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Posted on 25-01-2013 05:16

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Final Giro Stages!!

Stage 19

Today is another mountain stage. It is only a gradual mountain though so I might do better today.

The Race

The early breakaway

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Haussler took the points ahead of McEwen and Goss.

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Before start of the mountain the leading group of 2 had 3.57 on the peloton.

Dan Martin attacked at the start of the mountain.

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With 45km to go there was no breakaway out front.

With 10km to go there was a group of 13 favourites in front of everyone else.

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With 5km to go I attacked.

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And guess who wins again. Thatâ€™s right Scarponi.

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Rujano got 2nd and Nibali 3rd. I got 5th place.

Results

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1	Michele Scarponi	Lampre - Isd	5h11'58
2	JosÃ© Rujano	Androni Giocattoli - C.I.P.I	+ 32
3	Vincenzo Nibali	Liquigas - Cannondale	s.t.
4	Jurgen Van den Broeck	Omega Pharma - Lotto	s.t.
5	Ryder Hesjedal	Garmin - CervÃ©lo	s.t.
6	Ivan Basso	Liquigas - Cannondale	s.t.
7	Rigoberto Uran	Sky Pro Cycling	s.t.
8	Levi Leipheimer	Team RadioShack	+ 49
9	Stefano Garzelli	Acqua & Sapone	+ 57
10	Marco Pinotti	HTC - Highroad	s.t.

Spoiler

11	Pieter Weening	Rabobank	+ 1'27
12	Damiano Cunego	Lampre - Isd	s.t.
13	Fabio Duarte	Geox - TMC	s.t.
14	Carlos Barredo	Rabobank	s.t.
15	Matteo Carrara	Vacansoleil - DCM	+ 2'18
16	Peter Velits	HTC - Highroad	+ 3'45
17	Kevin De Weert	Quickstep	s.t.
18	JosÃ© Serpa	Androni Giocattoli - C.I.P.I	s.t.
19	Paolo Tiralongo	Pro Team Astana	+ 4'07
20	Luis Pasamontes R.	Movistar Team	s.t.
21	Vladimir Karpets	Katusha Team	s.t.
22	Steve Morabito	BMC Racing Team	s.t.
23	Kanstantsin Sivtsov	HTC - Highroad	s.t.
24	Emanuele Sella	Androni Giocattoli - C.I.P.I	+ 4'24
25	Johann Tschopp	BMC Racing Team	s.t.
26	David LÃ³pez GarcÃa	Movistar Team	s.t.
27	Hubert Dupont	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
28	Alberto Losada	Katusha Team	s.t.
29	Dario Cataldo	Quickstep	+ 4'46
30	Juan Manuel GÃ¡rate	Rabobank	s.t.
31	Cayetano Jose Sarrmiento	Acqua & Sapone	s.t.
32	Fredrik Kessiakoff	Pro Team Astana	+ 5'08
33	Francesco Reda	Quickstep	+ 7'07
34	Branislau Samoilau	Movistar Team	s.t.
35	Christophe Riblon	Ag2r La Mondiale	+ 9'30
36	Brice Feillu	Leopard - Trek	+ 9'49
37	Fabian Wegmann	Leopard - Trek	+ 10'09
38	Michael Albasini	HTC - Highroad	+ 10'25
39	Mario Aerts	Omega Pharma - Lotto	s.t.
40	Sylvester Szmyd	Liquigas - Cannondale	s.t.
41	Matthias Frank	BMC Racing Team	+ 10'59
42	AmaÃ«l Moinard	BMC Racing Team	s.t.
43	Sergio Paulinho	Team RadioShack	s.t.
44	Giampaolo Caruso	Katusha Team	s.t.
45	Daniel Martin	Garmin - CervÃ©lo	s.t.
46	Dario Cioni	Sky Pro Cycling	s.t.
47	Jason McCartney	Team RadioShack	+ 12'52
48	Marzio Bruseghin	Movistar Team	s.t.
49	Simon Spilak	Lampre - Isd	s.t.
50	Francis De Greef	Omega Pharma - Lotto	s.t.
51	Bram Tankink	Rabobank	s.t.
52	Tiago Jose Pinto Machado	Team RadioShack	s.t.
53	Dries Devenyns	Quickstep	s.t.
54	Jackson RodrÃguez	Androni Giocattoli - C.I.P.I	+ 13'22
55	Jesus Hernandez Blazquez	Saxo Bank - Sungard	+ 15'35
56	Volodimir Gustov	Saxo Bank - Sungard	+ 15'46
57	Chris Froome	Sky Pro Cycling	s.t.
58	Lieuwe Westra	Vacansoleil - DCM	+ 16'32
59	Mauricio Ardila	Geox - TMC	s.t.
60	Giampaolo Cheula	Geox - TMC	s.t.
61	Marco Marcato	Vacansoleil - DCM	s.t.
62	Bruno Pires	Leopard - Trek	+ 17'04
63	Michel Kreder	Garmin - CervÃ©lo	+ 19'04
64	Pavel Brutt	Katusha Team	s.t.
65	Daniele Pietropolli	Lampre - Isd	s.t.
66	Cyril Dessel	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
67	David Zabriskie	Garmin - CervÃ©lo	s.t.
68	Danilo Di Luca	Katusha Team	s.t.
69	Marcel Wyss	Geox - TMC	s.t.
70	Diego Ulissi	Lampre - Isd	s.t.
71	Oliver Zaugg	Leopard - Trek	s.t.
72	Morris Possoni	Sky Pro Cycling	+ 19'40
73	Jonathan Monsalve	Androni Giocattoli - C.I.P.I	+ 20'07
74	Alexsandr Dyachenko	Pro Team Astana	s.t.
75	Benjamin Noval	Saxo Bank - Sungard	s.t.
76	Nicki SÃ¸rensen	Saxo Bank - Sungard	s.t.
77	Matthew Goss	HTC - Highroad	s.t.
78	Francesco Gavazzi	Lampre - Isd	s.t.
79	Andrey Amador	Movistar Team	s.t.
80	Wladimir Miholjevic	Acqua & Sapone	s.t.
81	Gorazd Stangelj	Pro Team Astana	s.t.
82	Sergey Lagutin	Vacansoleil - DCM	s.t.
83	Joost Posthuma	Leopard - Trek	s.t.
84	Aleksandr Kuschynski	Katusha Team	s.t.
85	JÃ¼rgen Van de Walle	Omega Pharma - Lotto	s.t.
86	Francisco Ventoso	Movistar Team	s.t.
87	Giairo Ermeti	Androni Giocattoli - C.I.P.I	s.t.
88	Stef Clement	Rabobank	s.t.
89	Dmitriy Muravyev	Team RadioShack	s.t.
90	Alessandro Petacchi	Lampre - Isd	s.t.
91	Jussi Veikkanen	Omega Pharma - Lotto	s.t.
92	Timothy Roe	BMC Racing Team	s.t.
93	Valerio Agnoli	Liquigas - Cannondale	s.t.
94	Tanel Kangert	Pro Team Astana	s.t.
95	Martin Elmiger	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
96	Frederik Willems	Omega Pharma - Lotto	s.t.
97	Alessandro Bertolini	Androni Giocattoli - C.I.P.I	s.t.
98	Luca Solari	Androni Giocattoli - C.I.P.I	s.t.
99	Roberto Ferrari	Androni Giocattoli - C.I.P.I	+ 21'26
100	Joan Horrach	Katusha Team	s.t.
101	Zdenek Stybar	Quickstep	+ 21'55
102	Leonardo Bertagnolli	Lampre - Isd	+ 22'54
103	Alessandro Vanotti	Liquigas - Cannondale	+ 23'38
104	Lars Ytting Bak	HTC - Highroad	s.t.
105	Heinrich Haussler	Garmin - CervÃ©lo	+ 34'18
106	Matteo Tosatto	Saxo Bank - Sungard	+ 35'59
107	RafaÃ¢ Chtioui	Acqua & Sapone	s.t.
108	Borut Bozic	Vacansoleil - DCM	s.t.
109	Assan Bazayev	Pro Team Astana	s.t.
110	Robbie McEwen	Team RadioShack	s.t.
111	Baden Cooke	Saxo Bank - Sungard	s.t.
112	Dominic Klemme	Leopard - Trek	s.t.
113	Michael Barry	Sky Pro Cycling	s.t.
114	Marko Kump	Geox - TMC	s.t.
115	Laurent Didier	Saxo Bank - Sungard	s.t.
116	Andrea Masciarelli	Acqua & Sapone	s.t.
117	Kristof Goddaert	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
118	Hayden Roulston	HTC - Highroad	s.t.
119	Kevin Van Impe	Quickstep	s.t.
120	Fabio Felline	Geox - TMC	s.t.
121	Davide ViganÃ²	Leopard - Trek	s.t.
122	Danilo Napolitano	Acqua & Sapone	s.t.
123	Lloyd Mondory	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
124	Fabio Taborre	Acqua & Sapone	s.t.

