Luckily, there is only a little breeze. Of course the daily BOTD is formed, consisting of Sven van den Houte (Veranda's), Robert Retschke (NetAPP), Anton Vorobyev (Itera), Hugo Houle (Spidertech) and Juan Lobato (Andalucia). .
Nick Nuyens (Saxo) makes the jump, and in the end only Nuyens and Houle are ahead of the bunch.
But of course, it turns out to be a mass sprint. From left to right, you can see the trains of Katusha (Galimzyanov), Movistar (Rojas) and Astana (Davis), with Theo Bos in the wheel of Davis.
Allan Davis shows his excellent shape and takes the win. With an ultimate jump, Bos passes Rojas and Jimmy Casper (Saur) a takes the 2nd spot. A great start of the Tour of Oman for Monster!
Results:
1 Allan Davis Pro Team Astana 3h30'50 2 Theo Bos Monster Energy s.t.
3 José Joaquín Rojas Movistar Team s.t.
4 Jimmy Casper Saur - Sojasun s.t.
5 Davy Commeyne Landbouwkrediet s.t.
Again, almost no wind. And again, a BOTD (most known names K. de Kort (Skil) and S. Poulhies (Saur)) gets away with a maximum lead of 5 minutes 30.
And again, the bunch gets them back and it will be a mass sprint.
Movistar and Astana make the 2 sprinttrains with 1.5km to go.
Bos decides to have a different tactic today. Instead of waiting for a final jump, he wants to surprise Davis and Rojas. But when he wants to do that, he gets closed in by a lot off riders who started their sprint very, very early, like Impey, Casper and Kluge. He tries to switch to the left side of the road, but there are sprinters everywhere... Why are these Oman streets so wide?
So, Davis manages to make it a back-to-back victory with Rojas on 2 and NetApp's Daryl Impey on 3. Bos has to be satisfied with the 7th place.
Results:
1 Allan Davis Pro Team Astana 2h55'36
2 José Joaquín Rojas Movistar Team s.t.
3 Daryl Impey Team NetApp s.t.
4 Jimmy Casper Saur - Sojasun s.t.
5 Roger Kluge Skil - Shimano s.t.
6 Jure Kocjan Team Type 1 s.t. 7 Theo Bos Monster Energy s.t.
GC:
1 Allan Davis Pro Team Astana 6h25'46
2 José Joaquín Rojas Movistar Team + 20 3 Theo Bos Monster Energy + 28
Tactics meeting:
Rob Ruijgh:"DS, I want to go in the attack today."
Me: "No!"
Joost Posthuma: "This terrain suits me, I feel like attacking."
Me: "No again, whatever you're gonna try, it will end up in a mass sprint, so no attacks and save your energy, tomorrow is Jabal al Akhdhar..."
And so it happened... A BOTD , the bunch got them back with 10 kilometres to go, then Belgium duo Leif Hoste (Katusha) and Nick Nuyens give it a go.
They get a 50 second lead, but it is fruitless (well, my predictions are pretty good in this tour).
Theo Bos takes the wheel of Alan Davis again, but this time, the Aussie doesn't have the legs. It's José Rojas who is the fastest, so it's a 3-2-1 for the Movistar-sprinter.
Results:
1 José Joaquín Rojas Movistar Team 3h13'42
2 Jimmy Casper Saur - Sojasun s.t.
3 Juan José Haedo Saxo Bank SunGard s.t.
4 Roger Kluge Skil - Shimano s.t.
5 Allan Davis Pro Team Astana s.t. 6 Theo Bos Monster - Energy Ford s.t.
Rojas also takes the red jersey!
GC:
1 José Joaquín Rojas Movistar Team 9h39'28
2 Allan Davis Pro Team Astana s.t.
3 Jimmy Casper Saur - Sojasun + 28 4 Theo Bos Monster Energy - Ford s.t.
Oh, stupid me..... Almost had a long report finished, with a lot of screenshots... When I clicked the wron button and all was gone. So don't feel like doing it all again, you only get a brief summary.
BOTD with our Francis de Greef, Leif Hoste (Kathusha), Paul Voss (Endura), Maxim Iglinskiy (Astana) and sme more. Maximum lead of 5 minutes, only 2 left at thet foot of Jabal Al Kahdhar.
Simon Geschke (Skil) and Jack Bauer (Endura) escaped from the bunch, and Giovanni Visconti (Farnes) followed them. Our riders went uphill in their own pace.
1km to go and Viscontin is the first to sprint:
The Italian stays in front untill the finish, almost got surprised by Kiwi Bauer, with German Geschke in 3rd.
Wilco Kelderman finishes in 9th, one place before Marc de Maar.
Results:
Spoiler
1 Giovanni Visconti Farnese Vini 3h50'22
2 Jack Bauer Endura Racing s.t.
3 Simon Geschke Skil - Shimano s.t.
4 Rory Sutherland UnitedHealthcare + 14
5 Matteo Tosatto Saxo Bank SunGard + 24
6 Leif Hoste Katusha Team + 32
7 Paul Voss Endura Racing + 39
8 Daniele Callegarin Team Type 1 + 54 9 Wilco Kelderman Monster Energy + 1'01
10 Marc De Maar Monster Energy + 1'16
11 Sergueï Ivanov Katusha Team + 1'23
12 Bert De Waele Landbouwkrediet s.t.
13 René Mandri Endura Racing s.t.
14 José Alberto Benítez Andalucía Caja + 1'30
15 José Joaquín Rojas Movistar Team s.t.
16 Vladimir Efimkin Team Type 1 s.t.
17 Egor Silin Katusha Team s.t.
18 Adrián Palomares Andalucía Caja Granada s.t.
19 Mathieu Sprick Skil - Shimano s.t.
20 Maxim Iglinskiy Pro Team Astana s.t.
21 Jérémie Galland Saur - Sojasun s.t.
22 Joel Zangerle Team Differdange s.t.
23 Iván Gutiérrez Movistar Team s.t.
24 John Darwin Atapuma Colombia es Pasión s.t.
25 Enrico Gasparotto Pro Team Astana + 1'49
GC:
Spoiler
1 Giovanni Visconti Farnese Vini 13h30'10
2 Jack Bauer Endura Racing + 8
3 Simon Geschke Skil - Shimano + 12
4 Rory Sutherland UnitedHealthcare + 34
5 Leif Hoste Katusha Team + 44
6 Matteo Tosatto Saxo Bank SunGard s.t.
7 Paul Voss Endura Racing + 53
8 José Joaquín Rojas Movistar Team + 1'10
9 Daniele Callegarin Team Type 1 + 1'14 10 Wilco Kelderman Monster Energy + 1'21
11 Marc De Maar Monster Energy + 1'36
So, looking back... Only Kelderman and De Maar were able to follow. Now we're gonna try to hang on to the 10th position in the GC. And maybe Posthuma can surprise in tomorrow's hilly ITT.
The fastest time in the beginning of the day is set by Endura's Robert Partridge (30'10). Our photographer was still asleep, so no pictures of him. The first Monster-riders didn't set a good time (wasn't expected). Then Joost Posthuma came and had a very good 2nd part of the race, finishing just 5 seconds behind Partridge.
Unfortunately, he missed the podium finishing in 4th.
Kelderman and De Maar had a nice battle, with Kelderman being 1 second faster, finishing in 34th place, one before De Maar. For Kelderman it was enough to stay in the top 10, even climbing one place to number 9!
Then Rory Sutherland crushed the time from Partridge (our photographer already started to worry about the DS' reaction missing the winner of the ITT...) with 14 seconds and setting the time to beat at 29'56.
GC number 3, Simon Geschke, had a decent ITT, finishing in 14th place, 34 seconds behind Sutherland.
GC number 2 Jack Bauer (riding with the Polka dot-jersey, because leader Visconti wears the leader jersey) did a great job, finishing as 3rd and 15 seconds behind Sutherland (and also securing 2 podiumspots for Endura racing!)
GC leader Giovanni Visconti now knew he needed a 30'23 to stay in the lead. He fought as a true Italian lion (for what I know, there are no lions in the Italian wild...) and succedeed: 30'16 and 6th place!
Results:
1 Rory Sutherland UnitedHealthcare 29'56
2 Robert Partridge Endura Racing + 14
3 Jack Bauer Endura Racing + 15 4 Joost Posthuma Monster Energy + 19
5 Artem Ovechkin Katusha Team + 20
6 Giovanni Visconti Farnese Vini s.t.
GC:
1 Giovanni Visconti Farnese Vini 14h00'26
2 Jack Bauer Endura Racing + 3
3 Rory Sutherland UnitedHealthcare + 8
4 Simon Geschke Skil - Shimano + 26
5 Leif Hoste Katusha Team + 1'03
6 Paul Voss Endura Racing + 1'16
7 Matteo Tosatto Saxo Bank SunGard + 1'31
8 Sergueï Ivanov Katusha Team + 1'48 9 Wilco Kelderman Monster Energy + 1'51
10 José Joaquín Rojas Movistar Team + 1'52 14 Marc De Maar Monster Energy + 2'07
Hey guys,
I've seen that there are more than 500 views already, and I'm very happy with that. But I don't get comments from you (well, had 3 in total). I don't ask to do it, because that's not the way.
But I like to get feedback on my storywriting, pictures, etc. Too much, too few, more writing? Please tell me, that will make it more fun for me to carry on with it, 'cause I intend to continue it.
i agree with Tooom. the more you write the more views you get!
its a great story though! pictures, stories everything!
Heres my feedback.
