To make the race slightly less predictable the organizers have decided to award time for smaller gaps than previous years. Wallin did his best to get in a break on stage 1, and in spite of Omega Pharma – QuickStep chasing hard he managed to crack a gap with 12 others.
The break looked to get caught with about 5 km to go, but then with 15 km left a huge crash tore the peloton in half. Fortunately we were all in the front group
That disrupted the chase just long enough for the break to fight for the stage win.
It was the best shot at a win Joel has had this far in his career, but he still need a lot of hours on the bike to win a sprint even in a reduced group like this.
Still his first professional top 10 is an important milesone.
Haussler took stage 2 after another chaotic sprint. This time without our captains losing any time on the road.
Stage 3 to Vejle was cancelled due to a bomb-thread that later proved to come from a retired boxer with only one leg. The police called it the work of a lone mad-man.
Stage 4 was a short flat stage for the pure sprinters. Wallin had decen success getting in the early break, but they were never given much of a chance. Quaade tried his best to gain some time in the finish, but couldn’t match the sprinters and Haussler took another dominant win.
After the rule change the TT has lost a little significance in the race, but still it’s a major goal for Quaade in his preparations for the worlds.
While Quaade prepares his big assault on the stage and perhaps the GC McDermott goes out dreaming of defending his white jersey.
18’51’’ by Phinney is the time to beat at this time. Quaade and McDermott says hi again on the finish line, but they shouldn’t have as Rasmus loses to Phinney by less than a second!
Quaade jumps to 3rd in the GC and Matzen takes over the white jersey.
With just a flat stage into Copenhagen left nothing seemed to be able to threat Haussler taking the GC. Kump took the final stage in a chaotic finish with lots of attacking from us to no good.
The peloton cracked in the sprint and Quaade was caught in the wrong part losing 50 seconds and with it a lot of terrain in the GC in spite of having picked upa few bonus seconds along the way.
At least we get white and the team in what turns in to a fairly disappointing race for us alltogether with no GC podoum and no stage wins.
Final Results
1
Heinrich Haussler
Omega Pharma - Quick·Step
14h37'06
2
Jesper Mørkøv
Blue Water Cycling
+ 17
3
Marko Kump
Adria Mobil
+ 23
4
Tim Declercq
Omega Pharma - Quick·Step
+ 49
5
Fabio Felline
Team ISD - Ferrari
+ 51
6
Nikolai Trussov
Team Eddy Merckx - Indeland
+ 1'02
7
Rasmus Quaade
Novo Nordisk - SAS
+ 1'03
8
Elia Viviani
Bank BGZ
+ 1'19
9
Henning Bommel
Team NetApp
+ 1'23
10
Matteo Trentin
Omega Pharma - Quick·Step
+ 1'24
Spoiler
11
Mark Cavendish
Team ISD - Ferrari
+ 1'29
12
Hossein Nateghi
Dukla Cykling
+ 1'31
13
Brian Steen Matzen
Novo Nordisk - SAS
+ 1'33
14
Sebastian May
Trilux - Abus
+ 1'41
15
Taylor Phinney
Thüringer Energie Team
+ 1'42
16
Jacek Morajko
CCC Polsat - Polkowice
+ 1'48
17
Erik Meineche McDermott
Novo Nordisk - SAS
+ 1'49
18
Sebastian Lander
TDC - LRØ Rådgiving
+ 1'50
19
Boy Van Poppel
Rabobank Cycling Team
+ 1'55
20
Arnaud Demare
FDJ - BigMat
+ 2'02
21
Alexander Kristoff
Novo Nordisk - SAS
+ 2'06
22
Davide Viganò
DONG Energy - Himmerland
+ 2'10
23
Sven Erik Bystrøm
Joker Merida
+ 2'14
24
Jure Kocjan
Team Øster Hus
+ 2'37
25
Thomas Voeckler
Cofidis, le crédit en ligne
+ 2'43
26
Thomas Nybo Riis
Novo Nordisk - SAS
+ 2'48
27
Laurent Beuret
Team NetApp
+ 3'10
28
Maarten Wynants
Blue Water Cycling
+ 3'24
29
Havard Nybö
Joker Merida
+ 3'25
30
Marcel Wyss
Team NetApp
+ 3'27
31
Simon Gerrans
Cofidis, le crédit en ligne
+ 3'32
32
César Vaquera
Dukla Cykling
s.t.
33
Filip Eidsheim
Team Øster Hus
+ 3'38
34
Raymond Künzli
Atlas Personal - Jakroo
+ 3'39
35
Andriy Grivko
Astana Pro Team
+ 3'47
36
Pavel Gorenc
Adria Mobil
+ 3'50
37
Cesare Benedetti
Team ISD - Ferrari
+ 4'07
38
Christopher Schmieg
Team NetApp
+ 4'09
39
Normunds Lasis
Ekspla - Nokia
+ 4'12
40
Morten Øllegaard
TDC - LRØ Rådgiving
+ 4'14
41
Mikhail Ignatiev
Team Eddy Merckx - Indeland
+ 4'17
42
Arslan Khvostunov
Astana Pro Team
s.t.
43
Simon Clarke
Joker Merida
+ 4'24
44
Martin Velits
Adria Mobil
+ 4'26
45
Fabio Piscopiello
Team ISD - Ferrari
s.t.
46
Bert Grabsch
Trilux - Abus
+ 4'28
47
Artur Detko
Bank BGZ
+ 4'29
48
Denis Galimzyanov
Rabobank Cycling Team
+ 4'32
49
Martin Mortensen
TDC - LRØ Rådgiving
+ 4'42
50
Sander Maasing
Ekspla - Nokia
+ 4'49
51
Toms Skujins
Ekspla - Nokia
+ 5'15
52
Joachim Baumann
Team Eddy Merckx - Indeland
+ 5'30
53
Igor Shkvyrin
Astana Pro Team
+ 5'33
54
Romain Zingle
Cofidis, le crédit en ligne
+ 5'45
55
Tino Thömel
Dukla Cykling
s.t.
56
Oscar Gatto
Team ISD - Ferrari
+ 5'49
57
Timon Seubert
Team NetApp
+ 5'54
58
Frederik Wilmann
Joker Merida
+ 6'04
59
Kalle Kriit
Ekspla - Nokia
+ 6'09
60
Ignatas Konovalovas
Ekspla - Nokia
+ 6'12
61
Matthias Plarre
LKT Team Brandenburg
+ 6'29
62
Pelle Clapp
Blue Water Cycling
+ 6'37
63
Rory Sutherland
CCC Polsat - Polkowice
+ 6'46
64
Michael Albasini
Astana Pro Team
+ 6'51
65
Gregory Brenes
Statoil - Stoerensoe
+ 6'52
66
Jussi Veikkanen
Novo Nordisk - SAS
+ 6'54
67
Joel Wallin
Novo Nordisk - SAS
+ 6'56
68
Kasper Klostergaard
DONG Energy - Himmerland
+ 7'02
69
Carlos Barredo
Rabobank Cycling Team
+ 7'06
70
Troels Rønning Vinther
Astana Pro Team
+ 7'11
71
Tobias Barkschat
Team NetApp
+ 7'12
72
Mathieu Sprick
Omega Pharma - Quick·Step
+ 7'13
73
Laurent Didier
Joker Merida
+ 7'17
74
Mickaël Delage
Atlas Personal - Jakroo
+ 7'22
75
Kristian Forbord
Joker Merida
+ 7'27
76
Sven Krauss
LKT Team Brandenburg
+ 7'30
77
Raphaël Gillard
Rabobank Cycling Team
+ 7'47
78
Winner Anacona
Team ISD - Ferrari
+ 7'48
79
Jonas Aaen Jørgensen
Blue Water Cycling
+ 7'52
80
Steve Morabito
LKT Team Brandenburg
+ 7'56
81
Ion Izagirre
Astana Pro Team
+ 8'02
82
Michael Schweizer
Thüringer Energie Team
+ 8'03
83
Martin Nielsen
Novo Nordisk - SAS
s.t.
84
Felix Donath
LKT Team Brandenburg
+ 8'06
85
Thomas Riber-Sellebjerg
Statoil - Stoerensoe
+ 8'12
86
Vegard Breen
Joker Merida
+ 8'14
87
Benny De Schrooder
Omega Pharma - Quick·Step
+ 8'16
88
Kristian Sobota
Dukla Cykling
+ 8'18
89
Grischa Janorschke
LKT Team Brandenburg
+ 8'24
90
Goya Gawel
Team NetApp
+ 8'30
91
Guerriero Ziloleto
Omega Pharma - Quick·Step
s.t.
92
Mateusz Taciak
CCC Polsat - Polkowice
+ 8'31
93
Marc Hester
DONG Energy - Himmerland
+ 8'33
94
René Obst
Team NetApp
+ 8'35
95
Nico Schneider
Trilux - Abus
+ 8'39
96
Mathias Gade Jacobsen
Blue Water Cycling
+ 8'41
97
Dominik Roels
LKT Team Brandenburg
+ 8'51
98
Stian Remme
Statoil - Stoerensoe
+ 9'04
99
Paul-Einer Seelig
Statoil - Stoerensoe
+ 9'11
100
Giuseppe De Maria
Team ISD - Ferrari
+ 9'12
101
Andrejs Stolcers
Ekspla - Nokia
+ 9'27
102
Ian Stannard
Adria Mobil
+ 9'32
103
Volodymyr Bileka
Ekspla - Nokia
s.t.
104
Blaz Furdi
Adria Mobil
+ 9'34
105
Michele Gaia
Adria Mobil
+ 9'37
106
Aldo Ino Ilesic
Adria Mobil
+ 9'43
107
Michel Koch
Trilux - Abus
+ 9'55
108
Rémy Cusin
Cofidis, le crédit en ligne
+ 9'58
109
Daniel Jarstø
Team Øster Hus
+ 10'01
110
Amaël Moinard
Omega Pharma - Quick·Step
s.t.
111
Bartlomiej Matysiak
Bank BGZ
+ 10'06
112
Michael Stevenson
DONG Energy - Himmerland
+ 10'12
113
Egidijus Juodvalkis
Ekspla - Nokia
+ 10'21
114
Johan Ziesler
Team Øster Hus
+ 10'25
115
Sebastian Forke
Trilux - Abus
+ 10'32
116
Nikola Aistrup
Team Saxo - Tinkoff
+ 10'33
117
Sascha Weber
Thüringer Energie Team
+ 10'51
118
Marcel Fischer
Team Eddy Merckx - Indeland
+ 10'57
119
Claudio Imhof
Atlas Personal - Jakroo
+ 11'00
120
Rafal Ratajczyk
CCC Polsat - Polkowice
+ 11'02
121
Christer Rake
Statoil - Stoerensoe
+ 11'03
122
Artur Krol
Bank BGZ
+ 11'05
123
Ricky Jørgensen
DONG Energy - Himmerland
+ 11'09
124
René Jørgensen
TDC - LRØ Rådgiving
+ 11'12
125
Harry Brückner
Trilux - Abus
+ 11'18
126
Ruslan Tleybaev
Astana Pro Team
s.t.
127
David Kraehenbuehl
Atlas Personal - Jakroo
+ 11'20
128
Sondre Sörtveit
Team Øster Hus
+ 11'21
129
Kenneth Hansen
DONG Energy - Himmerland
+ 11'22
130
Eric Baumann
Thüringer Energie Team
+ 11'38
131
Marc Goos
Rabobank Cycling Team
+ 11'45
132
Brice Lhuillier
Cofidis, le crédit en ligne
+ 11'52
133
Ingmar Dassler
Thüringer Energie Team
+ 11'56
134
Florent Barle
Cofidis, le crédit en ligne
s.t.
135
Patrick Bercz
Thüringer Energie Team
+ 12'02
136
Philip Nielsen
Blue Water Cycling
+ 12'11
137
Johann Klewer
Trilux - Abus
+ 12'26
138
Björn Schröder
Team Eddy Merckx - Indeland
+ 12'31
139
Milos Kopacka
Dukla Cykling
+ 12'38
140
Lars Høeg
Team Saxo - Tinkoff
+ 12'44
141
Christian Moberg Jørgensen
TDC - LRØ Rådgiving
+ 12'48
142
Kristjan Fajt
Dukla Cykling
+ 12'52
143
Zdzislaw Borycki
Bank BGZ
+ 12'54
144
Greg Kolk
Joker Merida
s.t.
