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Posted on 23-02-2013 10:53
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..::Volta Ciclista a Catalunya::..
31.  Alberto Contador
32.  Tim Dees
33.  Jason Donald
34. Óscar Guerao
35.  Ivan Kovalev
36.  Ramunas Navardauskas
37.  Pierre Rolland
38.  Panagiotis Vlatos
Expectations was high. Contador had done well here previously, and with a good setup for the TTT and a good sprinter to setup in the flat Contador was pushed to stay in front of the race at all time. One stagewin for Contador gave him the overall win of the race, and two stagewins and one runner-up for Guerao gave him the pointsjersey. Overall a fantastic race
| 1 | Alberto Contador | Festina-Canal+ | 25h18'40 | | 2 | Aleksandr Pluchkin | Team B&O | + 14 | | 3 | Andy Schleck | Vesuvio - Accumalux | + 28 | | 4 | Andrei Amador | UBS - BMC | + 32 | | 5 | Alejandro Valverde | Koenigsegg | + 1'09 | | 6 | Simon Spilak | Aker - MOT | + 1'16 | | 7 | José Rujano | Pokerstars.com | + 1'18 | | 8 | Emanuele Sella | Simply Red Bull | + 1'25 | | 9 | Peter Velits | Project 1t4i | + 1'48 | | 10 | José A. Gomez Marchante | ING Cycling - Project | + 2'34 |
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Posted on 25-02-2013 21:44
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..::Milano - San Remo::..
101. Óscar Guerao
102. Anthony Lavoine
103. Bauke Mollema
104. Laurent Pichon
105. Benôit Sinner
106.  Geert Steurs
107. Ioannis Tamouridis
108.  Diego Ulissi
Having the reigning champion of the race, and winning it again as a sponsortarget, we were obviously here in the strongest possible lineup, and with hopes of a great result. The race itself bored the crowd - and in the end it was a pretty uncontested fight up the hills. In the final sprint Diego Ulissi showed that he is still capable of performing at top level regardless of how the race is ridden, hence making it 5th.
| 1 | Tom Boonen | Pokerstars.com | 7h17'22 | | 2 | Sam Bewley | Milka - AVG | s.t. | | 3 | Daniele Bennati | Team Puma - SAP | s.t. | | 4 | Edvald Boasson Hagen | Aker - MOT | s.t. | | 5 | Diego Ulissi | Festina-Canal+ | s.t. | | 6 | Tejay Van Garderen | Wikipedia | s.t. | | 7 | Jan Bakelants | Pearl Adidas | s.t. | | 8 | Philippe Gilbert | Pendleton's | s.t. | | 9 | Simone Ponzi | Wiggle Professional Cycling Team | s.t. | | 10 | Stefan Schumacher | UBS - BMC | s.t. |
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Posted on 05-03-2013 13:23
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..:: Omloop Het Nieuwsblad ::..
101. Geert Steurs
102. Marco Brus
103.  Piter Campero
104. Anthony Lavoine
105. Cedric Lebris
106. Laurent Pichon
107. Benôit Sinner
108. Panagiotis Vlatos
It was a race that suited Steurs pretty well on paper, but a crash forced him to the ground. In the end the result was horrible.
68 Anthony Lavoine Festina-Canal+ +7'42
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Posted on 13-06-2013 18:17
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..:: East Midlands Cicle Classic ::..
91. Geert Steurs
92. Marco Brus
93. Piter Campero
94. Anthony Lavoine
95. Cedric Lebris
96. Laurent Pichon
97. Benôit Sinner
98. Panagiotis Vlatos
Another cobbled race, in which Geert Steurs was basically alone all the way. Without the crash from last he was now doing significantly better, this time fairing to 11th in the end.