GC Rankings

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1	Michele Scarponi	Lampre - Isd	84h30'58
2	Vincenzo Nibali	Liquigas - Cannondale	+ 3'47
3	Ryder Hesjedal	Garmin - CervÃ©lo	+ 5'38
4	Ivan Basso	Liquigas - Cannondale	+ 11'20
5	JosÃ© Rujano	Androni Giocattoli - C.I.P.I	+ 11'47
6	Damiano Cunego	Lampre - Isd	+ 13'51
7	Jurgen Van den Broeck	Omega Pharma - Lotto	+ 15'43
8	Stefano Garzelli	Acqua & Sapone	+ 19'01
9	Levi Leipheimer	Team RadioShack	+ 27'22
10	Marco Pinotti	HTC - Highroad	+ 28'58

Spoiler

11	Fabio Duarte	Geox - TMC	+ 29'35
12	Peter Velits	HTC - Highroad	+ 36'52
13	Kanstantsin Sivtsov	HTC - Highroad	+ 38'22
14	Pieter Weening	Rabobank	+ 39'46
15	Daniel Martin	Garmin - CervÃ©lo	+ 40'44
16	Rigoberto Uran	Sky Pro Cycling	+ 41'26
17	JosÃ© Serpa	Androni Giocattoli - C.I.P.I	+ 42'17
18	David LÃ³pez GarcÃa	Movistar Team	+ 44'19
19	Matteo Carrara	Vacansoleil - DCM	+ 47'08
20	Emanuele Sella	Androni Giocattoli - C.I.P.I	+ 48'07
21	Johann Tschopp	BMC Racing Team	+ 49'25
22	Alberto Losada	Katusha Team	+ 58'06
23	Carlos Barredo	Rabobank	+ 59'01
24	Kevin De Weert	Quickstep	+ 1h02'27
25	Cayetano Jose Sarrmiento	Acqua & Sapone	+ 1h06'47
26	Hubert Dupont	Ag2r La Mondiale	+ 1h07'57
27	Mauricio Ardila	Geox - TMC	+ 1h15'54
28	Steve Morabito	BMC Racing Team	+ 1h19'12
29	Dario Cataldo	Quickstep	+ 1h20'39
30	Juan Manuel GÃ¡rate	Rabobank	+ 1h24'15
31	Luis Pasamontes R.	Movistar Team	+ 1h25'26
32	Fredrik Kessiakoff	Pro Team Astana	+ 1h25'53
33	Francesco Reda	Quickstep	+ 1h27'26
34	Paolo Tiralongo	Pro Team Astana	+ 1h29'25
35	Sylvester Szmyd	Liquigas - Cannondale	+ 1h32'59
36	Michael Albasini	HTC - Highroad	+ 1h33'23
37	Mario Aerts	Omega Pharma - Lotto	+ 1h34'31
38	Christophe Riblon	Ag2r La Mondiale	+ 1h37'27
39	Simon Spilak	Lampre - Isd	+ 1h40'17
40	Brice Feillu	Leopard - Trek	+ 1h44'43
41	Francis De Greef	Omega Pharma - Lotto	+ 1h45'46
42	Volodimir Gustov	Saxo Bank - Sungard	+ 1h46'35
43	Michel Kreder	Garmin - CervÃ©lo	+ 1h48'55
44	Sergio Paulinho	Team RadioShack	+ 1h52'18
45	Vladimir Karpets	Katusha Team	+ 1h53'31
46	AmaÃ«l Moinard	BMC Racing Team	+ 1h54'45
47	Diego Ulissi	Lampre - Isd	+ 1h59'56
48	Branislau Samoilau	Movistar Team	+ 2h03'37
49	Fabian Wegmann	Leopard - Trek	+ 2h04'25
50	Matthias Frank	BMC Racing Team	+ 2h05'41
51	Marzio Bruseghin	Movistar Team	+ 2h06'15
52	Giampaolo Caruso	Katusha Team	+ 2h20'42
53	Lieuwe Westra	Vacansoleil - DCM	+ 2h21'13
54	Daniele Pietropolli	Lampre - Isd	+ 2h23'41
55	Dario Cioni	Sky Pro Cycling	+ 2h24'14
56	Francesco Gavazzi	Lampre - Isd	+ 2h27'20
57	Alessandro Vanotti	Liquigas - Cannondale	+ 2h32'06
58	Jesus Hernandez Blazquez	Saxo Bank - Sungard	+ 2h32'42
59	Jason McCartney	Team RadioShack	+ 2h33'59
60	Marcel Wyss	Geox - TMC	+ 2h37'29
61	Matthew Goss	HTC - Highroad	+ 2h39'47
62	Chris Froome	Sky Pro Cycling	+ 2h40'44
63	Danilo Di Luca	Katusha Team	+ 2h45'43
64	Oliver Zaugg	Leopard - Trek	+ 2h46'54
65	Marco Marcato	Vacansoleil - DCM	+ 2h47'49
66	Bruno Pires	Leopard - Trek	+ 2h49'20
67	Nicki SÃ¸rensen	Saxo Bank - Sungard	+ 2h49'40
68	Benjamin Noval	Saxo Bank - Sungard	+ 2h52'53
69	Giampaolo Cheula	Geox - TMC	+ 2h54'23
70	Cyril Dessel	Ag2r La Mondiale	+ 2h54'27
71	Dries Devenyns	Quickstep	+ 2h54'42
72	Leonardo Bertagnolli	Lampre - Isd	+ 2h57'49
73	Tiago Jose Pinto Machado	Team RadioShack	+ 3h00'37
74	Jackson RodrÃguez	Androni Giocattoli - C.I.P.I	+ 3h04'07
75	Wladimir Miholjevic	Acqua & Sapone	+ 3h09'17
76	Jonathan Monsalve	Androni Giocattoli - C.I.P.I	+ 3h09'57
77	Jussi Veikkanen	Omega Pharma - Lotto	+ 3h10'19
78	Bram Tankink	Rabobank	+ 3h15'34
79	Stef Clement	Rabobank	+ 3h15'58
80	Lars Ytting Bak	HTC - Highroad	+ 3h15'59
81	Aleksandr Kuschynski	Katusha Team	+ 3h18'50
82	Joost Posthuma	Leopard - Trek	+ 3h19'09
83	Alexsandr Dyachenko	Pro Team Astana	+ 3h22'27
84	Valerio Agnoli	Liquigas - Cannondale	+ 3h28'18
85	Joan Horrach	Katusha Team	+ 3h29'08
86	Martin Elmiger	Ag2r La Mondiale	+ 3h31'23
87	Sergey Lagutin	Vacansoleil - DCM	+ 3h31'30
88	Alessandro Bertolini	Androni Giocattoli - C.I.P.I	+ 3h33'03
89	Gorazd Stangelj	Pro Team Astana	+ 3h34'51
90	Alessandro Petacchi	Lampre - Isd	+ 3h36'16
91	Giairo Ermeti	Androni Giocattoli - C.I.P.I	+ 3h37'33
92	Zdenek Stybar	Quickstep	+ 3h37'44
93	Andrey Amador	Movistar Team	+ 3h40'20
94	Francisco Ventoso	Movistar Team	+ 3h46'36
95	Pavel Brutt	Katusha Team	+ 3h46'59
96	Luca Solari	Androni Giocattoli - C.I.P.I	+ 3h50'51
97	Morris Possoni	Sky Pro Cycling	+ 3h56'10
98	Frederik Willems	Omega Pharma - Lotto	+ 3h56'27
99	JÃ¼rgen Van de Walle	Omega Pharma - Lotto	+ 3h58'25
100	Michael Barry	Sky Pro Cycling	+ 4h01'44
101	David Zabriskie	Garmin - CervÃ©lo	+ 4h05'27
102	Timothy Roe	BMC Racing Team	+ 4h06'28
103	Matteo Tosatto	Saxo Bank - Sungard	+ 4h07'25
104	Dmitriy Muravyev	Team RadioShack	+ 4h09'34
105	Roberto Ferrari	Androni Giocattoli - C.I.P.I	+ 4h11'52
106	Tanel Kangert	Pro Team Astana	+ 4h24'07
107	Dominic Klemme	Leopard - Trek	+ 4h24'57
108	Heinrich Haussler	Garmin - CervÃ©lo	+ 4h37'20
109	Assan Bazayev	Pro Team Astana	+ 4h39'40
110	Borut Bozic	Vacansoleil - DCM	+ 5h06'18
111	Fabio Felline	Geox - TMC	+ 5h07'38
112	Andrea Masciarelli	Acqua & Sapone	+ 5h17'05
113	Laurent Didier	Saxo Bank - Sungard	+ 5h21'22
114	Kristof Goddaert	Ag2r La Mondiale	+ 5h28'29
115	RafaÃ¢ Chtioui	Acqua & Sapone	+ 5h32'13
116	Robbie McEwen	Team RadioShack	+ 5h32'53
117	Fabio Taborre	Acqua & Sapone	+ 5h36'28
118	Hayden Roulston	HTC - Highroad	+ 5h37'27
119	Kevin Van Impe	Quickstep	+ 5h41'47
120	Marko Kump	Geox - TMC	+ 6h00'58
121	Danilo Napolitano	Acqua & Sapone	+ 6h05'04
122	Baden Cooke	Saxo Bank - Sungard	+ 6h11'09
123	Davide ViganÃ²	Leopard - Trek	+ 6h21'02
124	Lloyd Mondory	Ag2r La Mondiale	+ 6h26'42

Today was a good race. Unfortunately I lost time to Scarponi but not Nibali. I think I have finished and will get 3rd though.

