Awesome, awesome news. Everything is set to race. I'm waiting on Transverts and NC's, but i can race without them. Instead of doing a big full calender in the first posts, i will just post a Month Preview at the start of each Calender (in PCM time) Month.
February
Tour de Langkawi
The team isn't really expecting much from the Tour de Langkawi, with it being much more of a form builder for the larger races. At this point, not all of the team's schedule is finalized, but it is heavily known that the team will focus largely on the Tour of Turkey, Tour of California and the various National Championships held in July. However, the ultimate goals for this season are a berth at the Vuelta a Espana and claiming 10 victories throughout the season.
Spoiler
The team will race in 2 groups of 8, split between riders of roughly equal ability. The stronger riders will be in the 2nd group, and the lesser riders in the 1st.
Finally i have the squad for you. After much deliberation and pen marking, we have come up with the 2 teams for the year. The teams will swap roles at the NC, with both teams being eligable for selection.
Allan Davis has been crowned the Australia Road Race Champion after narrowly beating out Karl Menzies and Simon Gerrans in a 4 man sprint. Luke Roberts had the unfortunate duty of leading out the group on the run-in to the line and just couldn't hold of the finishing speed of the others.
Matthew Wilson bested Cadel Evans for 5th, 23 seconds back, with Baden Cooke coming in 7th, a further 21 seconds in arrears.
Matthew Goss, Stuart Shaw and Simon Clarke brought home a heavily limping peloton of 9 (the largest group to finish together) in what was one of the most exciting National Championships of recent years.
The Tour de Langkawi is a mere day away, and with a strong field, the battle will be fierce. Although only early in the season, we expect a hard fought battle for stages and the GC, and with many top riders still searching for form, it really is anyone's race.
We are expecting Bouhanni to do reasonably well in the sprints, and would like a few top-3's from him. With no dedicated lead-out however, it will be solely up to him to catch the right train to the line.
For the GC, we have a 2 pronged attack, with Talansky the outright leader, but Warbasse there to clean up any messes. We also expect Boswell to go well on Stage 4.
Our top priority for this race, is 2 podium's and a top-10 on GC. We also aim to be, although it is not a priority, to be in most of the breaks.
The Favourites for this race are;
GC
Siutsou - HTC
Knees - Sky
Uran - Sky
Sprints
Guardini - Farnese Vini
Gasparotto - Astana Bouhanni - Apple
Short, hard, fast and flat. Not really any expectations for today, except we would like to be in the break and fight for the KOM's with either Talbott or Boswell. Bouhanni told us before the race that, although he wasn't fussed about a lead-out from us, he wanted to have a crack at the sprint today, so delivering him to the sprint in a good position would be a good occurrence today as well.
Favourites
Eeckhout - An Post (Not our Eeckhout)
Gasparotto - Astana Bouhanni - Apple
The Race
Right from the gun, R. Pollock (Drapac) attacks. Following are; J. Hosek (PSK), D. Ospina (Columbia), N. Brown (Trek), T. Phinney (BMC), S. Janiszewski (CCC), M. Schmitt and A. Pinfold (Both UHC), M. Kwiatkowski (RadioShack) and D. Talbott (Apple).
The pack, led by HTC, Farnese Vini, An Post and Astana, mustn't be happy with this break as the gap is soon being decreased dramatically.
Soon, the breakaway has been completely brought back, as more attacks try their attempt at TV Time.
With Ospina, Kwiatkowski, Brown, Pinfold, Phinney, Pollock, Hosek and Janiszewski being joined by C. Benedetti and B. Huzarski (Both NetApp), J. McCarty (SpiderTech), D. Foder (Glud & M) and Talbott, the leading 13 riders look to have been given the all clear, leading by 1:50 with 22km's of the 93km's ridden.
At the first IS, Brown takes the 6 point ahead of Phinney and Ospina as the gap extends to 2:45 with 58km's left.
At the first KOM pass of the Tour, Talbott takes maximum points ahead of McCarty and Ospina as the gap falls just below 2 minutes with 48 km's remaining.
After the KOM, Talbott decides to talk a solo break, using his momentum over the hill to make the break. His lead shoots out to 45 seconds very quickly.
With 37km's remaining, the gap dips under 1:30 for the first time since the breaks inception. The break leads the peloton by 1:05 with Talbott a further 25 seconds in front of the break.
Talbott takes maximum sprint points at the 2nd and final IS of the day, with Brown and Foder taking the lesser points as the gap approaches 1 minute.
With 30km's to go, Talbott leads the break by 20 seconds, and has a gap of 55 seconds to the peloton.
With 25km's left, the break, aside from Talbott, is caught. Talbott maintains a 15 second lead.
The 2nd and final KOM was won by McCarty with F. Goesinnen after a risky move out of the pack. 3rd was taken by J. Jufre Pou (Astana) from the head of the peloton.
As the sprint trains conform, the break has been swallowed up and there are 3 distinct trains, An Post for Eeckhout, Astana for Gasparotto and Apple for Bouhanni.
Coming into the final 10km's, a huge crash in the peloton takes place, wiping out a third of the peloton. Big names caught out are; B. Hermans (RadioShack), M. Albasini (HTC), J. Kocjan (TT1), P. De Negri (Farnese Vini), S. Pauwels (Sky) and V. Gustov, C. Anker Sorensen and D. Navarro (All Saxo Bank). No Apple riders have been held up.
With 3km's to go, Bouhanni was nicely placed in 5th wheel behind Eeckhout. As the sprint started, Iglinsky (Astana) made a good lead-out for Gasparotto (Astana), but with Visconti (Farnese Vini), JP. Forero (Columbia) and Lacombe (SpiderTech) right on his back wheel, it looks unlikely for the leading Italian. At this point, Bouhanni is way out of the sprint and is limping in home.
The 3 following Gasparotto all jump together, and Forero gets the early lead followed by Lacombe, but with Visconti coming from the prime position, he rockets up to the front and takes an impressive victory as Gasparotto, Forero, Lacombe and Eeckout (An Post) round out the top-5.
Bouhanni picks it up again to finish in 17th place, our best for the day.
Results
Stage
1
Giovanni Visconti
Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli
2h03'39
2
Enrico Gasparotto
Pro Team Astana
s.t.
3
Juan Pablo Forero Carreño
Colombia es Pasion - Cafe de Colombia
s.t.
4
Nico Eeckhout
An Post - Sean Kelly
s.t.
5
Keven Lacombe
Team SpiderTech Powered by C10
s.t.
6
André Scholze
CCC Polsat Polkowice
s.t.
7
Hayden Roulston
HTC - Highroad
s.t.
8
Laszlo Bodrogi
Team Type 1 - Sanofi Aventis
s.t.
9
Maxim Iglinskiy
Pro Team Astana
s.t.
10
Alexandre Blain
Endura Racing
s.t.
Spoiler
11
Lucas Sebastian Haedo
Saxo Bank - Sungard
s.t.
12
Gustav Larsson
Saxo Bank - Sungard
s.t.
13
Amaël Moinard
BMC Racing Team
s.t.
14
Steven Cozza
Team NetApp
s.t.
15
Maxim Gourov
Pro Team Astana
s.t.
16
Mark Cassidy
An Post - Sean Kelly
s.t.
17
Nacer Bouhanni
APPLE - HIGHROAD
s.t.
18
Andrea Guardini
Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli
s.t.
19
Danny Pate
HTC - Highroad
s.t.
20
Steve Morabito
BMC Racing Team
s.t.
21
Björn Brems
An Post - Sean Kelly
s.t.
22
Andrew Talansky
APPLE - HIGHROAD
s.t.
23
Evgueni Petrov
Pro Team Astana
s.t.
24
Leonardo Giordani
Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli
s.t.
25
Rigoberto Uran
Sky Pro Cycling
s.t.
26
Kevin Eeckhout
APPLE - HIGHROAD
s.t.
27
Jonathan Bellis
Saxo Bank - Sungard
s.t.
28
René Mandri
Endura Racing
s.t.
29
Jesus Del Nero
Team NetApp
s.t.
30
Leigh Howard
HTC - Highroad
s.t.
31
Bartosz Huzarski
Team NetApp
s.t.
32
Svein Tuft
Team SpiderTech Powered by C10
s.t.
33
Antoine Mattheau
APPLE - HIGHROAD
s.t.
34
Alex Cano
Colombia es Pasion - Cafe de Colombia
s.t.
35
Iker Camaño
Endura Racing
s.t.
36
Frantisek Rabon
HTC - Highroad
s.t.
37
Christian Meier
UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling
s.t.
38
Sergio Paulinho
Team RadioShack
s.t.
39
Alexander Wetterhall
Endura Racing
s.t.
40
Lawrence Warbasse
APPLE - HIGHROAD
s.t.
41
Pieter Ghyllebert
An Post - Sean Kelly
s.t.
42
Robert Hayles
Endura Racing
s.t.
43
Nairo Quintana
Colombia es Pasion - Cafe de Colombia
s.t.
44
Josep Jufre Pou
Pro Team Astana
s.t.
45
Kanstantsin Siutsou
HTC - Highroad
s.t.
46
Ian Boswell
APPLE - HIGHROAD
s.t.
47
Gorazd Stangelj
Pro Team Astana
s.t.
48
Ronan McLaughlin
An Post - Sean Kelly
s.t.
49
Christian Knees
Sky Pro Cycling
s.t.
50
Francesco Failli
Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli
s.t.
51
Lawson Craddock
APPLE - HIGHROAD
s.t.
52
Benny De Schrooder
An Post - Sean Kelly
s.t.
53
Charles Wegelius
UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling
s.t.
54
Rémy Di Gregorio
Pro Team Astana
s.t.
55
Ryan Roth
Team SpiderTech Powered by C10
s.t.
56
Evan Oliphant
Endura Racing
s.t.
57
José Mendes
CCC Polsat Polkowice
s.t.
58
Chad Beyer
BMC Racing Team
s.t.
59
Darwin Atapuma
Colombia es Pasion - Cafe de Colombia
s.t.
60
Yevgeni Nepomnyachsniy
Pro Team Astana
s.t.
61
Taylor Phinney
BMC Racing Team
s.t.
62
Carter Jones
Trek Livestrong U23
+ 1'35
63
Tomasz Smolen
CCC Polsat Polkowice
s.t.
64
Rafal Majka
Saxo Bank - Sungard
s.t.
65
Charly Vives
Team SpiderTech Powered by C10
s.t.
66
Bruno Langlois
Team SpiderTech Powered by C10
s.t.