1 Sam Bewley Milka - AVG 5h20'12
2 Filippo Pozzato Heineken presented by California Giant Berry Farms s.t.
3 Tom Boonen Pokerstars.com s.t.
4 Marcus Burghardt Team Bacardi s.t.
5 Danny Summerhill Wikipedia s.t.
6 Sébastien Turgot Simply Red Bull s.t.
7 Alessandro Ballan Koenigsegg s.t.
8 Luke Rowe Wiggle Professional Cycling Team s.t.
9 Adam Blythe Wiggle Professional Cycling Team s.t.
10 Nick Nuyens Team Puma - SAP s.t.
11 Geert Steurs Festina-Canal+ s.t.
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Posted on 13-06-2013 18:21
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91. Óscar Guerao
92. Marco Brus
93. Piter Campero
94. Anthony Lavoine
95. Bauke Mollema
96. Laurent Pichon
97. Benôit Sinner
98. Panagiotis Vlatos
The flat German race was a nice opportunity to see how well Óscar Guerao could do against the top sprinters in the world. Coming from nowhere we have to be very happy with 7th in a race that was won by Tom Boonen.
1 Tom Boonen Pokerstars.com 5h16'09
2 Daniele Bennati Team Puma - SAP s.t.
3 Michael Van Stayen Simply Red Bull s.t.
4 Sam Bewley Milka - AVG s.t.
5 Ben Swift Vesuvio - Accumalux s.t.
6 Heinrich Haussler Sram-Riboxx Cycling Team s.t.
7 Óscar Guerao Festina-Canal+ s.t.
8 Matthew Goss Wikipedia s.t.
9 Romain Vanderbiest Pearl Adidas s.t.
10 Lars Croket Lotto - Cervelo s.t.
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Posted on 13-06-2013 18:28
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..:: Gent - Wevelgem ::..
91. Geert Steurs
92. Piter Campero
93. Óscar Guerao
94. Anthony Lavoine
95. Cedric Lebris
96. Ramunas Navardauskas
97. Laurent Pichon
98. Panagiotis Vlatos
It was a mixed chance for our team today. If the race was ridden softly then Óscar Guerao could have potentially survived the stage, and if the stage was ridden in the front, then Geert Steurs should be our captain. The stage ended up in the latter scenario and here Steurs showed immense strength to take 4th.
1 Sam Bewley Milka - AVG 5h42'59
2 Filippo Pozzato Heineken presented by California Giant Berry Farms s.t.
3 Fabian Cancellara Simply Red Bull s.t.
4 Geert Steurs Festina-Canal+ s.t.
5 Danny Summerhill Wikipedia s.t.
6 Alessandro Ballan Koenigsegg s.t.
7 Danilo Wyss UBS - BMC s.t.
8 Adam Blythe Wiggle Professional Cycling Team s.t.
9 Steven Kruijswijk Team B&O s.t.
10 Stijn Joseph Pearl Adidas s.t.
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Posted on 13-06-2013 18:37
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..:: Vuelta al PaÃs Vasco ::..
91. Diego Ulissi
92. Piter Campero
93. Cedric Lebris
94. Bauke Mollema
95. Laurent Pichon
96. Pierre Rolland
97. Geert Steurs
98. Ioannis Tamouridis
We came to one of our favorite races, historically, fully content to serve Diego Ulissi a fine result. With Ulissis sprint in mind we decided not to bring any other fast riders, but merely supply him with strong hilly and flat riders to pose a serious working threat for Ulissi to jump through for a overall top 10GC. The race turned into a face with Ulissi not performing at all, the team not getting close to a single top 10 positioning through the 6 races, and a final GC spot of 66th for Ulissi. The worst race of the season clearly
1 Robert Gesink Project 1t4i 20h55'35
2 Yuri Trofimov Koenigsegg + 34
3 Frank Schleck Vesuvio - Accumalux + 56
4 Nico Keinath Team B&O + 1'52
5 Jurgen Van den Broeck Team Puma - SAP + 1'54
6 Edvald Boasson Hagen Aker - MOT + 2'37
7 Jan Bakelants Pearl Adidas + 2'42
8 Stefan Schumacher UBS - BMC + 3'24
9 Maxime Monfort Lotto - Cervelo + 3'31
10 Dimitri Claeys Lotto - Cervelo + 3'49
66 Diego Ulissi Festina-Canal+ + 23'36
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..:: Ronde van Vlaanderen ::..
101. Geert Steurs
102. Marco Brus
103. Jason Donald
104. Ivan Kovalev
105. Anthony Lavoine
106. Cedric Lebris
107. Ramunas Navardauskas
108. Panagiotis Vlatos
Back to the cobbles, and perhaps the most prestigious of them all, deducting Paris-Roubaix later on. We have a tradition of performing well in this race, and with Steurs we had hopes of another good race. Despite the fact that we wanted a good result, we seemed to carry the PaÃs Vasco form with us, and in the end Steurs ended outside the top 20.
