Stage 5 Snapper Point - Willunga 148 km
Today will be the last chance from somebody out of the top 10 to shake the overall GC
Today we have a clear strategy protect Dalla'Antonia and hope that the peleton will be calm and we can keep our good position in the GC
Our daily break , today was a seven man break , the biggest GC threat Brutt (15th)
On the first passage of Willunga Hill , De haes and Stroetinga couldn't keep the pace with the other 5
Quickly the break went from 5 down to 4 , because of Le Lay tumble.
Honig from Aqua Sapone was the last men standing from the break , and he was caught under the 10 km banner.
Marcato from Vacansoleil opened the spring but Boonen ,Hagen and Farrar where all near.
Another stage win for Hagen , Tdu is almost certain that will go to Hagen , he had quite an impressive performance here in Australia.
Stage Results
1 Edvald Boasson Hagen Sky Professional Cycling Team 3h36'08
2 Tom Boonen Quick·Step s.t.
3 Marco Marcato Vacansoleil Pro Cycling Team s.t.
4 Tyler Farrar Garmin - Transitions s.t.
5 Stuart O'Grady Team Saxo Bank s.t.
6 Lieuwe Westra Vacansoleil Pro Cycling Team s.t.
7 Anthony Geslin Française des Jeux s.t.
8 Bobbie Traksel Vacansoleil Pro Cycling Team s.t.
9 Matti Breschel Team Saxo Bank s.t.
10 Greg Van Avermaet Omega Pharma - Lotto s.t.
11 Manuel Cardoso Footon - Servetto s.t.
12 Francesco Ginanni Androni Giocattoli s.t.
13 Grega Bole Lampre - Farnese Vini s.t.
14 Grégory Rast Team RadioShack s.t.
15 Lloyd Mondory AG2R La Mondiale s.t.
16 Alessandro Petacchi Lampre - Farnese Vini s.t. 17 Mauro Finetto Liquigas - Doimo s.t.
18 Mark Renshaw Team HTC - Columbia s.t. 19 Tiziano Dall'Antonia Liquigas - Doimo s.t.
20 René Mandri AG2R La Mondiale s.t.
GC
1 Edvald Boasson Hagen Sky Professional Cycling Team 16h57'01
2 Tyler Farrar Garmin - Transitions + 10
3 Tom Boonen Quick·Step + 14 4 Tiziano Dall'Antonia Liquigas - Doimo + 16
5 Dimitriy Muravyev Team RadioShack s.t.
6 Alexandre Moos BMC Racing Team + 17
7 Imanol Erviti Caisse d'Epargne + 21
8 Matti Breschel Team Saxo Bank + 22
9 Marco Marcato Vacansoleil Pro Cycling Team s.t.
10 Stuart O'Grady Team Saxo Bank s.t.
11 Alessandro Petacchi Lampre - Farnese Vini s.t.
12 Anthony Geslin Française des Jeux s.t.
13 Aitor Galdos Euskaltel - Euskadi s.t.
14 Sebastian Langeveld Rabobank s.t.
15 Martin Pedersen Footon - Servetto + 23
16 Alexandre Vinokourov Astana s.t. 17 Daniel Oss Liquigas - Doimo s.t.
18 Francisco Javier Aramendía Euskaltel - Euskadi s.t.
19 Matthew Goss Team HTC - Columbia + 24
20 Roman Kireyev Astana s.t.
KoM
1 Pavel Brutt Team Katusha 32 45
2 Martin Pedersen Footon - Servetto 17 25
3 Dimitriy Muravyev Team RadioShack 0 24
4 Anthony Geslin Française des Jeux 0 16
5 Nicolas Roche AG2R La Mondiale 0 16
Points
1 Edvald Boasson Hagen Sky Professional Cycling Team 8 22
2 Tyler Farrar Garmin - Transitions 0 14
3 Alexandre Moos BMC Racing Team 0 12
4 Tom Boonen Quick·Step 6 12
5 Nicolas Roche AG2R La Mondiale 0 12
Today will be a flat speedy circuit , so whe need to be careful all the time a flat tire or a crash could happen anytime.
Graeme Brown the aussie sprinter from Rabo was the first to tast the tarmac of Adelaide and from what he did this stage he didnt liked it , he finished last.
