Gent - Wevelgem
The Gent–Wevelgem is a Flanders Classics cycle road race held in Belgium in early April each year. The event was first run in 1934, and it is often called the sprinters' classic due to its flat finishing terrain. Its early-season date means riders are often tested by wind and rain. Further challenges include a number of climbs, including two ascents of the cobbled, difficult, and often selective Kemmelberg.
Indeed, the selectivity of the course means that very few editions of Gent–Wevelgem actually end in a bunch sprint. An smaller elite group (including some sprinters) often contest the finish line. In recent years, the race has been situated on the Wednesday between de Ronde van Vlaanderen and Paris–Roubaix, and while not officially part of the Vlaamse Wielerweek (Flemish cycling week), it can be seen as an unofficial finale of the series of cycling classics in Flanders. In 2010 the fixed date of the race shifted from the Wednesday after the Ronde van Vlaanderen to the Sunday before the Ronde. Since 2005 the race has been part of the UCI ProTour, and since 2009, part of the UCI World Ranking calendar. Most wins: Robert Van Eenaeme (BEL), Rik Van Looy (BEL), Eddy Merckx (BEL), Mario Cipollini (ITA) 3 Winner 2009: Edvald Boasson Hagen
The Shack: Like at the E3-Prijs, Gert Steegmans will lead our squad here. Rosseler is luxury-teammate and Co-Leader, Vaitkus, Muravyev, Rast, Bewley and Selander are helper.
The opposition: Surprisingly, Tom Boonen and Fabian Cancellara, the top favourites for April, miss here, just like Thor Hushovd, who had a dissapointing race yesterday. So the favourites here Filippo Pozatto, Stijn Devolder, Juan-Antonio Flecha and Leif Hoste. Also the E3-Prijs winner, Staf Scheirlinckx, competes today.
But we have also a lot of good sprinters here, favourites in a bunch sprint are Marc Cavendish, Gerald Ciolek, Daniele Bennati, Robbie McEwen, Tyler Farrar and Allan Davis. A few teams even have two good sprinter here like André Greipel or Danilo Napolitano.
Deinze - Wevelgem, 218,2 km An interesting race. The first half and the last 25km are flat, but between that, there are a lot of hellingen, including Kemmelberg, Mont de Cats, Mont Noir or Scherpenberg. But normally, we will see a bunch sprint at the finish.
Team goals:
- Top 10 (Steegmans)
Favourites: Filippo Pozatto, Juan-Antonio Flecha, Stijn Devolder, Leif Hoste, Matti Breschel. My tip: Cavendish is well supported and should win if it ends in a bunch sprint.
Yeah right, they had not made it in the front group
Depart in Deinze.
10 rider today in the breakaway: Dominik Nerz (Milram), Tom Stubbe (Omega Pharma), Luis Pasamontes (Caisse d'Epargne), Iván Velasco (Euskaltel), Bauke Mollema (Rabobank), Sergey Renev (Astana), Thomas Faiers (Footon), Serguei Klimov (Katusha), Perrig Quemeneur (Bbox) and Davide Appollonio (Cervélo).
Here at the Mont des Chats. The breakaway with almost 7 minutes in front.
The Kemmelberg. The peloton still 5 minutes down.
At the second crossing over the Kemmelberg, the peloton caught the breakaway. Just 97 rider stay in the front group. We came in the interesting part of the race.
But the pace were to high and at the descent of the Kemmelberg, the pack split in several group. 18 rider in the front group, including Steegmans, who is the best sprinter in this group.
And Delvolder with a surprise attack with just 4,7km to go! Pozatto and Flecha launch the attack, and Eisel hold himself at the backwheel from Pozatto.
And that is the situation, 2400m before the finish. Devolder in front, then Pippo, Flecha and Eisel, in the third group Steegmans in front.
Flame rouge! Devolder losts speed while Flecha and Pozatto came at the right. Eisel and Steegmans just fight for the fourth.
But at the end, Flecha and Pozatto were not able to pass Stijn, who could celebrate his first win at Gent-Wevelgem. Eisel could beat Gert with a few milimeter, so a fifth place for us.
Result:
1
Stijn Devolder
Quick·Step
5h45'36
2
Juan Antonio Flecha
Sky Professional Cycling Team
s.t.
3
Filippo Pozzato
Team Katusha
s.t.
4
Bernhard Eisel
Team HTC - Columbia
s.t.
5
Gert Steegmans
Team RadioShack
s.t.
6
Greg Van Avermaet
Omega Pharma - Lotto
s.t.
7
Matti Breschel
Team Saxo Bank
s.t.
8
Staf Scheirlinckx
Omega Pharma - Lotto
s.t.
9
Lars Boom
Rabobank
s.t.
10
Kurt-Asle Arvesen
Sky Professional Cycling Team
s.t.
Spoiler
11
Leif Hoste
Omega Pharma - Lotto
s.t.
12
Nick Nuyens
Rabobank
s.t.
13
Sebastian Langeveld
Rabobank
s.t.
14
Wouter Weylandt
Quick·Step
s.t.
15
Stuart O'Grady
Team Saxo Bank
s.t.
16
Niki Terpstra
Team Milram
s.t.
17
Maarten Wynants
Quick·Step
s.t.
18
Carlos Barredo
Quick·Step
s.t.
19
Daniele Bennati
Liquigas - Doimo
+ 2'26
20
Maarten Tjallingii
Rabobank
s.t.
21
Hayden Roulston
Team HTC - Columbia
s.t.
22
Martin Elmiger
AG2R La Mondiale
s.t.
23
Grega Bole
Lampre - Farnese Vini
s.t.
24
Bert De Waele
Landbouwkrediet
s.t.
25
Anthony Geslin
Française des Jeux
s.t.
26
Aleksandr Kuschynski
Liquigas - Doimo
s.t.
27
Lars Ytting Bak
Team HTC - Columbia
s.t.
28
Tomas Vaitkus
Team RadioShack
s.t.
29
Robbie McEwen
Team Katusha
s.t.
30
Peter Sagan
Liquigas - Doimo
s.t.
31
Sébastien Rosseler
Team RadioShack
s.t.
32
Gianni Meersman
Française des Jeux
s.t.
33
Tyler Farrar
Garmin - Transitions
s.t.
34
Mark Cavendish
Team HTC - Columbia
s.t.
35
Frédéric Guesdon
Française des Jeux
s.t.
36
Kevin Hulsmans
Quick·Step
s.t.
37
Grégory Rast
Team RadioShack
s.t.
38
Geraint Thomas
Sky Professional Cycling Team
s.t.
39
Maxim Iglinskiy
Astana
s.t.
40
Ian Stannard
Sky Professional Cycling Team
s.t.
41
Francis De Greef
Omega Pharma - Lotto
s.t.
42
Stijn Vandenbergh
Team Katusha
s.t.
43
Danilo Hondo
Lampre - Farnese Vini
+ 5'12
44
José Joaquín Rojas
Caisse d'Epargne
s.t.
45
Jürgen Van de Walle
Quick·Step
s.t.
46
Kurt Hovelynck
Quick·Step
s.t.
47
Mario Aerts
Omega Pharma - Lotto
s.t.
48
Nicki Sørensen
Team Saxo Bank
s.t.
49
Christophe Le Mével
Française des Jeux
s.t.
50
Laurens Ten Dam
Rabobank
s.t.
51
Christophe Moreau
Caisse d'Epargne
s.t.
52
Stef Clement
Rabobank
s.t.
53
Sébastien Chavanel
Française des Jeux
s.t.
54
Gerald Ciolek
Team Milram
s.t.
55
Stephen Cummings
Sky Professional Cycling Team
s.t.
56
Koldo Fernández
Euskaltel - Euskadi
s.t.
57
Kevin Peeters
Landbouwkrediet
s.t.
58
Benoît Vaugrenard
Française des Jeux
s.t.
59
Frederik Willems
Liquigas - Doimo
s.t.
60
Rui Costa
Caisse d'Epargne
s.t.
61
Sven Nys
Landbouwkrediet
s.t.
62
Gorik Gardeyn
Vacansoleil Pro Cycling Team
s.t.
63
Matthew Hayman
Sky Professional Cycling Team
s.t.
64
Kristof Goddaert
AG2R La Mondiale
s.t.
65
André Greipel
Team HTC - Columbia
s.t.
66
David Zabriskie
Garmin - Transitions
s.t.
67
Robert Kiserlovski
Liquigas - Doimo
s.t.
68
Laszló Bodrogi
Team Katusha
s.t.
69
Serge Pauwels
Sky Professional Cycling Team
s.t.
70
Daniele Pietropolli
Lampre - Farnese Vini
s.t.
71
Wilfried Cretskens
Omega Pharma - Lotto
s.t.
72
Daniel Martin
Garmin - Transitions
s.t.
73
Dario Cioni
Sky Professional Cycling Team
s.t.
74
Peter Velits
Team HTC - Columbia
s.t.
75
Allan Davis
Astana
s.t.
76
Serguei Klimov
Team Katusha
s.t.
77
Frank Høj
Team Saxo Bank
s.t.
78
Anders Lund
Team Saxo Bank
s.t.
