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aCross the road: Mud, Sweat & Gears

Shonak

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Posted on 20-03-2014 17:11

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@sutty: Thanks, it was really racing at its purest. That's one Raphael's strengths, and a Top 20 result is always nice for such a young rider.

Tirreno â€“ Adriatico
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The Race between the two Seas will be my first major professional race in the Cycling Circuit. Itâ€™s also my first stage race, like ever. Surely a honour for me to ride here in my first professional year, and I presume itâ€™s an honour for Tirreno â€“ Adriatico as well. Wish me luck.

Peter Sagan will be leading our team, while I function as a domestique as in the previous races. Our goal is nothing less than the overall win as this is what the sponsor wants from us.
The route suits us. Tirreno â€“ Adriatico is famous for either being a preparation race for the MSR and thus even sprinters like Freire won the race in the past, or itâ€™s more aimed towards climbers. Luckily, Sagan should have good cards in both regards. There are no particularly tough climbs at this year's edition, but there should be still plenty of opportunities to gain time on the rivals.

The team includes besides Sagan and me: Marco Marcato as the lead-out man, Oscar Gatto as a co-leader and eventually also Fabio Sabatini, Kristjan Koren, Cristiano Salerno and Matthis Krizek as helpers. We wonâ€™t have much freedom since most work will go towards Sagan presumably but maybe here and there we are allowed to make an impact as well.

Stage 1
Cannondale lose possible overall victory already on first day?
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Rabottini won the opening stage of Tirreno â€“ Adriactico in solo-fashion for his Yellow Fluo team. As the last surviving member of an early breakaway he managed to fend off the chasing teams of Belkin and Cannondale. With more than 2 minutes lead, Rabottini is a clear-cut favourite for the overall victory as well by now.

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To say, it didnâ€™t quite work out perfectly would be an understatement. We are already running risk of losing everything on the first day. Rabottini must have had one of his finest days ever as he was the only one to survive our chase despite all the effort we put into it. And not only did he survive, but he won by a huge advantage. Impressive.

I myself was chasing all day long though and doing some major work. Especially on the last 30 kilometers I managed to obtain and secure a high pace that saw some small splits in the peloton and it stretched on and on over the small hill passages, that were featured in the finale. This action by the team of course led to the main sprinters such as Kittel and Cavendish becoming tired. The sprint wasnâ€™t easy won by Sagan, but he pulled it off nonetheless. I reached a nice 19th place too, but that doesnâ€™t matter of course. After all the work and pacing duties I did today I am actually happy to still feel my legs.

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At the team meeting we are mostly talking about new options for the race. Send out many of our riders in hopes one of them makes it. Attack and attack with Sagan or play the waiting game? More than 2 minutes, thatâ€™s a whole lot. And Iâ€¦ well, I see how they discuss our possibilities. Cyclo Cross used to be easier to understand. Less tactical.

Tirreno - Adriatico Stage 1, Results

Rank	Name	Team	Time
1	Matteo Rabottini	YellowFluo	3h16'52
2	Peter Sagan	Cannondale	+ 2'32
3	Marcel Kittel	Team Giant - Shimano	s.t.
4	Sep Vanmarcke	Belkin Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
5	Brett Lancaster	Orica GreenEdge	s.t.
6	Marco Marcato	Cannondale	s.t.
7	Lars Boom	Belkin Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
8	Daniele Bennati	Tinkoff - Saxo	s.t.
9	Jonathan Hivert	Belkin Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
10	Giacomo Nizzolo	Trek Factory Racing	s.t.

Spoiler

11	Mark Renshaw	Omega Pharma - QuickÂ·Step Cycling Team	s.t.
12	Edvald Boasson Hagen	Team Sky	s.t.
13	Tom Boonen	Omega Pharma - QuickÂ·Step Cycling Team	s.t.
14	AndrÃ© Greipel	Lotto Belisol	s.t.
15	Michael Albasini	Orica GreenEdge	s.t.
16	Christopher Sutton	Team Sky	s.t.
17	Leigh Howard	Orica GreenEdge	s.t.
18	Gianni Meersman	Omega Pharma - QuickÂ·Step Cycling Team	s.t.
19	Raphael Visconti	Cannondale	s.t.
20	Gianluca Brambilla	Omega Pharma - QuickÂ·Step Cycling Team	s.t.
21	Arnaud Demare	FDJ.fr	s.t.
22	Niki Terpstra	Omega Pharma - QuickÂ·Step Cycling Team	s.t.
23	Robert Gesink	Belkin Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
24	Sacha Modolo	Lampre - Merida	s.t.
25	Cameron Meyer	Orica GreenEdge	s.t.
26	Rigoberto UrÃ¡n	Omega Pharma - QuickÂ·Step Cycling Team	s.t.
27	Julien Vermote	Omega Pharma - QuickÂ·Step Cycling Team	s.t.
28	Janez BrajkoviÄ	Astana Pro Team	s.t.
29	Esteban Chaves	Orica GreenEdge	s.t.
30	Carlos Betancur	AG2R La Mondiale	s.t.
31	Javier Moreno	Movistar Team	s.t.
32	Damien Gaudin	AG2R La Mondiale	s.t.
33	Steven Kruijswijk	Belkin Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
34	Laurens Ten Dam	Belkin Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
35	Alberto Contador	Tinkoff - Saxo	s.t.
36	Mark Cavendish	Omega Pharma - QuickÂ·Step Cycling Team	s.t.
37	Vincenzo Nibali	Astana Pro Team	s.t.
38	Hubert Dupont	AG2R La Mondiale	s.t.
39	Michael Hepburn	Orica GreenEdge	s.t.
40	Oscar Gatto	Cannondale	s.t.
41	Giovanni Visconti	Movistar Team	s.t.
42	Nicolas Roche	Tinkoff - Saxo	s.t.
43	Matteo Tosatto	Tinkoff - Saxo	s.t.
44	Luca Paolini	Team Katusha	s.t.
45	Andrea Guardini	Astana Pro Team	s.t.
46	Ramunas Navardauskas	Garmin Sharp	s.t.
47	Dennis Van Winden	Belkin Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
48	Fabio Sabatini	Cannondale	s.t.
49	Michele Scarponi	Astana Pro Team	s.t.
50	Arthur Vichot	FDJ.fr	s.t.
51	Andrew Talansky	Garmin Sharp	s.t.
52	Alexandre Pichot	Team Europcar	s.t.
53	Chris Anker SÃ¸rensen	Tinkoff - Saxo	s.t.
54	Kristjan Koren	Cannondale	s.t.
55	Daniel Moreno	Team Katusha	s.t.
56	Geraint Thomas	Team Sky	s.t.
57	Przemyslaw Niemiec	Lampre - Merida	s.t.
58	Pierre Rolland	Team Europcar	s.t.
59	Damiano Cunego	Lampre - Merida	s.t.
60	JÃ©rÃ´me Cousin	Team Europcar	s.t.
61	Lars Petter Nordhaug	Belkin Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
62	Dario Cataldo	Team Sky	s.t.
63	Fabian Cancellara	Trek Factory Racing	s.t.
64	Greg Van Avermaet	BMC Racing Team	s.t.
65	Arnold Jeannesson	FDJ.fr	s.t.
66	Giampaolo Caruso	Team Katusha	s.t.
67	Jean-Christophe Peraud	AG2R La Mondiale	s.t.
68	John Darwin Atapuma	BMC Racing Team	s.t.
69	Steve Chainel	AG2R La Mondiale	s.t.
70	Thomas Voeckler	Team Europcar	s.t.
71	Ivan Santaromita	Orica GreenEdge	s.t.
72	Matthew Goss	Orica GreenEdge	s.t.
73	Francesco Gavazzi	Astana Pro Team	s.t.
74	Riccardo Zoidl	Trek Factory Racing	s.t.
75	Michael Kolar	Tinkoff - Saxo	s.t.
76	Andrey Amador	Movistar Team	s.t.
77	Tom Slagter	Garmin Sharp	s.t.
78	Matthias Krizek	Cannondale	s.t.
79	Filippo Pozzato	Lampre - Merida	s.t.
80	Andrea Manfredi	Bardiani CSF	s.t.
81	Alexandr Kolobnev	Team Katusha	s.t.
82	Daniel Oss	BMC Racing Team	s.t.
83	Patrick Facchini	Androni Giocattoli	s.t.
84	Simon Spilak	Team Katusha	s.t.
85	JÃ©rÃ©my Roy	FDJ.fr	s.t.
86	Eros Capecchi	Movistar Team	s.t.
87	Adam Hansen	Lotto Belisol	s.t.
88	SÃ©rgio Paulinho	Tinkoff - Saxo	s.t.
89	Bryan Coquard	Team Europcar	s.t.
90	Tanel Kangert	Astana Pro Team	s.t.
91	GrÃ©gory Rast	Trek Factory Racing	s.t.
92	Lars Ytting Bak	Lotto Belisol	s.t.
93	Daniele Colli	YellowFluo	s.t.
94	Francis Mourey	FDJ.fr	s.t.
95	Michael SchÃ¤r	BMC Racing Team	s.t.
96	Ben Swift	Team Sky	s.t.
97	Kenny Elissonde	FDJ.fr	s.t.
98	Francesco Chicchi	YellowFluo	s.t.
99	Paolo Tiralongo	Astana Pro Team	s.t.
100	Nick Nuyens	Garmin Sharp	s.t.
101	Dries Devenyns	Team Giant - Shimano	s.t.
102	Luka Mezgec	Team Giant - Shimano	s.t.
103	Cristiano Salerno	Cannondale	s.t.
104	Fabian Wegmann	Garmin Sharp	s.t.
105	Yukiya Arashiro	Team Europcar	s.t.
106	Igor AntÃ³n	Movistar Team	s.t.
107	Bradley Wiggins	Team Sky	s.t.
108	Simone Ponzi	YellowFluo	s.t.
109	Matthew Busche	Trek Factory Racing	s.t.
110	Maxim Belkov	Team Katusha	s.t.
111	David Boucher	FDJ.fr	s.t.
112	George Preidler	Team Giant - Shimano	s.t.
113	Adriano Malori	Movistar Team	s.t.
114	Branislau Samoilau	CCC Polsat Polkowice	s.t.
115	Diego Rosa	Androni Giocattoli	s.t.
116	Davide Rebellin	CCC Polsat Polkowice	s.t.
117	Geoffrey Soupe	FDJ.fr	s.t.
118	Emanuele Sella	Androni Giocattoli	s.t.
119	Mauro Finetto	YellowFluo	s.t.
120	Stephen Cummings	BMC Racing Team	s.t.
121	Stijn Devolder	Trek Factory Racing	s.t.
122	Salvatore Puccio	Team Sky	s.t.
123	Roberto Ferrari	Lampre - Merida	s.t.
124	Vyacheslav Kuznetsov	Team Katusha	s.t.
125	Guillaume Bonnafond	AG2R La Mondiale	s.t.
126	SÃ©bastien Turgot	AG2R La Mondiale	s.t.
127	Kenny Dehaes	Lotto Belisol	s.t.
128	Nathan Brown	Garmin Sharp	s.t.
129	Mikel Nieve	Team Sky	s.t.
130	Nikias Arndt	Team Giant - Shimano	s.t.
131	Marcus Burghardt	BMC Racing Team	s.t.
132	Enrico Barbin	Bardiani CSF	s.t.
133	Pablo Lastras	Movistar Team	s.t.
134	Steve Morabito	BMC Racing Team	s.t.
135	Daan Olivier	Team Giant - Shimano	s.t.
136	Manuele Boaro	Tinkoff - Saxo	s.t.
137	Jonas Vangenechten	Lotto Belisol	s.t.
138	Winner Anacona	Lampre - Merida	s.t.
139	Fabio Silvestre	Trek Factory Racing	s.t.
140	Alessandro Vanotti	Astana Pro Team	s.t.
141	Silvan Dillier	BMC Racing Team	s.t.
142	BjÃ¶rn Thurau	Team Europcar	s.t.
143	Romain Sicard	Team Europcar	s.t.
144	Donato De Ieso	Bardiani CSF	s.t.
145	Gert Dockx	Lotto Belisol	s.t.
146	Stig Broeckx	Lotto Belisol	s.t.
147	Filippo Fortin	Bardiani CSF	s.t.
148	Albert Timmer	Team Giant - Shimano	s.t.
149	Calvin Watson	Trek Factory Racing	s.t.
150	Nicola Boem	Bardiani CSF	s.t.
151	JarosÅ‚aw Marycz	CCC Polsat Polkowice	s.t.
152	Mikhail Ignatiev	Team Katusha	s.t.
153	Mateusz Taciak	CCC Polsat Polkowice	s.t.
154	Matteo Bono	Lampre - Merida	s.t.
155	Bartlomiej Matysiak	CCC Polsat Polkowice	s.t.
156	Marco Coledan	Bardiani CSF	s.t.
157	Marco Bandiera	Androni Giocattoli	s.t.
158	Jacek Morajko	CCC Polsat Polkowice	s.t.
159	Nicola Ruffoni	Bardiani CSF	s.t.
160	Cheng Ji	Team Giant - Shimano	s.t.
161	Vegard Breen	Lotto Belisol	s.t.
162	Omar Bertazzo	Androni Giocattoli	s.t.
163	Paolo Colonna	Bardiani CSF	s.t.
164	Mirko Tedeschi	YellowFluo	s.t.
165	Gianni Bellini	YellowFluo	s.t.
166	Manuele Mori	Lampre - Merida	+ 6'50
167	Tom Danielson	Garmin Sharp	s.t.
168	JosÃ© JoaquÃn Rojas	Movistar Team	s.t.
169	David Millar	Garmin Sharp	s.t.
170	Andrea Zordan	Androni Giocattoli	+ 7'52
171	Nicola Testi	Androni Giocattoli	s.t.
172	Luigi Miletta	YellowFluo	s.t.
173	Yonder Godoy	Androni Giocattoli	s.t.
174	Mateusz Nowak	CCC Polsat Polkowice	s.t.
175	Piotr GawroÅ„ski	CCC Polsat Polkowice	+ 10'17

Edited by Shonak on 20-03-2014 17:12

sutty68

#202

Posted on 20-03-2014 17:47

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Raphael is certainly getting to grips with this road racing lark

, it won't be long before he wins one

Shonak

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Posted on 20-03-2014 19:18

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Hope so.

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Posted on 20-03-2014 19:21

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Once again, lovely style. Without trying to be polite or something like that, I honestly have to say that i am not enjoying any story (except Trek

) currently as much as I enjoy reading this one.

Pure perfection, if you ask me.

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Shonak

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Posted on 20-03-2014 19:57

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Oh my, thank you admir. Really nice words, appreciate it a lot.

Sagan crash!

Tirreno - Adriatico, Stage 2
Race Leader Rabottini, Boonen and Sagan involved in mass crash
with merely a few kilometers left to race!

It looked like a typical flat stage for large parts of it. The usual suspects such as Cavendish, Kittel and Sagan let their teams do the work. The breakaway got a lead and got reeled back in again. Calm, sunny days in Italy for me at that point.
I was doing my work and actually already on my way back of the peloton to avoid a crash... Awfully enough, precisely that happened. And even worse, it happened to my captain, Peter Sagan. Merely a few kilometers from the finish, he crashed.

At that point, we had thought we lost Tirreno â€“ Adriatico for good. After yesterdayâ€™s mismanagement, this was just the natural step down further. Marcato and Gatto stayed upfront as to keep the overall classification chances intact, I was the only rider near. I rode past Sagan and I saw him lying there. Naturally I stopped and wanted to help me. But I couldn't get through all those crashed riders.

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Of course I waited. I stopped pedaling, looking through the crashed riders and I saw them all lying on the ground for a while. Sagan was one of the first to get back up. And then I saw Tom Boonen in there as well as Rabottini himself in his leaderâ€™s jersey! I was lightly stroking my pedal and waiting for Sagan to catch my wheelâ€¦ When he got up, I immediately accelerated. We hit the road full throttle!

The sprint was won by Marcel Kittel ahead of Cavendish and Greipel. But we performed a race further back that meant much more to me, and I helped Sagan achieve something incredible!

I must have done some fantastic work for Sagan, keeping him protected for most of the 8 remaining kilometers since the crash. I just kept striking my pedals. And I really felt like I was going over my limits by nautical miles. There must have been a lighthouse by now somewhere, warning me that I was heading into rocky breakwater. I kept hitting myself against that rock. Yellow Fluo behind us, they just tried to keep our wheels. I had Sagan in my back and I was just powering myself out.

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Eventually, with about 2 kilometers left and the finale right in full motion, I had finished my work for good as Peter came past me and sprinted for the remaining time. No, this wasnâ€™t a sprint. This was full assault. He himself was the train, the lead-out and the finisher!
No one could hold his wheel. Peter didnâ€™t tried to drop them, he tried to reach the peloton just in time to not lose any of it.

When I myself came into the finish, I couldnâ€™t believe my eyes. Peter really made it. He arrived as the last rider in the peloton and was allowed their time! I myself lost quite some time alongside Boonen and Rabottini though. Something I donâ€™t mind at all.
Stepping of my bike, I was greeted by the thankful cheering of Peter, who just thanked me and thanked me again. He was smiling, I was smiling, and I said sorry to Rabottini later. He could have won Tirreno-Adriatico if it wouldn't have been for Sagan's crash.

I was trying hard to keep standing. I was afraid if I fell down, I wouldnâ€™t be coming up soon again. I finished 131th, with quite a time loss, but frankly, I don't care about that in the least.

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Sagan on the left reached just in the last possible second the end of the peloton!