145
Jean-Christophe Peraud
Cofidis, le crédit en ligne
+ 13'10
146
Günter Bönig
Trilux - Abus
s.t.
147
Frank Scherzinger
Thüringer Energie Team
+ 13'19
148
Johim Ariesen
Rabobank Cycling Team
+ 13'23
149
Wojciech Borski
CCC Polsat - Polkowice
+ 13'25
150
Michael Bech Mølgaard
TDC - LRØ Rådgiving
+ 13'34
151
Przemyslav Bartos
CCC Polsat - Polkowice
+ 13'39
152
Pieter Vermeulen
Rabobank Cycling Team
s.t.
153
Johan Mombaerts
Cofidis, le crédit en ligne
+ 13'46
154
John Gadret
Bank BGZ
+ 13'53
155
Håkan Nilsson
Atlas Personal - Jakroo
+ 13'58
156
Kasper B. Dalsted
Blue Water Cycling
+ 14'01
157
Jakob Steigmiller
Thüringer Energie Team
+ 14'09
158
Hadjimurat Meleshko
Team Saxo - Tinkoff
+ 14'13
159
Daniele Colli
Team ISD - Ferrari
+ 14'23
160
Bruno Bordinggaard
Blue Water Cycling
+ 14'30
161
Siggi Ulbrich
Team Eddy Merckx - Indeland
+ 14'49
162
Yuray Zvara
Dukla Cykling
s.t.
163
Robert Hansen
Statoil - Stoerensoe
+ 14'50
164
Joris Boillat
Atlas Personal - Jakroo
+ 15'04
165
Pavol Pavliscak
Dukla Cykling
+ 16'45
166
Wilfred Vancarpels
Rabobank Cycling Team
+ 16'55
167
Jan Kolodziejczyk
Bank BGZ
+ 16'56
168
Martin Lollesgaard
TDC - LRØ Rådgiving
+ 17'12
169
Matej Mugerli
Adria Mobil
+ 17'48
170
Kevin Aronsen
Team Øster Hus
+ 17'52
171
Christian Knees
Team Eddy Merckx - Indeland
+ 17'56
172
Edward Konieczny
CCC Polsat - Polkowice
s.t.
173
Grzegorz Skwara
CCC Polsat - Polkowice
+ 18'27
174
Andreas Marti
Atlas Personal - Jakroo
+ 18'57
175
Jean-Phillippe Lebrun
FDJ - BigMat
+ 19'50
176
Kacper Sawicki
Bank BGZ
+ 21'06
177
Laurent Helios
Atlas Personal - Jakroo
+ 21'29
178
Albert Yudashkin
Team Saxo - Tinkoff
+ 22'54
179
Rasmus Guldhammer
Team Saxo - Tinkoff
+ 24'26
180
Giambortolo Migliorelli
Omega Pharma - Quick·Step
+ 27'15
Points Jersey: Heinrich Haussler, Omega Pharma - Quick·Step
Spoiler
1
Heinrich Haussler
Omega Pharma - Quick·Step
59
2
Marko Kump
Adria Mobil
51
3
Fabio Felline
Team ISD - Ferrari
44
4
Elia Viviani
Bank BGZ
43
5
Rasmus Quaade
Novo Nordisk - SAS
33
6
Mark Cavendish
Team ISD - Ferrari
33
7
Jesper Mørkøv
Blue Water Cycling
30
8
Taylor Phinney
Thüringer Energie Team
28
9
Marcel Fischer
Team Eddy Merckx - Indeland
25
10
Boy Van Poppel
Rabobank Cycling Team
23
Mountain Jersey: Winner Anacona, Team ISD - Ferrari
Spoiler
1
Winner Anacona
Team ISD - Ferrari
5
2
Martin Mortensen
TDC - LRØ Rådgiving
5
3
Kenneth Hansen
DONG Energy - Himmerland
5
4
Simon Gerrans
Cofidis, le crédit en ligne
4
5
Christopher Schmieg
Team NetApp
3
6
Sondre Sörtveit
Team Øster Hus
3
7
Raymond Künzli
Atlas Personal - Jakroo
1
8
Joel Wallin
Novo Nordisk - SAS
1
Young Rider: Brian Steen Matzen, Novo Nordisk - SAS
A decent showing at Post Danmark Rund with 3 young riders and guys who look to get into form. Obviously there can't be too much expected since the team focuses on the Vuelta and therefor has bigger fishes to catch, but I think they still showed their presence here in Denmark and reminded everyone why they won so many national jerseys. And still way better than Saxo, whose best rider is 116.
"It’s a little bit scary when Contador attacks." - Tommy V
Shonak: The youngsters did good, but we had hoped for more in our home race. In the end the smaller/extra time gaps awarded made it hard to avoid losing time.
I personally loved this Giro route. It's demanding, offers great variance in the stages and I'm sure Fuglsang has a shot at the GC. I think the route ends in Brescia, and there's also a 50 km time trial along the way before the last 4-5 decivise mountain stages, if I'm not mistaken?
I mostly look forward to the cobbled stage though. Playing it with Lampre back then (in PCM2012), this was just really too good to play. Back then, I had several cobble experts with my riders and we managed to break away and snatch veeery important time to the other riders (+2 minutes I think) and in the end, my rider won by 29 seconds, so this can be really a important step to securing victory again, or lose the Grand Tour. Anyway, just sharing some thoughts.
Good luck for the Giro!
Thanks, it's mine
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"Maybe the giro is not hard enough" (Angelo Zomegnan)
Stage 11: Verin - Manzaneda
A new day and a new mountain. Hopefully we will also see a new Willy…
Once again Volkswagen do a lot of work right from the morning with us sitting right behind them waiting for our time to come. Purito and Rabottini look comfortable in front with a gap of more than 7 minutes and just 40 km to go.
As we hit the final mountain we make sure to keep a steady pace. Meanwhile Rabottini is busy proving that the once so great Purito really is over the hill. Sicard is off with 15 km to go but with all our main climbing domestiques still around I just tell the boys to up the effort.
Things go as planned and with 8 km to go Sicard and Antón are back in the pack, which thanks to great work by our guys have been reduced to 14 riders.
With 4,3 km to go Antón is off again. This time Ipsen is right after him as are Henao and Sicard.
Antón and Henao takes turns attacking and Ipsen gets the task of closing all the gaps.
With 2 km to the top Sicard finally cracks. Willy saves a bit of energy for the final km after failing to get away with 1,5 km to go. Antón is strong as usual on the sprint, but the two get a small gap to Henao.
Furthermore Chris just manages to squeeze into the top 10 after having worked hard for Willy and to our great surprise Elissonde keeps on disappointing losing even more time in the young riders competition.
Stage Results
1
Matteo Rabottini
Liquigas - Cannondale
4h42'21
2
Igor Antón
Cofidis, le crédit en ligne
+ 3'28
3
Willy Ipsen
Novo Nordisk - SAS
s.t.
4
Sergio Henao
Volkswagen
+ 3'41
5
Romain Sicard
Astana Pro Team
+ 3'56
Spoiler
6
Peter Kennaugh
Statoil - Stoerensoe
+ 4'13
7
Robert Kiserlovski
Club La Santa - Cantabria Infinita
+ 4'31
8
Rémy Di Gregorio
FDJ - BigMat
s.t.
9
Pello Bilbao
Euskaltel - Euskadi
s.t.
10
Chris Anker Sørensen
Novo Nordisk - SAS
s.t.
11
Tom Slagter
Vacansoleil - DCM
+ 4'42
12
Eros Capecchi
Liquigas - Cannondale
s.t.
13
Roman Kreuziger
Belisol
s.t.
14
Daniel Navarro
Movistar Team
+ 4'59
15
Thomas Löfkvist
Novo Nordisk - SAS
s.t.
16
Jarlinson Pantano
Statoil - Stoerensoe
+ 5'12
17
Pieter Weening
Commonwealth Bank - GreenEdge
+ 5'56
18
Beñat Intxausti
Statoil - Stoerensoe
s.t.
19
Egor Silin
Nissan
s.t.
20
Jackson Rodríguez
Team Saxo - Tinkoff
s.t.
21
Fränk Schleck
Movistar Team
s.t.
22
Gianni Meersman
Het Nieuwsblad - Willems Veranda's
+ 6'16
23
Ivar Slik
Het Nieuwsblad - Willems Veranda's
s.t.
24
Christian Vande Velde
Nissan
s.t.
25
Francesco Masciarelli
Colnago - CSF Inox
s.t.
26
Enrico Magazzini
Colnago - CSF Inox
s.t.
27
Jan Bakelants
Nissan
s.t.
28
Tobias Tonning
Novo Nordisk - SAS
s.t.
29
Joaquím Rodríguez
Rabobank Cycling Team
+ 6'40
30
Fredrik Kessiakoff
Novo Nordisk - SAS
+ 6'57
31
Tobias Ludvigsson
Novo Nordisk - SAS
+ 7'24
32
Stefano Locatelli
Liquigas - Cannondale
s.t.
33
Jesús Hernández
Astana Pro Team
s.t.
34
Kenny Elissonde
Cofidis, le crédit en ligne
+ 7'49
35
Maciej Paterski
Liquigas - Cannondale
s.t.
36
Johnny Hoogerland
Team Santander
s.t.
37
Thomas Rohregger
Colombia - Coldeportes
s.t.
38
Joshua Edmonson
Team Santander
s.t.
39
Przemyslaw Niemiec
Rabobank Cycling Team
s.t.
40
Robinson Chalapud
Colombia - Coldeportes
s.t.
41
Matti Breschel
Novo Nordisk - SAS
s.t.
42
Ángel Madrazo
Volkswagen
s.t.
43
Moreno Moser
Colnago - CSF Inox
s.t.
44
David Belda
Club La Santa - Cantabria Infinita
s.t.
45
Jesús Ezquerra
Club La Santa - Cantabria Infinita
s.t.
46
José Antonio De Segovia
Club La Santa - Cantabria Infinita
s.t.
47
Iban Mayoz
Euskaltel - Euskadi
+ 8'28
48
Iván Velasco
Euskaltel - Euskadi
+ 8'36
49
Andrey Amador
Volkswagen
+ 8'44
50
Christopher Juul-Jensen
Team Saxo - Tinkoff
s.t.
51
Davide Malacarne
Liquigas - Cannondale
s.t.
52
Francesco Failli
Team ISD - Ferrari
+ 10'01
53
Andrey Kashechkin
Astana Pro Team
s.t.
54
Juan José Oroz
Euskaltel - Euskadi
s.t.
55
Gustav Erik Larsson
Novo Nordisk - SAS
s.t.
56
Efren Carazo
Club La Santa - Cantabria Infinita
s.t.
57
Ángel Vallejo
Statoil - Stoerensoe
s.t.
58
Roman Klimov
Volkswagen
+ 10'22
59
Mauro Santambrogio
Colnago - CSF Inox
s.t.
60
Dimitry Kozontchuk
Volkswagen
s.t.
61
Brian Bulgac
Belisol
+ 10'42
62
Egoitz García
Cofidis, le crédit en ligne
+ 11'19
63
Francisco Javier Moreno
Club La Santa - Cantabria Infinita
+ 11'32
64
Jesús Del Nero
Statoil - Stoerensoe
s.t.
65
Jasper Bovenhuis
Rabobank Cycling Team
s.t.
66
Thomas Damuseau
FDJ - BigMat
s.t.
67
Davide Bonuccelli
Liquigas - Cannondale
s.t.
68
Jonathan Castroviejo
Astana Pro Team
s.t.
69
Nicolas Edet
Vacansoleil - DCM
s.t.
70
Luke Durbridge
Commonwealth Bank - GreenEdge
s.t.
71
Jan Barta
Team Saxo - Tinkoff
s.t.