The amount of images is good. The amount of writing is good (except for that Jabal Al Akhdhar stage, but i understand what happened so its ok )
however there is some things you can add it may take more time but will make the story better.
add the full results of a race in a spoiler. from 1st to last.
after each race, add the full GC standings (1st to last), sprint points standings, king of mountain standings and youngster standings.
For these ones (excluding GC) you should put from 1st to about 15th or 20th.
Also, you should put who wins the sprints and king of mountain points (everyone who gets points) as they happen. So if the there is a sprint a king of mountain and another sprint put it like this:
Sprint Points:
Spoiler
1st: Cadel Evans
2nd: Mark Cavendish
3rd: Alberto Contador
4th: Andy Shleck
5th: Frank Schleck
King Of Mountain:
Spoiler
1st: Andy Schleck
2nd: Frank Schleck
3rd: Cadel Evans
4th: Alberto Contador
Sprint Points:
Spoiler
1st: Mark Cavendish
2nd: Cadel Evans
3rd: Frank Schleck
4th Alberto Contador
5th: Andy Schleck
As i said it will take a little more time but it will make the story very interesting and im guessing a lot more people will follow and comment
Apart from these little bumps and mishaps your story is great and i cant wait for it to continue!!
Also another thing i just remembered whilst looking at your images! Please change the language to english! i cant stress it enough! a majority of the people reading this speak english so if it is english it will be much easier. If you want to keep it the language it is then thats fine but if it doesnt really matter then change it to english please! if you do that can you put up another picture of the team stats!?
hope this feed back was helpful! Edited by mattie524 on 12-08-2011 08:48
Tooom3k & mattie524: Thanks for your comments, really appreciate it. I've changed the language to ENglish, and as requested, here are the stats again:
And we've got some great new: ASO send us an email:
Excellent news, apparantly we did that well in the Tour Down Under, that ASO gave us a wildcard for Paris Nice. Hopefully, we also receive the requested Wildcard for the Tirreno!
Before the race I had a talk with Wilco Kelderman. He wanted to defend his 9th place in the GC, but knew that Rojas normally would pass him because of the bonus seconds. So we made a plan: an early attack!
And so he did. He was the first to reach the summit of the Qurayyat
And was able to stay in the lead and took the 6 bonus seconds, so he overtook Serguei Ivanov in the GC!
After he had slowed down, a 10-man BOTD was formed with Vanlandschoot (Veranda), Oliphant (Endura), Pena (Colombia) and Poulhies (Saur) being the most famous. The maximum advantage was 6 minutes.
When the riders entered the closed circuit near Mattrah Seafront, the breakaway and the bunch could see each other.
With 8 km to go, they were all together and it was sure that it would turn out in mass sprint number 4.
The trains were formed. Movistar was in the lead with Ventoso leading out Rojas on his way to the 2nd victory. We tried a different tactic this time, in stead of taking the wheel of Davis, we formed our own train. Posthuma was in front of Pim Ligthart, who was leading out Bos. But we lost contact in the last sharp corner. Theo Bos made a small mistake, and had to close a big gap to the back wheel of Ligthart. This exhausted him to much, and he finished in 16th place, 3 places behind Ligthart!
In front, Rojas was truely impressive and crushed his opponents. I was so flabbergasted, that I forgot to take a picture of the Spaniard taking his 2nd victory (and overtook Kelderman in the GC, as expected).
It was Giovanni Visconti who managed to stay in the lead of the GC. Congrats to the Italian champion, and I'm sure his sponsor Farnese Vini gave a big party that evening with their own tasty wine!
Results:
Spoiler
1 José Joaquín Rojas Movistar Team 3h36'18
2 Allan Davis Pro Team Astana s.t.
3 Daryl Impey Team NetApp s.t.
4 Tom Veelers Skil - Shimano s.t.
5 Davy Commeyne Landbouwkrediet s.t.
6 Juan José Haedo Saxo Bank SunGard s.t.
7 Enrico Gasparotto Pro Team Astana s.t.
8 Jimmy Casper Saur - Sojasun s.t.
9 Denis Galimzyanov Katusha Team s.t.
10 Jure Kocjan Team Type 1 s.t.
11 Giovanni Visconti Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli s.t.
12 Ian Wilkinson Endura Racing s.t. 13 Pim Ligthart MONSTER ENERGY - FORD s.t.
14 Francisco José Ventoso Movistar Team s.t.
15 Martin Reimer Skil - Shimano s.t. 16 Theo Bos MONSTER ENERGY - FORD s.t.
17 Jérémie Galland Saur - Sojasun s.t.
18 Simon Geschke Skil - Shimano s.t.
19 Koen De Kort Skil - Shimano s.t.
20 Sergueï Ivanov Katusha Team s.t.
21 Hugo Houle Team SpiderTech powered by C10 s.t.
22 Steven Caethoven Veranda's Willems - Accent s.t.
23 Rory Sutherland UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling s.t. 24 Joost Posthuma MONSTER ENERGY - FORD s.t.
25 Matteo Tosatto Saxo Bank SunGard s.t.
26 Ludovic Turpin Saur - Sojasun s.t.
27 Koen Barbé Landbouwkrediet s.t.
28 Matteo Rabottini Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli s.t. 29 Marc De Maar MONSTER ENERGY - FORD s.t.
30 Jack Bauer Endura Racing s.t.
31 Maxim Iglinskiy Pro Team Astana s.t.
32 Laszló Bodrogi Team Type 1 s.t.
33 Evan Oliphant Endura Racing s.t.
34 René Mandri Endura Racing s.t.
35 Leif Hoste Katusha Team s.t.
36 Jesús Hernández Saxo Bank SunGard s.t.
37 Robert Kiserlovski Pro Team Astana s.t.
38 Charles Wegelius UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling s.t.
39 Paul Voss Endura Racing s.t.
40 Oscar Gatto Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli s.t.
41 Bert De Waele Landbouwkrediet s.t.
42 Juan Forero Colombia es Pasión - Café de Colombia s.t.
43 Will Routley Team SpiderTech powered by C10 s.t.
44 James Vanlandschoot Veranda's Willems - Accent s.t.
45 Andrea Guardini Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli s.t.
46 Mathieu Sprick Skil - Shimano s.t.
47 Stéphane Poulhiès Saur - Sojasun s.t.
48 Iván Gutiérrez Movistar Team s.t.
49 Vladimir Efimkin Team Type 1 s.t.
50 Dalivier Ospina Colombia es Pasión - Café de Colombia s.t.
51 Dimitri Claeys Team NetApp s.t.
52 Reinier Honig Landbouwkrediet s.t.
53 Baden Cooke Saxo Bank SunGard s.t.
54 Frédéric Amorison Landbouwkrediet s.t. 55 Rob Ruijgh MONSTER ENERGY - FORD s.t.
56 Wilco Kelderman MONSTER ENERGY - FORD s.t.
57 Imanol Erviti Movistar Team s.t.
58 Andrey Zeits Pro Team Astana s.t.
59 Luca Paolini Katusha Team s.t.
60 Andreas Dietziker Team NetApp s.t.
61 David Hesselbarth Team NetApp s.t.
62 Olaf Kerkhof Team Type 1 s.t.
63 Bert De Backer Skil - Shimano s.t.
64 Roger Kluge Skil - Shimano s.t.
65 Sven Van den Houte Veranda's Willems - Accent s.t.
66 Tanel Kangert Pro Team Astana s.t.
67 Robert Retschke Team NetApp s.t.
68 Ryan Anderson Team SpiderTech powered by C10 s.t.
69 Aldo Ino Ilesic Team Type 1 s.t.
70 Cyril Lemoine Saur - Sojasun s.t.
71 Vytautas Kaupas Team Differdange - Magic-Sportfood.de s.t.
72 Jarosław Marycz Saxo Bank SunGard s.t.
73 Christophe Laborie Saur - Sojasun s.t. 74 Francis De Greef MONSTER ENERGY - FORD s.t.
75 Luca Mazzanti Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli s.t.
76 Davide Ricci Bitti Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli s.t.
77 Jempy Drucker Veranda's Willems - Accent s.t.
78 Danilo Di Luca Katusha Team s.t.
79 Alessandro Bazzana Team Type 1 s.t.
80 Alexandre Blain Endura Racing s.t.
81 Alexander Gottfried Team NetApp s.t.
82 Bartosz Huzarski Team NetApp s.t.
83 Andrew Randell Team SpiderTech powered by C10 s.t.
84 Sergio Pardilla Movistar Team s.t.
85 Yevgeniy Nepomnyachshiy Pro Team Astana s.t.
86 David López Movistar Team s.t.
87 Andrey Mizourov Pro Team Astana s.t.
88 José Alberto Benítez Andalucía Caja Granada s.t.
89 Juan José Lobato Andalucía Caja Granada s.t.
90 José Vicente Toribio Andalucía Caja Granada s.t.
91 Nikolai Trussov Katusha Team s.t.
92 Adrián Palomares Andalucía Caja Granada s.t.
93 Beñat Intxausti Movistar Team s.t.
94 Robert Partridge Endura Racing s.t.
95 Egor Silin Katusha Team s.t.
96 Branislau Samoilau Movistar Team s.t.
97 Nairo Quintana Colombia es Pasión - Café de Colombia s.t.
98 Jarlinson Pantano Colombia es Pasión - Café de Colombia s.t.
99 Joel Zangerle Team Differdange - Magic-Sportfood.de s.t.
100 Andrea Noè Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli s.t.
101 Víctor Hugo Peña Colombia es Pasión - Café de Colombia s.t.
102 Andrey Solomennikov Itera - Katusha s.t.
103 Antonio Cabello Andalucía Caja Granada s.t.
104 Rob Goris Veranda's Willems - Accent s.t.
105 Bert Scheirlinckx Landbouwkrediet s.t.
106 Álex Cano Ardila Colombia es Pasión - Café de Colombia s.t.
