strong train. Further back Eddy has been delivered decently and Hushovd is ready to start the leadout. Hushovd is not in top-shape, so with 1,5 km to go Edvald goes past him chasing Van Avermaet and Vinther.
Our Norwegian star does well considering that he is not quite in perfect shape yet.
Stage Results
1
Greg Van Avermaet
Vacansoleil - DCM
3h33'29
2
Aidis Kruopis
Astana Pro Team
s.t.
3
Edvald Boasson Hagen
Volvo - SAS
s.t.
4
Pim Ligthart
Vacansoleil - DCM
s.t.
5
Grega Bole
Team ISD - Ferrari
s.t.
Spoiler
6
Troels Rønning Vinther
Team Saxo - Tinkoff
s.t.
7
Óscar Freire
Colnago - CSF Inox
s.t.
8
Benoît Vaugrenard
SFR - Lafarge
s.t.
9
Mark Renshaw
Rabobank Cycling Team
s.t.
10
Tom Boonen
Nissan
s.t.
11
Laurent Pichon
SFR - Lafarge
s.t.
12
Jelle Vanendert
Lotto Belisol Team
s.t.
13
Arnaud Demare
FDJ - BigMat
s.t.
14
Víctor Cabedo
Euskaltel - Euskadi
s.t.
15
Matthew Goss
Team Saxo - Tinkoff
s.t.
16
Tom Leezer
Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team
s.t.
17
Alessandro Petacchi
Team ISD - Ferrari
s.t.
18
Thor Hushovd
Volvo - SAS
s.t.
19
Luis León Sánchez
Movistar Team
s.t.
20
Eros Capecchi
Liquigas - Cannondale
s.t.
21
Romain Feillu
Garmin - Sharp
s.t.
22
Dominique Cornu
Lotto Belisol Team
s.t.
23
Pieter Vanspeybroeck
Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team
s.t.
24
Guillaume Levarlet
Saur - Sojasun
s.t.
25
Damiano Cunego
Nissan
s.t.
26
Vincenzo Nibali
Team Saxo - Tinkoff
s.t.
27
Nicolas Roche
Orange
s.t.
28
Jakob Fuglsang
Volvo - SAS
s.t.
29
Gediminas Bagdonas
Commonwealth Bank - GreenEdge
s.t.
30
Florian Guillou
Saur - Sojasun
s.t.
31
Dominik Nerz
Liquigas - Cannondale
s.t.
32
Jens Erik Madsen
Volvo - SAS
s.t.
33
Matthieu Ladagnous
Orange
s.t.
34
Lasse Bøchman
Volvo - SAS
s.t.
35
Michael Mørkøv
Team Saxo - Tinkoff
s.t.
36
Yohan Offredo
Cofidis, le crédit en ligne
s.t.
37
Koldo Fernández
Euskaltel - Euskadi
s.t.
38
Jérémy Roy
FDJ - BigMat
s.t.
39
Kevin Seeldraeyers
Astana Pro Team
s.t.
40
Robert Gesink
Rabobank Cycling Team
s.t.
41
Gianluca Brambilla
Colnago - CSF Inox
s.t.
42
Karol Domagalski
Team Vodafone
s.t.
43
Andy Schleck
Commonwealth Bank - GreenEdge
s.t.
44
Rémy Cusin
Cofidis, le crédit en ligne
s.t.
45
Thomas De Gendt
Euskaltel - Euskadi
s.t.
46
Björn Leukemans
Omega Pharma - Quick·Step
s.t.
47
Timofey Kritskiy
Team Saxo - Tinkoff
s.t.
48
Alessandro Vanotti
Liquigas - Cannondale
s.t.
49
Vasil Kiryienka
Movistar Team
s.t.
50
Alexandre Geniez
Cofidis, le crédit en ligne
s.t.
51
Coen Vermeltfoort
Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team
s.t.
52
Enrico Battaglin
Colnago - CSF Inox
s.t.
53
Ronan Van Zandbeek
Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team
s.t.
54
Rasmus Guldhammer
Team Saxo - Tinkoff
s.t.
55
Mikaël Chérel
Cofidis, le crédit en ligne
s.t.
56
Bauke Mollema
Astana Pro Team
s.t.
57
Jasper Bovenhuis
Rabobank Cycling Team
s.t.
58
Erik Meineche McDermott
Volvo - SAS
s.t.
59
Jeremy Hunt
Team Vodafone
s.t.
60
Pieter Jacobs
Omega Pharma - Quick·Step
s.t.
61
Ivan Basso
Nissan
s.t.
62
Wout Poels
Euskaltel - Euskadi
s.t.
