@sutty, yeah, but it's these small margins that make all the difference at the top level. Hopefully Peter will be making his way to the podium soon though.
March review/April preview/News will be up later today!
Edited by brewers90 on 09-02-2012 15:01
Manager of Bunzl - Centrica
ICL's World Tour Champions and Talented Bottlers
The latest news from the cycling world at the end of March, which some people would say is the real start of the season, with big week long stage races in France, Italy and Spain as well as the first monument of the season in Italy. Here's the round-up:
March has seen big wins for Contador, Cancellara, Cavendish, De Gendt and Boonen in the five WorldTour races. It was also a good month for Hoste, Rolland and Hushovd.
The March rider of the month is Contador for his superb win in Paris-Nice. The young rider of the month isn't Pliuschin for once! Instead Mathieu Boulo takes the award for taking the KoM prize at the Critérium International. Interesting that they decided he was more deserving than Kruijswijk who finished second in the same race.
Rankings Thor Hushovd maintains his lead from the Tour Down Under with a solid second in Gent - Wevelgem, while Thomas has picked up results in Australia, Tirreno - Adriatico, Milan - San Remo and Gent - Wevelgem. Superb start for the young Welshman. Hesjedal was on the podium in Paris - Nice and in Catalunya, while Vicioso is consistently picking up good results. Cancellara and Boonen will probably be shooting up the rankings in the next week.
In the teams rankings, Hushovd and Thomas' respective teams are unsurprisingly at the top. Movistar, Katusha and Garmin have also started well.
The continental tour is led by Leif Hoste after wins in Le Samyn and Driedaagse van West-Vlaanderen. Grega Bole is still in second but is a long way behind the Belgian.
Accent Jobs are destroying the Continental tour at the moment thanks to Hoste and Scheirlinckx. Bole's team Skoda - Orlen are way adrift in second ahead of Italian team Farnese Vini, Belgians Topsport Vlaanderen and French big boys Europcar.
The CQ ranking is led by Hushovd (again!), but Cancellara is breathing down his neck. Vicioso, Thomas and Kiryienka round out the top five.
Movistar are still a country mile ahead of everyone in the teams' rankings thanks to more top performances from their legion of climbers. Sky and BMC have Thomas and Hushovd to thank for their placing, with Katusha the only other team near them. Accent Jobs are the best Continental team, with new boys Skoda - Orlen just outside the top ten and the final team to have broken the 1000 points barrier.
Here is the April news bulletin from Skoda - Orlen Professional Cycling Team:
March was a fairly quiet month for the team, with our wildcard applications being rejected, meaning we had a two week break in the middle of the month. Nevertheless, a podium place in the Giro del Friuli, as well as great results in Strade Bianche and the Critérium International. A stage 1-2 in the Settimana Coppi e Bartali was also a superb day for the team, despite the overall ranking not really being the best for us. These results keep us up in second in the Conti rankings, and up ahead of a lot of WorldTour teams in the CQ rankings.
The team took part in its first ever team time trial in Italy, giving us the chance to get a photo of the team all together in a competitive scenario. The result wasn't the best, but they did at least look great in their train!
Individually, the month has again been dominated by Bole, with a podium in Friuli, fourth place at the Strade Bianche and a stage win in the Settimana Coppi e Bartali. Good performances from Peter Velits, Borut Bozic and Simon Spilak aswell.
Image of the Month
Grega Bole leads Borut Bozic across the line for a superb 1-2 on the first stage of Settimana Coppi e Bartali.
April Race Preview
April starts off with the GP Miguel Indurain hilly one day race, before heading to the Circuit Sarthe - Pays de La Loire in France. The Giro dell'Appennino in Italy and the Vuelta a Castilla y Leon stage race in Spain take place in the middle of the month as well as the team's first and, probably, only cobbled race, the Tro-Bro Léon in France. The end of the month is marked by sprinter's races, with two in Denmark, GP Herning and the Himmerland Rundt, as well as the Rund um Koln in Germany. The final one day race of the month is in Italy, the GP Industria and Artigianato. Added to this, we will definitely have another stage race at the end of the month. At the moment, we have the Presidential Cycling Tour of Turkey pencilled in for the squad. However, we have applied for a wildcard for the Tour de Romandie, and should the wildcard be accepted, we will go there instead of Turkey.
Transfers and Contracts
Andriy Grivko agreed a two year contract extension with us as a luxury team mate, which we are delighted with.
Despite some tough negotiations, it is looking increasingly unlikely that Kiserlovski will be staying with us past the end of the season. His agent said that he wants to wait until July, to see which other teams are interested in him. We remain hopeful that he will change his mind.
The Future
We have already clinched the team's first signing for next season. After extensive scouting of the rider, and after he claimed a podium place in the GP Portugal, Oleksander Volovyk, a Ukrainian puncher, will join the team as a stagiare in August. He looks very promising, and we hope to offer him a chance to fulfil his potential.
And Finally...
Skoda - Orlen Professional Cycling Team are delighted to announce that our wildcard for the Giro d'Italia has been accepted. We can't wait for May to hit the roads of our first ever grand tour, which will oddly be on the roads of Denmark. We have already picked a preliminary squad of eleven riders, who are preparing for the Giro, and will obviously be trimmed to nine for the event itself.
See you on the roads in April,
Any questions, suggestions and general feedback are welcome. Please don't be afraid to give your opinions. The management team are always willing to answer
SKODA - ORLEN PROFESSIONAL CYCLING TEAM
HQ, PRAGUE, CZECH REPUBLIC
Edited by brewers90 on 09-02-2012 18:06
Manager of Bunzl - Centrica
ICL's World Tour Champions and Talented Bottlers
Our first race in April is our first race in Spain, the Gran Premio Miguel Indurain, which is held in Navarre. This is a tough race, and with previous winners including Joaquin Rodriguez and Samu Sanchez, we know that it is not one for the average rider. Everybody is excited about finally going to Spain to race, not least the boss!
Skoda - Orlen have a joint leadership here with Kocjan and Kiserlovski taking up the mantle and hoping to achieve a top ten finish, at least. Leopold Konig becomes the final rider to make his debut for the team as he looks to build his fitness for future races. Unfortunately, with it being a Spanish race, we have to compete against Movistar, who have, as always, sent a formidable squad. 2009 winner David de la Fuente is also here.
The early break had just four riders in it including van Staeyen and Wetterhall. They got a maximum gap of 40 seconds, but Movistar just didn't want anybody to get away today.
After they were brought back, a much bigger group got away with Konig latching on to the back of it. They got a minute ahead before further attacks marked the end of that group aswell.
Eventually, a group of just three riders got away. Fuchs (NSP) and Anton (Burgos) were joined by Serbian champ Zsolt Der as they started to hit the serious climbs. Anton would not hang on for long.
Before long, Der had to let go of Fuchs' rear wheel aswell, as the German was in some form today. He was now alone four minutes ahead of the main bunch with a few ambitious attackers in between with no chance of staying away from the Movistar-driven peloton.
As the final climb approached, Grivko attacked and went past Fuchs. They were the only two now in front of a severely reduced peloton. Unfortunately, Grivko never stood a chance and was caught soon after.
Bruseghin, Moreno and Intxausti were still tapping out a phenomenal rhythm on the front of the peloton, which as you can see, now contained about 20 riders only. Kocjan, Kiserlovski and the cooked Grivko were all in this group but only just. None of them had anything left to attack.
Sure enough, ex-Spanish champion, Plaza looked over his shoulder and challenged the others before charging off up the road. Bosisio and Pozzovivo were the only riders that could go with him. These three would battle for the victory.
All of Movistar's hard work was worth it, as Plaza easily ook the sprint ahead of Pozzovivo and Bosisio. Modolo and Savini ensured Colnago had three riders in the top five, whilst Kocjan came home a solid seventh. Kiserlovski was distanced on the final climb and finished down in 17th, with Grivko just ahead in 15th.
Result
1
Rubén Plaza
Movistar Team
5h09'17
2
Domenico Pozzovivo
Colnago - CSF Inox
s.t.
3
Gabriele Bosisio
Utensilnord Named
s.t.
4
Sacha Modolo
Colnago - CSF Inox
+ 35
5
Filippo Savini
Colnago - CSF Inox
s.t.
6
Javier Moreno
Movistar Team
s.t.
7
Jure Kocjan
Skoda - Orlen Professional Cycling Team
s.t.
8
Cristiano Monguzzi
Utensilnord Named
s.t.
9
Alejandro Marque Porto
Tavira - Prio
s.t.
10
David Blanco
Tavira - Prio
s.t.
Spoiler
11
Markus Fothen
Team NSP - Ghost
s.t.
12
Preben Van Hecke
Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator
s.t.
13
Pieter Jacobs
Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator
s.t.
14
Paul Voss
Endura Racing
+ 1'05
15
Andriy Grivko
Skoda - Orlen Professional Cycling Team
s.t.
16
Marzio Bruseghin
Movistar Team
s.t.
17
Robert Kiserlovski
Skoda - Orlen Professional Cycling Team
+ 2'24
18
Russell Downing
Endura Racing
s.t.
19
David De la Fuente
Caja Rural
s.t.
20
Sergej Fuchs
Team NSP - Ghost
+ 3'59
21
Beñat Intxausti
Movistar Team
s.t.
22
Danail Petrov
Caja Rural
+ 4'33
23
Iván Gutiérrez
Movistar Team
s.t.
24
Dimitri Champion
Bretagne - Schuller
+ 5'02
25
Patxi Vila
Utensilnord Named
+ 5'19
26
Andrey Amador
Movistar Team
s.t.
27
Sérgio Sousa
Efapel - Barbot
s.t.
28
Michael Rodriguez
Colombia - Coldeportes
s.t.
29
Iker Camaño
Endura Racing
+ 6'06
30
Jarlinson Pantano
Colombia - Coldeportes
s.t.
31
Ian Bibby
Endura Racing
s.t.
32
Marcos García
Caja Rural
s.t.
33
Sven Vandousselaere
Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator
s.t.
34
Víctor Hugo Peña
Colombia - Coldeportes
+ 6'40
35
Juan Pablo Suarez
Colombia - Coldeportes
s.t.
36
João Cabreira
Onda
s.t.
37
Branislau Samoilau
Movistar Team
+ 7'26
38
Ricardo Vilela
Efapel - Barbot
s.t.
39
José Luis Roldán
Andalucía
s.t.
40
Omar Fraile
Orbea Continental
s.t.
41
Luis Felipe Laverde
Colombia - Coldeportes
s.t.
42
Geoffroy Lequatre
Bretagne - Schuller
s.t.
43
John-Lee Augustyn
Utensilnord Named
s.t.
44
Gianluca Maggiore
Utensilnord Named
s.t.
45
Enrique Salgueiro
LA - Antarte
s.t.
46
Nuno Ribeiro
Efapel - Barbot
s.t.
47
Ricardo Mestre
Tavira - Prio
s.t.
48
Rui Sousa
Efapel - Barbot
s.t.
49
Arthur Van Overberghe
Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator
s.t.
50
Stefano Locatelli
Colnago - CSF Inox
s.t.
51
Matteo Fedi
Utensilnord Named
+ 9'27
52
Enrique Sanz
Movistar Team
s.t.
53
Edoardo Girardi
Utensilnord Named
s.t.
54
Oleg Chuzhda
Skoda - Orlen Professional Cycling Team
s.t.
55
Zsolt Der
Skoda - Orlen Professional Cycling Team
s.t.
56
Robinson Chalapud
Colombia - Coldeportes
s.t.
57
Antonio Piedra
Caja Rural
s.t.
58
Edgar Pinto
LA - Antarte
s.t.
59
Daniel Silva
Onda
s.t.
60
Matthias Brändle
Team NetApp
s.t.
61
Efren Carazo
Burgos BH - Castilla y León
s.t.
62
Jose Mendes
LA - Antarte
s.t.
63
Delio Fernández
Onda
s.t.
64
Pawel Cieslik
Bank BGZ
s.t.
65
Radoslav Romanik
Bank BGZ
s.t.
66
Hugo Houle
SpiderTech powered by C10
s.t.
67
Erick Rowsell
Endura Racing
s.t.
68
Robert Partridge
Endura Racing
s.t.
69
David Boily
SpiderTech powered by C10
s.t.
70
Florian Guillou
Bretagne - Schuller
s.t.
71
David Belda
Burgos BH - Castilla y León
s.t.
72
Hélder Oliveira
Onda
s.t.
73
Jacobus Venter
Team Differdange
s.t.
74
Josué Moyano
Caja Rural
s.t.
75
Gianluca Brambilla
Colnago - CSF Inox
s.t.
76
Steven Van Vooren
Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator
+ 11'53
77
Karol Domagalski
Caja Rural
s.t.
78
Adam Stachowiak
Bank BGZ
s.t.
79
Francisco Manuel Antón
Burgos BH - Castilla y León
s.t.
