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| SotD |
Posted on 22-01-2011 22:43
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I've made an estimated calculation myself and it seems it will be extremely interesting to follow the last races :-)
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Posted on 23-01-2011 12:15
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Well that was utterly disappointing...
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Posted on 23-01-2011 12:15
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.... and so brings the curtain down on a highly enjoyable Tour de France - certainly an enjoyable one to race. Thanks for picking some really cool teams 
Big moments for me:
1) Coppel beats Zabriskie in opener: It was Auber's plan 'you do not need a GC rider' policy instead Coppel (swapped for Phinney in the transfer season) took the yellow jersey in the opener and despite bonuses and wind held it pretty much to the Alps.
2) Phinney crashes on Arenburg stage: Phinney went down and bought a couple of other riders down with him. His hopes of a podium (hell he could have won it) went and Henao and Gomez Marchante's hopes of a top ten went too. The latter two went on attacks in the Alps and the Pyrenees that arguably dragged two other riders into prominence.
3) Uran siezes yellow in the Alps: He attacked at the bottom of the Rousses climb and then looked like a champ through the Alps until Spilak stole a march on the hilly stage into Gap.
4) Spilak siezes yellow in Mende: I think Uran would have lost the jersey in the Pyrenees anyway, but it may have been Dekker who took it from him there.
5) Spilak holds on just on Ax 3 Domaines: If Dekker has taken the jersey would what happened on Port de Bales have happened?
6) Phinney blasts everyone in the TT: It shows it just there if tours had TTs like they used to, Phinney would do an Indurain every time unfortnately for him TTs are not in favour at the moment.
7) Bennati wins four stages: Gazzeta somehow did worse than the Control team (and boy did I take close control when there was 3 left on the last Tormalet stage) on the team standings but still had a great race never really any doubt Bennati was going to win the points jersey from about stage 4. Funnily that was Warner Brothers season goal too!
Finally a what if... if Cunego had have been here with his Giro team would he have won? Pretty sure Valverde would not have been close but the climbing/punchaer monster? The closest comparison to him here is Andy Schleck who is slightly behind Cunego as a climber but slightly better as a TTer. I suppose the thing about Cunego ( Valverde is similar) is that they can win out of a small group sprint like the Mende or Tormalet stages. So he would win time on bonuses as well.
Anyway fun race, congrats to Warner Brothers for backing Simon Spilak this unlike Boonan worked out well for them.
Edited by Smowz on 23-01-2011 12:28
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| p3druh |
Posted on 23-01-2011 12:17
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Btw, very nice reports Smowz. Congrats
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Posted on 23-01-2011 12:23
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I don't think anyone can match Cunego, for me he would dominate the mountains, he even won the last time trial in the Giro, so I doubt he would loose much time there.
Anyway, excellent reporting. You kept it interesting all the way through, while keeping up the perfect pace. Thanks
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Posted on 23-01-2011 12:27
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A very interesting race to follow and splendid reporting.
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Posted on 23-01-2011 12:28
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Well - Spilak won as I always thought he would.
We saw a fine battle for the yellow jersey though.
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Posted on 23-01-2011 13:19
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Sucks for Iglinski, he so deserved a Top 20. And as to the Cunego/Sella/Intxausti point made in race - the race would have been no better with Intxausti there. Either he would have performed similarly to the role Iglinski had, or he would have been made leader over Uran, and got a low end Top 10 placement with Uran being wasted.
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Posted on 23-01-2011 15:11
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Last year, in a very tight contest, no rider scored more than 1000 points from the Tour de France, whereas Cunego took 1400+ for the Giro, and Schleck 1500+ for the Vuelta. This year its different. Cunego only took 1227 from the Giro, while Valverde got 1189 from the Vuelta. And in the Tour?
Well while watching it may not have seemed to be a dominant performance by Spilak, but he was always there, very consistent - as highlighted by 2nd overall in the points competition. And that added to of course the prize for overall victory, means that he has saved Warner Brothers season with a whopping 1403 points.
Thomas Dekker was not quite so lucky points wise. While his manager may view this race as an improvement on 4th overall last year, that is not quite the case. Once again Dekker is the 2nd best scorer from the race, but this years tally of 838 is less than the 896 achieved last year.
And next to 5th in GC. Scoring better than both Pluchkin and Popovych, its the King of the Alps Rigoberto Uran. 1 stage win, almost 2, and a stint in not only the Yellow jersey, but Polkadot and White aswell, all helps to heavily reward the Colombian here, with 769. Popovych in 3rd was only the 6th top scorer with 579, behind Pluchkin on 627.
Sitting pretty as the 4th best scorer is multi-stage winner and the Points jersey winner Danniele Bennati. In the GC race, La Gazzetta were hopelessly bad - nobody inside the Top 100 - and yet they will come away from the race as one of the better scoring teams. It is 747 for Bennati, with Van Stayen next on 328, Boonen on 297, and Vanderbiest on 210.
Also worth mentioning, are Taylor Phinney, with his Stage 20 TT lifting up to over 500 points - passing Andy Schleck in the process for 404. The KoM jersey can only lift 8th overall Contador to 397 points - just ahead of our first race leader, Coppel on 380.
Here's the list of pointscorers from the race then, the left hand column indicating final GC position.
| 1 | Simon Spilak | Warner Brothers - Carrefour | 1403 | | 2 | Thomas Dekker | Philips - TDC | 838 | | 5 | Rigoberto Úran | Vesuvio-Accumalux | 769 | | 139 | Daniele Bennati | La Gazzetta dello Sport | 747 | | 4 | Aleksandr Pluchkin | Team B&O | 627 | | 3 | Jaroslav Popovych | Carmeuse Cyclisme | 579 | | 7 | Taylor Phinney | Wikipedia | 503 | | 6 | Andy Schleck | Domina Vacanze | 404 | | 8 | Alberto Contador | Festina - Corona | 397 | | 114 | Jerome Coppel | Auber 93 - Look | 380 | | 122 | Michael Van Stayen | Jack Wolfskin | 328 | | 9 | Gianpaolo Caruso | Lafarge | 312 | | 154 | Tom Boonen | Warner Brothers - Carrefour | 297 | | 13 | Sergio Luis Henao Montoya | Team Nespresso | 261 | | 11 | Markus Fothen | Pearl Adidas | 248 | | 19 | David Zabriskie | Wikipedia | 218 | | 116 | Romain Vanderbiest | Pearl Adidas | 210 | | 10 | Robert Gesink | Jack Wolfskin | 181 | | 14 | Andrei Kashechkin | Lipton Ice Tea | 162 | | 147 | Claudio Corioni | Energie - Diesel | 154 |
