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Petronas - Monster Energy; The end of an era
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| TomC |
Posted on 14-07-2012 14:37
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Nice start for Gesink! Hope he can keep this jersey  |
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| dienblad |
Posted on 14-07-2012 17:42
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Stage 4
Before the 4 mountain stages, the GC will be shaken up in the 49 kilometre ITT. The route features 380 height metres (in 1 climb) with th emost of it being flat.
The first rider to set a time that will be good enough to get in the top 10 at the end of the day, is Saur - Sojasun's Spaniard Jonathan Castroviejo. He is 30 seconds faster than the best time at that moment by Rasmus Quaade and needs 1h10'59 for the 49 kilometres.
The time set by Castroviejo is surprisingly broken by Garmin's Christophe Riblon. The French, surely not a known time trialist, is 8 seconds faster ans can take place in the hot seat now.
Our Aussie Jack Bobridge does a great job, setting the 3rd time at the moment (and the 11th of the day), '13 slower than Riblon.
New best time! Thomas Dekker rides a great TT, 29 seconds faster than Riblon. Although having some trouble in the last sector, he is able to keep the margin he build up in the first 2 sectors. Time to beat: 1h10'22.
Christophe Kern has the home advantage and rides the TT of his life. Nevertheless, it's not enough to beat the fastest time by Dekker, but the 1h10'39 is still the 2nd time far.
Also Estonian Rein Taaramäe is slower than Dekker, and with a time of 1h10'34 he becomes the new current number 2.
Thomas De Gendt, GC´s number 5, is having a tough days with a daily form of -5. But still he manages to set the 3rd time so far, only '17 behind his Dutch team mate.
Former TT-World Champ Michael Rogers rides a disappointing TT, and wil finish in 10th place today. He is 41 seconds slower than Dekker!
Times at 1st split:
1. T. Dekker 24'12; 2. R. Gesink + 0; 3. B. Wiggins + 15; 4. EB Hagen + 27; 5. C. Riblon + 34.
The favourite to win today is British Bradley Wiggins. After a disappointing 2012 season, with no wins, he switched from Team Sky to Radio Shack and is looking for revenge. He wants his first win of the season today and is 18 seconds faster than Dekker at the 2nd split time.
Lotto's Edvald Boasson Hagen is doing a great job at the 2nd split time, but loosing ground to Wiggo. The Norwegian is '22 behind the Brit.
Times at 2nd split:
1. B. Wiggins 43'24; 2. T. Dekker + 18; 3. EB. Hagen + 22; 4. C. Kern + 46; 5. R. Taaramäe + 47.
GC-leader Robert Gesink has a good start of the time trial, with the 2nd time at the first split, but looses ground in the 2nd sector, being '49 slower than Wiggins in 7th place. But the Dutch manages to gain a few places and finishes in 3rd overall, '56 behind Wiggins.
Results
| 1 | Bradley Wiggins | Radio Shack - Nissan | 1h09'13 | | 2 | Edvald Boasson Hagen | Lotto - Belisol | + 41 | | 3 | Robert Gesink | Monster Energy - Subway | + 56 | | 4 | Thomas Dekker | Monster Energy - Subway | + 1'09 | | 5 | Rein Taaramäe | Sony Ericsson | + 1'21 | | 6 | Thomas De Gendt | Monster Energy - Subway | + 1'26 | | 7 | Christophe Kern | Team Europcar | s.t. | | 8 | Christophe Riblon | Garmin - Barracuda | + 1'38 | | 9 | Jonathan Castroviejo | Saur - Sojasun | + 1'46 | | 10 | Michael Rogers | Sky ProCycling | + 1'50 |
Spoiler | 11 | Jack Bobridge | Monster Energy - Subway | + 1'51 | | 12 | Brent Bookwalter | BMC Racing Team | + 2'09 | | 13 | Chris Froome | Sky ProCycling | + 2'10 | | 14 | Luis León Sánchez | Rabobank Cycling Team | + 2'13 | | 15 | Rasmus Quaade | Sony Ericsson | + 2'16 | | 16 | Dominique Cornu | Lotto - Belisol | s.t. | | 17 | Marc De Maar | Monster Energy - Subway | + 2'33 | | 18 | Benoît Vaugrenard | FDJ | + 2'35 | | 19 | Yury Trofimov | Pro Team Astana | + 2'42 | | 20 | Kim Kirchen | Sky ProCycling | s.t. | | 21 | Roman Kreuziger | Pro Team Astana | + 2'44 | | 22 | Ivan Rovny | Radio Shack - Nissan | + 2'49 | | 23 | Romain Sicard | Euskaltel - Euskadi | + 2'50 | | 24 | Jens Mouris | Qantas Airways | s.t. | | 25 | Adriano Malori | Lampre - Generali | + 2'55 | | 26 | Tyler Farrar | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step | + 2'58 | | 27 | Christian Vande Velde | Radio Shack - Nissan | + 2'59 | | 28 | Rigoberto Urán | Sky ProCycling | + 3'05 | | 29 | Sébastien Minard | Garmin - Barracuda | + 3'06 | | 30 | Nelson Oliveira | Radio Shack - Nissan | + 3'13 | | 31 | Ignatas Konovalovas | Movistar Team | + 3'16 | | 32 | Bruno Pires | Saxo Bank SunGard | + 3'19 | | 33 | Michel Kreder | Garmin - Barracuda | s.t. | | 34 | Alex Dowsett | Sky ProCycling | + 3'23 | | 35 | Phil Zajicek | Sony Ericsson | + 3'32 | | 36 | Steve Morabito | BMC Racing Team | + 3'34 | | 37 | Robert Kiserlovski | Garmin - Barracuda | + 3'45 | | 38 | Matteo Montaguti | Androni Giocattoli | + 3'46 | | 39 | Cyril Gautier | Team Europcar | + 3'47 | | 40 | Przemyslaw Niemiec | Saur - Sojasun | s.t. | | 41 | Romain Zingle | Monster Energy - Subway | + 3'58 | | 42 | Sebastian Langeveld | Qantas Airways | s.t. | | 43 | Maxime Monfort | Lotto - Belisol | + 3'59 | | 44 | Sébastien Turgot | Team Europcar | + 4'04 | | 45 | Jan Bakelants | Lotto - Belisol | + 4'05 | | 46 | Chad Beyer | BMC Racing Team | + 4'10 | | 47 | Paul Voss | Red Bull - Cervélo | + 4'14 | | 48 | Thomas Voeckler | Team Europcar | + 4'17 | | 49 | Pieter Weening | Qantas Airways | + 4'18 | | 50 | Dominique Rollin | FDJ | + 4'19 | | 51 | Stefan Denifl | Red Bull - Cervélo | + 4'22 | | 52 | Alessandro Ballan | BMC Racing Team | + 4'24 | | 53 | Riccardo Chiarini | Androni Giocattoli | + 4'25 | | 54 | Florian Guillou | Saur - Sojasun | + 4'26 | | 55 | Egor Silin | Radio Shack - Nissan | + 4'29 | | 56 | Luke Rowe | Qantas Airways | + 4'30 | | 57 | David Le Lay | AG2R La Mondiale | + 4'38 | | 58 | Daniel Martin | Garmin - Barracuda | + 4'39 | | 59 | Mathieu Sprick | Team Europcar | + 4'42 | | 60 | Jonathan Hivert | Saur - Sojasun | + 4'43 | | 61 | Maxime Bouet | AG2R La Mondiale | s.t. | | 62 | Mikaël Chérel | AG2R La Mondiale | + 4'45 | | 63 | Jesús Hernández | Saxo Bank SunGard | + 4'50 | | 64 | Amaël Moinard | BMC Racing Team | + 4'59 | | 65 | Michael Barry | Sky ProCycling | + 5'07 | | 66 | Daniel Kreutzfeldt | Saxo Bank SunGard | + 5'08 | | 67 | Hubert Dupont | AG2R La Mondiale | + 5'10 | | 68 | Anders Lund | Saxo Bank SunGard | s.t. | | 69 | Aurélien Duval | Team Europcar | + 5'11 | | 70 | Theo Bos | Monster Energy - Subway | + 5'12 | | 71 | Greg Henderson | Pro Team Astana | s.t. | | 72 | Enrique Salgueiro | Movistar Team | + 5'14 | | 73 | Jean-Marc Bideau | Saur - Sojasun | + 5'15 | | 74 | Johan Le Bon | Saur - Sojasun | s.t. | | 75 | Grégory Rast | Team Europcar | + 5'16 | | 76 | Rémi Pauriol | FDJ | s.t. | | 77 | Juan José Oroz | Euskaltel - Euskadi | s.t. | | 78 | Enrique Sanz | Movistar Team | + 5'17 | | 79 | Gavin Mannion | Sony Ericsson | + 5'20 | | 80 | Rubén Pérez | Movistar Team | + 5'21 | | 81 | Stijn Vandenbergh | Katusha Team | s.t. | | 82 | Tanel Kangert | Pro Team Astana | + 5'24 | | 83 | Michel Koch | Sony Ericsson | s.t. | | 84 | Guillaume Blot | FDJ | + 5'26 | | 85 | Maxim Belkov | Katusha Team | + 5'27 | | 86 | Guillaume Bonnafond | AG2R La Mondiale | + 5'31 | | 87 | Héctor Guerra | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 88 | José Ángel Gómez Marchante | Euskaltel - Euskadi | + 5'32 | | 89 | Rodrigo García | Radio Shack - Nissan | + 5'33 | | 90 | Dominic Klemme | Red Bull - Cervélo | s.t. | | 91 | Julien El Fares | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step | + 5'38 | | 92 | Valentin Iglinskiy | Pro Team Astana | + 5'39 | | 93 | Timothy Duggan | Sony Ericsson | + 5'41 | | 94 | Leif Hoste | Katusha Team | + 5'42 | | 95 | Julien Simon | Saur - Sojasun | + 5'44 | | 96 | Roman Klimov | Katusha Team | + 5'45 | | 97 | Frédéric Guesdon | FDJ | + 5'48 | | 98 | Florian Vachon | AG2R La Mondiale | + 5'50 | | 99 | Giairo Ermeti | Androni Giocattoli | + 5'52 | | 100 | Russell Downing | Qantas Airways | s.t. | | 101 | Filippo Pozzato | Katusha Team | + 5'53 | | 102 | Jonathon McEvoy | Qantas Airways | + 5'54 | | 103 | Rob Goris | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step | + 5'55 | | 104 | Andrew Bajadali | Radio Shack - Nissan | + 5'57 | | 105 | Job Vissers | Rabobank Cycling Team | s.t. | | 106 | Leonardo Duque | Radio Shack - Nissan | + 5'59 | | 107 | Jonathan Tiernan-Locke | Sky ProCycling | s.t. | | 108 | Staf Scheirlinckx | Lotto - Belisol | + 6'00 | | 109 | Gerald Ciolek | Red Bull - Cervélo | + 6'04 | | 110 | Gene Michael Bates | Lotto - Belisol | + 6'07 | | 111 | José Serpa | Pro Team Astana | + 6'10 | | 112 | Xabier Zandio | Sky ProCycling | s.t. | | 113 | René Jørgensen | Saxo Bank SunGard | + 6'13 | | 114 | Sergey Firsanov | Katusha Team | s.t. | | 115 | Laurent Lefèvre | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step | + 6'15 | | 116 | Nicolas Hartmann | AG2R La Mondiale | + 6'16 | | 117 | Sergio Hernandez | Sony Ericsson | + 6'18 | | 118 | Yannick Eijssen | BMC Racing Team | + 6'19 | | 119 | Richard England | Qantas Airways | + 6'20 | | 120 | Tom Slagter | Rabobank Cycling Team | s.t. | | 121 | Arthur Vichot | FDJ | + 6'24 | | 122 | Murilo Fischer | Sony Ericsson | + 6'25 | | 123 | Yauheni Hutarovich | Pro Team Astana | + 6'26 | | 124 | Daniele Righi | Lampre - Generali | + 6'28 | | 125 | Roberto Ferrari | Androni Giocattoli | + 6'34 | | 126 | Steven Van Vooren | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step | + 6'36 | | 127 | Justin Williams | Saxo Bank SunGard | + 6'38 | | 128 | Mark Renshaw | Rabobank Cycling Team | + 6'39 | | 129 | Jan Kuyckx | Lotto - Belisol | + 6'40 | | 130 | Americo Novembrini | Androni Giocattoli | s.t. | | 131 | Lenny Smit | BMC Racing Team | + 6'41 | | 132 | Pietro Caucchioli | Lampre - Generali | s.t. | | 133 | Andrey Zeits | Pro Team Astana | + 6'43 | | 134 | Cédric Pineau | FDJ | s.t. | | 135 | Jens Keukeleire | Rabobank Cycling Team | s.t. | | 136 | Volodymir Gustov | Saxo Bank SunGard | + 6'44 | | 137 | Francisco José Ventoso | Movistar Team | + 6'49 | | 138 | Marcel Sieberg | Red Bull - Cervélo | + 6'50 | | 139 | Mirco Lorenzetto | Androni Giocattoli | + 6'52 | | 140 | Alfredo Balloni | Lampre - Generali | + 6'54 | | 141 | Lloyd Mondory | AG2R La Mondiale | s.t. | | 142 | Eduard Prades | Euskaltel - Euskadi | + 6'55 | | 143 | Pierre Cazaux | Euskaltel - Euskadi | + 7'00 | | 144 | Pavel Brutt | Rabobank Cycling Team | s.t. | | 145 | Kyle Wamsley | Garmin - Barracuda | + 7'03 | | 146 | Nicolas Edet | FDJ | s.t. | | 147 | José Luis Roldán | Movistar Team | + 7'04 | | 148 | Andreas Stauff | Red Bull - Cervélo | + 7'07 | | 149 | Dominik Nerz | Red Bull - Cervélo | + 7'09 | | 150 | Miguel Scott | Saxo Bank SunGard | + 7'16 | | 151 | Jimmy Casper | Saur - Sojasun | s.t. | | 152 | Julian Dean | Qantas Airways | + 7'17 | | 153 | Stéphane Poulhiès | Garmin - Barracuda | + 7'20 | | 154 | Simon Bailly | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step | s.t. | | 155 | Alexandre Pichot | Team Europcar | + 7'30 | | 156 | Tino Thömel | Red Bull - Cervélo | + 7'31 | | 157 | Alexandre Bazhenov | Katusha Team | + 7'40 | | 158 | Anthony Ravard | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step | s.t. | | 159 | Christian Moreni | Lampre - Generali | + 7'49 | | 160 | Aketza Peña | Euskaltel - Euskadi | + 7'56 | | 161 | Klemente Mitxeo | Euskaltel - Euskadi | + 7'57 | | 162 | Roger Jeanne | BMC Racing Team | + 7'59 | | 163 | Iñaki Isasi | Euskaltel - Euskadi | + 8'00 | | 164 | Jackson Rodríguez | Androni Giocattoli | + 8'05 | | 165 | Reinier Honig | Rabobank Cycling Team | + 8'09 | | 166 | Nick Gregoor | Lotto - Belisol | + 8'12 | | 167 | Luca Paolini | Katusha Team | + 8'13 | | 168 | Noah Raynaud | Garmin - Barracuda | + 8'14 | | 169 | Leon Smit | Rabobank Cycling Team | + 8'15 | | 170 | Gregory Bernard | Monster Energy - Subway | + 8'17 | | 171 | Ramon Ajuntas | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 172 | Andrea Moletta | Lampre - Generali | + 8'39 | | 173 | Mathieu Dufosse | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step | + 8'43 | | 174 | Andrea Grendene | Androni Giocattoli | + 8'55 | | 175 | Claudio Cremonesi | Lampre - Generali | + 9'24 | | 176 | Andrea de Bella | Lampre - Generali | + 9'32 |
GC
| 1 | Bradley Wiggins | Radio Shack - Nissan | 5h41'51 | | 2 | Edvald Boasson Hagen | Lotto - Belisol | + 41 | | 3 | Robert Gesink | Monster Energy - Subway | + 48 | | 4 | Thomas Dekker | Monster Energy - Subway | + 1'19 | | 5 | Rein Taaramäe | Sony Ericsson | + 1'27 | | 6 | Thomas De Gendt | Monster Energy - Subway | + 1'28 | | 7 | Christophe Kern | Team Europcar | + 1'34 | | 8 | Michael Rogers | Sky ProCycling | + 1'51 | | 9 | Brent Bookwalter | BMC Racing Team | + 2'20 | | 10 | Dominique Cornu | Lotto - Belisol | + 2'26 |
Points
| 1 | Edvald Boasson Hagen | Lotto - Belisol | 45 | | 2 | Robert Gesink | Monster Energy - Subway | 37 | | 3 | Bradley Wiggins | Radio Shack - Nissan | 37 | | 4 | Rein Taaramäe | Sony Ericsson | 34 | | 5 | Thomas De Gendt | Monster Energy - Subway | 27 |
Today's winner
Word from the DS
3 riders in the top 6 today, we're very happy with that! It looks like the GC will be a battle between Wiggins and Gesink. And with 2 mtf (Risoul and Alpe d'Huez), the gap of 48 seconds should be doable for Gesink!