80
Balint Szeghalmi
Skoda - Orlen Professional Cycling Team
+ 13'01
81
Juraj Sagan
Skoda - Orlen Professional Cycling Team
s.t.
82
Reto Hollenstein
Team NetApp
s.t.
83
Leopold König
Skoda - Orlen Professional Cycling Team
s.t.
84
Mateusz Taciak
CCC Polkowice
s.t.
85
Mariusz Witecki
Bank BGZ
s.t.
86
Jan Barta
Team NetApp
s.t.
87
Bartlomiej Matysiak
CCC Polkowice
s.t.
88
Andreas Schillinger
Team NetApp
s.t.
89
Caleb Fairly
SpiderTech powered by C10
s.t.
90
Sascha Weber
Team Differdange
s.t.
91
Ryan Anderson
SpiderTech powered by C10
s.t.
92
Blaz Jarc
Team NetApp
s.t.
93
Lucas Euser
SpiderTech powered by C10
s.t.
94
Jordi Simón
Andalucía
s.t.
95
Nelson Vitorino
Tavira - Prio
s.t.
96
Paolo Locatelli
Colnago - CSF Inox
s.t.
97
Alberto Contoli
Colnago - CSF Inox
s.t.
98
Michael Van Staeyen
Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator
s.t.
99
Léo Menville
Team NSP - Ghost
s.t.
100
Carlos Quintero
Colombia - Coldeportes
s.t.
101
Amaro Antunes
Tavira - Prio
s.t.
102
Antonio Cabello
Andalucía
s.t.
103
Domingos Gonçalves
Onda
s.t.
104
Gianfranco Visconti
Utensilnord Named
s.t.
105
Alexander Wetterhall
Endura Racing
s.t.
106
Renaud Dion
Bretagne - Schuller
s.t.
107
Fabricio Ferrari
Caja Rural
s.t.
108
Dalivier Ospina
Colombia - Coldeportes
s.t.
109
Sven Forberger
Team NSP - Ghost
s.t.
110
Vergílio Dos Santos
LA - Antarte
+ 16'16
111
René Obst
Team NSP - Ghost
+ 17'23
112
Raúl Alarcón
Efapel - Barbot
s.t.
113
Ryan Roth
SpiderTech powered by C10
+ 18'00
114
Cesare Benedetti
Team NetApp
s.t.
115
Patrick Schubert
Bank BGZ
s.t.
116
Mikel Bizkarra
Orbea Continental
s.t.
117
Aritz Bagües
Orbea Continental
+ 18'41
118
Frank Dressler
Team Differdange
s.t.
119
Sergio Carrasco
Andalucía
s.t.
120
Steven Cozza
Team NetApp
s.t.
121
Xabier Zabalo
Orbea Continental
s.t.
122
Markus Eichler
Team NetApp
s.t.
123
Stefano Pirazzi
Colnago - CSF Inox
s.t.
124
Dariusz Batek
CCC Polkowice
s.t.
125
Nicolas Cardepuy
Burgos BH - Castilla y León
s.t.
126
Lluis Guillermo Mas
Burgos BH - Castilla y León
s.t.
127
Laurens De Vreese
Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator
s.t.
128
Matthieu Halleguen
Bretagne - Schuller
+ 20'00
129
Michal Podlaski
Bank BGZ
s.t.
130
Stefan Schäfer
Team NSP - Ghost
s.t.
131
Johan Le Bon
Bretagne - Schuller
s.t.
132
Laurent Pichon
Bretagne - Schuller
s.t.
133
Hugo Sancho
LA - Antarte
s.t.
134
Eloy Ruiz
Andalucía
s.t.
135
Daniel Dominguez
Team NSP - Ghost
s.t.
136
Radoslaw Swiatek
Bank BGZ
s.t.
137
Román Osuna
Andalucía
s.t.
138
Miguel Ángel Candil
LA - Antarte
s.t.
139
Piotr Gawroński
CCC Polkowice
s.t.
140
René Hooghiemster
Team NSP - Ghost
+ 21'30
141
Igor Merino
Orbea Continental
s.t.
142
Cesar Fonte
Efapel - Barbot
s.t.
143
Jarosław Rębiewski
Bank BGZ
s.t.
144
José Gonçalves
Onda
s.t.
145
Garikoitz Bravo
Caja Rural
s.t.
146
Tim Mertens
Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator
s.t.
147
Aritz Etxebarria
Orbea Continental
s.t.
148
Dean Windsor
Endura Racing
+ 22'59
149
David Livramento
Tavira - Prio
s.t.
150
Ruben Jimenez
Burgos BH - Castilla y León
s.t.
151
Guillaume Boivin
SpiderTech powered by C10
+ 25'50
152
José Luis Cano
Andalucía
+ 28'23
153
Simon Lambert-Lemay
SpiderTech powered by C10
s.t.
154
Sylwester Janiszewski
CCC Polkowice
s.t.
155
Adrian Honkisz
CCC Polkowice
s.t.
156
César Bihel
Team Differdange
s.t.
157
Kevin Kohlvelter
Team Differdange
s.t.
158
Armindo Fonseca
Bretagne - Schuller
+ 30'15
Team Summary
We came here hoping for a top ten and got seventh, so mission accomplished. With Movistar having such a strong team, we were lucky to get as high as we did, because the pace was too high over the final few climbs for our boys, Kocjan just hanging on for the final sprint. Grivko was very strong, despite his attack, he still held on and finished ahead of Kiserlovski. Next race is in France, the four-day Circuit Sarthe - Pays de la Loire. See you there.
Race Winner
Manager of Bunzl - Centrica
ICL's World Tour Champions and Talented Bottlers
The Ronde van Vlaanderen is the second monument of the season and is the most important race in Flanders. It is well over 200km and is defined by a series of short, steep and often cobbled climbs, including the Paterberg, Koppenberg and the Muur-Kapelmuur. The anticipated race between Boonen and Cancellara turned into a bit of a damp squib as Spartacus easily saw him off. The main challenge, infact, came from Scandinavia and Spain, as Breschel, Hushovd and Flecha ran him close but Fabian took the victory. Boonen rounded out the top five.
Race Winner
Manager of Bunzl - Centrica
ICL's World Tour Champions and Talented Bottlers
Our next race is the sprinter's paradise, the Circuit Sarthe Pays de la Loire. This race contains four stages, three of which should end in sprints, with the other one being a very short time trial. Our leader here should be Hutarovich with him being our quickest rider. However, with his fitness being very low, we may have to switch to Kocjan, who comes here in good form after his result in Spain the other day. Other key riders here are Gazvoda, who will target the time trial as well as being a key leadout man, and Stybar, who will be free to try some attacks. The winner will almost certainly be a sprinter, because the time trial isn't long enough to produce big time gaps for the TT specialists.
Race Favourites
Samuel Dumoulin (Cofidis)
Sebastien Chavanel (Europcar)
Manuel Belletti (AG2R)
Worth a Bet
Jimmy Casper (AG2R)
Alexei Markov (RusVelo)
Giacomo Nizzolo (Radioshack)
Krizsztof Szczawinski (Miche)
Jimmy Engoulvent (Saur Sojasun)
Florian Vachon (Bretagne)
Robert Hunter (Garmin)
We won't be expecting much today with Yauheni's fitness being so low, but we'll have to see if we can put in an attack later on in the stage.
The BotD contained an original seven rider group, including Bosisio, Miyazawa and Gael Malacarne. They battled for the mountain sprint, which was won by Malacarne.
Later on, two more riders joined them, including Martias. This group of nine pulled out a gap of six and a half minutes before the sprinters' teams ended their fun.
With just over 20km to go, Stybar tried an attack and it was successful, as he rode across and past the breakaway on his own. Unfortunately, as usual, the pace in the last 10km made it impossible for him to stay away and he was swept up by the peloton.
As Nizzolo led the peloton with Gallopin on his wheel, Kocjan was trying to get Hutarovich to the front, but it looked like the Slovenian would have to go himself today because Huta was struggling just to stay on Jure's wheel.
The sprint was extremely close but it was Belletti who just edged out Szczawinski and Fischer. Kocjan took ninth with Hutarovich in eleventh. We have to hope for better later in the race.
Result
1
Manuel Belletti
AG2R La Mondiale
3h32'39
2
Krzysztof Szczawinski
Miche - Guerciotti
s.t.
3
Murilo Fischer
Garmin - Barracuda
s.t.
4
Bobbie Traksel
Landbouwkrediet
s.t.
5
Sébastien Chavanel
Team Europcar
s.t.
6
Geoffroy Lequatre
Bretagne - Schuller
s.t.
7
William Bonnet
FDJ - BigMat
s.t.
8
Tony Gallopin
RadioShack - Nissan
s.t.
9
Jure Kocjan
Skoda - Orlen Professional Cycling Team
s.t.
10
Jimmy Engoulvent
Saur - Sojasun
s.t.
Spoiler
11
Yauheni Hutarovich
Skoda - Orlen Professional Cycling Team
s.t.
12
Florian Vachon
Bretagne - Schuller
s.t.
13
Cédric Pineau
FDJ - BigMat
s.t.
14
Giacomo Nizzolo
RadioShack - Nissan
s.t.
15
Steve Chainel
FDJ - BigMat
s.t.
16
Matthieu Ladagnous
FDJ - BigMat
s.t.
17
Ian Bibby
Endura Racing
s.t.
18
Bartosz Huzarski
Skoda - Orlen Professional Cycling Team
s.t.
19
Alexandre Blain
Endura Racing
s.t.
20
Nathan Haas
Garmin - Barracuda
s.t.
21
Paul Voss
Endura Racing
s.t.
22
Denis Flahaut
Roubaix Lille Métropole
s.t.
23
Jarosław Marycz
Team Saxo Bank
s.t.
24
Toms Skujins
La Pomme Marseille
s.t.
25
Hayden Roulston
RadioShack - Nissan
s.t.
26
Robert Hunter
Garmin - Barracuda
s.t.
27
Jesse Sergent
RadioShack - Nissan
s.t.
28
Mathieu Claude
Team Europcar
s.t.
29
Benoit Drujon
BigMat - Auber 93
s.t.
30
Jérôme Cousin
Team Europcar
s.t.
31
Bruno Pires
Team Saxo Bank
s.t.
32
Gaël Malacarne
Bretagne - Schuller
s.t.
33
Dean Windsor
Endura Racing
s.t.
34
Robert Wagner
RadioShack - Nissan
s.t.
35
Maxime Bouet
AG2R La Mondiale
s.t.
36
Florian Guillou
Bretagne - Schuller
s.t.
37
Gregor Gazvoda
Skoda - Orlen Professional Cycling Team
s.t.
38
Dominique Rollin
FDJ - BigMat
s.t.
39
Tiago Machado
RadioShack - Nissan
s.t.
40
Romain Hardy
Bretagne - Schuller
s.t.
41
Christophe Kern
Team Europcar
s.t.
42
Pierre Drancourt
Roubaix Lille Métropole
s.t.
43
Franck Bouyer
Team Europcar
s.t.
44
Nicolas Rousseau
BigMat - Auber 93
s.t.
45
Antoine Demoitie
Wallonie Bruxelles - Crédit Agricole
s.t.
46
Mickaël Buffaz
Cofidis, le crédit en ligne
s.t.
47
Damien Monier
Cofidis, le crédit en ligne
s.t.
48
Ronan Racault
BigMat - Auber 93
s.t.
49
Nicki Sørensen
Team Saxo Bank
s.t.
50
Sébastien Turgot
Team Europcar
s.t.
51
David Zabriskie
Garmin - Barracuda
s.t.
52
Aljaz Hocevar
Skoda - Orlen Professional Cycling Team
s.t.
53
Cyril Lemoine
Saur - Sojasun
s.t.
54
Martin Velits
Skoda - Orlen Professional Cycling Team
s.t.
55
Arnaud Coyot
Saur - Sojasun
s.t.
56
Alexei Markov
RusVelo
s.t.
57
Rony Martias
Saur - Sojasun
s.t.
58
Zdenek Stybar
Skoda - Orlen Professional Cycling Team
s.t.
59
Stéphane Poulhiès
Saur - Sojasun
s.t.
60
Blel Kadri
AG2R La Mondiale
s.t.
61
Markel Irizar
RadioShack - Nissan
s.t.
62
Nikolay Mihaylov
Skoda - Orlen Professional Cycling Team
s.t.
63
Reinier Honig
Landbouwkrediet
s.t.
64
Geoffrey Soupe
FDJ - BigMat
s.t.
65
Russell Downing
Endura Racing
s.t.
66
Adrien Petit
Cofidis, le crédit en ligne
s.t.
67
Fabio Polazzi
Wallonie Bruxelles - Crédit Agricole
s.t.
68
Nikolai Trussov
RusVelo
s.t.
69
Sylvain Georges
AG2R La Mondiale
s.t.
70
Sven Vanthourenhout
Landbouwkrediet
s.t.
71
Guillaume Bonnafond
AG2R La Mondiale
s.t.