72
Omar Fraile
Colombia - Coldeportes
s.t.
73
Simon Geschke
Volkswagen
+ 12'02
74
Steve Houanard
Cofidis, le crédit en ligne
s.t.
75
Arthur Vichot
Cofidis, le crédit en ligne
+ 12'18
76
Manuel Vazquez
Colombia - Coldeportes
+ 13'58
77
Daniele Pietropolli
Team ISD - Ferrari
s.t.
78
Vitaliy Buts
Team ISD - Ferrari
+ 14'10
79
Salvador Guardiola
Movistar Team
+ 14'27
80
Maurits Lammertink
Rabobank Cycling Team
+ 14'38
81
Joel Zangerle
Nissan
s.t.
82
Stijn Vandenbergh
Omega Pharma - Quick·Step
+ 14'47
83
Vladimir Karpets
Movistar Team
s.t.
84
Andrew Tennant
Statoil - Stoerensoe
s.t.
85
Haimar Zubeldia
Movistar Team
s.t.
86
Juan Enrique Rubiales
Euskaltel - Euskadi
s.t.
87
Morgan Chedhomme
FDJ - BigMat
s.t.
88
Leonardo Bertagnolli
Team ISD - Ferrari
s.t.
89
Jurgen Van Goolen
Het Nieuwsblad - Willems Veranda's
s.t.
90
Alex Rasmussen
Novo Nordisk - SAS
s.t.
91
Niels Albert
Belisol
s.t.
92
Rafal Majka
Movistar Team
s.t.
93
Fabian Wegmann
Volkswagen
s.t.
94
Valeriy Dmitriyev
Astana Pro Team
s.t.
95
Enrico Rossi
Team ISD - Ferrari
s.t.
96
Damien Branaa
FDJ - BigMat
s.t.
97
Óscar Freire
Colnago - CSF Inox
s.t.
98
Dirk Bellemakers
Rabobank Cycling Team
+ 15'27
99
Mikaël Chérel
Cofidis, le crédit en ligne
+ 15'59
100
Steve Chainel
Cofidis, le crédit en ligne
+ 16'14
101
Grischa Niermann
Volkswagen
s.t.
102
Martin Pedersen
Statoil - Stoerensoe
+ 16'47
103
Sander Armee
Omega Pharma - Quick·Step
+ 17'50
104
Davide Appollonio
Commonwealth Bank - GreenEdge
+ 19'51
105
Levi Leipheimer
Liquigas - Cannondale
+ 29'55
106
Alberto Losada
Colombia - Coldeportes
s.t.
107
José Joaquín Rojas
Team Santander
s.t.
108
Dimitriy Muravyev
Astana Pro Team
s.t.
109
Jose Aguilar
Club La Santa - Cantabria Infinita
s.t.
110
Gerald Ciolek
Nissan
s.t.
111
Juan Forero
Colombia - Coldeportes
s.t.
112
Joseba Larralde
Club La Santa - Cantabria Infinita
s.t.
113
Mark McNally
Team Santander
s.t.
114
Pierpaolo Tondo
Colnago - CSF Inox
s.t.
115
Ben Swift
Colnago - CSF Inox
s.t.
116
Ivan Casas
Colombia - Coldeportes
s.t.
117
Lucas Sebastián Haedo
Commonwealth Bank - GreenEdge
s.t.
118
Francisco José Ventoso
Movistar Team
s.t.
119
Pim Ligthart
Het Nieuwsblad - Willems Veranda's
s.t.
120
Víctor Cabedo
Euskaltel - Euskadi
s.t.
121
Raymond Kreder
Vacansoleil - DCM
s.t.
122
Baptiste Planckaert
Het Nieuwsblad - Willems Veranda's
s.t.
123
Ronald Bonnaud
FDJ - BigMat
s.t.
124
Yauheni Hutarovich
Nissan
s.t.
125
Morten Høberg
Team Saxo - Tinkoff
s.t.
126
Jacob Clorius
Team Saxo - Tinkoff
s.t.
127
Matthew Goss
Euskaltel - Euskadi
s.t.
128
Jérôme Baugnies
Belisol
s.t.
129
Maxime Vantomme
Omega Pharma - Quick·Step
s.t.
130
Martijn Maaskant
Het Nieuwsblad - Willems Veranda's
s.t.
131
Alexander Porsev
Team Saxo - Tinkoff
s.t.
132
Michael Reihs
Team Saxo - Tinkoff
s.t.
133
Marcel Kittel
Rabobank Cycling Team
s.t.
134
Matteo Pelucchi
Liquigas - Cannondale
s.t.
135
Santiago Casellas
Movistar Team
s.t.
136
Michael Færk Christensen
Statoil - Stoerensoe
s.t.
137
Joaquín Sobrino
Euskaltel - Euskadi
s.t.
138
Tom Leezer
Rabobank Cycling Team
s.t.
139
Daniel Schorn
Astana Pro Team
s.t.
140
Liam Holohan
Team Santander
s.t.
141
Ermanno Capelli
Team ISD - Ferrari
s.t.
142
Coen Vermeltfoort
Rabobank Cycling Team
s.t.
143
Mario Ickx
Omega Pharma - Quick·Step
s.t.
144
Aristide Ratti
Team ISD - Ferrari
s.t.
145
Samuel Dumoulin
Cofidis, le crédit en ligne
s.t.
146
Francisco José Pacheco
Club La Santa - Cantabria Infinita
s.t.
147
Sébastien Rosseler
Omega Pharma - Quick·Step
s.t.
148
Job Vissers
Vacansoleil - DCM
s.t.
149
Bernardo Riccio
Colnago - CSF Inox
s.t.
150
Nicolas Sanderson
Commonwealth Bank - GreenEdge
s.t.
151
Jürgen Roelandts
Belisol
s.t.
152
Baden Cooke
Commonwealth Bank - GreenEdge
s.t.
153
Aleksejs Saramotins
Cofidis, le crédit en ligne
s.t.
154
Jesse Sergent
Nissan
s.t.
155
Marcel Sieberg
Volkswagen
s.t.
156
Edoardo Costanzi
Team ISD - Ferrari
s.t.
157
Koldo Fernández
Euskaltel - Euskadi
s.t.
158
Davy Tuytens
Belisol
s.t.
159
Ariel Maximiliano Richeze
Statoil - Stoerensoe
s.t.
160
Robin Chaigneau
Rabobank Cycling Team
s.t.
161
Pieter Ghyllebert
Het Nieuwsblad - Willems Veranda's
s.t.
162
Gorik Gardeyn
Omega Pharma - Quick·Step
s.t.
163
Aidis Kruopis
Astana Pro Team
s.t.
164
Niels Van Campenhout
Belisol
s.t.
165
Guillaume Van Keirsbulck
Omega Pharma - Quick·Step
s.t.
166
Mauro Finetto
Colnago - CSF Inox
s.t.
167
James Stewart
Team Santander
s.t.
Stage 12: Ponteareas – Pontevedra
Everything points to a break for this one. Breschel is allowed to chase the break while the rest just have to get through the day as easy as possible.
Matti gets away with Kashechkin and Zangerle early on but a large group establishes in between them and the peloton after 50 km that might threat their chances.
Breschel is forced to do all the work in the front group and on the second climb the two others decide to fall back leaving Matti alone in front. I tell him not to use too much energy and wait for the big group behind, who has more than 8 minutes to the peloton with 70 km to go.
We were right in our pre-stage analysis as nothing less than a meteor can stop the break with 30 km to go. Breschel has now been caught by the chasing group, but is on paper the fastest rider in there.
When the attacking starts in the break Matti is right on them.
10 km to go and things are back together in front. Breschel is perfectly placed going into the final 2 km sitting behind Del Nero, Pietropolli and former world champion Freire.
None of them were even close to matching him on the final km!
10 minutes later the peloton still has 5 km to go and Willy decides to try Fuglsangs Giro-trick and attacks when no on suspects him to. He is successful in gaining enough time to take the red jersey before the three upcoming mountain stages.
Stage Results
1
Matti Breschel
Novo Nordisk - SAS
4h02'53
2
Óscar Freire
Colnago - CSF Inox
s.t.
3
Jesús Del Nero
Statoil - Stoerensoe
s.t.
4
Daniele Pietropolli
Team ISD - Ferrari
s.t.
5
Baptiste Planckaert
Het Nieuwsblad - Willems Veranda's
s.t.
Spoiler
6
Joel Zangerle
Nissan
s.t.
7
Niels Van Campenhout
Belisol
s.t.
8
Guillaume Van Keirsbulck
Omega Pharma - Quick·Step
s.t.
9
Nicolas Edet
Vacansoleil - DCM
s.t.
10
Thomas Damuseau
FDJ - BigMat
s.t.
11
Manuel Vazquez
Colombia - Coldeportes
s.t.
12
Andrey Kashechkin
Astana Pro Team
s.t.
13
Mario Ickx
Omega Pharma - Quick·Step
+ 6'05
14
Jacob Clorius
Team Saxo - Tinkoff
+ 6'31
15
Willy Ipsen
Novo Nordisk - SAS
+ 14'55
16
Ángel Madrazo
Volkswagen
+ 15'15
17
Sergio Henao
Volkswagen
s.t.
18
Andrey Amador
Volkswagen
s.t.
19
Stijn Vandenbergh
Omega Pharma - Quick·Step
s.t.
20
Marcel Sieberg
Volkswagen
s.t.
21
Davide Malacarne
Liquigas - Cannondale
s.t.
22
Francisco José Pacheco
Club La Santa - Cantabria Infinita
s.t.
23
Jan Barta
Team Saxo - Tinkoff
s.t.
24
José Antonio De Segovia
Club La Santa - Cantabria Infinita
s.t.
25
Simon Geschke
Volkswagen
s.t.
26
Johnny Hoogerland
Team Santander
s.t.
27
Pim Ligthart
Het Nieuwsblad - Willems Veranda's
s.t.
28
Jesús Hernández
Astana Pro Team
s.t.
29
David Belda
Club La Santa - Cantabria Infinita
s.t.
30
Chris Anker Sørensen
Novo Nordisk - SAS
s.t.
31
Thomas Löfkvist
Novo Nordisk - SAS
s.t.
32
Efren Carazo
Club La Santa - Cantabria Infinita
s.t.
33
Davide Bonuccelli
Liquigas - Cannondale
s.t.
34
Brian Bulgac
Belisol
s.t.
35
Alex Rasmussen
Novo Nordisk - SAS
s.t.
36
Roman Kreuziger
Belisol
s.t.
37
Moreno Moser
Colnago - CSF Inox
s.t.
38
Francisco José Ventoso
Movistar Team
s.t.
39
Francisco Javier Moreno
Club La Santa - Cantabria Infinita
s.t.
40
Tobias Ludvigsson
Novo Nordisk - SAS
s.t.
41
Jackson Rodríguez
Team Saxo - Tinkoff
s.t.
42
Fredrik Kessiakoff
Novo Nordisk - SAS
s.t.
43
Roman Klimov
Volkswagen
s.t.
44
Tobias Tonning
Novo Nordisk - SAS
s.t.
45
Dimitry Kozontchuk
Volkswagen
s.t.
46
Niels Albert
Belisol
s.t.
47
Steve Houanard
Cofidis, le crédit en ligne
s.t.
48
Salvador Guardiola
Movistar Team
s.t.
49
Gustav Erik Larsson
Novo Nordisk - SAS
s.t.
50
Omar Fraile
Colombia - Coldeportes
s.t.
51
Jasper Bovenhuis
Rabobank Cycling Team
s.t.
52
Pieter Weening
Commonwealth Bank - GreenEdge
s.t.
53
Jan Bakelants
Nissan
s.t.
54
Enrico Magazzini
Colnago - CSF Inox
s.t.
55
Martin Pedersen
Statoil - Stoerensoe
s.t.
56
James Stewart
Team Santander
s.t.
57
Fränk Schleck
Movistar Team
s.t.
58
Kenny Elissonde
Cofidis, le crédit en ligne
s.t.
59
Jesús Ezquerra
Club La Santa - Cantabria Infinita
s.t.