Spoiler | 117 | Raúl Granjel Cabrera | Sony Ericsson | 152 | | 12 | Rein Taaramäe | Wildcard: Team IKEA - Bianchi | 148 | | 17 | José Angel Gomez Marchante | Café de Colombia | 142 | | 15 | Walter Pedraza | Sony Ericsson | 117 | | 16 | Robert Kiserlovski | Team Starbucks-RadioShack | 116 | | 161 | André Greipel | Wildcard: Bbox - Bouygoues Télécom | 113 | | 119 | Nolan Hoffman | Team Nespresso | 110 | | 50 | Mauricio Soler | Energie - Diesel | 101 | | 129 | Benoît Vaugrenard | Jack Wolfskin | 100 | | 164 | Jaime Alberto Castañeda | Café de Colombia | 95 | | 31 | Mauricio Ardila | Festina - Corona | 92 | | 20 | Jose Alarcon | Wildcard: Team IKEA - Bianchi | 91 | | 24 | Robin van der Hugenhaben | Jack Wolfskin | 86 | | 18 | Denis Menchov | Lafarge | 84 | | 22 | Maxim Iglinski | Vesuvio-Accumalux | 77 | | 121 | Christian Knees | Café de Colombia | 77 | | 23 | Thomas Lövkvist | Philips - TDC | 71 | | 98 | Cyril Gautier | Lafarge | 70 | | 148 | André Steensen | Team B&O | 70 | | 21 | Julio Alberto Perez Cuapio | Energie - Diesel | 67 | | 25 | Linus Gerdemann | Philips - TDC | 67 | | 136 | Anthony Lavoine | Festina - Corona | 63 | | 28 | Angel Madrazo | Festina - Corona | 60 | | 27 | Sandy Casar | Carmeuse Cyclisme | 59 | | 26 | Vadim Ratiy | Lipton Ice Tea | 58 | | 32 | Martin Hacecký | Team B&O | 55 | | 30 | Yannick Talabardon | Warner Brothers - Carrefour | 52 | | 39 | Domenik Klemme | Team B&O | 52 | | 29 | Petar Panayotov | Pearl Adidas | 51 | | 34 | Ricardo Mestre | Team B&O | 51 | | 134 | Sergio Marinangeli | La Gazzetta dello Sport | 50 | | 33 | Sébastien Ivars | Wikipedia | 47 | | 126 | Christophe Kern | Auber 93 - Look | 45 | | 36 | Francisco Mancebo | Jack Wolfskin | 43 | | 133 | Geert Steurs | Team Nespresso | 40 | | DNF | Steven Caethoven | Carmeuse Cyclisme | 40 | | 35 | Mikel Astarloza | Wildcard: Bbox - Bouygoues Télécom | 39 | | 43 | Nico Keinath | Team B&O | 38 | | 167 | Óscar Avelino | Lipton Ice Tea | 38 | | 38 | Trent Lowe | Team Starbucks-RadioShack | 37 | | DNF | Ivano Lo Cicero | Team Nespresso | 37 | | 37 | Carl Naibo | Domina Vacanze | 35 | | 55 | Markus Eibegger | Domina Vacanze | 35 | | 74 | Pierre Rolland | Auber 93 - Look | 35 | | 144 | William Bonnet | Lafarge | 35 | | 146 | Jérome Giaux | Wildcard: Team IKEA - Bianchi | 35 | | 41 | Rémy Di Gregorio | Carmeuse Cyclisme | 34 | | 42 | Óscar Solis | Carmeuse Cyclisme | 33 | | 40 | Matthieu Sprick | Wikipedia | 32 | | 44 | João Cabreira | Vesuvio-Accumalux | 32 | | 45 | Matea Kvasina | Vesuvio-Accumalux | 31 | | 113 | Mauro Santambrogio | La Gazzetta dello Sport | 31 | | 78 | Francis Mourey | Festina - Corona | 30 | | 82 | Laurens Ten Dam | Jack Wolfskin | 30 | | 48 | Dmitri Medvedev | Vesuvio-Accumalux | 28 | | 52 | Francesco Bellotti | Philips - TDC | 28 | | 56 | Egoi MartÃnez de Esteban | Philips - TDC | 28 | | 47 | Carlos Barredo | Warner Brothers - Carrefour | 27 | | 68 | Blaise Sonnery | Festina - Corona | 27 | | 110 | Wout Poels | Jack Wolfskin | 26 | | 46 | José Antonio Pecharroman | Philips - TDC | 25 | | 103 | Mitch Docker | Lafarge | 25 | | 111 | Tony Gallopin | Carmeuse Cyclisme | 24 | | 125 | Maurizio Biondo | Energie - Diesel | 24 | | 63 | Santiago Perez Fernandez | Warner Brothers - Carrefour | 23 | | 75 | José Antonio Redondo | Warner Brothers - Carrefour | 23 | | 49 | Luis Fernández Oliveira | Sony Ericsson | 22 | | 59 | Sergio Pardilla | Lafarge | 22 | | 61 | Arnold Jeannesson | Lafarge | 22 | | 77 | Phillip Thuaux | Lafarge | 22 | | 145 | Laurent Didier | Wildcard: Bbox - Bouygoues Télécom | 22 | | 54 | Jonas Bjelkmark | Wildcard: Team IKEA - Bianchi | 21 | | 62 | Christian Meier | Wikipedia | 21 | | 70 | Aleksandar Flügel | Wildcard: Team IKEA - Bianchi | 21 | | 88 | Gustav Larsson | Wildcard: Team IKEA - Bianchi | 21 | | 115 | Manuele Mori | Sony Ericsson | 21 | | 159 | Marcel Sieberg | Jack Wolfskin | 21 | | 51 | Guillaume Levarlet | Pearl Adidas | 20 | | 53 | Jackson RodrÃguez | Pearl Adidas | 20 | | 57 | Andreas Klöden | Café de Colombia | 20 | | 58 | Branislav Samoilev | Pearl Adidas | 20 | | 60 | Paúl Torres | Energie - Diesel | 20 | | 64 | Johann Tschopp | Team Starbucks-RadioShack | 20 | | 65 | Marconi Durán | Team Nespresso | 20 | | 66 | Jakob Fuglsang | Philips - TDC | 20 | | 67 | Philip Deignan | Café de Colombia | 20 | | 69 | Ryan Eastman | Wikipedia | 20 | | 71 | Thomas Voeckler | Wildcard: Bbox - Bouygoues Télécom | 20 | | 72 | Diego Calderón | Domina Vacanze | 20 | | 73 | Sérgio Paulinho | Wildcard: Bbox - Bouygoues Télécom | 20 | | 76 | Max Öste-Macdonald | Sony Ericsson | 20 | | 79 | Christoph Mai | Wikipedia | 20 | | 80 | Tom Criel | Team Starbucks-RadioShack | 20 | | 81 | Thomas Bontenackels | Lipton Ice Tea | 20 | | 83 | Thomas Frei | Domina Vacanze | 20 | | 84 | Chris Barton | Wikipedia | 20 | | 85 | Rudi Van Houts | Warner Brothers - Carrefour | 20 | | 86 | André Vital | Energie - Diesel | 20 | | 87 | Viatcheslav Dyadichkin | Team Starbucks-RadioShack | 20 | | 89 | Jakub Danacik | Sony Ericsson | 20 | | 90 | José Carlos Rodrigues Silva | Energie - Diesel | 20 | | 91 | Gabriel Brizuela | Lipton Ice Tea | 20 | | 92 | Miguel Angel Rubiano Chavez | Café de Colombia | 20 | | 93 | César Rojas Villegas | Energie - Diesel | 20 | | 94 | Stefan Cohnen | Philips - TDC | 20 | | 95 | Florian Morizot | Auber 93 - Look | 20 | | 96 | David Navarro | Team 1 | 20 | | 97 | Francisco Matamoros | Lipton Ice Tea | 20 | | 99 | Jocelin Maillet | Team Nespresso | 20 | | 100 | Sid Taberlay | Domina Vacanze | 20 | | 101 | Xabier Zandio | Team 1 | 20 | | 102 | David Claerebout | Vesuvio-Accumalux | 20 | | 104 | Christophe Le Mével | Auber 93 - Look | 20 | | 105 | Bauke Mollema | Wildcard: Bbox - Bouygoues Télécom | 20 | | 106 | Jean Mespoulède | Auber 93 - Look | 20 | | 107 | Wilmer Vasquez | La Gazzetta dello Sport | 20 | | 108 | Pieter Weening | Pearl Adidas | 20 | | 109 | Ciaran Kelly | Vesuvio-Accumalux | 20 | | 112 | Jairo Agudelo | La Gazzetta dello Sport | 20 | | 118 | Björn Schröder | Domina Vacanze | 20 | | 120 | Jean-François Camier | Carmeuse Cyclisme | 20 | | 123 | Marco Osella | La Gazzetta dello Sport | 20 | | 124 | Yoann Offredo | Pearl Adidas | 20 | | 127 | Cesare Di Maggio | Lipton Ice Tea | 20 | | 128 | Maxime Bouet | Auber 93 - Look | 20 | | 130 | Fabio Ciccarese | Team Starbucks-RadioShack | 20 | | 131 | Martin Reimer | Philips - TDC | 20 | | 132 | Rémi Pauriol | Domina Vacanze | 20 | | 135 | Honorio Machado | Café de Colombia | 20 | | 137 | Nick Nuyens | Domina Vacanze | 20 | | 138 | Matej Mugerli | La Gazzetta dello Sport | 20 | | 140 | Clément Lhotellerie | Carmeuse Cyclisme | 20 | | 141 | Florian Stalder | Wildcard: Bbox - Bouygoues Télécom | 20 | | 142 | Juan-Antonio Flecha | Warner Brothers - Carrefour | 20 | | 143 | Nicolas Brolin | Wildcard: Team IKEA - Bianchi | 20 | | 149 | Danny Pate | Wikipedia | 20 | | 150 | Sebastien Einsle | Vesuvio-Accumalux | 20 | | 151 | Cyril Dessel | Team 1 | 20 | | 152 | Thomas Vedel Kvist | Festina - Corona | 20 | | 153 | Michel Kreder | Jack Wolfskin | 20 | | 155 | Steven Kruijswijk | Team B&O | 20 | | 156 | Morgan Kneisky | Carmeuse Cyclisme | 20 | | 157 | Horacio Gallardo | Café de Colombia | 20 | | 158 | Mathieu Drujon | Auber 93 - Look | 20 | | 160 | Denis Galimzyanov | Vesuvio-Accumalux | 20 | | 162 | Karsten Kroon | Wildcard: Bbox - Bouygoues Télécom | 20 | | 163 | Gianluca Coletta | Warner Brothers - Carrefour | 20 | | 165 | Mauro Richeze | Pearl Adidas | 20 | | 166 | Saulo Lay | Team Nespresso | 20 | | 168 | Juan Esteban Arango | Café de Colombia | 20 | | 169 | Lucas Schädlich | Festina - Corona | 20 | | 170 | Cameron Meyer | Sony Ericsson | 20 | | 171 | Hugues Mottin | Team Nespresso | 20 | | DNF | Matti Breschel | Team Starbucks-RadioShack | 12 | | DNF | Francisco Javier Echarri | Energie - Diesel | 7 | | DNF | Dennis Van Winden | La Gazzetta dello Sport | 5 | | DNF | Kobe Vanoverschelde | Team B&O | 1 |
This of course has a significant effect on the Individual standings, none more so than at the top - Simon Spilak takes over the lead to take a 56 point advantage over Trofimov. Trofimov remains in the driving seat though, as we won't see Spilak again until the Season Finale.