1 Tom Boonen Pokerstars.com 6h29'31
2 Sam Bewley Milka - AVG + 1'13
3 Vladimir Gusev Pendleton's + 1'51
4 Fabian Cancellara Simply Red Bull + 4'31
5 Marcus Burghardt Team Bacardi s.t.
6 Adam Blythe Wiggle Professional Cycling Team + 6'35
7 Matteo Trentin Project 1t4i s.t.
8 Filippo Pozzato Heineken presented by California Giant Berry Farms s.t.
9 Frederik Nolf Pokerstars.com s.t.
10 Michel Sibilla Simply Red Bull s.t.
24 Geert Steurs Festina-Canal+ + 9'07
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Posted on 13-06-2013 18:46
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..:: Paris - Roubaix ::..
101. Geert Steurs
102. Marco Brus
103. Jason Donald
104. Ivan Kovalev
105. Anthony Lavoine
106. Cedric Lebris
107. Ramunas Navardauskas
108. Panagiotis Vlatos
Having just performed below par in the Ronde we were unmotivated to ride the Hell of North, but as always with legendary races like this that motivation turned through racing. Lebris was very active and in the end Steurs did a fine 12th overall in the race.
1 Sam Bewley Milka - AVG 6h46'01
2 Tom Boonen Pokerstars.com + 23
3 Danny Summerhill Wikipedia s.t.
4 Fabian Cancellara Simply Red Bull s.t.
5 Alessandro Ballan Koenigsegg s.t.
6 Pieter Vanspeybrouck Team BPost s.t.
7 Vladimir Gusev Pendleton's s.t.
8 Enrico Franzoi Pearl Adidas s.t.
9 Marcus Burghardt Team Bacardi s.t.
10 Niels Albert Team BPost + 1'43
12 Geert Steurs Festina-Canal+ s.t.
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..:: Amstel Gold Race ::..
51. Diego Ulissi
52. Piter Campero
53. Jason Donald
54. Cedric Lebris
55. Bauke Mollema
56. Laurent Pichon
57. Geert Steurs
58. Ioannis Tamouridis
The hilly season started in Holland and we had to expect better from Ulissi to really be part of the race, and with a bunch of young helpers Diego really had to show himself in this race. He didn't - But in the end 11th is an acceptable "blooper".
1 Edvald Boasson Hagen Aker - MOT 6h34'41
2 Stefan Schumacher UBS - BMC + 41
3 Yuri Trofimov Koenigsegg + 1'08
4 Tejay Van Garderen Wikipedia s.t.
5 Jonathan Bellis Rothaus - Aegon s.t.
6 Frank Schleck Vesuvio - Accumalux s.t.
7 Jan Bakelants Pearl Adidas + 1'38
8 Simone Ponzi Wiggle Professional Cycling Team + 1'45
9 Dimitri Claeys Lotto - Cervelo s.t.
10 Robert Gesink Project 1t4i + 1'56
11 Diego Ulissi Festina-Canal+ s.t.
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51. Diego Ulissi
52. Piter Campero
53. Jason Donald
54. Cedric Lebris
55. Bauke Mollema
56. Laurent Pichon
57. Geert Steurs
58. Ioannis Tamouridis
Having had to satisfy with a result outside the top 10 in the Amstel Gold Race pressure was on Ulissi to actually move inside the top 10 here, but it seems that the sole leaders role is too much of a task for Ulissi whom did even worse to take 12th in the Fleche Walonne.
1 Edvald Boasson Hagen Aker - MOT 4h55'36
2 Tejay Van Garderen Wikipedia s.t.
3 Dimitri Claeys Lotto - Cervelo s.t.
4 Jan Bakelants Pearl Adidas s.t.
5 Simone Ponzi Wiggle Professional Cycling Team s.t.
6 Philippe Gilbert Pendleton's s.t.
7 Cesare Di Maggio Pro Team Venchi - Sugoi s.t.
8 Robin van der Hugenhaben Koenigsegg s.t.
9 Nicolas Roche ING Cycling - Project s.t.
10 Filippo Pozzato Heineken presented by California Giant Berry Farms s.t.
12 Diego Ulissi Festina-Canal+ s.t.
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Posted on 13-06-2013 18:59
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..:: Liege-Bastogne-Liege ::..