MASSACRE on the road , boonen and hagen the nr 1 and 3 in the GC are DOWN , here is our opening for a top 3 GC in TDU this year
Aproximative 70 riders left in the peleton the biggest danger for us is Taylor Farrar
Goddaert opens the sprint with Vaiktus and Goss very close to him , the big favourites for this sprint Chicchi and Farrar are too far to even remotely make a statement to trio in front.
Last corner Vaiktus has a very very slight advantage the final straight will decide the winner
Vaiktus wins the last stage of Tdu Goss 2nd and Goddaert who faded on the last meters 3rd.
But what happens to the GC???
Stage Results
1 Tomas Vaitkus Team RadioShack 2h02'41
2 Matthew Goss Team HTC - Columbia s.t.
3 Kristof Goddaert AG2R La Mondiale s.t.
4 Mark Renshaw Team HTC - Columbia s.t. 5 Francesco Chicchi Liquigas - Doimo s.t.
6 Danilo Hondo Lampre - Farnese Vini s.t.
7 Lloyd Mondory AG2R La Mondiale s.t.
8 Tyler Farrar Garmin - Transitions s.t.
9 Stuart O'Grady Team Saxo Bank s.t.
10 Anthony Geslin Française des Jeux s.t.
11 Bernhard Eisel Team HTC - Columbia s.t.
12 Robert Förster Team Milram s.t. 13 Tiziano Dall'Antonia Liquigas - Doimo s.t.
14 Bobbie Traksel Vacansoleil Pro Cycling Team s.t.
15 Grégory Rast Team RadioShack s.t.
16 Francesco Ginanni Androni Giocattoli s.t.
17 Enrico Gasparotto Astana s.t.
18 Lieuwe Westra Vacansoleil Pro Cycling Team s.t.
19 Matteo Carrara Vacansoleil Pro Cycling Team s.t.
20 Mirco Lorenzetto Lampre - Farnese Vini s.t.
83 Alessandro Petacchi Lampre - Farnese Vini + 2'47
84 Tom Boonen Quick·Step s.t.
85 Edvald Boasson Hagen Sky Professional Cycling Team s.t.
GC
1 Tyler Farrar Garmin - Transitions 18h59'52 2 Tiziano Dall'Antonia Liquigas - Doimo + 6
3 Dimitriy Muravyev Team RadioShack s.t.
4 Tomas Vaitkus Team RadioShack s.t.
5 Matthew Goss Team HTC - Columbia + 8
6 Imanol Erviti Caisse d'Epargne + 11
7 Stuart O'Grady Team Saxo Bank + 12
8 Anthony Geslin Française des Jeux s.t.
9 Aitor Galdos Euskaltel - Euskadi s.t.
10 Martin Pedersen Footon - Servetto + 13
11 Alexandre Vinokourov Astana s.t. 12 Daniel Oss Liquigas - Doimo s.t.
13 Greg Van Avermaet Omega Pharma - Lotto + 16
14 Lloyd Mondory AG2R La Mondiale s.t.
15 Lieuwe Westra Vacansoleil Pro Cycling Team s.t. 16 Mauro Finetto Liquigas - Doimo s.t.
17 Bobbie Traksel Vacansoleil Pro Cycling Team s.t.
18 Mark Renshaw Team HTC - Columbia s.t.
19 Bernhard Eisel Team HTC - Columbia s.t.
20 Grega Bole Lampre - Farnese Vini s.t.
21 Matteo Carrara Vacansoleil Pro Cycling Team s.t.
22 Carlos Barredo Quick·Step s.t.