60
Ángel Vallejo
Statoil - Stoerensoe
s.t.
61
Davide Appollonio
Commonwealth Bank - GreenEdge
s.t.
62
Mauro Finetto
Colnago - CSF Inox
s.t.
63
Mark McNally
Team Santander
s.t.
64
Gerald Ciolek
Nissan
s.t.
65
Dirk Bellemakers
Rabobank Cycling Team
s.t.
66
Igor Antón
Cofidis, le crédit en ligne
s.t.
67
Egor Silin
Nissan
s.t.
68
Levi Leipheimer
Liquigas - Cannondale
s.t.
69
Christian Vande Velde
Nissan
s.t.
70
Marcel Kittel
Rabobank Cycling Team
s.t.
71
José Joaquín Rojas
Team Santander
s.t.
72
Andrew Tennant
Statoil - Stoerensoe
s.t.
73
Haimar Zubeldia
Movistar Team
s.t.
74
Joshua Edmonson
Team Santander
s.t.
75
Martijn Maaskant
Het Nieuwsblad - Willems Veranda's
s.t.
76
Joaquím Rodríguez
Rabobank Cycling Team
s.t.
77
Fabian Wegmann
Volkswagen
s.t.
78
Przemyslaw Niemiec
Rabobank Cycling Team
s.t.
79
Michael Færk Christensen
Statoil - Stoerensoe
s.t.
80
Jonathan Castroviejo
Astana Pro Team
s.t.
81
Jose Aguilar
Club La Santa - Cantabria Infinita
s.t.
82
Stefano Locatelli
Liquigas - Cannondale
s.t.
83
Egoitz García
Cofidis, le crédit en ligne
s.t.
84
Maurits Lammertink
Rabobank Cycling Team
s.t.
85
Mikaël Chérel
Cofidis, le crédit en ligne
s.t.
86
Job Vissers
Vacansoleil - DCM
s.t.
87
Mauro Santambrogio
Colnago - CSF Inox
s.t.
88
Yauheni Hutarovich
Nissan
s.t.
89
Vitaliy Buts
Team ISD - Ferrari
s.t.
90
Eros Capecchi
Liquigas - Cannondale
s.t.
91
Tom Slagter
Vacansoleil - DCM
s.t.
92
Tom Leezer
Rabobank Cycling Team
s.t.
93
Luke Durbridge
Commonwealth Bank - GreenEdge
s.t.
94
Samuel Dumoulin
Cofidis, le crédit en ligne
s.t.
95
Vladimir Karpets
Movistar Team
s.t.
96
Daniel Schorn
Astana Pro Team
s.t.
97
Morgan Chedhomme
FDJ - BigMat
s.t.
98
Alexander Porsev
Team Saxo - Tinkoff
s.t.
99
Christopher Juul-Jensen
Team Saxo - Tinkoff
s.t.
100
Ermanno Capelli
Team ISD - Ferrari
s.t.
101
Juan José Oroz
Euskaltel - Euskadi
s.t.
102
Ben Swift
Colnago - CSF Inox
s.t.
103
Arthur Vichot
Cofidis, le crédit en ligne
s.t.
104
Matthew Goss
Euskaltel - Euskadi
s.t.
105
Damien Branaa
FDJ - BigMat
s.t.
106
Peter Kennaugh
Statoil - Stoerensoe
s.t.
107
Dimitriy Muravyev
Astana Pro Team
s.t.
108
Aidis Kruopis
Astana Pro Team
s.t.
109
Liam Holohan
Team Santander
s.t.
110
Morten Høberg
Team Saxo - Tinkoff
s.t.
111
Nicolas Sanderson
Commonwealth Bank - GreenEdge
s.t.
112
Juan Enrique Rubiales
Euskaltel - Euskadi
s.t.
113
Grischa Niermann
Volkswagen
s.t.
114
Aristide Ratti
Team ISD - Ferrari
s.t.
115
Coen Vermeltfoort
Rabobank Cycling Team
s.t.
116
Maciej Paterski
Liquigas - Cannondale
s.t.
117
Matteo Pelucchi
Liquigas - Cannondale
s.t.
118
Pierpaolo Tondo
Colnago - CSF Inox
s.t.
119
Joseba Larralde
Club La Santa - Cantabria Infinita
s.t.
120
Bernardo Riccio
Colnago - CSF Inox
s.t.
121
Ivar Slik
Het Nieuwsblad - Willems Veranda's
s.t.
122
Jarlinson Pantano
Statoil - Stoerensoe
s.t.
123
Robert Kiserlovski
Club La Santa - Cantabria Infinita
s.t.
124
Iban Mayoz
Euskaltel - Euskadi
s.t.
125
Iván Velasco
Euskaltel - Euskadi
s.t.
126
Jesse Sergent
Nissan
s.t.
127
Enrico Rossi
Team ISD - Ferrari
s.t.
128
Matteo Rabottini
Liquigas - Cannondale
s.t.
129
Edoardo Costanzi
Team ISD - Ferrari
s.t.
130
Leonardo Bertagnolli
Team ISD - Ferrari
s.t.
131
Gianni Meersman
Het Nieuwsblad - Willems Veranda's
s.t.
132
Jürgen Roelandts
Belisol
s.t.
133
Raymond Kreder
Vacansoleil - DCM
s.t.
134
Jurgen Van Goolen
Het Nieuwsblad - Willems Veranda's
s.t.
135
Michael Reihs
Team Saxo - Tinkoff
s.t.
136
Daniel Navarro
Movistar Team
s.t.
137
Steve Chainel
Cofidis, le crédit en ligne
s.t.
138
Lucas Sebastián Haedo
Commonwealth Bank - GreenEdge
s.t.
139
Francesco Failli
Team ISD - Ferrari
s.t.
140
Pello Bilbao
Euskaltel - Euskadi
s.t.
141
Pieter Ghyllebert
Het Nieuwsblad - Willems Veranda's
s.t.
142
Valeriy Dmitriyev
Astana Pro Team
s.t.
143
Rémy Di Gregorio
FDJ - BigMat
s.t.
144
Ariel Maximiliano Richeze
Statoil - Stoerensoe
s.t.
145
Romain Sicard
Astana Pro Team
s.t.
146
Davy Tuytens
Belisol
s.t.
147
Santiago Casellas
Movistar Team
s.t.
148
Beñat Intxausti
Statoil - Stoerensoe
s.t.
149
Robin Chaigneau
Rabobank Cycling Team
s.t.
150
Jérôme Baugnies
Belisol
s.t.
151
Juan Forero
Colombia - Coldeportes
s.t.
152
Víctor Cabedo
Euskaltel - Euskadi
s.t.
153
Thomas Rohregger
Colombia - Coldeportes
s.t.
154
Aleksejs Saramotins
Cofidis, le crédit en ligne
s.t.
155
Koldo Fernández
Euskaltel - Euskadi
s.t.
156
Joaquín Sobrino
Euskaltel - Euskadi
s.t.
157
Alberto Losada
Colombia - Coldeportes
s.t.
158
Robinson Chalapud
Colombia - Coldeportes
s.t.
159
Maxime Vantomme
Omega Pharma - Quick·Step
s.t.
160
Sébastien Rosseler
Omega Pharma - Quick·Step
s.t.
161
Francesco Masciarelli
Colnago - CSF Inox
s.t.
162
Rafal Majka
Movistar Team
s.t.
163
Gorik Gardeyn
Omega Pharma - Quick·Step
s.t.
164
Sander Armee
Omega Pharma - Quick·Step
s.t.
165
Ivan Casas
Colombia - Coldeportes
s.t.
166
Ronald Bonnaud
FDJ - BigMat
+ 21'51
167
Baden Cooke
Commonwealth Bank - GreenEdge
+ 22'24
Provisional Standings
1
Willy Ipsen
Novo Nordisk - SAS
47h29'52
2
Sergio Henao
Volkswagen
+ 8
3
Romain Sicard
Astana Pro Team
+ 1'24
4
Roman Kreuziger
Belisol
+ 2'42
5
Peter Kennaugh
Statoil - Stoerensoe
+ 2'44
6
Igor Antón
Cofidis, le crédit en ligne
+ 3'07
7
Chris Anker Sørensen
Novo Nordisk - SAS
+ 5'28
8
Thomas Löfkvist
Novo Nordisk - SAS
+ 6'36
9
Tom Slagter
Vacansoleil - DCM
+ 6'57
10
Robert Kiserlovski
Club La Santa - Cantabria Infinita
+ 7'14
Spoiler
11
Rémy Di Gregorio
FDJ - BigMat
+ 7'43
12
Beñat Intxausti
Statoil - Stoerensoe
+ 8'29
13
Eros Capecchi
Liquigas - Cannondale
+ 10'18
14
Matteo Rabottini
Liquigas - Cannondale
+ 11'03
15
Egor Silin
Nissan
+ 11'50
16
Pello Bilbao
Euskaltel - Euskadi
+ 13'29
17
Matti Breschel
Novo Nordisk - SAS
+ 14'56
18
Jarlinson Pantano
Statoil - Stoerensoe
+ 15'51
19
Rafal Majka
Movistar Team
+ 16'38
20
Francesco Masciarelli
Colnago - CSF Inox
+ 18'26
21
Tobias Ludvigsson
Novo Nordisk - SAS
+ 19'38
22
Ángel Madrazo
Volkswagen
+ 20'07
23
Jan Bakelants
Nissan
+ 20'56
24
Kenny Elissonde
Cofidis, le crédit en ligne
+ 21'35
25
Fränk Schleck
Movistar Team
+ 21'43
26
Gianni Meersman
Het Nieuwsblad - Willems Veranda's
+ 21'45
27
Jesús Hernández
Astana Pro Team
+ 22'01
28
Tobias Tonning
Novo Nordisk - SAS
+ 23'18
29
Ivar Slik
Het Nieuwsblad - Willems Veranda's
+ 23'43
30
Maciej Paterski
Liquigas - Cannondale
+ 24'11
31
Fredrik Kessiakoff
Novo Nordisk - SAS
+ 24'14
32
Thomas Rohregger
Colombia - Coldeportes
+ 24'16
33
David Belda
Club La Santa - Cantabria Infinita
+ 25'08
34
Davide Malacarne
Liquigas - Cannondale
+ 25'32
35
Moreno Moser
Colnago - CSF Inox
+ 26'05
36
Robinson Chalapud
Colombia - Coldeportes
+ 27'28
37
José Antonio De Segovia
Club La Santa - Cantabria Infinita
+ 28'07
38
Andrey Amador
Volkswagen
+ 30'48
39
Pieter Weening
Commonwealth Bank - GreenEdge
+ 31'40
40
Christian Vande Velde
Nissan
+ 32'03
41
Joaquím Rodríguez
Rabobank Cycling Team
+ 32'36
42
Egoitz García
Cofidis, le crédit en ligne
+ 32'59
43
Iván Velasco
Euskaltel - Euskadi
+ 33'44
44
Jackson Rodríguez
Team Saxo - Tinkoff
+ 33'48
45
Christopher Juul-Jensen
Team Saxo - Tinkoff
+ 35'01
46
Johnny Hoogerland
Team Santander
+ 35'28
47
Mauro Santambrogio
Colnago - CSF Inox
+ 36'18
48
Daniel Navarro
Movistar Team
+ 39'46
49
Thomas Damuseau
FDJ - BigMat
+ 39'58
50
Jesús Ezquerra
Club La Santa - Cantabria Infinita
+ 41'51
51
Iban Mayoz
Euskaltel - Euskadi
+ 44'53
52
Dimitry Kozontchuk
Volkswagen
+ 45'37
53
Manuel Vazquez
Colombia - Coldeportes
+ 46'20
54
Brian Bulgac
Belisol
+ 46'35
55
Omar Fraile
Colombia - Coldeportes
+ 49'36
56
Przemyslaw Niemiec
Rabobank Cycling Team
+ 50'55
57
Daniele Pietropolli
Team ISD - Ferrari
+ 51'47
58
Jan Barta
Team Saxo - Tinkoff
+ 52'01
59
Nicolas Edet
Vacansoleil - DCM
+ 53'17
60
Ángel Vallejo
Statoil - Stoerensoe
+ 54'53
61
Alex Rasmussen
Novo Nordisk - SAS
+ 55'27
62
Óscar Freire
Colnago - CSF Inox
+ 55'35
63
Roman Klimov
Volkswagen
+ 55'39
64
Jesús Del Nero
Statoil - Stoerensoe
+ 55'44
65
Juan José Oroz