R.Hesjedal

Stage 20

Today is the last mountain stage.

The Race

Game Crashed twice before I gave up and simulated it.

Results

1	Michele Scarponi	Lampre - Isd	6h54'45
2	Ryder Hesjedal	Garmin - CervÃ©lo	+ 11
3	Damiano Cunego	Lampre - Isd	+ 37
4	Ivan Basso	Liquigas - Cannondale	s.t.
5	Jurgen Van den Broeck	Omega Pharma - Lotto	+ 1'19
6	JosÃ© Rujano	Androni Giocattoli - C.I.P.I	s.t.
7	Rigoberto Uran	Sky Pro Cycling	s.t.
8	Vincenzo Nibali	Liquigas - Cannondale	+ 1'45
9	Pieter Weening	Rabobank	s.t.
10	Stefano Garzelli	Acqua & Sapone	s.t.

GC Rankings

1	Michele Scarponi	Lampre - Isd	91h25'23
2	Vincenzo Nibali	Liquigas - Cannondale	+ 5'52
3	Ryder Hesjedal	Garmin - CervÃ©lo	+ 5'57
4	Ivan Basso	Liquigas - Cannondale	+ 12'17
5	JosÃ© Rujano	Androni Giocattoli - C.I.P.I	+ 13'26
6	Damiano Cunego	Lampre - Isd	+ 14'40
7	Jurgen Van den Broeck	Omega Pharma - Lotto	+ 17'22
8	Stefano Garzelli	Acqua & Sapone	+ 21'06
9	Levi Leipheimer	Team RadioShack	+ 30'02
10	Marco Pinotti	HTC - Highroad	+ 31'03

Stage 21

The final TT (I am simulating as I donâ€™t race the TTâ€™s).

Results

1	David Zabriskie	Garmin - CervÃ©lo	38'43
2	Vincenzo Nibali	Liquigas - Cannondale	+ 20
3	Marco Pinotti	HTC - Highroad	+ 25
4	Lieuwe Westra	Vacansoleil - DCM	+ 37
5	Levi Leipheimer	Team RadioShack	+ 47
6	Joost Posthuma	Leopard - Trek	+ 48
7	Peter Velits	HTC - Highroad	s.t.
8	Vladimir Karpets	Katusha Team	+ 51
9	Marzio Bruseghin	Movistar Team	+ 53
10	Ivan Basso	Liquigas - Cannondale	+ 55

Spoiler

11	Jason McCartney	Team RadioShack	+ 56
12	Ryder Hesjedal	Garmin - CervÃ©lo	+ 1'03
13	Jurgen Van den Broeck	Omega Pharma - Lotto	+ 1'07
14	Luis Pasamontes R.	Movistar Team	+ 1'12
15	Matthias Frank	BMC Racing Team	s.t.
16	Christophe Riblon	Ag2r La Mondiale	+ 1'14
17	JosÃ© Rujano	Androni Giocattoli - C.I.P.I	+ 1'17
18	RafaÃ¢ Chtioui	Acqua & Sapone	+ 1'23
19	Tiago Jose Pinto Machado	Team RadioShack	+ 1'28
20	Michele Scarponi	Lampre - Isd	+ 1'36
21	Kevin Van Impe	Quickstep	+ 1'42
22	Alberto Losada	Katusha Team	+ 1'49
23	Carlos Barredo	Rabobank	s.t.
24	Rigoberto Uran	Sky Pro Cycling	+ 1'52
25	Dario Cioni	Sky Pro Cycling	+ 1'55
26	Steve Morabito	BMC Racing Team	+ 1'56
27	Stef Clement	Rabobank	+ 1'57
28	Fabio Duarte	Geox - TMC	+ 1'59
29	Sergio Paulinho	Team RadioShack	+ 2'01
30	Pavel Brutt	Katusha Team	+ 2'06
31	Francis De Greef	Omega Pharma - Lotto	+ 2'09
32	Matthew Goss	HTC - Highroad	+ 2'16
33	Kristof Goddaert	Ag2r La Mondiale	+ 2'19
34	Pieter Weening	Rabobank	+ 2'23
35	Lars Ytting Bak	HTC - Highroad	+ 2'25
36	Andrey Amador	Movistar Team	+ 2'30
37	Marcel Wyss	Geox - TMC	+ 2'33
38	Baden Cooke	Saxo Bank - Sungard	+ 2'40
39	Tanel Kangert	Pro Team Astana	+ 2'45
40	Chris Froome	Sky Pro Cycling	+ 2'53
41	JosÃ© Serpa	Androni Giocattoli - C.I.P.I	+ 2'56
42	Stefano Garzelli	Acqua & Sapone	+ 2'59
43	Dries Devenyns	Quickstep	+ 3'03
44	Heinrich Haussler	Garmin - CervÃ©lo	+ 3'09
45	Michael Albasini	HTC - Highroad	+ 3'11
46	AmaÃ«l Moinard	BMC Racing Team	+ 3'13
47	Alessandro Petacchi	Lampre - Isd	+ 3'15
48	Jussi Veikkanen	Omega Pharma - Lotto	+ 3'20
49	Alessandro Vanotti	Liquigas - Cannondale	+ 3'25
50	Bram Tankink	Rabobank	+ 3'33
51	Kevin De Weert	Quickstep	+ 3'34
52	Borut Bozic	Vacansoleil - DCM	+ 3'40
53	Nicki SÃ¸rensen	Saxo Bank - Sungard	+ 3'45
54	Volodimir Gustov	Saxo Bank - Sungard	+ 3'50
55	Kanstantsin Sivtsov	HTC - Highroad	+ 3'52
56	Johann Tschopp	BMC Racing Team	+ 3'59
57	JÃ¼rgen Van de Walle	Omega Pharma - Lotto	+ 4'06
58	Martin Elmiger	Ag2r La Mondiale	+ 4'09
59	Fredrik Kessiakoff	Pro Team Astana	+ 4'11
60	David LÃ³pez GarcÃa	Movistar Team	+ 4'16
61	Dario Cataldo	Quickstep	+ 4'20
62	Diego Ulissi	Lampre - Isd	+ 4'23
63	Damiano Cunego	Lampre - Isd	+ 4'29
64	Dominic Klemme	Leopard - Trek	+ 4'35
65	Matteo Carrara	Vacansoleil - DCM	+ 4'37
66	Giairo Ermeti	Androni Giocattoli - C.I.P.I	+ 4'44
67	Aleksandr Kuschynski	Katusha Team	s.t.
68	Branislau Samoilau	Movistar Team	+ 4'47
69	Francesco Reda	Quickstep	+ 4'49
70	Marko Kump	Geox - TMC	+ 4'53
71	Assan Bazayev	Pro Team Astana	+ 4'59
72	Fabian Wegmann	Leopard - Trek	+ 5'02
73	Michael Barry	Sky Pro Cycling	+ 5'03
74	Simon Spilak	Lampre - Isd	+ 5'09
75	Daniel Martin	Garmin - CervÃ©lo	+ 5'17
76	Timothy Roe	BMC Racing Team	+ 5'21
77	Juan Manuel GÃ¡rate	Rabobank	+ 5'25
78	Marco Marcato	Vacansoleil - DCM	+ 5'26
79	Francesco Gavazzi	Lampre - Isd	+ 5'31
80	Fabio Felline	Geox - TMC	+ 5'34
81	Paolo Tiralongo	Pro Team Astana	+ 5'37
82	Cyril Dessel	Ag2r La Mondiale	+ 5'39
83	Bruno Pires	Leopard - Trek	+ 5'42
84	Mario Aerts	Omega Pharma - Lotto	+ 5'43
85	Michel Kreder	Garmin - CervÃ©lo	+ 5'44
86	Brice Feillu	Leopard - Trek	+ 5'50
87	Daniele Pietropolli	Lampre - Isd	+ 5'57
88	Alessandro Bertolini	Androni Giocattoli - C.I.P.I	+ 5'58
89	Jesus Hernandez Blazquez	Saxo Bank - Sungard	+ 6'02
90	Lloyd Mondory	Ag2r La Mondiale	+ 6'08
91	Emanuele Sella	Androni Giocattoli - C.I.P.I	+ 6'15
92	Matteo Tosatto	Saxo Bank - Sungard	+ 6'16
93	Hayden Roulston	HTC - Highroad	+ 6'18
94	Benjamin Noval	Saxo Bank - Sungard	+ 6'20
95	Davide ViganÃ²	Leopard - Trek	+ 6'21
96	Zdenek Stybar	Quickstep	+ 6'28
97	Roberto Ferrari	Androni Giocattoli - C.I.P.I	+ 6'30
98	Luca Solari	Androni Giocattoli - C.I.P.I	+ 6'32
99	Dmitriy Muravyev	Team RadioShack	+ 6'33
100	Valerio Agnoli	Liquigas - Cannondale	s.t.
101	Fabio Taborre	Acqua & Sapone	+ 6'34
102	Laurent Didier	Saxo Bank - Sungard	+ 6'38
103	Morris Possoni	Sky Pro Cycling	+ 6'40
104	Wladimir Miholjevic	Acqua & Sapone	+ 6'48
105	Mauricio Ardila	Geox - TMC	+ 6'52
106	Robbie McEwen	Team RadioShack	+ 6'55
107	Giampaolo Caruso	Katusha Team	+ 6'56
108	Alexsandr Dyachenko	Pro Team Astana	+ 6'57
109	Danilo Napolitano	Acqua & Sapone	+ 7'00
110	Jackson RodrÃguez	Androni Giocattoli - C.I.P.I	+ 7'05
111	Danilo Di Luca	Katusha Team	+ 7'10
112	Cayetano Jose Sarrmiento	Acqua & Sapone	+ 7'16
113	Gorazd Stangelj	Pro Team Astana	+ 7'21
114	Leonardo Bertagnolli	Lampre - Isd	+ 7'25
115	Sylvester Szmyd	Liquigas - Cannondale	+ 7'32
116	Jonathan Monsalve	Androni Giocattoli - C.I.P.I	+ 7'36
117	Frederik Willems	Omega Pharma - Lotto	+ 7'43
118	Francisco Ventoso	Movistar Team	+ 7'47
119	Oliver Zaugg	Leopard - Trek	+ 7'52
120	Andrea Masciarelli	Acqua & Sapone	+ 7'53
121	Joan Horrach	Katusha Team	+ 7'55
122	Giampaolo Cheula	Geox - TMC	+ 7'56
123	Hubert Dupont	Ag2r La Mondiale	+ 8'01
124	Sergey Lagutin	Vacansoleil - DCM	+ 8'03