79
Andriy Grivko
Astana
s.t.
80
Jurgen Van Goolen
Omega Pharma - Lotto
s.t.
81
Iván Velasco
Euskaltel - Euskadi
s.t.
82
Chris Anker Sørensen
Team Saxo Bank
+ 7'10
83
Dominik Nerz
Team Milram
s.t.
84
Thomas Faiers
Footon - Servetto
s.t.
85
John Gadret
AG2R La Mondiale
s.t.
86
Bart Dockx
Landbouwkrediet
s.t.
87
Bauke Mollema
Rabobank
s.t.
88
Wim De Vocht
Team Milram
s.t.
89
Mark Renshaw
Team HTC - Columbia
s.t.
90
Gustav Erik Larsson
Team Saxo Bank
s.t.
91
Jan Ghyselinck
Team HTC - Columbia
s.t.
92
Iljo Keisse
Quick·Step
s.t.
93
Dimitriy Muravyev
Team RadioShack
s.t.
94
Fabio Felline
Footon - Servetto
+ 8'48
95
Christian Knees
Team Milram
s.t.
96
Luis Pasamontes
Caisse d'Epargne
+ 9'12
97
Sam Bewley
Team RadioShack
s.t.
98
Bjorn Selander
Team RadioShack
s.t.
99
Perrig Quemeneur
Bbox Bouygues Télécom
s.t.
100
Davide Appollonio
Cervélo Test Team
s.t.
101
Tom Stubbe
Omega Pharma - Lotto
s.t.
102
Kasper Klostergaard
Team Saxo Bank
s.t.
103
Danilo Napolitano
Team Katusha
s.t.
104
Sergey Renev
Astana
s.t.
105
Pierrick Fédrigo
Bbox Bouygues Télécom
s.t.
106
Damien Gaudin
Bbox Bouygues Télécom
s.t.
107
Peter Stetina
Garmin - Transitions
s.t.
108
Juan Mauricio Soler
Caisse d'Epargne
s.t.
109
Jussi Veikkanen
Française des Jeux
s.t.
110
Ignatas Konovalovas
Cervélo Test Team
s.t.
111
Laurent Lefèvre
Bbox Bouygues Télécom
s.t.
112
Arnaud Coyot
Caisse d'Epargne
s.t.
113
Gabriel Rasch
Cervélo Test Team
s.t.
114
Markus Eichler
Team Milram
s.t.
115
Daniel Lloyd
Cervélo Test Team
s.t.
116
Baptiste Planckaert
Landbouwkrediet
s.t.
117
Rob Ruijgh
Vacansoleil Pro Cycling Team
s.t.
118
Gorka Verdugo
Euskaltel - Euskadi
s.t.
119
Sébastien Hinault
AG2R La Mondiale
s.t.
120
Jens Mouris
Vacansoleil Pro Cycling Team
s.t.
121
Kevin Neirynck
Landbouwkrediet
s.t.
122
Eros Capecchi
Footon - Servetto
+ 11'36
123
Manuele Mori
Lampre - Farnese Vini
s.t.
124
Juan José Oroz
Euskaltel - Euskadi
s.t.
125
Iban Mayoz
Footon - Servetto
s.t.
126
Manuel Cardoso
Footon - Servetto
s.t.
127
Paolo Tiralongo
Astana
s.t.
128
David Gutiérrez Palacios
Footon - Servetto
s.t.
129
Markus Eibegger
Footon - Servetto
s.t.
130
Francesco Chicchi
Liquigas - Doimo
+ 12'24
131
Arnoud Van Groen
Vacansoleil Pro Cycling Team
s.t.
132
Dimitry Kozontchuk
Rabobank
s.t.
133
Nikolai Trussov
Team Katusha
s.t.
134
Aitor Hernández
Euskaltel - Euskadi
+ 13'12
135
Miguel Mínguez
Euskaltel - Euskadi
s.t.
136
José Alberto Benítez
Footon - Servetto
s.t.
137
Volodymir Gustov
Cervélo Test Team
s.t.
138
Evgeni Petrov
Team Katusha
s.t.
139
Marcel Wyss
Cervélo Test Team
s.t.
140
Cyril Gautier
Bbox Bouygues Télécom
s.t.
141
Svein Tuft
Garmin - Transitions
s.t.
142
Roman Kireyev
Astana
s.t.
143
Alexsandr Dyachenko
Astana
s.t.
144
David Loosli
Lampre - Farnese Vini
s.t.
145
Tom Van den Haute
Landbouwkrediet
s.t.
146
Oliver Zaugg
Liquigas - Doimo
s.t.
147
Brian Vandborg
Liquigas - Doimo
s.t.
148
Vincent Jérôme
Bbox Bouygues Télécom
s.t.
149
Guillaume Bonnafond
AG2R La Mondiale
+ 14'56
150
Maxime Bouet
AG2R La Mondiale
s.t.
151
Alberto Losada
Caisse d'Epargne
s.t.
152
Wouter Mol
Vacansoleil Pro Cycling Team
s.t.
153
Dmitriy Fofonov
Astana
s.t.
154
Arnold Jeanneson
Caisse d'Epargne
s.t.
155
Ben Gastauer
AG2R La Mondiale
s.t.
156
Saïd Haddou
Bbox Bouygues Télécom
s.t.
157
Joost Van Leijen
Vacansoleil Pro Cycling Team
s.t.
158
Giovanni Bernaudeau
Bbox Bouygues Télécom
s.t.
159
Angelo Furlan
Lampre - Farnese Vini
s.t.
160
Brett Lancaster
Cervélo Test Team
s.t.
161
Alessandro Spezialetti
Lampre - Farnese Vini
s.t.
162
Servais Knaven
Team Milram
s.t.
163
Wout Poels
Vacansoleil Pro Cycling Team
s.t.
164
Ludovic Turpin
AG2R La Mondiale
s.t.
165
Diego Ulissi
Lampre - Farnese Vini
s.t.
166
Francis Mourey
Française des Jeux
+ 16'08
167
Stéphane Rossetto
Vacansoleil Pro Cycling Team
+ 17'04
168
Alan Pérez
Euskaltel - Euskadi
+ 19'12
169
Johannes Fröhlinger
Team Milram
s.t.
170
Steven Cozza
Garmin - Transitions
+ 20'40
171
Joao Correia
Cervélo Test Team
s.t.
172
Jonathan Bertrand
Landbouwkrediet
+ 21'28
Well, a fifth place is still a great success, but I think we had to win after Gert was the best sprinter in the front group. But at the end, another good performance from Gert at the cobble classics.
5th Thank you, I am really happy, 5th in a ProTour-Classic is not bad, compared to that what RadioShack was able to do in real life. My next goal is to get a Top10 in de Ronde or in Roubaix, pretty hard but Steegmans seems to be in shape actually.
Vuelta Ciclista a Catalunya Stage 6: Sant Cugat del Vallès - Circuit de Catalunya, 109,2 km The last stage in Catalunya is probably the easiest one. Quite flat, we will see a bunch sprint if not a breakaway will make it to the finish.
Team goals:
- Attack and win the two intermediate sprints (Popovych)
- No time loss (Horner, Zubeldia, Paulinho)
- Top 10 (Impey)
Favourites: Mirco Lorenzetto, Graeme Brown, Russell Downing, Juan José Haedo, Fabio Sabatini. My tip: Russell Downing looked good at the last bunch sprint, and he has today an extra motivation: Stage win = overall win.
Popovych slowed down and get caught by the breakaway (with Adam Hansen (Colombia), Branislau Samoilau (QuickStep), Joaquín Novoa (Cervélo), David Gutiérrez Gutiérrez (Footon), Gustavo César Veloso and Carlos Castaño (both Xacobeo). After passing Popo, César Veloso accelerated, only his teammate Castaño followed him.
César Veloso; +47" Castaño; +1'18" Group Popovych; +3'38" P.
Spoiler
Gustavo César Veloso (Xacobeo) 6
Carlos Castaño (Xacobeo) 4 Yaroslav Popovych (RadioShack) 2
Adam Hansen (Colombia) 1
Caisse d'Epargne was not very happy about Yaroslavs attack and together with Lampre, Rabobank and SaxoBank, they started to chase him.
P; -57" Group Popovych; -3'13" César Veloso, Castaño.
Only 5 kilometer later, the pass the group with Popovych. Just the Xacobeo-Group infront.
P; -2'51" Group César Veloso.
But with 21,1km to go, the pack destroyed the dream of Xacobeo to get a second stage win.
The sprinter teams really force the pace, and the peloton split in two big groups. But in the second group, including Daniel Navarro , Bradley Wiggins and Marco Pinotti, Colombia worked hard to close the gap.
And with 2400m to the line, the front grouo started the sprint. Unfortunaletly, the pace tired Impey to much, so had no chance to get a really good place here.
Under the flame rouge, Khalilov taked the lead. At the left is Lucas Sebastien Haedo, at the right Jonas Ljungblad and Christophe Riblon. But where is Russell Downing?
It seems that he had no good legs today, he was to tired sprint today.
At the end, a happy Mikhaylo Khalilov can celebrate his victory today, nobody was able to beat him, strong performance from the ukrainian.