107 John Darwin Atapuma Colombia es Pasión - Café de Colombia s.t.
108 Nick Nuyens Saxo Bank SunGard s.t.
109 Johannes Fröhlinger Skil - Shimano s.t.
110 Fortunato Baliani D'Angelo & Antenucci - Nippo s.t.
111 Jimmy Engoulvent Saur - Sojasun s.t.
112 Iker Camaño Endura Racing s.t.
113 Anton Vorobyev Itera - Katusha s.t.
114 Henry Frusto D'Angelo & Antenucci - Nippo s.t.
115 Kevin Van Melsen Veranda's Willems - Accent s.t.
116 Nicki Sørensen Saxo Bank SunGard s.t.
117 Artem Ovechkin Katusha Team s.t.
118 Max Jenkins UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling s.t.
119 Daniele Callegarin Team Type 1 s.t.
120 Christian Meier UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling s.t. 121 Jelle Vanendert MONSTER ENERGY - FORD s.t.
122 Scott Zwizanski UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling s.t.
123 Jesús Rosendo Andalucía Caja Granada s.t.
124 Julien Simon Saur - Sojasun s.t.
125 Diego Caccia Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli s.t.
126 Sergio Carrasco Andalucía Caja Granada s.t.
127 Flavio De Luna Team SpiderTech powered by C10 s.t.
128 Jonathan Patrick McCarty Team SpiderTech powered by C10 s.t.
129 Eloy Ruiz Andalucía Caja Granada s.t.
130 Alexander Zdanov D'Angelo & Antenucci - Nippo + 2'34
131 Morten Knudsen Team Differdange - Magic-Sportfood.de s.t.
132 Danilo Andrenacci D'Angelo & Antenucci - Nippo + 2'59
133 Gediminas Kaupas Team Differdange - Magic-Sportfood.de s.t.
134 Charly Vives Team SpiderTech powered by C10 s.t.
135 Remco Broers Team Differdange - Magic-Sportfood.de s.t.
136 Kohei Uchima D'Angelo & Antenucci - Nippo s.t.
137 Frank Dressler Team Differdange - Magic-Sportfood.de s.t.
138 Alex Bowden Team Type 1 s.t.
139 Tom Thill Team Differdange - Magic-Sportfood.de s.t.
140 Mikhail Antonov Itera - Katusha + 4'07
141 Geert Verheyen Landbouwkrediet s.t.
142 Michael Mørkøv Saxo Bank SunGard s.t.
143 Simone Campagnaro D'Angelo & Antenucci - Nippo s.t.
144 Dieter Cappelle Veranda's Willems - Accent s.t.
145 Kirill Baranov Itera - Katusha + 4'38
146 Manuel Fedele D'Angelo & Antenucci - Nippo + 6'33
147 Mark Batty Team SpiderTech powered by C10 + 11'01
148 Alex Meenhorst Team Differdange - Magic-Sportfood.de s.t.
149 Jake Keough UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling s.t.
150 Steven Cozza Team NetApp s.t.
151 John Martinez Colombia es Pasión - Café de Colombia + 13'13
152 Evgeniy Kovalev Itera - Katusha s.t.
153 Thomas Vernaeckt Veranda's Willems - Accent s.t.
154 Dimitry Ignatiev Itera - Katusha s.t.
155 Nikita Novikov Itera - Katusha + 14'07
156 Andrew Pinfold UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling s.t.
157 Adrian Hegyvari UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling s.t.
GC:
Spoiler
1 Giovanni Visconti Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli 17h36'44
2 Jack Bauer Endura Racing + 3
3 Rory Sutherland UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling + 8
4 Simon Geschke Skil - Shimano + 26
5 Leif Hoste Katusha Team + 1'03
6 Paul Voss Endura Racing + 1'16
7 Matteo Tosatto Saxo Bank SunGard + 1'31
8 José Joaquín Rojas Movistar Team + 1'32 9 Wilco Kelderman MONSTER ENERGY - FORD + 1'45
10 Sergueï Ivanov Katusha Team + 1'48
11 Bert De Waele Landbouwkrediet + 1'57
12 Mathieu Sprick Skil - Shimano + 2'00
13 Daryl Impey Team NetApp + 2'03
14 Iván Gutiérrez Movistar Team s.t. 15 Marc De Maar MONSTER ENERGY - FORD + 2'07
16 Egor Silin Katusha Team + 2'12
17 Enrico Gasparotto Pro Team Astana + 2'17
18 Vladimir Efimkin Team Type 1 + 2'19
19 Nick Nuyens Saxo Bank SunGard + 2'21
20 Jérémie Galland Saur - Sojasun + 2'25
21 Oscar Gatto Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli + 2'26
22 Joel Zangerle Team Differdange - Magic-Sportfood.de + 2'31
23 Daniele Callegarin Team Type 1 s.t.
24 Robert Partridge Endura Racing + 2'36
25 René Mandri Endura Racing + 2'37
26 Allan Davis Pro Team Astana + 2'38
27 John Darwin Atapuma Colombia es Pasión - Café de Colombia + 2'42
28 Artem Ovechkin Katusha Team + 2'44 29 Joost Posthuma MONSTER ENERGY - FORD + 2'45
30 Adrián Palomares Andalucía Caja Granada + 2'46
31 Danilo Di Luca Katusha Team + 2'49
32 Andreas Dietziker Team NetApp + 2'50
33 Robert Kiserlovski Pro Team Astana + 2'52
34 José Alberto Benítez Andalucía Caja Granada + 2'55
35 Maxim Iglinskiy Pro Team Astana + 2'56
36 Nicki Sørensen Saxo Bank SunGard + 2'59
37 Bert Scheirlinckx Landbouwkrediet + 3'00
38 Luca Mazzanti Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli + 3'03
39 David López Movistar Team + 3'04
40 Scott Zwizanski UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling + 3'06
41 Beñat Intxausti Movistar Team + 3'10
42 Bartosz Huzarski Team NetApp + 3'15
43 Will Routley Team SpiderTech powered by C10 s.t.
44 Charles Wegelius UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling + 3'16
45 Hugo Houle Team SpiderTech powered by C10 + 3'18
46 Iker Camaño Endura Racing s.t.
47 Fortunato Baliani D'Angelo & Antenucci - Nippo s.t.
48 Imanol Erviti Movistar Team + 3'23
49 Branislau Samoilau Movistar Team + 3'24
50 Tanel Kangert Pro Team Astana + 3'25
51 Henry Frusto D'Angelo & Antenucci - Nippo s.t.
52 Nairo Quintana Colombia es Pasión - Café de Colombia + 3'26
53 Christian Meier UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling s.t.
54 Anton Vorobyev Itera - Katusha + 3'32
55 Ian Wilkinson Endura Racing + 3'33
56 Jesús Hernández Saxo Bank SunGard + 3'35
57 Alessandro Bazzana Team Type 1 s.t.
58 Ludovic Turpin Saur - Sojasun + 3'37
59 Davy Commeyne Landbouwkrediet + 3'38
60 Dalivier Ospina Colombia es Pasión - Café de Colombia + 3'40
61 Luca Paolini Katusha Team + 3'41
62 Sergio Pardilla Movistar Team + 3'42 63 Jelle Vanendert MONSTER ENERGY - FORD + 3'44
64 Francisco José Ventoso Movistar Team + 3'51
65 Flavio De Luna Team SpiderTech powered by C10 + 3'54 66 Francis De Greef MONSTER ENERGY - FORD + 4'06
67 Davide Ricci Bitti Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli + 4'33 68 Rob Ruijgh MONSTER ENERGY - FORD + 4'36