GC Rankings

1	Michele Scarponi	Lampre - Isd	92h05'42
2	Vincenzo Nibali	Liquigas - Cannondale	+ 4'36
3	Ryder Hesjedal	Garmin - CervÃ©lo	+ 5'24
4	Ivan Basso	Liquigas - Cannondale	+ 11'36
5	JosÃ© Rujano	Androni Giocattoli - C.I.P.I	+ 13'07
6	Jurgen Van den Broeck	Omega Pharma - Lotto	+ 16'53
7	Damiano Cunego	Lampre - Isd	+ 17'33
8	Stefano Garzelli	Acqua & Sapone	+ 22'29
9	Levi Leipheimer	Team RadioShack	+ 29'13
10	Marco Pinotti	HTC - Highroad	+ 29'52

Spoiler

11	Fabio Duarte	Geox - TMC	+ 32'59
12	Peter Velits	HTC - Highroad	+ 39'25
13	Pieter Weening	Rabobank	+ 42'38
14	Rigoberto Uran	Sky Pro Cycling	+ 43'21
15	Daniel Martin	Garmin - CervÃ©lo	+ 47'05
16	Kanstantsin Sivtsov	HTC - Highroad	+ 48'36
17	JosÃ© Serpa	Androni Giocattoli - C.I.P.I	+ 50'56
18	Matteo Carrara	Vacansoleil - DCM	+ 53'30
19	David LÃ³pez GarcÃa	Movistar Team	+ 55'13
20	Emanuele Sella	Androni Giocattoli - C.I.P.I	+ 55'47
21	Johann Tschopp	BMC Racing Team	+ 59'46
22	Carlos Barredo	Rabobank	+ 1h02'15
23	Alberto Losada	Katusha Team	+ 1h05'38
24	Kevin De Weert	Quickstep	+ 1h12'23
25	Cayetano Jose Sarrmiento	Acqua & Sapone	+ 1h20'25
26	Hubert Dupont	Ag2r La Mondiale	+ 1h22'20
27	Dario Cataldo	Quickstep	+ 1h26'55
28	Steve Morabito	BMC Racing Team	+ 1h27'30
29	Mauricio Ardila	Geox - TMC	+ 1h29'08
30	Juan Manuel GÃ¡rate	Rabobank	+ 1h31'36
31	Luis Pasamontes R.	Movistar Team	+ 1h33'00
32	Francesco Reda	Quickstep	+ 1h33'19
33	Fredrik Kessiakoff	Pro Team Astana	+ 1h36'26
34	Paolo Tiralongo	Pro Team Astana	+ 1h36'47
35	Michael Albasini	HTC - Highroad	+ 1h38'38
36	Christophe Riblon	Ag2r La Mondiale	+ 1h44'24
37	Sylvester Szmyd	Liquigas - Cannondale	+ 1h46'27
38	Mario Aerts	Omega Pharma - Lotto	+ 1h47'42
39	Simon Spilak	Lampre - Isd	+ 1h52'54
40	Francis De Greef	Omega Pharma - Lotto	+ 1h54'39
41	Volodimir Gustov	Saxo Bank - Sungard	+ 1h57'02
42	Brice Feillu	Leopard - Trek	+ 1h57'17
43	Vladimir Karpets	Katusha Team	+ 1h59'49
44	Michel Kreder	Garmin - CervÃ©lo	+ 2h00'06
45	Sergio Paulinho	Team RadioShack	+ 2h00'56
46	AmaÃ«l Moinard	BMC Racing Team	+ 2h04'35
47	Diego Ulissi	Lampre - Isd	+ 2h11'03
48	Matthias Frank	BMC Racing Team	+ 2h13'37
49	Branislau Samoilau	Movistar Team	+ 2h15'01
50	Lieuwe Westra	Vacansoleil - DCM	+ 2h24'21
51	Marzio Bruseghin	Movistar Team	+ 2h24'38
52	Giampaolo Caruso	Katusha Team	+ 2h34'00
53	Fabian Wegmann	Leopard - Trek	+ 2h35'03
54	Daniele Pietropolli	Lampre - Isd	+ 2h39'48
55	Francesco Gavazzi	Lampre - Isd	+ 2h40'56
56	Jesus Hernandez Blazquez	Saxo Bank - Sungard	+ 2h46'41
57	Marcel Wyss	Geox - TMC	+ 2h47'30
58	Matthew Goss	HTC - Highroad	+ 2h47'59
59	Chris Froome	Sky Pro Cycling	+ 2h51'05
60	Dario Cioni	Sky Pro Cycling	+ 2h51'51
61	Marco Marcato	Vacansoleil - DCM	+ 2h59'11
62	Danilo Di Luca	Katusha Team	+ 3h00'21
63	Jason McCartney	Team RadioShack	+ 3h00'41
64	Nicki SÃ¸rensen	Saxo Bank - Sungard	+ 3h01'06
65	Alessandro Vanotti	Liquigas - Cannondale	+ 3h01'17
66	Dries Devenyns	Quickstep	+ 3h05'42
67	Benjamin Noval	Saxo Bank - Sungard	+ 3h06'54
68	Bruno Pires	Leopard - Trek	+ 3h12'49
69	Giampaolo Cheula	Geox - TMC	+ 3h12'50
70	Leonardo Bertagnolli	Lampre - Isd	+ 3h20'10
71	Tiago Jose Pinto Machado	Team RadioShack	+ 3h20'25
72	Oliver Zaugg	Leopard - Trek	+ 3h20'32
73	Cyril Dessel	Ag2r La Mondiale	+ 3h25'52
74	Bram Tankink	Rabobank	+ 3h26'35
75	Jackson RodrÃguez	Androni Giocattoli - C.I.P.I	+ 3h29'07
76	Aleksandr Kuschynski	Katusha Team	+ 3h31'15
77	Jonathan Monsalve	Androni Giocattoli - C.I.P.I	+ 3h35'28
78	Lars Ytting Bak	HTC - Highroad	+ 3h36'19
79	Jussi Veikkanen	Omega Pharma - Lotto	+ 3h39'25
80	Wladimir Miholjevic	Acqua & Sapone	+ 3h41'51
81	Stef Clement	Rabobank	+ 3h43'41
82	Joost Posthuma	Leopard - Trek	+ 3h45'43
83	Giairo Ermeti	Androni Giocattoli - C.I.P.I	+ 3h50'14
84	Valerio Agnoli	Liquigas - Cannondale	+ 3h52'38
85	Alexsandr Dyachenko	Pro Team Astana	+ 3h55'10
86	Pavel Brutt	Katusha Team	+ 3h55'49
87	Alessandro Petacchi	Lampre - Isd	+ 4h00'03
88	Andrey Amador	Movistar Team	+ 4h00'37
89	Martin Elmiger	Ag2r La Mondiale	+ 4h01'18
90	Joan Horrach	Katusha Team	+ 4h02'49
91	Alessandro Bertolini	Androni Giocattoli - C.I.P.I	+ 4h04'47
92	Sergey Lagutin	Vacansoleil - DCM	+ 4h05'19
93	Gorazd Stangelj	Pro Team Astana	+ 4h07'58
94	Zdenek Stybar	Quickstep	+ 4h09'58
95	David Zabriskie	Garmin - CervÃ©lo	+ 4h11'10
96	Francisco Ventoso	Movistar Team	+ 4h12'10
97	JÃ¼rgen Van de Walle	Omega Pharma - Lotto	+ 4h20'26
98	Luca Solari	Androni Giocattoli - C.I.P.I	+ 4h23'09
99	Morris Possoni	Sky Pro Cycling	+ 4h28'36
100	Frederik Willems	Omega Pharma - Lotto	+ 4h29'56
101	Timothy Roe	BMC Racing Team	+ 4h30'09
102	Michael Barry	Sky Pro Cycling	+ 4h32'33
103	Matteo Tosatto	Saxo Bank - Sungard	+ 4h39'27
104	Dmitriy Muravyev	Team RadioShack	+ 4h41'53
105	Roberto Ferrari	Androni Giocattoli - C.I.P.I	+ 4h44'08
106	Heinrich Haussler	Garmin - CervÃ©lo	+ 4h51'38
107	Tanel Kangert	Pro Team Astana	+ 4h52'38
108	Dominic Klemme	Leopard - Trek	+ 4h55'18
109	Assan Bazayev	Pro Team Astana	+ 5h10'25
110	Borut Bozic	Vacansoleil - DCM	+ 5h35'44
111	Fabio Felline	Geox - TMC	+ 5h38'58
112	Andrea Masciarelli	Acqua & Sapone	+ 5h50'44
113	Laurent Didier	Saxo Bank - Sungard	+ 5h53'46
114	Kristof Goddaert	Ag2r La Mondiale	+ 5h56'34
115	RafaÃ¢ Chtioui	Acqua & Sapone	+ 5h59'22
116	Robbie McEwen	Team RadioShack	+ 6h05'34
117	Fabio Taborre	Acqua & Sapone	+ 6h08'48
118	Kevin Van Impe	Quickstep	+ 6h09'15
119	Hayden Roulston	HTC - Highroad	+ 6h09'31
120	Marko Kump	Geox - TMC	+ 6h31'37
121	Danilo Napolitano	Acqua & Sapone	+ 6h37'50
122	Baden Cooke	Saxo Bank - Sungard	+ 6h39'35
123	Davide ViganÃ²	Leopard - Trek	+ 6h53'09
124	Lloyd Mondory	Ag2r La Mondiale	+ 6h58'36