The second group came in. Thanks to the weird gap system in PCM 2010, they had the same time as Khalilov.
Result:
1
Mikhaylo Khalilov
Team Katusha
2h27'14
2
Jonas Ljungblad
Omega Pharma - Lotto
s.t.
3
Lucas Sebastián Haedo
Team Saxo Bank
s.t.
4
Christophe Riblon
AG2R La Mondiale
s.t.
5
Fabio Sabatini
Liquigas - Doimo
s.t.
6
Juan José Haedo
Team Saxo Bank
s.t.
7
Dominique Rollin
Cervélo Test Team
s.t.
8
Dimitri Champion
AG2R La Mondiale
s.t.
9
Anthony Roux
Française des Jeux
s.t.
10
Grischa Niermann
Rabobank
s.t.
Spoiler
11
Tom Stamsnijder
Rabobank
s.t.
12
Domenik Klemme
Team Saxo Bank
s.t.
13
Graeme Brown
Rabobank
s.t.
14
René Mandri
AG2R La Mondiale
s.t.
15
Roger Hammond
Cervélo Test Team
s.t.
16
Davide Viganò
Sky Professional Cycling Team
s.t.
17
Matthieu Ladagnous
Française des Jeux
s.t.
18
Jos Van Emden
Rabobank
s.t.
19
Daryl Impey
Team RadioShack
s.t.
20
Yauheni Hutarovich
Française des Jeux
s.t.
21
Wesley Sulzberger
Française des Jeux
s.t.
22
Glenn D'Hollander
Omega Pharma - Lotto
s.t.
23
Denis Galimzyanov
Team Katusha
s.t.
24
José Luis Arrieta
AG2R La Mondiale
s.t.
25
Francesco Gavazzi
Lampre - Farnese Vini
s.t.
26
Stefan Denifl
Cervélo Test Team
s.t.
27
Kristjan Koren
Liquigas - Doimo
s.t.
28
Vladimir Efimkin
AG2R La Mondiale
s.t.
29
Jonathan Bellis
Team Saxo Bank
s.t.
30
Maciej Bodnar
Liquigas - Doimo
s.t.
31
Adriano Malori
Lampre - Farnese Vini
s.t.
32
Russell Downing
Sky Professional Cycling Team
s.t.
33
Ángel Vicioso
Andalucía - Cajasur
s.t.
34
Mirco Lorenzetto
Lampre - Farnese Vini
s.t.
35
Gilberto Simoni
Lampre - Farnese Vini
s.t.
36
Haimar Zubeldia
Team RadioShack
s.t.
37
Nicolas Portal
Sky Professional Cycling Team
s.t.
38
Linus Gerdemann
Team Milram
s.t.
39
Wim Stroetinga
Team Milram
s.t.
40
Mauro Finetto
Liquigas - Doimo
s.t.
41
Anthony Ravard
AG2R La Mondiale
s.t.
42
Pablo Lastras
Caisse d'Epargne
s.t.
43
Matthew Busche
Team RadioShack
s.t.
44
José Iván Gutiérrez
Caisse d'Epargne
s.t.
45
Olivier Kaisen
Omega Pharma - Lotto
s.t.
46
Óscar Pujol
Cervélo Test Team
s.t.
47
Chris Horner
Team RadioShack
s.t.
48
Andrey Amador
Caisse d'Epargne
s.t.
49
Rubén Plaza
Caisse d'Epargne
s.t.
50
Nicolas Rousseau
AG2R La Mondiale
s.t.
51
Imanol Erviti
Caisse d'Epargne
s.t.
52
Yohan Offredo
Française des Jeux
s.t.
53
Rodrigo García
Xacobeo - Galicia
s.t.
54
Sérgio Paulinho
Team RadioShack
s.t.
55
Eduard Vorganov
Team Katusha
s.t.
56
Jacopo Guarnieri
Liquigas - Doimo
s.t.
57
Vasil Kiryienka
Caisse d'Epargne
s.t.
58
Iñaki Isasi
Euskaltel - Euskadi
s.t.
59
Francisco Pérez
Caisse d'Epargne
s.t.
60
Vladimir Karpets
Team Katusha
s.t.
61
Andrey Kashechkin
Lampre - Farnese Vini
s.t.
62
Michael Mørkøv
Team Saxo Bank
s.t.
63
Lars Petter Nordhaug
Sky Professional Cycling Team
s.t.
64
Danny Pate
Garmin - Transitions
s.t.
65
Fredrik Kessiakoff
Garmin - Transitions
s.t.
66
Christopher Sutton
Sky Professional Cycling Team
s.t.
67
Óscar Pereiro
Astana
s.t.
68
Richie Porte
Team Saxo Bank
s.t.
69
Xabier Zandio
Caisse d'Epargne
s.t.
70
Benjamín Noval
Astana
s.t.
71
Sébastien Turgot
Bbox Bouygues Télécom
s.t.
72
Gorka Izagirre
Euskaltel - Euskadi
s.t.
73
José Vicente Toribio
Andalucía - Cajasur
s.t.
74
Yury Trofimov
Bbox Bouygues Télécom
s.t.
75
Jonathan Castroviejo
Euskaltel - Euskadi
s.t.
76
José Luis Rubiera
Team RadioShack
s.t.
77
Ben Swift
Sky Professional Cycling Team
s.t.
78
Paul Martens
Rabobank
s.t.
79
Yaroslav Popovych
Team RadioShack
s.t.
80
Mauricio Ardila
Rabobank
s.t.
81
Daniel Moreno
Omega Pharma - Lotto
s.t.
82
Mickaël Delage
Omega Pharma - Lotto
s.t.
83
Markel Irizar
Team RadioShack
s.t.
84
Joaquín Novoa
Cervélo Test Team
s.t.
85
Valerio Agnoli
Liquigas - Doimo
s.t.
86
Joan Horrach
Team Katusha
s.t.
87
Xavier Florencio
Cervélo Test Team
s.t.
88
Jakob Fuglsang
Team Saxo Bank
s.t.
89
Matthew Lloyd
Omega Pharma - Lotto
s.t.
90
Giampaolo Cheula
Footon - Servetto
s.t.
91
Aitor Galdos
Euskaltel - Euskadi
s.t.
92
Steve Chainel
Bbox Bouygues Télécom
s.t.
93
Aleksejs Saramotins
Team HTC - Columbia
s.t.
94
Vicente Reynès
Team HTC - Columbia
s.t.
95
Rubén Pérez
Euskaltel - Euskadi
s.t.
96
Yukiya Arashiro
Bbox Bouygues Télécom
s.t.
97
Vladimir Gusev
Team Katusha
s.t.
98
Daniel Oss
Liquigas - Doimo
s.t.
99
Dries Devenyns
Quick·Step
s.t.
100
Bert Grabsch
Team HTC - Columbia
s.t.
101
Francisco José Pacheco
Xacobeo - Galicia
s.t.
102
Francesco Reda
Quick·Step
s.t.
103
Markus Fothen
Team Milram
s.t.
104
Michele Merlo
Footon - Servetto
s.t.
105
Michael Rogers
Team HTC - Columbia
s.t.
106
Thomas Rohregger
Team Milram
s.t.
107
Maxime Vantomme
Team Katusha
s.t.
108
Lorenzo Bernucci
Lampre - Farnese Vini
s.t.
109
Juan Manuel Gárate
Rabobank
s.t.
110
David García Dapena
Xacobeo - Galicia
s.t.
111
Mikaël Chérel
Française des Jeux
s.t.
112
Timothy Gudsell
Française des Jeux
s.t.
113
David De la Fuente
Astana
s.t.
114
Freddy Bichot
Bbox Bouygues Télécom
s.t.
115
Jonas Aaen Jørgensen
Team Saxo Bank
s.t.
116
Assan Bazayev
Astana
s.t.
117
Marco Pinotti
Team HTC - Columbia
s.t.
118
Arkaitz Durán
Footon - Servetto
s.t.
119
Dario Cataldo
Quick·Step
s.t.
120
Paul Voss
Team Milram
s.t.
121
Roger Kluge
Team Milram
s.t.
122
Bradley Wiggins
Sky Professional Cycling Team
s.t.
123
Íñigo Cuesta
Cervélo Test Team
s.t.
124
Francisco Javier Aramendia
Euskaltel - Euskadi
s.t.
125
David Vitoria
Footon - Servetto
s.t.
126
Bram Tankink
Rabobank
s.t.
127
Alexandre Pichot
Bbox Bouygues Télécom
s.t.
128
Mikel Nieve
Euskaltel - Euskadi
s.t.
129
Josep Jufré
Astana
s.t.
130
José Antonio De Segovia
Xacobeo - Galicia
s.t.
131
Daniel Navarro
Astana
s.t.
132
Mathieu Sprick
Bbox Bouygues Télécom
s.t.
133
Marco Marzano
Lampre - Farnese Vini
s.t.
134
Rasmus Guldhammer
Team HTC - Columbia
s.t.
135
Davide Cimolai
Liquigas - Doimo
s.t.
136
Michel Kreder
Garmin - Transitions
s.t.
137
Marcos García
Xacobeo - Galicia
s.t.
138
Kevin Seeldraeyers
Quick·Step
s.t.