Euskaltel - Euskadi
+ 56'19
66
Alberto Losada
Colombia - Coldeportes
+ 57'58
67
Joel Zangerle
Nissan
+ 58'23
68
Gustav Erik Larsson
Novo Nordisk - SAS
+ 58'25
69
Enrico Magazzini
Colnago - CSF Inox
+ 1h01'29
70
Steve Houanard
Cofidis, le crédit en ligne
+ 1h01'55
71
Juan Enrique Rubiales
Euskaltel - Euskadi
+ 1h03'47
72
Arthur Vichot
Cofidis, le crédit en ligne
+ 1h04'14
73
Luke Durbridge
Commonwealth Bank - GreenEdge
+ 1h04'59
74
Stefano Locatelli
Liquigas - Cannondale
+ 1h06'54
75
Andrey Kashechkin
Astana Pro Team
+ 1h07'20
76
Efren Carazo
Club La Santa - Cantabria Infinita
+ 1h07'21
77
Stijn Vandenbergh
Omega Pharma - Quick·Step
+ 1h07'47
78
José Joaquín Rojas
Team Santander
+ 1h08'53
79
Joshua Edmonson
Team Santander
+ 1h10'48
80
Jasper Bovenhuis
Rabobank Cycling Team
+ 1h14'46
81
Niels Albert
Belisol
+ 1h15'17
82
Salvador Guardiola
Movistar Team
+ 1h15'53
83
Mikaël Chérel
Cofidis, le crédit en ligne
+ 1h17'31
84
Dirk Bellemakers
Rabobank Cycling Team
+ 1h19'09
85
Jonathan Castroviejo
Astana Pro Team
+ 1h19'34
86
Francesco Failli
Team ISD - Ferrari
+ 1h19'56
87
Gerald Ciolek
Nissan
+ 1h23'06
88
Steve Chainel
Cofidis, le crédit en ligne
+ 1h24'09
89
Haimar Zubeldia
Movistar Team
+ 1h25'58
90
Marcel Kittel
Rabobank Cycling Team
+ 1h26'22
91
Maurits Lammertink
Rabobank Cycling Team
+ 1h27'42
92
Pim Ligthart
Het Nieuwsblad - Willems Veranda's
+ 1h29'40
93
Davide Bonuccelli
Liquigas - Cannondale
+ 1h30'06
94
Baptiste Planckaert
Het Nieuwsblad - Willems Veranda's
+ 1h30'39
95
Simon Geschke
Volkswagen
+ 1h30'40
96
Jurgen Van Goolen
Het Nieuwsblad - Willems Veranda's
+ 1h31'42
97
Fabian Wegmann
Volkswagen
+ 1h31'49
98
Francisco Javier Moreno
Club La Santa - Cantabria Infinita
+ 1h32'16
99
Damien Branaa
FDJ - BigMat
+ 1h33'09
100
Morgan Chedhomme
FDJ - BigMat
+ 1h34'37
101
Sander Armee
Omega Pharma - Quick·Step
+ 1h35'37
102
Enrico Rossi
Team ISD - Ferrari
+ 1h36'52
103
Juan Forero
Colombia - Coldeportes
+ 1h37'33
104
Vladimir Karpets
Movistar Team
+ 1h40'15
105
Matthew Goss
Euskaltel - Euskadi
+ 1h42'17
106
Vitaliy Buts
Team ISD - Ferrari
+ 1h42'24
107
Francisco José Pacheco
Club La Santa - Cantabria Infinita
+ 1h42'55
108
Martin Pedersen
Statoil - Stoerensoe
+ 1h46'34
109
Jose Aguilar
Club La Santa - Cantabria Infinita
+ 1h47'54
110
Levi Leipheimer
Liquigas - Cannondale
+ 1h48'32
111
Samuel Dumoulin
Cofidis, le crédit en ligne
+ 1h48'55
112
Mark McNally
Team Santander
+ 1h48'59
113
Andrew Tennant
Statoil - Stoerensoe
+ 1h50'19
114
Coen Vermeltfoort
Rabobank Cycling Team
+ 1h50'30
115
Joseba Larralde
Club La Santa - Cantabria Infinita
+ 1h51'35
116
Francisco José Ventoso
Movistar Team
+ 1h51'58
117
Job Vissers
Vacansoleil - DCM
+ 1h54'58
118
Leonardo Bertagnolli
Team ISD - Ferrari
+ 1h55'57
119
Mario Ickx
Omega Pharma - Quick·Step
+ 1h56'25
120
Davide Appollonio
Commonwealth Bank - GreenEdge
+ 2h00'11
121
Raymond Kreder
Vacansoleil - DCM
+ 2h00'46
122
Martijn Maaskant
Het Nieuwsblad - Willems Veranda's
+ 2h03'24
123
Grischa Niermann
Volkswagen
+ 2h05'21
124
Ermanno Capelli
Team ISD - Ferrari
+ 2h06'37
125
Guillaume Van Keirsbulck
Omega Pharma - Quick·Step
+ 2h07'35
126
Yauheni Hutarovich
Nissan
+ 2h07'47
127
Jacob Clorius
Team Saxo - Tinkoff
+ 2h08'02
128
Jesse Sergent
Nissan
+ 2h10'31
129
Víctor Cabedo
Euskaltel - Euskadi
+ 2h10'55
130
Valeriy Dmitriyev
Astana Pro Team
+ 2h12'00
131
Michael Færk Christensen
Statoil - Stoerensoe
+ 2h16'57
132
Lucas Sebastián Haedo
Commonwealth Bank - GreenEdge
+ 2h18'49
133
Ben Swift
Colnago - CSF Inox
+ 2h19'09
134
Dimitriy Muravyev
Astana Pro Team
+ 2h19'17
135
Maxime Vantomme
Omega Pharma - Quick·Step
+ 2h19'21
136
Morten Høberg
Team Saxo - Tinkoff
+ 2h19'26
137
Sébastien Rosseler
Omega Pharma - Quick·Step
+ 2h20'25
138
Daniel Schorn
Astana Pro Team
+ 2h22'39
139
Jérôme Baugnies
Belisol
+ 2h23'45
140
Jürgen Roelandts
Belisol
+ 2h24'36
141
Ariel Maximiliano Richeze
Statoil - Stoerensoe
+ 2h24'48
142
Matteo Pelucchi
Liquigas - Cannondale
+ 2h26'17
143
Niels Van Campenhout
Belisol
+ 2h26'29
144
Tom Leezer
Rabobank Cycling Team
+ 2h27'50
145
Nicolas Sanderson
Commonwealth Bank - GreenEdge
+ 2h28'15
146
Mauro Finetto
Colnago - CSF Inox
+ 2h28'16
147
Liam Holohan
Team Santander
+ 2h28'25
148
Pierpaolo Tondo
Colnago - CSF Inox
+ 2h32'16
149
Ivan Casas
Colombia - Coldeportes
+ 2h33'10
150
Joaquín Sobrino
Euskaltel - Euskadi
+ 2h34'24
151
Bernardo Riccio
Colnago - CSF Inox
+ 2h34'55
152
James Stewart
Team Santander
+ 2h37'07
153
Marcel Sieberg
Volkswagen
+ 2h44'44
154
Alexander Porsev
Team Saxo - Tinkoff
+ 2h46'30
155
Pieter Ghyllebert
Het Nieuwsblad - Willems Veranda's
+ 2h48'52
156
Michael Reihs
Team Saxo - Tinkoff
+ 2h48'56
157
Aleksejs Saramotins
Cofidis, le crédit en ligne
+ 2h49'34
158
Santiago Casellas
Movistar Team
+ 2h51'10
159
Aristide Ratti
Team ISD - Ferrari
+ 2h52'13
160
Koldo Fernández
Euskaltel - Euskadi
+ 2h53'28
161
Edoardo Costanzi
Team ISD - Ferrari
+ 2h54'12
162
Aidis Kruopis
Astana Pro Team
+ 2h56'16
163
Davy Tuytens
Belisol
+ 2h57'03
164
Gorik Gardeyn
Omega Pharma - Quick·Step
+ 3h02'04
165
Robin Chaigneau
Rabobank Cycling Team
+ 3h02'56
166
Ronald Bonnaud
FDJ - BigMat
+ 3h10'46
167
Baden Cooke
Commonwealth Bank - GreenEdge
+ 3h12'17
Points Jersey: Sergio Henao, Volkswagen
Spoiler
1
Sergio Henao
Volkswagen
108
2
Matti Breschel
Novo Nordisk - SAS
82
3
Roman Kreuziger
Belisol
78
4
Igor Antón
Cofidis, le crédit en ligne
77
5
Willy Ipsen
Novo Nordisk - SAS
74
6
Romain Sicard
Astana Pro Team
72
7
Peter Kennaugh
Statoil - Stoerensoe
72
8
Niels Albert
Belisol
51
9
Yauheni Hutarovich
Nissan
51
10
José Joaquín Rojas
Team Santander
47
Mountain Jersey: Willy Ipsen, Novo Nordisk - SAS
Spoiler
1
Willy Ipsen
Novo Nordisk - SAS
73
2
Sergio Henao
Volkswagen
60
3
Igor Antón
Cofidis, le crédit en ligne
52
4
Romain Sicard
Astana Pro Team
42
5
Peter Kennaugh
Statoil - Stoerensoe
36
6
Niels Albert
Belisol
36
7
Matteo Rabottini
Liquigas - Cannondale
34
8
Pim Ligthart
Het Nieuwsblad - Willems Veranda's
26
9
Joaquím Rodríguez
Rabobank Cycling Team
22
10
Thomas Löfkvist
Novo Nordisk - SAS
20
Young Riders: Tobias Ludvigsson, Novo Nordisk - SAS
Spoiler
1
Tobias Ludvigsson
Novo Nordisk - SAS
47h49'30 (1)
2
Kenny Elissonde
Cofidis, le crédit en ligne
+ 1'57 (2)
3
Tobias Tonning
Novo Nordisk - SAS
+ 3'40 (3)
4
Ivar Slik
Het Nieuwsblad - Willems Veranda's
+ 4'05 (4)
5
Luke Durbridge
Commonwealth Bank - GreenEdge
+ 45'21 (5)
6
Efren Carazo
Club La Santa - Cantabria Infinita
+ 47'43 (6)
7
Joshua Edmonson
Team Santander
+ 51'10 (7)
8
Jasper Bovenhuis
Rabobank Cycling Team
+ 55'08 (8)
9
Guillaume Van Keirsbulck
Omega Pharma - Quick·Step
+ 1h47'57 (9)
10
Jacob Clorius
Team Saxo - Tinkoff
+ 1h48'24 (10)
11
Niels Van Campenhout
Belisol
+ 2h06'51 (11)
12
Santiago Casellas
Movistar Team
+ 2h31'32 (12)
13
Ronald Bonnaud
FDJ - BigMat
+ 2h51'08 (13)
Team Classification: Novo Nordisk - SAS
Spoiler
1
Novo Nordisk - SAS
141h43'37 (1)
2
Statoil - Stoerensoe
+ 17'25 (2)
3
Liquigas - Cannondale
+ 41'27 (3)
4
Volkswagen
+ 52'10 (4)
5
Nissan
+ 53'24 (5)
6
Colnago - CSF Inox
+ 55'38 (6)
7
Club La Santa - Cantabria Infinita
+ 55'47 (7)
8
Movistar Team
+ 1h02'13 (8)
9
Astana Pro Team
+ 1h03'23 (9)
10
Cofidis, le crédit en ligne
+ 1h03'40 (10)
11
Colombia - Coldeportes
+ 1h12'02 (11)
12
Euskaltel - Euskadi
+ 1h25'44 (12)
13
Het Nieuwsblad - Willems Veranda's
+ 1h30'36 (13)
14
Team Saxo - Tinkoff
+ 1h51'34 (14)
15
Belisol
+ 1h54'28 (15)
16
FDJ - BigMat
+ 2h05'37 (16)
17
Rabobank Cycling Team
+ 2h13'37 (17)
18
Team Santander
+ 2h35'33 (18)
19
Vacansoleil - DCM
+ 2h40'16 (19)
20
Commonwealth Bank - GreenEdge
+ 3h15'31 (20)
21
Team ISD - Ferrari
+ 3h47'59 (21)
22
Omega Pharma - Quick·Step
+ 4h12'59 (22)
With Matti doing what he came for; Hunting stage wins and Willy looking even sharper than expected along with the disappointing rides from the youngsters in general putting Tobias in white this is almost getting silly.
