This years Tirreno starts with an interesting TTT course. We'll see how the riders will cooperate with their teammates, and most likely this will be the deciding factor of the stage. The main favourites are ofc Sky and RNT, but also watch out for BMC, as they have some good TTers.
The swiss team was one of the firsts out and they set a very good time at 21'16! They were the fastest at the checkpoint, and smashed Lotto's time with 27s.
Right after BMC, our team SpiderTech came. We were too much behind at the checkpoint, to have a chance to a good result. In the last part, we tried to minimize our losses, and sat a time of 21'58, which is 42s worse than BMC's. Not a good start for us, but it could be worse.
RNT came close to BMC, but they also got beaten by 7s.
The last team out was the favourite team, Team Sky. They pushed hard, and were leading at the checkpoint, but at the end they started to fade and came in with an initial time of 21'24. That means, that they even RNT overtook them! BMC won the TTT, and put Tejay Van Garderen into a very good positon for the rest of the race.
Thanks guys, you're giving me a real boost to make these reports!
Paris - Nice Stage 5
The queen stage of this years Paris - Nice (if we don't take the Col D'Éze TT)! The finish in Mende is very steep and there were some famous winners too, like Laurent Jalabert. Will Sutton be able to beat Chavanel or will someone else take the win?
Today's break was a quite small one with the biggest name being Hoogerland and Urtasun.
While the break was fighting through the hard wind, the peloton was controlled by SpiderTech and Omega Pharma - Quickstep.
At the start of the last climb the break was caught, but some late attackers like Monfort and LLS were leading the peloton. In the peloton Movistar was pacing hard, and our riders were right at the front.
At the middle of the climb, where the climb was the steepest, Movistar's Costa and RNT's Horner started to get away, but all the others were trying to follow. Meanwhile at the back some big names like Nibali, Vandenbroeck and Gesink dropped.
At the 1km mark, Costa is getting a gap over the others, who are trying to come back with a strong sprint. Sutty is there with the favourites, making his jump.
And Rui Costa wins in Mende! He was incredibly strong on the last hill! Horner comes 2nd, LLS is the 3rd and Sutty comes 5th.
Results
1
Rui Costa
Movistar Team
4h34'22
2
Chris Horner
RadioShack - Nissan
+ 19
3
Luis León Sánchez
Rabobank Cycling Team
s.t.
4
Sylvain Chavanel
Omega Pharma - Quick·Step Cycling Team
s.t.
5
Gary Sutton
SpiderTech - Cervélo
s.t.
6
Simon Spilak
Katusha Team
+ 42
7
Maxime Monfort
RadioShack - Nissan
s.t.
8
Chris Froome
Sky Procycling
s.t.
9
David Millar
Garmin - Sharp
s.t.
10
Egoi Martínez
Euskaltel - Euskadi
s.t.
11
Ion Izagirre
Euskaltel - Euskadi
s.t.
12
Pablo Lastras
Movistar Team
s.t.
13
George Hincapie
BMC Racing Team
s.t.
14
John Clemson
SpiderTech - Cervélo
s.t.
15
Máté Gömböcz
SpiderTech - Cervélo
s.t.
16
Alejandro Valverde
Movistar Team
s.t.
17
Jonathan Hivert
Saur - Sojasun
s.t.
Spoiler
18
Romain Bardet
AG2R La Mondiale
+ 1'28
19
Lars Boom
Rabobank Cycling Team
s.t.
20
Peter Kennaugh
Sky Procycling
s.t.
21
Vasil Kiryienka
Movistar Team
s.t.
22
Bauke Mollema
Rabobank Cycling Team
+ 1'51
23
Nicki Sørensen
Team Saxo Bank - Tinkoff Bank
s.t.
24
Stephen Cummings
BMC Racing Team
+ 2'10
25
Jonathan Castroviejo
Movistar Team
s.t.
26
Gorka Verdugo
Euskaltel - Euskadi
s.t.
27
Carlos Barredo
Rabobank Cycling Team
s.t.
28
Nicolas Roche
AG2R La Mondiale
s.t.
29
Martin Elmiger
AG2R La Mondiale
s.t.
30
Daniel Moreno
Katusha Team
s.t.
31
Michael Albasini
Orica - GreenEdge
s.t.
32
Jesús Herrada
Movistar Team
s.t.
33
Jérémy Roy
FDJ - BigMat
s.t.
34
Michele Scarponi
Lampre - ISD
s.t.