23 Enrico Gasparotto Astana s.t.
24 Robert Förster Team Milram s.t.
25 Julian Dean Garmin - Transitions s.t.
26 Frantisek Rabon Team HTC - Columbia s.t.
27 Grégory Rast Team RadioShack s.t.
28 Matthew Wilson Garmin - Transitions s.t.
29 Kevin Hulsmans Quick·Step s.t.
30 Simon Spilak Lampre - Farnese Vini s.t.
31 Matthé Pronk Vacansoleil Pro Cycling Team s.t.
32 Tom Leezer Rabobank s.t.
33 Nicki Sørensen Team Saxo Bank s.t.
34 Danilo Hondo Lampre - Farnese Vini s.t.
35 Francesco Ginanni Androni Giocattoli s.t.
36 Ben Swift Sky Professional Cycling Team s.t.
37 Johnnie Walker Footon - Servetto s.t.
38 Benoît Vaugrenard Française des Jeux s.t.
39 Mikaël Chérel Française des Jeux s.t.
40 Chris Froome Sky Professional Cycling Team s.t.
41 Luca Mazzanti Team Katusha s.t.
42 Mikhail Ignatiev Team Katusha s.t.
43 Kevin Van Impe Quick·Step s.t.
44 Markus Fothen Team Milram s.t.
45 Björn Schröder Team Milram s.t.
46 Marco Velo Quick·Step s.t.
47 Leif Hoste Omega Pharma - Lotto s.t.
48 Romain Sicard Euskaltel - Euskadi s.t.
49 Peter Wrolich Team Milram s.t.
50 Timofey Kritskiy Team Katusha s.t.
51 Jonathan Bellis Team Saxo Bank + 1'48
52 Jose Vicente García Acosta Caisse d'Epargne + 1'57
53 Roman Kireyev Astana + 2'22
54 Sébastien Chavanel Française des Jeux + 2'26
55 Christophe Le Mével Française des Jeux s.t.
56 Cyril Dessel AG2R La Mondiale s.t.
57 Dimitri Champion AG2R La Mondiale s.t.
58 Edvald Boasson Hagen Sky Professional Cycling Team + 2'37
59 Gustav Erik Larsson Team Saxo Bank + 2'46
60 Roy Sentjens Team Milram s.t.
61 Tom Boonen Quick·Step + 2'51
62 Alexandre Moos BMC Racing Team + 2'54
63 Matti Breschel Team Saxo Bank + 2'59
64 Alessandro Petacchi Lampre - Farnese Vini s.t.
65 Marco Marcato Vacansoleil Pro Cycling Team s.t.
66 Sebastian Langeveld Rabobank s.t.
67 Francisco Javier Aramendía Euskaltel - Euskadi + 3'00
68 Rubén Pérez Euskaltel - Euskadi + 3'02
69 Pavel Brutt Team Katusha s.t.
70 Tom Stamsnijder Rabobank s.t.
71 Manuel Cardoso Footon - Servetto + 3'03
72 Roger Hammond Cervélo Test Team s.t.
73 Gabriel Rasch Cervélo Test Team s.t.
74 Johan Van Summeren Garmin - Transitions s.t.
75 Stefan Denifl Cervélo Test Team s.t.
76 Kurt-Asle Arvesen Sky Professional Cycling Team s.t.
77 Christopher Sutton Sky Professional Cycling Team s.t.
78 Michael Barry Sky Professional Cycling Team s.t.
79 Scott Davis Astana s.t.
80 Travis Meyer Garmin - Transitions s.t.
81 Chris Barton BMC Racing Team s.t.
82 Stijn Devolder Quick·Step s.t.
83 Óscar Pereiro Astana s.t.