69 Víctor Hugo Peña Colombia es Pasión - Café de Colombia + 4'57
70 Matteo Rabottini Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli + 5'06
71 Laszló Bodrogi Team Type 1 + 5'11
72 Jarlinson Pantano Colombia es Pasión - Café de Colombia s.t.
73 Andrey Zeits Pro Team Astana + 5'16
74 Andrea Noè Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli + 5'20
75 Andrey Solomennikov Itera - Katusha + 5'21
76 Reinier Honig Landbouwkrediet + 5'28
77 Koen Barbé Landbouwkrediet + 5'39
78 Jure Kocjan Team Type 1 + 5'40 79 Pim Ligthart MONSTER ENERGY - FORD + 5'43
80 Steven Caethoven Veranda's Willems - Accent + 5'44
81 Robert Retschke Team NetApp + 5'52
82 Frédéric Amorison Landbouwkrediet + 5'57
83 Koen De Kort Skil - Shimano + 5'58
84 Cyril Lemoine Saur - Sojasun + 6'05
85 Alexander Gottfried Team NetApp + 6'17
86 Roger Kluge Skil - Shimano + 6'20
87 Alexandre Blain Endura Racing + 6'21
88 Martin Reimer Skil - Shimano + 6'32
89 Baden Cooke Saxo Bank SunGard s.t.
90 Juan José Lobato Andalucía Caja Granada s.t.
91 Bert De Backer Skil - Shimano + 6'37
92 Evan Oliphant Endura Racing + 6'41
93 Andrew Randell Team SpiderTech powered by C10 + 6'42
94 Johannes Fröhlinger Skil - Shimano + 6'43
95 Vytautas Kaupas Team Differdange - Magic-Sportfood.de + 6'51
96 Sergio Carrasco Andalucía Caja Granada + 6'52
97 Julien Simon Saur - Sojasun + 6'54
98 David Hesselbarth Team NetApp + 6'55
99 Christophe Laborie Saur - Sojasun + 6'56
100 Nikolai Trussov Katusha Team + 6'59
101 Geert Verheyen Landbouwkrediet + 7'03
102 Tom Veelers Skil - Shimano + 7'04
103 Eloy Ruiz Andalucía Caja Granada s.t.
104 Álex Cano Ardila Colombia es Pasión - Café de Colombia + 7'07
105 Ryan Anderson Team SpiderTech powered by C10 + 7'08
106 José Vicente Toribio Andalucía Caja Granada s.t.
107 Jarosław Marycz Saxo Bank SunGard + 7'09
108 Antonio Cabello Andalucía Caja Granada s.t.
109 Jesús Rosendo Andalucía Caja Granada + 7'10
110 Denis Galimzyanov Katusha Team + 7'12
111 Juan José Haedo Saxo Bank SunGard + 7'13
112 Andrey Mizourov Pro Team Astana + 7'22
113 Juan Forero Colombia es Pasión - Café de Colombia s.t.
114 Jimmy Casper Saur - Sojasun + 7'24
115 Stéphane Poulhiès Saur - Sojasun + 7'25
116 Yevgeniy Nepomnyachshiy Pro Team Astana + 7'29
117 James Vanlandschoot Veranda's Willems - Accent + 7'31
118 Jempy Drucker Veranda's Willems - Accent + 7'35
119 Dimitri Claeys Team NetApp + 7'39
120 Max Jenkins UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling + 7'45
121 Jonathan Patrick McCarty Team SpiderTech powered by C10 + 8'00
122 Aldo Ino Ilesic Team Type 1 + 8'14
123 Andrea Guardini Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli + 8'16
124 Olaf Kerkhof Team Type 1 + 8'23
125 Sven Van den Houte Veranda's Willems - Accent + 8'25
126 Diego Caccia Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli + 8'45
127 Kevin Van Melsen Veranda's Willems - Accent + 8'48
128 Rob Goris Veranda's Willems - Accent + 8'51
129 Jimmy Engoulvent Saur - Sojasun + 9'21
130 Morten Knudsen Team Differdange - Magic-Sportfood.de + 9'26
131 Alexander Zdanov D'Angelo & Antenucci - Nippo + 10'02
132 Danilo Andrenacci D'Angelo & Antenucci - Nippo + 10'34
133 Frank Dressler Team Differdange - Magic-Sportfood.de + 11'20
134 Simone Campagnaro D'Angelo & Antenucci - Nippo + 11'22
135 Mikhail Antonov Itera - Katusha + 11'23
136 Gediminas Kaupas Team Differdange - Magic-Sportfood.de + 11'24
137 Charly Vives Team SpiderTech powered by C10 + 11'29
138 Kohei Uchima D'Angelo & Antenucci - Nippo + 11'39
139 Remco Broers Team Differdange - Magic-Sportfood.de + 11'45
140 Tom Thill Team Differdange - Magic-Sportfood.de + 11'47
141 Dieter Cappelle Veranda's Willems - Accent + 11'52
142 Michael Mørkøv Saxo Bank SunGard + 12'07
143 Kirill Baranov Itera - Katusha + 13'07 144 Theo Bos MONSTER ENERGY - FORD + 14'42
145 Manuel Fedele D'Angelo & Antenucci - Nippo + 17'31
146 Alex Bowden Team Type 1 + 17'40
147 Steven Cozza Team NetApp + 18'14
148 Alex Meenhorst Team Differdange - Magic-Sportfood.de + 18'54
149 John Martinez Colombia es Pasión - Café de Colombia + 19'03
150 Mark Batty Team SpiderTech powered by C10 + 19'49
151 Jake Keough UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling + 20'17
152 Dimitry Ignatiev Itera - Katusha + 20'57
153 Adrian Hegyvari UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling + 21'34
154 Nikita Novikov Itera - Katusha + 21'47
155 Andrew Pinfold UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling + 21'57
156 Evgeniy Kovalev Itera - Katusha + 22'01
157 Thomas Vernaeckt Veranda's Willems - Accent + 22'06
Points:
Spoiler
1 José Joaquín Rojas Movistar Team 87
2 Allan Davis Pro Team Astana 86
3 Daryl Impey Team NetApp 56
4 Jimmy Casper Saur - Sojasun 56
5 Rory Sutherland UnitedHealthcare 45
6 Juan José Haedo Saxo Bank SunGard 44
7 Giovanni Visconti Farnese Vini 40 8 Theo Bos Monster Energy - Ford 39
9 Davy Commeyne Landbouwkrediet 38
10 Jack Bauer Endura Racing 36
Mountain:
Spoiler
1 Giovanni Visconti Farnese Vini 20
2 Jack Bauer Endura Racing 14
3 Simon Geschke Skil - Shimano 12
4 Rory Sutherland UnitedHealthcare 10 5 Wilco Kelderman Monster Energy - Ford 9
U25:
Spoiler
1 Simon Geschke Skil - Shimano 17h37'10 (1)
2 Paul Voss Endura Racing + 50
3 Wilco Kelderman Monster Energy - Ford + 1'19
The Vuelta de Andalucia starts with a 6.7 km prologue in the surrounding of Benahavis. It starts with a short downhill, and ends with a steep climb, with gradients over 15%! So it won't be enough to just ride hard, you have to be a puncheur as well!
The Dutch Niki Terpstra is in preparation for the first cobbled classics, and beat the current time of Zingle: 12'00.
GC-favourite Peter Sagan showed in the Tour Down Under that he's in good shape, and he continues that. He's 1 second faster than Terpstra! 11'59 minutes.
With only a few riders to go, I looked at the standings. Well, it was pretty good for our self-esteem!
Then Jack Bobridge came along, this supertalent crushed the time of Sagan with 4 seconds, setting the best time at 11'55!
Only 3 contenders to go, 2 of them being strong GC-opponents. First Italian Marzio Bruseghin, but the Movistar rider came 10 seconds short. BUt he ended as the best non-Monster rider in 5th place.
Thomas de Gendt came very, very close. But not enough: 1 second slower than Bobridge.
One rider to go. But it was unsecure if Olympic champion Samuel Sanchez was in good shape. Well, he performed all right, but the clocked stopped ticking at 12'13 putting him in place 9.
So what a first stage in Andalucia! 7 riders in the top 10, and we secured the top 4 places!!
Well, you can imagine that the mood at the dinner table was verry cheerful. The only thing to worry about is not to eat contamined meat (Clenbuterol!!), so we can focus on defending the leader jersey!
Results:
Spoiler
1 Jack Bobridge MONSTER ENERGY - FORD 11'55
2 Thomas De Gendt MONSTER ENERGY - FORD + 1
3 Peter Sagan MONSTER ENERGY - FORD + 4
4 Niki Terpstra MONSTER ENERGY - FORD + 5
5 Marzio Bruseghin Movistar Team + 10 6 Romain Zingle MONSTER ENERGY - FORD + 13
7 Laurent Didier MONSTER ENERGY - FORD + 16
8 Rubén Plaza Movistar Team + 18
9 Samuel Sánchez Euskaltel - Euskadi s.t. 10 Marcel Kittel MONSTER ENERGY - FORD + 20
11 Alejandro Marque Onda s.t.
12 Markus Fothen Team NSP s.t.
13 Ignatas Konovalovas Movistar Team + 21
14 Łukasz Bodnar CCC Polsat Polkowice s.t.
15 Víctor De la Parte Caja Rural + 22
16 Marek Rutkiewicz CCC Polsat Polkowice s.t.
17 José Vicente García Acosta Movistar Team + 23
18 Mateusz Taciak CCC Polsat Polkowice s.t.
19 Tomasz Kiendyś CCC Polsat Polkowice + 24
20 Leopold König Team NetApp s.t.
21 Stijn Joseph Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator + 25
22 Albert Timmer Skil - Shimano s.t.
23 Markus Eichler Team NSP s.t.
24 Rubén Pérez Euskaltel - Euskadi + 26
25 Matti Helminen Landbouwkrediet s.t.
26 Luis Felipe Laverde Colombia es Pasión - Café de Colombia s.t.
27 Pablo Lastras Movistar Team + 27
28 Tomas Swift Metcalfe Tavira - Prio s.t.
29 Andrey Amador Movistar Team s.t.
30 Javier Francisco Aramendia Euskaltel - Euskadi s.t.
31 Jacek Morajko CCC Polsat Polkowice + 28
32 Luis Pasamontes Movistar Team s.t.
33 Hugo Salazar Colombia es Pasión - Café de Colombia s.t.
34 Santiago Pérez Barbot - Efapel s.t.
35 Higinio Fernández Caja Rural s.t.
36 Pello Bilbao Euskaltel - Euskadi s.t.
37 Víctor Cabedo Orbea Continental s.t.
38 Ricardo Mestre Tavira - Prio s.t.
39 Aritz Bagües Orbea Continental s.t.
40 Laurent Mangel Saur - Sojasun s.t.
41 Juan Villegas Colombia es Pasión - Café de Colombia s.t.
42 Camilo Suárez Colombia es Pasión - Café de Colombia + 29
43 Stijn Neirynck Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator s.t.
44 Daniel Silva Onda s.t.
45 Raúl Alarcón Barbot - Efapel s.t.
46 Jérôme Baugnies Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator s.t.
47 Íñigo Cuesta Caja Rural s.t.