Points

1	Michele Scarponi	Lampre - Isd	236
2	Vincenzo Nibali	Liquigas - Cannondale	200
3	Ryder Hesjedal	Garmin - CervÃ©lo	196
4	Damiano Cunego	Lampre - Isd	137
5	JosÃ© Rujano	Androni Giocattoli - C.I.P.I	125

KOM

1	Michele Scarponi	Lampre - Isd	85
2	Ryder Hesjedal	Garmin - CervÃ©lo	70
3	Vincenzo Nibali	Liquigas - Cannondale	53
4	Volodimir Gustov	Saxo Bank - Sungard	49
5	Michel Kreder	Garmin - CervÃ©lo	39

Youth

1	Fabio Duarte	Geox - TMC	92h38'41
2	Rigoberto Uran	Sky Pro Cycling	+ 10'22
3	Daniel Martin	Garmin - CervÃ©lo	+ 14'06
4	Cayetano Jose Sarrmiento	Acqua & Sapone	+ 47'26
5	Simon Spilak	Lampre - Isd	+ 1h19'55

Overall a good race. I got 3rd overall and won 3 stages. Zebriskie even won a stage (Final TT). I think we had the best Giro we could. I donâ€™t race for a few months now and I am back for the Dutch Valley Food Classic.

Seeya then

R.Hesjedal

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Wow the end was fast.
Third is very good for Ryder, especially if you look at who else is on the podium! Well done!

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Great to see Ryder grab a podium finish

Pity he couldn't get past Nibali though for that runners up spot

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I wanted to get the Giro finished before I left for holiday. I am not near a computer for about a week now so. I guess, continue posting please and I will just post thanks and all that from my phone?

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Oh okay so the story goes on a small break for a week now?
Hope to see Ryder back with a vengeance afterwards

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Ryder Hesjedal Rules The World

Lovely story Jakstar

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Yeh pretty much.

And the first race back (Dutch Valley Food classic) Hesjedal will be a pure domestic for the sprinter.

P.S. it isn't in the schedule cause I stuffed up the schedule so I will try to post an updated one for the 2nd half of the season soon.

Edit: and thanks Kriss

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Enjoy your break mate

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Thanks Sutty

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National Championships

Individual Time Trial

USA ITT

Today it was David Zebriskie of the Garmin â€“ Cervelo team that took the win. He won by 54 seconds to team mate Christian Vande Velde who is the big favourite for the road race as he is in fantastic form at the moment.

Netherlands ITT

Lieuwe Westra took the win today by only 14 seconds to Jose Van Emden. Joost Pasthuma managed to grab 3rd place 41 seconds behind the winner. Lieuwe Westra is a definite possibility to take the NC double.

Belgium ITT

Maxime Monfort takes another national championship win with the ITT. He is great in this discipline and won by 41 seconds to Stijn Devolder. Jurgen Van den Broeck rounds out the podium finishing 46 seconds behind.

French ITT

The winner is Jerome Coppel winning by over a minute to Dimitri Champion and Benoit Vaugrenaud.

German ITT

Kloden takes the win by only 23 seconds to Tony Martin and 41 to Linus Gerdemann. This was unexpected as Martin was the big favourite to win but Kloden showed that age doesnâ€™t matter and took a great win.

Road Race

French RR

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Belgium RR

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Netherlands RR

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German RR

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USA RR

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That wraps up the National Championship campaign for the team. A more updated list of the champions will be up shortly. Seeya at the start of next season for the Aus Champs.

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Tour de France

Week 1

The Tour de France started off with the flat stages as usual. Leopard Trekâ€™s Danielle Bennati took the lead early when Leopard-Trek won the TTT by 17 seconds to Rabobank. Then Cavendish took a win. He won ahead of Farrar and Bennati. Gilbert took his second win of the first week in style with both flat stages (with the hills at the end, Stages 1 and 4). Cancellara had taken over the lead now. Cavendish took his 2nd of many wins in stage 5. Farrar got another 2 podium by coming 3rd. Stage 6 was another win for the Manx Missile. He is dominating the sprints now. Stage 7 saw Cavendish take win number 4. He is already leading the points by 100 points. Gilbert took win number 7 on the first real hilly stage with the finishing climb the Super Besse Sancy. The worst thing happened today. Vande Velde was forced to pull out because of a fractured knee-cap. Our new leader is Christophe Le Mevel. Gilbert takes 2 in a row with win number 4. He is really starting to dominant (like Cavendish).

Rest Day

Today is the rest day and I am here to talk a bit about what you have missed while the Tour de France has been on. Well firstly the transfer season has started and all the teams are keen to get some top riders into their squads. Garmin Cerveloâ€™s manager, Jonathon Vaughters, has said that we can release the few riders we have signed so here they are.

The Belgium Cobbler

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The Cobblers Team Mate

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The Swiss Puncheur

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Well there are our 3 signings so far. We are currently in talks with a few more riders but we will cover that in the next 2 rest day posts. Anyway it is now back to the Tour de France where the team has lost their leader, Vande Velde, and now is working for Le Mevel. Letâ€™s see how that works out for them.

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Some great signings

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Vande Velde the USA Road Champion, brilliant

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Week 2

Guess what. Gilbert makes it a hat trick with 3 wins in a row and an overall tally of 5 wins. He is now 2nd overall, 30 seconds behind Frank Schleck. Cav matches 5 wins with taking another in stage 11. Contador starts his assault in stage 12 where he takes the win. The overall is tight in the top 4. Evans leads by 7 seconds to Andy Schleck, 14 seconds to Contador and 18 seconds to Frank Schleck. Le Mevel has just broke into the top 10. Stage 13 sees Contador win again. Schleck takes the overall and is now only 7 seconds ahead of the overall favourite (Contador). Stage 14 is the Australian Cadel Evansâ€™ first win and defence of the overall. He takes it back and leads by 23 seconds to Schleck. Cavendish takes win number 6 with a great sprint into Montpellier. He now leads points by almost 150 points.

Rest Day 2

Hello again. Like I said on the last rest day I am here to catch you up on other races, transfers and well of course Christian Vande Velde. First up is the Tour of Qinghai Lake. We have Daniel Martin there leading the team and he isnâ€™t doing a bad job. He is coming 5th overall only 1.15 behind the leader with 3 hill stages, 1 mountain stage and a TT left to go (plus 2 flat stages) He hasnâ€™t won a stage here yet but he is the favourite to win overall. If you think he can do it send an email to (aka the website PM). Now to transfers. Like I said last time the team manager is looking to get a stronger team for next season and I think the fans of the sprinters will like this next signing. Here he is.

The Spanish Champion

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Last but not least we are going to check up on Christian Vande Velde. The team doctor has confirmed he wonâ€™t be back racing for until at least the middle of September. He is recovering quickly and was able to go home to see his wife and 2 daughters. They were very concerned with his wife stating â€œI saw the crash on TV and was horrified when I saw him lying on the ground. He was in tears because he knew he was close to the end of his career and was one of the best shots he had of winning the biggest race of the year. He is now back home and it is like taking care of 3 kids now. He is always calling me and watching the race over and over to find out what he did wrong. He is doing all he can to support the team and give Christophe some tips but there isnâ€™t much you can do when you donâ€™t get off the couch. Well I guess I should wrap it up and say good luck to the team at the Tourâ€. A sad ending to Vande Veldeâ€™s Tour de France for 2012. Hopefully when he comes back he will be ready to bounce back and win some races for the team. I will go now and you can enjoy the coverage of the final week of the Tour de France.

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P.S. oh and Ryder told me to say that he is going out for the last stage and that it will be reported from the circuit in Paris.