35
Jurgen Van den Broeck
Lotto Belisol Team
+ 2'53
36
Xavier Florencio
Katusha Team
s.t.
37
Vincenzo Nibali
Liquigas - Cannondale
s.t.
38
Blel Kadri
AG2R La Mondiale
s.t.
39
Haimar Zubeldia
RadioShack - Nissan
s.t.
40
Romain Sicard
Euskaltel - Euskadi
s.t.
41
Sandy Casar
FDJ - BigMat
s.t.
42
Tony Martin
Omega Pharma - Quick·Step Cycling Team
+ 3'20
43
Alexandre Vinokourov
Astana Pro Team
s.t.
44
Zdenek Stybar
Omega Pharma - Quick·Step Cycling Team
s.t.
45
Tom Boonen
Omega Pharma - Quick·Step Cycling Team
s.t.
46
Rein Taaramäe
Cofidis, le crédit en ligne
s.t.
47
Enrico Gasparotto
Astana Pro Team
s.t.
48
Samuel Dumoulin
Cofidis, le crédit en ligne
s.t.
49
Daisuke Yoshinabe
SpiderTech - Cervélo
+ 4'00
50
Matti Breschel
Rabobank Cycling Team
s.t.
51
Mickaël Buffaz
Cofidis, le crédit en ligne
s.t.
52
Johan Vansummeren
Garmin - Sharp
+ 4'27
53
Dimitriy Muravyev
Astana Pro Team
s.t.
54
Evgeni Petrov
Astana Pro Team
s.t.
55
Daryl Impey
Orica - GreenEdge
s.t.
56
Lars Petter Nordhaug
Sky Procycling
+ 4'58
57
Mikaël Chérel
AG2R La Mondiale
s.t.
58
Amaël Moinard
BMC Racing Team
s.t.
59
Andreas Klöden
RadioShack - Nissan
+ 5'18
60
Juan Antonio Flecha
Sky Procycling
+ 5'42
61
Anthony Geslin
FDJ - BigMat
+ 5'51
62
Lieuwe Westra
Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team
+ 6'21
63
Matthieu Ladagnous
FDJ - BigMat
+ 6'33
64
Pello Bilbao
Euskaltel - Euskadi
s.t.
65
Julien Simon
Saur - Sojasun
s.t.
66
Johnny Hoogerland
Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team
s.t.
67
Koldo Fernández
Garmin - Sharp
s.t.
68
Pablo Urtasun
Euskaltel - Euskadi
s.t.
69
Michael Schär
BMC Racing Team
s.t.
70
Stefan Denifl
Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team
+ 6'56
71
Vincent Jérôme
Team Europcar
+ 7'11
72
Ben Hermans
RadioShack - Nissan
+ 7'55
73
Taylor Phinney
BMC Racing Team
s.t.
74
Javier Iriarte
Movistar Team
+ 8'30
75
Mike Pye
SpiderTech - Cervélo
s.t.
76
Jan Ghyselinck
Cofidis, le crédit en ligne
s.t.
77
Jens Voigt
RadioShack - Nissan
s.t.
78
Romain Zingle
Cofidis, le crédit en ligne
+ 9'26
79
Timothy Roe
BMC Racing Team
s.t.
80
Nick Nuyens
Team Saxo Bank - Tinkoff Bank
+ 9'51
81
Manuel Belletti
AG2R La Mondiale
s.t.
82
Geoffrey Soupe
FDJ - BigMat
s.t.
83
Giovanni Bernaudeau
Team Europcar
+ 10'28
84
Sébastien Turgot
Team Europcar
+ 10'39
85
Luis Ángel Maté
Cofidis, le crédit en ligne
s.t.
86
Adrien Petit
Cofidis, le crédit en ligne
s.t.
87
Christophe Le Mével
Garmin - Sharp
+ 12'01
88
Peter Velits
Omega Pharma - Quick·Step Cycling Team
+ 12'09
89
Simon Clarke
Orica - GreenEdge
s.t.
90
Bartosz Piasecki
SpiderTech - Cervélo
+ 12'33
91
Yury Trofimov
Katusha Team
+ 12'48
92
David Le Lay
Saur - Sojasun
s.t.
93
Andrey Zeits
Astana Pro Team
+ 13'02
94
Juan José Oroz
Euskaltel - Euskadi
s.t.
95
Michel Kreder
Garmin - Sharp
s.t.
96
Matteo Carrara
Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team
s.t.
97
Robert Gesink
Rabobank Cycling Team
s.t.