67
Michal Kwiatkowski
Team RadioShack
s.t.
68
John Martinez Montero
Colombia es Pasion - Cafe de Colombia
s.t.
69
Maxim Debusschere
An Post - Sean Kelly
+ 2'06
70
Diego Caccia
Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli
s.t.
71
Adrian Honkisz
CCC Polsat Polkowice
s.t.
72
Geoffroy Lequatre
Team RadioShack
s.t.
73
Oscar Gatto
Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli
s.t.
74
Javier Mejías Leal
Team Type 1 - Sanofi Aventis
s.t.
75
Josh Atkins
Trek Livestrong U23
s.t.
76
Boy Van Poppel
UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling
s.t.
77
Jacob Nielsen
Glud & Marstrand - LRØ
s.t.
78
Rubens Bertogliati
Team Type 1 - Sanofi Aventis
s.t.
79
Johann Tschopp
BMC Racing Team
s.t.
80
Tiago Jose Pinto Machado
Team RadioShack
s.t.
81
Mathias Frank
BMC Racing Team
s.t.
82
Kamil Zielinksi
CCC Polsat Polkowice
+ 2'58
83
Dale Parker
Trek Livestrong U23
s.t.
84
Christopher Juul Jensen
Glud & Marstrand - LRØ
s.t.
85
Josef Hosek
PSK Whirlpool - Author
s.t.
86
Kjell Carlström
Sky Pro Cycling
s.t.
87
Dariusz Batek
CCC Polsat Polkowice
s.t.
88
Philip Lavery
An Post - Sean Kelly
s.t.
89
Sylwester Janiszewski
CCC Polsat Polkowice
s.t.
90
David Dvorsky
PSK Whirlpool - Author
s.t.
91
Troels Vinther
Glud & Marstrand - LRØ
s.t.
92
Dalivier Ospina
Colombia es Pasion - Cafe de Colombia
s.t.
93
David Talbott
APPLE - HIGHROAD
s.t.
94
Morris Possoni
Sky Pro Cycling
+ 4'18
95
Dario Cioni
Sky Pro Cycling
s.t.
96
Robert Retschke
Team NetApp
+ 4'49
97
Jarlinson Pantano
Colombia es Pasion - Cafe de Colombia
s.t.
98
Bradley White
UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling
s.t.
99
Stuart Shaw
Drapac Cycling
s.t.
100
Amir Mustafa Rusli
Drapac Cycling
s.t.
101
François Parisien
Team SpiderTech Powered by C10
s.t.
102
Rhys Pollock
Drapac Cycling
s.t.
103
Muhamad Adiq Othman
Drapac Cycling
s.t.
104
Guillaume Boivin
Team SpiderTech Powered by C10
s.t.
105
Patrick Drapac
Drapac Cycling
s.t.
106
Nathan Brown
Trek Livestrong U23
s.t.
107
Daniel Foder
Glud & Marstrand - LRØ
s.t.
108
Mauro Santambrogio
BMC Racing Team
s.t.
109
Stanislav Kozubek
PSK Whirlpool - Author
s.t.
110
Andrew Pinfold
UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling
s.t.
111
Cesare Benedetti
Team NetApp
s.t.
112
Floris Goesinnen
Drapac Cycling
s.t.
113
Martin Velits
HTC - Highroad
s.t.
114
Dimitri Claeys
Team NetApp
s.t.
115
Benjamin King
Team RadioShack
s.t.
116
Jonathan McCarty
Team SpiderTech Powered by C10
s.t.
117
Martijn Verschoor
Team Type 1 - Sanofi Aventis
s.t.
118
Jimmi Sorensen
Glud & Marstrand - LRØ
s.t.
119
Pierpaolo De Negri
Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli
s.t.
120
Jure Kocjan
Team Type 1 - Sanofi Aventis
s.t.
121
Michael Albasini
HTC - Highroad
s.t.
122
Tomas Buchácek
PSK Whirlpool - Author
s.t.
123
Davide Ricci Bitti
Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli
s.t.
124
Daniele Callegarin
Team Type 1 - Sanofi Aventis
s.t.
125
Serge Pauwels
Sky Pro Cycling
s.t.
126
Ben Hermans
Team RadioShack
s.t.
127
Leopold König
Team NetApp
s.t.
128
Peter Kennaugh
Sky Pro Cycling
s.t.
129
Alexey Shmidt
Team Type 1 - Sanofi Aventis
s.t.
130
Jan Barta
Team NetApp
s.t.
131
Kasper Linde
Glud & Marstrand - LRØ
s.t.
132
William Dugan
Team Type 1 - Sanofi Aventis
s.t.
133
Chris Anker Sørensen
Saxo Bank - Sungard
s.t.
134
Michael Vink
Trek Livestrong U23
s.t.
135
Morgan Schmitt
UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling
s.t.
136
Petr Bencík
PSK Whirlpool - Author
s.t.
137
Chris Froome
Sky Pro Cycling
s.t.
138
Ivan Rovny
Team RadioShack
s.t.
139
Scott Thwaites
Endura Racing
s.t.
140
André Steensen
Saxo Bank - Sungard
s.t.
141
Simon Zahner
BMC Racing Team
s.t.
142
Patrick Gretsch
HTC - Highroad
s.t.
143
Joseph Lewis
Trek Livestrong U23
s.t.
144
Tomasz Marczynski
CCC Polsat Polkowice
s.t.
145
Matthew Busche
Team RadioShack
s.t.
146
Joshua Prete
PSK Whirlpool - Author
s.t.
147
Volodimir Gustov
Saxo Bank - Sungard
s.t.
148
Wilmar Jair Perez Muñoz
Colombia es Pasion - Cafe de Colombia
s.t.
149
Maarten De Jonge
Endura Racing
s.t.
150
Hilton Clarke
UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling
s.t.
151
Christopher Jones
UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling
s.t.
152
Daniel Navarro Garcia
Saxo Bank - Sungard
s.t.
Overall
1
Giovanni Visconti
Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli
2h03'19
2
Enrico Gasparotto
Pro Team Astana
+ 8
3
Juan Pablo Forero Carreño
Colombia es Pasion - Cafe de Colombia
+ 12
4
Taylor Phinney
BMC Racing Team
+ 16
5
Nico Eeckhout
An Post - Sean Kelly
+ 20
6
Keven Lacombe
Team SpiderTech Powered by C10
s.t.
7
André Scholze
CCC Polsat Polkowice
s.t.
8
Hayden Roulston
HTC - Highroad
s.t.
9
Laszlo Bodrogi
Team Type 1 - Sanofi Aventis
s.t.
10
Maxim Iglinskiy
Pro Team Astana
s.t.
Spoiler
11
Alexandre Blain
Endura Racing
s.t.
12
Lucas Sebastian Haedo
Saxo Bank - Sungard
s.t.
13
Gustav Larsson
Saxo Bank - Sungard
s.t.
14
Amaël Moinard
BMC Racing Team
s.t.
15
Steven Cozza
Team NetApp
s.t.
16
Maxim Gourov
Pro Team Astana
s.t.
17
Mark Cassidy
An Post - Sean Kelly
s.t.
18
Nacer Bouhanni
APPLE - HIGHROAD
s.t.
19
Andrea Guardini
Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli
s.t.
20
Danny Pate
HTC - Highroad
s.t.
21
Steve Morabito
BMC Racing Team
s.t.
22
Björn Brems
An Post - Sean Kelly
s.t.
23
Andrew Talansky
APPLE - HIGHROAD
s.t.
24
Evgueni Petrov
Pro Team Astana
s.t.
25
Leonardo Giordani
Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli
s.t.
26
Rigoberto Uran
Sky Pro Cycling
s.t.
27
Kevin Eeckhout
APPLE - HIGHROAD
s.t.
28
Jonathan Bellis
Saxo Bank - Sungard
s.t.
29
René Mandri
Endura Racing
s.t.
30
Jesus Del Nero
Team NetApp
s.t.
31
Leigh Howard
HTC - Highroad
s.t.
32
Bartosz Huzarski
Team NetApp
s.t.
33
Svein Tuft
Team SpiderTech Powered by C10
s.t.
34
Antoine Mattheau
APPLE - HIGHROAD
s.t.
35
Alex Cano
Colombia es Pasion - Cafe de Colombia
s.t.
36
Iker Camaño
Endura Racing
s.t.
37
Frantisek Rabon
HTC - Highroad
s.t.
38
Christian Meier
UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling
s.t.
39
Sergio Paulinho
Team RadioShack
s.t.
40
Alexander Wetterhall
Endura Racing
s.t.
41
Lawrence Warbasse
APPLE - HIGHROAD
s.t.
42
Pieter Ghyllebert
An Post - Sean Kelly
s.t.
43
Robert Hayles
Endura Racing
s.t.
44
Nairo Quintana
Colombia es Pasion - Cafe de Colombia
s.t.
45
Josep Jufre Pou
Pro Team Astana
s.t.
46
Kanstantsin Siutsou
HTC - Highroad
s.t.
47
Ian Boswell
APPLE - HIGHROAD
s.t.
48
Gorazd Stangelj
Pro Team Astana
s.t.
49
Ronan McLaughlin
An Post - Sean Kelly
s.t.
50
Christian Knees
Sky Pro Cycling
s.t.
51
Francesco Failli
Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli
s.t.
52
Lawson Craddock
APPLE - HIGHROAD
s.t.
53
Benny De Schrooder
An Post - Sean Kelly
s.t.
54
Charles Wegelius
UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling
s.t.
55
Rémy Di Gregorio
Pro Team Astana
s.t.
56
Ryan Roth
Team SpiderTech Powered by C10
s.t.
57
Evan Oliphant
Endura Racing
s.t.
58
José Mendes
CCC Polsat Polkowice
s.t.
59
Chad Beyer
BMC Racing Team
s.t.
60
Darwin Atapuma
Colombia es Pasion - Cafe de Colombia
s.t.
61
Yevgeni Nepomnyachsniy
Pro Team Astana
s.t.
62
Carter Jones
Trek Livestrong U23
+ 1'55
63
Tomasz Smolen
CCC Polsat Polkowice
s.t.
64
Rafal Majka
Saxo Bank - Sungard
s.t.
65
Charly Vives
Team SpiderTech Powered by C10
s.t.
66
Bruno Langlois
Team SpiderTech Powered by C10
s.t.
67
Michal Kwiatkowski
Team RadioShack
s.t.
68
John Martinez Montero
Colombia es Pasion - Cafe de Colombia
s.t.
69
Maxim Debusschere
An Post - Sean Kelly
+ 2'26
70
Diego Caccia
Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli
s.t.