Still we have three mountain stages ahead of us where we everything could be turned up-side down on just one bad day.
Ian: The Vuelta looks to be so close that any seconds we can find can prove crucial, so it was a great couple of days to have Breschel show why he's in the rainbow jersey while Ipsen went (back) in red!
sutty: Couldn't agree more
Also a huge thanks to everyone who have nominated this for Team Story of the Year. It really means a lot to get this recognition!
Edited by Atlantius on 07-01-2014 18:48
Congratulations for the nomination, Atlantius. Much deserved. Given the sheer scope of the story it's an obvious choice for me.
Amazing two days at the Vuelta. I'll bet my money on Breschel defending the WC title, and Willy recovered great and delivered a clear signal for his Grand Tour ambitions.
"It’s a little bit scary when Contador attacks." - Tommy V
Miguel: The others should know that they can't rest easy when we are around
Shonak: Thanks. A bit surprised not to see Gora Euskadi in there though. Ptobably too young still I guess...
Both certainlyproved they are not here by accident
Stage 13: Sarria – Ponferrada
I present to you the only real mountain stage not finishing on a summit. We don’t expect too much to happen with this finish.
A good few riders attack early on, but we just keep track of them to make sure none of them can become a threat in the GC.
Still we end up deciding to tell Alex and Gustav to work on the “quiet” middle part of the stage.
With 78 km to go they have reduced the peloton to 89 riders and the gap to the break to three minutes.
Magazzini is the only rider out in front on top of the main climb Puerto de Ancares.
He has just over two minutes to the peloton, which is now down to 64 riders including all my boys! Sicard and Antón attacks on the small hill 37 km from goal, but we are confident that our boys can reel them back in. Heano follows up on the attack and turns out to be the strongest so with 15 km to go he has 16 seconds to Sicard, Antón and 5 others, who has 40 seconds to Ipsen, Löfkvist, Sørensen and Ludvigsson.
With 6 km left the guys have brought the front groups together forming a 20-rider group with all the big names and Ludvigsson, who is having an amazing day. Löfkvist and Sørensen take care of launching the sprint Antón is first into the final 500 m Tobias does his best but haven’t got enough left in the tank to go past anyone in the end.
A brilliant day from him nonetheless!
The bonus seconds brings Henao within 4 seconds of the red!
Stage Results
1
Igor Antón
Cofidis, le crédit en ligne
4h28'33
2
Peter Kennaugh
Statoil - Stoerensoe
s.t.
3
Sergio Henao
Volkswagen
s.t.
4
Tobias Ludvigsson
Novo Nordisk - SAS
s.t.
5
Robert Kiserlovski
Club La Santa - Cantabria Infinita
s.t.
Spoiler
6
Pello Bilbao
Euskaltel - Euskadi
s.t.
7
Stefano Locatelli
Liquigas - Cannondale
s.t.
8
Willy Ipsen
Novo Nordisk - SAS
s.t.
9
Thomas Löfkvist
Novo Nordisk - SAS
s.t.
10
Tom Slagter
Vacansoleil - DCM
s.t.
11
Eros Capecchi
Liquigas - Cannondale
s.t.
12
Chris Anker Sørensen
Novo Nordisk - SAS
s.t.
13
Romain Sicard
Astana Pro Team
s.t.
14
Ivar Slik
Het Nieuwsblad - Willems Veranda's
s.t.
15
Roman Kreuziger
Belisol
s.t.
16
Rémy Di Gregorio
FDJ - BigMat
s.t.
17
Daniel Navarro
Movistar Team
s.t.
18
Egor Silin
Nissan
s.t.
19
Fränk Schleck
Movistar Team
s.t.
20
Enrico Magazzini
Colnago - CSF Inox
s.t.
21
Gianni Meersman
Het Nieuwsblad - Willems Veranda's
+ 1'23
22
Matteo Rabottini
Liquigas - Cannondale
s.t.
23
Jan Bakelants
Nissan
s.t.
24
Andrey Amador
Volkswagen
s.t.
25
Beñat Intxausti
Statoil - Stoerensoe
s.t.
26
Jarlinson Pantano
Statoil - Stoerensoe
s.t.
27
Jesús Ezquerra
Club La Santa - Cantabria Infinita
s.t.
28
Moreno Moser
Colnago - CSF Inox
s.t.
29
Joaquím Rodríguez
Rabobank Cycling Team
s.t.
30
Christian Vande Velde
Nissan
s.t.
31
Johnny Hoogerland
Team Santander
s.t.
32
José Antonio De Segovia
Club La Santa - Cantabria Infinita
s.t.
33
Jackson Rodríguez
Team Saxo - Tinkoff
s.t.
34
Robinson Chalapud
Colombia - Coldeportes
s.t.
35
Rafal Majka
Movistar Team
s.t.
36
Jesús Hernández
Astana Pro Team
s.t.
37
Matti Breschel
Novo Nordisk - SAS
s.t.
38
Levi Leipheimer
Liquigas - Cannondale
s.t.
39
Salvador Guardiola
Movistar Team
s.t.
40
Francesco Masciarelli
Colnago - CSF Inox
s.t.
41
Tobias Tonning
Novo Nordisk - SAS
s.t.
42
Fredrik Kessiakoff
Novo Nordisk - SAS
s.t.
43
Joshua Edmonson
Team Santander
s.t.
44
David Belda
Club La Santa - Cantabria Infinita
+ 4'28
45
Gustav Erik Larsson
Novo Nordisk - SAS
+ 4'52
46
Christopher Juul-Jensen
Team Saxo - Tinkoff
s.t.
47
Efren Carazo
Club La Santa - Cantabria Infinita
s.t.
48
Maciej Paterski
Liquigas - Cannondale
+ 6'19
49
Kenny Elissonde
Cofidis, le crédit en ligne
s.t.
50
Davide Bonuccelli
Liquigas - Cannondale
s.t.
51
Andrey Kashechkin
Astana Pro Team
s.t.
52
Ángel Madrazo
Volkswagen
s.t.
53
Roman Klimov
Volkswagen
+ 8'54
54
Francesco Failli
Team ISD - Ferrari
s.t.
55
Thomas Rohregger
Colombia - Coldeportes
s.t.
56
Davide Malacarne
Liquigas - Cannondale
s.t.
57
Jonathan Castroviejo
Astana Pro Team
s.t.
58
Alberto Losada
Colombia - Coldeportes
s.t.
59
Nicolas Edet
Vacansoleil - DCM
s.t.
60
Vladimir Karpets
Movistar Team
s.t.
61
Maurits Lammertink
Rabobank Cycling Team
s.t.
62
Jurgen Van Goolen
Het Nieuwsblad - Willems Veranda's
+ 9'35
63
Niels Albert
Belisol
+ 10'48
64
Alex Rasmussen
Novo Nordisk - SAS
s.t.
65
Haimar Zubeldia
Movistar Team
+ 12'09
66
Brian Bulgac
Belisol
s.t.
67
Vitaliy Buts
Team ISD - Ferrari
s.t.
68
Juan Enrique Rubiales
Euskaltel - Euskadi
s.t.
69
Manuel Vazquez
Colombia - Coldeportes
s.t.
70
Juan José Oroz
Euskaltel - Euskadi
s.t.
71
Gerald Ciolek
Nissan
s.t.
72
Jesús Del Nero
Statoil - Stoerensoe
s.t.
73
Damien Branaa
FDJ - BigMat
s.t.
74
Omar Fraile
Colombia - Coldeportes
s.t.
75
Jan Barta
Team Saxo - Tinkoff
s.t.
76
Thomas Damuseau
FDJ - BigMat
s.t.
77
Simon Geschke
Volkswagen
s.t.
78
Joel Zangerle
Nissan
s.t.
79
Enrico Rossi
Team ISD - Ferrari
s.t.
80
José Joaquín Rojas
Team Santander
s.t.
81
Steve Houanard
Cofidis, le crédit en ligne
s.t.
82
Stijn Vandenbergh
Omega Pharma - Quick·Step
s.t.
83
Valeriy Dmitriyev
Astana Pro Team
s.t.
84
Ángel Vallejo
Statoil - Stoerensoe
s.t.
85
Przemyslaw Niemiec
Rabobank Cycling Team
s.t.
86
Iban Mayoz
Euskaltel - Euskadi
s.t.
87
Sander Armee
Omega Pharma - Quick·Step
s.t.
88
Dimitry Kozontchuk
Volkswagen
+ 14'31
89
Francisco Javier Moreno
Club La Santa - Cantabria Infinita
s.t.
90
Egoitz García
Cofidis, le crédit en ligne
s.t.
91
Óscar Freire
Colnago - CSF Inox
s.t.
92
Jose Aguilar
Club La Santa - Cantabria Infinita
s.t.
93
Mikaël Chérel
Cofidis, le crédit en ligne
s.t.
94
Daniele Pietropolli
Team ISD - Ferrari
s.t.
95
Iván Velasco
Euskaltel - Euskadi
s.t.
96
Matthew Goss
Euskaltel - Euskadi
s.t.
97
Arthur Vichot
Cofidis, le crédit en ligne
s.t.
98
Morgan Chedhomme
FDJ - BigMat
s.t.
99
Mauro Santambrogio
Colnago - CSF Inox
s.t.
100
Ben Swift
Colnago - CSF Inox
s.t.
101
Dimitriy Muravyev
Astana Pro Team
s.t.
102
Leonardo Bertagnolli
Team ISD - Ferrari
s.t.
103
Pierpaolo Tondo
Colnago - CSF Inox
+ 18'16
104
Víctor Cabedo
Euskaltel - Euskadi
+ 20'35
105
Fabian Wegmann
Volkswagen
+ 23'25
106
Yauheni Hutarovich
Nissan
s.t.
107
Daniel Schorn
Astana Pro Team
s.t.
108
Marcel Kittel
Rabobank Cycling Team
s.t.
109
Juan Forero
Colombia - Coldeportes
s.t.
110
Davide Appollonio
Commonwealth Bank - GreenEdge
s.t.
111
Martin Pedersen
Statoil - Stoerensoe
s.t.
112
Martijn Maaskant
Het Nieuwsblad - Willems Veranda's
s.t.
113
Pim Ligthart
Het Nieuwsblad - Willems Veranda's
s.t.
114
Morten Høberg
Team Saxo - Tinkoff
s.t.
115
Mauro Finetto
Colnago - CSF Inox
s.t.
116
Steve Chainel
Cofidis, le crédit en ligne
s.t.
117
Raymond Kreder
Vacansoleil - DCM
s.t.
118
Maxime Vantomme
Omega Pharma - Quick·Step
s.t.
119
Jasper Bovenhuis
Rabobank Cycling Team
s.t.
120
Andrew Tennant
Statoil - Stoerensoe
s.t.
121
Liam Holohan
Team Santander
s.t.
122
Matteo Pelucchi
Liquigas - Cannondale
s.t.
123
Michael Færk Christensen
Statoil - Stoerensoe
s.t.
124
Baptiste Planckaert
Het Nieuwsblad - Willems Veranda's
s.t.
125
Joseba Larralde
Club La Santa - Cantabria Infinita
s.t.
126
Mark McNally
Team Santander
s.t.
127
Joaquín Sobrino
Euskaltel - Euskadi
s.t.