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Week 3

Andy Schleck won stage 16 and took the overall for the 2nd time. He leads by 32 seconds to Evans. Wiggins takes a win in stage 17. The overall lead change hands again. Contador has stolen it back and leads by 4 seconds Andy Schleck. Contador extends his lead with a win going up the Col du Galibier. He now leads by more than a minute to Schleck. Andyâ€™s last ditch effort was on the Alpe-dâ€™Huez. He won the stage by 16 seconds to Contador which isnâ€™t enough. Contador has 54 seconds on Schleck going into the TT. Contador was never going to lose the Tour. In fact He even one the stage ahead of the Swiss Giant. Contador won by 3.03 to Andy and 5.08 to Cadel. Now we are onto the final stage and we join the action with 10km to go.

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With 2.5km to go Hushovd and Farrar was in a pretty good position.

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No one could match the Manx Missile. He takes another win and adds it to his tally.

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Results

1	Mark Cavendish	HTC - Highroad	3h34'46
2	Tom Boonen	Quickstep	s.t.
3	Yauheni Hutarovich	FDJ	s.t.
4	Romain Feillu	Vacansoleil - DCM	s.t.
5	Samuel Dumoulin	Cofidis, Le CrÃ©dit en Ligne	s.t.
6	Denis Galimzyanov	Katusha Team	s.t.
7	JosÃ© Joaquin Rojas Gil	Movistar Team	s.t.
8	Greg Van Avermaet	BMC Racing Team	s.t.
9	AndrÃ© Greipel	Omega Pharma - Lotto	s.t.
10	Oscar Freire	Rabobank	s.t.

Spoiler

11	Gerald Ciolek	Quickstep	s.t.
12	Daniel Oss	Liquigas - Cannondale	s.t.
13	Tomas Vaitkus	Pro Team Astana	s.t.
14	Juan JosÃ© Haedo	Saxo Bank - Sungard	s.t.
15	Bernhard Eisel	HTC - Highroad	s.t.
16	Tyler Farrar	Garmin - CervÃ©lo	s.t.
17	Gert Steegmans	Quickstep	s.t.
18	Sebastien Hinault	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
19	Sebastian Langeveld	Rabobank	s.t.
20	Anthony Roux	FDJ	s.t.
21	Matthew Goss	HTC - Highroad	s.t.
22	Stuart O'Grady	Leopard - Trek	s.t.
23	SergueÃ¯ Ivanov	Katusha Team	s.t.
24	Nick Nuyens	Saxo Bank - Sungard	s.t.
25	Valerio Agnoli	Liquigas - Cannondale	s.t.
26	Lars Boom	Rabobank	s.t.
27	Johnny Hoogerland	Vacansoleil - DCM	s.t.
28	Juan Antonio Flecha	Sky Pro Cycling	s.t.
29	Alex Rasmussen	HTC - Highroad	s.t.
30	Alberto Contador	Saxo Bank - Sungard	s.t.
31	Thor Hushovd	Garmin - CervÃ©lo	s.t.
32	Alexandre Vinokourov	Pro Team Astana	s.t.
33	Simon Gerrans	Sky Pro Cycling	s.t.
34	Niki Terpstra	Quickstep	s.t.
35	Jens Voigt	Leopard - Trek	s.t.
36	BjÃ¶rn Leukemans	Vacansoleil - DCM	s.t.
37	Sep Vanmarcke	Garmin - CervÃ©lo	s.t.
38	FrÃ¤nk Schleck	Leopard - Trek	s.t.
39	Sylvain Chavanel	Quickstep	s.t.
40	Roman Kreuziger	Pro Team Astana	s.t.
41	Jan Bakelandts	Omega Pharma - Lotto	s.t.
42	Matteo Carrara	Vacansoleil - DCM	s.t.
43	Bradley Wiggins	Sky Pro Cycling	s.t.
44	Mark Renshaw	HTC - Highroad	s.t.
45	Levi Leipheimer	Team RadioShack	s.t.
46	Steven Kruijswijk	Rabobank	s.t.
47	Jurgen Van den Broeck	Omega Pharma - Lotto	s.t.
48	Thomas De Gendt	Vacansoleil - DCM	s.t.
49	Maxim Iglinskiy	Pro Team Astana	s.t.
50	Fredrik Kessiakoff	Pro Team Astana	s.t.
51	JÃ©rÃ´me Pineau	Quickstep	s.t.
52	Jens Keukeleire	Cofidis, Le CrÃ©dit en Ligne	s.t.
53	Haimar Zubeldia	Team RadioShack	s.t.
54	Vicente ReynÃ¨s	Omega Pharma - Lotto	s.t.
55	Julian Dean	Garmin - CervÃ©lo	s.t.
56	David Millar	Garmin - CervÃ©lo	s.t.
57	Santo Anza	Vacansoleil - DCM	s.t.
58	Dries Devenyns	Quickstep	s.t.
59	JosÃ© IvÃ¡n Gutierrez	Movistar Team	s.t.
60	William Bonnet	FDJ	s.t.
61	Peter Velits	HTC - Highroad	s.t.
62	Christophe Le MÃ©vel	Garmin - CervÃ©lo	s.t.
63	Kanstantsin Sivtsov	HTC - Highroad	s.t.
64	Pierrick FÃ©drigo	FDJ	s.t.
65	Nico Sijmens	Cofidis, Le CrÃ©dit en Ligne	s.t.
66	Filippo Pozzato	Katusha Team	s.t.
67	Tejay Van Garderen	HTC - Highroad	s.t.
68	Kevin De Weert	Quickstep	s.t.
69	Tom Danielson	Garmin - CervÃ©lo	s.t.
70	George Hincapie	BMC Racing Team	s.t.
71	Matti Breschel	Rabobank	s.t.
72	Dario Cataldo	Quickstep	s.t.
73	Tony Martin	HTC - Highroad	s.t.
74	Arnold Jeanneson	FDJ	s.t.
75	Julien El Fares	Cofidis, Le CrÃ©dit en Ligne	s.t.
76	Cadel Evans	BMC Racing Team	s.t.
77	Paolo Longo Borghini	Liquigas - Cannondale	s.t.
78	JÃ¼rgen Roelandts	Omega Pharma - Lotto	s.t.
79	Vasil Kiryienka	Movistar Team	s.t.
80	Paul Martens	Rabobank	s.t.
81	Imanol Erviti	Movistar Team	s.t.
82	Nicki SÃ¸rensen	Saxo Bank - Sungard	s.t.
83	RÃ©my Di Gregorio	Pro Team Astana	s.t.
84	Amets Txurruka	Euskaltel - Euskadi	s.t.
85	Manuel Cardoso	Team RadioShack	s.t.
86	Peter Stetina	Garmin - CervÃ©lo	s.t.
87	Kevyn Ista	Cofidis, Le CrÃ©dit en Ligne	s.t.
88	Thibaut Pinot	FDJ	s.t.
89	Aitor PÃ©rez	Lampre - Isd	s.t.
90	Janez Brajkovic	Team RadioShack	s.t.
91	Mikhail Ignatiev	Katusha Team	s.t.
92	Samuel SÃ¡nchez	Euskaltel - Euskadi	s.t.
93	Nicolas Vogondy	Cofidis, Le CrÃ©dit en Ligne	s.t.
94	Rein Taaramae	Cofidis, Le CrÃ©dit en Ligne	s.t.
95	Christophe Riblon	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
96	David Le Lay	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
97	Andrey Kashechkin	Lampre - Isd	s.t.
98	Grega Bole	Lampre - Isd	s.t.
99	Alessandro Spezialetti	Lampre - Isd	s.t.
100	Danilo Hondo	Lampre - Isd	s.t.
101	Eduard Vorganov	Katusha Team	s.t.
102	Vladimir Gusev	Katusha Team	s.t.
103	Vladimir Karpets	Katusha Team	s.t.
104	John Gadret	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
105	Hubert Dupont	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
106	Yury Trofimov	Katusha Team	s.t.
107	Yaroslav Popovych	Team RadioShack	s.t.
108	Daniele Pietropolli	Lampre - Isd	s.t.
109	Maxime Bouet	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
110	Przemyslaw Niemiec	Lampre - Isd	s.t.
111	Marco Marzano	Lampre - Isd	s.t.
112	Leonardo Bertagnolli	Lampre - Isd	s.t.
113	Cristiano Salerno	Liquigas - Cannondale	+ 4'01
114	Adam Blythe	Omega Pharma - Lotto	s.t.
115	Kenny De Haes	Omega Pharma - Lotto	s.t.
116	Allan Davis	Pro Team Astana	s.t.
117	Robert Hunter	Team RadioShack	s.t.
118	RubÃ©n PÃ©rez Moreno	Euskaltel - Euskadi	s.t.
119	Gorka Izagirre	Euskaltel - Euskadi	s.t.
120	Jonathan Castroviejo	Euskaltel - Euskadi	s.t.
121	Ben Swift	Sky Pro Cycling	s.t.
122	Peter Sagan	Liquigas - Cannondale	s.t.
123	Daniele Bennati	Leopard - Trek	s.t.
124	Davide Appollonio	Sky Pro Cycling	s.t.
125	Philippe Gilbert	Omega Pharma - Lotto	s.t.
126	Danilo Wyss	BMC Racing Team	s.t.
127	Mirko Lorenzetto	Pro Team Astana	s.t.
128	Fabian Cancellara	Leopard - Trek	s.t.
129	Baden Cooke	Saxo Bank - Sungard	s.t.
130	Sandy Casar	FDJ	s.t.
131	Michael Rogers	Sky Pro Cycling	s.t.
132	John Murphy	BMC Racing Team	s.t.
133	Luis LeÃ³n SÃ¡nchez	Rabobank	s.t.
134	Alessandro Ballan	BMC Racing Team	s.t.
135	Simon Clarke	Pro Team Astana	s.t.
136	Juan Jose Oroz	Euskaltel - Euskadi	s.t.
137	Danilo Di Luca	Katusha Team	s.t.
138	Richie Porte	Saxo Bank - Sungard	s.t.
139	Bauke Mollema	Rabobank	s.t.
140	Damien Monier	Cofidis, Le CrÃ©dit en Ligne	s.t.
141	Taylor Phinney	BMC Racing Team	s.t.
142	RÃ©mi Pauriol	FDJ	s.t.
143	Maxime Monfort	Leopard - Trek	s.t.
144	Rob Ruijgh	Vacansoleil - DCM	s.t.
145	David MoncoutiÃ©	Cofidis, Le CrÃ©dit en Ligne	s.t.
146	Jelle Vanendert	Omega Pharma - Lotto	s.t.
147	Rui Alberto Costa	Movistar Team	s.t.
148	Stijn Devolder	Vacansoleil - DCM	s.t.
149	Christian Knees	Sky Pro Cycling	s.t.
150	Thomas LÃ¶fkvist	Sky Pro Cycling	s.t.
151	Chris Anker SÃ¸rensen	Saxo Bank - Sungard	s.t.
152	Andreas KlÃ¶den	Team RadioShack	s.t.
153	Ivan Velasco	Euskaltel - Euskadi	s.t.
154	Matthias Frank	BMC Racing Team	s.t.
155	BeÃ±at Intxausti	Movistar Team	s.t.
156	Gustav Larsson	Saxo Bank - Sungard	s.t.
157	Miguel Minguez	Euskaltel - Euskadi	s.t.
158	Sergio Paulinho	Team RadioShack	s.t.
159	Daniel Navarro Garcia	Saxo Bank - Sungard	s.t.
160	Daniel Sesma	Euskaltel - Euskadi	s.t.
161	Robert Gesink	Rabobank	+ 5'07
162	RubÃ©n Plaza	Movistar Team	s.t.
163	Brice Feillu	Leopard - Trek	s.t.
164	Cameron Wurf	Liquigas - Cannondale	s.t.
165	Kristijan Koren	Liquigas - Cannondale	s.t.
166	Nicolas Roche	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
167	Ivan Basso	Liquigas - Cannondale	s.t.
168	Cyril Dessel	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
169	Andy Schleck	Leopard - Trek	s.t.
170	Tiziano Dall'Antonia	Liquigas - Cannondale	s.t.
171	BenoÃ®t Vaugrenard	FDJ	s.t.
172	Wout Poels	Vacansoleil - DCM	s.t.
173	Carlos Ivan Oyarzun	Movistar Team	s.t.
174	JosÃ© Vicente GarcÃa Acosta	Movistar Team	s.t.
175	Russell Downing	Sky Pro Cycling	s.t.