71
Adrian Honkisz
CCC Polsat Polkowice
s.t.
72
Geoffroy Lequatre
Team RadioShack
s.t.
73
Oscar Gatto
Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli
s.t.
74
Javier Mejías Leal
Team Type 1 - Sanofi Aventis
s.t.
75
Josh Atkins
Trek Livestrong U23
s.t.
76
Boy Van Poppel
UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling
s.t.
77
Jacob Nielsen
Glud & Marstrand - LRØ
s.t.
78
Rubens Bertogliati
Team Type 1 - Sanofi Aventis
s.t.
79
Johann Tschopp
BMC Racing Team
s.t.
80
Tiago Jose Pinto Machado
Team RadioShack
s.t.
81
Mathias Frank
BMC Racing Team
s.t.
82
David Talbott
APPLE - HIGHROAD
+ 3'12
83
Dalivier Ospina
Colombia es Pasion - Cafe de Colombia
+ 3'16
84
Kamil Zielinksi
CCC Polsat Polkowice
+ 3'18
85
Dale Parker
Trek Livestrong U23
s.t.
86
Christopher Juul Jensen
Glud & Marstrand - LRØ
s.t.
87
Josef Hosek
PSK Whirlpool - Author
s.t.
88
Kjell Carlström
Sky Pro Cycling
s.t.
89
Dariusz Batek
CCC Polsat Polkowice
s.t.
90
Philip Lavery
An Post - Sean Kelly
s.t.
91
Sylwester Janiszewski
CCC Polsat Polkowice
s.t.
92
David Dvorsky
PSK Whirlpool - Author
s.t.
93
Troels Vinther
Glud & Marstrand - LRØ
s.t.
94
Morris Possoni
Sky Pro Cycling
+ 4'38
95
Dario Cioni
Sky Pro Cycling
s.t.
96
Nathan Brown
Trek Livestrong U23
+ 4'59
97
Daniel Foder
Glud & Marstrand - LRØ
+ 5'07
98
Robert Retschke
Team NetApp
+ 5'09
99
Jarlinson Pantano
Colombia es Pasion - Cafe de Colombia
s.t.
100
Bradley White
UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling
s.t.
101
Stuart Shaw
Drapac Cycling
s.t.
102
Amir Mustafa Rusli
Drapac Cycling
s.t.
103
François Parisien
Team SpiderTech Powered by C10
s.t.
104
Rhys Pollock
Drapac Cycling
s.t.
105
Muhamad Adiq Othman
Drapac Cycling
s.t.
106
Guillaume Boivin
Team SpiderTech Powered by C10
s.t.
107
Patrick Drapac
Drapac Cycling
s.t.
108
Mauro Santambrogio
BMC Racing Team
s.t.
109
Stanislav Kozubek
PSK Whirlpool - Author
s.t.
110
Andrew Pinfold
UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling
s.t.
111
Cesare Benedetti
Team NetApp
s.t.
112
Floris Goesinnen
Drapac Cycling
s.t.
113
Martin Velits
HTC - Highroad
s.t.
114
Dimitri Claeys
Team NetApp
s.t.
115
Benjamin King
Team RadioShack
s.t.
116
Jonathan McCarty
Team SpiderTech Powered by C10
s.t.
117
Martijn Verschoor
Team Type 1 - Sanofi Aventis
s.t.
118
Jimmi Sorensen
Glud & Marstrand - LRØ
s.t.
119
Pierpaolo De Negri
Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli
s.t.
120
Jure Kocjan
Team Type 1 - Sanofi Aventis
s.t.
121
Michael Albasini
HTC - Highroad
s.t.
122
Tomas Buchácek
PSK Whirlpool - Author
s.t.
123
Davide Ricci Bitti
Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli
s.t.
124
Daniele Callegarin
Team Type 1 - Sanofi Aventis
s.t.
125
Serge Pauwels
Sky Pro Cycling
s.t.
126
Ben Hermans
Team RadioShack
s.t.
127
Leopold König
Team NetApp
s.t.
128
Peter Kennaugh
Sky Pro Cycling
s.t.
129
Alexey Shmidt
Team Type 1 - Sanofi Aventis
s.t.
130
Jan Barta
Team NetApp
s.t.
131
Kasper Linde
Glud & Marstrand - LRØ
s.t.
132
William Dugan
Team Type 1 - Sanofi Aventis
s.t.
133
Chris Anker Sørensen
Saxo Bank - Sungard
s.t.
134
Michael Vink
Trek Livestrong U23
s.t.
135
Morgan Schmitt
UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling
s.t.
136
Petr Bencík
PSK Whirlpool - Author
s.t.
137
Chris Froome
Sky Pro Cycling
s.t.
138
Ivan Rovny
Team RadioShack
s.t.
139
Scott Thwaites
Endura Racing
s.t.
140
André Steensen
Saxo Bank - Sungard
s.t.
141
Simon Zahner
BMC Racing Team
s.t.
142
Patrick Gretsch
HTC - Highroad
s.t.
143
Joseph Lewis
Trek Livestrong U23
s.t.
144
Tomasz Marczynski
CCC Polsat Polkowice
s.t.
145
Matthew Busche
Team RadioShack
s.t.
146
Joshua Prete
PSK Whirlpool - Author
s.t.
147
Volodimir Gustov
Saxo Bank - Sungard
s.t.
148
Wilmar Jair Perez Muñoz
Colombia es Pasion - Cafe de Colombia
s.t.
149
Maarten De Jonge
Endura Racing
s.t.
150
Hilton Clarke
UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling
s.t.
151
Christopher Jones
UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling
s.t.
152
Daniel Navarro Garcia
Saxo Bank - Sungard
s.t.
All in all, not to bad of a stage for the boys. We knew the form wasn't really there, and we still managed to get the break and a top-20. Talbott is well placed in the KOM, being 2nd to McCarty, Bouhanni was the youngest on the stage, but Phinney takes that jersey because of time bonuses, and the team only had 1 rider lose time. As the boys' form get better, watch out.
Edited by Pinktay3 on 15-03-2013 00:32
Almost as flat as yesterday, with only with a couple of small-medium kicks in the start and middle of the stage to add difficulty. A bit longer, at 175km's its definitely one for the sprinters again. We have the same view as yesterday, just try to set Bouhanni up for a sprint and get Talbott in the break to secure some early KOM points before resting up for stage 4.
Favourites
Bouhanni - Apple
Eeckhout - An Post
Gasparotto - Astana
The Race
The first attacks came from B. King (RadioShack) and M. Schmitt (UHC). This was to be the break of the day before Talbott bridged across to create a 3 man leading group.
The chasing teams of Astana, HTC, SpiderTech, Endura and An Post must be happy with this break, as the gap quickly opens up to 2 minutes.
As the gap starts to open up even more F. Goesinnen (Drapac) and J. Hosek (PSK) attempt to make it across the ever extending gap.
However, if R. Hayles (Endura), J Nielson and T. Vinther (Both Glud & M) aren’t careful, the bunch mightn’t appreciate an 8-man leading group.
As Goesinnen and Hosek make it across, the front group leads the chasing 3 by 1 minute, and has a further 1:45 on the bunch.
Finally, after a big effort, Hayles, Nielson and Vinther make it across the gap, which at this point has reached its maximum so far of 3:30.
At the first, and only, KOM pass of the day, Talbott darted away, only to be passed on the line by Hosek, with Vinther rounding out the top-3. With 125km’s left, the gap is at 6:05 and still extending.
At the IS with 105km’s to go, Nielson leads it out from the front and snatches the 6 second time bonus and the cash prize, with Hayles in 2nd and Talbott grabbing the last 2 second bonus.
The gap has extended even further to 8:35. If ever there was a day the break was well positioned, today would be it. Only 105km’s remain with it all downhill except for 2 almost insignificant hills. At 8 members, this is also a relatively large break, giving a larger than usual chance at victory.
A bit reminiscent of Stage 1, after the sprint point, Talbott gets a gap on the others, and floats out the front at about 20 seconds.
“It wasn’t so much that I attacked, more that the others just didn’t follow”
Alas, he was caught 8 km’s later.
The maximum gap the breakaway received was 8:50 at the 90km’s to go mark, before the peloton started chasing. Still, we see the same teams chasing, although with one helper from Farnese Vini.
80km’s to go and the gap has been lowered to 7 minutes.
70km’s to go and the gap is reduced to 6:15.
At 50km’s to go, the gap is still being brought back, with the gap at 4:45.
At the climb that peaks 41km’s to the finish, Talbott puts in a little dig. With 40km’s of flat between him and the finish, he’ll be looking to get another rider or 2 with him and willing to work.
In the end it was a bit of a confused tactic, as he got away, but the group caught up to him. Gap is at 3:45.
30km’s left to race, and the gap is under 3 minutes, at 2:40. Its looking less and less likely that this group will stay away.
25km’s and the gap is 1:55.
20 left and the gap has come down at around the same rate as the past 50km’s to 1:25.
The gap dips under a minute for the first time since the beginning of the stage at the 16km mark as the sprinters teams, including Apple, come to the fore.
Only 10km’s left and the break still has 30 seconds on the bunch. It would be looking good for the break, if it weren’t for the charging bunch behind that’s hitting 50km/h on a small 2% incline.
Talbott, along with Hayles, Schmitt, Nielson and Vinther get reeled in with 8 km’s left, as Craddock hits the front for Apple.
3.5km’s to go, and Apple and Astana lead the peloton, 15 seconds behind King and Hosek, but Bouhanni has lost his lead-out coming into the sprint. The best positioned sprtiner is J. Forero (Columbia) on Gasparotto’s (Astana) wheel.
3 left to race, and there's no more breakaway as Astana have sole lead of the peloton after Eeckhout and Mattheu slowed to find Bouhanni, who now has his lead-out wheel.
Boxed in, the Apple train decides to leave the station early, with still a long way to go to the line.
About half-way into the sprint, Mattheau launches Bouhanni, and with his quick turn of speed rockets straight from 10th to a top -5
Gasparotto took the early lead, only to have first Forero and then Visconti come round him.
Visconti takes the win with Gasparotto fighting back for 2nd and Forero lacking a bit at the end for 3rd. Eeckhout (An Post) takes 4th with Roulston (HTC) rounding out the top-5. In the battle for 6th, Lacombe has inches on Bouhanni with just meters left, but Bouhanni takes it on the line. PSK rider Buchacek is very impressive in 8th, with Scholze (CCC) and Blain (Endura) completing the top-10.