48 Tino Thömel Team NSP s.t.
49 Jonathan Breyne Landbouwkrediet + 30
50 Michael Schwarzmann Team NetApp s.t.
51 Bruno Manuel Sepulveda Borges Onda s.t.
52 Yannick Talabardon Saur - Sojasun s.t.
53 Robinson Chalapud Colombia es Pasión - Café de Colombia s.t.
54 Igor Romero Caja Rural + 31
55 Mikel Nieve Euskaltel - Euskadi s.t.
56 Carlos Martínez Colombia es Pasión - Café de Colombia s.t.
57 Alberto Morrás Onda s.t.
58 Bruno Lima Onda s.t.
59 Mitchell Docker Skil - Shimano s.t.
60 Rui Sousa Barbot - Efapel s.t.
61 Romain Matheou Saur - Sojasun + 32
62 Bartlomiej Matysiak CCC Polsat Polkowice s.t.
63 Ronan Van Zandbeek Skil - Shimano s.t.
64 Hector Paez Colombia es Pasión - Café de Colombia s.t.
65 Carlos Verona Burgos 2016 - Castilla y León s.t.
66 Blazej Janiaczyk CCC Polsat Polkowice s.t.
67 Fabricio Ferrari Caja Rural s.t.
68 Yannick Mayer Team NSP s.t.
69 Arnaud Coyot Saur - Sojasun s.t.
70 Ruben Jimenez Burgos 2016 - Castilla y León s.t.
71 Enrique Sanz Movistar Team s.t.
72 Rony Martias Saur - Sojasun + 33
73 Cheng Ji Skil - Shimano s.t.
74 Kris Boeckmans Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator s.t.
75 Yukihiro Doi Skil - Shimano s.t.
76 Esteban Chaves Colombia es Pasión - Café de Colombia s.t.
77 Joeri Stallaert Landbouwkrediet s.t.
78 Pascual Orengo Burgos 2016 - Castilla y León s.t.
79 Koldo Fernández Euskaltel - Euskadi s.t.
80 Jelle Wallays Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator s.t.
81 Daniel Sesma Euskaltel - Euskadi + 34
82 Jarl Salomein Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator s.t.
83 Carlos Baltazar Barbot - Efapel s.t.
84 Adrian Honkisz CCC Polsat Polkowice s.t.
85 Joaquín Sobrino Caja Rural + 35
86 Beñat Urain Orbea Continental s.t.
87 Luis Silva Tavira - Prio s.t.
88 Julián Sánchez Pimienta Caja Rural s.t.
89 Jean-Lou Paiani Saur - Sojasun + 36
90 Lucas Schädlich Team NSP s.t.
91 Jonas Schmeiser Team NSP s.t.
92 Francisco Manuel Antón Burgos 2016 - Castilla y León s.t.
93 Jon Aberasturi Orbea Continental s.t.
94 Hans Dekkers Landbouwkrediet s.t.
95 Pablo Urtasun Euskaltel - Euskadi + 37
96 Matthias Mortka Team NSP s.t.
97 Noel Martín Orbea Continental s.t.
98 Aitor Galdos Caja Rural s.t.
99 René Obst Team NSP s.t.
100 Laurens De Vreese Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator s.t.
101 Pieter Serry Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator + 38
102 Jean-Marc Marino Saur - Sojasun s.t.
103 Diogo Nunes Tavira - Prio s.t.
104 Antonio Filipe Oliveira Amorim Barbot - Efapel s.t.
105 Aritz Etxebarria Orbea Continental + 39 106 Wout Poels MONSTER ENERGY - FORD + 1'07
now this is more like it!
that Stage 6 or the Tour of Oman was really good! but if your going to put the top 10 for sprint points standings put everythng else so its the top 10 too
im not trying to be mean or anything tho. just trying to help you with your story
hope it helps!
and well done getting top 4 in the Vuelta de Andalucia prologue!!
i just realised you got 1st and last place! hahaha! great story! one of my favourites now! i love how there isnt much time in between each race! it just keeps on rolling and you keep on posting! will follow this till it ends! great story!
In Andalucia's 2nd stage we enter the mountain. There are 3 KOTM-summits on the menu, with an altitude over 1000metres. Early in the stage, a big group gets away, consisting of Morras (Onda), Salazar (Colombia), Cabedo (Orbea), Alarcon (Barbot), Fernández (Caja Rural), Mestre (Tavira), Mayer (NSP), Marino (Saur) and Albert Timmer (Skil).
Alarcon is the first to cross the line of the Intermediate sprint.
The breakaway's advantage is over 5 minutes at the foot of today's 1st climb, the Puerto de Polopes. Fernández reaches the summit in first place.
A big group has to let go the bunch, including Monster's Niki Terpstra, Marcel Kittel and Romain Zingle.
Fernandez also reaches the summit of the 2nd climb, the Puerto de Albanol, in first place and already secures himself of the polkadot jersey!
The peloton, already shrunken to 35 cyclists, is about 4 minutes behind the leaders.
Meanwhile, the breakaway reaches the 3rd KOTM-sprint, where Morras accelerates and is the first on the summit.
The riders from Monster Energy - Ford face a Spanish-Portuguese pact: none of the other teams even tend to help in chasing the breakaway. The Movistar and Euskaltel-guys only pass the summit in the front, probably because of the photographers. I even talked to their DS's to help us, but strangely, no one could understand and speak English anymore... With 30 kilometres to go, almost all downhill, our loss still was a little less than 3 minutes.
Because of the acceleration of Morras at the last climb, the breakaway got split and 4 riders would battle for the stage win, and the leaders jersey: Morras, Cabedo, Salazar and Fernandez.
None of them was a good sprinter, so it would be the one with the most energy left after ths though stage. It was Orbea's Cabedo who took the win, and knew where the camera was on the finishline.
The peloton crossed the line 1'44 behind the leaders.
Results:
Spoiler
1 Víctor Cabedo Orbea Continental 4h31'33
2 Higinio Fernández Caja Rural s.t.
3 Alberto Morrás Onda s.t.
4 Hugo Salazar Colombia es Pasión - Café de Colombia s.t.
5 Rubén Pérez Euskaltel - Euskadi + 1'44
6 Pablo Lastras Movistar Team s.t. 7 Peter Sagan MONSTER ENERGY - FORD s.t.
8 Jérôme Baugnies Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator s.t.
9 Luis Felipe Laverde Colombia es Pasión - Café de Colombia s.t.
10 Rubén Plaza Movistar Team s.t.
11 José Vicente García Acosta Movistar Team s.t.
12 Marek Rutkiewicz CCC Polsat Polkowice s.t.
13 Alejandro Marque Onda s.t.
14 Jacek Morajko CCC Polsat Polkowice s.t.
15 Yannick Talabardon Saur - Sojasun s.t.
16 Julián Sánchez Pimienta Caja Rural s.t.
17 Daniel Silva Onda s.t.
18 Samuel Sánchez Euskaltel - Euskadi s.t.
19 Santiago Pérez Barbot - Efapel s.t.
20 Luis Pasamontes Movistar Team s.t.
21 Marzio Bruseghin Movistar Team s.t.
22 Robinson Chalapud Colombia es Pasión - Café de Colombia s.t.
23 Mikel Nieve Euskaltel - Euskadi s.t.
24 Pello Bilbao Euskaltel - Euskadi s.t.
25 Yukihiro Doi Skil - Shimano s.t.
26 Leopold König Team NetApp s.t.
27 Íñigo Cuesta Caja Rural s.t. 28 Thomas De Gendt MONSTER ENERGY - FORD s.t.
29 Laurent Didier MONSTER ENERGY - FORD s.t.
30 Wout Poels MONSTER ENERGY - FORD s.t.
31 Albert Timmer Skil - Shimano s.t. 32 Jack Bobridge MONSTER ENERGY - FORD s.t.
33 Blazej Janiaczyk CCC Polsat Polkowice s.t.
34 Raúl Alarcón Barbot - Efapel s.t.
35 Bartlomiej Matysiak CCC Polsat Polkowice s.t.
36 Laurent Mangel Saur - Sojasun s.t.
37 Ignatas Konovalovas Movistar Team s.t.
38 Ricardo Mestre Tavira - Prio s.t.
39 Jean-Marc Marino Saur - Sojasun s.t.
40 Yannick Mayer Team NSP s.t.
41 Carlos Verona Burgos 2016 - Castilla y León + 4'20
42 Markus Fothen Team NSP + 4'36
43 Rui Sousa Barbot - Efapel s.t.
44 Jelle Wallays Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator + 5'51
45 Hector Paez Colombia es Pasión - Café de Colombia + 6'17
46 Aitor Galdos Caja Rural + 9'58
47 Pablo Urtasun Euskaltel - Euskadi s.t.
48 Tomasz Kiendyś CCC Polsat Polkowice s.t.
49 Mitchell Docker Skil - Shimano + 11'31
50 Javier Francisco Aramendia Euskaltel - Euskadi s.t.
51 Mateusz Taciak CCC Polsat Polkowice s.t.
52 Stijn Joseph Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator s.t.
53 Andrey Amador Movistar Team s.t.
54 Pieter Serry Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator s.t.
55 Matthias Mortka Team NSP + 13'34
56 Víctor De la Parte Caja Rural + 14'26
57 Aritz Bagües Orbea Continental s.t.
58 Kris Boeckmans Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator s.t.
59 Beñat Urain Orbea Continental s.t.
60 Ronan Van Zandbeek Skil - Shimano s.t.
61 Łukasz Bodnar CCC Polsat Polkowice s.t.