Tirreno - Adriatico Stage 2, Results

Rank	Name	Team	Time
1	Marcel Kittel	Team Giant - Shimano	3h35'06
2	Mark Cavendish	Omega Pharma - QuickÂ·Step Cycling Team	s.t.
3	AndrÃ© Greipel	Lotto Belisol	s.t.
4	Kenny Dehaes	Lotto Belisol	s.t.
5	Arnaud Demare	FDJ.fr	s.t.
6	Geoffrey Soupe	FDJ.fr	s.t.
7	Leigh Howard	Orica GreenEdge	s.t.
8	Luka Mezgec	Team Giant - Shimano	s.t.
9	Daniele Bennati	Tinkoff - Saxo	s.t.
10	Giacomo Nizzolo	Trek Factory Racing	s.t.

Spoiler

11	Bryan Coquard	Team Europcar	s.t.
12	Andrea Guardini	Astana Pro Team	s.t.
13	Marco Marcato	Cannondale	s.t.
14	Sacha Modolo	Lampre - Merida	s.t.
15	Jonas Vangenechten	Lotto Belisol	s.t.
16	Brett Lancaster	Orica GreenEdge	s.t.
17	Oscar Gatto	Cannondale	s.t.
18	Sep Vanmarcke	Belkin Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
19	Arthur Vichot	FDJ.fr	s.t.
20	Nikias Arndt	Team Giant - Shimano	s.t.
21	Carlos Betancur	AG2R La Mondiale	s.t.
22	Steve Chainel	AG2R La Mondiale	s.t.
23	Giovanni Visconti	Movistar Team	s.t.
24	Alberto Contador	Tinkoff - Saxo	s.t.
25	Ben Swift	Team Sky	s.t.
26	Vincenzo Nibali	Astana Pro Team	s.t.
27	Thomas Voeckler	Team Europcar	s.t.
28	Tom Slagter	Garmin Sharp	s.t.
29	Michele Scarponi	Astana Pro Team	s.t.
30	Javier Moreno	Movistar Team	s.t.
31	Jonathan Hivert	Belkin Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
32	Pierre Rolland	Team Europcar	s.t.
33	Greg Van Avermaet	BMC Racing Team	s.t.
34	Robert Gesink	Belkin Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
35	Dario Cataldo	Team Sky	s.t.
36	Damien Gaudin	AG2R La Mondiale	s.t.
37	Daniel Oss	BMC Racing Team	s.t.
38	Jean-Christophe Peraud	AG2R La Mondiale	s.t.
39	Rigoberto UrÃ¡n	Omega Pharma - QuickÂ·Step Cycling Team	s.t.
40	Dries Devenyns	Team Giant - Shimano	s.t.
41	Guillaume Bonnafond	AG2R La Mondiale	s.t.
42	Andrew Talansky	Garmin Sharp	s.t.
43	Daniel Moreno	Team Katusha	s.t.
44	Igor AntÃ³n	Movistar Team	s.t.
45	Luca Paolini	Team Katusha	s.t.
46	Lars Boom	Belkin Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
47	Geraint Thomas	Team Sky	s.t.
48	Giampaolo Caruso	Team Katusha	s.t.
49	JosÃ© JoaquÃn Rojas	Movistar Team	s.t.
50	Adam Hansen	Lotto Belisol	s.t.
51	Damiano Cunego	Lampre - Merida	s.t.
52	Fabian Wegmann	Garmin Sharp	s.t.
53	Ramunas Navardauskas	Garmin Sharp	s.t.
54	Lars Ytting Bak	Lotto Belisol	s.t.
55	Eros Capecchi	Movistar Team	s.t.
56	Edvald Boasson Hagen	Team Sky	s.t.
57	Francis Mourey	FDJ.fr	s.t.
58	Simon Spilak	Team Katusha	s.t.
59	JÃ©rÃ©my Roy	FDJ.fr	s.t.
60	Christopher Sutton	Team Sky	s.t.
61	Albert Timmer	Team Giant - Shimano	s.t.
62	Salvatore Puccio	Team Sky	s.t.
63	Adriano Malori	Movistar Team	s.t.
64	Stig Broeckx	Lotto Belisol	s.t.
65	Kenny Elissonde	FDJ.fr	s.t.
66	Bradley Wiggins	Team Sky	s.t.
67	Steve Morabito	BMC Racing Team	s.t.
68	Hubert Dupont	AG2R La Mondiale	s.t.
69	Nick Nuyens	Garmin Sharp	s.t.
70	John Darwin Atapuma	BMC Racing Team	s.t.
71	Laurens Ten Dam	Belkin Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
72	Mikel Nieve	Team Sky	s.t.
73	Gert Dockx	Lotto Belisol	s.t.
74	Pablo Lastras	Movistar Team	s.t.
75	Emanuele Sella	Androni Giocattoli	s.t.
76	Michael SchÃ¤r	BMC Racing Team	s.t.
77	Marcus Burghardt	BMC Racing Team	s.t.
78	Marco Bandiera	Androni Giocattoli	s.t.
79	Stephen Cummings	BMC Racing Team	s.t.
80	Mateusz Nowak	CCC Polsat Polkowice	s.t.
81	Vyacheslav Kuznetsov	Team Katusha	s.t.
82	Patrick Facchini	Androni Giocattoli	s.t.
83	SÃ©bastien Turgot	AG2R La Mondiale	s.t.
84	Roberto Ferrari	Lampre - Merida	s.t.
85	Dennis Van Winden	Belkin Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
86	Cristiano Salerno	Cannondale	s.t.
87	David Boucher	FDJ.fr	s.t.
88	Janez BrajkoviÄ	Astana Pro Team	s.t.
89	Mikhail Ignatiev	Team Katusha	s.t.
90	George Preidler	Team Giant - Shimano	s.t.
91	Nicola Ruffoni	Bardiani CSF	s.t.
92	Diego Rosa	Androni Giocattoli	s.t.
93	GrÃ©gory Rast	Trek Factory Racing	s.t.
94	Davide Rebellin	CCC Polsat Polkowice	s.t.
95	Niki Terpstra	Omega Pharma - QuickÂ·Step Cycling Team	s.t.
96	Filippo Fortin	Bardiani CSF	s.t.
97	Branislau Samoilau	CCC Polsat Polkowice	s.t.
98	Francesco Gavazzi	Astana Pro Team	s.t.
99	Gianluca Brambilla	Omega Pharma - QuickÂ·Step Cycling Team	s.t.
100	Marco Coledan	Bardiani CSF	s.t.
101	Przemyslaw Niemiec	Lampre - Merida	s.t.
102	Andrea Manfredi	Bardiani CSF	s.t.
103	Alexandre Pichot	Team Europcar	s.t.
104	Nicola Boem	Bardiani CSF	s.t.
105	Silvan Dillier	BMC Racing Team	s.t.
106	Enrico Barbin	Bardiani CSF	s.t.
107	Winner Anacona	Lampre - Merida	s.t.
108	Cheng Ji	Team Giant - Shimano	s.t.
109	Mateusz Taciak	CCC Polsat Polkowice	s.t.
110	Jacek Morajko	CCC Polsat Polkowice	s.t.
111	Tom Danielson	Garmin Sharp	s.t.
112	Gianni Meersman	Omega Pharma - QuickÂ·Step Cycling Team	s.t.
113	Yonder Godoy	Androni Giocattoli	s.t.
114	Manuele Boaro	Tinkoff - Saxo	s.t.
115	Mark Renshaw	Omega Pharma - QuickÂ·Step Cycling Team	s.t.
116	Piotr GawroÅ„ski	CCC Polsat Polkowice	s.t.
117	Paolo Colonna	Bardiani CSF	s.t.
118	Vegard Breen	Lotto Belisol	s.t.
119	Julien Vermote	Omega Pharma - QuickÂ·Step Cycling Team	s.t.

120	Donato De Ieso	Bardiani CSF	s.t.
121	Peter Sagan	Cannondale	s.t.
122	Mauro Finetto	YellowFluo	+ 2'50
123	Daniele Colli	YellowFluo	s.t.
124	Mirko Tedeschi	YellowFluo	s.t.
125	Francesco Chicchi	YellowFluo	s.t.
126	Gianni Bellini	YellowFluo	s.t.
127	Luigi Miletta	YellowFluo	s.t.
128	Simone Ponzi	YellowFluo	s.t.
129	Matteo Rabottini	YellowFluo	s.t.
130	Matteo Tosatto	Tinkoff - Saxo	s.t.
131	Raphael Visconti	Cannondale	s.t.
132	Nicolas Roche	Tinkoff - Saxo	s.t.
133	Stijn Devolder	Trek Factory Racing	s.t.
134	Tom Boonen	Omega Pharma - QuickÂ·Step Cycling Team	s.t.
135	Fabian Cancellara	Trek Factory Racing	s.t.

Spoiler

136	Michael Albasini	Orica GreenEdge	s.t.
137	Tanel Kangert	Astana Pro Team	s.t.
138	Michael Hepburn	Orica GreenEdge	s.t.
139	Matthew Goss	Orica GreenEdge	s.t.
140	Andrey Amador	Movistar Team	s.t.
141	Alexandr Kolobnev	Team Katusha	s.t.
142	Arnold Jeannesson	FDJ.fr	s.t.
143	JÃ©rÃ´me Cousin	Team Europcar	s.t.
144	Matthew Busche	Trek Factory Racing	s.t.
145	Esteban Chaves	Orica GreenEdge	s.t.
146	Yukiya Arashiro	Team Europcar	s.t.
147	Alessandro Vanotti	Astana Pro Team	s.t.
148	Fabio Silvestre	Trek Factory Racing	s.t.
149	Daan Olivier	Team Giant - Shimano	s.t.
150	Calvin Watson	Trek Factory Racing	s.t.
151	Nicola Testi	Androni Giocattoli	s.t.
152	Manuele Mori	Lampre - Merida	s.t.
153	Michael Kolar	Tinkoff - Saxo	s.t.
154	Paolo Tiralongo	Astana Pro Team	+ 4'48
155	Filippo Pozzato	Lampre - Merida	s.t.
156	Maxim Belkov	Team Katusha	s.t.
157	Matthias Krizek	Cannondale	s.t.
158	Ivan Santaromita	Orica GreenEdge	s.t.
159	JarosÅ‚aw Marycz	CCC Polsat Polkowice	+ 5'24
160	Omar Bertazzo	Androni Giocattoli	s.t.
161	Andrea Zordan	Androni Giocattoli	s.t.
162	Fabio Sabatini	Cannondale	s.t.
163	Chris Anker SÃ¸rensen	Tinkoff - Saxo	s.t.
164	Bartlomiej Matysiak	CCC Polsat Polkowice	s.t.
165	Riccardo Zoidl	Trek Factory Racing	s.t.
166	BjÃ¶rn Thurau	Team Europcar	s.t.
167	Romain Sicard	Team Europcar	s.t.
168	Nathan Brown	Garmin Sharp	s.t.
169	Matteo Bono	Lampre - Merida	s.t.
170	David Millar	Garmin Sharp	s.t.
171	Cameron Meyer	Orica GreenEdge	s.t.
172	SÃ©rgio Paulinho	Tinkoff - Saxo	s.t.
173	Steven Kruijswijk	Belkin Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
174	Kristjan Koren	Cannondale	s.t.

Tirreno - Adriatico, General Classification

Rank	Name	Team	Time
1	Marcel Kittel	Team Giant - Shimano	6h54'16
2	Mark Cavendish	Omega Pharma - QuickÂ·Step Cycling Team	+ 8
3	Damien Gaudin	AG2R La Mondiale	s.t.
4	Peter Sagan	Cannondale	s.t.
5	AndrÃ© Greipel	Lotto Belisol	+ 10

Spoiler

6	Patrick Facchini	Androni Giocattoli	+ 11
7	Andrea Manfredi	Bardiani CSF	s.t.
8	Davide Rebellin	CCC Polsat Polkowice	s.t.
9	Enrico Barbin	Bardiani CSF	+ 12
10	Daniele Bennati	Tinkoff - Saxo	+ 14
11	Marco Marcato	Cannondale	s.t.
12	Giacomo Nizzolo	Trek Factory Racing	s.t.
13	Brett Lancaster	Orica GreenEdge	s.t.
14	Sep Vanmarcke	Belkin Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
15	Leigh Howard	Orica GreenEdge	s.t.
16	Arnaud Demare	FDJ.fr	s.t.
17	Sacha Modolo	Lampre - Merida	s.t.
18	Jonathan Hivert	Belkin Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
19	Carlos Betancur	AG2R La Mondiale	s.t.
20	Lars Boom	Belkin Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
21	Robert Gesink	Belkin Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
22	Oscar Gatto	Cannondale	s.t.
23	Andrea Guardini	Astana Pro Team	s.t.
24	Alberto Contador	Tinkoff - Saxo	s.t.
25	Javier Moreno	Movistar Team	s.t.
26	Vincenzo Nibali	Astana Pro Team	s.t.
27	Giovanni Visconti	Movistar Team	s.t.
28	Rigoberto UrÃ¡n	Omega Pharma - QuickÂ·Step Cycling Team	s.t.
29	Edvald Boasson Hagen	Team Sky	s.t.
30	Arthur Vichot	FDJ.fr	s.t.
31	Christopher Sutton	Team Sky	s.t.
32	Michele Scarponi	Astana Pro Team	s.t.
33	Luca Paolini	Team Katusha	s.t.
34	Pierre Rolland	Team Europcar	s.t.
35	Steve Chainel	AG2R La Mondiale	s.t.
36	Andrew Talansky	Garmin Sharp	s.t.
37	Dario Cataldo	Team Sky	s.t.
38	Greg Van Avermaet	BMC Racing Team	s.t.
39	Thomas Voeckler	Team Europcar	s.t.
40	Daniel Moreno	Team Katusha	s.t.
41	Ramunas Navardauskas	Garmin Sharp	s.t.
42	Bryan Coquard	Team Europcar	s.t.
43	Geraint Thomas	Team Sky	s.t.
44	Laurens Ten Dam	Belkin Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
45	Jean-Christophe Peraud	AG2R La Mondiale	s.t.
46	Tom Slagter	Garmin Sharp	s.t.
47	Hubert Dupont	AG2R La Mondiale	s.t.
48	Damiano Cunego	Lampre - Merida	s.t.
49	Luka Mezgec	Team Giant - Shimano	s.t.
50	Giampaolo Caruso	Team Katusha	s.t.
51	Janez BrajkoviÄ	Astana Pro Team	s.t.
52	Niki Terpstra	Omega Pharma - QuickÂ·Step Cycling Team	s.t.
53	Gianluca Brambilla	Omega Pharma - QuickÂ·Step Cycling Team	s.t.
54	Daniel Oss	BMC Racing Team	s.t.
55	Ben Swift	Team Sky	s.t.
56	Geoffrey Soupe	FDJ.fr	s.t.
57	Mark Renshaw	Omega Pharma - QuickÂ·Step Cycling Team	s.t.
58	Gianni Meersman	Omega Pharma - QuickÂ·Step Cycling Team	s.t.
59	Kenny Dehaes	Lotto Belisol	s.t.
60	Dennis Van Winden	Belkin Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
61	Adam Hansen	Lotto Belisol	s.t.
62	John Darwin Atapuma	BMC Racing Team	s.t.
63	Eros Capecchi	Movistar Team	s.t.
64	Dries Devenyns	Team Giant - Shimano	s.t.
65	Simon Spilak	Team Katusha	s.t.
66	JÃ©rÃ©my Roy	FDJ.fr	s.t.
67	Julien Vermote	Omega Pharma - QuickÂ·Step Cycling Team	s.t.
68	Lars Ytting Bak	Lotto Belisol	s.t.
69	Igor AntÃ³n	Movistar Team	s.t.
70	Nikias Arndt	Team Giant - Shimano	s.t.
71	Francis Mourey	FDJ.fr	s.t.
72	Jonas Vangenechten	Lotto Belisol	s.t.
73	Alexandre Pichot	Team Europcar	s.t.
74	Fabian Wegmann	Garmin Sharp	s.t.
75	Przemyslaw Niemiec	Lampre - Merida	s.t.
76	Kenny Elissonde	FDJ.fr	s.t.
77	Guillaume Bonnafond	AG2R La Mondiale	s.t.
78	Nick Nuyens	Garmin Sharp	s.t.
79	Francesco Gavazzi	Astana Pro Team	s.t.
80	Michael SchÃ¤r	BMC Racing Team	s.t.
81	Bradley Wiggins	Team Sky	s.t.
82	Adriano Malori	Movistar Team	s.t.
83	GrÃ©gory Rast	Trek Factory Racing	s.t.
84	Salvatore Puccio	Team Sky	s.t.
85	Cristiano Salerno	Cannondale	s.t.
86	Emanuele Sella	Androni Giocattoli	s.t.
87	David Boucher	FDJ.fr	s.t.
88	Stephen Cummings	BMC Racing Team	s.t.
89	Mikel Nieve	Team Sky	s.t.
90	Steve Morabito	BMC Racing Team	s.t.
91	George Preidler	Team Giant - Shimano	s.t.
92	Vyacheslav Kuznetsov	Team Katusha	s.t.
93	Diego Rosa	Androni Giocattoli	s.t.
94	Roberto Ferrari	Lampre - Merida	s.t.
95	Pablo Lastras	Movistar Team	s.t.
96	Marcus Burghardt	BMC Racing Team	s.t.
97	SÃ©bastien Turgot	AG2R La Mondiale	s.t.
98	Albert Timmer	Team Giant - Shimano	s.t.
99	Stig Broeckx	Lotto Belisol	s.t.
100	Branislau Samoilau	CCC Polsat Polkowice	s.t.
101	Gert Dockx	Lotto Belisol	s.t.
102	Marco Bandiera	Androni Giocattoli	s.t.
103	Mikhail Ignatiev	Team Katusha	s.t.
104	Filippo Fortin	Bardiani CSF	s.t.
105	Winner Anacona	Lampre - Merida	s.t.
106	Silvan Dillier	BMC Racing Team	s.t.
107	Manuele Boaro	Tinkoff - Saxo	s.t.
108	Nicola Ruffoni	Bardiani CSF	s.t.
109	Nicola Boem	Bardiani CSF	s.t.
110	Marco Coledan	Bardiani CSF	s.t.
111	Mateusz Taciak	CCC Polsat Polkowice	s.t.
112	Donato De Ieso	Bardiani CSF	s.t.
113	Jacek Morajko	CCC Polsat Polkowice	s.t.
114	Cheng Ji	Team Giant - Shimano	s.t.
115	Vegard Breen	Lotto Belisol	s.t.
116	Paolo Colonna	Bardiani CSF	s.t.
117	Matteo Rabottini	YellowFluo	+ 22
118	Matteo Tosatto	Tinkoff - Saxo	+ 3'03
119	Tom Boonen	Omega Pharma - QuickÂ·Step Cycling Team	+ 3'04
120	Raphael Visconti	Cannondale	s.t.
121	Michael Albasini	Orica GreenEdge	s.t.
122	Esteban Chaves	Orica GreenEdge	s.t.
123	Nicolas Roche	Tinkoff - Saxo	s.t.
124	Michael Hepburn	Orica GreenEdge	s.t.
125	Fabian Cancellara	Trek Factory Racing	s.t.
126	JÃ©rÃ´me Cousin	Team Europcar	s.t.
127	Arnold Jeannesson	FDJ.fr	s.t.
128	Matthew Goss	Orica GreenEdge	s.t.
129	Andrey Amador	Movistar Team	s.t.
130	Daniele Colli	YellowFluo	s.t.
131	Alexandr Kolobnev	Team Katusha	s.t.
132	Francesco Chicchi	YellowFluo	s.t.
133	Tanel Kangert	Astana Pro Team	s.t.
134	Michael Kolar	Tinkoff - Saxo	s.t.
135	Simone Ponzi	YellowFluo	s.t.
136	Mauro Finetto	YellowFluo	s.t.
137	Yukiya Arashiro	Team Europcar	s.t.
138	Matthew Busche	Trek Factory Racing	s.t.
139	Stijn Devolder	Trek Factory Racing	s.t.
140	Daan Olivier	Team Giant - Shimano	s.t.
141	Fabio Silvestre	Trek Factory Racing	s.t.
142	Alessandro Vanotti	Astana Pro Team	s.t.
143	Mirko Tedeschi	YellowFluo	s.t.
144	Gianni Bellini	YellowFluo	s.t.
145	Calvin Watson	Trek Factory Racing	s.t.
146	JosÃ© JoaquÃn Rojas	Movistar Team	+ 4'32
147	Tom Danielson	Garmin Sharp	s.t.
148	Ivan Santaromita	Orica GreenEdge	+ 5'02
149	Filippo Pozzato	Lampre - Merida	s.t.
150	Matthias Krizek	Cannondale	s.t.
151	Paolo Tiralongo	Astana Pro Team	s.t.
152	Maxim Belkov	Team Katusha	s.t.
153	Mateusz Nowak	CCC Polsat Polkowice	+ 5'34
154	Yonder Godoy	Androni Giocattoli	s.t.
155	Cameron Meyer	Orica GreenEdge	+ 5'38
156	Steven Kruijswijk	Belkin Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
157	Fabio Sabatini	Cannondale	s.t.
158	Chris Anker SÃ¸rensen	Tinkoff - Saxo	s.t.
159	Kristjan Koren	Cannondale	s.t.
160	Riccardo Zoidl	Trek Factory Racing	s.t.
161	SÃ©rgio Paulinho	Tinkoff - Saxo	s.t.
162	Nathan Brown	Garmin Sharp	s.t.
163	BjÃ¶rn Thurau	Team Europcar	s.t.
164	Romain Sicard	Team Europcar	s.t.
165	JarosÅ‚aw Marycz	CCC Polsat Polkowice	s.t.
166	Bartlomiej Matysiak	CCC Polsat Polkowice	s.t.
167	Omar Bertazzo	Androni Giocattoli	s.t.
168	Matteo Bono	Lampre - Merida	s.t.
169	Manuele Mori	Lampre - Merida	+ 7'22
170	Piotr GawroÅ„ski	CCC Polsat Polkowice	+ 7'59
171	Luigi Miletta	YellowFluo	+ 8'24
172	Nicola Testi	Androni Giocattoli	s.t.
173	David Millar	Garmin Sharp	+ 9'56
174	Andrea Zordan	Androni Giocattoli	+ 10'58