Results
Stage
1
Giovanni Visconti
Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli
4h14'41
2
Enrico Gasparotto
Pro Team Astana
s.t.
3
Juan Pablo Forero Carreño
Colombia es Pasion - Cafe de Colombia
s.t.
4
Nico Eeckhout
An Post - Sean Kelly
s.t.
5
Hayden Roulston
HTC - Highroad
s.t.
6
Nacer Bouhanni
APPLE - HIGHROAD
s.t.
7
Keven Lacombe
Team SpiderTech Powered by C10
s.t.
8
Tomas Buchácek
PSK Whirlpool - Author
s.t.
9
André Scholze
CCC Polsat Polkowice
s.t.
10
Alexandre Blain
Endura Racing
s.t.
Spoiler
11
Björn Brems
An Post - Sean Kelly
s.t.
12
Lucas Sebastian Haedo
Saxo Bank - Sungard
s.t.
13
Maxim Iglinskiy
Pro Team Astana
s.t.
14
Antoine Mattheau
APPLE - HIGHROAD
s.t.
15
Mark Cassidy
An Post - Sean Kelly
s.t.
16
Andrew Talansky
APPLE - HIGHROAD
s.t.
17
Lawson Craddock
APPLE - HIGHROAD
s.t.
18
Laszlo Bodrogi
Team Type 1 - Sanofi Aventis
s.t.
19
Dariusz Batek
CCC Polsat Polkowice
s.t.
20
Danny Pate
HTC - Highroad
s.t.
21
Ian Boswell
APPLE - HIGHROAD
s.t.
22
Maxim Gourov
Pro Team Astana
s.t.
23
Lawrence Warbasse
APPLE - HIGHROAD
s.t.
24
Kevin Eeckhout
APPLE - HIGHROAD
s.t.
25
Amaël Moinard
BMC Racing Team
s.t.
26
Taylor Phinney
BMC Racing Team
s.t.
27
Martin Velits
HTC - Highroad
s.t.
28
Kanstantsin Siutsou
HTC - Highroad
s.t.
29
Gustav Larsson
Saxo Bank - Sungard
s.t.
30
Steve Morabito
BMC Racing Team
s.t.
31
Benjamin King
Team RadioShack
s.t.
32
Josef Hosek
PSK Whirlpool - Author
s.t.
33
Ronan McLaughlin
An Post - Sean Kelly
s.t.
34
Pieter Ghyllebert
An Post - Sean Kelly
s.t.
35
Rigoberto Uran
Sky Pro Cycling
s.t.
36
Evgueni Petrov
Pro Team Astana
s.t.
37
Benny De Schrooder
An Post - Sean Kelly
s.t.
38
Geoffroy Lequatre
Team RadioShack
s.t.
39
Christian Knees
Sky Pro Cycling
s.t.
40
Boy Van Poppel
UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling
s.t.
41
Josep Jufre Pou
Pro Team Astana
s.t.
42
Alex Cano
Colombia es Pasion - Cafe de Colombia
s.t.
43
Rafal Majka
Saxo Bank - Sungard
s.t.
44
Rémy Di Gregorio
Pro Team Astana
s.t.
45
Gorazd Stangelj
Pro Team Astana
s.t.
46
Rhys Pollock
Drapac Cycling
s.t.
47
Mathias Frank
BMC Racing Team
s.t.
48
Ryan Roth
Team SpiderTech Powered by C10
s.t.
49
Svein Tuft
Team SpiderTech Powered by C10
s.t.
50
Sergio Paulinho
Team RadioShack
s.t.
51
Darwin Atapuma
Colombia es Pasion - Cafe de Colombia
s.t.
52
Jarlinson Pantano
Colombia es Pasion - Cafe de Colombia
s.t.
53
Christian Meier
UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling
s.t.
54
Patrick Drapac
Drapac Cycling
s.t.
55
Yevgeni Nepomnyachsniy
Pro Team Astana
s.t.
56
Oscar Gatto
Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli
s.t.
57
Muhamad Adiq Othman
Drapac Cycling
s.t.
58
Davide Ricci Bitti
Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli
s.t.
59
Matthew Busche
Team RadioShack
s.t.
60
Alexey Shmidt
Team Type 1 - Sanofi Aventis
s.t.
61
David Talbott
APPLE - HIGHROAD
s.t.
62
Mauro Santambrogio
BMC Racing Team
s.t.
63
Floris Goesinnen
Drapac Cycling
s.t.
64
Evan Oliphant
Endura Racing
s.t.
65
Nairo Quintana
Colombia es Pasion - Cafe de Colombia
s.t.
66
Leonardo Giordani
Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli
s.t.
67
Francesco Failli
Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli
s.t.
68
John Martinez Montero
Colombia es Pasion - Cafe de Colombia
s.t.
69
Robert Hayles
Endura Racing
s.t.
70
Jure Kocjan
Team Type 1 - Sanofi Aventis
s.t.
71
Morgan Schmitt
UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling
s.t.
72
Jacob Nielsen
Glud & Marstrand - LRØ
s.t.
73
Christopher Juul Jensen
Glud & Marstrand - LRØ
s.t.
74
Johann Tschopp
BMC Racing Team
s.t.
75
Rubens Bertogliati
Team Type 1 - Sanofi Aventis
s.t.
76
Troels Vinther
Glud & Marstrand - LRØ
s.t.
77
Maxim Debusschere
An Post - Sean Kelly
s.t.
78
René Mandri
Endura Racing
s.t.
79
Kasper Linde
Glud & Marstrand - LRØ
s.t.
80
Pierpaolo De Negri
Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli
s.t.
81
Sylwester Janiszewski
CCC Polsat Polkowice
s.t.
82
Leigh Howard
HTC - Highroad
s.t.
83
Kjell Carlström
Sky Pro Cycling
s.t.
84
Diego Caccia
Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli
s.t.
85
Bartosz Huzarski
Team NetApp
s.t.
86
Leopold König
Team NetApp
s.t.
87
Jonathan McCarty
Team SpiderTech Powered by C10
s.t.
88
Jesus Del Nero
Team NetApp
s.t.
89
Michael Albasini
HTC - Highroad
s.t.
90
Jan Barta
Team NetApp
s.t.
91
Petr Bencík
PSK Whirlpool - Author
s.t.
92
Andrea Guardini
Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli
s.t.
93
Tomasz Marczynski
CCC Polsat Polkowice
s.t.
94
Volodimir Gustov
Saxo Bank - Sungard
s.t.
95
Dalivier Ospina
Colombia es Pasion - Cafe de Colombia
s.t.
96
Bruno Langlois
Team SpiderTech Powered by C10
s.t.
97
Daniel Foder
Glud & Marstrand - LRØ
s.t.
98
José Mendes
CCC Polsat Polkowice
s.t.
99
Cesare Benedetti
Team NetApp
s.t.
100
Nathan Brown
Trek Livestrong U23
s.t.
101
Joshua Prete
PSK Whirlpool - Author
s.t.
102
Philip Lavery
An Post - Sean Kelly
s.t.
103
Guillaume Boivin
Team SpiderTech Powered by C10
s.t.
104
Iker Camaño
Endura Racing
s.t.
105
Amir Mustafa Rusli
Drapac Cycling
s.t.
106
Morris Possoni
Sky Pro Cycling
s.t.
107
Frantisek Rabon
HTC - Highroad
s.t.
108
Serge Pauwels
Sky Pro Cycling
s.t.
109
Stanislav Kozubek
PSK Whirlpool - Author
s.t.
110
Javier Mejías Leal
Team Type 1 - Sanofi Aventis
s.t.
111
Stuart Shaw
Drapac Cycling
s.t.
112
Jimmi Sorensen
Glud & Marstrand - LRØ
s.t.
113
Simon Zahner
BMC Racing Team
s.t.
114
Patrick Gretsch
HTC - Highroad
s.t.
115
Jonathan Bellis
Saxo Bank - Sungard
s.t.
116
Daniel Navarro Garcia
Saxo Bank - Sungard
s.t.
117
Chris Anker Sørensen
Saxo Bank - Sungard
s.t.
118
Peter Kennaugh
Sky Pro Cycling
s.t.
119
Adrian Honkisz
CCC Polsat Polkowice
s.t.
120
Carter Jones
Trek Livestrong U23
s.t.
121
Tomasz Smolen
CCC Polsat Polkowice
s.t.
122
Tiago Jose Pinto Machado
Team RadioShack
s.t.
123
Maarten De Jonge
Endura Racing
s.t.
124
William Dugan
Team Type 1 - Sanofi Aventis
s.t.
125
Dimitri Claeys
Team NetApp
s.t.
126
Ben Hermans
Team RadioShack
s.t.
127
Dario Cioni
Sky Pro Cycling
s.t.
128
Steven Cozza
Team NetApp
s.t.
129
Chris Froome
Sky Pro Cycling
s.t.
130
Alexander Wetterhall
Endura Racing
s.t.
131
Charles Wegelius
UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling
s.t.
132
Michal Kwiatkowski
Team RadioShack
s.t.
133
David Dvorsky
PSK Whirlpool - Author
s.t.
134
Michael Vink
Trek Livestrong U23
s.t.
135
Josh Atkins
Trek Livestrong U23
s.t.
136
André Steensen
Saxo Bank - Sungard
s.t.
137
Chad Beyer
BMC Racing Team
s.t.
138
Robert Retschke
Team NetApp
s.t.
139
Daniele Callegarin
Team Type 1 - Sanofi Aventis
s.t.
140
Bradley White
UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling
s.t.
141
Charly Vives
Team SpiderTech Powered by C10
+ 2'40
142
François Parisien
Team SpiderTech Powered by C10
s.t.
143
Joseph Lewis
Trek Livestrong U23
s.t.
144
Dale Parker
Trek Livestrong U23
s.t.
145
Martijn Verschoor
Team Type 1 - Sanofi Aventis
s.t.
146
Andrew Pinfold
UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling
s.t.
147
Kamil Zielinksi
CCC Polsat Polkowice
s.t.
148
Wilmar Jair Perez Muñoz
Colombia es Pasion - Cafe de Colombia
s.t.
149
Scott Thwaites
Endura Racing
+ 3'32
150
Christopher Jones
UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling
+ 4'19
151
Hilton Clarke
UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling
s.t.
152
Ivan Rovny
Team RadioShack
+ 4'48
Overall
1
Giovanni Visconti
Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli
6h17'40
2
Enrico Gasparotto
Pro Team Astana
+ 16
3
Juan Pablo Forero Carreño
Colombia es Pasion - Cafe de Colombia
+ 24
4
Taylor Phinney
BMC Racing Team
+ 36
5
Robert Hayles
Endura Racing
s.t.