63
Jonathan Castroviejo
Astana Pro Team
s.t.
64
Julien El Fares
Tissot
s.t.
65
Mitchell Docker
Commonwealth Bank - GreenEdge
s.t.
66
Matteo Pelucchi
Liquigas - Cannondale
s.t.
67
Lars Ytting Bak
Volvo - SAS
s.t.
68
Bjorn Selander
Garmin - Sharp
s.t.
69
Francesco Gavazzi
Team ISD - Ferrari
s.t.
70
Rein Taaramäe
Team Saxo - Tinkoff
s.t.
71
Alexandre Aulas
SFR - Lafarge
s.t.
72
Paul Poux
Orange
s.t.
73
Amets Txurruka
Movistar Team
s.t.
74
Adam Blythe
Tissot
s.t.
75
Tobias Tonning
Volvo - SAS
s.t.
76
Jérôme Pineau
Omega Pharma - Quick·Step
s.t.
77
Ekaitz Pericás
Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team
s.t.
78
Pierpaolo De Negri
Team Selle Italia
s.t.
79
Matteo Bono
Team ISD - Ferrari
s.t.
80
Jean-Eudes Demaret
Alstom
s.t.
81
Angelo Tulik
Alstom
s.t.
82
Stephen Adams
Team Vodafone
s.t.
83
Gerald Ciolek
Nissan
s.t.
84
Christophe Laborie
Saur - Sojasun
s.t.
85
Julien Fouchard
SFR - Lafarge
s.t.
86
Etienne Tortelier
Saur - Sojasun
s.t.
87
Vitaliy Popkov
Team Selle Italia
s.t.
88
Lucien Le Calvez
Tissot
s.t.
89
Andrew Fenn
Omega Pharma - Quick·Step
s.t.
90
Oleg Chuzhda
Team Selle Italia
s.t.
91
Fabio Piscopiello
Team ISD - Ferrari
s.t.
92
Rick Flens
Rabobank Cycling Team
s.t.
93
Cyril Bessy
FDJ - BigMat
s.t.
94
Dennis Van Winden
Rabobank Cycling Team
s.t.
95
Michael Albasini
Team ISD - Ferrari
s.t.
96
Damien Branaa
FDJ - BigMat
s.t.
97
Matteo Montaguti
Colnago - CSF Inox
s.t.
98
Davide Cimolai
Liquigas - Cannondale
s.t.
99
Christophe Kern
Alstom
s.t.
100
Andrea Palini
Team Selle Italia
s.t.
101
William Bonnet
FDJ - BigMat
s.t.
102
Justin Jules
SFR - Lafarge
s.t.
103
Jonathan Patrick McCarty
Garmin - Sharp
s.t.
104
Maciej Paterski
Liquigas - Cannondale
s.t.
105
Gorka Izagirre
Euskaltel - Euskadi
s.t.
106
Perrig Quemeneur
SFR - Lafarge
s.t.
107
Grischa Niermann
Rabobank Cycling Team
s.t.
108
Marcos García
Movistar Team
s.t.
109
Fred Rodriguez
Garmin - Sharp
s.t.
110
Gianni Meersman
Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team
s.t.
111
Dmitriy Fofonov
Astana Pro Team
s.t.
112
Michael Reihs
Team Saxo - Tinkoff
s.t.
113
Laurent Didier
Nissan
s.t.
114
Peter Velits
Team Vodafone
s.t.
115
Dmitriy Gruzdev
Astana Pro Team
s.t.
116
Fabien Bacquet
Orange
s.t.
117
Andrea Piechele
Colnago - CSF Inox
s.t.
118
Cyril Gautier
Saur - Sojasun
s.t.
119
Enrico Magazzini
Colnago - CSF Inox
s.t.
120
Rafael de Mattos Andriato
Team Selle Italia
s.t.
121
Iván Gutiérrez
Movistar Team
s.t.
122
Thomas Dekker
Garmin - Sharp
s.t.
123
Romain Bardet
Cofidis, le crédit en ligne
s.t.
124
Jesús Herrada
Movistar Team
s.t.
125
Marcel Santos
FDJ - BigMat
s.t.
126
Johan Vansummeren
Lotto Belisol Team
s.t.
127
Leif Hoste
Lotto Belisol Team
s.t.
128
Filippo Fortin
Team Selle Italia
s.t.
129
Mickaël Damiens
Alstom
s.t.
130
Roman Kreuziger
Lotto Belisol Team
s.t.
131
Simon Gerrans
Cofidis, le crédit en ligne
s.t.
132
Haimar Zubeldia
Movistar Team
s.t.