Edited by dienblad on 14-07-2012 17:45
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| Miguel98 |
Posted on 14-07-2012 17:48
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Even in PCM Wiggins does it. Great ride by the Monster boys. |
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| TomC |
Posted on 14-07-2012 18:17
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Gesink should be much better in mountains! Good luck |
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| Ian Butler |
Posted on 14-07-2012 20:08
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I just love Dauphinée, possibly my favorite stage race, and you do it justice
(I'm on holiday for 3 weeks starting tomorrow but will catch up later!) |
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| dienblad |
Posted on 14-07-2012 20:47
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@ Miguel98: With no Froome to help him climbing, he will have some problems in the mountains
@ TomC: Yes, he should be, but can he do it?
@ Ian Butler: enjoy your holiday!
Edited by dienblad on 14-07-2012 22:09
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| lukaas |
Posted on 14-07-2012 21:12
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Oh man! Followed this story 24/7 since the start of it and the three first month at least. Then did my computer crash and I didn't check this site for some months. But it great to see that this story still is alive. The best story on pcmdaily for sure!
I'll have to read the 100+ pages I've been missing! |
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| dienblad |
Posted on 14-07-2012 22:08
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Stage 5
In the 5th stage of the Dauphiné, we start climbing. The first 200 kilometres are flat and slightly uphill, but the last 15km are the most difficult ones. They're uphill with an average gradient of 6.1% and at an altitude of 1850 metres, the riders arrive at the Risoul station.
16km to go
The report starts when the BOTD arrives at the foot of the final climb to Risoul. A group of 12 riders, with Tom Jelte Slagter (Rabobank), Remi Pauriol (FDJ) and Sébastien Minard (Garmin) as the most known names in it, has taken a maximum lead of 9 minutes, but thanks to the hard work by our and Radio Shacks domestiques, only 5 minutes remain at the foot of the climb.
7km to go
The margin of the BOTD to the peloton decreases rapidly, especially when we decide to increase the pace. With 7km to go, when the margin is brought back to 1'30, Robert Gesink creates a gap to the rest of the first peloton, helped by Thomas Dekker.
5km to go
Dekker helps his leader untill his legs explode. But because of it, Gesink is more than 30 seconds in front of the group of favourites, and has joined the remaining breakawayd.
4km to go
With gesink riding 40 seconds in front of the group of favourites, Michael Rogers decides it's time to counterattack. Sébastien Minard is still in between. De Gendt & Dekker are still in the group of favourites.
2km to go
There are absolutely no problems for the Dutch to maintain his lead. Rogers couldn't maintain his attack, and has been passed by Christophe Kern and Bradley Wiggins, who is desperately trying to hang on to Kern...
Finish
But for sure, Robert Gesink is the strongest today at the slopes of Risoul. He even enlarges his lead in the last 2 kilometres and for sure becomes the new GC-leader.
Kern finishes in 2nd at 1'10 and a group with Robert Kiserlovski, Przemyslaw Niemiec, Cyril Gautier and Thomas De Gendt in 6th place follows at 1'34. Wiggo looses 16 more seconds and thus also the yellow jersey to Robert Gesink.