72
Michele Gaia
Miche - Guerciotti
s.t.
73
Sławomir Kohut
Miche - Guerciotti
s.t.
74
Jonathan Breyne
Landbouwkrediet
s.t.
75
Boris Shpilevski
AG2R La Mondiale
s.t.
76
Takashi Miyazawa
Team Saxo Bank
s.t.
77
Jimmy Casper
AG2R La Mondiale
s.t.
78
Julien Bérard
AG2R La Mondiale
s.t.
79
Christian Patron
Wallonie Bruxelles - Crédit Agricole
s.t.
80
Gabriele Bosisio
Utensilnord Named
s.t.
81
Morgan Kneisky
Roubaix Lille Métropole
s.t.
82
Steven Tronet
BigMat - Auber 93
s.t.
83
Kevin Claeys
Landbouwkrediet
s.t.
84
Yannick Martinez
La Pomme Marseille
s.t.
85
Samuel Dumoulin
Cofidis, le crédit en ligne
s.t.
86
Cristiano Fumagalli
Miche - Guerciotti
s.t.
87
Arnaud Labbe
Cofidis, le crédit en ligne
s.t.
88
Giuseppe Di Salvo
Miche - Guerciotti
s.t.
89
Evaldas Siskevicius
La Pomme Marseille
s.t.
90
Marco Zanotti
Utensilnord Named
s.t.
91
Loïc Desriac
Roubaix Lille Métropole
s.t.
92
Benjamin Giraud
La Pomme Marseille
s.t.
93
Vincent Baestaens
Landbouwkrediet
s.t.
94
Yannick Talabardon
Saur - Sojasun
s.t.
95
Anders Lund
Team Saxo Bank
s.t.
96
Robin Steenuit
Wallonie Bruxelles - Crédit Agricole
s.t.
97
Artur Ershov
RusVelo
s.t.
98
Artem Ovechkin
RusVelo
s.t.
99
Thomas Vaubourzeix
La Pomme Marseille
s.t.
100
Mattia Melchiori
Miche - Guerciotti
s.t.
101
Björn Thurau
Team Europcar
s.t.
102
Arnaud Demare
FDJ - BigMat
s.t.
103
Cristiano Monguzzi
Utensilnord Named
s.t.
104
Michel Kreder
Garmin - Barracuda
s.t.
105
Zakkari Dempster
Endura Racing
s.t.
106
Nicolas Bazin
BigMat - Auber 93
s.t.
107
Yoann Bagot
Cofidis, le crédit en ligne
s.t.
108
Raymond Kreder
Garmin - Barracuda
s.t.
109
Christophe Premont
Wallonie Bruxelles - Crédit Agricole
s.t.
110
Ramunas Navardauskas
Garmin - Barracuda
s.t.
111
George Bennett
RadioShack - Nissan
s.t.
112
Boris Zimine
Roubaix Lille Métropole
s.t.
113
Aleksejs Saramotins
Cofidis, le crédit en ligne
s.t.
114
Yohan Offredo
FDJ - BigMat
s.t.
115
Etienne Tortelier
Saur - Sojasun
s.t.
116
Leonardo Pinizzotto
Miche - Guerciotti
s.t.
117
Enrique Salgueiro
LA - Antarte
s.t.
118
Anthony Delaplace
Saur - Sojasun
s.t.
119
Enrico Franzoï
Miche - Guerciotti
s.t.
120
Christophe Le Mével
Garmin - Barracuda
s.t.
121
Stefan Cohnen
Landbouwkrediet
s.t.
122
Sébastien Delfosse
Landbouwkrediet
s.t.
123
Hugo Sabido
LA - Antarte
s.t.
124
Chris Anker Sørensen
Team Saxo Bank
s.t.
125
Alexander Mironov
RusVelo
s.t.
126
Matthieu Halleguen
Bretagne - Schuller
s.t.
127
Laurent Pichon
Bretagne - Schuller
s.t.
128
David Tanner
Team Saxo Bank
s.t.
129
Yohan Cauquil
La Pomme Marseille
s.t.
130
Edwig Cammaerts
Cofidis, le crédit en ligne
s.t.
131
Ivan Savitsky
RusVelo
s.t.
132
Eric Berthou
Bretagne - Schuller
s.t.
133
Alexander Wetterhall
Endura Racing
s.t.
134
Ivan Kovalev
RusVelo
s.t.
135
Filippo Baggio
Utensilnord Named
s.t.
136
Scott Thwaites
Endura Racing
s.t.
137
Edgar Pinto
LA - Antarte
s.t.
138
Bruno Sancho
LA - Antarte
s.t.
139
Perrig Quemeneur
Team Europcar
s.t.
140
Hugo Sancho
LA - Antarte
s.t.
141
Arkimedes Arguelyes
RusVelo
s.t.
142
Jonathan Dewitte
Wallonie Bruxelles - Crédit Agricole
s.t.
143
Mathieu Drouilly
Roubaix Lille Métropole
s.t.
144
Márcio Barbosa
LA - Antarte
s.t.
145
Adrian Kurek
Utensilnord Named
s.t.
146
Jonathan Cantwell
Team Saxo Bank
s.t.
147
John-Lee Augustyn
Utensilnord Named
s.t.
148
Gianfranco Visconti
Utensilnord Named
s.t.
149
Federico Rocchetti
Utensilnord Named
s.t.
150
Flavien Dassonville
BigMat - Auber 93
+ 8'52
GC
1
Manuel Belletti
AG2R La Mondiale
3h32'19
2
Krzysztof Szczawinski
Miche - Guerciotti
+ 8
3
Gaël Malacarne
Bretagne - Schuller
s.t.
4
Murilo Fischer
Garmin - Barracuda
+ 12
5
Takashi Miyazawa
Team Saxo Bank
+ 16
6
Gabriele Bosisio
Utensilnord Named
s.t.
7
Toms Skujins
La Pomme Marseille
+ 18
8
Rony Martias
Saur - Sojasun
s.t.
9
Bobbie Traksel
Landbouwkrediet
+ 20
10
Sébastien Chavanel
Team Europcar
s.t.
Points
1
Manuel Belletti
AG2R La Mondiale
25
2
Krzysztof Szczawinski
Miche - Guerciotti
20
3
Murilo Fischer
Garmin - Barracuda
16
4
Bobbie Traksel
Landbouwkrediet
14
5
Gaël Malacarne
Bretagne - Schuller
12
KoM
1
Gaël Malacarne
Bretagne - Schuller
6
2
Vincent Baestaens
Landbouwkrediet
4
3
Gabriele Bosisio
Utensilnord Named
2
Team Summary
Pretty standard day for us although Stybar tried to liven it up with his late attack. It looked like he might make it for a while, but the peloton was just too quick in the end. As far as the sprint goes, it looks like it will be difficult to get near the podium with the form that Hutarovich has got. Tomorrow is the time trial, then we'll have to try more attacking on stage 3.
Stage Winner
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This is the only stage where non-sprinters should be able to gain time. It is only 6km though, so the time gaps will be small. We don't have the best TT men but Gazvoda and Kocjan can both pull out good times on this short, flat blast through Angers.
The first competitive time of the day was set by Yohan Offredo of FDJ, who finished the course in 8'53. This time would just be good enough for a top ten at the end of the day.
The first of Radioshack's many great time triallists on the course, Markel Irizar went three seconds quicker than Offredo at the top of the leaderboard.
Unfortunately for Irizar, and everyone else, Dave Zabriskie was next across the line and he went 11 seconds quicker. Unsurprisingly, nobody got close to this, and DZ picked up his second TT victory of the season, the first being in Qatar.
Another Portuguese Radioshack rider, Machado, then went second six seconds down on Zabriskie. A good enough time for fourth at the end of the day.
The challengers kept coming from Radioshack, with the next rider being Kiwi, Jesse Sergent. He beat teammate Machado by a single second, and was later joined by Ladagnous five seconds down.
Jimmy Engoulvent was expected to be the closest challenger to Zabriskie, but he could only go sixth, six seconds down.
Our final rider also happened to be our quickest rider. Kocjan went fairly well and placed 20th, 18 seconds down. He beat Gazvoda by three seconds and stays just inside the top twenty.
Result
1
David Zabriskie
Garmin - Barracuda
8'39
2
Matthieu Ladagnous
FDJ - BigMat
+ 5
3
Jesse Sergent
RadioShack - Nissan
s.t.
4
Tiago Machado
RadioShack - Nissan
+ 6
5
Paul Voss
Endura Racing
s.t.
6
Jimmy Engoulvent
Saur - Sojasun
s.t.
7
Ian Bibby
Endura Racing
+ 8
8
Markel Irizar
RadioShack - Nissan
+ 11
9
Christophe Kern
Team Europcar
+ 13
10
Yohan Offredo
FDJ - BigMat
+ 14
Spoiler
11
Nikolai Trussov
RusVelo
s.t.
12
Blel Kadri
AG2R La Mondiale
s.t.
13
Sébastien Turgot
Team Europcar
+ 15
14
Geoffroy Lequatre
Bretagne - Schuller
s.t.
15
Artem Ovechkin
RusVelo
+ 16
16
Damien Monier
Cofidis, le crédit en ligne
s.t.
17
Tony Gallopin
RadioShack - Nissan
s.t.
18
Jaroslaw Marycz
Team Saxo Bank
+ 17
19
Cyril Lemoine
Saur - Sojasun
+ 18
20
Jure Kocjan
Skoda - Orlen Professional Cycling Team
s.t.
21
Cristiano Monguzzi
Utensilnord Named
+ 19
22
Alexei Markov
RusVelo
s.t.
23
William Bonnet
FDJ - BigMat
s.t.
24
Sébastien Delfosse
Landbouwkrediet
+ 20
25
Aleksejs Saramotins
Cofidis, le crédit en ligne
s.t.
26
Michel Kreder
Garmin - Barracuda
s.t.
27
Boris Shpilevski
AG2R La Mondiale
s.t.
28
Bobbie Traksel
Landbouwkrediet
s.t.
29
Hugo Sabido
LA - Antarte
+ 21
30
Enrique Salgueiro
LA - Antarte
s.t.
31
Jimmy Casper
AG2R La Mondiale
s.t.
32
Gregor Gazvoda
Skoda - Orlen Professional Cycling Team
s.t.
33
Christophe Le Mével
Garmin - Barracuda
+ 22
34
Enrico Franzoï
Miche - Guerciotti
s.t.
35
Maxime Bouet
AG2R La Mondiale
s.t.
36
Hayden Roulston
RadioShack - Nissan
s.t.
37
Perrig Quemeneur
Team Europcar
+ 23
38
Ramunas Navardauskas
Garmin - Barracuda
s.t.
39
Artur Ershov
RusVelo
s.t.
40
Zakkari Dempster
Endura Racing
+ 24
41
Jonathan Breyne
Landbouwkrediet
s.t.
42
Franck Bouyer
Team Europcar
s.t.
43
Robert Hunter
Garmin - Barracuda
s.t.
44
Adrien Petit
Cofidis, le crédit en ligne
+ 25
45
Alexandre Blain
Endura Racing
s.t.
46
Bruno Pires
Team Saxo Bank
+ 26
47
Ivan Savitsky
RusVelo
+ 27
48
Michele Gaia
Miche - Guerciotti
s.t.
49
Alexander Wetterhall
Endura Racing
+ 28
50
Sylvain Georges
AG2R La Mondiale
s.t.
51
Russell Downing
Endura Racing
s.t.
52
Nicki Sørensen
Team Saxo Bank
s.t.
53
Edgar Pinto
LA - Antarte
+ 29
54
Florian Guillou
Bretagne - Schuller
s.t.
55
Robert Wagner
RadioShack - Nissan
s.t.
56
Vincent Baestaens
Landbouwkrediet
s.t.
57
Arnaud Labbe
Cofidis, le crédit en ligne
+ 30
58
Nathan Haas
Garmin - Barracuda
s.t.
59
Filippo Baggio
Utensilnord Named
+ 31
60
Eric Berthou
Bretagne - Schuller
s.t.
61
Martin Velits
Skoda - Orlen Professional Cycling Team
s.t.
62
Giacomo Nizzolo
RadioShack - Nissan
s.t.
63
Manuel Belletti
AG2R La Mondiale
s.t.
64
Adrian Kurek
Utensilnord Named
s.t.
65
Marco Zanotti
Utensilnord Named
+ 32
66
Arnaud Coyot
Saur - Sojasun
s.t.
67
Bartosz Huzarski
Skoda - Orlen Professional Cycling Team
s.t.
68
Yauheni Hutarovich
Skoda - Orlen Professional Cycling Team
s.t.
69
Chris Anker Sørensen
Team Saxo Bank
+ 33
70
Gaël Malacarne
Bretagne - Schuller
s.t.
71
Federico Rocchetti
Utensilnord Named
s.t.
72
Raymond Kreder
Garmin - Barracuda
+ 34
73
Cristiano Fumagalli
Miche - Guerciotti
s.t.