62 Daniel Sesma Euskaltel - Euskadi + 14'54
63 Jarl Salomein Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator s.t.
64 Tomas Swift Metcalfe Tavira - Prio s.t.
65 Luis Silva Tavira - Prio s.t.
66 René Obst Team NSP s.t.
67 Igor Romero Caja Rural s.t.
68 Jon Aberasturi Orbea Continental s.t.
69 Joaquín Sobrino Caja Rural s.t.
70 Juan Villegas Colombia es Pasión - Café de Colombia s.t. 71 Niki Terpstra MONSTER ENERGY - FORD s.t.
72 Enrique Sanz Movistar Team s.t.
73 Ruben Jimenez Burgos 2016 - Castilla y León s.t.
74 Pascual Orengo Burgos 2016 - Castilla y León s.t. 75 Marcel Kittel MONSTER ENERGY - FORD s.t.
76 Carlos Martínez Colombia es Pasión - Café de Colombia s.t. 77 Romain Zingle MONSTER ENERGY - FORD s.t.
78 Koldo Fernández Euskaltel - Euskadi + 16'12
79 Adrian Honkisz CCC Polsat Polkowice + 16'47
80 Esteban Chaves Colombia es Pasión - Café de Colombia + 18'32
81 Rony Martias Saur - Sojasun s.t.
82 Camilo Suárez Colombia es Pasión - Café de Colombia s.t.
83 Arnaud Coyot Saur - Sojasun s.t.
84 Bruno Manuel Sepulveda Borges Onda s.t.
85 Fabricio Ferrari Caja Rural s.t.
86 Joeri Stallaert Landbouwkrediet s.t.
87 Lucas Schädlich Team NSP s.t.
88 Noel Martín Orbea Continental s.t.
89 Tino Thömel Team NSP s.t.
90 Stijn Neirynck Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator s.t.
91 Carlos Baltazar Barbot - Efapel s.t.
92 Michael Schwarzmann Team NetApp s.t.
93 Aritz Etxebarria Orbea Continental + 19'12
94 Antonio Filipe Oliveira Amorim Barbot - Efapel s.t.
95 Cheng Ji Skil - Shimano + 19'29
96 Francisco Manuel Antón Burgos 2016 - Castilla y León s.t.
97 Jonathan Breyne Landbouwkrediet s.t.
98 Bruno Lima Onda s.t.
99 Laurens De Vreese Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator s.t.
100 Diogo Nunes Tavira - Prio s.t.
101 Markus Eichler Team NSP s.t.
102 Matti Helminen Landbouwkrediet s.t.
103 Hans Dekkers Landbouwkrediet + 21'23
104 Jean-Lou Paiani Saur - Sojasun s.t.
105 Romain Matheou Saur - Sojasun s.t.
106 Jonas Schmeiser Team NSP s.t.
GC:
Spoiler
1 Víctor Cabedo Orbea Continental 4h43'32
2 Alberto Morrás Onda + 9
3 Higinio Fernández Caja Rural + 10
4 Hugo Salazar Colombia es Pasión - Café de Colombia + 22 5 Jack Bobridge MONSTER ENERGY - FORD + 1'40
6 Thomas De Gendt MONSTER ENERGY - FORD + 1'41
7 Peter Sagan MONSTER ENERGY - FORD + 1'44
8 Marzio Bruseghin Movistar Team + 1'50 9 Laurent Didier MONSTER ENERGY - FORD + 1'56
10 Rubén Plaza Movistar Team + 1'58
11 Samuel Sánchez Euskaltel - Euskadi s.t.
12 Alejandro Marque Onda + 2'00
13 Ignatas Konovalovas Movistar Team + 2'01
14 Marek Rutkiewicz CCC Polsat Polkowice + 2'02
15 José Vicente García Acosta Movistar Team + 2'03
16 Raúl Alarcón Barbot - Efapel s.t.
17 Leopold König Team NetApp + 2'04
18 Albert Timmer Skil - Shimano + 2'05
19 Rubén Pérez Euskaltel - Euskadi + 2'06
20 Luis Felipe Laverde Colombia es Pasión - Café de Colombia s.t.
21 Pablo Lastras Movistar Team + 2'07
22 Jacek Morajko CCC Polsat Polkowice + 2'08
23 Luis Pasamontes Movistar Team s.t.
24 Santiago Pérez Barbot - Efapel s.t.
25 Pello Bilbao Euskaltel - Euskadi s.t.
26 Ricardo Mestre Tavira - Prio s.t.
27 Laurent Mangel Saur - Sojasun s.t.
28 Jérôme Baugnies Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator + 2'09
29 Daniel Silva Onda s.t.
30 Íñigo Cuesta Caja Rural s.t.
31 Yannick Talabardon Saur - Sojasun + 2'10
32 Robinson Chalapud Colombia es Pasión - Café de Colombia s.t.
33 Mikel Nieve Euskaltel - Euskadi + 2'11
34 Bartlomiej Matysiak CCC Polsat Polkowice + 2'12
35 Blazej Janiaczyk CCC Polsat Polkowice s.t.
36 Yannick Mayer Team NSP s.t.
37 Yukihiro Doi Skil - Shimano + 2'13
38 Julián Sánchez Pimienta Caja Rural + 2'15
39 Jean-Marc Marino Saur - Sojasun + 2'18 40 Wout Poels MONSTER ENERGY - FORD + 2'47
41 Carlos Verona Burgos 2016 - Castilla y León + 4'48
42 Markus Fothen Team NSP + 4'52
43 Rui Sousa Barbot - Efapel + 5'03
44 Jelle Wallays Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator + 6'20
45 Hector Paez Colombia es Pasión - Café de Colombia + 6'45
46 Tomasz Kiendyś CCC Polsat Polkowice + 10'18
47 Pablo Urtasun Euskaltel - Euskadi + 10'31
48 Aitor Galdos Caja Rural s.t.
49 Mateusz Taciak CCC Polsat Polkowice + 11'50
50 Stijn Joseph Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator + 11'52
51 Javier Francisco Aramendia Euskaltel - Euskadi + 11'54
52 Andrey Amador Movistar Team s.t.
53 Mitchell Docker Skil - Shimano + 11'58
54 Pieter Serry Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator + 12'05
55 Matthias Mortka Team NSP + 14'07
56 Łukasz Bodnar CCC Polsat Polkowice + 14'43
57 Víctor De la Parte Caja Rural + 14'44
58 Aritz Bagües Orbea Continental + 14'50
59 Ronan Van Zandbeek Skil - Shimano + 14'54 60 Niki Terpstra MONSTER ENERGY - FORD + 14'55
61 Kris Boeckmans Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator s.t.
62 Beñat Urain Orbea Continental + 14'57 63 Romain Zingle MONSTER ENERGY - FORD + 15'03
64 Marcel Kittel MONSTER ENERGY - FORD + 15'10
65 Tomas Swift Metcalfe Tavira - Prio + 15'17
66 Juan Villegas Colombia es Pasión - Café de Colombia + 15'18
67 Igor Romero Caja Rural + 15'21
68 Carlos Martínez Colombia es Pasión - Café de Colombia s.t.
69 Ruben Jimenez Burgos 2016 - Castilla y León + 15'22
70 Enrique Sanz Movistar Team s.t.
71 Pascual Orengo Burgos 2016 - Castilla y León + 15'23
72 Daniel Sesma Euskaltel - Euskadi + 15'24
73 Jarl Salomein Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator s.t.
74 Luis Silva Tavira - Prio + 15'25
75 Joaquín Sobrino Caja Rural s.t.
76 Jon Aberasturi Orbea Continental + 15'26
77 René Obst Team NSP + 15'27
78 Koldo Fernández Euskaltel - Euskadi + 16'41
79 Adrian Honkisz CCC Polsat Polkowice + 17'17
80 Camilo Suárez Colombia es Pasión - Café de Colombia + 18'57
81 Stijn Neirynck Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator s.t.
82 Tino Thömel Team NSP s.t.
83 Bruno Manuel Sepulveda Borges Onda + 18'58
84 Michael Schwarzmann Team NetApp s.t.
85 Fabricio Ferrari Caja Rural + 19'00
86 Arnaud Coyot Saur - Sojasun s.t.
87 Rony Martias Saur - Sojasun + 19'01
88 Esteban Chaves Colombia es Pasión - Café de Colombia s.t.
89 Joeri Stallaert Landbouwkrediet s.t.
90 Carlos Baltazar Barbot - Efapel + 19'02
91 Lucas Schädlich Team NSP + 19'04
92 Noel Martín Orbea Continental + 19'05
93 Antonio Filipe Oliveira Amorim Barbot - Efapel + 19'46
94 Aritz Etxebarria Orbea Continental + 19'47
95 Markus Eichler Team NSP + 19'50
96 Matti Helminen Landbouwkrediet + 19'51
97 Jonathan Breyne Landbouwkrediet + 19'55
98 Bruno Lima Onda + 19'56
99 Cheng Ji Skil - Shimano + 19'58
100 Francisco Manuel Antón Burgos 2016 - Castilla y León + 20'01
101 Laurens De Vreese Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator + 20'02
102 Diogo Nunes Tavira - Prio + 20'03
103 Romain Matheou Saur - Sojasun + 21'51
104 Jean-Lou Paiani Saur - Sojasun + 21'55
105 Jonas Schmeiser Team NSP s.t.
106 Hans Dekkers Landbouwkrediet s.t.
Points:
Spoiler
1 Víctor Cabedo Orbea Continental 29 29
2 Alberto Morrás Onda 26 26 3 Jack Bobridge MONSTER ENERGY - FORD 0 25
4 Peter Sagan MONSTER ENERGY - FORD 9 25
KOTM:
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1 Higinio Fernández Caja Rural 36
2 Alberto Morrás Onda 32
3 Hugo Salazar Colombia es Pasión - Café de Colombia 24
Mmm, what to say... We faced a Iberian-pact that we couldn't overwin. Apparently, the SPanish World Tour-teams rather saw the smaller Iberian continental teams win, than that they helped us to battle for the stage and GC win. DId we had to start the chase earlier? Now you can say yes, but possibly our riders got exhausted and the Movistar / Euskaltel would have taken profit of it.