139
Matteo Tosatto
Quick·Step
s.t.
140
Kjell Carlström
Sky Professional Cycling Team
s.t.
141
David Gutiérrez Gutiérrez
Footon - Servetto
s.t.
142
Xavier Tondo
Cervélo Test Team
s.t.
143
Matthias Brändle
Footon - Servetto
s.t.
144
Nikita Eskov
Team Katusha
s.t.
145
Kevin De Weert
Quick·Step
s.t.
146
Mirko Selvaggi
Astana
s.t.
147
Jack Bobridge
Garmin - Transitions
s.t.
148
Jesús Hernández
Astana
s.t.
149
Gustavo César Veloso
Xacobeo - Galicia
s.t.
150
Rémy Di Gregorio
Française des Jeux
s.t.
151
Thomas Peterson
Garmin - Transitions
s.t.
152
Pedro Merino
Footon - Servetto
s.t.
153
Branislau Samoilau
Quick·Step
s.t.
154
Beñat Intxausti
Euskaltel - Euskadi
s.t.
155
Adam Hansen
Team HTC - Columbia
s.t.
156
Patrick Gretsch
Team HTC - Columbia
s.t.
157
Serafín Martínez
Xacobeo - Galicia
s.t.
158
Carlos Castaño
Xacobeo - Galicia
s.t.
159
Jelle Vanendert
Omega Pharma - Lotto
s.t.
160
Matthew Wilson
Garmin - Transitions
s.t.
161
Timothy Duggan
Garmin - Transitions
+ 3'27
162
Manuel Ortega
Andalucía - Cajasur
s.t.
163
José Luis Roldán
Andalucía - Cajasur
s.t.
164
Javier Moreno
Andalucía - Cajasur
s.t.
165
Juan Javier Estrada
Andalucía - Cajasur
s.t.
166
Antonio Piedra
Andalucía - Cajasur
s.t.
167
José Ángel Gómez Marchante
Andalucía - Cajasur
s.t.
168
Hubert Dupont
AG2R La Mondiale
+ 7'51
169
Addy Engels
Quick·Step
s.t.
Overall:
1
Pablo Lastras
Caisse d'Epargne
26h41'27
2
Linus Gerdemann
Team Milram
+ 2
3
Yaroslav Popovych
Team RadioShack
+ 5
4
Richie Porte
Team Saxo Bank
+ 8
5
Vladimir Karpets
Team Katusha
+ 9
6
Russell Downing
Sky Professional Cycling Team
s.t.
7
Óscar Pereiro
Astana
+ 10
8
Ángel Vicioso
Andalucía - Cajasur
+ 12
9
Vasil Kiryienka
Caisse d'Epargne
s.t.
10
Mikhaylo Khalilov
Team Katusha
+ 13
Spoiler
11
Danny Pate
Garmin - Transitions
s.t.
12
José Iván Gutiérrez
Caisse d'Epargne
+ 16
13
Rubén Plaza
Caisse d'Epargne
s.t.
14
Daniel Navarro
Astana
+ 17
15
Chris Horner
Team RadioShack
+ 18
16
Yury Trofimov
Bbox Bouygues Télécom
+ 22
17
Jonathan Castroviejo
Euskaltel - Euskadi
+ 23
18
Mauro Finetto
Liquigas - Doimo
+ 24
19
Markus Fothen
Team Milram
s.t.
20
Paul Martens
Rabobank
+ 29
21
Kjell Carlström
Sky Professional Cycling Team
+ 30
22
Juan Manuel Gárate
Rabobank
s.t.
23
Vladimir Gusev
Team Katusha
+ 33
24
Mirco Lorenzetto
Lampre - Farnese Vini
+ 37
25
Thomas Rohregger
Team Milram
+ 39
26
Daniel Moreno
Omega Pharma - Lotto
+ 44
27
Aitor Galdos
Euskaltel - Euskadi
s.t.
28
Lorenzo Bernucci
Lampre - Farnese Vini
+ 47
29
Jesús Hernández
Astana
+ 48
30
Mathieu Sprick
Bbox Bouygues Télécom
+ 56
31
Bram Tankink
Rabobank
s.t.
32
Rubén Pérez
Euskaltel - Euskadi
+ 57
33
Mikel Nieve
Euskaltel - Euskadi
+ 1'00
34
Marco Marzano
Lampre - Farnese Vini
+ 1'04
35
Bradley Wiggins
Sky Professional Cycling Team
+ 1'34
36
Xavier Tondo
Cervélo Test Team
+ 1'40
37
Haimar Zubeldia
Team RadioShack
+ 1'43
38
Vicente Reynès
Team HTC - Columbia
+ 1'45
39
Fredrik Kessiakoff
Garmin - Transitions
+ 1'47
40
Christophe Riblon
AG2R La Mondiale
+ 1'48
41
Aleksejs Saramotins
Team HTC - Columbia
+ 1'50
42
Francisco Pérez
Caisse d'Epargne
+ 1'52
43
Dries Devenyns
Quick·Step
+ 2'05
44
Óscar Pujol
Cervélo Test Team
+ 2'16
45
Stefan Denifl
Cervélo Test Team
+ 2'18
46
Eduard Vorganov
Team Katusha
+ 2'29
47
Joan Horrach
Team Katusha
+ 2'36
48
Marco Pinotti
Team HTC - Columbia
+ 2'39
49
Gorka Izagirre
Euskaltel - Euskadi
+ 2'44
50
Michael Rogers
Team HTC - Columbia
+ 2'49
51
Lars Petter Nordhaug
Sky Professional Cycling Team
+ 2'50
52
Andrey Amador
Caisse d'Epargne
+ 2'54
53
Domenik Klemme
Team Saxo Bank
+ 2'55
54
Jakob Fuglsang
Team Saxo Bank
s.t.
55
Matthew Lloyd
Omega Pharma - Lotto
+ 2'57
56
Francesco Gavazzi
Lampre - Farnese Vini
+ 3'06
57
David De la Fuente
Astana
+ 3'07
58
Benjamín Noval
Astana
+ 3'12
59
Giampaolo Cheula
Footon - Servetto
+ 3'18
60
Steve Chainel
Bbox Bouygues Télécom
+ 3'19
61
Gilberto Simoni
Lampre - Farnese Vini
+ 3'20
62
Íñigo Cuesta
Cervélo Test Team
s.t.
63
René Mandri
AG2R La Mondiale
+ 3'34
64
Jelle Vanendert
Omega Pharma - Lotto
+ 3'37
65
Grischa Niermann
Rabobank
+ 3'45
66
Josep Jufré
Astana
s.t.