74
Geoffrey Soupe
FDJ - BigMat
s.t.
75
Giuseppe Di Salvo
Miche - Guerciotti
+ 35
76
Morgan Kneisky
Roubaix Lille Métropole
s.t.
77
Julien Bérard
AG2R La Mondiale
s.t.
78
Jérôme Cousin
Team Europcar
s.t.
79
Reinier Honig
Landbouwkrediet
+ 36
80
Anders Lund
Team Saxo Bank
s.t.
81
Laurent Pichon
Bretagne - Schuller
+ 37
82
Gabriele Bosisio
Utensilnord Named
s.t.
83
Etienne Tortelier
Saur - Sojasun
+ 38
84
Evaldas Siskevicius
La Pomme Marseille
s.t.
85
Dominique Rollin
FDJ - BigMat
s.t.
86
Hugo Sancho
LA - Antarte
+ 39
87
David Tanner
Team Saxo Bank
s.t.
88
Nikolay Mihaylov
Skoda - Orlen Professional Cycling Team
s.t.
89
Aljaz Hocevar
Skoda - Orlen Professional Cycling Team
s.t.
90
Toms Skujins
La Pomme Marseille
s.t.
91
Murilo Fischer
Garmin - Barracuda
s.t.
92
Krzysztof Szczawinski
Miche - Guerciotti
s.t.
93
Arkimedes Arguelyes
RusVelo
+ 40
94
George Bennett
RadioShack - Nissan
s.t.
95
Mickaël Buffaz
Cofidis, le crédit en ligne
s.t.
96
Dean Windsor
Endura Racing
s.t.
97
Zdenek Stybar
Skoda - Orlen Professional Cycling Team
+ 41
98
Pierre Drancourt
Roubaix Lille Métropole
s.t.
99
Cédric Pineau
FDJ - BigMat
s.t.
100
Alexander Mironov
RusVelo
+ 42
101
Christian Patron
Wallonie Bruxelles - Crédit Agricole
s.t.
102
Ronan Racault
BigMat - Auber 93
s.t.
103
Yannick Talabardon
Saur - Sojasun
s.t.
104
Stefan Cohnen
Landbouwkrediet
+ 43
105
Yannick Martinez
La Pomme Marseille
s.t.
106
Kevin Claeys
Landbouwkrediet
s.t.
107
Guillaume Bonnafond
AG2R La Mondiale
s.t.
108
Nicolas Rousseau
BigMat - Auber 93
s.t.
109
Sébastien Chavanel
Team Europcar
s.t.
110
Takashi Miyazawa
Team Saxo Bank
s.t.
111
Jonathan Cantwell
Team Saxo Bank
s.t.
112
Arnaud Demare
FDJ - BigMat
+ 44
113
Sven Vanthourenhout
Landbouwkrediet
s.t.
114
Steve Chainel
FDJ - BigMat
s.t.
115
Romain Hardy
Bretagne - Schuller
+ 45
116
Loïc Desriac
Roubaix Lille Métropole
s.t.
117
Benjamin Giraud
La Pomme Marseille
s.t.
118
Anthony Delaplace
Saur - Sojasun
+ 46
119
Boris Zimine
Roubaix Lille Métropole
s.t.
120
Yoann Bagot
Cofidis, le crédit en ligne
s.t.
121
Björn Thurau
Team Europcar
s.t.
122
Benoit Drujon
BigMat - Auber 93
s.t.
123
Matthieu Halleguen
Bretagne - Schuller
+ 47
124
Stéphane Poulhiès
Saur - Sojasun
s.t.
125
Florian Vachon
Bretagne - Schuller
s.t.
126
Scott Thwaites
Endura Racing
+ 48
127
John-Lee Augustyn
Utensilnord Named
+ 49
128
Márcio Barbosa
LA - Antarte
s.t.
129
Edwig Cammaerts
Cofidis, le crédit en ligne
+ 50
130
Fabio Polazzi
Wallonie Bruxelles - Crédit Agricole
s.t.
131
Denis Flahaut
Roubaix Lille Métropole
s.t.
132
Ivan Kovalev
RusVelo
+ 51
133
Bruno Sancho
LA - Antarte
+ 52
134
Christophe Premont
Wallonie Bruxelles - Crédit Agricole
s.t.
135
Thomas Vaubourzeix
La Pomme Marseille
s.t.
136
Sławomir Kohut
Miche - Guerciotti
s.t.
137
Mathieu Claude
Team Europcar
s.t.
138
Gianfranco Visconti
Utensilnord Named
s.t.
139
Yohan Cauquil
La Pomme Marseille
+ 53
140
Mattia Melchiori
Miche - Guerciotti
s.t.
141
Samuel Dumoulin
Cofidis, le crédit en ligne
+ 55
142
Steven Tronet
BigMat - Auber 93
s.t.
143
Rony Martias
Saur - Sojasun
s.t.
144
Leonardo Pinizzotto
Miche - Guerciotti
+ 56
145
Flavien Dassonville
BigMat - Auber 93
+ 57
146
Jonathan Dewitte
Wallonie Bruxelles - Crédit Agricole
+ 58
147
Antoine Demoitie
Wallonie Bruxelles - Crédit Agricole
+ 1'00
148
Robin Steenuit
Wallonie Bruxelles - Crédit Agricole
+ 1'03
149
Nicolas Bazin
BigMat - Auber 93
s.t.
150
Mathieu Drouilly
Roubaix Lille Métropole
s.t.
GC
1
David Zabriskie
Garmin - Barracuda
3h41'18
2
Matthieu Ladagnous
FDJ - BigMat
+ 5
3
Jesse Sergent
RadioShack - Nissan
s.t.
4
Jimmy Engoulvent
Saur - Sojasun
+ 6
5
Paul Voss
Endura Racing
s.t.
6
Tiago Machado
RadioShack - Nissan
s.t.
7
Ian Bibby
Endura Racing
+ 8
8
Manuel Belletti
AG2R La Mondiale
+ 11
9
Markel Irizar
RadioShack - Nissan
s.t.
10
Christophe Kern
Team Europcar
+ 13
Spoiler
11
Blel Kadri
AG2R La Mondiale
+ 14
12
Nikolai Trussov
RusVelo
s.t.
13
Yohan Offredo
FDJ - BigMat
s.t.
14
Geoffroy Lequatre
Bretagne - Schuller
+ 15
15
Sébastien Turgot
Team Europcar
s.t.
16
Tony Gallopin
RadioShack - Nissan
+ 16
17
Damien Monier
Cofidis, le crédit en ligne
s.t.
18
Artem Ovechkin
RusVelo
s.t.
19
Jaroslaw Marycz
Team Saxo Bank
+ 17
20
Jure Kocjan
Skoda - Orlen Professional Cycling Team
+ 18
21
Cyril Lemoine
Saur - Sojasun
s.t.
22
William Bonnet
FDJ - BigMat
+ 19
23
Alexei Markov
RusVelo
s.t.
24
Cristiano Monguzzi
Utensilnord Named
s.t.
25
Bobbie Traksel
Landbouwkrediet
+ 20
26
Boris Shpilevski
AG2R La Mondiale
s.t.
27
Michel Kreder
Garmin - Barracuda
s.t.
28
Aleksejs Saramotins
Cofidis, le crédit en ligne
s.t.
29
Sébastien Delfosse
Landbouwkrediet
s.t.
30
Gregor Gazvoda
Skoda - Orlen Professional Cycling Team
+ 21
31
Gaël Malacarne
Bretagne - Schuller
s.t.
32
Jimmy Casper
AG2R La Mondiale
s.t.
33
Enrique Salgueiro
LA - Antarte
s.t.
34
Hugo Sabido
LA - Antarte
s.t.
35
Hayden Roulston
RadioShack - Nissan
+ 22
36
Maxime Bouet
AG2R La Mondiale
s.t.
37
Enrico Franzoï
Miche - Guerciotti
s.t.
38
Christophe Le Mével
Garmin - Barracuda
s.t.
39
Artur Ershov
RusVelo
+ 23
40
Ramunas Navardauskas
Garmin - Barracuda
s.t.
41
Perrig Quemeneur
Team Europcar
s.t.
42
Robert Hunter
Garmin - Barracuda
+ 24
43
Franck Bouyer
Team Europcar
s.t.
44
Jonathan Breyne
Landbouwkrediet
s.t.
45
Zakkari Dempster
Endura Racing
s.t.
46
Alexandre Blain
Endura Racing
+ 25
47
Adrien Petit
Cofidis, le crédit en ligne
s.t.
48
Bruno Pires
Team Saxo Bank
+ 26
49
Krzysztof Szczawinski
Miche - Guerciotti
+ 27
50
Michele Gaia
Miche - Guerciotti
s.t.
51
Ivan Savitsky
RusVelo
s.t.
52
Nicki Sørensen
Team Saxo Bank
+ 28
53
Russell Downing
Endura Racing
s.t.
54
Sylvain Georges
AG2R La Mondiale
s.t.
55
Alexander Wetterhall
Endura Racing
s.t.
56
Robert Wagner
RadioShack - Nissan
+ 29
57
Florian Guillou
Bretagne - Schuller
s.t.
58
Vincent Baestaens
Landbouwkrediet
s.t.
59
Edgar Pinto
LA - Antarte
s.t.
60
Nathan Haas
Garmin - Barracuda
+ 30
61
Arnaud Labbe
Cofidis, le crédit en ligne
s.t.
62
Giacomo Nizzolo
RadioShack - Nissan
+ 31
63
Murilo Fischer
Garmin - Barracuda
s.t.
64
Martin Velits
Skoda - Orlen Professional Cycling Team
s.t.
65
Eric Berthou
Bretagne - Schuller
s.t.
66
Filippo Baggio
Utensilnord Named
s.t.
67
Adrian Kurek
Utensilnord Named
s.t.
68
Yauheni Hutarovich
Skoda - Orlen Professional Cycling Team
+ 32
69
Bartosz Huzarski
Skoda - Orlen Professional Cycling Team
s.t.
70
Arnaud Coyot
Saur - Sojasun
s.t.
71
Marco Zanotti
Utensilnord Named
s.t.
72
Gabriele Bosisio
Utensilnord Named
+ 33
73
Chris Anker Sørensen
Team Saxo Bank
s.t.
74
Federico Rocchetti
Utensilnord Named
s.t.
75
Geoffrey Soupe
FDJ - BigMat
+ 34
76
Cristiano Fumagalli
Miche - Guerciotti
s.t.
77
Raymond Kreder
Garmin - Barracuda
s.t.
78
Jérôme Cousin
Team Europcar
+ 35
79
Julien Bérard
AG2R La Mondiale
s.t.
80
Morgan Kneisky
Roubaix Lille Métropole
s.t.
81
Giuseppe Di Salvo
Miche - Guerciotti
s.t.
82
Reinier Honig
Landbouwkrediet
+ 36
83
Anders Lund
Team Saxo Bank
s.t.
84
Toms Skujins
La Pomme Marseille
+ 37
85
Laurent Pichon
Bretagne - Schuller
s.t.
86
Dominique Rollin
FDJ - BigMat
+ 38
87
Evaldas Siskevicius
La Pomme Marseille
s.t.
88
Etienne Tortelier
Saur - Sojasun
s.t.
89
Aljaz Hocevar
Skoda - Orlen Professional Cycling Team
+ 39
90
Nikolay Mihaylov
Skoda - Orlen Professional Cycling Team
s.t.
91
Takashi Miyazawa
Team Saxo Bank
s.t.
92
David Tanner
Team Saxo Bank
s.t.
93
Hugo Sancho
LA - Antarte
s.t.
94
Dean Windsor
Endura Racing
+ 40
95
Mickaël Buffaz
Cofidis, le crédit en ligne
s.t.
96
George Bennett
RadioShack - Nissan
s.t.
97
Arkimedes Arguelyes
RusVelo
s.t.
98
Cédric Pineau
FDJ - BigMat
+ 41
99
Pierre Drancourt
Roubaix Lille Métropole
s.t.
100
Zdenek Stybar
Skoda - Orlen Professional Cycling Team
s.t.
101
Ronan Racault
BigMat - Auber 93
+ 42
102
Christian Patron
Wallonie Bruxelles - Crédit Agricole
s.t.
103
Yannick Talabardon
Saur - Sojasun
s.t.
104
Alexander Mironov
RusVelo
s.t.
105
Sébastien Chavanel
Team Europcar
+ 43
106
Nicolas Rousseau
BigMat - Auber 93
s.t.
107
Guillaume Bonnafond
AG2R La Mondiale
s.t.
108
Kevin Claeys
Landbouwkrediet
s.t.
109
Yannick Martinez
La Pomme Marseille
s.t.
110
Stefan Cohnen
Landbouwkrediet
s.t.
111
Jonathan Cantwell
Team Saxo Bank
s.t.
