Firstly i want to apologise for the length of time it has taken for this race to be completed.
It was due to problems with PhotoBucket which i hope are now behind me
KUURNE – BRUXELLES – KUURNE
Another Lost Classic
170 KM TO GO
The first break of the day has just gone off the front of the peleton and contains the following three riders J.J.Rojas/NAC, Bauer/TCW and Farrar/TLI
160 KM TO GO
They have managed to open up an advantage of 2m 44s
150 KM TO GO
FWB are leading the chase
140 KM TO GO
The three leaders are working well together
130 KM TO GO
FWB have been joined by MCS as they try and work together to bring the lead down
120 KM TO GO
Our three leaders continue to tap out a steady rhythm
110 KM TO GO
The peleton seem happy for the three riders up front to have some television time
100 KM TO GO
The advantage is now over seven minutes back to the peleton
90 KM TO GO
The peleton has stepped up a gear at long last and is now setting a fast pace
80 KM TO GO
Splits are beginning to show in the peleton due to the fast pace
70 KM TO GO
Danny Pate/DOM has sufferd a puncture and is struggling to make it back to the main group
60 KM TO GO
The lead is now 3m 34s with groups of riders scattered all over the countryside
50 KM TO GO
Philippe Gilbert/LPU attacked out of the field on his own and is now just about to link up with our three leaders
40 KM TO GO
Our foursome now has 2m 13s advantage
30 KM TO GO
Tom Boonen/ING has now made his move to try and make it across the gap
20 KM TO GO
And it looks like it may be all coming to an end for our breakaway
10 KM TO GO
Flecha/TLI makes his bid for glory
5 KM TO GO
But the main group of riders are determined he is not going to get too far ahead and soon have him within reach
1 KM TO GO
FINISH
And the winner is Roelandts/LPU who just pips Haussler/TCW to the line
1 | Jürgen Roelandts | Lierse - Pizza Ullo | 4h15'14 | 2 | Heinrich Haussler | Team Cymru Wales | s.t. | 3 | Lloyd Mondory | Tulip - Guinness | s.t. | 4 | Mitch Thompson | Lierse - Pizza Ullo | s.t. | 5 | Robert Ulriksson | SGL - Magix | s.t. | 6 | Filippo Pozzato | Motorex - Credit Suisse Pro Cycling | s.t. | 7 | Thor Hushovd | Tulip - Guinness | s.t. | 8 | Lars Boom | ING - InBev Cycling Team | s.t. | 9 | Fabian Cancellara | Motorex - Credit Suisse Pro Cycling | s.t. | 10 | Sylvain Chavanel | Team Lunar Industries - Umbrella Corporation | s.t. |
Spoiler 11 | Marcus Burghardt | Nintendo - Ambuja Cycling | s.t. | 12 | Philippe Gilbert | Lierse - Pizza Ullo | s.t. | 13 | Thomas Voeckler | ING - InBev Cycling Team | s.t. | 14 | Tom Boonen | ING - InBev Cycling Team | s.t. | 15 | Arnaud Demare | Lierse - Pizza Ullo | s.t. | 16 | Matti Breschel | Tulip - Guinness | s.t. | 17 | William Bonnet | Motorex - Credit Suisse Pro Cycling | s.t. | 18 | Ted Mosby | Team Cymru Wales | s.t. | 19 | George Hincapie | Team Lunar Industries - Umbrella Corporation | s.t. | 20 | Alexander Kristoff | Tulip - Guinness | s.t. | 21 | Po-Ding Kim | Globant - Telefe Cycling Project | s.t. | 22 | Alessandro Ballan | Team Fastweb | s.t. | 23 | Maarten Tjallingii | SGL - Magix | s.t. | 24 | Martijn Maaskant | Domino's - ASR | s.t. | 25 | Sébastien Turgot | Motorex - Credit Suisse Pro Cycling | s.t. | 26 | Matteo Trentin | Motorex - Credit Suisse Pro Cycling | s.t. | 27 | Jacopo Guarnieri | Team Fastweb | s.t. | 28 | Martin Mortensen | Tulip - Guinness | s.t. | 29 | Tony Martin | Team Fastweb | s.t. | 30 | Juan Antonio Flecha | Team Lunar Industries - Umbrella Corporation | s.t. | 31 | Johnny Hoogerland | ING - InBev Cycling Team | s.t. | 32 | Kris Boeckmans | ING - InBev Cycling Team | s.t. | 33 | Aleksejs Saramotins | Domino's - ASR | s.t. | 34 | Roberto Ferrari | Team Fastweb | s.t. | 35 | Tyler Farrar | Team Lunar Industries - Umbrella Corporation | s.t. | 36 | Svein Tuft | Team Lunar Industries - Umbrella Corporation | s.t. | 37 | Grega Bole | ING - InBev Cycling Team | s.t. | 38 | Aidis Kruopis | Team Fastweb | s.t. | 39 | Guillaume Boivin | Motorex - Credit Suisse Pro Cycling | s.t. | 40 | Daniel Oss | Team Fastweb | s.t. | 41 | José JoaquÃn Rojas | Nintendo - Ambuja Cycling | s.t. | 42 | Mitchell Docker | Domino's - ASR | + 1'34 | 43 | Jack Bauer | Team Cymru Wales | + 3'21 | 44 | Nacer Bouhanni | Team Lunar Industries - Umbrella Corporation | + 3'48 | 45 | Juan José Haedo | Globant - Telefe Cycling Project | + 5'35 | 46 | Kristof Goddaert | Lierse - Pizza Ullo | s.t. | 47 | Kenny Van Hummel | Domino's - ASR | s.t. | 48 | Andreas Klier | SGL - Magix | s.t. | 49 | Jack Bobridge | Tulip - Guinness | s.t. | 50 | Rüdiger Selig | Nintendo - Ambuja Cycling | s.t. | 51 | Murilo Fischer | Globant - Telefe Cycling Project | s.t. | 52 | Yauheni Hutarovich | SGL - Magix | s.t. | 53 | Sebastian Siedler | SGL - Magix | s.t. | 54 | Giacomo Nizzolo | Lierse - Pizza Ullo | s.t. | 55 | Alberto Contador | Globant - Telefe Cycling Project | s.t. | 56 | Lucas Sebastián Haedo | Globant - Telefe Cycling Project | s.t. | 57 | Allan Davis | Domino's - ASR | s.t. | 58 | Yanto Barker | Team Cymru Wales | s.t. | 59 | Rudy Verboven | Nintendo - Ambuja Cycling | s.t. | 60 | Jens Voigt | SGL - Magix | s.t. | 61 | Steve Moore | Team Cymru Wales | + 6'16 | 62 | Joost Posthuma | Globant - Telefe Cycling Project | + 10'10 | 63 | Danny Pate | Domino's - ASR | + 13'15 | 64 | Anuar Manan | Nintendo - Ambuja Cycling | s.t. | 65 | Klaas Boogedal | Nintendo - Ambuja Cycling | + 15'40 | 66 | Ed Clancy | Team Cymru Wales | s.t. |
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