GC Rankings

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1	Alberto Contador	Saxo Bank - Sungard	81h38'26
2	Cadel Evans	BMC Racing Team	+ 5'08
3	FrÃ¤nk Schleck	Leopard - Trek	+ 8'01
4	Andy Schleck	Leopard - Trek	+ 8'10
5	Bradley Wiggins	Sky Pro Cycling	+ 9'15
6	Roman Kreuziger	Pro Team Astana	+ 12'19
7	Janez Brajkovic	Team RadioShack	+ 15'54
8	Jurgen Van den Broeck	Omega Pharma - Lotto	+ 15'57
9	Samuel SÃ¡nchez	Euskaltel - Euskadi	+ 16'13
10	Robert Gesink	Rabobank	+ 17'24

Spoiler

11	Ivan Basso	Liquigas - Cannondale	+ 17'37
12	Levi Leipheimer	Team RadioShack	+ 18'50
13	Alexandre Vinokourov	Pro Team Astana	+ 19'00
14	Steven Kruijswijk	Rabobank	+ 25'21
15	Christophe Le MÃ©vel	Garmin - CervÃ©lo	+ 25'30
16	Bauke Mollema	Rabobank	+ 30'16
17	Peter Velits	HTC - Highroad	+ 32'01
18	Johnny Hoogerland	Vacansoleil - DCM	+ 36'28
19	Luis LeÃ³n SÃ¡nchez	Rabobank	+ 38'30
20	Andreas KlÃ¶den	Team RadioShack	+ 40'41
21	Richie Porte	Saxo Bank - Sungard	+ 42'31
22	Vladimir Karpets	Katusha Team	+ 45'53
23	Thomas LÃ¶fkvist	Sky Pro Cycling	+ 45'55
24	Thomas De Gendt	Vacansoleil - DCM	+ 47'15
25	Rein Taaramae	Cofidis, Le CrÃ©dit en Ligne	+ 47'39
26	Philippe Gilbert	Omega Pharma - Lotto	+ 50'18
27	Maxime Monfort	Leopard - Trek	+ 51'00
28	Sylvain Chavanel	Quickstep	+ 51'19
29	John Gadret	Ag2r La Mondiale	+ 51'44
30	Michael Rogers	Sky Pro Cycling	+ 58'00
31	Jelle Vanendert	Omega Pharma - Lotto	+ 58'06
32	Christophe Riblon	Ag2r La Mondiale	+ 1h04'57
33	RÃ©mi Pauriol	FDJ	+ 1h05'47
34	David MoncoutiÃ©	Cofidis, Le CrÃ©dit en Ligne	+ 1h06'03
35	Sandy Casar	FDJ	+ 1h06'31
36	Fabian Cancellara	Leopard - Trek	+ 1h07'10
37	Damien Monier	Cofidis, Le CrÃ©dit en Ligne	+ 1h08'19
38	Vasil Kiryienka	Movistar Team	+ 1h12'19
39	Amets Txurruka	Euskaltel - Euskadi	+ 1h12'43
40	Stijn Devolder	Vacansoleil - DCM	+ 1h13'40
41	Tejay Van Garderen	HTC - Highroad	+ 1h14'58
42	Christian Knees	Sky Pro Cycling	+ 1h15'22
43	Nicolas Roche	Ag2r La Mondiale	+ 1h15'44
44	Arnold Jeanneson	FDJ	+ 1h17'37
45	Peter Sagan	Liquigas - Cannondale	+ 1h18'38
46	Hubert Dupont	Ag2r La Mondiale	+ 1h18'43
47	Jens Voigt	Leopard - Trek	+ 1h20'31
48	Brice Feillu	Leopard - Trek	+ 1h21'38
49	Pierrick FÃ©drigo	FDJ	+ 1h21'46
50	Rui Alberto Costa	Movistar Team	+ 1h22'00
51	Tony Martin	HTC - Highroad	+ 1h23'13
52	George Hincapie	BMC Racing Team	+ 1h24'03
53	RÃ©my Di Gregorio	Pro Team Astana	+ 1h25'38
54	Thibaut Pinot	FDJ	+ 1h26'42
55	Tyler Farrar	Garmin - CervÃ©lo	+ 1h26'44
56	Tom Danielson	Garmin - CervÃ©lo	+ 1h26'56
57	Kevin De Weert	Quickstep	+ 1h27'22
58	Rob Ruijgh	Vacansoleil - DCM	+ 1h27'32
59	Daniel Navarro Garcia	Saxo Bank - Sungard	+ 1h28'26
60	Nicolas Vogondy	Cofidis, Le CrÃ©dit en Ligne	+ 1h31'34
61	Kanstantsin Sivtsov	HTC - Highroad	+ 1h32'57
62	Lars Boom	Rabobank	+ 1h37'29
63	Przemyslaw Niemiec	Lampre - Isd	+ 1h37'47
64	Yury Trofimov	Katusha Team	+ 1h39'26
65	Dries Devenyns	Quickstep	+ 1h40'31
66	BenoÃ®t Vaugrenard	FDJ	+ 1h41'07
67	Andrey Kashechkin	Lampre - Isd	+ 1h42'28
68	Julien El Fares	Cofidis, Le CrÃ©dit en Ligne	+ 1h44'37
69	Oscar Freire	Rabobank	+ 1h47'19
70	Wout Poels	Vacansoleil - DCM	+ 1h47'36
71	JosÃ© IvÃ¡n Gutierrez	Movistar Team	+ 1h48'33
72	BjÃ¶rn Leukemans	Vacansoleil - DCM	+ 1h51'03
73	Simon Gerrans	Sky Pro Cycling	+ 1h52'28
74	Mikhail Ignatiev	Katusha Team	+ 1h53'09
75	Fredrik Kessiakoff	Pro Team Astana	+ 1h53'38
76	Gustav Larsson	Saxo Bank - Sungard	+ 1h53'39
77	Peter Stetina	Garmin - CervÃ©lo	+ 1h53'49
78	SergueÃ¯ Ivanov	Katusha Team	+ 1h55'54
79	Juan Jose Oroz	Euskaltel - Euskadi	+ 1h56'07
80	Dario Cataldo	Quickstep	+ 1h58'08
81	David Le Lay	Ag2r La Mondiale	+ 1h59'00
82	Vladimir Gusev	Katusha Team	+ 1h59'31
83	Yaroslav Popovych	Team RadioShack	+ 1h59'42
84	Paul Martens	Rabobank	+ 2h00'39
85	RubÃ©n Plaza	Movistar Team	+ 2h04'31
86	Maxim Iglinskiy	Pro Team Astana	+ 2h04'35
87	Haimar Zubeldia	Team RadioShack	+ 2h04'39
88	Leonardo Bertagnolli	Lampre - Isd	+ 2h07'29
89	Santo Anza	Vacansoleil - DCM	+ 2h07'34
90	Chris Anker SÃ¸rensen	Saxo Bank - Sungard	+ 2h07'52
91	Filippo Pozzato	Katusha Team	+ 2h08'20
92	Danilo Di Luca	Katusha Team	+ 2h09'30
93	Greg Van Avermaet	BMC Racing Team	+ 2h12'28
94	Stuart O'Grady	Leopard - Trek	+ 2h14'33
95	Thor Hushovd	Garmin - CervÃ©lo	+ 2h14'53
96	Marco Marzano	Lampre - Isd	+ 2h17'34
97	Matthias Frank	BMC Racing Team	+ 2h21'35
98	Ben Swift	Sky Pro Cycling	+ 2h25'41
99	Cyril Dessel	Ag2r La Mondiale	+ 2h30'30
100	Jan Bakelandts	Omega Pharma - Lotto	+ 2h32'02
101	Miguel Minguez	Euskaltel - Euskadi	+ 2h33'03
102	Matteo Carrara	Vacansoleil - DCM	+ 2h37'45
103	Jonathan Castroviejo	Euskaltel - Euskadi	+ 2h45'00
104	Daniele Pietropolli	Lampre - Isd	+ 2h55'03
105	Eduard Vorganov	Katusha Team	+ 2h55'07