Results
| 1 | Robert Gesink | Monster Energy - Subway | 5h38'50 | | 2 | Christophe Kern | Team Europcar | + 1'10 | | 3 | Robert Kiserlovski | Garmin - Barracuda | + 1'23 | | 4 | Przemyslaw Niemiec | Saur - Sojasun | + 1'34 | | 5 | Cyril Gautier | Team Europcar | s.t. | | 6 | Thomas De Gendt | Monster Energy - Subway | s.t. | | 7 | Bradley Wiggins | Radio Shack - Nissan | + 1'50 | | 8 | Rein Taaramäe | Sony Ericsson | s.t. | | 9 | Michael Rogers | Sky ProCycling | s.t. | | 10 | Yury Trofimov | Pro Team Astana | + 2'08 |
Spoiler | 11 | Bruno Pires | Saxo Bank SunGard | s.t. | | 12 | Thomas Dekker | Monster Energy - Subway | + 2'46 | | 13 | Rigoberto Urán | Sky ProCycling | + 3'20 | | 14 | Jonathan Hivert | Saur - Sojasun | s.t. | | 15 | Luke Rowe | Qantas Airways | + 3'35 | | 16 | Jan Bakelants | Lotto - Belisol | s.t. | | 17 | Michel Kreder | Garmin - Barracuda | s.t. | | 18 | Sébastien Minard | Garmin - Barracuda | s.t. | | 19 | Christophe Riblon | Garmin - Barracuda | s.t. | | 20 | Romain Sicard | Euskaltel - Euskadi | s.t. | | 21 | Chris Froome | Sky ProCycling | s.t. | | 22 | Roman Kreuziger | Pro Team Astana | s.t. | | 23 | Gene Michael Bates | Lotto - Belisol | s.t. | | 24 | Anders Lund | Saxo Bank SunGard | s.t. | | 25 | Jesús Hernández | Saxo Bank SunGard | s.t. | | 26 | Guillaume Bonnafond | AG2R La Mondiale | s.t. | | 27 | Kim Kirchen | Sky ProCycling | s.t. | | 28 | Luis León Sánchez | Rabobank Cycling Team | s.t. | | 29 | Edvald Boasson Hagen | Lotto - Belisol | s.t. | | 30 | Christian Vande Velde | Radio Shack - Nissan | s.t. | | 31 | Florian Guillou | Saur - Sojasun | s.t. | | 32 | Pieter Weening | Qantas Airways | s.t. | | 33 | Anthony Ravard | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step | s.t. | | 34 | Hubert Dupont | AG2R La Mondiale | s.t. | | 35 | Steve Morabito | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | | 36 | Rémi Pauriol | FDJ | s.t. | | 37 | Jonathan Castroviejo | Saur - Sojasun | s.t. | | 38 | Thomas Voeckler | Team Europcar | s.t. | | 39 | José Serpa | Pro Team Astana | s.t. | | 40 | Egor Silin | Radio Shack - Nissan | + 4'41 | | 41 | Timothy Duggan | Sony Ericsson | + 4'54 | | 42 | Roman Klimov | Katusha Team | s.t. | | 43 | Tom Slagter | Rabobank Cycling Team | + 5'20 | | 44 | Rodrigo García | Radio Shack - Nissan | + 6'03 | | 45 | Benoît Vaugrenard | FDJ | s.t. | | 46 | Julien El Fares | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step | s.t. | | 47 | José Luis Roldán | Movistar Team | + 6'50 | | 48 | Cédric Pineau | FDJ | + 7'16 | | 49 | Marc De Maar | Monster Energy - Subway | s.t. | | 50 | Riccardo Chiarini | Androni Giocattoli | s.t. | | 51 | Brent Bookwalter | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | | 52 | Maxime Bouet | AG2R La Mondiale | s.t. | | 53 | Dominique Rollin | FDJ | s.t. | | 54 | José Ángel Gómez Marchante | Euskaltel - Euskadi | s.t. | | 55 | Dominic Klemme | Red Bull - Cervélo | + 7'40 | | 56 | Yannick Eijssen | BMC Racing Team | + 7'48 | | 57 | Nicolas Hartmann | AG2R La Mondiale | s.t. | | 58 | Tyler Farrar | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step | s.t. | | 59 | Ivan Rovny | Radio Shack - Nissan | s.t. | | 60 | Dominique Cornu | Lotto - Belisol | s.t. | | 61 | Amaël Moinard | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | | 62 | Murilo Fischer | Sony Ericsson | s.t. | | 63 | Mikaël Chérel | AG2R La Mondiale | s.t. | | 64 | Maxime Monfort | Lotto - Belisol | s.t. | | 65 | Jackson Rodríguez | Androni Giocattoli | s.t. | | 66 | Romain Zingle | Monster Energy - Subway | s.t. | | 67 | Andrey Zeits | Pro Team Astana | s.t. | | 68 | Pietro Caucchioli | Lampre - Generali | s.t. | | 69 | Rubén Pérez | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 70 | Alessandro Ballan | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | | 71 | Tanel Kangert | Pro Team Astana | + 8'23 | | 72 | Jack Bobridge | Monster Energy - Subway | s.t. | | 73 | Daniel Martin | Garmin - Barracuda | s.t. | | 74 | Mathieu Sprick | Team Europcar | + 8'41 | | 75 | Stefan Denifl | Red Bull - Cervélo | + 8'58 | | 76 | Paul Voss | Red Bull - Cervélo | + 9'10 | | 77 | Daniele Righi | Lampre - Generali | s.t. | | 78 | Chad Beyer | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | | 79 | Xabier Zandio | Sky ProCycling | s.t. | | 80 | Juan José Oroz | Euskaltel - Euskadi | s.t. | | 81 | Francisco José Ventoso | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 82 | Leonardo Duque | Radio Shack - Nissan | s.t. | | 83 | Pierre Cazaux | Euskaltel - Euskadi | s.t. | | 84 | Enrique Salgueiro | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 85 | Gerald Ciolek | Red Bull - Cervélo | s.t. | | 86 | Mirco Lorenzetto | Androni Giocattoli | s.t. | | 87 | Florian Vachon | AG2R La Mondiale | s.t. | | 88 | Andrew Bajadali | Radio Shack - Nissan | + 9'58 | | 89 | Julien Simon | Saur - Sojasun | + 10'32 | | 90 | Sébastien Turgot | Team Europcar | s.t. | | 91 | Ignatas Konovalovas | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 92 | Theo Bos | Monster Energy - Subway | s.t. | | 93 | Aurélien Duval | Team Europcar | + 11'20 | | 94 | Staf Scheirlinckx | Lotto - Belisol | s.t. | | 95 | Enrique Sanz | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 96 | Guillaume Blot | FDJ | s.t. | | 97 | Michael Barry | Sky ProCycling | s.t. | | 98 | Stéphane Poulhiès | Garmin - Barracuda | s.t. | | 99 | Jan Kuyckx | Lotto - Belisol | s.t. | | 100 | Daniel Kreutzfeldt | Saxo Bank SunGard | s.t. | | 101 | Roberto Ferrari | Androni Giocattoli | s.t. | | 102 | Gregory Bernard | Monster Energy - Subway | s.t. | | 103 | Russell Downing | Qantas Airways | s.t. | | 104 | Pavel Brutt | Rabobank Cycling Team | s.t. | | 105 | David Le Lay | AG2R La Mondiale | s.t. | | 106 | Jonathon McEvoy | Qantas Airways | s.t. | | 107 | Maxim Belkov | Katusha Team | + 18'58 | | 108 | Valentin Iglinskiy | Pro Team Astana | s.t. | | 109 | Johan Le Bon | Saur - Sojasun | s.t. | | 110 | Sergey Firsanov | Katusha Team | s.t. | | 111 | Alex Dowsett | Sky ProCycling | s.t. | | 112 | Nelson Oliveira | Radio Shack - Nissan | s.t. | | 113 | Aketza Peña | Euskaltel - Euskadi | + 22'08 | | 114 | Eduard Prades | Euskaltel - Euskadi | s.t. | | 115 | Michel Koch | Sony Ericsson | s.t. | | 116 | Dominik Nerz | Red Bull - Cervélo | s.t. | | 117 | Arthur Vichot | FDJ | s.t. | | 118 | René Jørgensen | Saxo Bank SunGard | s.t. | | 119 | Phil Zajicek | Sony Ericsson | s.t. | | 120 | Grégory Rast | Team Europcar | s.t. | | 121 | Jonathan Tiernan-Locke | Sky ProCycling | s.t. | | 122 | Laurent Lefèvre | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step | s.t. | | 123 | Héctor Guerra | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 124 | Stijn Vandenbergh | Katusha Team | s.t. | | 125 | Jimmy Casper | Saur - Sojasun | s.t. | | 126 | Gavin Mannion | Sony Ericsson | s.t. | | 127 | Jens Keukeleire | Rabobank Cycling Team | s.t. | | 128 | Nicolas Edet | FDJ | s.t. | | 129 | Sebastian Langeveld | Qantas Airways | s.t. | | 130 | Filippo Pozzato | Katusha Team | s.t. | | 131 | Frédéric Guesdon | FDJ | s.t. | | 132 | Mark Renshaw | Rabobank Cycling Team | s.t. | | 133 | Matteo Montaguti | Androni Giocattoli | s.t. | | 134 | Jean-Marc Bideau | Saur - Sojasun | s.t. | | 135 | Jens Mouris | Qantas Airways | s.t. | | 136 | Lloyd Mondory | AG2R La Mondiale | s.t. | | 137 | Giairo Ermeti | Androni Giocattoli | s.t. | | 138 | Greg Henderson | Pro Team Astana | s.t. | | 139 | Americo Novembrini | Androni Giocattoli | s.t. | | 140 | Julian Dean | Qantas Airways | s.t. | | 141 | Sergio Hernandez | Sony Ericsson | s.t. | | 142 | Leif Hoste | Katusha Team | s.t. | | 143 | Rob Goris | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step | s.t. | | 144 | Steven Van Vooren | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step | s.t. | | 145 | Job Vissers | Rabobank Cycling Team | s.t. | | 146 | Miguel Scott | Saxo Bank SunGard | s.t. | | 147 | Simon Bailly | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step | s.t. | | 148 | Andreas Stauff | Red Bull - Cervélo | s.t. | | 149 | Yauheni Hutarovich | Pro Team Astana | s.t. | | 150 | Christian Moreni | Lampre - Generali | s.t. | | 151 | Reinier Honig | Rabobank Cycling Team | s.t. | | 152 | Kyle Wamsley | Garmin - Barracuda | s.t. | | 153 | Richard England | Qantas Airways | s.t. | | 154 | Luca Paolini | Katusha Team | s.t. | | 155 | Justin Williams | Saxo Bank SunGard | s.t. | | 156 | Andrea Moletta | Lampre - Generali | s.t. | | 157 | Volodymir Gustov | Saxo Bank SunGard | s.t. | | 158 | Andrea Grendene | Androni Giocattoli | s.t. | | 159 | Alexandre Bazhenov | Katusha Team | s.t. | | 160 | Noah Raynaud | Garmin - Barracuda | s.t. | | 161 | Iñaki Isasi | Euskaltel - Euskadi | s.t. | | 162 | Adriano Malori | Lampre - Generali | s.t. | | 163 | Rasmus Quaade | Sony Ericsson | s.t. | | 164 | Marcel Sieberg | Red Bull - Cervélo | s.t. | | 165 | Alexandre Pichot | Team Europcar | s.t. | | 166 | Tino Thömel | Red Bull - Cervélo | s.t. | | 167 | Nick Gregoor | Lotto - Belisol | s.t. | | 168 | Leon Smit | Rabobank Cycling Team | s.t. | | 169 | Alfredo Balloni | Lampre - Generali | s.t. | | 170 | Ramon Ajuntas | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 171 | Roger Jeanne | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | | 172 | Andrea de Bella | Lampre - Generali | + 31'31 | | 173 | Mathieu Dufosse | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step | s.t. | | 174 | Klemente Mitxeo | Euskaltel - Euskadi | s.t. | | 175 | Lenny Smit | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | | 176 | Claudio Cremonesi | Lampre - Generali | s.t. |
GC