98
Jakob Fuglsang
RadioShack - Nissan
s.t.
99
Branislau Samoilau
Movistar Team
s.t.
100
Jérôme Pineau
Omega Pharma - Quick·Step Cycling Team
s.t.
101
Levi Leipheimer
Omega Pharma - Quick·Step Cycling Team
s.t.
102
Sébastien Minard
AG2R La Mondiale
+ 13'43
103
Joan Horrach
Katusha Team
s.t.
104
Sébastien Rosseler
Garmin - Sharp
+ 14'28
105
Matteo Trentin
Omega Pharma - Quick·Step Cycling Team
+ 14'38
106
Kris Boeckmans
Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team
s.t.
107
Steve Chainel
FDJ - BigMat
+ 14'58
108
Cyril Bessy
Saur - Sojasun
+ 17'38
109
Rolando Peruzeta
SpiderTech - Cervélo
s.t.
110
Egoi De la Fuente
SpiderTech - Cervélo
s.t.
111
Sylvain Georges
AG2R La Mondiale
s.t.
112
Fumiyuki Beppu
Orica - GreenEdge
s.t.
113
Maciej Paterski
Liquigas - Cannondale
s.t.
114
Alexsandr Dyachenko
Astana Pro Team
s.t.
115
Alan Pérez
Euskaltel - Euskadi
s.t.
116
Kristjan Koren
Liquigas - Cannondale
+ 19'21
117
Jelle Vanendert
Lotto Belisol Team
+ 19'54
118
Jetse Bol
Rabobank Cycling Team
+ 20'08
119
Martin Mortensen
Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team
s.t.
120
Mitchell Docker
Orica - GreenEdge
+ 20'18
121
Alexander Kristoff
Katusha Team
s.t.
122
Xabier Zandio
Sky Procycling
+ 20'33
123
Dominik Nerz
Liquigas - Cannondale
+ 20'54
124
Winner Anacona
Lampre - ISD
+ 21'20
125
Frederik Willems
Lotto Belisol Team
+ 23'04
126
Jesús Hernández
Team Saxo Bank - Tinkoff Bank
s.t.
127
Eros Capecchi
Liquigas - Cannondale
s.t.
128
Stefano Agostini
Liquigas - Cannondale
+ 23'56
129
Laurent Mangel
Saur - Sojasun
s.t.
130
Salvatore Puccio
Sky Procycling
+ 24'26
131
Maciej Bodnar
Liquigas - Cannondale
s.t.
132
Arnaud Labbe
Cofidis, le crédit en ligne
s.t.
133
Jürgen Roelandts
Lotto Belisol Team
+ 24'37
134
Wesley Sulzberger
Orica - GreenEdge
s.t.
135
Matthew Hayman
Sky Procycling
s.t.
136
Jakob Rathe
Garmin - Sharp
s.t.
137
Manuele Boaro
Team Saxo Bank - Tinkoff Bank
s.t.
138
Timofey Kritskiy
Katusha Team
s.t.
139
Rafaâ Chtioui
Team Europcar
s.t.
140
Alexandre Pichot
Team Europcar
s.t.
141
Stéphane Poulhiès
Saur - Sojasun
s.t.
142
Francesco Masciarelli
Astana Pro Team
s.t.
143
Greg Henderson
Lotto Belisol Team
s.t.
144
Simone Stortoni
Lampre - ISD
s.t.
145
Klaas Lodewyck
BMC Racing Team
s.t.
146
Gaetan Bille
Lotto Belisol Team
s.t.
147
Rafal Majka
Team Saxo Bank - Tinkoff Bank
s.t.
148
Sergey Renev
Astana Pro Team
s.t.
149
Marcel Sieberg
Lotto Belisol Team
s.t.
150
Angelo Tulik
Team Europcar
s.t.
151
Mads Christensen
Team Saxo Bank - Tinkoff Bank
s.t.
152
Etienne Tortelier
Saur - Sojasun
s.t.
153
Maxim Belkov
Katusha Team
s.t.
154
Arthur Vichot
FDJ - BigMat
s.t.
155
Massimo Graziato
Lampre - ISD
s.t.
156
Brian Bulgac
Lotto Belisol Team
s.t.
157
Wouter Mol
Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team
s.t.
158
Matteo Bono
Lampre - ISD
s.t.
159
Nikita Novikov
Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team
s.t.
160
Mark Renshaw
Rabobank Cycling Team
s.t.
161
Matthew Wilson
Orica - GreenEdge
s.t.