61. Diego Ulissi
62. Jason Donald
63. Cedric Lebris
64. Bauke Mollema
65. Ramunas Navardauskas
66. Laurent Pichon
67. Geert Steurs
68. Ioannis Tamouridis
The race every rider wants to win came directly after two dissapointing "test-days" in the hills, and expectations was not high when Diego Ulissi pedalled out into the terrain. Remarkably Ulissi decided to find a little bit of extra strength in this major race to finish 6th. A strong result from the young italian.
1 Yuri Trofimov Koenigsegg 6h36'05
2 Edvald Boasson Hagen Aker - MOT s.t.
3 Jan Bakelants Pearl Adidas s.t.
4 Stefan Schumacher UBS - BMC s.t.
5 Robert Gesink Project 1t4i s.t.
6 Diego Ulissi Festina-Canal+ s.t.
7 Damiano Cunego Lotto - Cervelo s.t.
8 Tejay Van Garderen Wikipedia s.t.
9 Simon Spilak Aker - MOT s.t.
10 Dimitri Claeys Lotto - Cervelo s.t.
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..:: Tour of Romandie ::..
31. Alberto Contador
32. Mathieu Bernaudeau
33. Marco Brus
34. Piter Campero
35. Tim Dees
36. Cedric Lebris
37. Laurent Pichon
38. Pierre Rolland
Moving into our terrain - The short GC races, expectations rocketed to the sky yet again, and with the Romandie, Alberto Contador was set for a top 5 GC place. The race started well with Mathieu Bernaudeau taking 3rd on the prologue, with Rolland not far behind in 11th, and when Contador took 3rd on stage 3 the race was lined up for a nice result overall. 4th in the GC was a very nice result showing that Contador was on his way to a massive Pro Tour season.
1 Andy Schleck Vesuvio - Accumalux 19h10'33
2 Tiago Machado Pearl Adidas + 28
3 Simon Spilak Aker - MOT + 36
4 Alberto Contador Festina-Canal+ + 1'03
5 Aleksandr Pluchkin Team B&O + 1'36
6 Janez Brajkovic Heineken presented by California Giant Berry Farms + 1'57
7 Jurgen Van den Broeck Team Puma - SAP + 2'12
8 Stefan Denifl Wikipedia + 2'47
9 Emanuele Sella Simply Red Bull + 3'12
10 José Rujano Pokerstars.com + 3'19
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Posted on 13-06-2013 19:16
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41.  Markus Fothen
42. Marco Brus
43. Tim Dees
44. Anthony Lavoine
45. Bauke Mollema
46. Beñoit Sinner
47.  Chris Anker Sørensen
48. Ioannis Tamouridis
49. Diego Ulissi
The First GT of the season, and Markus Fothen was back for more. Last season was a huge disaster where first Markus Fothen was in a split, then a crash to come back, and finally a crash and withdrawel. Also Diego Ulissi was injured in the race last season. The race was hardly started when Markus Fothen lost 1'30" on most of his competitors, and on the hilly finished stages he also wasn't paying enough attention and lost another significant amount of time. However, in the timetrials he was at the very best of his life, clawing his way back into the race. In the end he was able to climb to 5th by very consistent riding in the mountains. Diego Ulissi and Anthony Lavoine was a major let-down non-the-lessThis was Markus' first race of the season and we can only hope for more of the same in the later part of the season, including the Tour of Germany, Tour of Switzerland and Tour of Colombia.
1 Taylor Phinney Wikipedia 83h35'40
2 Angel Madrazo Santander + 13
3 Simon Spilak Aker - MOT + 3'57
4 Vincenzo Nibali UBS - BMC + 4'57
5 Markus Fothen Festina-Canal+ + 6'29
6 Riccardo Ricco Team Bacardi + 8'28
7 Emanuele Sella Simply Red Bull + 10'16
8 Romain Sicard Pearl Adidas + 10'39
9 Yuri Trofimov Koenigsegg + 11'35
10 Nico Keinath Team B&O + 11'45
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Posted on 13-06-2013 19:23
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..:: Tour of California ::..