112
Steve Chainel
FDJ - BigMat
+ 44
113
Sven Vanthourenhout
Landbouwkrediet
s.t.
114
Arnaud Demare
FDJ - BigMat
s.t.
115
Romain Hardy
Bretagne - Schuller
+ 45
116
Loïc Desriac
Roubaix Lille Métropole
s.t.
117
Benjamin Giraud
La Pomme Marseille
s.t.
118
Benoit Drujon
BigMat - Auber 93
+ 46
119
Björn Thurau
Team Europcar
s.t.
120
Yoann Bagot
Cofidis, le crédit en ligne
s.t.
121
Boris Zimine
Roubaix Lille Métropole
s.t.
122
Anthony Delaplace
Saur - Sojasun
s.t.
123
Florian Vachon
Bretagne - Schuller
+ 47
124
Stéphane Poulhiès
Saur - Sojasun
s.t.
125
Matthieu Halleguen
Bretagne - Schuller
s.t.
126
Scott Thwaites
Endura Racing
+ 48
127
Márcio Barbosa
LA - Antarte
+ 49
128
John-Lee Augustyn
Utensilnord Named
s.t.
129
Denis Flahaut
Roubaix Lille Métropole
+ 50
130
Fabio Polazzi
Wallonie Bruxelles - Crédit Agricole
s.t.
131
Edwig Cammaerts
Cofidis, le crédit en ligne
s.t.
132
Ivan Kovalev
RusVelo
+ 51
133
Mathieu Claude
Team Europcar
+ 52
134
Sławomir Kohut
Miche - Guerciotti
s.t.
135
Thomas Vaubourzeix
La Pomme Marseille
s.t.
136
Christophe Premont
Wallonie Bruxelles - Crédit Agricole
s.t.
137
Bruno Sancho
LA - Antarte
s.t.
138
Gianfranco Visconti
Utensilnord Named
s.t.
139
Rony Martias
Saur - Sojasun
+ 53
140
Mattia Melchiori
Miche - Guerciotti
s.t.
141
Yohan Cauquil
La Pomme Marseille
s.t.
142
Steven Tronet
BigMat - Auber 93
+ 55
143
Samuel Dumoulin
Cofidis, le crédit en ligne
s.t.
144
Leonardo Pinizzotto
Miche - Guerciotti
+ 56
145
Jonathan Dewitte
Wallonie Bruxelles - Crédit Agricole
+ 58
146
Antoine Demoitie
Wallonie Bruxelles - Crédit Agricole
+ 1'00
147
Robin Steenuit
Wallonie Bruxelles - Crédit Agricole
+ 1'03
148
Nicolas Bazin
BigMat - Auber 93
s.t.
149
Mathieu Drouilly
Roubaix Lille Métropole
s.t.
150
Flavien Dassonville
BigMat - Auber 93
+ 9'49
Points
1
Manuel Belletti
AG2R La Mondiale
25
2
David Zabriskie
Garmin - Barracuda
25
3
Krzysztof Szczawinski
Miche - Guerciotti
20
4
Matthieu Ladagnous
FDJ - BigMat
20
5
Murilo Fischer
Garmin - Barracuda
16
U25
1
Jesse Sergent
RadioShack - Nissan
8'44
2
Tony Gallopin
RadioShack - Nissan
+ 11
3
Jaroslaw Marycz
Team Saxo Bank
+ 12
4
Michel Kreder
Garmin - Barracuda
+ 15
5
Artur Ershov
RusVelo
+ 18
Team Summary
Well, we were never going to get up near the top today, but we are quite disappointed with Gazvoda's performance, a feeling which is shared by Gregor himself. Jure put in a great time and hopefully he can get himself in to the top ten on the two remaining stages. We need to get in to breaks, pick up bonus seconds and try to get a stage win.
This is the most difficult stage with the finish line being placed on the top of a small hill. We're not talking the Mont Ventoux, but it should mean that the punchy sprinters are to the fore today. Therefore, we hope that Kocjan can get himself into the mix.
Stybar knew what he had to do today, and he got straight to it, countering the very first attack. After 14 other riders rode across, Zdenek knew he had to shake them off, so he went solo, while the rest were caught by the peloton.
Eventually, he was joined by ten other riders, and this was the BotD. The strongest rider in the group was again Bosisio, who was being very active in this race. They built up a maximum gap of seven minutes.
But just as they hit the finishing climb for the second time it was over as the peloton, being driven along by AG2R and Garmin, ate up the remnants of the breakaway. It would be a bunch sprint now.
Just before the final climb, water plus a clipped wheel = disaster!! Ladagnous and Nathan Haas collided, causing half of the peloton to hit the deck. Hutarovich was blocked by it, whilst Stybar and Hocevar were brought down. Aljaz was in a lot of pain.
In the sprint, it was Polish rider, Szczawinski who took it just ahead of Fischer and Gallopin, while Kocjan got blocked but finished sixth with a quick last 300 metres. Only 21 riders finished in the lead group, including Zabriskie, who keeps the yellow jersey.
Result
1
Krzysztof Szczawinski
Miche - Guerciotti
4h26'19
2
Murilo Fischer
Garmin - Barracuda
s.t.
3
Tony Gallopin
RadioShack - Nissan
s.t.
4
Manuel Belletti
AG2R La Mondiale
s.t.
5
Bobbie Traksel
Landbouwkrediet
s.t.
6
Jure Kocjan
Skoda - Orlen Professional Cycling Team
s.t.
7
Damien Monier
Cofidis, le crédit en ligne
s.t.
8
Enrico Franzoï
Miche - Guerciotti
s.t.
9
Sébastien Turgot
Team Europcar
s.t.
10
Boris Shpilevski
AG2R La Mondiale
s.t.
Spoiler
11
Samuel Dumoulin
Cofidis, le crédit en ligne
s.t.
12
Jarosław Marycz
Team Saxo Bank
s.t.
13
Jimmy Casper
AG2R La Mondiale
s.t.
14
Yohan Offredo
FDJ - BigMat
s.t.
15
David Zabriskie
Garmin - Barracuda
s.t.
16
Nikolai Trussov
RusVelo
s.t.
17
Florian Guillou
Bretagne - Schuller
s.t.
18
Robert Hunter
Garmin - Barracuda
s.t.
19
Giacomo Nizzolo
RadioShack - Nissan
s.t.
20
Tiago Machado
RadioShack - Nissan
s.t.
21
Geoffroy Lequatre
Bretagne - Schuller
s.t.
22
Jesse Sergent
RadioShack - Nissan
+ 28
23
Bruno Pires
Team Saxo Bank
s.t.
24
Bartosz Huzarski
Skoda - Orlen Professional Cycling Team
s.t.
25
Gaël Malacarne
Bretagne - Schuller
s.t.
26
Dominique Rollin
FDJ - BigMat
s.t.
27
Artur Ershov
RusVelo
s.t.
28
Gregor Gazvoda
Skoda - Orlen Professional Cycling Team
s.t.
29
Maxime Bouet
AG2R La Mondiale
s.t.
30
Julien Bérard
AG2R La Mondiale
s.t.
31
Guillaume Bonnafond
AG2R La Mondiale
s.t.
32
Martin Velits
Skoda - Orlen Professional Cycling Team
s.t.
33
Sylvain Georges
AG2R La Mondiale
s.t.
34
Mattia Melchiori
Miche - Guerciotti
s.t.
35
Jimmy Engoulvent
Saur - Sojasun
+ 1'47
36
Reinier Honig
Landbouwkrediet
s.t.
37
Adrien Petit
Cofidis, le crédit en ligne
s.t.
38
Ian Bibby
Endura Racing
s.t.
39
Yauheni Hutarovich
Skoda - Orlen Professional Cycling Team
s.t.
40
David Tanner
Team Saxo Bank
s.t.
41
Giuseppe Di Salvo
Miche - Guerciotti
s.t.
42
Markel Irizar
RadioShack - Nissan
s.t.
43
Alexei Markov
RusVelo
s.t.
44
Matthieu Halleguen
Bretagne - Schuller
s.t.
45
Blel Kadri
AG2R La Mondiale
s.t.
46
Arnaud Coyot
Saur - Sojasun
s.t.
47
Flavien Dassonville
BigMat - Auber 93
s.t.
48
Artem Ovechkin
RusVelo
s.t.
49
Sven Vanthourenhout
Landbouwkrediet
s.t.
50
Nicki Sørensen
Team Saxo Bank
s.t.
51
Marco Zanotti
Utensilnord Named
s.t.
52
Ivan Savitsky
RusVelo
s.t.
53
Márcio Barbosa
LA - Antarte
s.t.
54
Steven Tronet
BigMat - Auber 93
s.t.
55
Ronan Racault
BigMat - Auber 93
s.t.
56
Alexander Wetterhall
Endura Racing
s.t.
57
Federico Rocchetti
Utensilnord Named
s.t.
58
Vincent Baestaens
Landbouwkrediet
s.t.
59
Eric Berthou
Bretagne - Schuller
s.t.
60
Pierre Drancourt
Roubaix Lille Métropole
s.t.
61
Yannick Talabardon
Saur - Sojasun
s.t.
62
Alexandre Blain
Endura Racing
s.t.
63
Matthieu Ladagnous
FDJ - BigMat
s.t.
64
Stéphane Poulhiès
Saur - Sojasun
s.t.
65
Mickaël Buffaz
Cofidis, le crédit en ligne
s.t.
66
Alexander Mironov
RusVelo
s.t.
67
Rony Martias
Saur - Sojasun
s.t.
68
Gianfranco Visconti
Utensilnord Named
s.t.
69
Jonathan Breyne
Landbouwkrediet
s.t.
70
Anders Lund
Team Saxo Bank
s.t.
71
Leonardo Pinizzotto
Miche - Guerciotti
s.t.
72
Bruno Sancho
LA - Antarte
s.t.
73
Paul Voss
Endura Racing
s.t.
74
Antoine Demoitie
Wallonie Bruxelles - Crédit Agricole
s.t.
75
Cédric Pineau
FDJ - BigMat
s.t.
76
Geoffrey Soupe
FDJ - BigMat
s.t.
77
Zdenek Stybar
Skoda - Orlen Professional Cycling Team
s.t.
78
Gabriele Bosisio
Utensilnord Named
s.t.
79
Scott Thwaites
Endura Racing
s.t.
80
Christophe Premont
Wallonie Bruxelles - Crédit Agricole
s.t.
81
Nathan Haas
Garmin - Barracuda
s.t.
82
Jonathan Cantwell
Team Saxo Bank
s.t.
83
Christian Patron
Wallonie Bruxelles - Crédit Agricole
s.t.
84
Anthony Delaplace
Saur - Sojasun
s.t.
85
Cyril Lemoine
Saur - Sojasun
+ 3'29
86
Edgar Pinto
LA - Antarte
+ 3'53
87
Russell Downing
Endura Racing
s.t.
88
Hugo Sabido
LA - Antarte
s.t.
89
Aleksejs Saramotins
Cofidis, le crédit en ligne
s.t.
90
Cristiano Monguzzi
Utensilnord Named
s.t.
91
Arnaud Labbe
Cofidis, le crédit en ligne
s.t.
92
Florian Vachon
Bretagne - Schuller
s.t.
93
Denis Flahaut
Roubaix Lille Métropole
s.t.
94
William Bonnet
FDJ - BigMat
s.t.
95
Takashi Miyazawa
Team Saxo Bank
s.t.
96
Thomas Vaubourzeix
La Pomme Marseille
s.t.
97
Sébastien Chavanel
Team Europcar
s.t.
98
Ivan Kovalev
RusVelo
s.t.
99
Steve Chainel
FDJ - BigMat
s.t.
100
Filippo Baggio
Utensilnord Named
s.t.
101
John-Lee Augustyn
Utensilnord Named
s.t.
102
Kevin Claeys
Landbouwkrediet
s.t.
103
Robert Wagner
RadioShack - Nissan
s.t.
104
Björn Thurau
Team Europcar
s.t.
105
Etienne Tortelier
Saur - Sojasun
s.t.
106
Hayden Roulston
RadioShack - Nissan
s.t.
107
Evaldas Siskevicius
La Pomme Marseille
s.t.
108
Sławomir Kohut
Miche - Guerciotti
s.t.
109
Sébastien Delfosse
Landbouwkrediet
s.t.
110
Michele Gaia
Miche - Guerciotti
s.t.
111
Morgan Kneisky
Roubaix Lille Métropole
s.t.
112
Jérôme Cousin
Team Europcar
s.t.
113
Dean Windsor
Endura Racing
s.t.
114
Benjamin Giraud
La Pomme Marseille
s.t.
115
Fabio Polazzi
Wallonie Bruxelles - Crédit Agricole
s.t.
116
Michel Kreder
Garmin - Barracuda
s.t.
117
Arkimedes Arguelyes
RusVelo
s.t.
118
Robin Steenuit
Wallonie Bruxelles - Crédit Agricole
s.t.