133
David Le Lay
Saur - Sojasun
s.t.
134
Steven Kruijswijk
Rabobank Cycling Team
s.t.
135
Miguel Mínguez
Euskaltel - Euskadi
s.t.
136
Davide Viganò
Team ISD - Ferrari
s.t.
137
Matthieu Halleguen
SFR - Lafarge
s.t.
138
Rui Costa
Movistar Team
s.t.
139
Thomas Rostollan
Alstom
s.t.
140
Francesco Tizza
Team Selle Italia
s.t.
141
Emanuele Sella
Tissot
s.t.
142
Rémi Pauriol
Nissan
s.t.
143
Wilfrid Schmit
Alstom
s.t.
144
Davy Commeyne
Omega Pharma - Quick·Step
s.t.
145
Mathieu Delaroziere
FDJ - BigMat
s.t.
146
Sébastien Hinault
SFR - Lafarge
s.t.
147
Richard England
Commonwealth Bank - GreenEdge
s.t.
148
Andrea Moletta
Liquigas - Cannondale
s.t.
149
Joost Van Leijen
Lotto Belisol Team
s.t.
150
Kim Borry
Omega Pharma - Quick·Step
s.t.
151
Thibaut Pinot
Cofidis, le crédit en ligne
s.t.
152
Igor Antón
Cofidis, le crédit en ligne
s.t.
153
Christophe Le Mével
Garmin - Sharp
s.t.
154
Fabian Wegmann
Commonwealth Bank - GreenEdge
s.t.
155
Romain Hardy
Orange
s.t.
156
Janez Brajkovič
Astana Pro Team
s.t.
157
Christian Vande Velde
Liquigas - Cannondale
s.t.
158
Luca Solari
Colnago - CSF Inox
s.t.
159
Iljo Keisse
Omega Pharma - Quick·Step
s.t.
160
Bruno Pires
Team Vodafone
s.t.
161
Daniel Martin
Garmin - Sharp
s.t.
162
Nairo Quintana
Nissan
s.t.
163
Matthew Lloyd
Team ISD - Ferrari
s.t.
164
Andrew Talansky
Garmin - Sharp
s.t.
165
Richie Porte
Saur - Sojasun
s.t.
166
Arkaitz Durán
Euskaltel - Euskadi
s.t.
167
Jérémie Galland
Saur - Sojasun
s.t.
168
Alexsandr Dyachenko
Astana Pro Team
s.t.
169
Gabriel Rasch
FDJ - BigMat
s.t.
170
Brent Bookwalter
Tissot
s.t.
171
Luke Durbridge
Commonwealth Bank - GreenEdge
s.t.
172
Baden Cooke
Commonwealth Bank - GreenEdge
s.t.
173
Laurens Ten Dam
Tissot
s.t.
174
Jean-Christophe Peraud
Tissot
s.t.
175
James Vanlandschoot
Lotto Belisol Team
s.t.
176
Alberto Contoli
Colnago - CSF Inox
s.t.
177
Mathieu Sprick
Omega Pharma - Quick·Step
s.t.
178
Adrián Sáez de Arregi
Euskaltel - Euskadi
s.t.
179
Arthur Van Overberghe
Lotto Belisol Team
s.t.
180
Joshua Edmonson
Team Vodafone
s.t.
181
Giampaolo Caruso
Team Selle Italia
s.t.
182
Pierrick Fédrigo
Orange
s.t.
183
Jérôme Coppel
Team Vodafone
s.t.
184
Thomas Peterson
Tissot
s.t.
185
Mark Wassall
Team Vodafone
s.t.
186
Sérgio Paulinho
Commonwealth Bank - GreenEdge
s.t.
187
Tom Slagter
Rabobank Cycling Team
+ 6'11
188
Jens Voigt
Nissan
s.t.
189
Nicolas Bazin
Alstom
s.t.
190
Maxime Bouet
Orange
+ 6'37
191
Laurent Mangel
Alstom
s.t.
192
Maxime Le Montagner
Orange
s.t.
Stage 2: Montfort-l’Amaury - Amilly
This day it’s all about Edvald as nothing else stands a chance on a route like this one.
13 riders get away early on, while we in alliance with Vacansoleil and Saxo – Tinkoff control the speed in the peloton.
Our train starts a bit behind Saxo – Tinkoff and Nissan.
With 2 km to go Goss in is a perfect position behind Mørkov while Thor is leading out Eddy a bit further back.
Going in to the last km Boonen is still behind Ciolek while Eddy has just started his sprint and Goss has been in front for a while already. Edvald is looking strong, but is caught behind a lot of other riders in the sprint.
A close win for Boonen.