Phinney moves up to 3rd, with Uran, Bennati, Gesink and Pluchkin all also into the Top 10. Andy Schleck goes 16th, Boonen 17th, Dekker 20th and Coppel 23rd. Plus various other TDF riders are into the Top 50.
| 1 | Simon | Spilak | SLO | Warner Brothers | 2120 | | 2 | Yuri | Trofimov | RUS | Sony Ericsson | 2064 | | 3 | Taylor | Phinney | USA | Wikipedia | 2046 | | 4 | Alejandro | Valverde | ESP | Café de Colombia | 1927 | | 5 | Emanuele | Sella | ITA | Lipton Ice Tea | 1629 | | 6 | Damiano | Cunego | ITA | La Gazzetta dello Sport | 1571 | | 7 | Rigoberto | Úran | COL | Vesuvio-Accumalux | 1375 | | 8 | Daniele | Bennati | ITA | La Gazzetta dello Sport | 1281 | | 9 | Robert | Gesink | NED | Jack Wolfskin | 1272 | | 10 | Aleksandr | Pluchkin | MOL | Team B&O | 1196 | | 11 | Edvald Boasson | Hagen | NOR | Team B&O | 1181 | | 12 | Frank | Schleck | LUX | Vesuvio-Accumalux | 1169 | | 13 | Beñat | Intxausti | ESP | Vesuvio-Accumalux | 1160 | | 14 | Alessandro | Ballan | ITA | Sony Ericsson | 1149 | | 15 | Rubén | Plaza | ESP | Jack Wolfskin | 1118 | | 16 | Andy | Schleck | LUX | Domina Vacanze | 1023 | | 17 | Tom | Boonen | BEL | Warner Brothers | 1008 | | 18 | Vincenzo | Nibali | ITA | Domina Vacanze | 993 | | 19 | Fabian | Cancellara | SWI | Carmeuse Cyclisme | 960 | | 20 | Thomas | Dekker | NED | Philips - TDC | 958 | | 21 | Janez | Brajkovic | SLO | Domina Vacanze | 949 | | 22 | Luis Leon | Sanchez Gil | ESP | Energie-Diesel | 929 | | 23 | Jerome | Coppel | FRA | Auber 93 - Look | 927 | | 24 | Jurgen | Roelandts | BEL | Carmeuse Cyclisme | 901 | | 25 | Samuel | Sánchez Gonzalez | ESP | Festina - Corona | 890 | | 26 | Marcus | Burghardt | GER | Wikipedia | 888 | | 27 | José | Rujano | VEN | Pearl Adidas | 861 | | 28 | Sergio Luis | Henao Montoya | COL | Team Nespresso | 842 | | 29 | Raúl | Granjel Cabrera | CUB | Sony Ericsson | 824 | | 30 | Jan | Bakelants | BEL | Pearl Adidas | 807 | | 31 | Jaroslav | Popovych | UKR | Carmeuse Cyclisme | 806 | | 32 | Joaquin | Rodriguez Oliver | ESP | Philips - TDC | 778 | | 33 | Nick | Nuyens | BEL | Domina Vacanze | 740 | | 34 | Sam | Bewley | NZL | Festina - Corona | 712 | | 35 | Stijn | Devolder | BEL | Philips - TDC | 711 | | 36 | Patrik | Sinkewitz | GER | Auber 93 - Look | 700 | | 37 | Michael | Rogers | AUS | La Gazzetta dello Sport | 697 | | 38 | Alberto | Contador | ESP | Festina - Corona | 689 | | 39 | Andrei | Amador | CRC | Team Starbucks-Radioshack | 672 | | 40 | Carlos | Castaño | ESP | Festina - Corona | 649 | | 41 | Tejay | Van Garderen | USA | Wikipedia | 618 | | 42 | David | Zabriskie | USA | Wikipedia | 607 | | 43 | Danilo | Di Luca | ITA | Team Nespresso | 591 | | 44 | Andrei | Kashechkin | KAZ | Lipton Ice Tea | 590 | | 45 | Domenico | Pozzovivo | ITA | Energie-Diesel | 589 | | 46 | Romain | Vanderbiest | FRA | Pearl Adidas | 586 | | 47 | Diego | Ulissi | ITA | Festina - Corona | 578 | | 48 | Simone | Ponzi | ITA | Wildcard: Wiggle - San Pellegrino | 566 | | 49 | Jérôme | Baugnies | BEL | Lipton Ice Tea | 565 | | 50 | Markus | Fothen | GER | Pearl Adidas | 556 |
Spoiler | 51 | David | Arroyo | ESP | Lipton Ice Tea | 549 | | 52 | Oscar | Freire | ESP | Team Starbucks-Radioshack | 541 | | 53 | Giovanni | Visconti | ITA | Team Starbucks-Radioshack | 534 | | 54 | Vladimir | Karpets | RUS | Team Nespresso | 529 | | 55 | Walter | Pedraza | COL | Sony Ericsson | 513 | | 56 | Mitch | Docker | AUS | Lafarge | 508 | | 57 | Michael | Van Stayen | BEL | Jack Wolfskin | 503 | | 58 | Danny | Summerhill | USA | Café de Colombia | 494 | | 59 | Martijn | Keizer | NED | Team Nespresso | 492 | | 60 | Leonardo | Duque | COL | Energie-Diesel | 481 | | 61 | Sergei | Kolesnikov | RUS | Warner Brothers | 478 | | 62 | William | Ford | AUS | Auber 93 - Look | 473 | | 63 | Luke | Rowe | GBR | Wildcard: Wiggle - San Pellegrino | 467 | | 64 | Marco | Marzano | ITA | Sony Ericsson | 458 | | 65 | Justo | Tenorio | ESP | Lafarge | 439 | | 66 | David | Abal | ESP | Wildcard: Santander | 439 | | 67 | Gianpaolo | Caruso | ITA | Lafarge | 420 | | 68 | Enrico | Franzoi | ITA | Pearl Adidas | 407 | | 69 | Dominique | Cornu | BEL | Jack Wolfskin | 399 | | 70 | José Angel | Gomez Marchante | ESP | Café de Colombia | 379 | | 71 | Nikolas | Maes | BEL | Auber 93 - Look | 370 | | 72 | Rafael | RodrÃguez Segarra | ESP | La Gazzetta dello Sport | 369 | | 73 | Santo | Anza | ITA | Sony Ericsson | 364 | | 74 | Jaime Alberto | Castañeda | COL | Café de Colombia | 339 | | 75 | Dietmar | Mehr-Wenige | GER | Auber 93 - Look | 330 | | 76 | Matti | Breschel | DEN | Team Starbucks-Radioshack | 324 | | 77 | Geert | Steurs | BEL | Team Nespresso | 323 | | 78 | Kobe | Vanoverschelde | BEL | Team B&O | 317 | | 79 | Thomas | Lövkvist | SWD | Philips - TDC | 315 | | 80 | Dario | Cataldo | ITA | Wildcard: Wiggle - San Pellegrino | 311 | | 81 | Denis | Menchov | RUS | Lafarge | 308 | | 82 | Mauricio | Ardila | COL | Festina - Corona | 306 | | 83 | Vladimir | Efimkin | RUS | Team Starbucks-Radioshack | 295 | | 84 | Kai | Reus | NED | Auber 93 - Look | 291 | | 85 | Óscar | Guerao | ESP | Wildcard: Santander | 289 | | 86 | Sergio | Ghisalberti | ITA | Lipton Ice Tea | 286 | | 87 | Heinrich | Haussler | GER | Auber 93 - Look | 279 | | 88 | Francesco | Ginanni | ITA | Wildcard: Vespa-Caffrey's | 274 | | 89 | Nico | Keinath | GER | Team B&O | 272 | | 90 | David | De la Fuente | ESP | La Gazzetta dello Sport | 269 | | 91 | Juan José | Cobo | ESP | Wildcard: Santander | 269 | | 92 | Robert | Kiserlovski | CRO | Team Starbucks-Radioshack | 266 | | 93 | Riccardo | Ricco | ITA | Wildcard: Bacardi - Colt | 260 | | 94 | Tom | Danielson | USA | Lipton Ice Tea | 250 | | 95 | Franco | Pellizotti | ITA | Wildcard: YouTube - Twitter | 250 | | 96 | Linus | Gerdemann | GER | Philips - TDC | 245 | | 97 | Yoann | Offredo | FRA | Pearl Adidas | 237 | | 98 | Steven | Kruijswijk | NED | Team B&O | 236 | | 99 | Jelle | Vanendert | BEL | Domina Vacanze | 234 | | 100 | Tom | Leezer | NED | Pearl Adidas | 233 | | 101 | Lars | Boom | NED | Auber 93 - Look | 231 | | 102 | Robin | van der Hugenhaben | NED | Jack Wolfskin | 228 | | 103 | Andrei | Grivko | UKR | Team B&O | 228 | | 104 | Nolan | Hoffman | SAF | Team Nespresso | 227 | | 105 | Tanel | Kangert | EST | Pearl Adidas | 225 | | 106 | Cyril | Gautier | FRA | Lafarge | 219 | | 107 | Martin | Reimer | GER | Philips - TDC | 218 | | 108 | Mauricio | Soler | COL | Energie-Diesel | 216 | | 109 | Angel | Madrazo | ESP | Festina - Corona | 215 | | 110 | Juan-Antonio | Flecha | ESP | Warner Brothers | 213 | | 111 | Florian | Morizot | FRA | Auber 93 - Look | 205 | | 112 | Sebastian | Langeveld | NED | Auber 93 - Look | 204 | | 113 | Yannick | Talabardon | FRA | Warner Brothers | 204 | | 114 | Martin | Hacecký | CZE | Team B&O | 203 | | 115 | Pierre | Rolland | FRA | Auber 93 - Look | 202 | | 116 | Sandy | Casar | FRA | Carmeuse Cyclisme | 198 | | 117 | Joost | Posthuma | NED | Jack Wolfskin | 194 | | 118 | Julio Alberto | Perez Cuapio | MEX | Energie-Diesel | 190 | | 119 | Andrew | Tennant | GBR | Café de Colombia | 189 | | 120 | Paride | Grillo | ITA | Sony Ericsson | 189 | | 121 | Frederik | Nolf | BEL | Festina - Corona | 185 | | 122 | Dmitri | Muravjev | KAZ | Sony Ericsson | 184 | | 123 | Antonio | Colom Mas | ESP | Energie-Diesel | 183 | | 124 | Pieter | Weening | NED | Pearl Adidas | 183 | | 125 | Benoît | Vaugrenard | FRA | Jack Wolfskin | 181 | | 126 | Arnaud | Coyot | FRA | Team Starbucks-Radioshack | 181 | | 127 | Maxim | Iglinski | KAZ | Vesuvio-Accumalux | 180 | | 128 | Domenik | Klemme | GER | Team B&O | 179 | | 129 | Wim | Van Huffel | BEL | Jack Wolfskin | 178 | | 130 | Matej | Mugerli | SLO | La Gazzetta dello Sport | 177 | | 131 | Ludovic | Bret | FRA | Lafarge | 177 | | 132 | Petar | Panayotov | BUL | Pearl Adidas | 177 | | 133 | Alex | Dowsett | GBR | La Gazzetta dello Sport | 176 | | 134 | Vadim | Ratiy | UKR | Lipton Ice Tea | 176 | | 135 | Óscar | Pereiro Sio | ESP | Café de Colombia | 175 | | 136 | Anthony | Lavoine | FRA | Festina - Corona | 171 | | 137 | Tim | Dees | NED | Festina - Corona | 171 | | 138 | Damien | Gaudin | FRA | Auber 93 - Look | 169 | | 139 | Mathieu | Drujon | FRA | Auber 93 - Look | 169 | | 140 | Matea | Kvasina | CRO | Vesuvio-Accumalux | 169 | | 141 | David | López Garcia | ESP | Wildcard: Santander | 168 | | 142 | Ryan | Eastman | USA | Wikipedia | 166 | | 143 | Christian | Knees | GER | Café de Colombia | 163 | | 144 | Mark | Renshaw | AUS | Team Starbucks-Radioshack | 163 | | 145 | Jukka | Vastaranta | FIN | Pearl Adidas | 161 | | 146 | André | Steensen | DEN | Team B&O | 158 | | 147 | Jakub | Danacik | CZE | Sony Ericsson | 155 | | 148 | Steven | Caethoven | BEL | Carmeuse Cyclisme | 153 | | 149 | Ivano | Lo Cicero | ITA | Team Nespresso | 153 | | 150 | Tom | Veelers | NED | Team B&O | 152 | | 151 | Sergio | Pardilla | ESP | Lafarge | 150 | | 152 | Pieter | Jacobs | BEL | Carmeuse Cyclisme | 149 | | 153 | Laurens | Ten Dam | NED | Jack Wolfskin | 149 | | 154 | Jairo | Agudelo | COL | La Gazzetta dello Sport | 149 | | 155 | Carlos | Barredo | ESP | Warner Brothers | 149 | | 156 | Alexandre | Aulas | FRA | Carmeuse Cyclisme | 148 | | 157 | Kristof | Vandewalle | BEL | La Gazzetta dello Sport | 148 | | 158 | Rein | Taaramäe | EST | Wildcard: Team IKEA - Bianchi | 148 | | 159 | Gert | Steegmans | BEL | Wildcard: Vespa-Caffrey's | 148 | | 160 | Lloyd | Mondory | FRA | Pearl Adidas | 147 | | 161 | Sébastien | Ivars | FRA | Wikipedia | 147 | | 162 | Michael Faerk | Christensen | DEN | Team B&O | 146 | | 163 | Oscar | Gatto | ITA | Wildcard: Vespa-Caffrey's | 145 | | 164 | Johann | Tschopp | SWI | Team Starbucks-Radioshack | 144 | | 165 | Clément | Lhotellerie | FRA | Carmeuse Cyclisme | 143 | | 166 | Francisco | Mancebo | ESP | Jack Wolfskin | 143 | | 167 | Serge | Pauwels | BEL | Sony Ericsson | 143 | | 168 | Lars Ytting | Bak | DEN | Philips - TDC | 142 | | 169 | Pedro | Nicácio | BRA | Energie-Diesel | 141 | | 170 | Mauro | Santambrogio | ITA | La Gazzetta dello Sport | 141 | | 171 | Mikhail | Ignatiev | RUS | Wildcard: Wiggle - San Pellegrino | 141 | | 172 | Trent | Lowe | AUS | Team Starbucks-Radioshack | 140 | | 173 | Philip | Deignan | IRL | Café de Colombia | 139 | | 174 | Ricardo | Mestre | POR | Team B&O | 139 | | 175 | Nicolas | Portal | FRA | Team Nespresso | 139 | | 176 | Maxime | Bouet | FRA | Auber 93 - Look | 136 | | 177 | Mauro | Da Dalto | ITA | Domina Vacanze | 135 | | 178 | Sergio | Marinangeli | ITA | La Gazzetta dello Sport | 135 | | 179 | Hector | Duenas Nevado | ESP | Domina Vacanze | 133 | | 180 | Jason | Donald | USA | Jack Wolfskin | 133 | | 181 | José Antonio | Pecharroman | ESP | Philips - TDC | 133 | | 182 | Matteo | Bono | ITA | La Gazzetta dello Sport | 132 | | 183 | Koen | De Kort | NED | Jack Wolfskin | 131 | | 184 | Drasutis | Stundzia | LTU | Lipton Ice Tea | 129 | | 185 | Dmitri | Medvedev | RUS | Vesuvio-Accumalux | 127 | | 186 | Mauro | Facci | ITA | Warner Brothers | 127 | | 187 | Sebastian | Lang | GER | Sony Ericsson | 125 | | 188 | Sébastien | Minard | FRA | Lafarge | 123 | | 189 | Óscar | Avelino | POR | Lipton Ice Tea | 123 | | 190 | Hugues | Mottin | FRA | Team Nespresso | 123 | | 191 | Markus | Eibegger | AUT | Domina Vacanze | 122 | | 192 | Branislav | Samoilev | BLR | Pearl Adidas | 122 | | 193 | Jempy | Drucker | LUX | Team B&O | 122 | | 194 | Michael | Ford | AUS | Vesuvio-Accumalux | 122 | | 195 | Cesare | Di Maggio | ITA | Lipton Ice Tea | 119 | | 196 | Tyler | Farrar | USA | Wikipedia | 118 | | 197 | Rinaldo | Nocentini | ITA | Wildcard: Wiggle - San Pellegrino | 115 | | 198 | Ronan | Van Zandbeek | NED | Lafarge | 114 | | 199 | Tom | Criel | BEL | Team Starbucks-Radioshack | 114 | | 200 | Sébastien | Joly | FRA | Café de Colombia | 113 | | 201 | Rémy | Di Gregorio | FRA | Carmeuse Cyclisme | 113 | | 202 | Andre | Greipel | GER | Wildcard: Bbox - Bouygoues Télécom | 113 | | 203 | David | Vitoria | SWI | Pearl Adidas | 112 | | 204 | Bruno | Pires | POR | Energie-Diesel | 111 | | 205 | Claudio | Corioni | ITA | Energie-Diesel | 111 | | 206 | Arnold | Jeannesson | FRA | Lafarge | 111 | | 207 | Phillip | Thuaux | AUS | Lafarge | 111 | | 208 | Wim | De Vocht | BEL | Pearl Adidas | 111 | | 209 | Fabio | Duarte | COL | Café de Colombia | 110 | | 210 | Angel | Vicioso | ESP | Energie-Diesel | 110 | | 211 | Stefan | Cohnen | NED | Philips - TDC | 110 | | 212 | Blaise | Sonnery | FRA | Festina - Corona | 109 | | 213 | Santiago | Perez Fernandez | ESP | Warner Brothers | 109 | | 214 | Manuele | Mori | ITA | Sony Ericsson | 107 | | 215 | Maurice | Schreurs | NED | Philips - TDC | 106 | | 216 | Freddy | Johansson | SWD | Sony Ericsson | 106 | | 217 | Sten | Stenersen | NOR | Team B&O | 106 | | 218 | Igor | Anton | ESP | Wildcard: YouTube - Twitter | 106 | | 219 | Gustavo | Veloso | ESP | Energie-Diesel | 105 | | 220 | Marcel | Sieberg | GER | Jack Wolfskin | 105 | | 221 | Remmert | Wielinga | NED | La Gazzetta dello Sport | 105 | | 222 | Jurgen | Van Goolen | BEL | Festina - Corona | 104 | | 223 | Aleksandr | Serebriakov | RUS | Philips - TDC | 104 | | 224 | Morten | Reckweg | DEN | Team B&O | 104 | | 225 | André | Vital | POR | Energie-Diesel | 102 | | 226 | Konstantin | Siutsou | BLR | Wildcard: Red Bull | 102 | | 227 | Sebastien | Einsle | LUX | Vesuvio-Accumalux | 101 | | 228 | Jesus | Tendero | ESP | Energie-Diesel | 100 | | 229 | Stefan | Denifl | AUT | Festina - Corona | 100 | | 230 | William | Bonnet | FRA | Lafarge | 100 | | 231 | Thomas Vedel | Kvist | DEN | Festina - Corona | 98 | | 232 | Francisco | Ventoso | ESP | Wildcard: Santander | 98 | | 233 | Roman | Kreuziger | CZE | Team B&O | 96 | | 234 | Thomas | Faiers | GBR | Vesuvio-Accumalux | 96 | | 235 | Michel | Kreder | NED | Jack Wolfskin | 95 | | 236 | Lucas | Schädlich | GER | Festina - Corona | 94 | | 237 | Maarten | Tjallingii | NED | Philips - TDC | 94 | | 238 | Niels | Scheunemann | NED | Philips - TDC | 94 | | 239 | Kevin | Hulsmans | BEL | Warner Brothers | 94 | | 240 | Erik | Mohs | GER | Wildcard: Team Pokerstars.com | 94 | | 241 | Amets | Txurruka | ESP | Wildcard: YouTube - Twitter | 94 | | 242 | Juan Esteban | Arango | COL | Café de Colombia | 92 | | 243 | Jakob | Fuglsang | DEN | Philips - TDC | 92 | | 244 | Roberto | Traficante | ITA | Team Nespresso | 92 | | 245 | Marcel | Kittel | GER | Vesuvio-Accumalux | 92 | | 246 | Kenny | De Ketele | BEL | Warner Brothers | 92 | | 247 | Marco | Osella | ITA | La Gazzetta dello Sport | 91 | | 248 | Rick | Flens | NED | La Gazzetta dello Sport | 91 | | 249 | Wilmer | Vasquez | VEN | La Gazzetta dello Sport | 91 | | 250 | Jose | Mendes | POR | Team Nespresso | 91 | | 251 | Jose | Alarcon | VEN | Wildcard: Team IKEA - Bianchi | 91 | | 252 | Diego | Calderón | COL | Domina Vacanze | 90 | | 253 | Jackson | RodrÃguez | VEN | Pearl Adidas | 90 | | 254 | Michael | Reihs | DEN | Sony Ericsson | 90 | | 255 | Jocelin | Maillet | FRA | Team Nespresso | 90 | | 256 | Remco | Broers | NED | Wikipedia | 90 | | 257 | Guillaume | Levarlet | FRA | Pearl Adidas | 88 | | 258 | Wouter | Weylandt | BEL | Carmeuse Cyclisme | 87 | | 259 | Luis | Fernández Oliveira | ESP | Sony Ericsson | 87 | | 260 | Jacob | Fiedler | GER | Team Nespresso | 87 | | 261 | Michel | Sibilla | FRA | Team Nespresso | 87 | | 262 | Björn | Schröder | GER | Domina Vacanze | 86 | | 263 | Héctor Fabian | Aguilar | URU | Team Nespresso | 86 | | 264 | Christophe | Kern | FRA | Auber 93 - Look | 85 | | 265 | Max | Öste-Macdonald | SWD | Sony Ericsson | 85 | | 266 | Gianluca | Coletta | ITA | Warner Brothers | 85 | | 267 | Tyler | Brandt | USA | Wikipedia | 85 | | 268 | Vicente | Reynès | ESP | Café de Colombia | 84 | | 269 | Hans | Dekkers | NED | Jack Wolfskin | 84 | | 270 | Kenny | De Haes | BEL | Pearl Adidas | 84 | | 271 | Pedro | Sibila Romero | CUB | Team Starbucks-Radioshack | 84 | | 272 | Remberto | Jaramillo | COL | Team Starbucks-Radioshack | 84 | | 273 | Richard | Ochoa Quintero | VEN | Wildcard: YouTube - Twitter | 84 | | 274 | Óscar | Solis | BOL | Carmeuse Cyclisme | 83 | | 275 | Thomas | Frei | SWI | Domina Vacanze | 83 | | 276 | Thomas | Bontenackels | GER | Lipton Ice Tea | 83 | | 277 | Steve | Morabito | SWI | Festina - Corona | 82 | | 278 | Sven | Nooytens | BEL | Lipton Ice Tea | 82 | | 279 | Martin | Pedersen | DEN | Philips - TDC | 82 | | 280 | Constantino | Zaballa | ESP | Energie-Diesel | 81 | | 281 | José Joaquin | Rojas Gil | ESP | Energie-Diesel | 81 | | 282 | Patrick | Gretsch | GER | Festina - Corona | 81 | | 283 | Klaas | Sys | BEL | Jack Wolfskin | 81 | | 284 | William | Walker | AUS | Pearl Adidas | 81 | | 285 | Egoi | MartÃnez de Esteban | ESP | Philips - TDC | 81 | | 286 | Francesco | Bellotti | ITA | Philips - TDC | 81 | | 287 | Assan | Bazajev | KAZ | Sony Ericsson | 81 | | 288 | Matthieu | Sprick | FRA | Wikipedia | 81 | | 289 | Daniel | Fleeman | GBR | Domina Vacanze | 80 | | 290 | Adam | Petrie-Armstrong | IRL | Lipton Ice Tea | 80 | | 291 | Fabio | Ciccarese | ITA | Team Starbucks-Radioshack | 80 | | 292 | Rudi | Van Houts | NED | Warner Brothers | 80 | | 293 | Danny | Pate | USA | Wikipedia | 80 | | 294 | Matthew | Busche | USA | Wikipedia | 80 | | 295 | Ben | Gastauer | LUX | Vesuvio-Accumalux | 78 | | 296 | Denis | Galimzyanov | RUS | Vesuvio-Accumalux | 78 | | 297 | Alex | Ardila Cano | COL | Café de Colombia | 77 | | 298 | Jean-François | Camier | FRA | Carmeuse