128
Ermanno Capelli
Team ISD - Ferrari
s.t.
129
Luke Durbridge
Commonwealth Bank - GreenEdge
s.t.
130
Ivan Casas
Colombia - Coldeportes
s.t.
131
Aristide Ratti
Team ISD - Ferrari
s.t.
132
Pieter Ghyllebert
Het Nieuwsblad - Willems Veranda's
s.t.
133
Michael Reihs
Team Saxo - Tinkoff
s.t.
134
Grischa Niermann
Volkswagen
s.t.
135
Baden Cooke
Commonwealth Bank - GreenEdge
s.t.
136
Pieter Weening
Commonwealth Bank - GreenEdge
s.t.
137
Coen Vermeltfoort
Rabobank Cycling Team
s.t.
138
Lucas Sebastián Haedo
Commonwealth Bank - GreenEdge
s.t.
139
Nicolas Sanderson
Commonwealth Bank - GreenEdge
s.t.
140
Dirk Bellemakers
Rabobank Cycling Team
s.t.
141
Tom Leezer
Rabobank Cycling Team
s.t.
142
Samuel Dumoulin
Cofidis, le crédit en ligne
+ 35'55
143
Bernardo Riccio
Colnago - CSF Inox
s.t.
144
Jürgen Roelandts
Belisol
s.t.
145
Job Vissers
Vacansoleil - DCM
s.t.
146
Aleksejs Saramotins
Cofidis, le crédit en ligne
s.t.
147
Francisco José Ventoso
Movistar Team
s.t.
148
Alexander Porsev
Team Saxo - Tinkoff
s.t.
149
James Stewart
Team Santander
s.t.
150
Francisco José Pacheco
Club La Santa - Cantabria Infinita
s.t.
151
Davy Tuytens
Belisol
s.t.
152
Koldo Fernández
Euskaltel - Euskadi
s.t.
153
Robin Chaigneau
Rabobank Cycling Team
s.t.
154
Ariel Maximiliano Richeze
Statoil - Stoerensoe
s.t.
155
Aidis Kruopis
Astana Pro Team
s.t.
156
Jacob Clorius
Team Saxo - Tinkoff
s.t.
157
Edoardo Costanzi
Team ISD - Ferrari
s.t.
158
Jérôme Baugnies
Belisol
s.t.
159
Jesse Sergent
Nissan
s.t.
160
Sébastien Rosseler
Omega Pharma - Quick·Step
s.t.
161
Gorik Gardeyn
Omega Pharma - Quick·Step
s.t.
162
Ronald Bonnaud
FDJ - BigMat
s.t.
163
Guillaume Van Keirsbulck
Omega Pharma - Quick·Step
s.t.
164
Mario Ickx
Omega Pharma - Quick·Step
s.t.
165
Niels Van Campenhout
Belisol
s.t.
166
Santiago Casellas
Movistar Team
s.t.
167
Marcel Sieberg
Volkswagen
+ 40'10
Provisional Standings
1
Willy Ipsen
Novo Nordisk - SAS
51h58'21
2
Sergio Henao
Volkswagen
+ 4
3
Romain Sicard
Astana Pro Team
+ 1'28
4
Peter Kennaugh
Statoil - Stoerensoe
+ 2'36
5
Roman Kreuziger
Belisol
+ 2'46
6
Igor Antón
Cofidis, le crédit en ligne
+ 2'51
7
Chris Anker Sørensen
Novo Nordisk - SAS
+ 5'32
8
Thomas Löfkvist
Novo Nordisk - SAS
+ 6'40
9
Tom Slagter
Vacansoleil - DCM
+ 7'01
10
Robert Kiserlovski
Club La Santa - Cantabria Infinita
+ 7'18
Spoiler
11
Rémy Di Gregorio
FDJ - BigMat
+ 7'47
12
Beñat Intxausti
Statoil - Stoerensoe
+ 9'56
13
Eros Capecchi
Liquigas - Cannondale
+ 10'22
14
Egor Silin
Nissan
+ 11'54
15
Matteo Rabottini
Liquigas - Cannondale
+ 12'30
16
Pello Bilbao
Euskaltel - Euskadi
+ 13'33
17
Matti Breschel
Novo Nordisk - SAS
+ 16'23
18
Jarlinson Pantano
Statoil - Stoerensoe
+ 17'18
19
Rafal Majka
Movistar Team
+ 18'05
20
Tobias Ludvigsson
Novo Nordisk - SAS
+ 19'42
21
Francesco Masciarelli
Colnago - CSF Inox
+ 19'53
22
Fränk Schleck
Movistar Team
+ 21'47
23
Jan Bakelants
Nissan
+ 22'23
24
Gianni Meersman
Het Nieuwsblad - Willems Veranda's
+ 23'12
25
Jesús Hernández
Astana Pro Team
+ 23'28
26
Ivar Slik
Het Nieuwsblad - Willems Veranda's
+ 23'47
27
Tobias Tonning
Novo Nordisk - SAS
+ 24'45
28
Fredrik Kessiakoff
Novo Nordisk - SAS
+ 25'39
29
Ángel Madrazo
Volkswagen
+ 26'30
30
Moreno Moser
Colnago - CSF Inox
+ 27'32
31
Kenny Elissonde
Cofidis, le crédit en ligne
+ 27'58
32
Robinson Chalapud
Colombia - Coldeportes
+ 28'55
33
José Antonio De Segovia
Club La Santa - Cantabria Infinita
+ 29'34
34
David Belda
Club La Santa - Cantabria Infinita
+ 29'40
35
Maciej Paterski
Liquigas - Cannondale
+ 30'34
36
Andrey Amador
Volkswagen
+ 32'15
37
Thomas Rohregger
Colombia - Coldeportes
+ 33'14
38
Christian Vande Velde
Nissan
+ 33'30
39
Joaquím Rodríguez
Rabobank Cycling Team
+ 34'03
40
Davide Malacarne
Liquigas - Cannondale
+ 34'30
41
Jackson Rodríguez
Team Saxo - Tinkoff
+ 35'15
42
Johnny Hoogerland
Team Santander
+ 36'55
43
Daniel Navarro
Movistar Team
+ 39'50
44
Christopher Juul-Jensen
Team Saxo - Tinkoff
+ 39'57
45
Jesús Ezquerra
Club La Santa - Cantabria Infinita
+ 43'18
46
Egoitz García
Cofidis, le crédit en ligne
+ 47'34
47
Iván Velasco
Euskaltel - Euskadi
+ 48'19
48
Mauro Santambrogio
Colnago - CSF Inox
+ 50'53
49
Thomas Damuseau
FDJ - BigMat
+ 52'11
50
Pieter Weening
Commonwealth Bank - GreenEdge
+ 55'09
51
Iban Mayoz
Euskaltel - Euskadi
+ 57'06
52
Manuel Vazquez
Colombia - Coldeportes
+ 58'33
53
Brian Bulgac
Belisol
+ 58'48
54
Dimitry Kozontchuk
Volkswagen
+ 1h00'12
55
Enrico Magazzini
Colnago - CSF Inox
+ 1h01'27
56
Omar Fraile
Colombia - Coldeportes
+ 1h01'49
57
Nicolas Edet
Vacansoleil - DCM
+ 1h02'15
58
Przemyslaw Niemiec
Rabobank Cycling Team
+ 1h03'08
59
Gustav Erik Larsson
Novo Nordisk - SAS
+ 1h03'21
60
Jan Barta
Team Saxo - Tinkoff
+ 1h04'14
61
Roman Klimov
Volkswagen
+ 1h04'37
62
Alex Rasmussen
Novo Nordisk - SAS
+ 1h06'19
63
Daniele Pietropolli
Team ISD - Ferrari
+ 1h06'22
64
Alberto Losada
Colombia - Coldeportes
+ 1h06'56
65
Stefano Locatelli
Liquigas - Cannondale
+ 1h06'58
66
Ángel Vallejo
Statoil - Stoerensoe
+ 1h07'06
67
Jesús Del Nero
Statoil - Stoerensoe
+ 1h07'57
68
Juan José Oroz
Euskaltel - Euskadi
+ 1h08'32
69
Óscar Freire
Colnago - CSF Inox
+ 1h10'10
70
Joel Zangerle
Nissan
+ 1h10'36
71
Joshua Edmonson
Team Santander
+ 1h12'15
72
Efren Carazo
Club La Santa - Cantabria Infinita
+ 1h12'17
73
Andrey Kashechkin
Astana Pro Team
+ 1h13'43
74
Steve Houanard
Cofidis, le crédit en ligne
+ 1h14'08
75
Juan Enrique Rubiales
Euskaltel - Euskadi
+ 1h15'58
76
Salvador Guardiola
Movistar Team
+ 1h17'20
77
Arthur Vichot
Cofidis, le crédit en ligne
+ 1h18'49
78
Stijn Vandenbergh
Omega Pharma - Quick·Step
+ 1h20'00
79
José Joaquín Rojas
Team Santander
+ 1h21'06
80
Niels Albert
Belisol
+ 1h26'09
81
Luke Durbridge
Commonwealth Bank - GreenEdge
+ 1h28'28
82
Jonathan Castroviejo
Astana Pro Team
+ 1h28'32
83
Francesco Failli
Team ISD - Ferrari
+ 1h28'54
84
Mikaël Chérel
Cofidis, le crédit en ligne
+ 1h32'06
85
Gerald Ciolek
Nissan
+ 1h35'19
86
Davide Bonuccelli
Liquigas - Cannondale
+ 1h36'29
87
Maurits Lammertink
Rabobank Cycling Team
+ 1h36'36
88
Haimar Zubeldia
Movistar Team
+ 1h38'11
89
Jasper Bovenhuis
Rabobank Cycling Team
+ 1h38'15
90
Jurgen Van Goolen
Het Nieuwsblad - Willems Veranda's
+ 1h41'15
91
Dirk Bellemakers
Rabobank Cycling Team
+ 1h42'38
92
Simon Geschke
Volkswagen
+ 1h42'53
93
Damien Branaa
FDJ - BigMat
+ 1h45'22
94
Francisco Javier Moreno
Club La Santa - Cantabria Infinita
+ 1h46'51
95
Steve Chainel
Cofidis, le crédit en ligne
+ 1h47'38
96
Sander Armee
Omega Pharma - Quick·Step
+ 1h47'50
97
Enrico Rossi
Team ISD - Ferrari
+ 1h49'05
98
Morgan Chedhomme
FDJ - BigMat
+ 1h49'12
99
Vladimir Karpets
Movistar Team
+ 1h49'13
100
Marcel Kittel
Rabobank Cycling Team
+ 1h49'51
101
Levi Leipheimer
Liquigas - Cannondale
+ 1h49'59
102
Pim Ligthart
Het Nieuwsblad - Willems Veranda's
+ 1h53'09
103
Baptiste Planckaert
Het Nieuwsblad - Willems Veranda's
+ 1h54'08
104
Vitaliy Buts
Team ISD - Ferrari
+ 1h54'37
105
Fabian Wegmann
Volkswagen
+ 1h55'18
106
Matthew Goss
Euskaltel - Euskadi
+ 1h56'52
107
Juan Forero
Colombia - Coldeportes
+ 2h01'02
108
Jose Aguilar
Club La Santa - Cantabria Infinita
+ 2h02'29
109
Martin Pedersen
Statoil - Stoerensoe
+ 2h10'03
110
Leonardo Bertagnolli
Team ISD - Ferrari
+ 2h10'32
111
Mark McNally
Team Santander
+ 2h12'28
112
Andrew Tennant
Statoil - Stoerensoe
+ 2h13'48
113
Coen Vermeltfoort
Rabobank Cycling Team
+ 2h13'59
114
Joseba Larralde
Club La Santa - Cantabria Infinita
+ 2h15'04
115
Francisco José Pacheco
Club La Santa - Cantabria Infinita
+ 2h18'54
116
Davide Appollonio
Commonwealth Bank - GreenEdge
+ 2h23'40
117
Valeriy Dmitriyev
Astana Pro Team
+ 2h24'13
118
Raymond Kreder
Vacansoleil - DCM
+ 2h24'15
119
Samuel Dumoulin
Cofidis, le crédit en ligne
+ 2h24'54
120
Martijn Maaskant
Het Nieuwsblad - Willems Veranda's
+ 2h26'53
121
Francisco José Ventoso
Movistar Team
+ 2h27'57
122
Grischa Niermann
Volkswagen
+ 2h28'50
123
Ermanno Capelli
Team ISD - Ferrari
+ 2h30'06
124
Job Vissers
Vacansoleil - DCM
+ 2h30'57
125
Yauheni Hutarovich
Nissan
+ 2h31'16
126
Víctor Cabedo
Euskaltel - Euskadi
+ 2h31'34
127
Mario Ickx
Omega Pharma - Quick·Step
+ 2h32'24
128
Ben Swift
Colnago - CSF Inox
+ 2h33'44
129
Dimitriy Muravyev
Astana Pro Team
+ 2h33'52
130
Michael Færk Christensen
Statoil - Stoerensoe
+ 2h40'26
131
Lucas Sebastián Haedo
Commonwealth Bank - GreenEdge
+ 2h42'18
132
Maxime Vantomme
Omega Pharma - Quick·Step
+ 2h42'50
133
Morten Høberg
Team Saxo - Tinkoff
+ 2h42'55
134
Guillaume Van Keirsbulck
Omega Pharma - Quick·Step
+ 2h43'34
135
Jacob Clorius
Team Saxo - Tinkoff
+ 2h44'01
136
Daniel Schorn
Astana Pro Team
+ 2h46'08
137
Jesse Sergent
Nissan
+ 2h46'30
138
Matteo Pelucchi
Liquigas - Cannondale
+ 2h49'46
139
Pierpaolo Tondo
Colnago - CSF Inox
+ 2h50'36
140
Tom Leezer
Rabobank Cycling Team
+ 2h51'19
141
Nicolas Sanderson
Commonwealth Bank - GreenEdge
+ 2h51'44
142
Mauro Finetto
Colnago - CSF Inox
+ 2h51'45
143
Liam Holohan
Team Santander
+ 2h51'54
144
Sébastien Rosseler
Omega Pharma - Quick·Step
+ 2h56'24
145
Ivan Casas
Colombia - Coldeportes
+ 2h56'39
146
Joaquín Sobrino