6
Nico Eeckhout
An Post - Sean Kelly
+ 40
7
Keven Lacombe
Team SpiderTech Powered by C10
s.t.
8
Hayden Roulston
HTC - Highroad
s.t.
9
André Scholze
CCC Polsat Polkowice
s.t.
10
Alexandre Blain
Endura Racing
s.t.
Spoiler
11
Maxim Iglinskiy
Pro Team Astana
s.t.
12
Lucas Sebastian Haedo
Saxo Bank - Sungard
s.t.
13
Nacer Bouhanni
APPLE - HIGHROAD
s.t.
14
Laszlo Bodrogi
Team Type 1 - Sanofi Aventis
s.t.
15
Mark Cassidy
An Post - Sean Kelly
s.t.
16
Björn Brems
An Post - Sean Kelly
s.t.
17
Maxim Gourov
Pro Team Astana
s.t.
18
Amaël Moinard
BMC Racing Team
s.t.
19
Andrew Talansky
APPLE - HIGHROAD
s.t.
20
Danny Pate
HTC - Highroad
s.t.
21
Gustav Larsson
Saxo Bank - Sungard
s.t.
22
Antoine Mattheau
APPLE - HIGHROAD
s.t.
23
Steve Morabito
BMC Racing Team
s.t.
24
Kevin Eeckhout
APPLE - HIGHROAD
s.t.
25
Evgueni Petrov
Pro Team Astana
s.t.
26
Rigoberto Uran
Sky Pro Cycling
s.t.
27
Lawrence Warbasse
APPLE - HIGHROAD
s.t.
28
Ian Boswell
APPLE - HIGHROAD
s.t.
29
Lawson Craddock
APPLE - HIGHROAD
s.t.
30
Kanstantsin Siutsou
HTC - Highroad
s.t.
31
Pieter Ghyllebert
An Post - Sean Kelly
s.t.
32
Alex Cano
Colombia es Pasion - Cafe de Colombia
s.t.
33
Svein Tuft
Team SpiderTech Powered by C10
s.t.
34
Ronan McLaughlin
An Post - Sean Kelly
s.t.
35
Josep Jufre Pou
Pro Team Astana
s.t.
36
Sergio Paulinho
Team RadioShack
s.t.
37
Christian Knees
Sky Pro Cycling
s.t.
38
Benny De Schrooder
An Post - Sean Kelly
s.t.
39
Leonardo Giordani
Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli
s.t.
40
Christian Meier
UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling
s.t.
41
Gorazd Stangelj
Pro Team Astana
s.t.
42
Rémy Di Gregorio
Pro Team Astana
s.t.
43
Ryan Roth
Team SpiderTech Powered by C10
s.t.
44
René Mandri
Endura Racing
s.t.
45
Nairo Quintana
Colombia es Pasion - Cafe de Colombia
s.t.
46
Andrea Guardini
Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli
s.t.
47
Darwin Atapuma
Colombia es Pasion - Cafe de Colombia
s.t.
48
Leigh Howard
HTC - Highroad
s.t.
49
Yevgeni Nepomnyachsniy
Pro Team Astana
s.t.
50
Bartosz Huzarski
Team NetApp
s.t.
51
Jesus Del Nero
Team NetApp
s.t.
52
Francesco Failli
Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli
s.t.
53
Evan Oliphant
Endura Racing
s.t.
54
Iker Camaño
Endura Racing
s.t.
55
Steven Cozza
Team NetApp
s.t.
56
Jonathan Bellis
Saxo Bank - Sungard
s.t.
57
Frantisek Rabon
HTC - Highroad
s.t.
58
José Mendes
CCC Polsat Polkowice
s.t.
59
Alexander Wetterhall
Endura Racing
s.t.
60
Charles Wegelius
UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling
s.t.
61
Chad Beyer
BMC Racing Team
s.t.
62
Rafal Majka
Saxo Bank - Sungard
+ 2'15
63
John Martinez Montero
Colombia es Pasion - Cafe de Colombia
s.t.
64
Bruno Langlois
Team SpiderTech Powered by C10
s.t.
65
Carter Jones
Trek Livestrong U23
s.t.
66
Tomasz Smolen
CCC Polsat Polkowice
s.t.
67
Michal Kwiatkowski
Team RadioShack
s.t.
68
Jacob Nielsen
Glud & Marstrand - LRØ
+ 2'40
69
Geoffroy Lequatre
Team RadioShack
+ 2'46
70
Boy Van Poppel
UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling
s.t.
71
Mathias Frank
BMC Racing Team
s.t.
72
Oscar Gatto
Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli
s.t.
73
Maxim Debusschere
An Post - Sean Kelly
s.t.
74
Rubens Bertogliati
Team Type 1 - Sanofi Aventis
s.t.
75
Johann Tschopp
BMC Racing Team
s.t.
76
Diego Caccia
Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli
s.t.
77
Javier Mejías Leal
Team Type 1 - Sanofi Aventis
s.t.
78
Adrian Honkisz
CCC Polsat Polkowice
s.t.
79
Tiago Jose Pinto Machado
Team RadioShack
s.t.
80
Josh Atkins
Trek Livestrong U23
s.t.
81
David Talbott
APPLE - HIGHROAD
+ 3'30
82
Dalivier Ospina
Colombia es Pasion - Cafe de Colombia
+ 3'36
83
Dariusz Batek
CCC Polsat Polkowice
+ 3'38
84
Josef Hosek
PSK Whirlpool - Author
s.t.
85
Christopher Juul Jensen
Glud & Marstrand - LRØ
s.t.
86
Troels Vinther
Glud & Marstrand - LRØ
s.t.
87
Kjell Carlström
Sky Pro Cycling
s.t.
88
Sylwester Janiszewski
CCC Polsat Polkowice
s.t.
89
Philip Lavery
An Post - Sean Kelly
s.t.
90
David Dvorsky
PSK Whirlpool - Author
s.t.
91
Charly Vives
Team SpiderTech Powered by C10
+ 4'55
92
Morris Possoni
Sky Pro Cycling
+ 4'58
93
Dario Cioni
Sky Pro Cycling
s.t.
94
Nathan Brown
Trek Livestrong U23
+ 5'19
95
Daniel Foder
Glud & Marstrand - LRØ
+ 5'27
96
Tomas Buchácek
PSK Whirlpool - Author
+ 5'29
97
Martin Velits
HTC - Highroad
s.t.
98
Benjamin King
Team RadioShack
s.t.
99
Rhys Pollock
Drapac Cycling
s.t.
100
Jarlinson Pantano
Colombia es Pasion - Cafe de Colombia
s.t.
101
Patrick Drapac
Drapac Cycling
s.t.
102
Muhamad Adiq Othman
Drapac Cycling
s.t.
103
Mauro Santambrogio
BMC Racing Team
s.t.
104
Floris Goesinnen
Drapac Cycling
s.t.
105
Davide Ricci Bitti
Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli
s.t.
106
Alexey Shmidt
Team Type 1 - Sanofi Aventis
s.t.
107
Jure Kocjan
Team Type 1 - Sanofi Aventis
s.t.
108
Pierpaolo De Negri
Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli
s.t.
109
Jonathan McCarty
Team SpiderTech Powered by C10
s.t.
110
Matthew Busche
Team RadioShack
s.t.
111
Amir Mustafa Rusli
Drapac Cycling
s.t.
112
Morgan Schmitt
UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling
s.t.
113
Guillaume Boivin
Team SpiderTech Powered by C10
s.t.
114
Stuart Shaw
Drapac Cycling
s.t.
115
Cesare Benedetti
Team NetApp
s.t.
116
Michael Albasini
HTC - Highroad
s.t.
117
Kasper Linde
Glud & Marstrand - LRØ
s.t.
118
Leopold König
Team NetApp
s.t.
119
Stanislav Kozubek
PSK Whirlpool - Author
s.t.
120
Jan Barta
Team NetApp
s.t.
121
Petr Bencík
PSK Whirlpool - Author
s.t.
122
Jimmi Sorensen
Glud & Marstrand - LRØ
s.t.
123
Serge Pauwels
Sky Pro Cycling
s.t.
124
Robert Retschke
Team NetApp
s.t.
125
Tomasz Marczynski
CCC Polsat Polkowice
s.t.
126
Bradley White
UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling
s.t.
127
Dimitri Claeys
Team NetApp
s.t.
128
Volodimir Gustov
Saxo Bank - Sungard
s.t.
129
Peter Kennaugh
Sky Pro Cycling
s.t.
130
Joshua Prete
PSK Whirlpool - Author
s.t.
131
Chris Anker Sørensen
Saxo Bank - Sungard
s.t.
132
Ben Hermans
Team RadioShack
s.t.
133
Simon Zahner
BMC Racing Team
s.t.
134
William Dugan
Team Type 1 - Sanofi Aventis
s.t.
135
Patrick Gretsch
HTC - Highroad
s.t.
136
Daniele Callegarin
Team Type 1 - Sanofi Aventis
s.t.
137
Chris Froome
Sky Pro Cycling
s.t.
138
Michael Vink
Trek Livestrong U23
s.t.
139
Daniel Navarro Garcia
Saxo Bank - Sungard
s.t.
140
Maarten De Jonge
Endura Racing
s.t.
141
André Steensen
Saxo Bank - Sungard
s.t.
142
Dale Parker
Trek Livestrong U23
+ 6'18
143
Kamil Zielinksi
CCC Polsat Polkowice
s.t.
144
François Parisien
Team SpiderTech Powered by C10
+ 8'09
145
Andrew Pinfold
UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling
s.t.
146
Martijn Verschoor
Team Type 1 - Sanofi Aventis
s.t.
147
Joseph Lewis
Trek Livestrong U23
s.t.
148
Wilmar Jair Perez Muñoz
Colombia es Pasion - Cafe de Colombia
s.t.
149
Scott Thwaites
Endura Racing
+ 9'01
150
Hilton Clarke
UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling
+ 9'48
151
Christopher Jones
UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling
s.t.