67
Xavier Florencio
Cervélo Test Team
+ 3'50
68
Mauricio Ardila
Rabobank
+ 3'54
69
Sérgio Paulinho
Team RadioShack
+ 4'34
70
David Gutiérrez Gutiérrez
Footon - Servetto
+ 4'39
71
David García Dapena
Xacobeo - Galicia
+ 4'50
72
Xabier Zandio
Caisse d'Epargne
+ 5'02
73
Mirko Selvaggi
Astana
+ 5'06
74
Francesco Reda
Quick·Step
+ 5'07
75
Kevin Seeldraeyers
Quick·Step
+ 5'10
76
Matthew Busche
Team RadioShack
+ 6'38
77
Javier Moreno
Andalucía - Cajasur
+ 6'46
78
José Ángel Gómez Marchante
Andalucía - Cajasur
+ 7'07
79
Rémy Di Gregorio
Française des Jeux
+ 7'33
80
Gustavo César Veloso
Xacobeo - Galicia
+ 8'26
81
Dario Cataldo
Quick·Step
+ 8'32
82
Carlos Castaño
Xacobeo - Galicia
+ 8'36
83
David Vitoria
Footon - Servetto
+ 8'54
84
Vladimir Efimkin
AG2R La Mondiale
+ 9'31
85
Assan Bazayev
Astana
+ 9'59
86
José Luis Arrieta
AG2R La Mondiale
+ 10'05
87
Daniel Oss
Liquigas - Doimo
+ 10'10
88
Mikaël Chérel
Française des Jeux
+ 10'37
89
Rodrigo García
Xacobeo - Galicia
+ 10'38
90
Dominique Rollin
Cervélo Test Team
+ 11'35
91
Francisco Javier Aramendia
Euskaltel - Euskadi
+ 12'21
92
Matteo Tosatto
Quick·Step
+ 12'26
93
José Luis Rubiera
Team RadioShack
+ 12'52
94
Lucas Sebastián Haedo
Team Saxo Bank
+ 15'26
95
Joaquín Novoa
Cervélo Test Team
+ 16'00
96
Kristjan Koren
Liquigas - Doimo
+ 16'31
97
Matthias Brändle
Footon - Servetto
+ 16'35
98
Kevin De Weert
Quick·Step
+ 17'00
99
Dimitri Champion
AG2R La Mondiale
+ 17'44
100
Freddy Bichot
Bbox Bouygues Télécom
+ 19'31
101
Olivier Kaisen
Omega Pharma - Lotto
+ 19'35
102
Francisco José Pacheco
Xacobeo - Galicia
+ 20'26
103
Thomas Peterson
Garmin - Transitions
+ 21'13
104
Arkaitz Durán
Footon - Servetto
+ 22'09
105
José Luis Roldán
Andalucía - Cajasur
+ 24'14
106
Anthony Roux
Française des Jeux
+ 24'55
107
Jonas Ljungblad
Omega Pharma - Lotto
+ 24'56
108
Andrey Kashechkin
Lampre - Farnese Vini
+ 24'57
109
Denis Galimzyanov
Team Katusha
+ 25'10
110
Hubert Dupont
AG2R La Mondiale
+ 25'47
111
Matthieu Ladagnous
Française des Jeux
+ 26'28
112
Maxime Vantomme
Team Katusha
+ 28'30
113
Bert Grabsch
Team HTC - Columbia
+ 28'48
114
Imanol Erviti
Caisse d'Epargne
+ 30'05
115
Branislau Samoilau
Quick·Step
+ 31'08
116
Yukiya Arashiro
Bbox Bouygues Télécom
+ 31'22
117
Paul Voss
Team Milram
+ 31'50
118
Matthew Wilson
Garmin - Transitions
+ 32'27
119
Marcos García
Xacobeo - Galicia
+ 33'13
120
Antonio Piedra
Andalucía - Cajasur
+ 33'20
121
Davide Viganò
Sky Professional Cycling Team
+ 34'01
122
Sébastien Turgot
Bbox Bouygues Télécom
+ 34'33
123
Wesley Sulzberger
Française des Jeux
+ 34'58
124
Jonas Aaen Jørgensen
Team Saxo Bank
+ 35'40
125
Markel Irizar
Team RadioShack
+ 36'25
126
Nicolas Portal
Sky Professional Cycling Team
+ 36'43
127
José Antonio De Segovia
Xacobeo - Galicia
+ 37'15
128
Jos Van Emden
Rabobank
+ 37'31
129
Mickaël Delage
Omega Pharma - Lotto
+ 39'29
130
Pedro Merino
Footon - Servetto
+ 40'18
131
Yohan Offredo
Française des Jeux
+ 40'43
132
Valerio Agnoli
Liquigas - Doimo
+ 41'38
133
Maciej Bodnar
Liquigas - Doimo
+ 42'24
134
Tom Stamsnijder
Rabobank
+ 42'56
135
Adam Hansen
Team HTC - Columbia
+ 44'52
136
Nikita Eskov
Team Katusha
+ 46'42
137
Beñat Intxausti
Euskaltel - Euskadi
+ 47'11
138
Adriano Malori
Lampre - Farnese Vini
+ 49'00
139
Roger Kluge
Team Milram
+ 49'37
140
Manuel Ortega
Andalucía - Cajasur
+ 52'11
141
Jonathan Bellis
Team Saxo Bank
+ 52'44
142
Glenn D'Hollander
Omega Pharma - Lotto
+ 52'57
143
Anthony Ravard
AG2R La Mondiale
+ 54'31
144
Michel Kreder
Garmin - Transitions
+ 54'36
145
Michael Mørkøv
Team Saxo Bank
+ 56'09
146
Fabio Sabatini
Liquigas - Doimo
+ 56'12
147
José Vicente Toribio
Andalucía - Cajasur
+ 57'02
148
Rasmus Guldhammer
Team HTC - Columbia
+ 57'45
149
Christopher Sutton
Sky Professional Cycling Team
+ 59'00
150
Jack Bobridge
Garmin - Transitions
+ 1h02'14
151
Addy Engels
Quick·Step
+ 1h03'55
152
Ben Swift
Sky Professional Cycling Team
+ 1h04'03
153
Daryl Impey
Team RadioShack
+ 1h04'55
154
Serafín Martínez
Xacobeo - Galicia
+ 1h06'21
155
Timothy Duggan
Garmin - Transitions
+ 1h07'04
156
Davide Cimolai
Liquigas - Doimo
+ 1h08'31
157
Alexandre Pichot
Bbox Bouygues Télécom
+ 1h10'18
158
Wim Stroetinga
Team Milram
+ 1h11'44
159
Nicolas Rousseau
AG2R La Mondiale
+ 1h14'41
160
Juan José Haedo
Team Saxo Bank
+ 1h15'48
161
Iñaki Isasi
Euskaltel - Euskadi
+ 1h18'04
162
Roger Hammond
Cervélo Test Team
+ 1h20'12
163
Juan Javier Estrada
Andalucía - Cajasur
+ 1h28'17
164
Yauheni Hutarovich
Française des Jeux
+ 1h29'45
165
Graeme Brown
Rabobank
+ 1h32'29
166
Michele Merlo
Footon - Servetto
+ 1h34'12
167
Jacopo Guarnieri
Liquigas - Doimo
+ 1h34'55
168
Patrick Gretsch
Team HTC - Columbia
+ 1h39'22
169
Timothy Gudsell
Française des Jeux
+ 1h42'34
Finally, a good result for us. Thanks to his victory, Khalilov even gets 10th, but the biggest surprise is still Russell Downing with his 6th place.
Points:
Rank
Name
Team
Points
General
Player
1
Mikhaylo Khalilov
Team Katusha
25
63
2
Pablo Lastras
Caisse d'Epargne
0
55
3
Paul Martens
Rabobank
0
38
4
Linus Gerdemann
Team Milram
0
35
5
Russell Downing
Sky Professional Cycling Team
0
34
6
Jonas Ljungblad
Omega Pharma - Lotto
20
34
7
David García Dapena
Xacobeo - Galicia
0
33
8
Richie Porte
Team Saxo Bank
0
33
9
Vladimir Karpets
Team Katusha
0
33
10
Christophe Riblon
AG2R La Mondiale
14
29
Spoiler
11
Francisco Javier Aramendia
Euskaltel - Euskadi
0
28
12
Daniel Navarro
Astana
0
27
13
Matteo Tosatto
Quick·Step
0
26
14
Jelle Vanendert
Omega Pharma - Lotto
0
24
15
Francisco José Pacheco
Xacobeo - Galicia
0
23
16
Anthony Roux
Française des Jeux
7
22
17
Yaroslav Popovych
Team RadioShack
6
21
Player
18
Ángel Vicioso
Andalucía - Cajasur
0
21
19
Daniel Moreno
Omega Pharma - Lotto
0
20
20
Steve Chainel
Bbox Bouygues Télécom
0
20
21
Beñat Intxausti
Euskaltel - Euskadi
0
20
22
Arkaitz Durán
Footon - Servetto
0
19
23
José Iván Gutiérrez
Caisse d'Epargne
0
18
24
Aitor Galdos
Euskaltel - Euskadi
0
18
25
Freddy Bichot
Bbox Bouygues Télécom
0
18
26
Mauro Finetto
Liquigas - Doimo
0
17
27
Olivier Kaisen
Omega Pharma - Lotto
0
17
28
Francesco Reda
Quick·Step
0
16
29
Lucas Sebastián Haedo
Team Saxo Bank
16
16
30
Adriano Malori
Lampre - Farnese Vini
0
16
31
Jesús Hernández
Astana
0
15
32
Graeme Brown
Rabobank
3
15
33
Francesco Gavazzi
Lampre - Farnese Vini
0
14
34
Óscar Pereiro
Astana
0
12
35
Fabio Sabatini
Liquigas - Doimo
12
12
36
Benjamín Noval
Astana
0
11
37
Juan José Haedo
Team Saxo Bank
10
10
38
Roger Hammond
Cervélo Test Team
1
10
39
Bradley Wiggins
Sky Professional Cycling Team
0
9
40
David Gutiérrez Gutiérrez
Footon - Servetto
1
9
41
David Vitoria
Footon - Servetto
0
9
42
Dominique Rollin
Cervélo Test Team
9
9
43
Bram Tankink
Rabobank
0
8
44
Gorka Izagirre
Euskaltel - Euskadi
0
8
45
Dimitri Champion
AG2R La Mondiale
8
8
46
Tom Stamsnijder
Rabobank
5
8
47
Yauheni Hutarovich
Française des Jeux
0
8
48
Mauricio Ardila
Rabobank
0
7
49
Anthony Ravard
AG2R La Mondiale
0
7
50
Vasil Kiryienka
Caisse d'Epargne
0
6
51
Matthew Lloyd
Omega Pharma - Lotto
0
6
52
Grischa Niermann
Rabobank
6
6
53
Joaquín Novoa
Cervélo Test Team
2
6
54
Danny Pate
Garmin - Transitions
0
5
55