Edited by Shonak on 20-03-2014 20:02

baia

#206

Posted on 20-03-2014 21:08

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Loving to see Raphael riding so well, getting some great results and doing an amazing work for Peter here.. i must say Raphael saved SaganÂ´s Tirreno Adriatico..

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SSJ2Luigi

#207

Posted on 20-03-2014 21:09

World Champion

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a bit to close for comfort

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Ian Butler

#208

Posted on 21-03-2014 08:38

Tour de France Champion

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What an awesome stage. Raphael is starting to be irreplacable for Sagan

sutty68

#209

Posted on 21-03-2014 10:06

Tour de France Champion

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Great support role from Raphael, I am sure Peter will be thankful

Shonak

#210

Posted on 21-03-2014 11:01

Tour de France Champion

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@baia: Thank you. He sure saved Sagan a bit there.

@SS2JLuigi:

At least Sagan didn't lose time so everything's still cool.

@Ian Butler: Totally! He definitely showed his worth for Sagan and the team today.

I don't think Sagan would have made it if he had relied on YellowFluo to bring him (and Rabottini) back.

@sutty68: He better be thankful. haha Both did great.

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Shonak

#211

Posted on 21-03-2014 17:10

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Tirreno â€“ Adriatico: Stage 3 & 4
Germans taking over!
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Tirreno â€“ Adriatico saw two bunch sprints in the last two days, each one being dominated by one german topsprinter. While stage 3 featured a relatively flat profile, AndrÃ© Greipel had an seemingly easy win in Venafro. Sagan, still feeling the effects of the crash, merely finished 19th in the bunch sprint.

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Tirreno - Adriatico Stage 3, Results

Rank	Name	Team	Time
1	AndrÃ© Greipel	Lotto Belisol	3h25'27
2	Mark Cavendish	Omega Pharma - QuickÂ·Step Cycling Team	s.t.
3	Giacomo Nizzolo	Trek Factory Racing	s.t.

Spoiler

4	Daniele Bennati	Tinkoff - Saxo	s.t.
5	Arnaud Demare	FDJ.fr	s.t.
6	Marcel Kittel	Team Giant - Shimano	s.t.
7	Leigh Howard	Orica GreenEdge	s.t.
8	Sacha Modolo	Lampre - Merida	s.t.
9	Andrea Guardini	Astana Pro Team	s.t.
10	Tom Boonen	Omega Pharma - QuickÂ·Step Cycling Team	s.t.
11	Luka Mezgec	Team Giant - Shimano	s.t.
12	Francesco Chicchi	YellowFluo	s.t.
13	Bryan Coquard	Team Europcar	s.t.
14	JosÃ© JoaquÃn Rojas	Movistar Team	s.t.
15	Geoffrey Soupe	FDJ.fr	s.t.
16	Carlos Betancur	AG2R La Mondiale	s.t.
17	Brett Lancaster	Orica GreenEdge	s.t.
18	Robert Gesink	Belkin Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
19	Peter Sagan	Cannondale	s.t.
20	Kenny Dehaes	Lotto Belisol	s.t.
21	Marco Marcato	Cannondale	s.t.
22	Mark Renshaw	Omega Pharma - QuickÂ·Step Cycling Team	s.t.
23	Paolo Tiralongo	Astana Pro Team	s.t.
24	Simone Ponzi	YellowFluo	s.t.
25	Hubert Dupont	AG2R La Mondiale	s.t.
26	Oscar Gatto	Cannondale	s.t.
27	Thomas Voeckler	Team Europcar	s.t.
28	Laurens Ten Dam	Belkin Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
29	Alexandre Pichot	Team Europcar	s.t.
30	Giovanni Visconti	Movistar Team	s.t.
31	Matteo Rabottini	YellowFluo	s.t.
32	Alberto Contador	Tinkoff - Saxo	s.t.
33	Vincenzo Nibali	Astana Pro Team	s.t.
34	Eros Capecchi	Movistar Team	s.t.
35	Arthur Vichot	FDJ.fr	s.t.
36	Nikias Arndt	Team Giant - Shimano	s.t.
37	Pierre Rolland	Team Europcar	s.t.
38	Alexandr Kolobnev	Team Katusha	s.t.
39	Daniel Oss	BMC Racing Team	s.t.
40	Greg Van Avermaet	BMC Racing Team	s.t.
41	Daniel Moreno	Team Katusha	s.t.
42	Chris Anker SÃ¸rensen	Tinkoff - Saxo	s.t.
43	Edvald Boasson Hagen	Team Sky	s.t.
44	Rigoberto UrÃ¡n	Omega Pharma - QuickÂ·Step Cycling Team	s.t.
45	Sep Vanmarcke	Belkin Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
46	Simon Spilak	Team Katusha	s.t.
47	Luca Paolini	Team Katusha	s.t.
48	Dario Cataldo	Team Sky	s.t.
49	Fabian Wegmann	Garmin Sharp	s.t.
50	Igor AntÃ³n	Movistar Team	s.t.
51	Nathan Brown	Garmin Sharp	s.t.
52	Winner Anacona	Lampre - Merida	s.t.
53	Javier Moreno	Movistar Team	s.t.
54	Andrew Talansky	Garmin Sharp	s.t.
55	Michele Scarponi	Astana Pro Team	s.t.
56	Jonathan Hivert	Belkin Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
57	Damiano Cunego	Lampre - Merida	s.t.
58	Damien Gaudin	AG2R La Mondiale	s.t.
59	Przemyslaw Niemiec	Lampre - Merida	s.t.
60	Jean-Christophe Peraud	AG2R La Mondiale	s.t.
61	Adam Hansen	Lotto Belisol	s.t.
62	Adriano Malori	Movistar Team	s.t.
63	Francis Mourey	FDJ.fr	s.t.
64	Michael SchÃ¤r	BMC Racing Team	s.t.
65	Mikel Nieve	Team Sky	s.t.
66	Steve Morabito	BMC Racing Team	s.t.
67	Pablo Lastras	Movistar Team	s.t.
68	Ramunas Navardauskas	Garmin Sharp	s.t.
69	Christopher Sutton	Team Sky	s.t.
70	Lars Boom	Belkin Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
71	Arnold Jeannesson	FDJ.fr	s.t.
72	Salvatore Puccio	Team Sky	s.t.
73	Jonas Vangenechten	Lotto Belisol	s.t.
74	John Darwin Atapuma	BMC Racing Team	s.t.
75	Ben Swift	Team Sky	s.t.
76	Geraint Thomas	Team Sky	s.t.
77	Tom Slagter	Garmin Sharp	s.t.
78	Nick Nuyens	Garmin Sharp	s.t.
79	Fabio Sabatini	Cannondale	s.t.
80	Diego Rosa	Androni Giocattoli	s.t.
81	Stig Broeckx	Lotto Belisol	s.t.
82	Julien Vermote	Omega Pharma - QuickÂ·Step Cycling Team	s.t.
83	Guillaume Bonnafond	AG2R La Mondiale	s.t.
84	SÃ©bastien Turgot	AG2R La Mondiale	s.t.
85	Mauro Finetto	YellowFluo	s.t.
86	Filippo Pozzato	Lampre - Merida	s.t.
87	Silvan Dillier	BMC Racing Team	s.t.
88	Marcus Burghardt	BMC Racing Team	s.t.
89	Gert Dockx	Lotto Belisol	s.t.
90	Giampaolo Caruso	Team Katusha	s.t.
91	Steve Chainel	AG2R La Mondiale	s.t.
92	Gianluca Brambilla	Omega Pharma - QuickÂ·Step Cycling Team	s.t.
93	Vyacheslav Kuznetsov	Team Katusha	s.t.
94	Mikhail Ignatiev	Team Katusha	s.t.
95	Enrico Barbin	Bardiani CSF	s.t.
96	Andrea Manfredi	Bardiani CSF	s.t.
97	Janez BrajkoviÄ	Astana Pro Team	s.t.
98	Raphael Visconti	Cannondale	s.t.
99	Niki Terpstra	Omega Pharma - QuickÂ·Step Cycling Team	s.t.
100	Mirko Tedeschi	YellowFluo	s.t.
101	Daniele Colli	YellowFluo	s.t.
102	Gianni Meersman	Omega Pharma - QuickÂ·Step Cycling Team	s.t.
103	Kristjan Koren	Cannondale	s.t.
104	Luigi Miletta	YellowFluo	s.t.
105	Dennis Van Winden	Belkin Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
106	Gianni Bellini	YellowFluo	s.t.
107	Andrey Amador	Movistar Team	s.t.
108	David Millar	Garmin Sharp	s.t.
109	SÃ©rgio Paulinho	Tinkoff - Saxo	s.t.
110	Tom Danielson	Garmin Sharp	s.t.
111	Nicolas Roche	Tinkoff - Saxo	s.t.
112	Filippo Fortin	Bardiani CSF	s.t.
113	Mateusz Nowak	CCC Polsat Polkowice	s.t.
114	Branislau Samoilau	CCC Polsat Polkowice	s.t.
115	Emanuele Sella	Androni Giocattoli	s.t.
116	JarosÅ‚aw Marycz	CCC Polsat Polkowice	s.t.
117	Albert Timmer	Team Giant - Shimano	s.t.
118	Patrick Facchini	Androni Giocattoli	s.t.
119	Cristiano Salerno	Cannondale	s.t.
120	Davide Rebellin	CCC Polsat Polkowice	s.t.
121	Roberto Ferrari	Lampre - Merida	s.t.
122	Maxim Belkov	Team Katusha	s.t.
123	Lars Ytting Bak	Lotto Belisol	s.t.
124	Nicola Boem	Bardiani CSF	s.t.
125	Nicola Ruffoni	Bardiani CSF	s.t.
126	Yonder Godoy	Androni Giocattoli	s.t.
127	Marco Bandiera	Androni Giocattoli	s.t.
128	Bradley Wiggins	Team Sky	s.t.
129	Marco Coledan	Bardiani CSF	s.t.
130	Jacek Morajko	CCC Polsat Polkowice	s.t.
131	Nicola Testi	Androni Giocattoli	s.t.
132	Paolo Colonna	Bardiani CSF	s.t.
133	Bartlomiej Matysiak	CCC Polsat Polkowice	s.t.
134	Kenny Elissonde	FDJ.fr	s.t.
135	David Boucher	FDJ.fr	s.t.
136	Michael Albasini	Orica GreenEdge	s.t.
137	Stephen Cummings	BMC Racing Team	s.t.
138	Manuele Boaro	Tinkoff - Saxo	s.t.
139	Mateusz Taciak	CCC Polsat Polkowice	s.t.
140	Fabian Cancellara	Trek Factory Racing	s.t.
141	Donato De Ieso	Bardiani CSF	s.t.
142	Esteban Chaves	Orica GreenEdge	s.t.
143	Fabio Silvestre	Trek Factory Racing	s.t.
144	Yukiya Arashiro	Team Europcar	s.t.
145	JÃ©rÃ©my Roy	FDJ.fr	s.t.
146	Cheng Ji	Team Giant - Shimano	s.t.
147	Francesco Gavazzi	Astana Pro Team	s.t.
148	Michael Hepburn	Orica GreenEdge	s.t.
149	Piotr GawroÅ„ski	CCC Polsat Polkowice	s.t.
150	Dries Devenyns	Team Giant - Shimano	s.t.
151	Michael Kolar	Tinkoff - Saxo	s.t.
152	Matthew Goss	Orica GreenEdge	s.t.
153	Tanel Kangert	Astana Pro Team	s.t.
154	JÃ©rÃ´me Cousin	Team Europcar	s.t.
155	Cameron Meyer	Orica GreenEdge	s.t.
156	Daan Olivier	Team Giant - Shimano	s.t.
157	Riccardo Zoidl	Trek Factory Racing	s.t.
158	Stijn Devolder	Trek Factory Racing	s.t.
159	Omar Bertazzo	Androni Giocattoli	s.t.
160	Alessandro Vanotti	Astana Pro Team	s.t.
161	Matteo Tosatto	Tinkoff - Saxo	s.t.
162	Vegard Breen	Lotto Belisol	s.t.
163	George Preidler	Team Giant - Shimano	s.t.
164	Calvin Watson	Trek Factory Racing	s.t.
165	Matteo Bono	Lampre - Merida	s.t.
166	GrÃ©gory Rast	Trek Factory Racing	s.t.
167	BjÃ¶rn Thurau	Team Europcar	s.t.
168	Matthew Busche	Trek Factory Racing	s.t.
169	Ivan Santaromita	Orica GreenEdge	s.t.
170	Andrea Zordan	Androni Giocattoli	s.t.
171	Romain Sicard	Team Europcar	s.t.
172	Manuele Mori	Lampre - Merida	s.t.
173	Steven Kruijswijk	Belkin Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
174	Matthias Krizek	Cannondale	+ 3'39

A much more interesting profile for the GC provided stage 4. Three climbs put up quite a hassle for the sprinters and the horrible rain as well as the wind didnâ€™t stop Cannondale from making the race fast. At 60 kilometers it became more and more difficult to even bring bottles upfront. Cannondale had to waste two riders until Koren finally succeeded in this simple task.