Well, the GC is not lost, but will be difficult. With 4 riders about 1'40 back, the situation is clear: attack and exhaust the 4 leaders and their teammates. But will it be easy?
great for the stage 2 but you could include the king of mountain and sprint points as it goes. So when there is king of mountain points being given out then sprint points then king of mountain again, put it like this:
King of Mountain 1:
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1st: Cadel Evans
2nd: Alberto Contador
3rd: Andy Schleck
Sprint 1:
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1st: Mark Cavendish
2nd: Phillipe Gilbert
3rd: Jose Joaquin Rojas
King of Mountain 2:
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1st: Frank Schleck
2nd: Cadel Evans
3rd: Alberto Contador
That way us followers can keep up with our favourite riders even if there not in the top 5 (or how ever many you put in the end standings) and we can also keep up with the race.
sorry if you feel im hassling you! im just trying to make a great story even better! and the way youre going now i think its working! Edited by mattie524 on 13-08-2011 06:18
oh and make sure you make the amount of riders in each standing the same. If you want to put 5 riders in the points standings, you have to do the same for KOM and youngster. Keep it up
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Thx for your comments, appreciate the feedback. I'm still working on the best way to do it, but don't wanna overkill. Think I'll take the first 3 of a KOTM or intermediate sprint, because I feel that more information can be too much. When the stage is done, think I'll give the top 5 in the points and KOTM, no more than that (and of course the best of Monster in the ranking).
Mattie, you give me a lot of work to do
yea. i understand. well i dont really but im gonna start a story when i get the game so ill know what your talking bout soon!
yea the first three of the points in-race is good. yea! personally i think 10 is best to put at the end but hey if u wanna put 5 im fine with that
and yea i hope thats sorta a good thing! haha!
3rd stage of the Vuelta de Andalucia, 167km from Otura to Jaén, 4 KOTM-sprints, with a lot of climbing, and the last 30km downhill.
Tactics meeting: attack, attack and attack!!
We first worked hard to keep the peloton together before the first Intermediate sprint, and with succes, Sagan took the win and 6 seconds. 2nd came Bilbao (Euskaltel) and 3rd Pasamontes (Movistar)
He The 3 got a small gap, but for some strange reason Topsport Vlaanderen and CC brought it all together.
Then a small group with Thomas de Gendt, Sousa (Barrot), Joseph (Topsport), Bilbao again, Lastras (Movistar) and Paez (Colombia) gave it a go.
They didn't get a big gap, because NSP's Markus Fothen was chasing them, helped by Wallays (Topsport, although his teammate was up front ).
De Gendt was the first to reach the summit of the Puerto de los Blancares, in front of Bilbao and Lastras, just seconds before the bunch reeled them in.
After the descent, it was time for the 2nd Intermediate sprint, and again Sagan got the 6 bonus seconds! 2nd Urtasun (Euskaltal), 3rd Kiendys (CCC). .
Then it was time for Finnish Matti Helminen (Landbouwkrediet) who jumped away and took the 2nd KOTM-sprint (2nd Pasamontes, 3rd Bagues). In the ascend, Monster's Laurent Didier (9th in the GC, + 1'56) made the jump to the Fin, and the 2 drove away slowly. Didier reached the summit of the Cuestade de los Gallardos in first place. Verona (Burgos) got 3rd.
With 50km to go, the advantage was 2 minutes, so Didier was in virtual yellow. Because of that, the Orbea-team finally decided not to profit from the others and started the chase.
Because of that, the numbers 3 and 4 in the GC (Salazar and Morras in the green jersey) got dropped by the bunch.
Didier fastened his pace going up the Alto de Fuensanta, the last KOTM of today and he dropped the exhausted Fin. The Orbea's had blown their muscles, so the lead at the summit was already 3'44 (and Verona came in 3rd again)!
Then the Spanish teams helped each other again: Caja Rural (with 2nd placed Fernández) and Euskaltel started to chase our poor Luxembourg rider.
The leading advantage became smaller: 2'40 with 20km, 2'28 with 15km, 2'20 with 10km, 2'06 with 5km and only 1 minute with the last ascending 2.5km (gradients of 3 to 5%) to go.
With 2km to go it was CCC's Marek Rutkiewicz who had a fierce attack, followed by Jerome Baugnies (Topsport), Sammy Sanchez (Euskaltel) and Marzio Bruseghin (Movistar). Thomas de Gendt and Peter Sagan tried everything to follow them.
With his last energy left, Didier managed to stay up front and took the win. An outstanding achievement, unfortunately not enough for the GC-lead (well, he's in 3rd now).
Didier could go the podium and celebrate the 3rd victory for our team. Rutkiewicz got 2nd, Bruseghin 3d, Sagan 7th and De Gendt 11th.
Results:
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1 Laurent Didier MONSTER ENERGY - FORD 4h22'48
2 Marek Rutkiewicz CCC Polsat Polkowice s.t.
3 Marzio Bruseghin Movistar Team s.t.
4 Jérôme Baugnies Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator s.t.
5 Samuel Sánchez Euskaltel - Euskadi s.t.
6 Rubén Pérez Euskaltel - Euskadi + 14 7 Peter Sagan MONSTER ENERGY - FORD + 21
8 Rubén Plaza Movistar Team + 26
9 Mikel Nieve Euskaltel - Euskadi s.t.
10 Jacek Morajko CCC Polsat Polkowice s.t. 11 Thomas De Gendt MONSTER ENERGY - FORD s.t.
12 Julián Sánchez Pimienta Caja Rural s.t.
13 Aitor Galdos Caja Rural s.t.
14 Íñigo Cuesta Caja Rural s.t.
15 Tomasz Kiendyś CCC Polsat Polkowice s.t.
16 Markus Fothen Team NSP s.t.
17 Víctor Cabedo Orbea Continental s.t.
18 Leopold König Team NetApp + 47
19 Higinio Fernández Caja Rural s.t.
20 Laurent Mangel Saur - Sojasun s.t.
21 Pello Bilbao Euskaltel - Euskadi s.t. 22 Jack Bobridge MONSTER ENERGY - FORD + 58
23 Robinson Chalapud Colombia es Pasión - Café de Colombia s.t.
24 Yukihiro Doi Skil - Shimano s.t.
25 José Vicente García Acosta Movistar Team s.t.
26 Jarl Salomein Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator s.t.
27 Ricardo Mestre Tavira - Prio s.t.
28 Raúl Alarcón Barbot - Efapel s.t.
29 Javier Francisco Aramendia Euskaltel - Euskadi s.t. 30 Marcel Kittel MONSTER ENERGY - FORD s.t.
31 Niki Terpstra MONSTER ENERGY - FORD s.t.
32 Bartlomiej Matysiak CCC Polsat Polkowice s.t.
33 Víctor De la Parte Caja Rural s.t. 34 Wout Poels MONSTER ENERGY - FORD s.t.
35 Romain Zingle MONSTER ENERGY - FORD s.t.
36 Pablo Lastras Movistar Team s.t.
37 Koldo Fernández Euskaltel - Euskadi s.t.
38 Fabricio Ferrari Caja Rural + 1'20
39 Aritz Bagües Orbea Continental s.t.
40 Jon Aberasturi Orbea Continental s.t.
41 Albert Timmer Skil - Shimano s.t.
42 Santiago Pérez Barbot - Efapel s.t.
43 Jelle Wallays Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator s.t.
44 Pablo Urtasun Euskaltel - Euskadi s.t.
45 Daniel Sesma Euskaltel - Euskadi + 1'36
46 Jean-Marc Marino Saur - Sojasun s.t.
47 Carlos Verona Burgos 2016 - Castilla y León + 1'45
48 Joeri Stallaert Landbouwkrediet + 1'50
49 Tomas Swift Metcalfe Tavira - Prio + 1'55
50 Matti Helminen Landbouwkrediet s.t.
51 Igor Romero Caja Rural s.t.
52 Pascual Orengo Burgos 2016 - Castilla y León s.t.
53 Andrey Amador Movistar Team + 2'06
54 Noel Martín Orbea Continental + 2'11
55 Beñat Urain Orbea Continental s.t.
56 Luis Felipe Laverde Colombia es Pasión - Café de Colombia + 3'08
57 Blazej Janiaczyk CCC Polsat Polkowice + 3'23
58 Luis Pasamontes Movistar Team + 3'29
59 Hugo Salazar Colombia es Pasión - Café de Colombia + 3'36
60 Alejandro Marque Onda s.t.
61 Daniel Silva Onda s.t.
62 Mitchell Docker Skil - Shimano s.t.
63 Yannick Talabardon Saur - Sojasun + 3'47
64 Rony Martias Saur - Sojasun s.t.
65 Yannick Mayer Team NSP s.t.
66 Bruno Manuel Sepulveda Borges Onda s.t.
67 Alberto Morrás Onda s.t.
68 Arnaud Coyot Saur - Sojasun + 4'06
69 Lucas Schädlich Team NSP + 4'11
70 Romain Matheou Saur - Sojasun + 4'30
71 Mateusz Taciak CCC Polsat Polkowice + 5'01
72 Rui Sousa Barbot - Efapel s.t.
73 Camilo Suárez Colombia es Pasión - Café de Colombia s.t.
74 Adrian Honkisz CCC Polsat Polkowice s.t.
75 Ignatas Konovalovas Movistar Team s.t.
76 Ronan Van Zandbeek Skil - Shimano s.t.
77 Stijn Joseph Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator s.t.
78 Stijn Neirynck Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator s.t.
79 René Obst Team NSP s.t.
80 Łukasz Bodnar CCC Polsat Polkowice s.t.