152
Ivan Rovny
Team RadioShack
+ 10'17
KOM
Spoiler
1
David Talbott
APPLE - HIGHROAD
9
2
Jonathan McCarty
Team SpiderTech Powered by C10
8
3
Josef Hosek
PSK Whirlpool - Author
6
4
Floris Goesinnen
Drapac Cycling
3
5
Troels Vinther
Glud & Marstrand - LRØ
2
6
Josep Jufre Pou
Pro Team Astana
1
7
Dalivier Ospina
Colombia es Pasion - Cafe de Colombia
1
Sprints
Spoiler
1
Giovanni Visconti
Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli
50
2
Enrico Gasparotto
Pro Team Astana
40
3
Juan Pablo Forero Carreño
Colombia es Pasion - Cafe de Colombia
32
4
Nico Eeckhout
An Post - Sean Kelly
28
5
Keven Lacombe
Team SpiderTech Powered by C10
21
6
Hayden Roulston
HTC - Highroad
21
7
André Scholze
CCC Polsat Polkowice
17
8
Alexandre Blain
Endura Racing
12
9
Maxim Iglinskiy
Pro Team Astana
10
10
Nacer Bouhanni
APPLE - HIGHROAD
10
11
Nathan Brown
Trek Livestrong U23
10
12
Lucas Sebastian Haedo
Saxo Bank - Sungard
9
13
Laszlo Bodrogi
Team Type 1 - Sanofi Aventis
8
14
David Talbott
APPLE - HIGHROAD
8
15
Tomas Buchácek
PSK Whirlpool - Author
8
16
Jacob Nielsen
Glud & Marstrand - LRØ
6
17
Björn Brems
An Post - Sean Kelly
5
18
Taylor Phinney
BMC Racing Team
4
19
Gustav Larsson
Saxo Bank - Sungard
4
20
Robert Hayles
Endura Racing
4
21
Amaël Moinard
BMC Racing Team
3
22
Steven Cozza
Team NetApp
2
23
Antoine Mattheau
APPLE - HIGHROAD
2
24
Dalivier Ospina
Colombia es Pasion - Cafe de Colombia
2
25
Daniel Foder
Glud & Marstrand - LRØ
2
26
Maxim Gourov
Pro Team Astana
1
27
Mark Cassidy
An Post - Sean Kelly
1
A good stage from the team with Bouhanni grabbing a top-10. Hopefully with his form getting better and better so will his results. We tried a different tactic today and put a lead-out in place for Nacer, but clearly it still needs some refining, as well as the acquision of a dedicated lead-out man. We currently hold a top-10 position in all classifications except the GC, but we have Bouhanni in 13th, with only Time Bonuses between him and 1st. Talbott managed to take the KOM, and will wear that jersey tomorrow. Despite finishing as the best young rider 2 days in a row, Bouhanni only holds 2nd in that thanks to Phinney's time bonuses of the 1st stage. With 10 Sprint points, Bouhanni has 10th position in that, and the team is currently ranked number 1 thanks to the high finishes of our lead-out riders.
TT, yes I know and I'm dreadfully sorry. I would include pictures but I'm playing a different DB from Jak, and all the jerseys are from Jaks DB, especially the Conti teams (CCC is now MTN etc) so I believe including pictures would only downgrade the report even more. I will however try a different reporting style to day, and try to limit the amount of words I use.
Pinktay3 wrote:
TT, yes I know and I'm dreadfully sorry. I would include pictures but I'm playing a different DB from Jak, and all the jerseys are from Jaks DB, especially the Conti teams (CCC is now MTN etc) so I believe including pictures would only downgrade the report even more. I will however try a different reporting style to day, and try to limit the amount of words I use.
Maybe you should choose another DB, or even try a whole new career? And in the PCM12 story's there is an thread were they give do and don't how to make your story attractive. Hope you can use this
Yes, BikeRoel i was considering doing both of those, but i really like the direction this stories heading and want to keep going with it, and changing the DB will delete the save game. At the moment, it's highly likely that i'll have PCM13 when it is released, and then i'll start with a brand new team, story and idea. (Hopefully an MTN one). But anyways, on with more reports.
The final flat stage before we hit the hills and then the mountain. Highly doubt it being anything other than a bunch kick. Today Apple will try a different tactic, and lead from the front. Bouhanni will also have a (attempted) lead-out train dedicated to him. With no breakaway rider for the days stage, a top-5 is the desired goal within the stage.
Favourites
Bouhanni – Apple
Eeckhout – An Post
Gasparotto - Astana
The Race
C. Benedetti (NetApp), C. Vives (SpiderTech), S. Janiszewski (CCC), D. Foder (Glud & M) and R. Pollock (Drapac) form the early break, with Benedetti nabbing the only KOM from Vives and Janiszewski. Towards the 1st sprint of the day, B. Hermans (RadioShack) attacks followed by M. Velits (HTC) as Foder, Benedetti and Pollock take the sprint points of 1st, 2nd and 3rd respectively. At this point the initial break has 2 minutes, with Hermans and Velits 50 seconds in front of the Apple lead peloton.
With 85km’s C. Jones (Trek) attacks, and joins the break 10km’s later. With 75km’s left to race, the gap has been reduced to 1:30. Clearly Hermans is a too dangerous rider.
At the second sprint point with 65km’s left, Foder just manages to hold out a charging Pollock, with Jones claiming 3rd. The gap remains steady at 1:15.
With around 50km’s to go, R. Bertogliati (TT1) attacks. He makes the gap with 45km’s left, but the break now only has 1:35 thanks to Apple on the front.
Disaster! As Apple ramps up the pace, race leader, G. Visconti (Farnese Vini) falls. He can get back up, but 2 minutes behind a fast moving bunch, its unsure whether he’ll make it back on. 6 team mates drop back.
30km’s to go, and S. Pauwels (Sky) darts off the front and although its unusual to see him as he likes the hilly stuff much, much more, he catches the back of the front group with a gap of 1 minute.
Meanwhile, Visconti is now safely nestled in the peloton again thanks to the work of his team mates.
At the 20km mark, the break is beginning to become convincing, with a gap of still around 1 minute despite hard chasing from the bunch. Not long after, the in-fighting between breakaway companions starts, as Hermans, Janiszewski, Pauwels, Bertogliati and Jones leave the other behind.
After extending to a maximum of 1:30, the leading 5 are now under control and are being brought back.
With 5 remaining it is 1 rider against the rest, as Pollock still holds 25 seconds over the rest of the field. With 4 left, Eeckhout takes his turn at the front, and smashes it to bits with Mattheau and Bouhanni struggling to hold wheels. Of the sprinters, only A. Scholze (CCC), L. S. Haedo (Saxo Bank) and A. Blain (Endura) can follow.
After a perfect lead-out by Eeckhout and Mattheau, Pollock is caught, and Bouhanni released. Despite having a good 3 bike lengths on the other sprinters at the start of the sprint, Bouhanni just doesn’t seem to have the form at the moment, and is quickly passed, first by Gasparotto, then Lacombe, Forero and Gasparotto’s lead-out, Iglinsky.
Gasparotto takes it from Forero and Visconti. Lacombe does great to get 4th, with Bouhanni in 5th, Blain in 6th, Talansky and Iglinksy 7th and 8th with Kocjan and Haedo rounding out the top-10.
“And Bouhanni in 5th with ah, hang on a minute, there’s 2 Apple riders there. One is Bouhanni, and the others one is, um, difficult to tell, it looks like a climber or smaller rider. Oh, it’s Talansky, what a ride by the young climber to get himself up to 7th on the stage, only 2 places behind his team’s sprinter. If he’s keeping up now on the flats, whats he going to be like on the climbs tomorrow and the day after.”
These were Phil Ligget’s comments on a young, fast and in-form Andrew Talansky the day before the Climbs. Not even Phil himself knew what these comments meant.
Results
Stage
1
Enrico Gasparotto
Pro Team Astana
3h07'19
2
Juan Pablo Forero Carreño
Colombia es Pasion - Cafe de Colombia
s.t.
3
Giovanni Visconti
Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli
s.t.
4
Keven Lacombe
Team SpiderTech Powered by C10
s.t.
5
Nacer Bouhanni
APPLE - HIGHROAD
s.t.
6
Alexandre Blain
Endura Racing
s.t.
7
Andrew Talansky
APPLE - HIGHROAD
s.t.
8
Maxim Iglinskiy
Pro Team Astana
s.t.
9
Jure Kocjan
Team Type 1 - Sanofi Aventis
s.t.
10
Lucas Sebastian Haedo
Saxo Bank - Sungard
s.t.
Spoiler
11
André Scholze
CCC Polsat Polkowice
s.t.
12
Rubens Bertogliati
Team Type 1 - Sanofi Aventis
s.t.
13
Hayden Roulston
HTC - Highroad
s.t.
14
Muhamad Adiq Othman
Drapac Cycling
s.t.
15
Nico Eeckhout
An Post - Sean Kelly
s.t.
16
Ian Boswell
APPLE - HIGHROAD
s.t.
17
Floris Goesinnen
Drapac Cycling
s.t.
18
Lawson Craddock
APPLE - HIGHROAD
s.t.
19
Rhys Pollock
Drapac Cycling
s.t.
20
Antoine Mattheau
APPLE - HIGHROAD
s.t.
21
Mark Cassidy
An Post - Sean Kelly
s.t.
22
Kevin Eeckhout
APPLE - HIGHROAD
s.t.
23
Steven Cozza
Team NetApp
s.t.
24
Amaël Moinard
BMC Racing Team
s.t.
25
Steve Morabito
BMC Racing Team
s.t.
26
Dario Cioni
Sky Pro Cycling
s.t.
27
Maxim Debusschere
An Post - Sean Kelly
s.t.
28
Gorazd Stangelj
Pro Team Astana
s.t.
29
Rémy Di Gregorio
Pro Team Astana
s.t.
30
Bartosz Huzarski
Team NetApp
s.t.
31
Benny De Schrooder
An Post - Sean Kelly
s.t.
32
Josep Jufre Pou
Pro Team Astana
s.t.
33
Nathan Brown
Trek Livestrong U23
s.t.
34
Laszlo Bodrogi
Team Type 1 - Sanofi Aventis
s.t.
35
Tomas Buchácek
PSK Whirlpool - Author
s.t.
36
Jesus Del Nero
Team NetApp
s.t.
37
Dariusz Batek
CCC Polsat Polkowice
s.t.
38
Rigoberto Uran
Sky Pro Cycling
s.t.
39
Matthew Busche
Team RadioShack
s.t.
40
Christian Knees
Sky Pro Cycling
s.t.
41
Alex Cano
Colombia es Pasion - Cafe de Colombia
s.t.
42
Björn Brems
An Post - Sean Kelly
s.t.
43
René Mandri
Endura Racing
s.t.
44
Troels Vinther
Glud & Marstrand - LRØ
s.t.
45
Danny Pate
HTC - Highroad
s.t.