Because Marcato couldnâ€™t get up to Sagan in the fast downhill finish, I had the obligation to protet Sagan in the finale kilometers. Tough work, especially when you already did some major work in the relay throughout the race. And here I thought Iâ€™d have an easy day for once. Gatto meanwhile was inclined to choose a train on its own, going for his own result, since the finish suited him.

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But I am no man of lead-out trains and good positioning yet. I lack experience, fast legs and even the talent. So I wasnâ€™t much help to Sagan. I saw how he got cornered in the sprint by the FDJ duo Demare and Soupe, and when he finally broke free, there was no stopping Kittel in Tivoli. In fact, Sagan once more disappointed, while Gatto achieved a fine 9th place.

At that point it became clear that Sagan didnâ€™t have the legs (anymore) for a bunch sprint, not after the previous crash. It made things tougher for us, but heck, we surely wonâ€™t give up.

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Tirreno - Adriatico Stage 4, Results

Rank	Name	Team	Time
1	Marcel Kittel	Team Giant - Shimano	4h44'00
2	Daniele Bennati	Tinkoff - Saxo	s.t.
3	AndrÃ© Greipel	Lotto Belisol	s.t.

Spoiler

4	Giovanni Visconti	Movistar Team	s.t.
5	Giacomo Nizzolo	Trek Factory Racing	s.t.
6	Vincenzo Nibali	Astana Pro Team	s.t.
7	Greg Van Avermaet	BMC Racing Team	s.t.
8	Ramunas Navardauskas	Garmin Sharp	s.t.
9	Oscar Gatto	Cannondale	s.t.
10	Carlos Betancur	AG2R La Mondiale	s.t.
11	Arthur Vichot	FDJ.fr	s.t.
12	Daniel Moreno	Team Katusha	s.t.
13	Rigoberto UrÃ¡n	Omega Pharma - QuickÂ·Step Cycling Team	s.t.
14	Robert Gesink	Belkin Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
15	Arnaud Demare	FDJ.fr	s.t.
16	Peter Sagan	Cannondale	s.t.
17	Alberto Contador	Tinkoff - Saxo	s.t.
18	Francesco Gavazzi	Astana Pro Team	s.t.
19	Thomas Voeckler	Team Europcar	s.t.
20	JosÃ© JoaquÃn Rojas	Movistar Team	s.t.
21	Geoffrey Soupe	FDJ.fr	s.t.
22	Andrew Talansky	Garmin Sharp	s.t.
23	Luca Paolini	Team Katusha	s.t.
24	Mark Renshaw	Omega Pharma - QuickÂ·Step Cycling Team	s.t.
25	Pierre Rolland	Team Europcar	s.t.
26	Tom Slagter	Garmin Sharp	s.t.
27	Damien Gaudin	AG2R La Mondiale	s.t.
28	Leigh Howard	Orica GreenEdge	s.t.
29	Simon Spilak	Team Katusha	s.t.
30	Eros Capecchi	Movistar Team	s.t.
31	Damiano Cunego	Lampre - Merida	s.t.
32	Matteo Rabottini	YellowFluo	s.t.
33	Javier Moreno	Movistar Team	s.t.
34	Jonathan Hivert	Belkin Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
35	Jonas Vangenechten	Lotto Belisol	s.t.
36	Dario Cataldo	Team Sky	s.t.
37	Jean-Christophe Peraud	AG2R La Mondiale	s.t.
38	Giampaolo Caruso	Team Katusha	s.t.
39	Igor AntÃ³n	Movistar Team	s.t.
40	Simone Ponzi	YellowFluo	s.t.
41	Gianni Meersman	Omega Pharma - QuickÂ·Step Cycling Team	s.t.
42	Dries Devenyns	Team Giant - Shimano	s.t.
43	Geraint Thomas	Team Sky	s.t.
44	Mark Cavendish	Omega Pharma - QuickÂ·Step Cycling Team	s.t.
45	Przemyslaw Niemiec	Lampre - Merida	s.t.
46	Matthew Goss	Orica GreenEdge	s.t.
47	Gianluca Brambilla	Omega Pharma - QuickÂ·Step Cycling Team	s.t.
48	Francesco Chicchi	YellowFluo	s.t.
49	Janez BrajkoviÄ	Astana Pro Team	s.t.
50	Hubert Dupont	AG2R La Mondiale	s.t.
51	Niki Terpstra	Omega Pharma - QuickÂ·Step Cycling Team	s.t.
52	Daniel Oss	BMC Racing Team	s.t.
53	Mikhail Ignatiev	Team Katusha	s.t.
54	Luka Mezgec	Team Giant - Shimano	s.t.
55	Alessandro Vanotti	Astana Pro Team	s.t.
56	Dennis Van Winden	Belkin Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
57	Francis Mourey	FDJ.fr	s.t.
58	JÃ©rÃ©my Roy	FDJ.fr	s.t.
59	Kenny Dehaes	Lotto Belisol	s.t.
60	Raphael Visconti	Cannondale	s.t.
61	Marco Marcato	Cannondale	s.t.
62	Lars Ytting Bak	Lotto Belisol	s.t.
63	Nathan Brown	Garmin Sharp	s.t.
64	Arnold Jeannesson	FDJ.fr	s.t.
65	Adam Hansen	Lotto Belisol	s.t.
66	Kenny Elissonde	FDJ.fr	s.t.
67	David Boucher	FDJ.fr	s.t.
68	Gert Dockx	Lotto Belisol	+ 2'14
69	Julien Vermote	Omega Pharma - QuickÂ·Step Cycling Team	s.t.
70	Fabian Cancellara	Trek Factory Racing	+ 3'04
71	Bryan Coquard	Team Europcar	s.t.
72	Sacha Modolo	Lampre - Merida	s.t.
73	Michele Scarponi	Astana Pro Team	s.t.
74	Steve Chainel	AG2R La Mondiale	s.t.
75	Nick Nuyens	Garmin Sharp	s.t.
76	SÃ©bastien Turgot	AG2R La Mondiale	s.t.
77	Alexandre Pichot	Team Europcar	s.t.
78	Roberto Ferrari	Lampre - Merida	s.t.
79	Nicolas Roche	Tinkoff - Saxo	s.t.
80	Stijn Devolder	Trek Factory Racing	s.t.
81	Filippo Fortin	Bardiani CSF	s.t.
82	Nicola Ruffoni	Bardiani CSF	s.t.
83	Kristjan Koren	Cannondale	s.t.
84	Laurens Ten Dam	Belkin Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
85	Ben Swift	Team Sky	s.t.
86	Alexandr Kolobnev	Team Katusha	s.t.
87	Sep Vanmarcke	Belkin Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
88	Edvald Boasson Hagen	Team Sky	s.t.
89	Winner Anacona	Lampre - Merida	s.t.
90	Michael SchÃ¤r	BMC Racing Team	s.t.
91	Adriano Malori	Movistar Team	s.t.
92	Filippo Pozzato	Lampre - Merida	s.t.
93	Marcus Burghardt	BMC Racing Team	s.t.
94	Brett Lancaster	Orica GreenEdge	s.t.
95	Marco Bandiera	Androni Giocattoli	s.t.
96	Salvatore Puccio	Team Sky	s.t.
97	Bartlomiej Matysiak	CCC Polsat Polkowice	s.t.
98	Tanel Kangert	Astana Pro Team	s.t.
99	Emanuele Sella	Androni Giocattoli	s.t.
100	Davide Rebellin	CCC Polsat Polkowice	s.t.
101	Matteo Tosatto	Tinkoff - Saxo	s.t.
102	Andrea Manfredi	Bardiani CSF	s.t.
103	Bradley Wiggins	Team Sky	s.t.
104	Steve Morabito	BMC Racing Team	s.t.
105	Enrico Barbin	Bardiani CSF	s.t.
106	Michael Kolar	Tinkoff - Saxo	s.t.
107	Guillaume Bonnafond	AG2R La Mondiale	s.t.
108	Lars Boom	Belkin Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
109	Diego Rosa	Androni Giocattoli	s.t.
110	Patrick Facchini	Androni Giocattoli	s.t.
111	John Darwin Atapuma	BMC Racing Team	s.t.
112	Michael Albasini	Orica GreenEdge	s.t.
113	Branislau Samoilau	CCC Polsat Polkowice	s.t.
114	Fabian Wegmann	Garmin Sharp	s.t.
115	Nikias Arndt	Team Giant - Shimano	s.t.
116	Stig Broeckx	Lotto Belisol	s.t.
117	Daan Olivier	Team Giant - Shimano	s.t.
118	Albert Timmer	Team Giant - Shimano	s.t.
119	Manuele Mori	Lampre - Merida	+ 7'09
120	BjÃ¶rn Thurau	Team Europcar	s.t.
121	Mikel Nieve	Team Sky	+ 8'04
122	Vyacheslav Kuznetsov	Team Katusha	s.t.
123	Esteban Chaves	Orica GreenEdge	s.t.
124	Romain Sicard	Team Europcar	s.t.
125	Ivan Santaromita	Orica GreenEdge	s.t.
126	Chris Anker SÃ¸rensen	Tinkoff - Saxo	s.t.
127	Matthew Busche	Trek Factory Racing	s.t.
128	Paolo Tiralongo	Astana Pro Team	s.t.
129	Mauro Finetto	YellowFluo	s.t.
130	Andrey Amador	Movistar Team	s.t.
131	Manuele Boaro	Tinkoff - Saxo	s.t.
132	Christopher Sutton	Team Sky	s.t.
133	Riccardo Zoidl	Trek Factory Racing	s.t.
134	Fabio Silvestre	Trek Factory Racing	s.t.
135	Daniele Colli	YellowFluo	s.t.
136	Tom Boonen	Omega Pharma - QuickÂ·Step Cycling Team	s.t.
137	Mateusz Nowak	CCC Polsat Polkowice	s.t.
138	JÃ©rÃ´me Cousin	Team Europcar	s.t.
139	Marco Coledan	Bardiani CSF	s.t.
140	Jacek Morajko	CCC Polsat Polkowice	s.t.
141	JarosÅ‚aw Marycz	CCC Polsat Polkowice	s.t.
142	George Preidler	Team Giant - Shimano	s.t.
143	Silvan Dillier	BMC Racing Team	s.t.
144	Pablo Lastras	Movistar Team	s.t.
145	Nicola Boem	Bardiani CSF	s.t.
146	Stephen Cummings	BMC Racing Team	s.t.
147	Michael Hepburn	Orica GreenEdge	s.t.
148	David Millar	Garmin Sharp	s.t.
149	GrÃ©gory Rast	Trek Factory Racing	s.t.
150	Donato De Ieso	Bardiani CSF	s.t.
151	Tom Danielson	Garmin Sharp	s.t.
152	Fabio Sabatini	Cannondale	s.t.
153	Mateusz Taciak	CCC Polsat Polkowice	s.t.
154	Matteo Bono	Lampre - Merida	s.t.
155	Calvin Watson	Trek Factory Racing	s.t.
156	Yonder Godoy	Androni Giocattoli	s.t.
157	Luigi Miletta	YellowFluo	s.t.
158	Andrea Guardini	Astana Pro Team	s.t.
159	Paolo Colonna	Bardiani CSF	s.t.
160	Gianni Bellini	YellowFluo	s.t.
161	SÃ©rgio Paulinho	Tinkoff - Saxo	s.t.
162	Vegard Breen	Lotto Belisol	s.t.
163	Cheng Ji	Team Giant - Shimano	s.t.
164	Cristiano Salerno	Cannondale	s.t.
165	Matthias Krizek	Cannondale	+ 11'01
166	Yukiya Arashiro	Team Europcar	+ 11'53
167	Mirko Tedeschi	YellowFluo	+ 15'13
168	Omar Bertazzo	Androni Giocattoli	+ 15'36
169	Nicola Testi	Androni Giocattoli	s.t.
170	Piotr GawroÅ„ski	CCC Polsat Polkowice	s.t.
171	Cameron Meyer	Orica GreenEdge	+ 19'18
172	Steven Kruijswijk	Belkin Pro Cycling Team	+ 21'12
173	Maxim Belkov	Team Katusha	s.t.
174	Andrea Zordan	Androni Giocattoli	s.t.

Shonak

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Posted on 21-03-2014 19:18

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Tirreno â€“ Adriatico Stage 5
Kolobnev wins from breakaway in Torricella Sicura!
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The Russian won out of the breakaway on this hilly stage. However, despite the gap of over a minute to the peloton, the leaderâ€™s jersey remains with Marcel Kittel. Peter Sagan from the very active Cannondale team brought in the peloton as fifth, while being unable to get a gap between himself and his rivals.

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It was in fact a real shame that it didnâ€™t work out. We had big plans for today, it should have been the perfect stage for him to at least take the jersey. But maybe it was too perfect, this way we were left to do most of the work with only Giant â€“ Shimano doing some of the work. So basically two sprinter teams, where none decent mountain man was featured, dictacted the pace of the peloton. While Cannondale tried to drop guys like Kittel and Greipel, it just didnâ€™t work. On the other side, the breakaway had a decent lead. Nothing to worry about.

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I have to admit that we really tried here to make the race tough and in return, we powered ourselves out. At some point we werenâ€™t able to maintain the pace and do more work. As mentioned before, we were mostly riding for the win here with occasional help from Giant â€“ Shimano. When no other teams help you and their captain starts attacking, than you run into trouble. Sagan at least was going strong and tried his luck multiple times.

The long downhill suited him as well as the slight uphill finish. But unfortunately guys like Alberto Contador and Vincenzo Nibali had plans on their own, and by hunting Sagan, they created a long peloton with a huge tail... You know the consequence. We may have profited on stage 2 from the equal time for the peloton, but today we were on the losing side.

Today we may have seen that our team is just not up to supporting Sagan in a complete manner. We may have our moments but there are also weaknesses. Not a great day at all. I feel empty after a day of hard work and nothing gained. I finished 22nd today because I always kept myself upfront in case Peter needed me and before I knew, I crossed the finish line. It was just that damn fast.

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Tirreno - Adriatico, Stage 5

Rank	Name	Team	Time
1	Alexandr Kolobnev	Team Katusha	4h47'52
2	Lars Boom	Belkin Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
3	Tom Danielson	Garmin Sharp	s.t.
4	Chris Anker SÃ¸rensen	Tinkoff - Saxo	s.t.
5	Peter Sagan	Cannondale	+ 1'47
6	Alberto Contador	Tinkoff - Saxo	s.t.
7	Filippo Pozzato	Lampre - Merida	s.t.
8	Carlos Betancur	AG2R La Mondiale	s.t.
9	Vincenzo Nibali	Astana Pro Team	s.t.
10	Rigoberto UrÃ¡n	Omega Pharma - QuickÂ·Step Cycling Team	s.t.