Euskaltel - Euskadi
+ 2h57'53
147
Jérôme Baugnies
Belisol
+ 2h59'44
148
Jürgen Roelandts
Belisol
+ 3h00'35
149
Ariel Maximiliano Richeze
Statoil - Stoerensoe
+ 3h00'47
150
Niels Van Campenhout
Belisol
+ 3h02'28
151
Bernardo Riccio
Colnago - CSF Inox
+ 3h10'54
152
Pieter Ghyllebert
Het Nieuwsblad - Willems Veranda's
+ 3h12'21
153
Michael Reihs
Team Saxo - Tinkoff
+ 3h12'25
154
James Stewart
Team Santander
+ 3h13'06
155
Aristide Ratti
Team ISD - Ferrari
+ 3h15'42
156
Alexander Porsev
Team Saxo - Tinkoff
+ 3h22'29
157
Marcel Sieberg
Volkswagen
+ 3h24'58
158
Aleksejs Saramotins
Cofidis, le crédit en ligne
+ 3h25'33
159
Santiago Casellas
Movistar Team
+ 3h27'09
160
Koldo Fernández
Euskaltel - Euskadi
+ 3h29'27
161
Edoardo Costanzi
Team ISD - Ferrari
+ 3h30'11
162
Aidis Kruopis
Astana Pro Team
+ 3h32'15
163
Davy Tuytens
Belisol
+ 3h33'02
164
Baden Cooke
Commonwealth Bank - GreenEdge
+ 3h35'46
165
Gorik Gardeyn
Omega Pharma - Quick·Step
+ 3h38'03
166
Robin Chaigneau
Rabobank Cycling Team
+ 3h38'55
167
Ronald Bonnaud
FDJ - BigMat
+ 3h46'45
Points Jersey: Sergio Henao, Volkswagen
Spoiler
1
Sergio Henao
Volkswagen
124
2
Igor Antón
Cofidis, le crédit en ligne
102
3
Peter Kennaugh
Statoil - Stoerensoe
92
4
Willy Ipsen
Novo Nordisk - SAS
84
5
Matti Breschel
Novo Nordisk - SAS
82
6
Roman Kreuziger
Belisol
79
7
Romain Sicard
Astana Pro Team
75
8
Robert Kiserlovski
Club La Santa - Cantabria Infinita
54
9
Niels Albert
Belisol
51
10
Yauheni Hutarovich
Nissan
51
Mountain Jersey: Willy Ipsen, Novo Nordisk - SAS
Spoiler
1
Willy Ipsen
Novo Nordisk - SAS
85
2
Sergio Henao
Volkswagen
70
3
Igor Antón
Cofidis, le crédit en ligne
58
4
Romain Sicard
Astana Pro Team
44
5
Niels Albert
Belisol
39
6
Peter Kennaugh
Statoil - Stoerensoe
36
7
Matteo Rabottini
Liquigas - Cannondale
34
8
Pim Ligthart
Het Nieuwsblad - Willems Veranda's
26
9
Damien Branaa
FDJ - BigMat
26
10
Thomas Löfkvist
Novo Nordisk - SAS
24
Young Rider: Tobias Ludvigsson, Novo Nordisk - SAS
Rider of the Month: Peter Sagan, Team Santander. The Slovakian completely dominated Eneco Tour. Nordic Rider of the Month: Tobias Ludvigsson, Novo Nordisk - SAS The young Swede not only got his best WT-result by finishing 4th and taking the youth jersey in Eneco he also went on to lead the youth classification in the Vuelta at the end of the month with several strong stage showings along the way.
Year of the Champion
In three seasons the rainbow jersey was cursed in the shoulders of Gilbert, who only managed one win wearing the jersey. Then it went to Milano – Sanremo winner Matti Breschel. The first Danish RR World Champion. This article will bring an overview of his season to examine if the rainbow jersey really is cursed as they say.
Breschel’s first big task as world champion was the final monument of the season: Il Lombardia. It was like the entire team was lifted by having the rainbow jersey next to them and especially Brian Steen Matzen and Chris Anker Sørensen rode to their best to pull things apart allowing Matti to break the curse of the rainbow.
From there on he tried giving something back to the team in the small races of October, but still managed to take a stage win in Beijing while finishing 4th overall in the final stage race of the season.
Those results brought him to 7th in the WT-rankings, a Velo d’Or nomination and being awarded “Nordic Rider of the Year”.
For the early part of 2016 the team had planned a number of smaller races to give a lot of fans the chance to see the jersey. And he was off to a flying start taking 2nd place after doing leadout for Kristoff in Grand Prix la Marsaillaise.
From there he went on to the Danish season-opener DanCake Classic. A race with cobbles and small hills and as such a race most suiting for Breschel, and the world champion made sure to give the home fans the best possible view of “their” world champion.
A big weakness for the team had up to this season been bunch sprints so Matti went with the team to Qatar to practize that discipline with the best train possible. They improved a lot throughout the race managing to beat Cavendish and his strong Ferrari-train in stage 4 while winning the race with Breschel on 2nd place due to a strong team time trial.
He went on to build form as a leadoutman for Boasson Hagen in Oman resulting in 3 stage wins for the Norwegian.
He polished his Tirreno-form in Andalucía, but in Italy the pure sprinters was staring to get in shape and a 2nd place after Sagan was the closest he came to a win. A GC 7th is proof that his form was where it should be ahead of his first big goal of the season: Milano – Sanremo. The race that kicstarted Breschel’s amazing 2015 and the race where he hoped the most to bring honour to the jersey.
His entire team did an amazing bit of work for him, but sadly it turned out that Gilberts lack of results the last three years perhaps was due to the curse of the rainbow as the Belgian is just as strong as the peloton only allowing Breschel to take a 2nd place. Not that 2nd is bad, but as world champion and defending winner he had hoped for more.
The cobbled races were the center of Breschel’s season for many years with the really big results never really coming. He hasn’t stopped loving them though and rode a full cobbled campaign in a free role.
With a win in Dwaars door Vlaanderen (where he also won in 2010) he was off to a good start, but in the big races he ended up mostly as a luxury domestique helping the team to win both E3 and Paris – Roubaix with Breschel finishing 11th on the velodrome.
From there went on to a long break only short resurfacing in the National championships, but focused on getting ready for stage hunting in the Vuelta as preparation for defending the world championships on a very hard route.
He didn’t return to the peloton until Eneco Tour in early August. Naturally he wasn’t in the great shape but he rode himself out helping the team and Ludvigsson probablt couldn’t have gotten his best stage race result ever without the help of Breschel. And as you know class always shows and Matti even managed to sneak into the GC top 10 without even going for it!
So it would seem he was ready for his second big season goal: Clásica San Sebastián but just as in Sanremo he was watched closely by the others and forced to be the one closing gaps. And once again one rider was having the ride of his life to deny Matti the win.
That left Breschel even more hungry for the Vuelta and after winning the TTT he was in a unique position with a real shot of getting to wear the leaders jersey in the race where he got his first World Tour win back in 2008. On stage 2 he finished 9th in the bunch sprint.
Stage 3 had a profile much more suiting for Breschel with a not too hard hill and a long descent before the finish and he made the most of it taking the stage win from a late attack. An effort that also brought him in red for the next stage, where he had to hand it over to team mate Willy Ipsen.
He almost managed to win a bunch sprint on stage 7, which also suddenly brought him in contention for the points jersey as well. A position he reinforced by winning out of a breakaway on stage 12.
He looks ready to defend his title with several Vuelta-stages of his liking still to come!
1
Jakob Fuglsang
Novo Nordisk – SAS
634
2
Vincenzo Nibali
Nissan
619
3
Andy Schleck
Team Saxo - Tinkoff
520
6
Edvald Boasson Hagen
Novo Nordisk – SAS
416
42
Thomas Löfkvist
Novo Nordisk – SAS
110
46
Jussi Veikkanen
Novo Nordisk – SAS
104
-
-
-
1
Novo Nordisk – SAS
1617
2
Team Santander
1050
3
Nissan
1041
4
Team Saxo – Tinkoff
880
17
Statoil – Stoerensoe
236
1
Kristof Goddaert
Het Nieuwsblad – Willems Veranda’s
812
2
Zico Waeytens
Dirk Grepdon Wanzele – Mercator
745
3
Zdenek Stybar
Team Whirlpool – PKN Orlen
558
17
Kasper Jebjerg
Statoil - Stoerensoe
331
55
Gunnar Grönlund
IKEA Cykling
171
80
Frans-Leonard Markarskard
Belavia
145
-
-
-
1
Het Nieuwsblad – Willems Veranda’s
2405
2
Statoil – Stoerensoe
1756
3
Dirk Grepdon Wanzele - Mercator
1691
10
Joker Merida
948
20
TDC – LRØ Rådgivning
663
32
Blue Water Cycling
385
33
Ikea Cykling
366
49
Team Øster Hus
207
56
DONG Energy – Himmerland
164
73
Jardar Sykling
68
79
Christina Watches Development Team
13
IKEA will be pulling their sponsorship from the Swedish CT-team. Fortunately Fiskars have agreed to take over the sponsorship and keep the team going.
Tom Boonen will be looking to find his previous strength at
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Thibaut Pinot is one of the biggest talents in the peloton and next year he will finally be riding as captain after signing with
Post Danmark Rundt 
Heinrich Haussler
Marko Kump
Tim Declercq
Fabio Felline
Nikolai Trussov
Henning Bommel
Winner Anacona, Team ISD - Ferrari
Novo Nordisk - SAS
Romain Sicard
Roman Kreuziger
Peter Kennaugh
Thomas Löfkvist
Robert Kiserlovski
aggressive riding, amazing!
Peter Sagan, Team Santander. The Slovakian completely dominated Eneco Tour.
Andy Schleck
Jussi Veikkanen
Nissan
Ryder Hesjedal
Egor Silin
Nicolas Roche