84 Luis León Sánchez Caisse d'Epargne s.t.
85 Jack Bobridge Garmin - Transitions s.t.
86 Brent Bookwalter BMC Racing Team s.t.
87 Alexander Kristoff BMC Racing Team s.t.
88 Markel Irizar Team RadioShack s.t.
89 Luca Pierfelici Acqua & Sapone s.t.
90 Richie Porte Team Saxo Bank + 3'05
91 Matteo Tosatto Quick·Step s.t.
92 Adam Hansen Team HTC - Columbia s.t.
93 Wesley Sulzberger Française des Jeux + 3'55
94 Matthew Hayman Sky Professional Cycling Team + 4'10
95 Luke Roberts Team Milram s.t.
96 Sergio De Lis Euskaltel - Euskadi s.t.
97 Sébastien Rosseler Team RadioShack + 4'32
98 Gerben Löwik Omega Pharma - Lotto + 4'45
99 Nicolas Roche AG2R La Mondiale + 4'50
100 David Le Lay AG2R La Mondiale + 5'12
101 René Mandri AG2R La Mondiale + 5'13
102 Massimo Giunti Androni Giocattoli s.t.
103 Gianni Meersman Française des Jeux s.t.
104 Rubens Bertogliati Androni Giocattoli s.t.
105 Reinier Honig Acqua & Sapone + 5'32
106 Bram Tankink Rabobank + 5'33
107 Jeff Louder BMC Racing Team s.t.
108 Enrique Mata Footon - Servetto + 5'41
109 Gorka Izagirre Euskaltel - Euskadi s.t.
110 Rubén Plaza Caisse d'Epargne + 5'52
111 José Iván Gutiérrez Caisse d'Epargne s.t.
112 Lucas Haedo Team Saxo Bank + 5'54
113 Jos Van Emden Rabobank + 6'13
114 Luis Ángel Maté Androni Giocattoli + 6'19
115 Francesco Chicchi Liquigas - Doimo + 6'20
116 Leigh Howard Team HTC - Columbia s.t.
117 Marcel Sieberg Team HTC - Columbia + 6'42
118 Ignatas Konovalovas Cervélo Test Team + 6'55
119 Brett Lancaster Cervélo Test Team + 6'57
120 Theo Bos Cervélo Test Team s.t.
121 Arnaud Coyot Caisse d'Epargne s.t.
122 Alessandro Fantini Acqua & Sapone s.t.
123 Iñaki Isasi Euskaltel - Euskadi + 6'59
124 Leonardo Bertagnolli Androni Giocattoli + 7'41
125 Alessandro Bertolini Androni Giocattoli + 7'43
126 Francesco Gavazzi Lampre - Farnese Vini + 7'48
127 Rafaâ Chtioui Acqua & Sapone + 7'50
128 Valeriy Dmitriyev Astana + 8'28
129 Brian Vandborg Liquigas - Doimo + 8'35
130 Martin Reimer Cervélo Test Team + 8'39
131 Joost Posthuma Rabobank + 8'43
132 Mirco Lorenzetto Lampre - Farnese Vini + 8'45
133 Ruggero Marzoli Acqua & Sapone + 8'55
134 Thomas Faiers Footon - Servetto + 8'57
135 Wim Stroetinga Team Milram + 9'27
136 Wouter Mol Vacansoleil Pro Cycling Team + 9'35
137 David Vitoria Footon - Servetto + 10'50
138 Jürgen Roelandts Omega Pharma - Lotto + 11'07
139 Alberto Loddo Androni Giocattoli + 11'24
140 Artem Ovechkin Team Katusha + 11'35
141 Kenny De Haes Omega Pharma - Lotto + 11'41
142 Mathieu Drujon Caisse d'Epargne + 11'42
143 Kristof Goddaert AG2R La Mondiale + 12'20
144 Angelo Furlan Lampre - Farnese Vini + 12'22
145 Alberto Ongarato Vacansoleil Pro Cycling Team + 12'50
146 Francesco Failli Acqua & Sapone + 13'19
147 John Murphy BMC Racing Team + 14'39
148 Laszló Bodrogi Team Katusha + 14'44
149 Paolo Ciavatta Acqua & Sapone + 15'40
150 Glenn D'Hollander Omega Pharma - Lotto + 16'13
151 Bjorn Selander Team RadioShack + 17'00
152 Ermanno Capelli Footon - Servetto + 17'29
153 Wilfried Cretskens Omega Pharma - Lotto + 17'31
154 Graeme Brown Rabobank + 20'41
155 Maciej Paterski Liquigas - Doimo + 21'00
156 Michael Schär BMC Racing Team + 22'47
157 Jacopo Guarnieri Liquigas - Doimo + 22'59
158 Marco Bandiera Team Katusha + 23'31
We have put a rather young and experimental team for this competition with finneto on a good fitness and with the young guns and belloti he will try to make a top 10 in the GC it will be hard but not impossible
Edited by Setzel on 14-02-2010 17:13
For this stage we will try with finneto having 70 fitness rather then sabatini who has 60.
A group of 10 including Peter Sagan where the first escapees of Giro della Calabria.
They where caught with less then 20 km to go , so the sprinters started to move ahead in front of the peleton a lot of teams want to have a shot in this stage .
After a lot of movement 4 teams managed to get a decent sprint train , Columbia , Team Milram , Androni Giocatoli and Ceramica Flamina , we decided to follow Columbia's train sprint .