Spoiler

11	Gianni Meersman	Omega Pharma - QuickÂ·Step Cycling Team	s.t.
12	Jonathan Hivert	Belkin Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
13	Jean-Christophe Peraud	AG2R La Mondiale	s.t.
14	Daniel Moreno	Team Katusha	s.t.
15	Andrey Amador	Movistar Team	s.t.
16	Luca Paolini	Team Katusha	s.t.
17	Greg Van Avermaet	BMC Racing Team	s.t.
18	Javier Moreno	Movistar Team	s.t.
19	Daniel Oss	BMC Racing Team	s.t.
20	Pablo Lastras	Movistar Team	s.t.
21	Pierre Rolland	Team Europcar	s.t.
22	Raphael Visconti	Cannondale	s.t.
23	Thomas Voeckler	Team Europcar	s.t.
24	Robert Gesink	Belkin Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
25	Marcel Kittel	Team Giant - Shimano	s.t.
26	Igor AntÃ³n	Movistar Team	s.t.
27	Giovanni Visconti	Movistar Team	s.t.
28	Oscar Gatto	Cannondale	s.t.
29	Bryan Coquard	Team Europcar	s.t.
30	Michele Scarponi	Astana Pro Team	s.t.
31	Kristjan Koren	Cannondale	s.t.
32	Damiano Cunego	Lampre - Merida	s.t.
33	Winner Anacona	Lampre - Merida	s.t.
34	Francesco Gavazzi	Astana Pro Team	s.t.
35	Guillaume Bonnafond	AG2R La Mondiale	s.t.
36	Sacha Modolo	Lampre - Merida	s.t.
37	Andrew Talansky	Garmin Sharp	s.t.
38	Stephen Cummings	BMC Racing Team	s.t.
39	Simon Spilak	Team Katusha	s.t.
40	JosÃ© JoaquÃn Rojas	Movistar Team	s.t.
41	Janez BrajkoviÄ	Astana Pro Team	s.t.
42	Dario Cataldo	Team Sky	s.t.
43	Giampaolo Caruso	Team Katusha	s.t.
44	Manuele Mori	Lampre - Merida	s.t.
45	Tom Slagter	Garmin Sharp	s.t.
46	Hubert Dupont	AG2R La Mondiale	s.t.
47	Michael SchÃ¤r	BMC Racing Team	s.t.
48	Marco Marcato	Cannondale	s.t.
49	Eros Capecchi	Movistar Team	s.t.
50	Niki Terpstra	Omega Pharma - QuickÂ·Step Cycling Team	s.t.
51	Daan Olivier	Team Giant - Shimano	s.t.
52	Adriano Malori	Movistar Team	s.t.
53	Cristiano Salerno	Cannondale	s.t.
54	Marcus Burghardt	BMC Racing Team	s.t.
55	Steve Morabito	BMC Racing Team	s.t.
56	Ramunas Navardauskas	Garmin Sharp	s.t.
57	Tanel Kangert	Astana Pro Team	s.t.
58	Przemyslaw Niemiec	Lampre - Merida	s.t.
59	Geraint Thomas	Team Sky	s.t.
60	Kenny Elissonde	FDJ.fr	s.t.
61	JÃ©rÃ©my Roy	FDJ.fr	s.t.
62	Yukiya Arashiro	Team Europcar	s.t.
63	Arthur Vichot	FDJ.fr	s.t.
64	Dries Devenyns	Team Giant - Shimano	s.t.
65	Nicolas Roche	Tinkoff - Saxo	s.t.
66	Paolo Tiralongo	Astana Pro Team	s.t.
67	Gianluca Brambilla	Omega Pharma - QuickÂ·Step Cycling Team	s.t.
68	Julien Vermote	Omega Pharma - QuickÂ·Step Cycling Team	s.t.
69	Lars Ytting Bak	Lotto Belisol	s.t.
70	Francis Mourey	FDJ.fr	s.t.
71	Davide Rebellin	CCC Polsat Polkowice	s.t.
72	Ivan Santaromita	Orica GreenEdge	s.t.
73	SÃ©bastien Turgot	AG2R La Mondiale	s.t.
74	Roberto Ferrari	Lampre - Merida	s.t.
75	Michael Albasini	Orica GreenEdge	s.t.
76	Arnold Jeannesson	FDJ.fr	s.t.
77	Adam Hansen	Lotto Belisol	s.t.
78	Emanuele Sella	Androni Giocattoli	s.t.
79	Laurens Ten Dam	Belkin Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
80	John Darwin Atapuma	BMC Racing Team	s.t.
81	Mark Renshaw	Omega Pharma - QuickÂ·Step Cycling Team	s.t.
82	Matthew Busche	Trek Factory Racing	s.t.
83	Alessandro Vanotti	Astana Pro Team	s.t.
84	Bradley Wiggins	Team Sky	s.t.
85	SÃ©rgio Paulinho	Tinkoff - Saxo	s.t.
86	Edvald Boasson Hagen	Team Sky	s.t.
87	Simone Ponzi	YellowFluo	s.t.
88	Romain Sicard	Team Europcar	s.t.
89	Fabian Cancellara	Trek Factory Racing	s.t.
90	Diego Rosa	Androni Giocattoli	s.t.
91	Branislau Samoilau	CCC Polsat Polkowice	s.t.
92	Mikel Nieve	Team Sky	s.t.
93	Nick Nuyens	Garmin Sharp	s.t.
94	Patrick Facchini	Androni Giocattoli	s.t.
95	Matteo Bono	Lampre - Merida	s.t.
96	Riccardo Zoidl	Trek Factory Racing	s.t.
97	Giacomo Nizzolo	Trek Factory Racing	s.t.
98	GrÃ©gory Rast	Trek Factory Racing	s.t.
99	Geoffrey Soupe	FDJ.fr	s.t.
100	AndrÃ© Greipel	Lotto Belisol	s.t.
101	Matteo Rabottini	YellowFluo	s.t.
102	George Preidler	Team Giant - Shimano	s.t.
103	Enrico Barbin	Bardiani CSF	s.t.
104	Nikias Arndt	Team Giant - Shimano	s.t.
105	Sep Vanmarcke	Belkin Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
106	Luka Mezgec	Team Giant - Shimano	s.t.
107	Esteban Chaves	Orica GreenEdge	s.t.
108	Steve Chainel	AG2R La Mondiale	s.t.
109	Daniele Bennati	Tinkoff - Saxo	s.t.
110	Salvatore Puccio	Team Sky	s.t.
111	BjÃ¶rn Thurau	Team Europcar	+ 4'29
112	Arnaud Demare	FDJ.fr	s.t.
113	Andrea Manfredi	Bardiani CSF	s.t.
114	Albert Timmer	Team Giant - Shimano	s.t.
115	Matteo Tosatto	Tinkoff - Saxo	+ 5'00
116	Donato De Ieso	Bardiani CSF	+ 6'26
117	Matthew Goss	Orica GreenEdge	+ 7'08
118	Ben Swift	Team Sky	s.t.
119	Brett Lancaster	Orica GreenEdge	s.t.
120	Nicola Boem	Bardiani CSF	s.t.
121	Mikhail Ignatiev	Team Katusha	s.t.
122	JarosÅ‚aw Marycz	CCC Polsat Polkowice	s.t.
123	Fabio Sabatini	Cannondale	s.t.
124	Jacek Morajko	CCC Polsat Polkowice	s.t.
125	Filippo Fortin	Bardiani CSF	s.t.
126	Stijn Devolder	Trek Factory Racing	+ 7'51
127	Kenny Dehaes	Lotto Belisol	s.t.
128	Mauro Finetto	YellowFluo	s.t.
129	Mark Cavendish	Omega Pharma - QuickÂ·Step Cycling Team	s.t.
130	Nathan Brown	Garmin Sharp	s.t.
131	Gert Dockx	Lotto Belisol	s.t.
132	Alexandre Pichot	Team Europcar	s.t.
133	Andrea Guardini	Astana Pro Team	s.t.
134	Francesco Chicchi	YellowFluo	s.t.
135	Damien Gaudin	AG2R La Mondiale	s.t.
136	Marco Coledan	Bardiani CSF	s.t.
137	Jonas Vangenechten	Lotto Belisol	s.t.
138	Luigi Miletta	YellowFluo	s.t.
139	Calvin Watson	Trek Factory Racing	s.t.
140	Leigh Howard	Orica GreenEdge	s.t.
141	Mirko Tedeschi	YellowFluo	s.t.
142	Paolo Colonna	Bardiani CSF	s.t.
143	Yonder Godoy	Androni Giocattoli	s.t.
144	Cheng Ji	Team Giant - Shimano	+ 9'05
145	JÃ©rÃ´me Cousin	Team Europcar	+ 11'05
146	Silvan Dillier	BMC Racing Team	+ 11'55
147	Manuele Boaro	Tinkoff - Saxo	s.t.
148	Stig Broeckx	Lotto Belisol	s.t.
149	David Millar	Garmin Sharp	s.t.
150	David Boucher	FDJ.fr	s.t.
151	Mateusz Nowak	CCC Polsat Polkowice	s.t.
152	Fabio Silvestre	Trek Factory Racing	s.t.
153	Vyacheslav Kuznetsov	Team Katusha	s.t.
154	Christopher Sutton	Team Sky	s.t.
155	Daniele Colli	YellowFluo	s.t.
156	Michael Hepburn	Orica GreenEdge	s.t.
157	Bartlomiej Matysiak	CCC Polsat Polkowice	s.t.
158	Marco Bandiera	Androni Giocattoli	s.t.
159	Vegard Breen	Lotto Belisol	s.t.
160	Michael Kolar	Tinkoff - Saxo	s.t.
161	Nicola Ruffoni	Bardiani CSF	s.t.
162	Mateusz Taciak	CCC Polsat Polkowice	s.t.
163	Dennis Van Winden	Belkin Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
164	Piotr GawroÅ„ski	CCC Polsat Polkowice	s.t.
165	Maxim Belkov	Team Katusha	s.t.
166	Matthias Krizek	Cannondale	s.t.
167	Gianni Bellini	YellowFluo	s.t.
168	Nicola Testi	Androni Giocattoli	s.t.
169	Tom Boonen	Omega Pharma - QuickÂ·Step Cycling Team	+ 20'03
170	Omar Bertazzo	Androni Giocattoli	+ 21'48
171	Cameron Meyer	Orica GreenEdge	+ 22'00
172	Steven Kruijswijk	Belkin Pro Cycling Team	+ 22'23
173	Andrea Zordan	Androni Giocattoli	+ 22'54
174	Fabian Wegmann	Garmin Sharp	+ 23'27

Tirreno - Adriatico , GC

Rank	Name	Team	Time
1	Marcel Kittel	Team Giant - Shimano	19h53'11
2	AndrÃ© Greipel	Lotto Belisol	+ 7
3	Daniele Bennati	Tinkoff - Saxo	+ 19
4	Peter Sagan	Cannondale	s.t.
5	Giacomo Nizzolo	Trek Factory Racing	+ 21

Spoiler

6	Carlos Betancur	AG2R La Mondiale	+ 25
7	Vincenzo Nibali	Astana Pro Team	s.t.
8	Robert Gesink	Belkin Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
9	Alberto Contador	Tinkoff - Saxo	s.t.
10	Oscar Gatto	Cannondale	s.t.
11	Giovanni Visconti	Movistar Team	s.t.
12	Rigoberto UrÃ¡n	Omega Pharma - QuickÂ·Step Cycling Team	s.t.
13	Jonathan Hivert	Belkin Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
14	Marco Marcato	Cannondale	s.t.
15	Greg Van Avermaet	BMC Racing Team	s.t.
16	Daniel Moreno	Team Katusha	s.t.
17	Javier Moreno	Movistar Team	s.t.
18	Thomas Voeckler	Team Europcar	s.t.
19	Pierre Rolland	Team Europcar	s.t.
20	Luca Paolini	Team Katusha	s.t.
21	Arthur Vichot	FDJ.fr	s.t.
22	Andrew Talansky	Garmin Sharp	s.t.
23	Jean-Christophe Peraud	AG2R La Mondiale	s.t.
24	Dario Cataldo	Team Sky	s.t.
25	Hubert Dupont	AG2R La Mondiale	s.t.
26	Daniel Oss	BMC Racing Team	s.t.
27	Damiano Cunego	Lampre - Merida	s.t.
28	Ramunas Navardauskas	Garmin Sharp	s.t.
29	Mark Renshaw	Omega Pharma - QuickÂ·Step Cycling Team	s.t.
30	Tom Slagter	Garmin Sharp	s.t.
31	Eros Capecchi	Movistar Team	s.t.
32	Simon Spilak	Team Katusha	s.t.
33	Geoffrey Soupe	FDJ.fr	s.t.
34	Igor AntÃ³n	Movistar Team	s.t.
35	Geraint Thomas	Team Sky	s.t.
36	Luka Mezgec	Team Giant - Shimano	s.t.
37	Gianni Meersman	Omega Pharma - QuickÂ·Step Cycling Team	s.t.
38	Giampaolo Caruso	Team Katusha	s.t.
39	Janez BrajkoviÄ	Astana Pro Team	s.t.
40	Niki Terpstra	Omega Pharma - QuickÂ·Step Cycling Team	s.t.
41	Przemyslaw Niemiec	Lampre - Merida	s.t.
42	Gianluca Brambilla	Omega Pharma - QuickÂ·Step Cycling Team	s.t.
43	Adam Hansen	Lotto Belisol	s.t.
44	Francis Mourey	FDJ.fr	s.t.
45	Francesco Gavazzi	Astana Pro Team	s.t.
46	Dries Devenyns	Team Giant - Shimano	s.t.
47	Lars Ytting Bak	Lotto Belisol	s.t.
48	JÃ©rÃ©my Roy	FDJ.fr	s.t.
49	Kenny Elissonde	FDJ.fr	s.t.
50	Matteo Rabottini	YellowFluo	+ 33
51	Lars Boom	Belkin Pro Cycling Team	+ 1'33
52	Julien Vermote	Omega Pharma - QuickÂ·Step Cycling Team	+ 2'39
53	Arnaud Demare	FDJ.fr	+ 3'07
54	Raphael Visconti	Cannondale	+ 3'15
55	Simone Ponzi	YellowFluo	s.t.
56	Arnold Jeannesson	FDJ.fr	s.t.
57	Alessandro Vanotti	Astana Pro Team	s.t.
58	Patrick Facchini	Androni Giocattoli	+ 3'26
59	Davide Rebellin	CCC Polsat Polkowice	s.t.
60	Branislau Samoilau	CCC Polsat Polkowice	s.t.
61	Enrico Barbin	Bardiani CSF	+ 3'27
62	Sacha Modolo	Lampre - Merida	+ 3'29
63	Bryan Coquard	Team Europcar	s.t.
64	Michele Scarponi	Astana Pro Team	s.t.
65	Sep Vanmarcke	Belkin Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
66	Edvald Boasson Hagen	Team Sky	s.t.
67	Laurens Ten Dam	Belkin Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
68	Steve Chainel	AG2R La Mondiale	s.t.
69	Michael SchÃ¤r	BMC Racing Team	s.t.
70	Adriano Malori	Movistar Team	s.t.
71	Guillaume Bonnafond	AG2R La Mondiale	s.t.
72	John Darwin Atapuma	BMC Racing Team	s.t.
73	Nikias Arndt	Team Giant - Shimano	s.t.
74	Nick Nuyens	Garmin Sharp	s.t.
75	Winner Anacona	Lampre - Merida	s.t.
76	Steve Morabito	BMC Racing Team	s.t.
77	SÃ©bastien Turgot	AG2R La Mondiale	s.t.
78	Marcus Burghardt	BMC Racing Team	s.t.
79	Salvatore Puccio	Team Sky	s.t.
80	Roberto Ferrari	Lampre - Merida	s.t.
81	Emanuele Sella	Androni Giocattoli	s.t.
82	Diego Rosa	Androni Giocattoli	s.t.
83	Bradley Wiggins	Team Sky	s.t.
84	Alexandr Kolobnev	Team Katusha	+ 4'18
85	JosÃ© JoaquÃn Rojas	Movistar Team	+ 4'43
86	Mikhail Ignatiev	Team Katusha	+ 5'46
87	Andrea Manfredi	Bardiani CSF	+ 6'08
88	Albert Timmer	Team Giant - Shimano	+ 6'11
89	Mark Cavendish	Omega Pharma - QuickÂ·Step Cycling Team	+ 6'17
90	Michael Albasini	Orica GreenEdge	s.t.
91	Nicolas Roche	Tinkoff - Saxo	+ 6'19
92	Fabian Cancellara	Trek Factory Racing	s.t.
93	Tanel Kangert	Astana Pro Team	s.t.
94	Daan Olivier	Team Giant - Shimano	s.t.
95	Damien Gaudin	AG2R La Mondiale	+ 6'23
96	Leigh Howard	Orica GreenEdge	+ 6'29
97	Kenny Dehaes	Lotto Belisol	s.t.
98	Jonas Vangenechten	Lotto Belisol	s.t.
99	Filippo Pozzato	Lampre - Merida	+ 8'17
100	Stephen Cummings	BMC Racing Team	+ 8'26
101	Pablo Lastras	Movistar Team	+ 8'29
102	Mikel Nieve	Team Sky	s.t.
103	Cristiano Salerno	Cannondale	s.t.
104	GrÃ©gory Rast	Trek Factory Racing	s.t.
105	George Preidler	Team Giant - Shimano	s.t.
106	Matthew Goss	Orica GreenEdge	+ 8'36
107	Gert Dockx	Lotto Belisol	+ 8'43
108	Brett Lancaster	Orica GreenEdge	+ 8'50
109	Ben Swift	Team Sky	s.t.
110	Filippo Fortin	Bardiani CSF	s.t.
111	Kristjan Koren	Cannondale	+ 8'53
112	Francesco Chicchi	YellowFluo	+ 9'19
113	Matteo Tosatto	Tinkoff - Saxo	+ 9'31
114	Alexandre Pichot	Team Europcar	+ 9'33
115	Dennis Van Winden	Belkin Pro Cycling Team	+ 10'33
116	David Boucher	FDJ.fr	s.t.
117	Tom Danielson	Garmin Sharp	+ 10'52
118	Andrey Amador	Movistar Team	+ 11'19
119	Esteban Chaves	Orica GreenEdge	s.t.
120	Matthew Busche	Trek Factory Racing	s.t.
121	Nathan Brown	Garmin Sharp	+ 11'53
122	Chris Anker SÃ¸rensen	Tinkoff - Saxo	+ 12'05
123	Stijn Devolder	Trek Factory Racing	+ 12'23
124	Donato De Ieso	Bardiani CSF	+ 13'08
125	Paolo Tiralongo	Astana Pro Team	+ 13'17
126	Ivan Santaromita	Orica GreenEdge	s.t.
127	Nicola Ruffoni	Bardiani CSF	+ 13'31
128	Stig Broeckx	Lotto Belisol	+ 13'37
129	Marco Bandiera	Androni Giocattoli	s.t.
130	Nicola Boem	Bardiani CSF	+ 13'50
131	Jacek Morajko	CCC Polsat Polkowice	s.t.
132	SÃ©rgio Paulinho	Tinkoff - Saxo	+ 13'53
133	Riccardo Zoidl	Trek Factory Racing	s.t.
134	Romain Sicard	Team Europcar	s.t.
135	Matteo Bono	Lampre - Merida	s.t.
136	Andrea Guardini	Astana Pro Team	+ 14'33
137	Marco Coledan	Bardiani CSF	s.t.
138	Paolo Colonna	Bardiani CSF	s.t.
139	Manuele Mori	Lampre - Merida	+ 14'39
140	Yukiya Arashiro	Team Europcar	+ 15'08
141	BjÃ¶rn Thurau	Team Europcar	+ 15'40
142	Cheng Ji	Team Giant - Shimano	+ 15'47
143	Michael Kolar	Tinkoff - Saxo	+ 16'27
144	Mauro Finetto	YellowFluo	+ 17'23
145	Calvin Watson	Trek Factory Racing	s.t.
146	Christopher Sutton	Team Sky	+ 18'37
147	Vyacheslav Kuznetsov	Team Katusha	s.t.
148	Silvan Dillier	BMC Racing Team	s.t.
149	Manuele Boaro	Tinkoff - Saxo	s.t.
150	Mateusz Taciak	CCC Polsat Polkowice	s.t.
151	Vegard Breen	Lotto Belisol	s.t.
152	Bartlomiej Matysiak	CCC Polsat Polkowice	+ 19'01
153	Fabio Sabatini	Cannondale	+ 19'14
154	JarosÅ‚aw Marycz	CCC Polsat Polkowice	s.t.
155	Yonder Godoy	Androni Giocattoli	+ 19'53
156	JÃ©rÃ´me Cousin	Team Europcar	+ 20'37
157	Daniele Colli	YellowFluo	+ 21'27
158	Michael Hepburn	Orica GreenEdge	s.t.
159	Fabio Silvestre	Trek Factory Racing	s.t.
160	Gianni Bellini	YellowFluo	s.t.
161	Luigi Miletta	YellowFluo	+ 22'43
162	Mateusz Nowak	CCC Polsat Polkowice	+ 23'57
163	Mirko Tedeschi	YellowFluo	+ 24'32
164	Fabian Wegmann	Garmin Sharp	+ 25'09
165	David Millar	Garmin Sharp	+ 28'19
166	Tom Boonen	Omega Pharma - QuickÂ·Step Cycling Team	+ 29'35
167	Matthias Krizek	Cannondale	+ 30'01
168	Piotr GawroÅ„ski	CCC Polsat Polkowice	+ 33'54
169	Nicola Testi	Androni Giocattoli	+ 34'19
170	Maxim Belkov	Team Katusha	+ 36'33
171	Omar Bertazzo	Androni Giocattoli	+ 41'26
172	Cameron Meyer	Orica GreenEdge	+ 45'20
173	Steven Kruijswijk	Belkin Pro Cycling Team	+ 47'37
174	Andrea Zordan	Androni Giocattoli	+ 53'28

admirschleck

#213

Posted on 21-03-2014 19:34

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Can you please bold Raphael's name, since it's a bit hard to find him in these rankings?