119
Benoit Drujon
BigMat - Auber 93
s.t.
120
Ramunas Navardauskas
Garmin - Barracuda
s.t.
121
Mathieu Claude
Team Europcar
s.t.
122
Hugo Sancho
LA - Antarte
s.t.
123
Nicolas Bazin
BigMat - Auber 93
s.t.
124
Chris Anker Sørensen
Team Saxo Bank
s.t.
125
Yannick Martinez
La Pomme Marseille
s.t.
126
Stefan Cohnen
Landbouwkrediet
s.t.
127
Christophe Le Mével
Garmin - Barracuda
s.t.
128
Zakkari Dempster
Endura Racing
s.t.
129
Edwig Cammaerts
Cofidis, le crédit en ligne
s.t.
130
Franck Bouyer
Team Europcar
s.t.
131
Laurent Pichon
Bretagne - Schuller
s.t.
132
Nicolas Rousseau
BigMat - Auber 93
s.t.
133
Mathieu Drouilly
Roubaix Lille Métropole
s.t.
134
Enrique Salgueiro
LA - Antarte
s.t.
135
Loïc Desriac
Roubaix Lille Métropole
s.t.
136
Jonathan Dewitte
Wallonie Bruxelles - Crédit Agricole
s.t.
137
Boris Zimine
Roubaix Lille Métropole
s.t.
138
Perrig Quemeneur
Team Europcar
s.t.
139
Christophe Kern
Team Europcar
s.t.
140
Arnaud Demare
FDJ - BigMat
s.t.
141
George Bennett
RadioShack - Nissan
s.t.
142
Nikolay Mihaylov
Skoda - Orlen Professional Cycling Team
+ 5'29
143
Yohan Cauquil
La Pomme Marseille
+ 7'15
144
Raymond Kreder
Garmin - Barracuda
s.t.
145
Cristiano Fumagalli
Miche - Guerciotti
+ 10'54
GC
1
David Zabriskie
Garmin - Barracuda
8h07'37
2
Tiago Machado
RadioShack - Nissan
+ 6
3
Krzysztof Szczawinski
Miche - Guerciotti
+ 7
4
Tony Gallopin
RadioShack - Nissan
+ 8
5
Manuel Belletti
AG2R La Mondiale
+ 11
6
Nikolai Trussov
RusVelo
+ 14
7
Yohan Offredo
FDJ - BigMat
s.t.
8
Geoffroy Lequatre
Bretagne - Schuller
+ 15
9
Sébastien Turgot
Team Europcar
s.t.
10
Damien Monier
Cofidis, le crédit en ligne
+ 16
Spoiler
11
Jarosław Marycz
Team Saxo Bank
+ 17
12
Jure Kocjan
Skoda - Orlen Professional Cycling Team
+ 18
13
Murilo Fischer
Garmin - Barracuda
+ 19
14
Bobbie Traksel
Landbouwkrediet
+ 20
15
Boris Shpilevski
AG2R La Mondiale
s.t.
16
Jimmy Casper
AG2R La Mondiale
+ 21
17
Enrico Franzoï
Miche - Guerciotti
+ 22
18
Robert Hunter
Garmin - Barracuda
+ 24
19
Florian Guillou
Bretagne - Schuller
+ 29
20
Giacomo Nizzolo
RadioShack - Nissan
+ 31
21
Jesse Sergent
RadioShack - Nissan
+ 33
22
Gregor Gazvoda
Skoda - Orlen Professional Cycling Team
+ 49
23
Gaël Malacarne
Bretagne - Schuller
s.t.
24
Maxime Bouet
AG2R La Mondiale
+ 50
25
Artur Ershov
RusVelo
+ 51
26
Bruno Pires
Team Saxo Bank
+ 54
27
Samuel Dumoulin
Cofidis, le crédit en ligne
+ 55
28
Sylvain Georges
AG2R La Mondiale
+ 56
29
Martin Velits
Skoda - Orlen Professional Cycling Team
+ 59
30
Bartosz Huzarski
Skoda - Orlen Professional Cycling Team
+ 1'00
31
Julien Bérard
AG2R La Mondiale
+ 1'03
32
Dominique Rollin
FDJ - BigMat
+ 1'06
33
Guillaume Bonnafond
AG2R La Mondiale
+ 1'11
34
Mattia Melchiori
Miche - Guerciotti
+ 1'21
35
Matthieu Ladagnous
FDJ - BigMat
+ 1'52
36
Jimmy Engoulvent
Saur - Sojasun
+ 1'53
37
Paul Voss
Endura Racing
s.t.
38
Ian Bibby
Endura Racing
+ 1'55
39
Markel Irizar
RadioShack - Nissan
+ 1'58
40
Blel Kadri
AG2R La Mondiale
+ 2'01
41
Artem Ovechkin
RusVelo
+ 2'03
42
Alexandre Blain
Endura Racing
+ 2'04
43
Alexei Markov
RusVelo
+ 2'06
44
Jonathan Breyne
Landbouwkrediet
+ 2'11
45
Adrien Petit
Cofidis, le crédit en ligne
+ 2'12
46
Ivan Savitsky
RusVelo
+ 2'14
47
Gabriele Bosisio
Utensilnord Named
s.t.
48
Nicki Sørensen
Team Saxo Bank
+ 2'15
49
Alexander Wetterhall
Endura Racing
s.t.
50
Anders Lund
Team Saxo Bank
s.t.
51
Vincent Baestaens
Landbouwkrediet
+ 2'16
52
Nathan Haas
Garmin - Barracuda
+ 2'17
53
Eric Berthou
Bretagne - Schuller
+ 2'18
54
Yauheni Hutarovich
Skoda - Orlen Professional Cycling Team
+ 2'19
55
Arnaud Coyot
Saur - Sojasun
s.t.
56
Marco Zanotti
Utensilnord Named
s.t.
57
Mickaël Buffaz
Cofidis, le crédit en ligne
s.t.
58
Federico Rocchetti
Utensilnord Named
+ 2'20
59
Geoffrey Soupe
FDJ - BigMat
+ 2'21
60
Giuseppe Di Salvo
Miche - Guerciotti
+ 2'22
61
Reinier Honig
Landbouwkrediet
+ 2'23
62
Zdenek Stybar
Skoda - Orlen Professional Cycling Team
+ 2'26
63
David Tanner
Team Saxo Bank
s.t.
64
Cédric Pineau
FDJ - BigMat
+ 2'28
65
Pierre Drancourt
Roubaix Lille Métropole
s.t.
66
Ronan Racault
BigMat - Auber 93
+ 2'29
67
Yannick Talabardon
Saur - Sojasun
s.t.
68
Christian Patron
Wallonie Bruxelles - Crédit Agricole
s.t.
69
Alexander Mironov
RusVelo
s.t.
70
Jonathan Cantwell
Team Saxo Bank
+ 2'30
71
Sven Vanthourenhout
Landbouwkrediet
+ 2'31
72
Anthony Delaplace
Saur - Sojasun
+ 2'33
73
Stéphane Poulhiès
Saur - Sojasun
+ 2'34
74
Matthieu Halleguen
Bretagne - Schuller
s.t.
75
Scott Thwaites
Endura Racing
+ 2'35
76
Bruno Sancho
LA - Antarte
s.t.
77
Márcio Barbosa
LA - Antarte
+ 2'36
78
Christophe Premont
Wallonie Bruxelles - Crédit Agricole
+ 2'39
79
Gianfranco Visconti
Utensilnord Named
s.t.
80
Rony Martias
Saur - Sojasun
+ 2'40
81
Steven Tronet
BigMat - Auber 93
+ 2'42
82
Leonardo Pinizzotto
Miche - Guerciotti
+ 2'43
83
Antoine Demoitie
Wallonie Bruxelles - Crédit Agricole
+ 2'47
84
Cyril Lemoine
Saur - Sojasun
+ 3'47
85
Christophe Kern
Team Europcar
+ 4'06
86
William Bonnet
FDJ - BigMat
+ 4'12
87
Cristiano Monguzzi
Utensilnord Named
s.t.
88
Aleksejs Saramotins
Cofidis, le crédit en ligne
+ 4'13
89
Michel Kreder
Garmin - Barracuda
s.t.
90
Sébastien Delfosse
Landbouwkrediet
s.t.
91
Hugo Sabido
LA - Antarte
+ 4'14
92
Enrique Salgueiro
LA - Antarte
s.t.
93
Hayden Roulston
RadioShack - Nissan
+ 4'15
94
Christophe Le Mével
Garmin - Barracuda
s.t.
95
Ramunas Navardauskas
Garmin - Barracuda
+ 4'16
96
Perrig Quemeneur
Team Europcar
s.t.
97
Franck Bouyer
Team Europcar
+ 4'17
98
Zakkari Dempster
Endura Racing
s.t.
99
Michele Gaia
Miche - Guerciotti
+ 4'20
100
Russell Downing
Endura Racing
+ 4'21
101
Robert Wagner
RadioShack - Nissan
+ 4'22
102
Edgar Pinto
LA - Antarte
s.t.
103
Arnaud Labbe
Cofidis, le crédit en ligne
+ 4'23
104
Filippo Baggio
Utensilnord Named
+ 4'24
105
Chris Anker Sørensen
Team Saxo Bank
+ 4'26
106
Jérôme Cousin
Team Europcar
+ 4'28
107
Morgan Kneisky
Roubaix Lille Métropole
s.t.
108
Laurent Pichon
Bretagne - Schuller
+ 4'30
109
Evaldas Siskevicius
La Pomme Marseille
+ 4'31
110
Etienne Tortelier
Saur - Sojasun
s.t.
111
Takashi Miyazawa
Team Saxo Bank
+ 4'32
112
Hugo Sancho
LA - Antarte
s.t.
113
Dean Windsor
Endura Racing
+ 4'33
114
George Bennett
RadioShack - Nissan
s.t.
115
Arkimedes Arguelyes
RusVelo
s.t.
116
Sébastien Chavanel
Team Europcar
+ 4'36
117
Nicolas Rousseau
BigMat - Auber 93
s.t.
118
Kevin Claeys
Landbouwkrediet
s.t.
119
Yannick Martinez
La Pomme Marseille
s.t.
120
Stefan Cohnen
Landbouwkrediet
s.t.
121
Steve Chainel
FDJ - BigMat
+ 4'37
122
Arnaud Demare
FDJ - BigMat
s.t.
123
Benjamin Giraud
La Pomme Marseille
+ 4'38
124
Loïc Desriac
Roubaix Lille Métropole
s.t.
125
Benoit Drujon
BigMat - Auber 93
+ 4'39
126
Björn Thurau
Team Europcar
s.t.
127
Boris Zimine
Roubaix Lille Métropole
s.t.
128
Florian Vachon
Bretagne - Schuller
+ 4'40
129
John-Lee Augustyn
Utensilnord Named
+ 4'42
130
Denis Flahaut
Roubaix Lille Métropole
+ 4'43
131
Fabio Polazzi
Wallonie Bruxelles - Crédit Agricole
s.t.
132
Edwig Cammaerts
Cofidis, le crédit en ligne
s.t.
133
Ivan Kovalev
RusVelo
+ 4'44
134
Mathieu Claude
Team Europcar
+ 4'45
135
Sławomir Kohut
Miche - Guerciotti
s.t.
136
Thomas Vaubourzeix
La Pomme Marseille
s.t.
137
Jonathan Dewitte
Wallonie Bruxelles - Crédit Agricole
+ 4'51
138
Robin Steenuit
Wallonie Bruxelles - Crédit Agricole
+ 4'56
139
Nicolas Bazin
BigMat - Auber 93
s.t.
140
Mathieu Drouilly
Roubaix Lille Métropole
s.t.
141
Nikolay Mihaylov
Skoda - Orlen Professional Cycling Team
+ 6'08
142
Raymond Kreder
Garmin - Barracuda
+ 7'49
143
Yohan Cauquil
La Pomme Marseille
+ 8'08
144
Cristiano Fumagalli
Miche - Guerciotti
+ 11'28
145
Flavien Dassonville
BigMat - Auber 93
+ 11'36
Points
1
Krzysztof Szczawinski
Miche - Guerciotti
45
2
Manuel Belletti
AG2R La Mondiale
39
3
Murilo Fischer
Garmin - Barracuda
36
4
David Zabriskie
Garmin - Barracuda
26
5
Bobbie Traksel
Landbouwkrediet
26
KoM
1
Gabriele Bosisio
Utensilnord Named
12
2
Gaël Malacarne
Bretagne - Schuller
6
3
Guillaume Bonnafond
AG2R La Mondiale
5
4
Alexandre Blain
Endura Racing
4
5
Vincent Baestaens
Landbouwkrediet
4
Team Summary
Stybar made sure that he was in the break today with a lot of attacking at the start, including riding solo for over 10km, which was great for the sponsors. Unfortunately, with Garmin's strong team, it was always going to come down to a bunch sprint. That massive crash made it a bit more hectic than we were expecting and Kocjan ended up getting blocked by Marycz and by the time he was past him, the front five were well up the road, but a strong finish ensured him sixth spot. Good ride by him. Meanwhile, the crash affected most of the riders here in some way. Five riders couldn't continue the race, including Aljaz Hocevar. The young Slovenian domestique will unfortunately be out of action until late May after breaking his wrist in the heavy fall. Fortunately, all of our other riders are ready to go for the final stage tomorrow.