Mirco Lorenzetto
Lampre - Farnese Vini
0
5
56
Thomas Rohregger
Team Milram
0
5
57
Aleksejs Saramotins
Team HTC - Columbia
0
5
58
Mikaël Chérel
Française des Jeux
0
5
59
Andrey Kashechkin
Lampre - Farnese Vini
0
5
60
Jos Van Emden
Rabobank
0
5
61
Domenik Klemme
Team Saxo Bank
4
4
62
Thomas Peterson
Garmin - Transitions
0
4
63
Kjell Carlström
Sky Professional Cycling Team
0
3
64
Kristjan Koren
Liquigas - Doimo
0
3
65
Marco Pinotti
Team HTC - Columbia
0
2
66
David De la Fuente
Astana
0
2
67
René Mandri
AG2R La Mondiale
2
2
68
Gustavo César Veloso
Xacobeo - Galicia
2
2
69
José Luis Arrieta
AG2R La Mondiale
0
2
70
Daniel Oss
Liquigas - Doimo
0
2
71
Rubén Pérez
Euskaltel - Euskadi
0
1
72
Lars Petter Nordhaug
Sky Professional Cycling Team
0
1
73
Branislau Samoilau
Quick·Step
1
1
74
Daryl Impey
Team RadioShack
0
1
Player
Mountain:
Rank
Name
Team
Mountain
General
Player
1
Olivier Kaisen
Omega Pharma - Lotto
0
44
2
Christophe Riblon
AG2R La Mondiale
0
37
3
Pablo Lastras
Caisse d'Epargne
0
35
4
Francesco Reda
Quick·Step
0
30
5
Paul Martens
Rabobank
0
25
6
Matteo Tosatto
Quick·Step
0
22
7
David García Dapena
Xacobeo - Galicia
0
20
8
Steve Chainel
Bbox Bouygues Télécom
0
19
9
Fredrik Kessiakoff
Garmin - Transitions
0
16
10
Francesco Gavazzi
Lampre - Farnese Vini
0
16
Spoiler
11
Gustavo César Veloso
Xacobeo - Galicia
6
16
12
Gorka Izagirre
Euskaltel - Euskadi
0
14
13
Lars Petter Nordhaug
Sky Professional Cycling Team
0
13
14
Freddy Bichot
Bbox Bouygues Télécom
0
13
15
Aleksejs Saramotins
Team HTC - Columbia
0
12
16
Kevin De Weert
Quick·Step
0
11
17
Mauricio Ardila
Rabobank
0
10
18
José Luis Roldán
Andalucía - Cajasur
0
10
19
David Vitoria
Footon - Servetto
0
9
20
Daniel Oss
Liquigas - Doimo
0
8
21
Arkaitz Durán
Footon - Servetto
0
8
22
Xavier Tondo
Cervélo Test Team
0
7
23
Javier Moreno
Andalucía - Cajasur
0
7
24
David Gutiérrez Gutiérrez
Footon - Servetto
0
7
25
Mikaël Chérel
Française des Jeux
0
7
26
Francisco Javier Aramendia
Euskaltel - Euskadi
0
6
27
Andrey Kashechkin
Lampre - Farnese Vini
0
6
28
Yaroslav Popovych
Team RadioShack
2
5
Player
29
José Luis Arrieta
AG2R La Mondiale
0
5
30
Carlos Castaño
Xacobeo - Galicia
4
4
31
José Luis Rubiera
Team RadioShack
0
4
Player
32
Anthony Roux
Française des Jeux
0
4
33
Chris Horner
Team RadioShack
0
3
Player
34
Thomas Rohregger
Team Milram
0
3
35
Jonas Ljungblad
Omega Pharma - Lotto
0
3
36
Markus Fothen
Team Milram
0
2
37
Haimar Zubeldia
Team RadioShack
0
2
Player
38
Gilberto Simoni
Lampre - Farnese Vini
0
2
39
Rémy Di Gregorio
Française des Jeux
0
2
40
Francisco José Pacheco
Xacobeo - Galicia
0
2
41
Vladimir Karpets
Team Katusha
0
1
42
Yury Trofimov
Bbox Bouygues Télécom
0
1
43
Bert Grabsch
Team HTC - Columbia
0
1
44
Adam Hansen
Team HTC - Columbia
1
1
U25: Richie Porte (Team Saxo Bank)
Team: Euskaltel - Euskadi
Other race results:
Spoiler
Settimana Coppi e Bartali Stage 6:
1.) Francesco Ginanni (Androni) 4h28'00"
2.) Marco Marcato (Vacansoleil) +0"
3.) Mikhail Ignatiev (Katusha) +0"
GC:
1.) Andrei Kunitski (QuickStep) 21h18'04"
2.) Francesco Failli (Acqua & Sapone) +2'31"
3.) Leonardo Bertagnolli (Androni) +2'42"
P: Francesco Ginanni (Androni)
M: Vitaliy Popkov (ISD CT)
U25: Francesco Ginanni (Androni)
Team: Androni Giocattoli - Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni
Tour of the Resevoir
1.) Ruslan Pidgornyy (ISD) 4h07'46"
2.) Simon Clarke (ISD) +47"
3.) Rory Sutherland (UnitedHealthcare) +47"
U23 - Grand Prix de Portugal Stage 1:
1.) Oronzo Ragnoli (Italy) 4h44'19"
2.) Giuseppe Vignoli (Italy) +0"
3.) Elvis Porres (Colombia) +26" Nice result for Elvis Porres, we are the sponsor of this promising rider.
KBC - Driedaagse De Panne - Koksijde Stage 2:
1.) Allan Davis (Astana) 3h01'05"
2.) Tyler Farrar (Garmin) +0"
3.) Tom Boonen (QuickStep) +0"
RCS Sport announced the teams for the Giro d'Italia:
Astana
Caisse d'Epargne
Euskaltel
Garmin
HTC-Colombia
Katusha
Lampre
Liquigas
Omega Pharma
QuickStep
Rabobank
RadioShack
Saxo Bank
Sky
Milram
WC: Acqua & Sapone
WC: Androni Giocattoli
WC: Cervélo Test Team
WC: Colnago-CSF Expect AG2R, Francaise des Jeux and Footon, all ProTour-Teams will compete at the Giro. It is not a secret why Acqua&Sapone and Androni Giocattoli are invited: Both are italian teams and have a top rider for the GC (Garzelli resp. Scarponi). Colnago-CSF is another italian team, and with Sacha Modolo, they have a good sprinter. Cervélo was the best placed non-italian team from the applicants in the CQ-Ranking.
At the Fleche Wallone, all PT-Teams expect Footon will compete.
Wildcard-applicants are: Andalucía, Androni Giocattoli, Bbox, Cervélo, Cofidis, Palmeiras, Skil and Vacansoleil.
BEST RIDER: Alexandre Vinokourov (Milano - San Remo, 2nd Tirreno-Adriatico, Stage Win T-A)
BEST U25-PRO: Matthias Brändle (2nd Stage 6 P-N)
Important Injuries:
Spoiler
- Fabian Cancellara, fractured vertebrate, come back End May.
- Cadel Evans, broken shin bone, come back Mid April.
- Leif Hoste, fractured hand, come back Start June.
- Johan Van Summeren, patellar tendon tear, come back Start June. The top favourite for the cobble classics, Fabian Cancellara, will not have a chance to compete. Bad luck for him. Omega Pharma losts their Co-Leader Leif Hoste, and also the Garmin-Leader Van Summeren is injured. Cadel Evans will be back for the ardennes classics, but if he will be in shape after his injury?
GC:
1.) Tom Boonen (QuickStep) 10h18'28"
2.) Filippo Pozatto (Katusha) +39"
3.) Matti Breschel (Saxo Bank) +1'34"
P: Tom Boonen (Quick Step)
M: Gianni Meersman (FDJ)
U25: Greg Van Avermaet (Omega Pharma)
Team: Rabobank
After my Scout said that his talent is promising, and then monitoring him and seeing that he had good results at the GP de Portugal, we decide to give Preben Horemans a contract as trainee. He can ride for us starting August. If he is good enough, we can change it into a 3-year-contract as young talent.
Preben Horemans, 18 years old, spezialised on hilly classics:
That is our race schedule for April:
04.04. - Ronde van Vlaanderen
05.-10.04. - Vuelta Ciclista al Pais Vasco
11.04. - Paris - Roubaix
18.04. - Amstel Gold Race
18.04. - Tour of the Battenkill
21.05. - Flèche Wallone
24.04. - Athens Twilight
25.04. - Liège - Bastogne - Liège
27.04. - 02.05. - Tour de Romandie
28.04. - 02.05. - SRAM Tour of the Gila
Before continuing the story, I want give you a little overview over the training progress of the rider.
Janez Brajkovic
+1 Resistance (70)
+1 Stamina (67)
@Roturn
Right, he would be good enough. Did not had thought that he still develope with 30.
Yeah, Tom showed already at the Driedaagse that he is in shape and he beat there the other favourites.
@FreitasPCM
Yep. Of course it is worse, but I think we have a good chance now to get our Top10 in one of the cobble classics.
4. April
The competitors at Amstel Gold Race are as followed: 18 PT + Bbox, Cervélo, Skil, Vacansoleil.
16 PT-Teams (without FDJ and Footon) will take part in Liège - Bastogne - Liège. 9 teams asked for a wildcard: Andalucía, Androni Giocattoli, BMC, Bbox, CDC - Cavalière, CarmioOro, Cervélo, Loulé - Louletano, Saur, Vacansoleil.