Cyclisme | 77 | | 299 | Koldo | Fernandez | ESP | Domina Vacanze | 77 | | 300 | Andrew | Fenn | GBR | Carmeuse Cyclisme | 76 | | 301 | Carl | Naibo | FRA | Domina Vacanze | 76 | | 302 | Wout | Poels | NED | Jack Wolfskin | 76 | | 303 | Sylwester | Szmyd | POL | La Gazzetta dello Sport | 76 | | 304 | Stijn | Joseph | BEL | Pearl Adidas | 76 | | 305 | Kevin | Fouquet | BEL | Sony Ericsson | 76 | | 306 | Pierrick | Fédrigo | FRA | Team Nespresso | 76 | | 307 | Saulo | Lay | ESP | Team Nespresso | 76 | | 308 | Jonathon | Thire | FRA | Auber 93 - Look | 75 | | 309 | Tony | Martin | GER | Domina Vacanze | 75 | | 310 | Maurizio | Biondo | ITA | Energie-Diesel | 75 | | 311 | Michael | Vingerling | NED | Festina - Corona | 75 | | 312 | Gabriel | Brizuela | ARG | Lipton Ice Tea | 75 | | 313 | Eric | Berthou | FRA | Pearl Adidas | 75 | | 314 | Chris | Barton | USA | Wikipedia | 75 | | 315 | Honorio | Machado | VEN | Café de Colombia | 74 | | 316 | David | Herrero Llorente | ESP | Domina Vacanze | 74 | | 317 | Viktor | Renäng | SWD | Sony Ericsson | 74 | | 318 | Marconi | Durán | CRC | Team Nespresso | 74 | | 319 | Alexis | Castro Rodriguez | COL | Warner Brothers | 74 | | 320 | José Antonio | Redondo | ESP | Warner Brothers | 73 | | 321 | Jaime | Suaza | COL | Carmeuse Cyclisme | 72 | | 322 | Massimiliano | Maisto | ITA | La Gazzetta dello Sport | 72 | | 323 | Cameron | Meyer | AUS | Sony Ericsson | 72 | | 324 | Michael | Schär | SWI | Team Nespresso | 72 | | 325 | João | Cabreira | POR | Vesuvio-Accumalux | 72 | | 326 | Ivan | Kovalev | RUS | Wikipedia | 72 | | 327 | Emanuele | Rizza | ITA | Lipton Ice Tea | 71 | | 328 | Adam | Blythe | GBR | Wildcard: 100% Me | 71 | | 329 | Morgan | Kneisky | FRA | Carmeuse Cyclisme | 70 | | 330 | Sid | Taberlay | AUS | Domina Vacanze | 70 | | 331 | Marco Alexandre Ferreira | Cunha | POR | Energie-Diesel | 70 | | 332 | Francis | Mourey | FRA | Festina - Corona | 70 | | 333 | Aleksandr | Mironov | RUS | Lipton Ice Tea | 70 | | 334 | Matt | Rowe | GBR | Lipton Ice Tea | 70 | | 335 | Jan | Hopman | NED | Vesuvio-Accumalux | 70 | | 336 | Christian | Meier | CAN | Wikipedia | 70 | | 337 | Thomas | Rabou | NED | Jack Wolfskin | 69 | | 338 | Martin | Mortensen | DEN | Sony Ericsson | 69 | | 339 | Kristof | Goddaert | BEL | Festina - Corona | 68 | | 340 | Nico | Schinker | LUX | Vesuvio-Accumalux | 68 | | 341 | Isaac | Speirs | IRL | Domina Vacanze | 67 | | 342 | Hernâni | Broco | POR | Team Nespresso | 67 | | 343 | Casper | Jørgensen | DEN | Team B&O | 66 | | 344 | Pim | Ligthart | NED | Auber 93 - Look | 65 | | 345 | Rémi | Pauriol | FRA | Domina Vacanze | 65 | | 346 | Fabien | Taillefour | FRA | Lafarge | 65 | | 347 | Kevin | Peeters | BEL | Lafarge | 65 | | 348 | Kristjan | Koren | SLO | Team Starbucks-Radioshack | 65 | | 349 | Pedro | Merino Criado | ESP | Vesuvio-Accumalux | 65 | | 350 | Alexander | Giraldo | COL | Warner Brothers | 65 | | 351 | Stef | Clement | NED | Wildcard: Team Pokerstars.com | 65 | | 352 | Adrian | Laidler | AUS | Lafarge | 64 | | 353 | Carlos Alberto | Ospina | COL | Team Starbucks-Radioshack | 64 | | 354 | Joseph | Cooper | NZL | Jack Wolfskin | 63 | | 355 | Anders | Lund | DEN | Philips - TDC | 63 | | 356 | Francisco | Matamoros | MEX | Lipton Ice Tea | 62 | | 357 | Salvatore | Mancuso | ITA | Pearl Adidas | 62 | | 358 | David | Claerebout | LUX | Vesuvio-Accumalux | 61 | | 359 | Christoph | Mai | GER | Wikipedia | 61 | | 360 | Niels | Brouzes | FRA | Auber 93 - Look | 60 | | 361 | Jure | Zrimsek | SLO | Lipton Ice Tea | 60 | | 362 | Michael | Mørkøv | DEN | Philips - TDC | 60 | | 363 | Ciaran | Kelly | IRL | Vesuvio-Accumalux | 60 | | 364 | Aggrey | Sebright | USA | Wikipedia | 60 | | 365 | Manuel | Quinziato | ITA | Wildcard: Vespa-Caffrey's | 60 | | 366 | Elia | Viviani | ITA | Energie-Diesel | 59 | | 367 | Dennis | Van Winden | NED | La Gazzetta dello Sport | 59 | | 368 | Luigi | Sestili | ITA | Lafarge | 59 | | 369 | Marvin | Van der Pluijm | NED | Warner Brothers | 59 | | 370 | Steven | Tronet | FRA | Auber 93 - Look | 57 | | 371 | Chris Anker | Sørensen | DEN | Team B&O | 57 | | 372 | Markus | Fahnert | GER | Team Starbucks-Radioshack | 57 | | 373 | Kevin | Eeckhout | BEL | Wikipedia | 57 | | 374 | Stefan | Schumacher | GER | Wildcard: UBS - Annie Chun's | 57 | | 375 | Sébastien | Rosseler | BEL | Warner Brothers | 56 | | 376 | Christophe | Le Mével | FRA | Auber 93 - Look | 55 | | 377 | Davide | Viganò | ITA | Energie-Diesel | 55 | | 378 | Bas | Giling | NED | Jack Wolfskin | 55 | | 379 | Pavel | Korzh | RUS | Lafarge | 55 | | 380 | Mauro | Richeze | ARG | Pearl Adidas | 55 | | 381 | Tiago | Pinto | POR | Warner Brothers | 55 | | 382 | Artjom | Timofeev | RUS | Wikipedia | 55 | | 383 | Danilo | Wyss | SWI | Domina Vacanze | 54 | | 384 | Mathieu | Bernaudeau | FRA | Festina - Corona | 54 | | 385 | Dimitri | Champion | FRA | Lafarge | 54 | | 386 | Ramunas | Navardauskas | LTU | Festina - Corona | 52 |