| 1 | Robert Gesink | Monster Energy - Subway | 11h21'29 | | 2 | Bradley Wiggins | Radio Shack - Nissan | + 1'02 | | 3 | Christophe Kern | Team Europcar | + 1'56 | | 4 | Thomas De Gendt | Monster Energy - Subway | + 2'14 | | 5 | Rein Taaramäe | Sony Ericsson | + 2'29 | | 6 | Michael Rogers | Sky ProCycling | + 2'53 | | 7 | Thomas Dekker | Monster Energy - Subway | + 3'17 | | 8 | Edvald Boasson Hagen | Lotto - Belisol | + 3'28 | | 9 | Yury Trofimov | Pro Team Astana | + 4'09 | | 10 | Robert Kiserlovski | Garmin - Barracuda | + 4'27 |
Points
| 1 | Robert Gesink | Monster Energy - Subway | 57 | | 2 | Bradley Wiggins | Radio Shack - Nissan | 46 | | 3 | Edvald Boasson Hagen | Lotto - Belisol | 45 | | 4 | Rein Taaramäe | Sony Ericsson | 42 | | 5 | Thomas De Gendt | Monster Energy - Subway | 37 |
KOTM
| 1 | Egor Silin | Radio Shack - Nissan | 40 | | 2 | Gavin Mannion | Sony Ericsson | 32 | | 3 | Robert Gesink | Monster Energy - Subway | 30 | | 4 | Jonathan Tiernan-Locke | Sky ProCycling | 27 | | 5 | Christophe Kern | Team Europcar | 26 |
U25
| 1 | Romain Sicard | Euskaltel - Euskadi | 11h27'28 | | 2 | Luke Rowe | Qantas Airways | + 1'43 | | 3 | Egor Silin | Radio Shack - Nissan | + 2'40 |
Teams
| 1 | Monster Energy - Subway | 34h09'58 | | 2 | Sky ProCycling | + 8'03 | | 3 | Team Europcar | + 8'23 |
Today's winner
Word from the DS
It was no surprise that the best climber in this field won the stage, in a field without the top climbers. Nevertheless, you still have to do it, and Gesink did it. Great job!
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lukaas wrote:
Oh man! Followed this story 24/7 since the start of it and the three first month at least. Then did my computer crash and I didn't check this site for some months. But it great to see that this story still is alive. The best story on pcmdaily for sure!
I'll have to read the 100+ pages I've been missing!
Thanks alot!! Really appreciate it. I don't think that it is the best (well, the better stories (Valverde's Veilleux, Cunego's Nerz, Pellizotti's Skil, tsmoha's Garmin and of course the Dark Dog) have stopped running). Goo dluck with reading everything!
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| TomC |
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Great result so far, now you have to keep it on the next mountain stage. |
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Woohoo! 
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Great win with Gesink..... |
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Stage 6
And for the 2nd time in this Critérium du Dauphinée, the planned stage won't go on. The stage should be like this:
But because of snow at the Col du Lautaret and a closed Chamrousse due to striking goats who want more grass, the stage is cancelled and instead the riders ride stage 7 twice. In this stage, the Col du Glandon (21.3km at 6.9%) awaits, as the finish at the Alpe d'Huez (13.2km at 8.1%).
47km to go
In contrary to most stages, the BOTD is rather small today. Only 5 riders dare to go on an adventure, that will probably brings them nothing. Luke Rowe (Qantas) does most of the leading work at the slopes of the Col du Glandonand crosses the summit as the first one, followed by Rigoberto Uran (Sky), Jan Bakelants (Lotto), Christophe Riblon (Garmin) and Hubert Dupont (AG2R).
As we see all 5 as strong climbers, we decide not to let them take many minutes, so with a high pace done by Marc De Maar, the peloton follows at 1'35. Only 39 riders are able to stay in this first peloton!
11km to go
Already at the foot of the famous Alpe d'Huez, the first peloton is about to catch the 5 leaders. Welsh Luke Rowe has the best legs in the leading group and attacks once more.
6km to go
Rowe does an amazing job, and with 6km to go, he is still in the lead. GC-leader Robert Gesink sees this as the time to increase the pace, and nobody is able to follow him. Only Przemyslaw Niemiec from Saur-Sojasun tries to follow him, but ha sto look deeply in his reserve tank to do so.
5km to go
Gesink and Niemiec close the gap to Rowe and the 3 leaders have already got a margin of 44 seconds to the chasing group. Finding a 2nd breath, Bradley Wiggins tries to counterattack, being followed by Robert Kiserlovski and Christophe Kern.
3km to go
But just as yesterday, Gesink is a league of his own. He has dropped the 2 and is leading with 3km to go. Rowe follows at '20, Kiserlovski and Gautier at '51, a group with Trofimov, Kern, Wiggins, Taaramäe, Niemiec, Pires and Sicard at 1'32 and Rogers and a struggling Thomas De Gendt at 1'32.
Finish
It's the 2nd stage win in a row for Robert Gesink, almost securing himself of the GC-win. He has even enlarged his lead, as Kiserlovski follows at 1'22. Luke Rowe, who did a fantastic stage, finishes in 3rd. Christophe Kern looses 1'41 and WIggo more than 2 minutes. De Gendt finishes at 2'55, dropping 1 place in the GC.