He's doing some good job so far!

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YvesStevens

#214

Posted on 21-03-2014 19:43

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Sagan crashed ...... too bad

Shonak

#215

Posted on 21-03-2014 20:57

Tour de France Champion

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@admirschleck: Sure can do.

@YvesStevens: But he came back. I think he feels a bit the injury though.

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YvesStevens

#216

Posted on 21-03-2014 21:09

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Shonak wrote:
@admirschleck: Sure can do.

@YvesStevens: But he came back. I think he feels a bit the injury though.

I guess he shut up'd his legs

baia

#217

Posted on 21-03-2014 21:12

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Good ride by Raphael, Sagan might still feel some pain from the crash but heÂ´s doing great.

Shonak

#218

Posted on 22-03-2014 10:07

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@YvesStevens: Hehehe, sure did.

@baia: THanks. We'll see if he can cope with it for the last two days.

Tirreno - Adriatico, Stage 6
Albasini gets rewarded for daring late-race effort!
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At a hilly route various riders, included yours truly Raphael Visconti, tried to make an early run for their money. However, the scheme did not work. Michael Albasini from Orica GreenEdge landed the winning attack eventually, while Jonathan Hivert moves into the leaderâ€™s jersey by just two seconds.

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The intention behind my break was to gain a bit of an advantage and to finally put Cannondale out of the position to always take on the race from the front. The decision of the team management came mostly from the fact that I hadnâ€™t lost so much time so far in the general classification, but lost enough time to may not be considered an immediate threat. I felt good throughout my time in the break but things didnâ€™t last.

Cannondale must have got nervous again since Salerno and Marcato have been ordered at 100 kilometers to increase the pace. As a result of this, I was later back ordered to the bunch, while my companions rode away. Surely, the break was unlikely to make it but I was still disappointed that they had first sent me upfront just to tell me to get back again. I could have had a shot, and I deserved to have a chance.

So I was there again at the head of the peloton, being the first part of its spear. We set a high-pace and as usual, the peloton kept getting smaller but Greipel and Kittel they just wouldnâ€™t drop. But the race got real tough at some point in the finale kilometers. Everybody knew that it would be decided today and so the attacks just kept coming. I dropped.

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Albasini made the winning move and rode solo to victory. Surely he profited from his large gap to the leaders but his performance must have been great either way. And as for Rolland and Hivert, I guess people underestimated them at some point. Sagan was marked by various riders like Cancellara and Nibali throughout the stage. Despite his brave efforts and attacks, he just couldnâ€™t get away. The more he powered himself out the faster the peloton reeled him back in. Ultimately, he didn't stand a chance in the sprint and could have been described as happy for finishing with the bunch.

I was at a loss for words when I crossed the finish though. We had missed our chance. Once again. I was pissed off. I tell you how it is, and the whole team was pissed off. I can accept when weâ€™re just not doing enough and ainâ€™t up to the task, but at times it seems that at this Tirreno-Adriatico our rivals deliberately just worked against usâ€¦Against us and nothing else. It was up to us to make the race, to catch the break, to instigate anything.Surely you may think: That's an awful thing to think, not the way of thinking for champions. Well, I ain't no champion.

And as for me: I got another 7 minutes on my account. That was just the icing on the cake of a disappointing Tirreno-Adriatico that hardly could be saved ahead of the last stage.

Impressions

Spoiler

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Me on the attack, yeah!

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Sagan tries once again. And again. And again.

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Narrow roads and high-pace, dangerous to get dropped.

Tirreno - Adriatico, Stage 6 Results

Rank	Name	Team	Time
1	Michael Albasini	Orica GreenEdge	5h11'45
2	Jonathan Hivert	Belkin Pro Cycling Team	+ 1'14
3	Pierre Rolland	Team Europcar	s.t.
4	Vincenzo Nibali	Astana Pro Team	+ 1'35
5	Carlos Betancur	AG2R La Mondiale	s.t.
6	Arthur Vichot	FDJ.fr	s.t.
7	Arnaud Demare	FDJ.fr	s.t.
8	Michele Scarponi	Astana Pro Team	s.t.
9	Marcel Kittel	Team Giant - Shimano	s.t.
10	Rigoberto UrÃ¡n	Omega Pharma - QuickÂ·Step Cycling Team	s.t.

Spoiler

11	Daniel Moreno	Team Katusha	s.t.
12	Eros Capecchi	Movistar Team	s.t.
13	Thomas Voeckler	Team Europcar	s.t.
14	Sep Vanmarcke	Belkin Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
15	JosÃ© JoaquÃn Rojas	Movistar Team	s.t.
16	Andrey Amador	Movistar Team	s.t.
17	Robert Gesink	Belkin Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
18	Gianluca Brambilla	Omega Pharma - QuickÂ·Step Cycling Team	s.t.
19	Adriano Malori	Movistar Team	s.t.
20	Gianni Meersman	Omega Pharma - QuickÂ·Step Cycling Team	s.t.
21	AndrÃ© Greipel	Lotto Belisol	s.t.
22	Luca Paolini	Team Katusha	s.t.
23	Javier Moreno	Movistar Team	s.t.
24	Francesco Gavazzi	Astana Pro Team	s.t.
25	Alberto Contador	Tinkoff - Saxo	s.t.
26	Greg Van Avermaet	BMC Racing Team	s.t.
27	Daniel Oss	BMC Racing Team	s.t.
28	Janez BrajkoviÄ	Astana Pro Team	s.t.
29	Jean-Christophe Peraud	AG2R La Mondiale	s.t.
30	Giovanni Visconti	Movistar Team	s.t.
31	Michael SchÃ¤r	BMC Racing Team	s.t.
32	Giampaolo Caruso	Team Katusha	s.t.
33	Andrew Talansky	Garmin Sharp	s.t.
34	Kenny Elissonde	FDJ.fr	s.t.
35	Geraint Thomas	Team Sky	s.t.
36	Igor AntÃ³n	Movistar Team	s.t.
37	Dries Devenyns	Team Giant - Shimano	s.t.
38	Chris Anker SÃ¸rensen	Tinkoff - Saxo	s.t.
39	Tom Slagter	Garmin Sharp	s.t.
40	John Darwin Atapuma	BMC Racing Team	s.t.
41	Niki Terpstra	Omega Pharma - QuickÂ·Step Cycling Team	s.t.
42	Fabian Cancellara	Trek Factory Racing	s.t.
43	Patrick Facchini	Androni Giocattoli	s.t.
44	JÃ©rÃ©my Roy	FDJ.fr	s.t.
45	Peter Sagan	Cannondale	s.t.
46	Dario Cataldo	Team Sky	s.t.
47	Daniele Bennati	Tinkoff - Saxo	+ 6'49
48	Simon Spilak	Team Katusha	+ 7'00
49	Ramunas Navardauskas	Garmin Sharp	s.t.
50	Hubert Dupont	AG2R La Mondiale	s.t.
51	Marco Marcato	Cannondale	s.t.
52	Oscar Gatto	Cannondale	s.t.
53	Giacomo Nizzolo	Trek Factory Racing	s.t.
54	Adam Hansen	Lotto Belisol	s.t.
55	Francis Mourey	FDJ.fr	s.t.
56	Mark Renshaw	Omega Pharma - QuickÂ·Step Cycling Team	s.t.
57	Geoffrey Soupe	FDJ.fr	s.t.
58	Lars Ytting Bak	Lotto Belisol	s.t.
59	Damiano Cunego	Lampre - Merida	s.t.
60	Przemyslaw Niemiec	Lampre - Merida	s.t.
61	Filippo Pozzato	Lampre - Merida	s.t.
62	Arnold Jeannesson	FDJ.fr	s.t.
63	Luka Mezgec	Team Giant - Shimano	s.t.
64	Bradley Wiggins	Team Sky	s.t.
65	Nicolas Roche	Tinkoff - Saxo	s.t.
66	Tanel Kangert	Astana Pro Team	s.t.
67	Manuele Boaro	Tinkoff - Saxo	s.t.
68	SÃ©rgio Paulinho	Tinkoff - Saxo	s.t.
69	Simone Ponzi	YellowFluo	s.t.
70	Matteo Tosatto	Tinkoff - Saxo	s.t.
71	Davide Rebellin	CCC Polsat Polkowice	s.t.
72	Julien Vermote	Omega Pharma - QuickÂ·Step Cycling Team	s.t.
73	Edvald Boasson Hagen	Team Sky	s.t.
74	Laurens Ten Dam	Belkin Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
75	Andrea Manfredi	Bardiani CSF	s.t.
76	Diego Rosa	Androni Giocattoli	s.t.
77	Nick Nuyens	Garmin Sharp	s.t.
78	Marcus Burghardt	BMC Racing Team	s.t.
79	Sacha Modolo	Lampre - Merida	s.t.
80	Enrico Barbin	Bardiani CSF	s.t.
81	Emanuele Sella	Androni Giocattoli	s.t.
82	Steve Morabito	BMC Racing Team	s.t.
83	Paolo Tiralongo	Astana Pro Team	s.t.
84	Bryan Coquard	Team Europcar	s.t.
85	Guillaume Bonnafond	AG2R La Mondiale	s.t.
86	Steve Chainel	AG2R La Mondiale	s.t.
87	Winner Anacona	Lampre - Merida	s.t.
88	Matthew Busche	Trek Factory Racing	s.t.
89	George Preidler	Team Giant - Shimano	s.t.
90	Esteban Chaves	Orica GreenEdge	s.t.
91	GrÃ©gory Rast	Trek Factory Racing	s.t.
92	Nikias Arndt	Team Giant - Shimano	s.t.
93	Manuele Mori	Lampre - Merida	s.t.
94	Damien Gaudin	AG2R La Mondiale	s.t.
95	Pablo Lastras	Movistar Team	s.t.
96	Yukiya Arashiro	Team Europcar	s.t.
97	Riccardo Zoidl	Trek Factory Racing	s.t.
98	Mikel Nieve	Team Sky	s.t.
99	JÃ©rÃ´me Cousin	Team Europcar	s.t.
100	Ivan Santaromita	Orica GreenEdge	s.t.
101	Daan Olivier	Team Giant - Shimano	s.t.
102	Kristjan Koren	Cannondale	s.t.
103	Romain Sicard	Team Europcar	s.t.
104	David Millar	Garmin Sharp	s.t.
105	Alexandr Kolobnev	Team Katusha	s.t.
106	Raphael Visconti	Cannondale	s.t.
107	Mauro Finetto	YellowFluo	s.t.
108	Silvan Dillier	BMC Racing Team	s.t.
109	Jonas Vangenechten	Lotto Belisol	s.t.
110	Stephen Cummings	BMC Racing Team	s.t.
111	Kenny Dehaes	Lotto Belisol	s.t.
112	Lars Boom	Belkin Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
113	Matteo Rabottini	YellowFluo	s.t.
114	Tom Danielson	Garmin Sharp	s.t.
115	Cristiano Salerno	Cannondale	s.t.
116	Stijn Devolder	Trek Factory Racing	+ 11'10
117	Ben Swift	Team Sky	s.t.
118	Leigh Howard	Orica GreenEdge	s.t.
119	Roberto Ferrari	Lampre - Merida	s.t.
120	Nicola Boem	Bardiani CSF	s.t.
121	Alessandro Vanotti	Astana Pro Team	s.t.
122	BjÃ¶rn Thurau	Team Europcar	s.t.
123	Stig Broeckx	Lotto Belisol	s.t.
124	Vyacheslav Kuznetsov	Team Katusha	s.t.
125	Mikhail Ignatiev	Team Katusha	s.t.
126	Andrea Guardini	Astana Pro Team	s.t.
127	Matthew Goss	Orica GreenEdge	s.t.
128	Alexandre Pichot	Team Europcar	s.t.
129	Daniele Colli	YellowFluo	s.t.
130	Gert Dockx	Lotto Belisol	s.t.
131	Christopher Sutton	Team Sky	s.t.
132	SÃ©bastien Turgot	AG2R La Mondiale	s.t.
133	Bartlomiej Matysiak	CCC Polsat Polkowice	s.t.
134	Matteo Bono	Lampre - Merida	s.t.
135	Brett Lancaster	Orica GreenEdge	s.t.
136	Fabio Silvestre	Trek Factory Racing	s.t.
137	Albert Timmer	Team Giant - Shimano	s.t.
138	JarosÅ‚aw Marycz	CCC Polsat Polkowice	s.t.
139	Nathan Brown	Garmin Sharp	s.t.
140	Dennis Van Winden	Belkin Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
141	Jacek Morajko	CCC Polsat Polkowice	s.t.
142	Mateusz Nowak	CCC Polsat Polkowice	s.t.
143	Vegard Breen	Lotto Belisol	s.t.
144	Michael Kolar	Tinkoff - Saxo	s.t.
145	Cheng Ji	Team Giant - Shimano	s.t.
146	Mirko Tedeschi	YellowFluo	+ 14'24
147	Luigi Miletta	YellowFluo	s.t.
148	Calvin Watson	Trek Factory Racing	s.t.
149	Mateusz Taciak	CCC Polsat Polkowice	s.t.
150	Branislau Samoilau	CCC Polsat Polkowice	s.t.
151	Francesco Chicchi	YellowFluo	s.t.
152	Donato De Ieso	Bardiani CSF	s.t.
153	Michael Hepburn	Orica GreenEdge	s.t.
154	Yonder Godoy	Androni Giocattoli	s.t.
155	Maxim Belkov	Team Katusha	s.t.
156	Fabio Sabatini	Cannondale	s.t.
157	Matthias Krizek	Cannondale	s.t.
158	Cameron Meyer	Orica GreenEdge	+ 19'16
159	Gianni Bellini	YellowFluo	s.t.
160	Paolo Colonna	Bardiani CSF	s.t.
161	Nicola Testi	Androni Giocattoli	s.t.
162	Filippo Fortin	Bardiani CSF	s.t.
163	Tom Boonen	Omega Pharma - QuickÂ·Step Cycling Team	s.t.
164	Mark Cavendish	Omega Pharma - QuickÂ·Step Cycling Team	s.t.
165	Nicola Ruffoni	Bardiani CSF	s.t.
166	Marco Bandiera	Androni Giocattoli	s.t.
167	Marco Coledan	Bardiani CSF	s.t.
168	Piotr GawroÅ„ski	CCC Polsat Polkowice	s.t.
169	David Boucher	FDJ.fr	s.t.
170	Omar Bertazzo	Androni Giocattoli	+ 27'04
171	Steven Kruijswijk	Belkin Pro Cycling Team	+ 27'19
172	Salvatore Puccio	Team Sky	+ 28'46
173	Andrea Zordan	Androni Giocattoli	+ 35'08
174	Fabian Wegmann	Garmin Sharp	+ 37'35

Tirreno - Adriatico, GC

Rank	Name	Team	Time
1	Jonathan Hivert	Belkin Pro Cycling Team	25h06'29
2	Marcel Kittel	Team Giant - Shimano	+ 2
3	Pierre Rolland	Team Europcar	s.t.
4	AndrÃ© Greipel	Lotto Belisol	+ 9
5	Peter Sagan	Cannondale	+ 21