46
Kanstantsin Siutsou
HTC - Highroad
s.t.
47
Sylwester Janiszewski
CCC Polsat Polkowice
s.t.
48
Nairo Quintana
Colombia es Pasion - Cafe de Colombia
s.t.
49
Lawrence Warbasse
APPLE - HIGHROAD
s.t.
50
Charly Vives
Team SpiderTech Powered by C10
s.t.
51
Martin Velits
HTC - Highroad
s.t.
52
Serge Pauwels
Sky Pro Cycling
s.t.
53
Evgueni Petrov
Pro Team Astana
s.t.
54
Pieter Ghyllebert
An Post - Sean Kelly
s.t.
55
Andrea Guardini
Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli
s.t.
56
Yevgeni Nepomnyachsniy
Pro Team Astana
s.t.
57
Darwin Atapuma
Colombia es Pasion - Cafe de Colombia
s.t.
58
Javier Mejías Leal
Team Type 1 - Sanofi Aventis
s.t.
59
John Martinez Montero
Colombia es Pasion - Cafe de Colombia
s.t.
60
Iker Camaño
Endura Racing
s.t.
61
Jonathan McCarty
Team SpiderTech Powered by C10
s.t.
62
Pierpaolo De Negri
Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli
s.t.
63
Evan Oliphant
Endura Racing
s.t.
64
Francesco Failli
Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli
s.t.
65
Maarten De Jonge
Endura Racing
s.t.
66
Alexey Shmidt
Team Type 1 - Sanofi Aventis
s.t.
67
Robert Hayles
Endura Racing
s.t.
68
Davide Ricci Bitti
Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli
s.t.
69
William Dugan
Team Type 1 - Sanofi Aventis
s.t.
70
Leigh Howard
HTC - Highroad
s.t.
71
Frantisek Rabon
HTC - Highroad
s.t.
72
André Steensen
Saxo Bank - Sungard
s.t.
73
Maxim Gourov
Pro Team Astana
s.t.
74
Oscar Gatto
Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli
s.t.
75
Alexander Wetterhall
Endura Racing
s.t.
76
Martijn Verschoor
Team Type 1 - Sanofi Aventis
s.t.
77
Daniel Foder
Glud & Marstrand - LRØ
s.t.
78
Ben Hermans
Team RadioShack
s.t.
79
Robert Retschke
Team NetApp
s.t.
80
Bruno Langlois
Team SpiderTech Powered by C10
s.t.
81
Tomasz Smolen
CCC Polsat Polkowice
s.t.
82
Christopher Juul Jensen
Glud & Marstrand - LRØ
s.t.
83
José Mendes
CCC Polsat Polkowice
s.t.
84
Cesare Benedetti
Team NetApp
s.t.
85
Carter Jones
Trek Livestrong U23
s.t.
86
Tomasz Marczynski
CCC Polsat Polkowice
s.t.
87
Rafal Majka
Saxo Bank - Sungard
s.t.
88
Petr Bencík
PSK Whirlpool - Author
s.t.
89
Jacob Nielsen
Glud & Marstrand - LRØ
s.t.
90
Kasper Linde
Glud & Marstrand - LRØ
s.t.
91
Philip Lavery
An Post - Sean Kelly
s.t.
92
Leonardo Giordani
Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli
s.t.
93
Taylor Phinney
BMC Racing Team
s.t.
94
Jarlinson Pantano
Colombia es Pasion - Cafe de Colombia
s.t.
95
Patrick Gretsch
HTC - Highroad
s.t.
96
Daniele Callegarin
Team Type 1 - Sanofi Aventis
s.t.
97
Jimmi Sorensen
Glud & Marstrand - LRØ
s.t.
98
Ronan McLaughlin
An Post - Sean Kelly
s.t.
99
Diego Caccia
Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli
s.t.
100
Morris Possoni
Sky Pro Cycling
s.t.
101
Michael Albasini
HTC - Highroad
s.t.
102
Peter Kennaugh
Sky Pro Cycling
s.t.
103
Guillaume Boivin
Team SpiderTech Powered by C10
s.t.
104
Leopold König
Team NetApp
s.t.
105
Stanislav Kozubek
PSK Whirlpool - Author
s.t.
106
Mathias Frank
BMC Racing Team
s.t.
107
Josef Hosek
PSK Whirlpool - Author
s.t.
108
Charles Wegelius
UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling
s.t.
109
Chris Anker Sørensen
Saxo Bank - Sungard
s.t.
110
Dale Parker
Trek Livestrong U23
s.t.
111
David Dvorsky
PSK Whirlpool - Author
s.t.
112
Josh Atkins
Trek Livestrong U23
s.t.
113
Gustav Larsson
Saxo Bank - Sungard
s.t.
114
Geoffroy Lequatre
Team RadioShack
s.t.
115
Kamil Zielinksi
CCC Polsat Polkowice
s.t.
116
Christian Meier
UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling
s.t.
117
Kjell Carlström
Sky Pro Cycling
s.t.
118
Sergio Paulinho
Team RadioShack
s.t.
119
Wilmar Jair Perez Muñoz
Colombia es Pasion - Cafe de Colombia
s.t.
120
Svein Tuft
Team SpiderTech Powered by C10
s.t.
121
Scott Thwaites
Endura Racing
s.t.
122
Ryan Roth
Team SpiderTech Powered by C10
s.t.
123
Michael Vink
Trek Livestrong U23
s.t.
124
Joseph Lewis
Trek Livestrong U23
s.t.
125
Simon Zahner
BMC Racing Team
s.t.
126
Ivan Rovny
Team RadioShack
s.t.
127
Dimitri Claeys
Team NetApp
s.t.
128
Johann Tschopp
BMC Racing Team
s.t.
129
Amir Mustafa Rusli
Drapac Cycling
s.t.
130
Patrick Drapac
Drapac Cycling
s.t.
131
Andrew Pinfold
UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling
s.t.
132
Michal Kwiatkowski
Team RadioShack
s.t.
133
Morgan Schmitt
UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling
s.t.
134
Bradley White
UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling
s.t.
135
Jonathan Bellis
Saxo Bank - Sungard
s.t.
136
Jan Barta
Team NetApp
s.t.
137
Mauro Santambrogio
BMC Racing Team
s.t.
138
Joshua Prete
PSK Whirlpool - Author
s.t.
139
Chris Froome
Sky Pro Cycling
s.t.
140
Daniel Navarro Garcia
Saxo Bank - Sungard
s.t.
141
Boy Van Poppel
UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling
s.t.
142
Volodimir Gustov
Saxo Bank - Sungard
s.t.
143
Benjamin King
Team RadioShack
s.t.
144
François Parisien
Team SpiderTech Powered by C10
s.t.
145
Stuart Shaw
Drapac Cycling
s.t.
146
Chad Beyer
BMC Racing Team
s.t.
147
Hilton Clarke
UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling
s.t.
148
Tiago Jose Pinto Machado
Team RadioShack
s.t.
149
Christopher Jones
UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling
s.t.
150
David Talbott
APPLE - HIGHROAD
s.t.
151
Dalivier Ospina
Colombia es Pasion - Cafe de Colombia
+ 6'29
152
Adrian Honkisz
CCC Polsat Polkowice
+ 9'04
Overall
1
Giovanni Visconti
Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli
9h24'51
2
Enrico Gasparotto
Pro Team Astana
+ 4
3
Juan Pablo Forero Carreño
Colombia es Pasion - Cafe de Colombia
+ 20
4
Robert Hayles
Endura Racing
+ 44
5
Taylor Phinney
BMC Racing Team
s.t.
6
Keven Lacombe
Team SpiderTech Powered by C10
+ 48
7
Nico Eeckhout
An Post - Sean Kelly
s.t.
8
Hayden Roulston
HTC - Highroad
s.t.
9
André Scholze
CCC Polsat Polkowice
s.t.
10
Alexandre Blain
Endura Racing
s.t.
Spoiler
11
Nacer Bouhanni
APPLE - HIGHROAD
s.t.
12
Maxim Iglinskiy
Pro Team Astana
s.t.
13
Lucas Sebastian Haedo
Saxo Bank - Sungard
s.t.
14
Andrew Talansky
APPLE - HIGHROAD
s.t.
15
Mark Cassidy
An Post - Sean Kelly
s.t.
16
Laszlo Bodrogi
Team Type 1 - Sanofi Aventis
s.t.
17
Amaël Moinard
BMC Racing Team
s.t.
18
Antoine Mattheau
APPLE - HIGHROAD
s.t.
19
Kevin EeckhoutAPPLE - HIGHROAD
s.t.
20
Björn Brems
An Post - Sean Kelly
s.t.
21
Steve Morabito
BMC Racing Team
s.t.
22
Ian Boswell
APPLE - HIGHROAD
s.t.
23
Danny Pate
HTC - Highroad
s.t.
24
Lawson Craddock
APPLE - HIGHROAD
s.t.
25
Rigoberto Uran
Sky Pro Cycling
s.t.
26
Maxim Gourov
Pro Team Astana
s.t.
27
Lawrence Warbasse
APPLE - HIGHROAD
s.t.
28
Evgueni Petrov
Pro Team Astana
s.t.
29
Josep Jufre Pou
Pro Team Astana
s.t.
30
Alex Cano
Colombia es Pasion - Cafe de Colombia
s.t.
31
Kanstantsin Siutsou
HTC - Highroad
s.t.
32
Benny De Schrooder
An Post - Sean Kelly
s.t.
33
Gorazd Stangelj
Pro Team Astana
s.t.
34
Rémy Di Gregorio
Pro Team Astana
s.t.
35
Christian Knees
Sky Pro Cycling
s.t.
36
Pieter Ghyllebert
An Post - Sean Kelly
s.t.
37
Bartosz Huzarski
Team NetApp
s.t.
38
René Mandri
Endura Racing
s.t.
39
Jesus Del Nero
Team NetApp
s.t.
40
Gustav Larsson
Saxo Bank - Sungard
s.t.
41
Nairo Quintana
Colombia es Pasion - Cafe de Colombia
s.t.
42
Andrea Guardini
Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli
s.t.
43
Steven Cozza
Team NetApp
s.t.
44
Darwin Atapuma
Colombia es Pasion - Cafe de Colombia
s.t.
45
Yevgeni Nepomnyachsniy
Pro Team Astana
s.t.
46
Ronan McLaughlin
An Post - Sean Kelly
s.t.
47
Francesco Failli
Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli
s.t.
48
Leonardo Giordani
Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli
s.t.
49
Leigh Howard
HTC - Highroad
s.t.