Ronde van Vlaanderen
The Tour of Flanders (Dutch: Ronde van Vlaanderen) is a Flanders Classics road cycling race held in Belgium every spring, a week before the Paris–Roubaix road race. It is part of the UCI ProTour and one of the so-called monuments of the European professional calendar, and contributes to the UCI World Ranking points. It is the most important cycling race in Belgium and, along with Paris–Roubaix, the world's most important cycling race held on a single day. Its nickname is Vlaanderens mooiste (Dutch for "Flanders' finest". The Tour of Flanders was conceived of in 1913 by Karel Van Wijnendaele, co-founder of the sportspaper 'Sportwereld'. Most wins: Achiel Buysse (BEL), Fiorenzo Magni (ITA), Eric Leman (BEL), Johan Museeuw (BEL) 3 Winner 2009: Stijn Devolder (BEL).
The favourites: Tom Boonen
Who else if his biggest opponent is injured is the top favourite in Vlaanderen? After an early victory at the Omloop Het Nieuwsblad, he ride a good Paris-Nice with two stage wins. Only 11th in Milano-San Remo and 14th in the E3-Prijs, but managed to win the Driedaagse De Panne. After that success, he is the top favourite here.
Filippo Pozatto
13th at Het Nieuwsblad, 6th in Kuurne-Brussel-Kuurne, maybe not the best possible February for him. But after his great 8th place in San Remo, he get 9th at the E3-Prijs and even 3rd in Wevelgem. And after his second place at the Driedaagse, we know that he is in shape and dangerous.
Juan-Antonio Flecha
Since February, he made the best results from all the favourites. 6th in Gent, and then 2nd places at the E3-Prijs, Dwars door Vlaanderen and Gent-Wevelgem. His only problem could be that his last victory was 2005. Did he still know how to win?
Stijn Devolder
Until yet a perfekt cobble saison for him. Wins at Dwars door Vlaanderen at Gent-Wevelgem, he showed that he is nearly unbeatable at the moment. But his old problem still exists: He is not the only leader in his team.
Philippe Gilbert
Of course Omega Pharma losts Leif Hoste, but we can not forget Gilbert. After a good february with a stage win and the second place in the GC at Qatar, he finished 5th in the Omloop. A fantastic Paris-Nice, another stage win and the overall, 7th in Milano-San Remo. Maybe 15th in Harelbeke is not that good, but now he is the only leader of his squad.
Thor Hushovd
We are on the cobbles, so he is of course a favourite. But his main problem will be that he did not get any notable result on a cobble classic 2010, and he just finished 11th at the Driedaagse.
Heinrich Haussler
3rd in Kuurne, 10th in Het Nieuwsblad, 12th at the E3-Prijs and 11th in De Panne. He is a good bet for a Top10, maybe he will surprise as all.
Matti Breschel
It will be interesting to see how he can replace Cancellara. 15th at the Omloop in February, 7th in Gent-Wevelgem and even the third place in De Panne. Can he show what he can, now where he is the single leader of his squad?
Björn Leukemans
He had no notable results 2010, but he is a belgian rider and will fight for a good place here.
Martin Maaskant
Just like Breschel, he had luck that his captain is injured and that he get the chance to lead his team. Only 10th in De Panne. But maybe he can surprise, just like 2008 in Roubaix.
Sylvain Chavanel
Of course he is just the third leader of his team, but he had a fantastic year, 2nd in Down Under, 11th in Kuurne, 3rd in San Remo, 11th at the E3-Prijs and seventh in De Panne.
Lars Boom
An amazing March for him. 5th in the GC at P-N, 7th at Dwars door Vlaanderen, 7th at the E3-Prijs, 9th in Wevelgem and 6th at the Driedaagse. Quite good for the young dutchman, and makes him an interesting bet for a Top10.
Bernhard Eisel
He is not a rider for winning here, but after his 4th in Wevelgem, we do not underestimate him.
Gert Steegmans
Last, but hopefully not least, our leader. A victory in Kuurne, a second at Het Nieuwsblad (on normal) followed a 3rd at the E3-Prijs and a 5th in Wevelgem. He is not that good on hills, but with a bit luck, he make it in the front group, and with his sprint abilities...
RadioShack: Just like in Gent-Wevelgem. The only change ist the participation of Lance Armstrong, who take part today to get prepared for the cobbles at Arenberg. The opposition: see above
Brugge - Meerbeke, 254,5 km
Team goals:
- Top 10 (Steegmans)
Favourites: see above My tip: Of course Tom Boonen. Who elso?
good luck with the ronde van Vlaanderen. i'm liking the new way of saying who the favourites are with the star system. is this going to be used with every race or just major protour?
I want to do that with stars at the most important classics (RvV, P-R, Amstel Gold, Flèche Wallone, L-B-L, Lombardia), the Grand Tours (Giro, TDF,Vuelta), the WC and maybe the more important NCs.
Welcome to the market in Brugge, the start of the most important race in Belgium, maybe of the whole world, de Ronde van Vlaanderen!
Here the BOTD: Valerio Agnoli (Liquigas), Benjamin Gourgue (Landbouwkrediet), Vladimir Efimkin (AG2R), Brice Feillu (Vacansoleil), Luke Roberts (Milram), Timothy Duggan (Garmin), Angelo Furlan (Lampre) and Chris Froome (Sky).
The peloton at one of the predigious hellingen of the ronde van vlaanderen, de Oude Kwaremont.
At Eikenberg, the peloton had almost caught the breakaway.
45,6km to go, the breakaway is passed, we have now a front group with 43 rider, including all the favourites and Grégory Rast, Sébastien Rosseler and Gert Steegmans.
More and more rider can not hold the contact with the front group. 32 rider left. We get in the interesting part of the race...
We reached the Kapelmuur, and attack from Tom Boonen, Philippe Gilbert Juan-Antonio Flecha and Heinrich Haussler. Bad luck for them, they did not came away.
That is the situation before the Bosberg: Gilbert, Haussler and Devolder in front; Breschel, Boonen, Flecha and Leukemans +26"; Group Steegmans +46".
But at the Bosberg, they come together again, and then a strong attack by Stijn Devolder! Is that his third victory here?
Devolder; +11" Breschel, Flecha; +26" Group Steegmans.
But no chance, Omega Pharma and Rabobank set pacemakers in the front and caught them. 5 kilometers to go, no attacks in the group, it looks like a sprint will decide the Ronde van Vlaanderen.
2200m to the line, and the sprint begin. Gert Steegmans could recover himself from the hills and is well positioned, can he make the big surprise?
800m! Pozatto and Boom in front, but both get slower, while Gert now accelerate and make his final move!
AND YES! GERT STEEGMANS MAKES THE BIG SURPRISE and win de RONDE VAN VLAANDEREN 2010!
Lance cames in as 50th, 9 minutes down.
The result:
1
Gert Steegmans
Team RadioShack
6h58'15
2
Filippo Pozzato
Team Katusha
s.t.
3
Philippe Gilbert
Omega Pharma - Lotto
s.t.
4
Juan Antonio Flecha
Sky Professional Cycling Team
s.t.
5
Lars Boom
Rabobank
s.t.
6
Sebastian Langeveld
Rabobank
s.t.
7
Bernhard Eisel
Team HTC - Columbia
s.t.
8
Stijn Devolder
Quick·Step
s.t.
9
Björn Leukemans
Vacansoleil Pro Cycling Team
s.t.
10
Hayden Roulston
Team HTC - Columbia
s.t.
Spoiler
11
Martijn Maaskant
Garmin - Transitions
s.t.
12
Tom Boonen
Quick·Step
s.t.
13
Matti Breschel
Team Saxo Bank
s.t.
14
Nick Nuyens
Rabobank
s.t.
15
Manuel Quinziato
Liquigas - Doimo
s.t.
16
Thor Hushovd
Cervélo Test Team
s.t.
17
Wouter Weylandt
Quick·Step
s.t.
18
Heinrich Haussler
Cervélo Test Team
s.t.
19
Sylvain Chavanel
Quick·Step
s.t.
20
Tyler Farrar
Garmin - Transitions
s.t.
21
Niki Terpstra
Team Milram
s.t.
22
Roger Hammond
Cervélo Test Team
+ 1'51
23
Staf Scheirlinckx
Omega Pharma - Lotto
+ 2'25
24
Stuart O'Grady
Team Saxo Bank
s.t.
25
Greg Van Avermaet
Omega Pharma - Lotto
s.t.
26
Grégory Rast
Team RadioShack
s.t.
27
Sébastien Rosseler
Team RadioShack
s.t.
28
Carlos Barredo
Quick·Step
s.t.
29
Gorik Gardeyn
Vacansoleil Pro Cycling Team
s.t.
30
Allan Davis
Astana
s.t.
31
Stijn Vandenbergh
Team Katusha
s.t.
32
Maxim Iglinskiy
Astana
+ 7'22
33
Danilo Hondo
Lampre - Farnese Vini
s.t.
34
Grega Bole
Lampre - Farnese Vini
s.t.
35
Davy Commeyne
Landbouwkrediet
s.t.
36
Matthew Hayman
Sky Professional Cycling Team
s.t.
37
Bert De Waele
Landbouwkrediet
s.t.
38
Ian Stannard
Sky Professional Cycling Team
s.t.
39
Martin Elmiger
AG2R La Mondiale
s.t.
40
William Bonnet
Bbox Bouygues Télécom
s.t.
41
Bert Scheirlinckx
Landbouwkrediet
s.t.