81 Hector Paez Colombia es Pasión - Café de Colombia s.t.
82 Kris Boeckmans Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator s.t.
83 Pieter Serry Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator s.t.
84 Ruben Jimenez Burgos 2016 - Castilla y León s.t.
85 Diogo Nunes Tavira - Prio s.t.
86 Juan Villegas Colombia es Pasión - Café de Colombia + 6'50
87 Esteban Chaves Colombia es Pasión - Café de Colombia s.t.
88 Carlos Martínez Colombia es Pasión - Café de Colombia s.t.
89 Joaquín Sobrino Caja Rural s.t.
90 Tino Thömel Team NSP s.t.
91 Carlos Baltazar Barbot - Efapel s.t.
92 Laurens De Vreese Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator + 8'50
93 Jean-Lou Paiani Saur - Sojasun + 10'46
94 Cheng Ji Skil - Shimano s.t.
95 Enrique Sanz Movistar Team s.t.
96 Markus Eichler Team NSP s.t.
97 Bruno Lima Onda s.t.
98 Luis Silva Tavira - Prio s.t.
99 Matthias Mortka Team NSP s.t.
100 Aritz Etxebarria Orbea Continental s.t.
101 Jonathan Breyne Landbouwkrediet s.t.
102 Antonio Filipe Oliveira Amorim Barbot - Efapel s.t.
103 Hans Dekkers Landbouwkrediet s.t.
104 Michael Schwarzmann Team NetApp s.t.
105 Francisco Manuel Antón Burgos 2016 - Castilla y León s.t.
106 Jonas Schmeiser Team NSP s.t.
4 Marzio Bruseghin Movistar Team + 1'16
5 Marek Rutkiewicz CCC Polsat Polkowice + 1'24 6 Peter Sagan MONSTER ENERGY - FORD + 1'27
7 Samuel Sánchez Euskaltel - Euskadi + 1'32 8 Thomas De Gendt MONSTER ENERGY - FORD + 1'41
9 Jérôme Baugnies Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator + 1'43
10 Rubén Pérez Euskaltel - Euskadi + 1'54
11 Rubén Plaza Movistar Team + 1'58
12 Jacek Morajko CCC Polsat Polkowice + 2'08
13 Íñigo Cuesta Caja Rural + 2'09
14 Mikel Nieve Euskaltel - Euskadi + 2'11 15 Jack Bobridge MONSTER ENERGY - FORD + 2'12
16 Julián Sánchez Pimienta Caja Rural + 2'15
17 Leopold König Team NetApp + 2'25
18 Pello Bilbao Euskaltel - Euskadi s.t.
19 Laurent Mangel Saur - Sojasun + 2'29
20 José Vicente García Acosta Movistar Team + 2'35
21 Raúl Alarcón Barbot - Efapel s.t.
22 Pablo Lastras Movistar Team + 2'39
23 Ricardo Mestre Tavira - Prio + 2'40
24 Robinson Chalapud Colombia es Pasión - Café de Colombia + 2'42
25 Bartlomiej Matysiak CCC Polsat Polkowice + 2'44
26 Yukihiro Doi Skil - Shimano + 2'45
27 Albert Timmer Skil - Shimano + 2'59
28 Santiago Pérez Barbot - Efapel + 3'02 29 Wout Poels MONSTER ENERGY - FORD + 3'19
30 Jean-Marc Marino Saur - Sojasun + 3'28
31 Alberto Morrás Onda + 3'30
32 Hugo Salazar Colombia es Pasión - Café de Colombia + 3'32
33 Luis Felipe Laverde Colombia es Pasión - Café de Colombia + 4'48
34 Markus Fothen Team NSP + 4'52
35 Luis Pasamontes Movistar Team + 5'09
36 Blazej Janiaczyk CCC Polsat Polkowice s.t.
37 Alejandro Marque Onda + 5'10
38 Daniel Silva Onda + 5'19
39 Yannick Talabardon Saur - Sojasun + 5'31
40 Yannick Mayer Team NSP + 5'33
41 Carlos Verona Burgos 2016 - Castilla y León + 6'07
42 Ignatas Konovalovas Movistar Team + 6'36
43 Jelle Wallays Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator + 7'14
44 Rui Sousa Barbot - Efapel + 9'38
45 Tomasz Kiendyś CCC Polsat Polkowice + 10'16
46 Aitor Galdos Caja Rural + 10'31
47 Hector Paez Colombia es Pasión - Café de Colombia + 11'20
48 Pablo Urtasun Euskaltel - Euskadi + 11'21
49 Javier Francisco Aramendia Euskaltel - Euskadi + 12'26
50 Andrey Amador Movistar Team + 13'34
51 Mitchell Docker Skil - Shimano + 15'08
52 Víctor De la Parte Caja Rural + 15'16 53 Niki Terpstra MONSTER ENERGY - FORD + 15'27
54 Romain Zingle MONSTER ENERGY - FORD + 15'35
55 Marcel Kittel MONSTER ENERGY - FORD + 15'42
56 Aritz Bagües Orbea Continental + 15'44
57 Jarl Salomein Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator + 15'56
58 Jon Aberasturi Orbea Continental + 16'20
59 Mateusz Taciak CCC Polsat Polkowice + 16'25
60 Stijn Joseph Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator + 16'27
61 Daniel Sesma Euskaltel - Euskadi + 16'34
62 Pieter Serry Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator + 16'40
63 Beñat Urain Orbea Continental + 16'42
64 Tomas Swift Metcalfe Tavira - Prio + 16'46
65 Igor Romero Caja Rural + 16'50
66 Pascual Orengo Burgos 2016 - Castilla y León + 16'52
67 Koldo Fernández Euskaltel - Euskadi + 17'13
68 Łukasz Bodnar CCC Polsat Polkowice + 19'18
69 Ronan Van Zandbeek Skil - Shimano + 19'29
70 Kris Boeckmans Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator + 19'30
71 Fabricio Ferrari Caja Rural + 19'54
72 Ruben Jimenez Burgos 2016 - Castilla y León + 19'57
73 René Obst Team NSP + 20'02
74 Joeri Stallaert Landbouwkrediet + 20'25
75 Noel Martín Orbea Continental + 20'50
76 Matti Helminen Landbouwkrediet + 21'20
77 Juan Villegas Colombia es Pasión - Café de Colombia + 21'42
78 Carlos Martínez Colombia es Pasión - Café de Colombia + 21'45
79 Joaquín Sobrino Caja Rural + 21'49
80 Adrian Honkisz CCC Polsat Polkowice + 21'52
81 Bruno Manuel Sepulveda Borges Onda + 22'19
82 Rony Martias Saur - Sojasun + 22'22
83 Arnaud Coyot Saur - Sojasun + 22'40
84 Lucas Schädlich Team NSP + 22'49
85 Camilo Suárez Colombia es Pasión - Café de Colombia + 23'32
86 Stijn Neirynck Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator s.t.
87 Matthias Mortka Team NSP + 24'27
88 Diogo Nunes Tavira - Prio + 24'38
89 Tino Thömel Team NSP + 25'21
90 Esteban Chaves Colombia es Pasión - Café de Colombia + 25'25
91 Carlos Baltazar Barbot - Efapel + 25'26
92 Enrique Sanz Movistar Team + 25'42
93 Luis Silva Tavira - Prio + 25'45
94 Romain Matheou Saur - Sojasun + 25'55
95 Laurens De Vreese Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator + 28'26
96 Michael Schwarzmann Team NetApp + 29'18
97 Antonio Filipe Oliveira Amorim Barbot - Efapel + 30'06
98 Aritz Etxebarria Orbea Continental + 30'07
99 Markus Eichler Team NSP + 30'10
100 Jonathan Breyne Landbouwkrediet + 30'15
101 Bruno Lima Onda + 30'16
102 Cheng Ji Skil - Shimano + 30'18
103 Francisco Manuel Antón Burgos 2016 - Castilla y León + 30'21
104 Jean-Lou Paiani Saur - Sojasun + 32'15
105 Hans Dekkers Landbouwkrediet s.t.
106 Jonas Schmeiser Team NSP s.t.
Points:
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1 Peter Sagan Monster Energy - Ford 21 46
2 Laurent Didier Monster Energy - Ford 25 34
3 Víctor Cabedo Orbea Continental 0 29
4 Marzio Bruseghin Movistar Team 16 28
5 Alberto Morrás Onda 0 26
KOTM:
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1 Higinio Fernández Caja Rural 0 36
2 Alberto Morrás Onda 0 32
3 Hugo Salazar Colombia es Pasión 0 24
4 Ricardo Mestre Tavira - Prio 0 20
5 Albert Timmer Skil - Shimano 0 14 7 Laurent Didier Monster Energy - Ford 12 12
We didn't succeed in our goal to overtake the lead in the GC. But Didier showed some great effort with the stage win and the 3rd place in the GC. Of course, we're very happy with that! The focus on the last 2 stages, will be in stage wins only with Kittel and Sagan in the mass sprint. We don´t expect any changes in the GC anymore.
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