50
Evan Oliphant
Endura Racing
s.t.
51
Iker Camaño
Endura Racing
s.t.
52
Svein Tuft
Team SpiderTech Powered by C10
s.t.
53
Sergio Paulinho
Team RadioShack
s.t.
54
Christian Meier
UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling
s.t.
55
Frantisek Rabon
HTC - Highroad
s.t.
56
Ryan Roth
Team SpiderTech Powered by C10
s.t.
57
José Mendes
CCC Polsat Polkowice
s.t.
58
Alexander Wetterhall
Endura Racing
s.t.
59
Jonathan Bellis
Saxo Bank - Sungard
s.t.
60
Charles Wegelius
UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling
s.t.
61
Chad Beyer
BMC Racing Team
s.t.
62
Carter Jones
Trek Livestrong U23
+ 2'21
63
Rafal Majka
Saxo Bank - Sungard
+ 2'23
64
John Martinez Montero
Colombia es Pasion - Cafe de Colombia
s.t.
65
Bruno Langlois
Team SpiderTech Powered by C10
s.t.
66
Tomasz Smolen
CCC Polsat Polkowice
s.t.
67
Michal Kwiatkowski
Team RadioShack
s.t.
68
Jacob Nielsen
Glud & Marstrand - LRØ
+ 2'48
69
Rubens Bertogliati
Team Type 1 - Sanofi Aventis
+ 2'54
70
Maxim Debusschere
An Post - Sean Kelly
s.t.
71
Oscar Gatto
Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli
s.t.
72
Geoffroy Lequatre
Team RadioShack
s.t.
73
Mathias Frank
BMC Racing Team
s.t.
74
Javier Mejías Leal
Team Type 1 - Sanofi Aventis
s.t.
75
Diego Caccia
Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli
s.t.
76
Boy Van Poppel
UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling
s.t.
77
Johann Tschopp
BMC Racing Team
s.t.
78
Josh Atkins
Trek Livestrong U23
s.t.
79
Tiago Jose Pinto Machado
Team RadioShack
s.t.
80
David Talbott
APPLE - HIGHROAD
+ 3'38
81
Dariusz Batek
CCC Polsat Polkowice
+ 3'46
82
Troels Vinther
Glud & Marstrand - LRØ
s.t.
83
Sylwester Janiszewski
CCC Polsat Polkowice
s.t.
84
Josef Hosek
PSK Whirlpool - Author
s.t.
85
Christopher Juul Jensen
Glud & Marstrand - LRØ
s.t.
86
Philip Lavery
An Post - Sean Kelly
s.t.
87
Kjell Carlström
Sky Pro Cycling
s.t.
88
David Dvorsky
PSK Whirlpool - Author
s.t.
89
Charly Vives
Team SpiderTech Powered by C10
+ 5'03
90
Dario Cioni
Sky Pro Cycling
+ 5'06
91
Morris Possoni
Sky Pro Cycling
s.t.
92
Daniel Foder
Glud & Marstrand - LRØ
+ 5'23
93
Nathan Brown
Trek Livestrong U23
+ 5'27
94
Rhys Pollock
Drapac Cycling
+ 5'31
95
Cesare Benedetti
Team NetApp
+ 5'33
96
Tomas Buchácek
PSK Whirlpool - Author
+ 5'37
97
Muhamad Adiq Othman
Drapac Cycling
s.t.
98
Martin Velits
HTC - Highroad
s.t.
99
Floris Goesinnen
Drapac Cycling
s.t.
100
Jure Kocjan
Team Type 1 - Sanofi Aventis
s.t.
101
Jarlinson Pantano
Colombia es Pasion - Cafe de Colombia
s.t.
102
Matthew Busche
Team RadioShack
s.t.
103
Davide Ricci Bitti
Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli
s.t.
104
Alexey Shmidt
Team Type 1 - Sanofi Aventis
s.t.
105
Pierpaolo De Negri
Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli
s.t.
106
Jonathan McCarty
Team SpiderTech Powered by C10
s.t.
107
Serge Pauwels
Sky Pro Cycling
s.t.
108
Benjamin King
Team RadioShack
s.t.
109
Patrick Drapac
Drapac Cycling
s.t.
110
Kasper Linde
Glud & Marstrand - LRØ
s.t.
111
Mauro Santambrogio
BMC Racing Team
s.t.
112
Guillaume Boivin
Team SpiderTech Powered by C10
s.t.
113
Michael Albasini
HTC - Highroad
s.t.
114
Robert Retschke
Team NetApp
s.t.
115
Petr Bencík
PSK Whirlpool - Author
s.t.
116
Leopold König
Team NetApp
s.t.
117
Tomasz Marczynski
CCC Polsat Polkowice
s.t.
118
Stanislav Kozubek
PSK Whirlpool - Author
s.t.
119
William Dugan
Team Type 1 - Sanofi Aventis
s.t.
120
Jimmi Sorensen
Glud & Marstrand - LRØ
s.t.
121
Ben Hermans
Team RadioShack
s.t.
122
Amir Mustafa Rusli
Drapac Cycling
s.t.
123
Maarten De Jonge
Endura Racing
s.t.
124
Morgan Schmitt
UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling
s.t.
125
Peter Kennaugh
Sky Pro Cycling
s.t.
126
André Steensen
Saxo Bank - Sungard
s.t.
127
Patrick Gretsch
HTC - Highroad
s.t.
128
Stuart Shaw
Drapac Cycling
s.t.
129
Jan Barta
Team NetApp
s.t.
130
Chris Anker Sørensen
Saxo Bank - Sungard
s.t.
131
Daniele Callegarin
Team Type 1 - Sanofi Aventis
s.t.
132
Dimitri Claeys
Team NetApp
s.t.
133
Bradley White
UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling
s.t.
134
Simon Zahner
BMC Racing Team
s.t.
135
Volodimir Gustov
Saxo Bank - Sungard
s.t.
136
Joshua Prete
PSK Whirlpool - Author
s.t.
137
Michael Vink
Trek Livestrong U23
s.t.
138
Chris Froome
Sky Pro Cycling
s.t.
139
Daniel Navarro Garcia
Saxo Bank - Sungard
s.t.
140
Dale Parker
Trek Livestrong U23
+ 6'26
141
Kamil Zielinksi
CCC Polsat Polkowice
s.t.
142
Martijn Verschoor
Team Type 1 - Sanofi Aventis
+ 8'17
143
François Parisien
Team SpiderTech Powered by C10
s.t.
144
Andrew Pinfold
UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling
s.t.
145
Joseph Lewis
Trek Livestrong U23
s.t.
146
Wilmar Jair Perez Muñoz
Colombia es Pasion - Cafe de Colombia
s.t.
147
Scott Thwaites
Endura Racing
+ 9'09
148
Hilton Clarke
UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling
+ 9'56
149
Christopher Jones
UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling
s.t.
150
Dalivier Ospina
Colombia es Pasion - Cafe de Colombia
+ 10'13
151
Ivan Rovny
Team RadioShack
+ 10'25
152
Adrian Honkisz
CCC Polsat Polkowice
+ 11'58
KOM
Spoiler
1
David Talbott
APPLE - HIGHROAD
9
2
Jonathan McCarty
Team SpiderTech Powered by C10
8
3
Josef Hosek
PSK Whirlpool - Author
6
4
Cesare Benedetti
Team NetApp
6
5
Charly Vives
Team SpiderTech Powered by C10
4
6
Floris Goesinnen
Drapac Cycling
3
7
Troels Vinther
Glud & Marstrand - LRØ
2
8
Sylwester Janiszewski
CCC Polsat Polkowice
2
9
Josep Jufre Pou
Pro Team Astana
1
10
Dalivier Ospina
Colombia es Pasion - Cafe de Colombia
1
Sprints
Spoiler
1
Giovanni Visconti
Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli
66
2
Enrico Gasparotto
Pro Team Astana
65
3
Juan Pablo Forero Carreño
Colombia es Pasion - Cafe de Colombia
52
4
Keven Lacombe
Team SpiderTech Powered by C10
35
5
Nico Eeckhout
An Post - Sean Kelly
29
6
Hayden Roulston
HTC - Highroad
24
7
André Scholze
CCC Polsat Polkowice
22
8
Alexandre Blain
Endura Racing
22
9
Nacer Bouhanni
APPLE - HIGHROAD
22
10
Maxim Iglinskiy
Pro Team Astana
18
11
Lucas Sebastian Haedo
Saxo Bank - Sungard
15
12
Daniel Foder
Glud & Marstrand - LRØ
14
13
Nathan Brown
Trek Livestrong U23
10
14
Andrew Talansky
APPLE - HIGHROAD
9
15
Laszlo Bodrogi
Team Type 1 - Sanofi Aventis
8
16
David Talbott
APPLE - HIGHROAD
8
17
Tomas Buchácek
PSK Whirlpool - Author
8
18
Jure Kocjan
Team Type 1 - Sanofi Aventis
7
19
Jacob Nielsen
Glud & Marstrand - LRØ
6
20
Rhys Pollock
Drapac Cycling
6
21
Björn Brems
An Post - Sean Kelly
5
22
Taylor Phinney
BMC Racing Team
4
23
Robert Hayles
Endura Racing
4
24
Gustav Larsson
Saxo Bank - Sungard
4
25
Rubens Bertogliati
Team Type 1 - Sanofi Aventis
4
26
Cesare Benedetti
Team NetApp
4
27
Amaël Moinard
BMC Racing Team
3
28
Antoine Mattheau
APPLE - HIGHROAD
2
29
Steven Cozza
Team NetApp
2
30
Carter Jones
Trek Livestrong U23
2
31
Dalivier Ospina
Colombia es Pasion - Cafe de Colombia
2
32
Muhamad Adiq Othman
Drapac Cycling
2
33
Mark Cassidy
An Post - Sean Kelly
1
34
Maxim Gourov
Pro Team Astana
1
A good stage that was much better than it seemed. We did a lot of work today up the front and it paid off with Bouhanni close to a podium and Talansky netting a top-10 on a sprint stage. We're still yet to crack the top-10 on GC, but are still technically not any time behind, as its still only time bonuses separating 1st through to 61st. Tablott still maintains his lead in the KOM Classification going into tomorrow, Bouhanni has 9th on points and the team has 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 7th, 8th and 10th, as well as 26th in the Youth Classification. We are also the 2nd ranked team. Tomorrow will be a hard race with not a hard finish, but hills everywhere to drain everyone energy. We have 4 options for the win tomorrow, and we hope to get at least a top-5.