106	Matti Breschel	Rabobank	+ 2h55'17
107	BeÃ±at Intxausti	Movistar Team	+ 3h07'13
108	JosÃ© Joaquin Rojas Gil	Movistar Team	+ 3h10'12
109	JÃ©rÃ´me Pineau	Quickstep	+ 3h14'10
110	Nicki SÃ¸rensen	Saxo Bank - Sungard	+ 3h22'40
111	Samuel Dumoulin	Cofidis, Le CrÃ©dit en Ligne	+ 3h34'55
112	David Millar	Garmin - CervÃ©lo	+ 3h34'58
113	Ivan Velasco	Euskaltel - Euskadi	+ 3h35'08
114	Valerio Agnoli	Liquigas - Cannondale	+ 3h36'00
115	Juan Antonio Flecha	Sky Pro Cycling	+ 3h43'02
116	Tomas Vaitkus	Pro Team Astana	+ 3h44'56
117	Nick Nuyens	Saxo Bank - Sungard	+ 3h47'01
118	Daniel Oss	Liquigas - Cannondale	+ 3h47'54
119	Matthew Goss	HTC - Highroad	+ 3h52'51
120	Davide Appollonio	Sky Pro Cycling	+ 4h00'17
121	Tom Boonen	Quickstep	+ 4h02'19
122	Romain Feillu	Vacansoleil - DCM	+ 4h04'25
123	Anthony Roux	FDJ	+ 4h06'20
124	Sebastian Langeveld	Rabobank	+ 4h08'44
125	Russell Downing	Sky Pro Cycling	+ 4h08'51
126	Paolo Longo Borghini	Liquigas - Cannondale	+ 4h13'02
127	Taylor Phinney	BMC Racing Team	+ 4h13'06
128	Cameron Wurf	Liquigas - Cannondale	+ 4h13'14
129	Daniel Sesma	Euskaltel - Euskadi	+ 4h14'30
130	Allan Davis	Pro Team Astana	+ 4h19'59
131	Alessandro Spezialetti	Lampre - Isd	+ 4h32'49
132	Gerald Ciolek	Quickstep	+ 4h35'15
133	Sergio Paulinho	Team RadioShack	+ 4h36'09
134	Nico Sijmens	Cofidis, Le CrÃ©dit en Ligne	+ 4h38'20
135	Sebastien Hinault	Ag2r La Mondiale	+ 4h39'30
136	Imanol Erviti	Movistar Team	+ 4h42'56
137	Kevyn Ista	Cofidis, Le CrÃ©dit en Ligne	+ 4h44'28
138	Vicente ReynÃ¨s	Omega Pharma - Lotto	+ 4h46'03
139	Grega Bole	Lampre - Isd	+ 4h46'18
140	Alessandro Ballan	BMC Racing Team	+ 4h46'20
141	Mirko Lorenzetto	Pro Team Astana	+ 4h47'26
142	Robert Hunter	Team RadioShack	+ 4h48'47
143	Mark Cavendish	HTC - Highroad	+ 4h50'34
144	Sep Vanmarcke	Garmin - CervÃ©lo	+ 4h51'17
145	Bernhard Eisel	HTC - Highroad	+ 4h52'16
146	Niki Terpstra	Quickstep	+ 4h52'34
147	JÃ¼rgen Roelandts	Omega Pharma - Lotto	+ 4h52'52
148	Mark Renshaw	HTC - Highroad	+ 4h57'08
149	John Murphy	BMC Racing Team	+ 4h58'25
150	William Bonnet	FDJ	+ 4h59'55
151	Denis Galimzyanov	Katusha Team	+ 5h00'24
152	Aitor PÃ©rez	Lampre - Isd	+ 5h01'29
153	Tiziano Dall'Antonia	Liquigas - Cannondale	+ 5h01'38
154	Yauheni Hutarovich	FDJ	+ 5h02'58
155	Cristiano Salerno	Liquigas - Cannondale	+ 5h03'30
156	Manuel Cardoso	Team RadioShack	+ 5h04'20
157	Jens Keukeleire	Cofidis, Le CrÃ©dit en Ligne	+ 5h06'48
158	Gert Steegmans	Quickstep	s.t.
159	JosÃ© Vicente GarcÃa Acosta	Movistar Team	+ 5h10'03
160	Daniele Bennati	Leopard - Trek	+ 5h12'49
161	Baden Cooke	Saxo Bank - Sungard	+ 5h14'17
162	Julian Dean	Garmin - CervÃ©lo	+ 5h14'43
163	Danilo Wyss	BMC Racing Team	+ 5h15'05
164	Gorka Izagirre	Euskaltel - Euskadi	+ 5h15'31
165	Alex Rasmussen	HTC - Highroad	+ 5h18'21
166	RubÃ©n PÃ©rez Moreno	Euskaltel - Euskadi	+ 5h19'50
167	Kristijan Koren	Liquigas - Cannondale	+ 5h20'34
168	Simon Clarke	Pro Team Astana	+ 5h21'27
169	Kenny De Haes	Omega Pharma - Lotto	+ 5h22'52
170	Carlos Ivan Oyarzun	Movistar Team	+ 5h23'19
171	Danilo Hondo	Lampre - Isd	+ 5h23'51
172	AndrÃ© Greipel	Omega Pharma - Lotto	+ 5h23'52
173	Juan JosÃ© Haedo	Saxo Bank - Sungard	+ 5h26'22
174	Maxime Bouet	Ag2r La Mondiale	+ 5h27'18
175	Adam Blythe	Omega Pharma - Lotto	+ 5h31'03

Points Rankings

1	Mark Cavendish	HTC - Highroad	504
2	Tom Boonen	Quickstep	358
3	Romain Feillu	Vacansoleil - DCM	319
4	Philippe Gilbert	Omega Pharma - Lotto	305
5	Tyler Farrar	Garmin - CervÃ©lo	250

Mountain Rankings

1	Alberto Contador	Saxo Bank - Sungard	121
2	Andy Schleck	Leopard - Trek	120
3	Samuel SÃ¡nchez	Euskaltel - Euskadi	102
4	Cadel Evans	BMC Racing Team	72
5	Robert Gesink	Rabobank	60

Youth Rankings

1	Roman Kreuziger	Pro Team Astana	81h50'45
2	Robert Gesink	Rabobank	+ 5'05
3	Steven Kruijswijk	Rabobank	+ 13'02
4	Bauke Mollema	Rabobank	+ 17'57
5	Thomas De Gendt	Vacansoleil - DCM	+ 34'56

Not a bad race for the team but not the best either. We were without a win and didn't get a top 10. Vande Velde had to abandon due to first week crashes so Le Mevel took charge. He did well to work his way into the top 15. Farrar got a few podiums and everyone did the best they could without the talent and leadership of Vande Velde. Next year is Vande Velde's last shot at the tour. Let's hope he has the luck and of course the ability.

The Garmin Reporter

Manager of Spark Team NZ - CT MG

#197

Posted on 04-02-2013 08:38

Tour de France Champion

Posts: 34654
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Le Mevel finishing as the highest placed Frenchman, very nice for him

#198

Posted on 04-02-2013 09:25

Tour de France Champion

Posts: 21854
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A great signing there, though!