Results
| 1 | Robert Gesink | Monster Energy - Subway | 4h31'53 | | 2 | Robert Kiserlovski | Garmin - Barracuda | + 1'22 | | 3 | Luke Rowe | Qantas Airways | + 1'32 | | 4 | Christophe Kern | Team Europcar | + 1'41 | | 5 | Cyril Gautier | Team Europcar | + 1'55 | | 6 | Bradley Wiggins | Radio Shack - Nissan | + 2'06 | | 7 | Bruno Pires | Saxo Bank SunGard | s.t. | | 8 | Rein Taaramäe | Sony Ericsson | s.t. | | 9 | Przemyslaw Niemiec | Saur - Sojasun | s.t. | | 10 | Yury Trofimov | Pro Team Astana | s.t. | | ... | | 13 | Thomas De Gendt | Monster Energy - Subway | + 2'55 |
GC
| 1 | Robert Gesink | Monster Energy - Subway | 15h53'22 | | 2 | Bradley Wiggins | Radio Shack - Nissan | + 3'08 | | 3 | Christophe Kern | Team Europcar | + 3'37 | | 4 | Rein Taaramäe | Sony Ericsson | + 4'35 | | 5 | Thomas De Gendt | Monster Energy - Subway | + 5'09 | | 6 | Michael Rogers | Sky ProCycling | + 5'48 | | 7 | Robert Kiserlovski | Garmin - Barracuda | + 5'49 | | 8 | Yury Trofimov | Pro Team Astana | + 6'15 | | 9 | Cyril Gautier | Team Europcar | + 6'32 | | 10 | Thomas Dekker | Monster Energy - Subway | + 6'51 |
Points
| 1 | Robert Gesink | Monster Energy - Subway | 77 | | 2 | Bradley Wiggins | Radio Shack - Nissan | 56 | | 3 | Rein Taaramäe | Sony Ericsson | 50 | | 4 | Edvald Boasson Hagen | Lotto - Belisol | 45 | | 5 | Christophe Kern | Team Europcar | 44 |
KOTM
| 1 | Robert Gesink | Monster Energy - Subway | 86 | | 2 | Luke Rowe | Qantas Airways | 70 | | 3 | Christophe Kern | Team Europcar | 60 | | 4 | Robert Kiserlovski | Garmin - Barracuda | 57 | | 5 | Bradley Wiggins | Radio Shack - Nissan | 40 |
U25
| 1 | Romain Sicard | Euskaltel - Euskadi | 16h01'47 | | 2 | Luke Rowe | Qantas Airways | + 47 | | 3 | Egor Silin | Radio Shack - Nissan | + 10'51 |
Teams
| 1 | Monster Energy - Subway | 47h52'06 | | 2 | Team Europcar | + 11'57 | | 3 | Sky ProCycling | + 12'52 |
Today's winner
Word from the DS
And that's win number 3! Robert Gesink is "saganizing" this Dauphiné, being without a doubt the most strongest climber.
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Great win Wiggins had no chance to fight for GC. |
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Stage 7
The penultimate stage is the same stage as yesterday, so again 143 kilometres over the Glandon and finish at Alpe d'Huez.
A short report this time. We make sure that the first peloton starts the final climb to Alpe d'Huez at the same time and this time, we let Robert Gesink ride up the mountain at a high pace, trying to crack the opponents. Because of a negative daily form (-2) and a good Robert Kiserlovski he doesn't finish solo, but with the Croatian. Nevertheless, the Dutchy takes win number 4 this Dauphiné. Th eother loose more than 1 minute. Unfortunately, Thomas De Gendt couldn't follow the pace and looses almost 3 minutes, what makes him drop to 7th in the GC.
Results
| 1 | Robert Gesink | Monster Energy - Subway | 4h36'41 | | 2 | Robert Kiserlovski | Garmin - Barracuda | s.t. | | 3 | Christophe Kern | Team Europcar | + 1'05 | | 4 | Rein Taaramäe | Sony Ericsson | s.t. | | 5 | Bradley Wiggins | Radio Shack - Nissan | s.t. | | 6 | Przemyslaw Niemiec | Saur - Sojasun | + 1'41 | | 7 | Cyril Gautier | Team Europcar | + 1'52 | | 8 | Luke Rowe | Qantas Airways | s.t. | | 9 | Bruno Pires | Saxo Bank SunGard | + 2'05 | | 10 | Michael Rogers | Sky ProCycling | s.t. | | 11 | Daniel Martin | Garmin - Barracuda | s.t. | | 12 | Thomas De Gendt | Monster Energy - Subway | + 2'52 | | 13 | Thomas Dekker | Monster Energy - Subway | + 3'12 |
GC
| 1 | Robert Gesink | Monster Energy - Subway | 20h30'03 | | 2 | Bradley Wiggins | Radio Shack - Nissan | + 4'13 | | 3 | Christophe Kern | Team Europcar | + 4'42 | | 4 | Rein Taaramäe | Sony Ericsson | + 5'40 | | 5 | Robert Kiserlovski | Garmin - Barracuda | + 5'49 | | 6 | Michael Rogers | Sky ProCycling | + 7'53 | | 7 | Thomas De Gendt | Monster Energy - Subway | + 8'01 | | 8 | Cyril Gautier | Team Europcar | + 8'24 | | 9 | Przemyslaw Niemiec | Saur - Sojasun | + 8'38 | | 10 | Bruno Pires | Saxo Bank SunGard | + 9'03 | | 11 | Yury Trofimov | Pro Team Astana | + 9'52 | | 12 | Thomas Dekker | Monster Energy - Subway | + 10'03 |
Today's winner
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It gets boring, collecting these wins.... Well, we already know that the start field in the Tour de Suisse si much stronger.
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Posted on 15-07-2012 21:34
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Gesink is unstoppable.  |
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Posted on 15-07-2012 21:41
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Of couse if, shame that irl is not unstoppable. |
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| fcancellara |
Posted on 15-07-2012 21:42
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Boring 
Where are the Monster girls?
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Robert Gesink is just on fire, what a rider |
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Completely dominant. I hope Suisse gets more interesting than this one! Good Luck |
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