Stage Winner
Manager of Bunzl - Centrica
ICL's World Tour Champions and Talented Bottlers
I think it will be impossible to get away from the peloton because it's pan flat and Garmin have a strong team. I might try to get some bonus seconds at the intermediate sprints at the start, and then see what Jure can do in the final sprint. Fingers crossed. Edited by brewers90 on 14-02-2012 23:06
Manager of Bunzl - Centrica
ICL's World Tour Champions and Talented Bottlers
This final stage is flat to all intents and purposes, which means it should come down to a bunch sprint. However, the last 500m are up a 4% incline, which should favour people like Kocjan and Traksel. We will be going for the intermediate sprints aswell to try to gain some seconds.
The first sprint was just seven kilometres into the stage and Kocjan easily won it to gain six seconds. A breakaway formed not long after this and that meant that the second sprint was cleaned up by these escapees.
However, we weren't going to let the same happen at the third sprint as the team brought them back, allowing Kocjan to pick up another six seconds. This left him six seconds back on Zabriskie.
After this, a break was allowed to form, including Stybar yet again, as well as five other riders. Edgar Pinto was the best rider in the group, but he had been caught up in yesterday's crash so was quite a way down on GC.
Pinto was the last of the escapees to be brought back with one lap of the final circuit to go. The pace was extremely high and the peloton was strung out, but Kocjan was being kept at the front by Mihaylov and Huzarski.
The main leadouts were by AG2R and FDJ, working for Casper and Bonnet. The other sprinters were all behind these two riders, including Kocjan just behind Traksel at the very top of the picture.
And at the finish, there was a wall of green as Szczawinski, Turgot and Traksel took the podium places. The victory ensured the Polish rider would win the overall here, whilst Kocjan faded to a poor 17th position and just missed out on a podium place.
Result
1
Krzysztof Szczawinski
Miche - Guerciotti
3h55'37
2
Sébastien Turgot
Team Europcar
s.t.
3
Bobbie Traksel
Landbouwkrediet
s.t.
4
William Bonnet
FDJ - BigMat
s.t.
5
Robert Hunter
Garmin - Barracuda
s.t.
6
Jimmy Casper
AG2R La Mondiale
s.t.
7
David Zabriskie
Garmin - Barracuda
s.t.
8
Jimmy Engoulvent
Saur - Sojasun
s.t.
9
Geoffroy Lequatre
Bretagne - Schuller
s.t.
10
Murilo Fischer
Garmin - Barracuda
s.t.
Spoiler
11
Boris Shpilevski
AG2R La Mondiale
s.t.
12
Steve Chainel
FDJ - BigMat
s.t.
13
Manuel Belletti
AG2R La Mondiale
s.t.
14
Arnaud Coyot
Saur - Sojasun
s.t.
15
Nikolai Trussov
RusVelo
s.t.
16
Damien Monier
Cofidis, le crédit en ligne
s.t.
17
Jure Kocjan
Skoda - Orlen Professional Cycling Team
s.t.
18
Blel Kadri
AG2R La Mondiale
s.t.
19
Tony Gallopin
RadioShack - Nissan
s.t.
20
Alexei Markov
RusVelo
s.t.
21
Perrig Quemeneur
Team Europcar
s.t.
22
Mickaël Buffaz
Cofidis, le crédit en ligne
s.t.
23
Franck Bouyer
Team Europcar
s.t.
24
Markel Irizar
RadioShack - Nissan
s.t.
25
Aleksejs Saramotins
Cofidis, le crédit en ligne
s.t.
26
Tiago Machado
RadioShack - Nissan
s.t.
27
Cédric Pineau
FDJ - BigMat
s.t.
28
Jaroslaw Marycz
Team Saxo Bank
s.t.
29
Nicki Sørensen
Team Saxo Bank
s.t.
30
Enrico Franzoï
Miche - Guerciotti
s.t.
31
Hugo Sabido
LA - Antarte
s.t.
32
Hayden Roulston
RadioShack - Nissan
s.t.
33
Takashi Miyazawa
Team Saxo Bank
s.t.
34
Bartosz Huzarski
Skoda - Orlen Professional Cycling Team
s.t.
35
Yohan Offredo
FDJ - BigMat
s.t.
36
Matthieu Halleguen
Bretagne - Schuller
s.t.
37
Sébastien Delfosse
Landbouwkrediet
s.t.
38
Reinier Honig
Landbouwkrediet
s.t.
39
Maxime Bouet
AG2R La Mondiale
s.t.
40
Bruno Sancho
LA - Antarte
s.t.
41
Márcio Barbosa
LA - Antarte
s.t.
42
Dominique Rollin
FDJ - BigMat
s.t.
43
Guillaume Bonnafond
AG2R La Mondiale
s.t.
44
Denis Flahaut
Roubaix Lille Métropole
s.t.
45
Giacomo Nizzolo
RadioShack - Nissan
s.t.
46
Alexandre Blain
Endura Racing
s.t.
47
Cyril Lemoine
Saur - Sojasun
s.t.
48
Ivan Savitsky
RusVelo
s.t.
49
Thomas Vaubourzeix
La Pomme Marseille
s.t.
50
Sven Vanthourenhout
Landbouwkrediet
s.t.
51
Pierre Drancourt
Roubaix Lille Métropole
s.t.
52
Yauheni Hutarovich
Skoda - Orlen Professional Cycling Team
s.t.
53
Nathan Haas
Garmin - Barracuda
s.t.
54
Ronan Racault
BigMat - Auber 93
s.t.
55
Julien Bérard
AG2R La Mondiale
s.t.
56
Morgan Kneisky
Roubaix Lille Métropole
s.t.
57
Hugo Sancho
LA - Antarte
s.t.
58
Etienne Tortelier
Saur - Sojasun
s.t.
59
Sylvain Georges
AG2R La Mondiale
s.t.
60
Rony Martias
Saur - Sojasun
s.t.
61
Leonardo Pinizzotto
Miche - Guerciotti
s.t.
62
Gregor Gazvoda
Skoda - Orlen Professional Cycling Team
s.t.
63
Vincent Baestaens
Landbouwkrediet
s.t.
64
Edgar Pinto
LA - Antarte
s.t.
65
Evaldas Siskevicius
La Pomme Marseille
s.t.
66
Fabio Polazzi
Wallonie Bruxelles - Crédit Agricole
s.t.
67
Benjamin Giraud
La Pomme Marseille
s.t.
68
Martin Velits
Skoda - Orlen Professional Cycling Team
s.t.
69
Cristiano Monguzzi
Utensilnord Named
s.t.
70
Flavien Dassonville
BigMat - Auber 93
s.t.
71
Gabriele Bosisio
Utensilnord Named
s.t.
72
Steven Tronet
BigMat - Auber 93
s.t.
73
Yannick Talabardon
Saur - Sojasun
s.t.
74
Antoine Demoitie
Wallonie Bruxelles - Crédit Agricole
s.t.
75
Matthieu Ladagnous
FDJ - BigMat
s.t.
76
Geoffrey Soupe
FDJ - BigMat
s.t.
77
Christian Patron
Wallonie Bruxelles - Crédit Agricole
s.t.
78
Arnaud Demare
FDJ - BigMat
s.t.
79
Loïc Desriac
Roubaix Lille Métropole
s.t.
80
Benoit Drujon
BigMat - Auber 93
s.t.
81
Nicolas Bazin
BigMat - Auber 93
s.t.
82
Michele Gaia
Miche - Guerciotti
s.t.
83
Zdenek Stybar
Skoda - Orlen Professional Cycling Team
s.t.
84
Samuel Dumoulin
Cofidis, le crédit en ligne
s.t.
85
Robin Steenuit
Wallonie Bruxelles - Crédit Agricole
s.t.
86
Artem Ovechkin
RusVelo
s.t.
87
Robert Wagner
RadioShack - Nissan
s.t.
88
Nicolas Rousseau
BigMat - Auber 93
s.t.
89
Ramunas Navardauskas
Garmin - Barracuda
s.t.
90
Giuseppe Di Salvo
Miche - Guerciotti
s.t.
91
Björn Thurau
Team Europcar
s.t.
92
Kevin Claeys
Landbouwkrediet
s.t.
93
Sławomir Kohut
Miche - Guerciotti
s.t.
94
Florian Vachon
Bretagne - Schuller
s.t.
95
Mathieu Claude
Team Europcar
s.t.
96
Cristiano Fumagalli
Miche - Guerciotti
s.t.
97
Yannick Martinez
La Pomme Marseille
s.t.
98
Arnaud Labbe
Cofidis, le crédit en ligne
s.t.
99
Stéphane Poulhiès
Saur - Sojasun
s.t.
100
Alexander Mironov
RusVelo
s.t.
101
Jonathan Breyne
Landbouwkrediet
s.t.
102
Anders Lund
Team Saxo Bank
s.t.
103
Anthony Delaplace
Saur - Sojasun
s.t.
104
Alexander Wetterhall
Endura Racing
s.t.
105
Boris Zimine
Roubaix Lille Métropole
s.t.
106
Ivan Kovalev
RusVelo
s.t.
107
John-Lee Augustyn
Utensilnord Named
s.t.
108
Adrien Petit
Cofidis, le crédit en ligne
s.t.
109
Enrique Salgueiro
LA - Antarte
s.t.
110
Marco Zanotti
Utensilnord Named
s.t.
111
Mattia Melchiori
Miche - Guerciotti
s.t.
112
Nikolay Mihaylov
Skoda - Orlen Professional Cycling Team
s.t.
113
Bruno Pires
Team Saxo Bank
s.t.
114
Filippo Baggio
Utensilnord Named
s.t.
115
Florian Guillou
Bretagne - Schuller
s.t.
116
Christophe Premont
Wallonie Bruxelles - Crédit Agricole
s.t.
117
Russell Downing
Endura Racing
s.t.
118
Laurent Pichon
Bretagne - Schuller
s.t.
119
Artur Ershov
RusVelo
s.t.
120
Arkimedes Arguelyes
RusVelo
s.t.
121
Paul Voss
Endura Racing
s.t.
122
Sébastien Chavanel
Team Europcar
s.t.
123
Gaël Malacarne
Bretagne - Schuller
s.t.
124
Yohan Cauquil
La Pomme Marseille
s.t.
125
Michel Kreder
Garmin - Barracuda
s.t.
126
Jérôme Cousin
Team Europcar
s.t.
127
Eric Berthou
Bretagne - Schuller
s.t.
128
Stefan Cohnen
Landbouwkrediet
s.t.
129
Christophe Le Mével
Garmin - Barracuda
s.t.
130
Edwig Cammaerts
Cofidis, le crédit en ligne
s.t.
131
Federico Rocchetti
Utensilnord Named
s.t.
132
Ian Bibby
Endura Racing
s.t.
133
Gianfranco Visconti
Utensilnord Named
s.t.
134
Jesse Sergent
RadioShack - Nissan
s.t.
135
Jonathan Dewitte
Wallonie Bruxelles - Crédit Agricole
s.t.
136
Mathieu Drouilly
Roubaix Lille Métropole
+ 2'38
137
Christophe Kern
Team Europcar
s.t.
138
George Bennett
RadioShack - Nissan
+ 3'16
139
Jonathan Cantwell
Team Saxo Bank
s.t.
140
Chris Anker Sørensen
Team Saxo Bank
s.t.
141
Dean Windsor
Endura Racing
s.t.
142
Scott Thwaites
Endura Racing
s.t.
143
Raymond Kreder
Garmin - Barracuda
+ 4'31
144
Zakkari Dempster
Endura Racing
+ 4'43
145
David Tanner
Team Saxo Bank
+ 7'45
Final GC
1
Krzysztof Szczawinski
Miche - Guerciotti
12h03'01
2
David Zabriskie
Garmin - Barracuda
+ 13
3
Sébastien Turgot
Team Europcar
+ 16
4
Jure Kocjan
Skoda - Orlen Professional Cycling Team
+ 19
5
Tiago Machado
RadioShack - Nissan
s.t.
6
Tony Gallopin
RadioShack - Nissan
+ 21
7
Manuel Belletti
AG2R La Mondiale
+ 24
8
Bobbie Traksel
Landbouwkrediet
+ 25
9
Nikolai Trussov
RusVelo
+ 27
10
Yohan Offredo
FDJ - BigMat
s.t.