| 387 | Kasper | Klostergaard | DEN | Philips - TDC | 52 | | 388 | Francisco | Perez Sanchez | ESP | Wildcard: UBS - Annie Chun's | 52 | | 389 | Vladimir | Bileka | UKR | Festina - Corona | 51 | | 390 | Diego | Gallego | ESP | Warner Brothers | 51 | | 391 | Dimitri | Jiriakov | LIE | Auber 93 - Look | 50 | | 392 | Christophe | Brandt | BEL | Carmeuse Cyclisme | 50 | | 393 | César | Rojas Villegas | CRC | Energie-Diesel | 50 | | 394 | Eloy | Teruel | ESP | Energie-Diesel | 50 | | 395 | Moris | Possoni | ITA | La Gazzetta dello Sport | 50 | | 396 | Remy | Bourdouxhe | BEL | Lipton Ice Tea | 50 | | 397 | Kristjan | Fajt | SLO | Team Starbucks-Radioshack | 50 | | 398 | Viatcheslav | Dyadichkin | KAZ | Team Starbucks-Radioshack | 50 | | 399 | Miguel Angel | Rubiano Chavez | COL | Café de Colombia | 49 | | 400 | Tomas | Swift-Metcalfe | GBR | Café de Colombia | 49 | | 401 | Rik | Kavsek | NED | Team Starbucks-Radioshack | 49 | | 402 | Greg | De Winde | BEL | Warner Brothers | 49 | | 403 | Koldo | Gil | ESP | Wildcard: Team LEGO | 49 | | 404 | Andrea | Pagoto | ITA | Wildcard: Vespa-Caffrey's | 49 | | 405 | Juraj | Sagan | SVK | Team B&O | 48 | | 406 | Jens | Mouris | NED | Philips - TDC | 47 | | 407 | Marcel | Barth | GER | Vesuvio-Accumalux | 47 | | 408 | Przemyslaw | Niemiec | POL | Wildcard: YouTube - Twitter | 47 | | 409 | Andreas | Klöden | GER | Café de Colombia | 45 | | 410 | Horacio | Gallardo | BOL | Café de Colombia | 45 | | 411 | Joeri | Adams | BEL | Carmeuse Cyclisme | 45 | | 412 | Jos | Van Emden | NED | Jack Wolfskin | 45 | | 413 | Héctor Hugo | Rangel | MEX | Lafarge | 45 | | 414 | Troels | Vinter | DEN | Team B&O | 45 | | 415 | Radomir | Simunek | CZE | Team Starbucks-Radioshack | 45 | | 416 | Damiano | Caruso | ITA | Wildcard: Wiggle - San Pellegrino | 45 | | 417 | Geraint | Thomas | GBR | Wildcard: 100% Me | 44 | | 418 | Peter | Velits | SVK | Wildcard: YouTube - Twitter | 44 | | 419 | Baden | Cooke | AUS | Domina Vacanze | 42 | | 420 | Nick | Clesen | LUX | Vesuvio-Accumalux | 42 | | 421 | Jean | Mespoulède | FRA | Auber 93 - Look | 40 | | 422 | Morgan | Chedhomme | FRA | Auber 93 - Look | 40 | | 423 | Willem | Van Den Eynde | BEL | Carmeuse Cyclisme | 40 | | 424 | Paul | Martens | GER | Jack Wolfskin | 40 | | 425 | Kristoffer | Nielsen | DEN | Team B&O | 40 | | 426 | Thomas | Riber-Sellebjerg | DEN | Team B&O | 40 | | 427 | Olivier | Kaisen | BEL | Wikipedia | 40 | | 428 | Paolo | Bettini | ITA | Wildcard: Vespa-Caffrey's | 40 | | 429 | Tony | Gallopin | FRA | Carmeuse Cyclisme | 39 | | 430 | Blake | Caldwell | USA | Wikipedia | 39 | | 431 | Daan | Rijntjes | NED | Wikipedia | 39 | | 432 | Mikel | Astarloza | ESP | Wildcard: Bbox - Bouygoues Télécom | 39 | | 433 | Teodoro | Costagli | ITA | Vesuvio-Accumalux | 38 | | 434 | Kim | Kirchen | LUX | Wildcard: Bacardi - Colt | 38 | | 435 | Aitor | Galdos | ESP | Wildcard: Santander | 38 | | 436 | David | Boucher | FRA | Wildcard: Team Pokerstars.com | 38 | | 437 | Bernhard | Kohl | AUT | Wildcard: UBS - Annie Chun's | 38 | | 438 | Alex | Rasmussen | DEN | Team B&O | 36 | | 439 | Paolo | Scarponi | SMR | Wildcard: Wiggle - San Pellegrino | 36 | | 440 | Cayetano | Sarmiento | COL | Café de Colombia | 35 | | 441 | Gorik | Gardeyn | BEL | Carmeuse Cyclisme | 35 | | 442 | David | Deroo | FRA | Domina Vacanze | 35 | | 443 | Fredrik | Johansson | SWD | Sony Ericsson | 35 | | 444 | Matthew | Crane | USA | Team Starbucks-Radioshack | 35 | | 445 | Jerome | Giaux | BEL | Wildcard: Team IKEA - Bianchi | 35 | | 446 | Evert | Verbist | BEL | Wildcard: Vespa-Caffrey's | 35 | | 447 | William Germán | RodrÃguez Parra | COL | Café de Colombia | 34 | | 448 | Rafael | Valls | ESP | Wildcard: Santander | 34 | | 449 | Dimitri | Claeys | BEL | Wildcard: Team LEGO | 34 | | 450 | Maxime | Monfort | BEL | Wildcard: Team LEGO | 34 | | 451 | Kevin | Ista | BEL | Carmeuse Cyclisme | 32 | | 452 | Francisco Javier | Echarri | ESP | Energie-Diesel | 32 | | 453 | Amadou | Bakari | GAB | Vesuvio-Accumalux | 32 | | 454 | André | Cardoso | POR | Energie-Diesel | 31 | | 455 | José Carlos | Rodrigues Silva | POR | Energie-Diesel | 31 | | 456 | Luca | Ascani | ITA | Wildcard: Vespa-Caffrey's | 31 | | 457 | Marc | Machado | FRA | Auber 93 - Look | 30 | | 458 | Marco | Pinotti | ITA | Café de Colombia | 30 | | 459 | Paúl | Torres | VEN | Energie-Diesel | 30 | | 460 | Wen Hao | Li | CHN | Festina - Corona | 30 | | 461 | Christian | Vande Velde | USA | Lafarge | 30 | | 462 | Gregor | Gazvoda | SLO | Lipton Ice Tea | 30 | | 463 | Manuel Antonio | Cardoso | POR | Pearl Adidas | 30 | | 464 | Juan Carlos | Rienda Segura | ESP | Vesuvio-Accumalux | 30 | | 465 | Tom | Diggle | GBR | Wildcard: Wiggle - San Pellegrino | 30 | | 466 | Paul | Healion | IRL | Café de Colombia | 29 | | 467 | Leonardo | Bertagnolli | ITA | Wildcard: Wiggle - San Pellegrino | 29 | | 468 | Alessandro | Proni | ITA | Wildcard: Vespa-Caffrey's | 28 | | 469 | Didac | Ortega | ESP | Wildcard: Santander | 27 | | 470 | Ben | Hermans | BEL | Wildcard: Wiggle - San Pellegrino | 27 | | 471 | Diego Alejandro | Montoya | COL | Café de Colombia | 25 | | 472 | Jorge | Nogaledo | ESP | Energie-Diesel | 25 | | 473 | Fabien | Bacquet | FRA | Team Starbucks-Radioshack | 25 | | 474 | Eduardo | Gonzalo | ESP | Wildcard: Santander | 25 | | 475 | Edwin | Orozco | COL | Café de Colombia | 24 | | 476 | Roman | Maksimov | RUS | Festina - 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Onto the teams, and Warner Brothers are far and away the happiest team coming away from the race. Boonen may have dissapointed, but still added to Spliak's total to comfortably outscore the rest. Philips and Vesuvio both manage to pass the 1000 point mark, but theres plenty of other high scoring teams aswell with almost 14,000 points scored in total from the race.
| 1 | Warner Brothers | 1885 | | 2 | Philips - TDC | 1117 | | 3 | Vesuvio-Accumalux | 1017 | | 4 | Team B&O | 914 | | 5 | La Gazzetta dello Sport | 913 | | 6 | Wikipedia | 901 | | 7 | Jack Wolfskin | 835 | | 8 | Carmeuse Cyclisme | 829 | | 9 | Festina - Corona | 709 | | 10 | Pearl Adidas | 629 | | 11 | Domina Vacanze | 594 | | 12 | Lafarge | 592 | | 13 | Auber 93 - Look | 560 | | 14 | Team Nespresso | 528 | | 15 | Café de Colombia | 434 | | 16 | Energie-Diesel | 433 | | 17 | Sony Ericsson | 372 | | 18 | Lipton Ice Tea | 338 | | 19 | Team Starbucks-Radioshack | 245 |
Sony Ericsson may have been right at the bottom end of TDF pointscorers, but still hold a 1000 point lead. You would have to say, they have probably secured their ProTour victory here by merit of none of their closest challengers scoring big and winning the race.