Spoiler

6	JÃ©rÃ©my Roy	FDJ.fr	s.t.
7	Carlos Betancur	AG2R La Mondiale	+ 27
8	Vincenzo Nibali	Astana Pro Team	s.t.
9	Robert Gesink	Belkin Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
10	Alberto Contador	Tinkoff - Saxo	s.t.
11	Rigoberto UrÃ¡n	Omega Pharma - QuickÂ·Step Cycling Team	s.t.
12	Giovanni Visconti	Movistar Team	s.t.
13	Daniel Moreno	Team Katusha	s.t.
14	Thomas Voeckler	Team Europcar	s.t.
15	Arthur Vichot	FDJ.fr	s.t.
16	Greg Van Avermaet	BMC Racing Team	s.t.
17	Javier Moreno	Movistar Team	s.t.
18	Luca Paolini	Team Katusha	s.t.
19	Andrew Talansky	Garmin Sharp	s.t.
20	Jean-Christophe Peraud	AG2R La Mondiale	s.t.
21	Daniel Oss	BMC Racing Team	s.t.
22	Eros Capecchi	Movistar Team	s.t.
23	Dario Cataldo	Team Sky	s.t.
24	Tom Slagter	Garmin Sharp	s.t.
25	Igor AntÃ³n	Movistar Team	s.t.
26	Gianni Meersman	Omega Pharma - QuickÂ·Step Cycling Team	s.t.
27	Geraint Thomas	Team Sky	s.t.
28	Giampaolo Caruso	Team Katusha	s.t.
29	Janez BrajkoviÄ	Astana Pro Team	s.t.
30	Gianluca Brambilla	Omega Pharma - QuickÂ·Step Cycling Team	s.t.
31	Niki Terpstra	Omega Pharma - QuickÂ·Step Cycling Team	s.t.
32	Francesco Gavazzi	Astana Pro Team	s.t.
33	Dries Devenyns	Team Giant - Shimano	s.t.
34	Kenny Elissonde	FDJ.fr	s.t.
35	Arnaud Demare	FDJ.fr	+ 3'09
36	Patrick Facchini	Androni Giocattoli	+ 3'28
37	Michele Scarponi	Astana Pro Team	+ 3'31
38	Sep Vanmarcke	Belkin Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
39	Adriano Malori	Movistar Team	s.t.
40	Michael SchÃ¤r	BMC Racing Team	s.t.
41	John Darwin Atapuma	BMC Racing Team	s.t.
42	Michael Albasini	Orica GreenEdge	+ 4'34
43	JosÃ© JoaquÃn Rojas	Movistar Team	+ 4'45
44	Daniele Bennati	Tinkoff - Saxo	+ 5'35
45	Giacomo Nizzolo	Trek Factory Racing	+ 5'48
46	Hubert Dupont	AG2R La Mondiale	+ 5'51
47	Oscar Gatto	Cannondale	+ 5'52
48	Marco Marcato	Cannondale	s.t.
49	Ramunas Navardauskas	Garmin Sharp	s.t.
50	Damiano Cunego	Lampre - Merida	s.t.
51	Simon Spilak	Team Katusha	s.t.
52	Mark Renshaw	Omega Pharma - QuickÂ·Step Cycling Team	s.t.
53	Geoffrey Soupe	FDJ.fr	s.t.
54	Luka Mezgec	Team Giant - Shimano	s.t.
55	Przemyslaw Niemiec	Lampre - Merida	s.t.
56	Adam Hansen	Lotto Belisol	s.t.
57	Francis Mourey	FDJ.fr	s.t.
58	Lars Ytting Bak	Lotto Belisol	s.t.
59	Matteo Rabottini	YellowFluo	+ 6'00
60	Fabian Cancellara	Trek Factory Racing	+ 6'21
61	Lars Boom	Belkin Pro Cycling Team	+ 7'00
62	Julien Vermote	Omega Pharma - QuickÂ·Step Cycling Team	+ 8'06
63	Raphael Visconti	Cannondale	+ 8'40
64	Simone Ponzi	YellowFluo	+ 8'42
65	Arnold Jeannesson	FDJ.fr	s.t.
66	Davide Rebellin	CCC Polsat Polkowice	+ 8'53
67	Enrico Barbin	Bardiani CSF	+ 8'54
68	Sacha Modolo	Lampre - Merida	+ 8'56
69	Bryan Coquard	Team Europcar	s.t.
70	Edvald Boasson Hagen	Team Sky	s.t.
71	Laurens Ten Dam	Belkin Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
72	Steve Chainel	AG2R La Mondiale	s.t.
73	Guillaume Bonnafond	AG2R La Mondiale	s.t.
74	Nick Nuyens	Garmin Sharp	s.t.
75	Nikias Arndt	Team Giant - Shimano	s.t.
76	Winner Anacona	Lampre - Merida	s.t.
77	Steve Morabito	BMC Racing Team	s.t.
78	Marcus Burghardt	BMC Racing Team	s.t.
79	Bradley Wiggins	Team Sky	s.t.
80	Diego Rosa	Androni Giocattoli	s.t.
81	Emanuele Sella	Androni Giocattoli	s.t.
82	Alexandr Kolobnev	Team Katusha	+ 9'45
83	Andrey Amador	Movistar Team	+ 11'21
84	Andrea Manfredi	Bardiani CSF	+ 11'35
85	Nicolas Roche	Tinkoff - Saxo	+ 11'46
86	Tanel Kangert	Astana Pro Team	s.t.
87	Daan Olivier	Team Giant - Shimano	s.t.
88	Damien Gaudin	AG2R La Mondiale	+ 11'50
89	Kenny Dehaes	Lotto Belisol	+ 11'56
90	Jonas Vangenechten	Lotto Belisol	s.t.
91	Chris Anker SÃ¸rensen	Tinkoff - Saxo	+ 12'07
92	Alessandro Vanotti	Astana Pro Team	+ 12'52
93	SÃ©bastien Turgot	AG2R La Mondiale	+ 13'06
94	Roberto Ferrari	Lampre - Merida	s.t.
95	Filippo Pozzato	Lampre - Merida	+ 13'44
96	Stephen Cummings	BMC Racing Team	+ 13'53
97	Pablo Lastras	Movistar Team	+ 13'56
98	Mikel Nieve	Team Sky	s.t.
99	Cristiano Salerno	Cannondale	s.t.
100	GrÃ©gory Rast	Trek Factory Racing	s.t.
101	George Preidler	Team Giant - Shimano	s.t.
102	Kristjan Koren	Cannondale	+ 14'20
103	Matteo Tosatto	Tinkoff - Saxo	+ 14'58
104	Mikhail Ignatiev	Team Katusha	+ 15'23
105	Albert Timmer	Team Giant - Shimano	+ 15'48
106	Leigh Howard	Orica GreenEdge	+ 16'06
107	Branislau Samoilau	CCC Polsat Polkowice	+ 16'17
108	Tom Danielson	Garmin Sharp	+ 16'19
109	Esteban Chaves	Orica GreenEdge	+ 16'46
110	Matthew Busche	Trek Factory Racing	s.t.
111	Matthew Goss	Orica GreenEdge	+ 18'13
112	Gert Dockx	Lotto Belisol	+ 18'20
113	Brett Lancaster	Orica GreenEdge	+ 18'27
114	Ben Swift	Team Sky	s.t.
115	Ivan Santaromita	Orica GreenEdge	+ 18'41
116	Paolo Tiralongo	Astana Pro Team	+ 18'44
117	Alexandre Pichot	Team Europcar	+ 19'10
118	SÃ©rgio Paulinho	Tinkoff - Saxo	+ 19'20
119	Riccardo Zoidl	Trek Factory Racing	s.t.
120	Romain Sicard	Team Europcar	s.t.
121	Manuele Mori	Lampre - Merida	+ 20'06
122	Dennis Van Winden	Belkin Pro Cycling Team	+ 20'10
123	Yukiya Arashiro	Team Europcar	+ 20'35
124	Nathan Brown	Garmin Sharp	+ 21'30
125	Stijn Devolder	Trek Factory Racing	+ 22'00
126	Francesco Chicchi	YellowFluo	+ 22'10
127	Mauro Finetto	YellowFluo	+ 22'50
128	Stig Broeckx	Lotto Belisol	+ 23'14
129	Nicola Boem	Bardiani CSF	+ 23'27
130	Jacek Morajko	CCC Polsat Polkowice	s.t.
131	Matteo Bono	Lampre - Merida	+ 23'30
132	Mark Cavendish	Omega Pharma - QuickÂ·Step Cycling Team	+ 24'00
133	Silvan Dillier	BMC Racing Team	+ 24'04
134	Manuele Boaro	Tinkoff - Saxo	s.t.
135	Andrea Guardini	Astana Pro Team	+ 24'10
136	BjÃ¶rn Thurau	Team Europcar	+ 25'17
137	Cheng Ji	Team Giant - Shimano	+ 25'24
138	Donato De Ieso	Bardiani CSF	+ 25'59
139	JÃ©rÃ´me Cousin	Team Europcar	+ 26'04
140	Michael Kolar	Tinkoff - Saxo	s.t.
141	Filippo Fortin	Bardiani CSF	+ 26'33
142	Christopher Sutton	Team Sky	+ 28'14
143	Vyacheslav Kuznetsov	Team Katusha	s.t.
144	Vegard Breen	Lotto Belisol	s.t.
145	David Boucher	FDJ.fr	+ 28'16
146	Bartlomiej Matysiak	CCC Polsat Polkowice	+ 28'38
147	JarosÅ‚aw Marycz	CCC Polsat Polkowice	+ 28'51
148	Calvin Watson	Trek Factory Racing	+ 30'14
149	Salvatore Puccio	Team Sky	+ 30'42
150	Daniele Colli	YellowFluo	+ 31'04
151	Fabio Silvestre	Trek Factory Racing	s.t.
152	Nicola Ruffoni	Bardiani CSF	+ 31'14
153	Marco Bandiera	Androni Giocattoli	+ 31'20
154	Mateusz Taciak	CCC Polsat Polkowice	+ 31'28
155	Fabio Sabatini	Cannondale	+ 32'05
156	Marco Coledan	Bardiani CSF	+ 32'16
157	Paolo Colonna	Bardiani CSF	s.t.
158	Yonder Godoy	Androni Giocattoli	+ 32'44
159	Mateusz Nowak	CCC Polsat Polkowice	+ 33'34
160	David Millar	Garmin Sharp	+ 33'46
161	Michael Hepburn	Orica GreenEdge	+ 34'18
162	Luigi Miletta	YellowFluo	+ 35'34
163	Mirko Tedeschi	YellowFluo	+ 37'23
164	Gianni Bellini	YellowFluo	+ 39'10
165	Matthias Krizek	Cannondale	+ 42'52
166	Tom Boonen	Omega Pharma - QuickÂ·Step Cycling Team	+ 47'18
167	Maxim Belkov	Team Katusha	+ 49'24
168	Piotr GawroÅ„ski	CCC Polsat Polkowice	+ 51'37
169	Nicola Testi	Androni Giocattoli	+ 52'02
170	Fabian Wegmann	Garmin Sharp	+ 1h01'11
171	Cameron Meyer	Orica GreenEdge	+ 1h03'03
172	Omar Bertazzo	Androni Giocattoli	+ 1h06'57
173	Steven Kruijswijk	Belkin Pro Cycling Team	+ 1h13'23
174	Andrea Zordan	Androni Giocattoli	+ 1h27'03

Shonak

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Posted on 22-03-2014 14:14

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Tirreno - Adriatico, Stage 7
The misery of Sprinters
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AndrÃ© Greipel took the last stage of Tirreno-Adriatico in the bunch sprint, however due to Marcel Kittel finishing 3rd, his german rival can claim the raceâ€™s trident as victory trophy. Jonathan Hivert came just 2 seconds short of his greatest victory of his career.

While the team treated this stage as a possible compensation for the missed overall win, I myself had hoped that Sagan could perform a miracle. After all, only a few seconds were between him and Hivert. It was nice day to ride in the peloton, finally not doing any work. Like no work at all. I was even spared from caring bottles. Yeah! I had a few good talks with some guys.

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Cannondale management never gave me any orders to follow so I just kept sitting back and sure enough, kilometers flew by and the sprint was up. Sagan took at least a second place today, showing that heâ€™s still got it. What ccould have been if there hadnâ€™t be the injury, if he would have had just once a bit of luck with his attacks. Well, wellâ€¦ what could have been is not important anymore. Oddly enough, I am the last rider of the peloton to pass the finish. There was a huge gap behind me.

Overall I finish the Tirreno - Adriatico, 62nd, 8 minutes and 42 seconds behind winner Marcel Kittel.

I continue to be amazed by this race, but hope there will be tougher editions in the future to come.

Tirreno - Adriatico, Stage 7 Results

Rank	Name	Team	Time
1	AndrÃ© Greipel	Lotto Belisol	3h30'16
2	Peter Sagan	Cannondale	s.t.
3	Marcel Kittel	Team Giant - Shimano	s.t.
4	Gianni Meersman	Omega Pharma - QuickÂ·Step Cycling Team	s.t.
5	Mark Cavendish	Omega Pharma - QuickÂ·Step Cycling Team	s.t.
6	Jonathan Hivert	Belkin Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
7	Greg Van Avermaet	BMC Racing Team	s.t.
8	Geoffrey Soupe	FDJ.fr	s.t.
9	Arnaud Demare	FDJ.fr	s.t.
10	Mark Renshaw	Omega Pharma - QuickÂ·Step Cycling Team	s.t.

Spoiler

11	Daniel Oss	BMC Racing Team	s.t.
12	Luca Paolini	Team Katusha	s.t.
13	Giacomo Nizzolo	Trek Factory Racing	s.t.
14	Daniele Bennati	Tinkoff - Saxo	s.t.
15	Filippo Pozzato	Lampre - Merida	s.t.
16	Roberto Ferrari	Lampre - Merida	s.t.
17	Thomas Voeckler	Team Europcar	s.t.
18	JÃ©rÃ©my Roy	FDJ.fr	s.t.
19	Steve Chainel	AG2R La Mondiale	s.t.
20	Geraint Thomas	Team Sky	s.t.
21	Julien Vermote	Omega Pharma - QuickÂ·Step Cycling Team	s.t.
22	Sacha Modolo	Lampre - Merida	s.t.
23	Pierre Rolland	Team Europcar	s.t.
24	Giovanni Visconti	Movistar Team	s.t.
25	Arthur Vichot	FDJ.fr	s.t.
26	Rigoberto UrÃ¡n	Omega Pharma - QuickÂ·Step Cycling Team	s.t.
27	Niki Terpstra	Omega Pharma - QuickÂ·Step Cycling Team	s.t.
28	Arnold Jeannesson	FDJ.fr	s.t.
29	Robert Gesink	Belkin Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
30	Leigh Howard	Orica GreenEdge	s.t.
31	Sep Vanmarcke	Belkin Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
32	Dario Cataldo	Team Sky	s.t.
33	Tanel Kangert	Astana Pro Team	s.t.
34	Michael Albasini	Orica GreenEdge	s.t.
35	Lars Ytting Bak	Lotto Belisol	s.t.
36	Alberto Contador	Tinkoff - Saxo	s.t.
37	Dries Devenyns	Team Giant - Shimano	s.t.
38	Giampaolo Caruso	Team Katusha	s.t.
39	Edvald Boasson Hagen	Team Sky	s.t.
40	John Darwin Atapuma	BMC Racing Team	s.t.
41	Kenny Dehaes	Lotto Belisol	s.t.
42	Simon Spilak	Team Katusha	s.t.
43	Vincenzo Nibali	Astana Pro Team	s.t.
44	Luka Mezgec	Team Giant - Shimano	s.t.
45	JosÃ© JoaquÃn Rojas	Movistar Team	s.t.
46	Oscar Gatto	Cannondale	s.t.
47	David Boucher	FDJ.fr	s.t.
48	Stijn Devolder	Trek Factory Racing	s.t.
49	Lars Boom	Belkin Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
50	Daniel Moreno	Team Katusha	s.t.
51	Andrea Guardini	Astana Pro Team	s.t.
52	Bryan Coquard	Team Europcar	s.t.
53	Francesco Gavazzi	Astana Pro Team	s.t.
54	Matteo Rabottini	YellowFluo	s.t.
55	Alexandre Pichot	Team Europcar	s.t.
56	Francesco Chicchi	YellowFluo	s.t.
57	Nicolas Roche	Tinkoff - Saxo	s.t.
58	Marco Marcato	Cannondale	s.t.
59	Eros Capecchi	Movistar Team	s.t.
60	Francis Mourey	FDJ.fr	s.t.
61	Matthew Goss	Orica GreenEdge	s.t.
62	Alexandr Kolobnev	Team Katusha	s.t.
63	David Millar	Garmin Sharp	s.t.
64	Michael SchÃ¤r	BMC Racing Team	s.t.
65	Igor AntÃ³n	Movistar Team	s.t.
66	Patrick Facchini	Androni Giocattoli	s.t.
67	Davide Rebellin	CCC Polsat Polkowice	s.t.
68	Fabio Silvestre	Trek Factory Racing	s.t.
69	Emanuele Sella	Androni Giocattoli	s.t.
70	Dennis Van Winden	Belkin Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
71	Javier Moreno	Movistar Team	s.t.
72	Kristjan Koren	Cannondale	s.t.
73	Marco Bandiera	Androni Giocattoli	s.t.
74	Kenny Elissonde	FDJ.fr	s.t.
75	Laurens Ten Dam	Belkin Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
76	Gianluca Brambilla	Omega Pharma - QuickÂ·Step Cycling Team	s.t.
77	Janez BrajkoviÄ	Astana Pro Team	s.t.
78	Michele Scarponi	Astana Pro Team	s.t.
79	Steven Kruijswijk	Belkin Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
80	Cristiano Salerno	Cannondale	s.t.
81	Brett Lancaster	Orica GreenEdge	s.t.
82	Nick Nuyens	Garmin Sharp	s.t.
83	Nicola Ruffoni	Bardiani CSF	s.t.
84	Adriano Malori	Movistar Team	s.t.
85	Matteo Tosatto	Tinkoff - Saxo	s.t.
86	Ramunas Navardauskas	Garmin Sharp	s.t.
87	Ben Swift	Team Sky	s.t.
88	SÃ©bastien Turgot	AG2R La Mondiale	s.t.
89	Fabian Cancellara	Trek Factory Racing	s.t.
90	Simone Ponzi	YellowFluo	s.t.
91	Christopher Sutton	Team Sky	s.t.
92	Nikias Arndt	Team Giant - Shimano	s.t.
93	Jonas Vangenechten	Lotto Belisol	s.t.
94	Ivan Santaromita	Orica GreenEdge	s.t.
95	Bartlomiej Matysiak	CCC Polsat Polkowice	s.t.
96	Filippo Fortin	Bardiani CSF	s.t.
97	Daniele Colli	YellowFluo	s.t.
98	Tom Slagter	Garmin Sharp	s.t.
99	Andrew Talansky	Garmin Sharp	s.t.
100	JarosÅ‚aw Marycz	CCC Polsat Polkowice	s.t.
101	Damien Gaudin	AG2R La Mondiale	s.t.
102	Carlos Betancur	AG2R La Mondiale	s.t.
103	Damiano Cunego	Lampre - Merida	s.t.
104	Enrico Barbin	Bardiani CSF	s.t.
105	Chris Anker SÃ¸rensen	Tinkoff - Saxo	s.t.
106	GrÃ©gory Rast	Trek Factory Racing	s.t.
107	Steve Morabito	BMC Racing Team	s.t.
108	Maxim Belkov	Team Katusha	s.t.
109	Marcus Burghardt	BMC Racing Team	s.t.
110	Hubert Dupont	AG2R La Mondiale	s.t.
111	Jean-Christophe Peraud	AG2R La Mondiale	s.t.
112	Cameron Meyer	Orica GreenEdge	s.t.
113	Przemyslaw Niemiec	Lampre - Merida	s.t.
114	Tom Danielson	Garmin Sharp	s.t.
115	Tom Boonen	Omega Pharma - QuickÂ·Step Cycling Team	s.t.
116	Fabio Sabatini	Cannondale	s.t.
117	Matthias Krizek	Cannondale	s.t.
118	Raphael Visconti	Cannondale	s.t.
119	Stig Broeckx	Lotto Belisol	+ 4'12
120	Omar Bertazzo	Androni Giocattoli	s.t.
121	Mateusz Nowak	CCC Polsat Polkowice	s.t.
122	Manuele Boaro	Tinkoff - Saxo	s.t.
123	Andrey Amador	Movistar Team	s.t.
124	Gert Dockx	Lotto Belisol	s.t.
125	BjÃ¶rn Thurau	Team Europcar	s.t.
126	Yukiya Arashiro	Team Europcar	s.t.
127	Adam Hansen	Lotto Belisol	s.t.
128	Michael Kolar	Tinkoff - Saxo	s.t.
129	Mauro Finetto	YellowFluo	s.t.
130	Mikhail Ignatiev	Team Katusha	s.t.
131	Vyacheslav Kuznetsov	Team Katusha	s.t.
132	Manuele Mori	Lampre - Merida	s.t.
133	Riccardo Zoidl	Trek Factory Racing	s.t.
134	Marco Coledan	Bardiani CSF	s.t.
135	Matthew Busche	Trek Factory Racing	s.t.
136	Albert Timmer	Team Giant - Shimano	s.t.
137	Jacek Morajko	CCC Polsat Polkowice	s.t.
138	George Preidler	Team Giant - Shimano	s.t.
139	Michael Hepburn	Orica GreenEdge	s.t.
140	Stephen Cummings	BMC Racing Team	s.t.
141	JÃ©rÃ´me Cousin	Team Europcar	s.t.
142	Daan Olivier	Team Giant - Shimano	s.t.
143	Pablo Lastras	Movistar Team	s.t.
144	Branislau Samoilau	CCC Polsat Polkowice	s.t.
145	Esteban Chaves	Orica GreenEdge	s.t.
146	Andrea Manfredi	Bardiani CSF	s.t.
147	Nicola Boem	Bardiani CSF	s.t.
148	Nathan Brown	Garmin Sharp	s.t.
149	Silvan Dillier	BMC Racing Team	s.t.
150	SÃ©rgio Paulinho	Tinkoff - Saxo	s.t.
151	Winner Anacona	Lampre - Merida	s.t.
152	Diego Rosa	Androni Giocattoli	s.t.
153	Andrea Zordan	Androni Giocattoli	s.t.
154	Romain Sicard	Team Europcar	s.t.
155	Alessandro Vanotti	Astana Pro Team	s.t.
156	Paolo Tiralongo	Astana Pro Team	s.t.
157	Luigi Miletta	YellowFluo	s.t.
158	Matteo Bono	Lampre - Merida	s.t.
159	Donato De Ieso	Bardiani CSF	s.t.
160	Vegard Breen	Lotto Belisol	s.t.
161	Bradley Wiggins	Team Sky	s.t.
162	Paolo Colonna	Bardiani CSF	s.t.
163	Calvin Watson	Trek Factory Racing	+ 5'31
164	Mateusz Taciak	CCC Polsat Polkowice	s.t.
165	Mirko Tedeschi	YellowFluo	s.t.
166	Piotr GawroÅ„ski	CCC Polsat Polkowice	s.t.
167	Guillaume Bonnafond	AG2R La Mondiale	s.t.
168	Fabian Wegmann	Garmin Sharp	s.t.
169	Mikel Nieve	Team Sky	s.t.
170	Yonder Godoy	Androni Giocattoli	s.t.
171	Salvatore Puccio	Team Sky	s.t.
172	Gianni Bellini	YellowFluo	s.t.
173	Cheng Ji	Team Giant - Shimano	s.t.
174	Nicola Testi	Androni Giocattoli	s.t.