42
Sven Nys
Landbouwkrediet
s.t.
43
Andriy Grivko
Astana
s.t.
44
Gianni Meersman
Française des Jeux
s.t.
45
Kevin Hulsmans
Quick·Step
s.t.
46
Frédéric Guesdon
Française des Jeux
s.t.
47
Tomas Vaitkus
Team RadioShack
s.t.
48
Dimitriy Muravyev
Team RadioShack
s.t.
49
Koldo Fernández
Euskaltel - Euskadi
+ 9'13
50
Lance Armstrong
Team RadioShack
s.t.
51
Wim De Vocht
Team Milram
+ 10'23
52
Yauheni Hutarovich
Française des Jeux
s.t.
53
Yohan Offredo
Française des Jeux
s.t.
54
Kevin Van Impe
Quick·Step
s.t.
55
Lars Ytting Bak
Team HTC - Columbia
s.t.
56
Kurt-Asle Arvesen
Sky Professional Cycling Team
s.t.
57
Francis De Greef
Omega Pharma - Lotto
s.t.
58
Aleksandr Kuschynski
Liquigas - Doimo
s.t.
59
Frederik Veuchelen
Vacansoleil Pro Cycling Team
s.t.
60
Laurens Ten Dam
Rabobank
s.t.
61
Laszló Bodrogi
Team Katusha
s.t.
62
Bjorn Selander
Team RadioShack
s.t.
63
André Greipel
Team HTC - Columbia
s.t.
64
Geraint Thomas
Sky Professional Cycling Team
s.t.
65
Bobbie Traksel
Vacansoleil Pro Cycling Team
s.t.
66
Jonathan Bellis
Team Saxo Bank
s.t.
67
Mark Cavendish
Team HTC - Columbia
s.t.
68
Ignatas Konovalovas
Cervélo Test Team
s.t.
69
Daniel Lloyd
Cervélo Test Team
s.t.
70
Andreas Klier
Cervélo Test Team
s.t.
71
Pierre Rolland
Bbox Bouygues Télécom
+ 12'32
72
Arnaud Coyot
Caisse d'Epargne
s.t.
73
José Joaquín Rojas
Caisse d'Epargne
s.t.
74
Christophe Le Mével
Française des Jeux
s.t.
75
Thomas Voeckler
Bbox Bouygues Télécom
s.t.
76
Mirko Selvaggi
Astana
s.t.
77
Chris Froome
Sky Professional Cycling Team
s.t.
78
Arkaitz Durán
Footon - Servetto
s.t.
79
Christophe Moreau
Caisse d'Epargne
s.t.
80
Yury Trofimov
Bbox Bouygues Télécom
s.t.
81
Paul Voss
Team Milram
s.t.
82
Kevin Peeters
Landbouwkrediet
s.t.
83
Peter Sagan
Liquigas - Doimo
s.t.
84
Lloyd Mondory
AG2R La Mondiale
s.t.
85
Sébastien Turgot
Bbox Bouygues Télécom
s.t.
86
Yuriy Krivtsov
AG2R La Mondiale
s.t.
87
Nicolas Rousseau
AG2R La Mondiale
s.t.
88
Gerald Ciolek
Team Milram
s.t.
89
Kristof Goddaert
AG2R La Mondiale
s.t.
90
Peter Wrolich
Team Milram
s.t.
91
Lieuwe Westra
Vacansoleil Pro Cycling Team
s.t.
92
Ermanno Capelli
Footon - Servetto
s.t.
93
Nikolai Trussov
Team Katusha
s.t.
94
Graeme Brown
Rabobank
s.t.
95
Bert Grabsch
Team HTC - Columbia
s.t.
96
Brice Feillu
Vacansoleil Pro Cycling Team
s.t.
97
Johnny Hoogerland
Vacansoleil Pro Cycling Team
s.t.
98
Jelle Vanendert
Omega Pharma - Lotto
s.t.
99
Benjamin Gourgue
Landbouwkrediet
s.t.
100
Vladimir Efimkin
AG2R La Mondiale
s.t.
101
Stef Clement
Rabobank
+ 13'32
102
Maxime Vantomme
Team Katusha
s.t.
103
Juan José Oroz
Euskaltel - Euskadi
s.t.
104
Christophe Brandt
Omega Pharma - Lotto
s.t.
105
Chris Anker Sørensen
Team Saxo Bank
+ 14'00
106
Frederik Willems
Liquigas - Doimo
s.t.
107
Nicki Sørensen
Team Saxo Bank
s.t.
108
Angelo Furlan
Lampre - Farnese Vini
s.t.
109
Kasper Klostergaard
Team Saxo Bank
+ 15'08
110
Luke Roberts
Team Milram
s.t.
111
Valerio Agnoli
Liquigas - Doimo
s.t.
112
Baden Cooke
Team Saxo Bank
+ 16'32
113
Davide Malacarne
Quick·Step
s.t.
114
Theo Bos
Cervélo Test Team
s.t.
115
Saïd Haddou
Bbox Bouygues Télécom
s.t.
116
Tom Van den Haute
Landbouwkrediet
s.t.
117
Julian Dean
Garmin - Transitions
+ 17'20
118
Alex Rasmussen
Team Saxo Bank
s.t.
119
Gorka Verdugo
Euskaltel - Euskadi
s.t.
120
Michiel Elijzen
Omega Pharma - Lotto
s.t.
121
Francesco Chicchi
Liquigas - Doimo
s.t.
122
Cyril Gautier
Bbox Bouygues Télécom
s.t.
123
Dmitriy Fofonov
Astana
s.t.
124
Alexsandr Dyachenko
Astana
s.t.
125
Mark Renshaw
Team HTC - Columbia
s.t.
126
Miguel Mínguez
Euskaltel - Euskadi
s.t.
127
Juan José Cobo
Caisse d'Epargne
s.t.
128
David Gutiérrez Palacios
Footon - Servetto
s.t.
129
Eduard Vorganov
Team Katusha
s.t.
130
Artem Ovechkin
Team Katusha
s.t.
131
Evgeni Petrov
Team Katusha
s.t.
132
Thomas Faiers
Footon - Servetto
s.t.
133
Dimitry Kozontchuk
Rabobank
s.t.
134
Mikel Nieve
Euskaltel - Euskadi
s.t.
135
Sandy Casar
Française des Jeux
s.t.
136
Francis Mourey
Française des Jeux
s.t.
137
Jesús Hernández
Astana
s.t.
138
Tom Stubbe
Omega Pharma - Lotto
s.t.
139
David Gutiérrez Gutiérrez
Footon - Servetto
s.t.
140
Rémy Di Gregorio
Française des Jeux
s.t.
141
Alan Pérez
Euskaltel - Euskadi
s.t.
142
Baptiste Planckaert
Landbouwkrediet
+ 19'44
143
Serge Pauwels
Sky Professional Cycling Team
s.t.
144
Servais Knaven
Team Milram
s.t.
145
Stephen Cummings
Sky Professional Cycling Team
+ 20'16
146
Francesco Gavazzi
Lampre - Farnese Vini
s.t.
147
Michal Golas
Vacansoleil Pro Cycling Team
s.t.
148
Gert Dockx
Team HTC - Columbia
s.t.
149
Manuel Cardoso
Footon - Servetto
s.t.
150
Gilberto Simoni
Lampre - Farnese Vini
s.t.
151
Alessandro Spezialetti
Lampre - Farnese Vini
s.t.
152
Fredrik Kessiakoff
Garmin - Transitions
s.t.
153
Christian Meier
Garmin - Transitions
s.t.
154
Markus Eibegger
Footon - Servetto
s.t.
155
Brian Vandborg
Liquigas - Doimo
s.t.
156
Xabier Zandio
Caisse d'Epargne
s.t.
157
Kai Reus
Rabobank
+ 22'12
158
Volodymir Gustov
Cervélo Test Team
s.t.
159
Sam Bewley
Team RadioShack
s.t.
160
Aitor Pérez Arrieta
Footon - Servetto
+ 22'52
161
Arnold Jeanneson
Caisse d'Epargne
s.t.
162
David Loosli
Lampre - Farnese Vini
s.t.
163
Peter Stetina
Garmin - Transitions
s.t.
164
Cyril Dessel
AG2R La Mondiale
s.t.
165
Andrey Amador
Caisse d'Epargne
s.t.
166
Johannes Fröhlinger
Team Milram
s.t.
167
Aitor Hernández
Euskaltel - Euskadi
+ 24'32
168
Alberto Losada
Caisse d'Epargne
s.t.
169
Daniel Sesma
Euskaltel - Euskadi
s.t.
170
Perrig Quemeneur
Bbox Bouygues Télécom
s.t.
171
Timothy Duggan
Garmin - Transitions
+ 25'04
172
Andrey Zeits
Astana
+ 26'44
My first win ever on hard, and that in the maybe most important classic of the world... Great performance from Steegmans!
Great win with Steegmans.
Is my next race, too. And the first time that I can try my Ronder version in this career, last season was still the Cyanide version.
But hope it`s more selective than with 10 riders in first group.
I am satisfied with the third place, with a better prologue, maybe I had won, but I think a third place is also ok.