The sprint started and a lot of chaos with him in the last kilometer a lot of pretenders for the win , among them was our sprinter Finneto
Finneto managed to get a narrow win against Ginnani , we can clearly see that this tour has a lack of sprinters , so it's still a big question what to do 2 stage wins or try and survive the 2 hilly stages and make a top 10 in GC
Stage Results
1 Mauro Finetto Liquigas - Doimo 3h36'41
2 Francesco Ginanni Androni Giocattoli s.t.
3 Paride Grillo CarmioOro NGC s.t.
4 Enrico Gasparotto Astana s.t.
5 Robert Förster Team Milram s.t.
6 Enrico Rossi Ceramica Flaminia s.t.
7 William Bonnet Bbox Bouygues Télécom s.t.
8 Matthew Goss Team HTC - Columbia s.t.
9 Lieuwe Westra Vacansoleil Pro Cycling Team s.t.
10 Lars Ytting Bak Team HTC - Columbia s.t.
11 Leonardo Duque Cofidis, le crédit en ligne s.t.
12 Björn Leukemans Vacansoleil Pro Cycling Team s.t.
13 Jeremy Hunt Cervélo Test Team s.t.
14 Alberto Ongarato Vacansoleil Pro Cycling Team s.t.
15 Manuel Belletti Colnago - CSF Inox s.t.
16 Gorik Gardeyn Vacansoleil Pro Cycling Team s.t.
17 Francesco Failli Acqua & Sapone s.t.
18 Marco Marcato Vacansoleil Pro Cycling Team s.t.
19 Reinier Honig Acqua & Sapone s.t.
20 Matteo Carrara Vacansoleil Pro Cycling Team s.t.
GC
1 Mauro Finetto Liquigas - Doimo 3h36'31
2 Francesco Ginanni Androni Giocattoli + 4
3 Paride Grillo CarmioOro NGC + 6 4 Peter Sagan Liquigas - Doimo + 7
5 Carlo Scognamiglio ISD - Neri + 8
6 Alexander Gufler Vorarlberg - Corratec + 9
7 Enrico Gasparotto Astana + 10
8 Robert Förster Team Milram s.t.
9 Enrico Rossi Ceramica Flaminia s.t.
10 William Bonnet Bbox Bouygues Télécom s.t.
11 Matthew Goss Team HTC - Columbia s.t.
12 Lieuwe Westra Vacansoleil Pro Cycling Team s.t.
13 Lars Ytting Bak Team HTC - Columbia s.t.
14 Leonardo Duque Cofidis, le crédit en ligne s.t.
15 Björn Leukemans Vacansoleil Pro Cycling Team s.t.
16 Jeremy Hunt Cervélo Test Team s.t.
17 Alberto Ongarato Vacansoleil Pro Cycling Team s.t.
18 Manuel Belletti Colnago - CSF Inox s.t.
19 Gorik Gardeyn Vacansoleil Pro Cycling Team s.t.
20 Francesco Failli Acqua & Sapone s.t.
KoM
1 Carlo Scognamiglio ISD - Neri 5 5
2 Stijn Vandenbergh Team Katusha 3 3
3 Raffaele Ferrara CarmioOro NGC 1 1
Edited by Setzel on 14-02-2010 17:49
A long hard stage , suited more for puncheurs then pure sprinters , Finneto will try and keep his 1st position in GC
The stage had no escapees so on the last climb vacansoleil with ljeukemans set a high pace stretching the peleton , the pure sprinters will not be at the sprint for sure , a chance again for finneto maybe.
Marcato is leading for Westra , he is clearly too tired to sprint , Sabatini too , Ginnani is in a good spot waiting for the sprint , it will be a interesting sprint
Westra went for the win he is too strong for this pack today.
We have send here Robert Kiserlovski as team leader , but he is just starting his season , so Dall'Antonia will be our hope for a result here in France.
baia wrote:
Good luck for Marseille.Try to be a little quicker in reaction on the sprints...
I really can't with finneto just hope he can get a good wheel and try to pass them in the last meters , he is more a puncheur than a sprinter i'm lucky he has good fitness , but in may-june when everybody will have atleast ok fitness he will be useless.