And now to the really interesting part of the rankings. 2nd place down to 12th, separated by just 700 points. From here on every race is sure to count. We still have La Gazzetta and Festina in 2nd and 3rd, but behind them saw the real movement - the only other team in the division not to have changed position is Lafarge at the bottom.
Wikipedia discover why doing well in a GT is actually quite useful, and they are up 3 places to 4th - leaving Pearl Adidas relieved to only lose 1 spot after Fothen fell apart in his bid to retain last year's triumph. Also up 3 are Jack Wolfskin into 6th - with Van Stayen and Gesink to count for points scoring performances on all terrains.
Going up 3 places is all well and good, but Vesuvio do better, gaining 5 positions to move into 7th, having broken the 1000 point barrier in a race for the first time. Auber are down 2, and Domina down 1 next, before we reach Warner Brothers. From 18th, and relegation worries, to 10th and over 1000 points clear of the relegation zone - a truly brilliant race for them. And it means B&O drop out of the Top 10 despite being the 4th best scoring team.
When some teams go up a lot, others most go down. Lipton Ice Tea - who some tipped to win this division - fall a whopping 7 places to 12th. They arent likely to be concerned about relegation though, but all other teams are far from out of the woods. Cafe de Colombia are 400 points behind Lipton, and have lost 2 places here. Like Spilak, Valverde isnt around again until Lombardia - so it is worrying times now for the Colombian team maybe.
Next are Philips, who perhaps expected to be more than 400 points into safety by now. Dekker does still have two more stage races though, so with the Dutchman having scored well in France, things are looking good survival wise. Can the same be said of Carmeuse? Popovych has more work to come, if they are to be saved. As it is, they are 2 points above Nespresso - who are the last of the teams outside of the relegation zone.
For Energie-Diesel, it's time for Pozzovivvo to return to the fray and help them. He will race both Asturias and Deutschland, while LL Sanchez will hope to score in the hills - as well as risking 8 race days on TONE. Starbucks though have more of a problem, and now back in the relegation zone, the game could be up. Top scorer Amador has been given a few one day classics, with Kiserlovski only to fight for them in the remaining mountainous stage races. Theyll be needing a lot of luck.
| Pos | Prev | Team | Total | | 1 | 1 | Sony Ericsson | 7050 | | 2 | 2 | La Gazzetta dello Sport | 5875 | | 3 | 3 | Festina - Corona | 5658 | | 4 | 7 | Wikipedia | 5574 | | 5 | 4 | Pearl Adidas | 5526 | | 6 | 9 | Jack Wolfskin | 5347 | | 7 | 12 | Vesuvio-Accumalux | 5311 | | 8 | 6 | Auber 93 - Look | 5301 | | 9 | 8 | Domina Vacanze | 5253 | | 10 | 18 | Warner Brothers | 5252 | | 11 | 10 | Team B&O | 5225 | | 12 | 5 | Lipton Ice Tea | 5154 | | 13 | 11 | Café de Colombia | 4735 | | 14 | 17 | Philips - TDC | 4566 | | 15 | 16 | Carmeuse Cyclisme | 4319 | | 16 | 14 | Team Nespresso | 4317 | | 17 | 15 | Energie-Diesel | 4184 | | 18 | 13 | Team Starbucks-Radioshack | 4062 | | 19 | 19 | Lafarge | 3223 |
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Posted on 23-01-2011 15:13
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Too bad for Iglinskiy here... Luckily no captains went down on the last stage... So to sum it up:
Alberto Contador 8th GC and winner of the mountains jersey. That is pretty alright. Had hoped for 6th or 7th, but can't complain.
Both Madrazo and Ardila crashed early on, that was quite a pity as they were both very likely to end up somewhere around 20th place. Ardila might even had the quality to break into it...
No real succes in the stages, the best was Ardila in 3rd, Contador in 4th and a couple of 5th for Lavoine...
Looking forward for the PT rankings. I assume I will be around 3rd or 4th after this race due to the lack of results for Pearl, Domina and Lipton... For me it was quite unlucky that Phinney dominated the final TT otherwise Contador would have gotten 7th and also gotten a bigger lead on them. I assume they are my closest competitor for 3rd atm... Auber didn't have a super race, but Coppel made it decent. La Gazzetta had quite a good race outscoring my team for sure. So they are probably safe in 2nd...
Vesuvio looked like a team that would close the gap but in the last half of the race they lost contact I think. I don't think they will more than break into the top 10 (Which seems extremely close though)... A team I expect to jump up is Jack Wolfskin... 3 stagewins or so and a top 10 GC is better than most teams.
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Posted on 23-01-2011 15:31
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6th is amazing, but I don't think we will score big in any of the remaining races so staying in the top 10 till the end of the season could prove to be quite a tough challenge.
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Posted on 23-01-2011 15:34
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Ohh it's close... My team have to rely entirely on Castaño in the last 2 "Tours", and then Diego Ulissi and Sammy Sánchez needs to outperform Schleck, Hagen, Sinkewitz, Gesink, Cunego, Bakelants and van Garderen in the hilly races... Damn it will be a monster to achieve 3rd here!
I assume I have the upper hand on Lipton, Auber, Domina, Jack Wolfskin and Pearl... But I'm very frightened of Wikipedia, Vesuvio, B&O and La Gazzetta with these races to go...
Every race will be history in the making, while everything is so damn close...
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Posted on 23-01-2011 15:40
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Would have liked a bigger margin, but I'm hoping it's enough points to stay up
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Posted on 23-01-2011 15:47
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Also, Gesink wasted 21 race days to score only 181 points.
If next year I won't have the money to increase his mountain stats at least by 1, he's out of the Tour de France equation.
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Posted on 23-01-2011 15:59
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alexkr00 wrote:
Also, Gesink wasted 21 race days to score only 181 points.
If next year I won't have the money to increase his mountain stats at least by 1, he's out of the Tour de France equation.
On a normal year he would have been a top 5 candidate. This year had an exceptionel frequence of top riders... Even Contador with 83 in mountains struggled to do better than Gesink, so it's not only the mountainstat... Contador is probably leaving us next season unless he will have a fairly low wage... 17th or so in the Vuelta and 8th in the Tour seems pointless... Castaño and Ardila have done better...
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Posted on 23-01-2011 16:04
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Youve definately had some bad luck with Contador, you spent 3 million to boost him 2 mountain stats, and he rewards you by scoring only 13 more ranking points than he did last season. I imagine he will want a slightly higher wage, given that his current wage was generated from him having 81 MO, and now he has 83 - but it won't be as high as it could of been had he delivered a very strong GT result.
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Posted on 23-01-2011 16:05
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SotD wrote:
alexkr00 wrote:
Also, Gesink wasted 21 race days to score only 181 points.
If next year I won't have the money to increase his mountain stats at least by 1, he's out of the Tour de France equation.
On a normal year he would have been a top 5 candidate. This year had an exceptionel frequence of top riders... Even Contador with 83 in mountains struggled to do better than Gesink, so it's not only the mountainstat... Contador is probably leaving us next season unless he will have a fairly low wage... 17th or so in the Vuelta and 8th in the Tour seems pointless... Castaño and Ardila have done better...
Yes, Contador struggled too but Gesink lost tons of time in the mountains. Also, Contador is better in the mountains than the Dutch man Gesink is superior in hills, time - trial, stamina and recovery so I'm not sure if Contador is the best rider to compare Gesink with.
For example with +2 mountain, Gesink would be at least at the same level with Spilak, who looked really strong in this TDF.
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just mentioning Phinney's name with the crash got me rattled.
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Posted on 23-01-2011 20:49
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Damn, I wish I'd have won the Team Classification. Missed out on that one in the very last stages, it seems 
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