162
Yohann Gène
Team Europcar
s.t.
163
Yuriy Krivtsov
Lampre - ISD
s.t.
164
Jens Keukeleire
Orica - GreenEdge
s.t.
165
Martijn Maaskant
Garmin - Sharp
s.t.
166
Alessandro Spezialetti
Lampre - ISD
s.t.
167
Saïd Haddou
Team Europcar
s.t.
168
Oleksandr Sheydyk
Lampre - ISD
s.t.
169
Ian Stannard
Sky Procycling
s.t.
170
David Tanner
Team Saxo Bank - Tinkoff Bank
s.t.
171
Fabio Sabatini
Liquigas - Cannondale
s.t.
172
Kasper Klostergaard
Team Saxo Bank - Tinkoff Bank
s.t.
173
Adam Blythe
BMC Racing Team
s.t.
174
Jean-Lou Paiani
Saur - Sojasun
s.t.
175
Giacomo Nizzolo
RadioShack - Nissan
+ 26'01
176
David Boucher
FDJ - BigMat
s.t.
General Classification
Costa gets the leaders jersey, but the GC is still very close!
1
Rui Costa
Movistar Team
18h08'23
2
Sylvain Chavanel
Omega Pharma - Quick·Step Cycling Team
+ 5
3
Gary Sutton
SpiderTech - Cervélo
+ 11
4
Luis León Sánchez
Rabobank Cycling Team
+ 20
5
Chris Horner
RadioShack - Nissan
+ 26
6
David Millar
Garmin - Sharp
+ 36
7
Máté Gömböcz
SpiderTech - Cervélo
+ 40
8
George Hincapie
BMC Racing Team
+ 45
9
Simon Spilak
Katusha Team
+ 52
10
Maxime Monfort
RadioShack - Nissan
+ 53
Spiders of the day
Sutton - 1Edited by fernando97 on 30-08-2012 17:32
Thanks for the motivating comments guys! If there's something you'd like to know about a rider, just ask me, and I'll bring you the information.
Tirreno - Adriatico Stage 2
This stage is classified as flat, but the 2 1st category climbs at the start can probably tire out the sprinters. We'll aim for a top 6 place with Bahr, as the best sprinters are there, and Bahr is just a 2nd tier sprinter.
The BotD was a bit weak today for a WT race, as the riders were fairly low ranked.
Probably the weakness of the break was the reason for the peloton to take it slow and the break got a big lead. However, BMC decided to chase hard, as they wanted to keep their leaders jersey. With the help of Team Sky they chased down the break.
As the race was going, the sprint preparations started, and Bahr decided to take the wheel of EBH. The interesting thing is that, Sky made 2 (!) trains, one for Cav, and one for EBH.
At the 1km mark, Cavendish started to sprint from the wheel of Swift, and Hushovd also launched with Bahr on his wheel. At the right side of the road Greipel, Sagan, Goss were coming strong! What a fast finish, but who will be the fastest?
And Thor Hushovd wins stage 2! What an amazing win! He was the strongest at the end, and guess who takes 2nd! Bahr!, what a strong finish from him too, and EBH came 3rd. Cav faded at the end and get 4th.
@sutty,Ian - thank you guys, you're really keeping me motivated.
Paris - Nice Stage 6
This stage is quite hilly, so it's ideal for a break. Although the sprinters might want the last chance to a stage - win, so let's see what happened.
Today's break was quite strong, containing Gasparotto, Voigt and Simon Clarke. The peloton was taking it easy on the climbs, and the break got a huge (10min) gap.The break was about to make it to the end, when something TERRIBLE happened.
9 riders, including Boonen and Costa broke away from the peloton, thanks to a split! SpiderTech immediately put all guys to relay, but the gap widened consistently.
Here is the situation with 3kms to go. The break leads and the select group comes very fast from the back. The peloton is way behind, despite the hard work by our team.
While the GC fights were still on the cameras, the break slowly started the sprint, and at the 1km mark Europcar's Vichot was in the lead. Can the frenchman hold onto his lead?
No, because Sky rider Puccio snatches it! An impressive win in the close sprint for the youngster! Vichot gets 2nd, and Clarke is the 3rd! 46 seconds later Boonen and Costa cross the line, and the waiting for the peleton starts. Spilak's group coems at 1'10, and the main pack follows led by Piasecki at 2'15! What a shame!
Results
General Classification
Costa increases his lead, and Spilak takes the 2nd place, otherwise no changes.