Spoiler
11
Geoffroy Lequatre
Bretagne - Schuller
+ 28
12
Damien Monier
Cofidis, le crédit en ligne
+ 29
13
Jaroslaw Marycz
Team Saxo Bank
+ 30
14
Murilo Fischer
Garmin - Barracuda
+ 32
15
Boris Shpilevski
AG2R La Mondiale
+ 33
16
Jimmy Casper
AG2R La Mondiale
+ 34
17
Enrico Franzoï
Miche - Guerciotti
+ 35
18
Robert Hunter
Garmin - Barracuda
+ 37
19
Florian Guillou
Bretagne - Schuller
+ 42
20
Giacomo Nizzolo
RadioShack - Nissan
+ 44
21
Jesse Sergent
RadioShack - Nissan
+ 46
22
Gregor Gazvoda
Skoda - Orlen Professional Cycling Team
+ 1'02
23
Gaël Malacarne
Bretagne - Schuller
s.t.
24
Maxime Bouet
AG2R La Mondiale
+ 1'03
25
Artur Ershov
RusVelo
+ 1'04
26
Bruno Pires
Team Saxo Bank
+ 1'07
27
Samuel Dumoulin
Cofidis, le crédit en ligne
+ 1'08
28
Sylvain Georges
AG2R La Mondiale
+ 1'09
29
Martin Velits
Skoda - Orlen Professional Cycling Team
+ 1'12
30
Julien Bérard
AG2R La Mondiale
s.t.
31
Bartosz Huzarski
Skoda - Orlen Professional Cycling Team
+ 1'13
32
Dominique Rollin
FDJ - BigMat
+ 1'19
33
Guillaume Bonnafond
AG2R La Mondiale
+ 1'24
34
Mattia Melchiori
Miche - Guerciotti
+ 1'34
35
Matthieu Ladagnous
FDJ - BigMat
+ 2'05
36
Jimmy Engoulvent
Saur - Sojasun
+ 2'06
37
Paul Voss
Endura Racing
s.t.
38
Ian Bibby
Endura Racing
+ 2'08
39
Markel Irizar
RadioShack - Nissan
+ 2'11
40
Blel Kadri
AG2R La Mondiale
+ 2'14
41
Artem Ovechkin
RusVelo
+ 2'16
42
Alexandre Blain
Endura Racing
+ 2'17
43
Alexei Markov
RusVelo
+ 2'19
44
Ivan Savitsky
RusVelo
+ 2'21
45
Jonathan Breyne
Landbouwkrediet
+ 2'24
46
Adrien Petit
Cofidis, le crédit en ligne
+ 2'25
47
Gabriele Bosisio
Utensilnord Named
+ 2'27
48
Nicki Sørensen
Team Saxo Bank
+ 2'28
49
Alexander Wetterhall
Endura Racing
s.t.
50
Anders Lund
Team Saxo Bank
s.t.
51
Vincent Baestaens
Landbouwkrediet
+ 2'29
52
Nathan Haas
Garmin - Barracuda
+ 2'30
53
Eric Berthou
Bretagne - Schuller
+ 2'31
54
Yauheni Hutarovich
Skoda - Orlen Professional Cycling Team
+ 2'32
55
Arnaud Coyot
Saur - Sojasun
s.t.
56
Mickaël Buffaz
Cofidis, le crédit en ligne
s.t.
57
Marco Zanotti
Utensilnord Named
s.t.
58
Federico Rocchetti
Utensilnord Named
+ 2'33
59
Geoffrey Soupe
FDJ - BigMat
+ 2'34
60
Giuseppe Di Salvo
Miche - Guerciotti
+ 2'35
61
Reinier Honig
Landbouwkrediet
+ 2'36
62
Zdenek Stybar
Skoda - Orlen Professional Cycling Team
+ 2'37
63
Ronan Racault
BigMat - Auber 93
+ 2'38
64
Cédric Pineau
FDJ - BigMat
+ 2'41
65
Pierre Drancourt
Roubaix Lille Métropole
s.t.
66
Yannick Talabardon
Saur - Sojasun
+ 2'42
67
Christian Patron
Wallonie Bruxelles - Crédit Agricole
s.t.
68
Alexander Mironov
RusVelo
s.t.
69
Stéphane Poulhiès
Saur - Sojasun
+ 2'43
70
Sven Vanthourenhout
Landbouwkrediet
+ 2'44
71
Anthony Delaplace
Saur - Sojasun
+ 2'46
72
Matthieu Halleguen
Bretagne - Schuller
+ 2'47
73
Bruno Sancho
LA - Antarte
+ 2'48
74
Márcio Barbosa
LA - Antarte
+ 2'49
75
Christophe Premont
Wallonie Bruxelles - Crédit Agricole
+ 2'52
76
Gianfranco Visconti
Utensilnord Named
s.t.
77
Rony Martias
Saur - Sojasun
+ 2'53
78
Steven Tronet
BigMat - Auber 93
+ 2'55
79
Leonardo Pinizzotto
Miche - Guerciotti
+ 2'56
80
Antoine Demoitie
Wallonie Bruxelles - Crédit Agricole
+ 3'00
81
Cyril Lemoine
Saur - Sojasun
+ 4'00
82
William Bonnet
FDJ - BigMat
+ 4'25
83
Cristiano Monguzzi
Utensilnord Named
s.t.
84
Aleksejs Saramotins
Cofidis, le crédit en ligne
+ 4'26
85
Sébastien Delfosse
Landbouwkrediet
s.t.
86
Michel Kreder
Garmin - Barracuda
s.t.
87
Hugo Sabido
LA - Antarte
+ 4'27
88
Enrique Salgueiro
LA - Antarte
s.t.
89
Hayden Roulston
RadioShack - Nissan
+ 4'28
90
Christophe Le Mével
Garmin - Barracuda
s.t.
91
Perrig Quemeneur
Team Europcar
+ 4'29
92
Ramunas Navardauskas
Garmin - Barracuda
s.t.
93
Franck Bouyer
Team Europcar
+ 4'30
94
Michele Gaia
Miche - Guerciotti
+ 4'33
95
Russell Downing
Endura Racing
+ 4'34
96
Robert Wagner
RadioShack - Nissan
+ 4'35
97
Edgar Pinto
LA - Antarte
s.t.
98
Arnaud Labbe
Cofidis, le crédit en ligne
+ 4'36
99
Filippo Baggio
Utensilnord Named
+ 4'37
100
Morgan Kneisky
Roubaix Lille Métropole
+ 4'41
101
Jérôme Cousin
Team Europcar
s.t.
102
Laurent Pichon
Bretagne - Schuller
+ 4'43
103
Evaldas Siskevicius
La Pomme Marseille
+ 4'44
104
Etienne Tortelier
Saur - Sojasun
s.t.
105
Takashi Miyazawa
Team Saxo Bank
+ 4'45
106
Hugo Sancho
LA - Antarte
s.t.
107
Arkimedes Arguelyes
RusVelo
+ 4'46
108
Sébastien Chavanel
Team Europcar
+ 4'49
109
Nicolas Rousseau
BigMat - Auber 93
s.t.
110
Kevin Claeys
Landbouwkrediet
s.t.
111
Yannick Martinez
La Pomme Marseille
s.t.
112
Stefan Cohnen
Landbouwkrediet
s.t.
113
Steve Chainel
FDJ - BigMat
+ 4'50
114
Arnaud Demare
FDJ - BigMat
s.t.
115
Benjamin Giraud
La Pomme Marseille
+ 4'51
116
Loïc Desriac
Roubaix Lille Métropole
s.t.
117
Benoit Drujon
BigMat - Auber 93
+ 4'52
118
Björn Thurau
Team Europcar
s.t.
119
Boris Zimine
Roubaix Lille Métropole
s.t.
120
Florian Vachon
Bretagne - Schuller
+ 4'53
121
John-Lee Augustyn
Utensilnord Named
+ 4'55
122
Denis Flahaut
Roubaix Lille Métropole
+ 4'56
123
Fabio Polazzi
Wallonie Bruxelles - Crédit Agricole
s.t.
124
Edwig Cammaerts
Cofidis, le crédit en ligne
s.t.
125
Ivan Kovalev
RusVelo
+ 4'57
126
Thomas Vaubourzeix
La Pomme Marseille
+ 4'58
127
Mathieu Claude
Team Europcar
s.t.
128
Sławomir Kohut
Miche - Guerciotti
s.t.
129
Jonathan Dewitte
Wallonie Bruxelles - Crédit Agricole
+ 5'04
130
Robin Steenuit
Wallonie Bruxelles - Crédit Agricole
+ 5'09
131
Nicolas Bazin
BigMat - Auber 93
s.t.
132
Jonathan Cantwell
Team Saxo Bank
+ 5'59
133
Scott Thwaites
Endura Racing
+ 6'02
134
Nikolay Mihaylov
Skoda - Orlen Professional Cycling Team
+ 6'19
135
Christophe Kern
Team Europcar
+ 6'57
136
Mathieu Drouilly
Roubaix Lille Métropole
+ 7'47
137
Chris Anker Sørensen
Team Saxo Bank
+ 7'55
138
Dean Windsor
Endura Racing
+ 8'02
139
George Bennett
RadioShack - Nissan
s.t.
140
Yohan Cauquil
La Pomme Marseille
+ 8'21
141
Zakkari Dempster
Endura Racing
+ 9'13
142
David Tanner
Team Saxo Bank
+ 10'24
143
Cristiano Fumagalli
Miche - Guerciotti
+ 11'41
144
Flavien Dassonville
BigMat - Auber 93
+ 11'49
145
Raymond Kreder
Garmin - Barracuda
+ 12'33
Points
1
Krzysztof Szczawinski
Miche - Guerciotti
70
2
Manuel Belletti
AG2R La Mondiale
42
3
Murilo Fischer
Garmin - Barracuda
42
4
Bobbie Traksel
Landbouwkrediet
42
5
David Zabriskie
Garmin - Barracuda
35
KoM
1
Gabriele Bosisio
Utensilnord Named
12
2
Gaël Malacarne
Bretagne - Schuller
6
3
Guillaume Bonnafond
AG2R La Mondiale
5
4
Alexandre Blain
Endura Racing
4
5
Vincent Baestaens
Landbouwkrediet
4
U25
1
Tony Gallopin
RadioShack - Nissan
12h03'22
2
Jaroslaw Marycz
Team Saxo Bank
+ 9
3
Giacomo Nizzolo
RadioShack - Nissan
+ 23
4
Jesse Sergent
RadioShack - Nissan
+ 25
5
Artur Ershov
RusVelo
+ 43
Team Summary
The plan worked today apart from the fact that Kocjan just couldn't keep up with the best sprinters on the final little climb. Also, had he won the second intermediate sprint aswell, he would have been on the podium. Nevertheless, fourth in such a tight race has to be seen as a great result after the first two stages. Now we head off to Italy for the Giro dell'Appennino and Spain for the Vuelta a Castilla y Leon.
Stage Winner
Race Winner
Manager of Bunzl - Centrica
ICL's World Tour Champions and Talented Bottlers
The next WorldTour race is the Tour of the Basque Country, where, of course, Euskaltel always hope to achieve the victory. All of the stages contain a lot of climbing, even the time trial. The winner was therefore always going to be a strong puncher with attacking instinct and a useful time trial. It was Valverde in the end, proving that he is definitely back, by beating Samu Sanchez by just ten seconds!
Stage 1
Stage 2
Stage 3
Stage 4
Stage 5
Stage 6
Final GC
Race Winner
Manager of Bunzl - Centrica
ICL's World Tour Champions and Talented Bottlers
@baggieboys, I think the earlier efforts had taken too much out of him when it came to the final sprint to be honest , but hey he gained 12 seconds which is like finishing second. Not bad at all.
Manager of Bunzl - Centrica
ICL's World Tour Champions and Talented Bottlers
The third monument of the season, the "Hell of the North" is the final cobbled classic of the year, and, arguably, the biggest one day race of the season. Over 250 kilometres of racing with 27 cobbled sections means that only the hardest men in the peloton will achieve success here. As with De Ronde seven days earlier, there was a lot of focus on Cancellara vs Boonen, but it was, again, a mismatch as Fabian rode to another one of his masterful solo victories. He beat the BMC duo of Hushovd and Ballan, whilst Boonen was outsprinted by Haussler in the velodrome to finish fifth again. Sad news though, that Juan Antonio Flecha, riding in his last Paris-Roubaix before retiring at the end of the season, crashed heavily and fractured his kneecap. Not the best way for a legend to bow out.
Race Winner
Manager of Bunzl - Centrica
ICL's World Tour Champions and Talented Bottlers
You'll have to wait a little while for any cobbles sutty. We have a few races before the Tro-Bro Léon, which should be our only race over cobbles this season.
You didn't think I was doing Paris-Roubaix did you?? I'd have to be mad or very cruel to take this team there!
Manager of Bunzl - Centrica
ICL's World Tour Champions and Talented Bottlers
, but hey he gained 12 seconds which is like finishing second. Not bad at all. 
We have a few races before the Tro-Bro Léon, which should be our only race over cobbles this season. 