List of Stage Winners

Stage	Name	Team	Leaderâ€™s Jersey
1, HL	Matteo Rabottini	Yellow Fluo	Matteo Rabottini
2, FL	Marcel Kittel	Giant - Shimano	Marcel Kittel
3, FL	AndrÃ© Greipel	Lotto - Belisol	Marcel Kittel
4, FL	Marcel Kittel	Giant - Shimano	Marcel Kittel
5, HL	Alexandr Kolobnev	Katusha	Marcel Kittel
6, HL	Michael Albasini	Orica GreenEdge	Jonathan Hivert
7, FL	AndrÃ© Greipel	Lotto â€“ Belisol	Marcel Kittel

Final Classification

Rank	Name	Team	Time
1	Marcel Kittel	Team Giant - Shimano	28h36'43
2	AndrÃ© Greipel	Lotto Belisol	+ 1
3	Jonathan Hivert	Belkin Pro Cycling Team	+ 2
4	Pierre Rolland	Team Europcar	+ 4
5	Peter Sagan	Cannondale	+ 17
6	JÃ©rÃ©my Roy	FDJ.fr	+ 23
7	Vincenzo Nibali	Astana Pro Team	+ 29
8	Robert Gesink	Belkin Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
9	Rigoberto UrÃ¡n	Omega Pharma - QuickÂ·Step Cycling Team	s.t.
10	Alberto Contador	Tinkoff - Saxo	s.t.

Spoiler

11	Giovanni Visconti	Movistar Team	s.t.
12	Carlos Betancur	AG2R La Mondiale	s.t.
13	Greg Van Avermaet	BMC Racing Team	s.t.
14	Thomas Voeckler	Team Europcar	s.t.
15	Arthur Vichot	FDJ.fr	s.t.
16	Luca Paolini	Team Katusha	s.t.
17	Daniel Moreno	Team Katusha	s.t.
18	Javier Moreno	Movistar Team	s.t.
19	Daniel Oss	BMC Racing Team	s.t.
20	Dario Cataldo	Team Sky	s.t.
21	Gianni Meersman	Omega Pharma - QuickÂ·Step Cycling Team	s.t.
22	Eros Capecchi	Movistar Team	s.t.
23	Geraint Thomas	Team Sky	s.t.
24	Andrew Talansky	Garmin Sharp	s.t.
25	Jean-Christophe Peraud	AG2R La Mondiale	s.t.
26	Giampaolo Caruso	Team Katusha	s.t.
27	Igor AntÃ³n	Movistar Team	s.t.
28	Niki Terpstra	Omega Pharma - QuickÂ·Step Cycling Team	s.t.
29	Tom Slagter	Garmin Sharp	s.t.
30	Janez BrajkoviÄ	Astana Pro Team	s.t.
31	Gianluca Brambilla	Omega Pharma - QuickÂ·Step Cycling Team	s.t.
32	Francesco Gavazzi	Astana Pro Team	s.t.
33	Dries Devenyns	Team Giant - Shimano	s.t.
34	Kenny Elissonde	FDJ.fr	s.t.
35	Arnaud Demare	FDJ.fr	+ 3'11
36	Patrick Facchini	Androni Giocattoli	+ 3'30
37	Sep Vanmarcke	Belkin Pro Cycling Team	+ 3'33
38	Michele Scarponi	Astana Pro Team	s.t.
39	Michael SchÃ¤r	BMC Racing Team	s.t.
40	John Darwin Atapuma	BMC Racing Team	s.t.
41	Adriano Malori	Movistar Team	s.t.
42	Michael Albasini	Orica GreenEdge	+ 4'36
43	JosÃ© JoaquÃn Rojas	Movistar Team	+ 4'47
44	Daniele Bennati	Tinkoff - Saxo	+ 5'37
45	Giacomo Nizzolo	Trek Factory Racing	+ 5'50
46	Simon Spilak	Team Katusha	+ 5'53
47	Hubert Dupont	AG2R La Mondiale	s.t.
48	Oscar Gatto	Cannondale	+ 5'54
49	Marco Marcato	Cannondale	s.t.
50	Mark Renshaw	Omega Pharma - QuickÂ·Step Cycling Team	s.t.
51	Geoffrey Soupe	FDJ.fr	s.t.
52	Ramunas Navardauskas	Garmin Sharp	s.t.
53	Luka Mezgec	Team Giant - Shimano	s.t.
54	Damiano Cunego	Lampre - Merida	s.t.
55	Francis Mourey	FDJ.fr	s.t.
56	Lars Ytting Bak	Lotto Belisol	s.t.
57	Przemyslaw Niemiec	Lampre - Merida	s.t.
58	Matteo Rabottini	YellowFluo	+ 6'02
59	Fabian Cancellara	Trek Factory Racing	+ 6'23
60	Lars Boom	Belkin Pro Cycling Team	+ 7'02
61	Julien Vermote	Omega Pharma - QuickÂ·Step Cycling Team	+ 8'08
62	Raphael Visconti	Cannondale	+ 8'42
63	Arnold Jeannesson	FDJ.fr	+ 8'44
64	Simone Ponzi	YellowFluo	s.t.
65	Davide Rebellin	CCC Polsat Polkowice	+ 8'53
66	Steve Chainel	AG2R La Mondiale	+ 8'55
67	Enrico Barbin	Bardiani CSF	+ 8'56
68	Sacha Modolo	Lampre - Merida	+ 8'58
69	Bryan Coquard	Team Europcar	s.t.
70	Edvald Boasson Hagen	Team Sky	s.t.
71	Laurens Ten Dam	Belkin Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
72	Nick Nuyens	Garmin Sharp	s.t.
73	Nikias Arndt	Team Giant - Shimano	s.t.
74	Steve Morabito	BMC Racing Team	s.t.
75	Marcus Burghardt	BMC Racing Team	s.t.
76	Emanuele Sella	Androni Giocattoli	s.t.
77	Alexandr Kolobnev	Team Katusha	+ 9'47
78	Adam Hansen	Lotto Belisol	+ 10'06
79	Nicolas Roche	Tinkoff - Saxo	+ 11'48
80	Tanel Kangert	Astana Pro Team	s.t.
81	Damien Gaudin	AG2R La Mondiale	+ 11'52
82	Kenny Dehaes	Lotto Belisol	+ 11'58
83	Jonas Vangenechten	Lotto Belisol	s.t.
84	Chris Anker SÃ¸rensen	Tinkoff - Saxo	+ 12'09
85	Roberto Ferrari	Lampre - Merida	+ 13'08
86	SÃ©bastien Turgot	AG2R La Mondiale	s.t.
87	Winner Anacona	Lampre - Merida	+ 13'10
88	Bradley Wiggins	Team Sky	s.t.
89	Diego Rosa	Androni Giocattoli	s.t.
90	Filippo Pozzato	Lampre - Merida	+ 13'46
91	Cristiano Salerno	Cannondale	+ 13'58
92	GrÃ©gory Rast	Trek Factory Racing	s.t.
93	Kristjan Koren	Cannondale	+ 14'22
94	Guillaume Bonnafond	AG2R La Mondiale	+ 14'29
95	Matteo Tosatto	Tinkoff - Saxo	+ 15'00
96	Andrey Amador	Movistar Team	+ 15'35
97	Andrea Manfredi	Bardiani CSF	+ 15'49
98	Daan Olivier	Team Giant - Shimano	+ 16'00
99	Leigh Howard	Orica GreenEdge	+ 16'08
100	Tom Danielson	Garmin Sharp	+ 16'21
101	Alessandro Vanotti	Astana Pro Team	+ 17'06
102	Stephen Cummings	BMC Racing Team	+ 18'07
103	Pablo Lastras	Movistar Team	+ 18'10
104	George Preidler	Team Giant - Shimano	s.t.
105	Matthew Goss	Orica GreenEdge	+ 18'15
106	Brett Lancaster	Orica GreenEdge	+ 18'29
107	Ben Swift	Team Sky	s.t.
108	Ivan Santaromita	Orica GreenEdge	+ 18'43
109	Alexandre Pichot	Team Europcar	+ 19'12
110	Mikel Nieve	Team Sky	+ 19'29
111	Mikhail Ignatiev	Team Katusha	+ 19'37
112	Albert Timmer	Team Giant - Shimano	+ 20'02
113	Dennis Van Winden	Belkin Pro Cycling Team	+ 20'12
114	Branislau Samoilau	CCC Polsat Polkowice	+ 20'31
115	Esteban Chaves	Orica GreenEdge	+ 21'00
116	Matthew Busche	Trek Factory Racing	s.t.
117	Stijn Devolder	Trek Factory Racing	+ 22'02
118	Francesco Chicchi	YellowFluo	+ 22'12
119	Gert Dockx	Lotto Belisol	+ 22'34
120	Paolo Tiralongo	Astana Pro Team	+ 22'58
121	SÃ©rgio Paulinho	Tinkoff - Saxo	+ 23'34
122	Riccardo Zoidl	Trek Factory Racing	s.t.
123	Romain Sicard	Team Europcar	s.t.
124	Mark Cavendish	Omega Pharma - QuickÂ·Step Cycling Team	+ 24'02
125	Andrea Guardini	Astana Pro Team	+ 24'12
126	Manuele Mori	Lampre - Merida	+ 24'20
127	Yukiya Arashiro	Team Europcar	+ 24'49
128	Nathan Brown	Garmin Sharp	+ 25'44
129	Filippo Fortin	Bardiani CSF	+ 26'35
130	Mauro Finetto	YellowFluo	+ 27'04
131	Stig Broeckx	Lotto Belisol	+ 27'28
132	Nicola Boem	Bardiani CSF	+ 27'41
133	Jacek Morajko	CCC Polsat Polkowice	s.t.
134	Matteo Bono	Lampre - Merida	+ 27'44
135	Christopher Sutton	Team Sky	+ 28'16
136	David Boucher	FDJ.fr	+ 28'18
137	Manuele Boaro	Tinkoff - Saxo	s.t.
138	Silvan Dillier	BMC Racing Team	s.t.
139	Bartlomiej Matysiak	CCC Polsat Polkowice	+ 28'40
140	JarosÅ‚aw Marycz	CCC Polsat Polkowice	+ 28'53
141	BjÃ¶rn Thurau	Team Europcar	+ 29'31
142	Donato De Ieso	Bardiani CSF	+ 30'13
143	JÃ©rÃ´me Cousin	Team Europcar	+ 30'18
144	Michael Kolar	Tinkoff - Saxo	s.t.
145	Cheng Ji	Team Giant - Shimano	+ 30'57
146	Daniele Colli	YellowFluo	+ 31'06
147	Fabio Silvestre	Trek Factory Racing	s.t.
148	Nicola Ruffoni	Bardiani CSF	+ 31'16
149	Marco Bandiera	Androni Giocattoli	+ 31'22
150	Fabio Sabatini	Cannondale	+ 32'07
151	Vyacheslav Kuznetsov	Team Katusha	+ 32'28
152	Vegard Breen	Lotto Belisol	s.t.
153	David Millar	Garmin Sharp	+ 33'48
154	Calvin Watson	Trek Factory Racing	+ 35'47
155	Salvatore Puccio	Team Sky	+ 36'15
156	Marco Coledan	Bardiani CSF	+ 36'30
157	Paolo Colonna	Bardiani CSF	s.t.
158	Mateusz Taciak	CCC Polsat Polkowice	+ 37'01
159	Mateusz Nowak	CCC Polsat Polkowice	+ 37'48
160	Yonder Godoy	Androni Giocattoli	+ 38'17
161	Michael Hepburn	Orica GreenEdge	+ 38'32
162	Luigi Miletta	YellowFluo	+ 39'48
163	Matthias Krizek	Cannondale	+ 42'54
164	Mirko Tedeschi	YellowFluo	+ 42'56
165	Gianni Bellini	YellowFluo	+ 44'43
166	Tom Boonen	Omega Pharma - QuickÂ·Step Cycling Team	+ 47'20
167	Maxim Belkov	Team Katusha	+ 49'26
168	Piotr GawroÅ„ski	CCC Polsat Polkowice	+ 57'10
169	Nicola Testi	Androni Giocattoli	+ 57'35
170	Cameron Meyer	Orica GreenEdge	+ 1h03'05
171	Fabian Wegmann	Garmin Sharp	+ 1h06'44
172	Omar Bertazzo	Androni Giocattoli	+ 1h11'11
173	Steven Kruijswijk	Belkin Pro Cycling Team	+ 1h13'25
174	Andrea Zordan	Androni Giocattoli	+ 1h31'17

The Rider

#220

Posted on 22-03-2014 14:26

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I was worried about Sagan until stage 7. Looks like he might just be good enough to win Milan San Remo maybe.

I really like a Tirreno route which can result in a sprinter winning like we just saw, reminds me of when I won it with Farrar once.

- admirschleck - If you read some of that report you would have already realised he finished 22nd on that stage ........

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