21. Alberto Contador
22. Mathieu Bernaudeau
23. Piter Campero
24. Jason Donald
25. Óscar Guerao
26. Cedric Lebris
27. Laurent Pichon
28. Pierre Rolland
Contador was back for more - Or so we thought! Last season Alberto was riding his was safely into the podium of the GC, when he crashed in the final km, and withdrew. It was unbareable, and this had to be better... It hardly was. Contador was on his heals the entire race and through very passive riding he dissapointed to take 12th GC behind significantly worse riders. Óscar Guerao was a shadow of himself, and whilst Rolland played it cool for a long period of time - Looking to enter the top 10 GC, he fell way behind in the end to end up 40th.
1 Tiago Machado Pearl Adidas 30h40'08
2 Janez Brajkovic Heineken presented by California Giant Berry Farms + 24
3 Fabian Cancellara Simply Red Bull + 25
4 Rigoberto Úran Milka - AVG + 41
5 Jurgen Van den Broeck Team Puma - SAP + 54
6 Luis Leon Sanchez Gil Project 1t4i + 1'02
7 Robin van der Hugenhaben Koenigsegg + 1'49
8 Andrei Grivko Team B&O + 1'51
9 Brent Bookwalter Wikipedia + 1'54
10 Stefan Denifl Wikipedia + 1'58
12 Alberto Contador Festina-Canal+ + 2'10
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Posted on 13-06-2013 19:30
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..:: Strade Appia Antica ::..
101. Geert Steurs
102. Piter Campero
103. Jason Donald
104. Anthony Lavoine
105. Cedric Lebris
106. Ramunas Navardauskas
107. Laurent Pichon
108. Panagiotis Vlatos
We took a brief trip into the world of one-day races with the Strade Appia Antica, between the Giro and the Vuelta, and as always Geert Steurs was the man to put our faith upon when cobbled races was in sight. The race turned out a bit as anticipated and Steurs took a satisfying 8th from the race, actually outsprinting faster riders in the subtop-group of riders.
1 Fabian Cancellara Simply Red Bull 4h45'46
2 Sam Bewley Milka - AVG + 38
3 Tom Boonen Pokerstars.com + 1'32
4 Danny Summerhill Wikipedia s.t.
5 Marcus Burghardt Team Bacardi s.t.
6 Pieter Vanspeybrouck Team BPost s.t.
7 Enrico Franzoi Pearl Adidas s.t.
8 Geert Steurs Festina-Canal+ + 2'24
9 Alessandro Ballan Koenigsegg s.t.
10 Adam Blythe Wiggle Professional Cycling Team s.t.
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..:: Vuelta a España ::..
11. Alberto Contador
12. Óscar Guerao
13. Pierre Rolland
14. Chris Anker Sørensen
15. Mathieu Bernaudeau
16. Ioannis Tamouridis
17. Bauke Mollema
18. Benoît Sinner
19. Marco Brus
Among the very favorites to shine all over this race, we entered full of optimism. We were quickly let down by af below par Guerao though. In hindsight it was too optimistic to expect that he could manouvre his way to stagewins without the much needed support. Instead the support focus was towards Alberto Contador, but in the end it was a bumpy ride towards 3rd in the GC in same time as Vincenzo Nibali in 2nd.
1 Justo Tenorio Santander 75h55'12
2 Vincenzo Nibali UBS - BMC + 2'19
3 Alberto Contador Festina-Canal+ s.t.
4 Tiago Machado Pearl Adidas + 3'05
5 Riccardo Ricco Team Bacardi + 3'55
6 Stefan Denifl Wikipedia + 4'21
7 Rigoberto Úran Milka - AVG + 4'30
8 Frank Schleck Vesuvio - Accumalux + 5'05
9 Robin van der Hugenhaben Koenigsegg + 5'10
10 Daniel Martin Pendleton's + 5'39
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..:: Critérium du Dauphiné ::..
21. Alberto Contador
22. Mathieu Bernaudeau
23. Marco Brus
24. Cedric Lebris
25. Bauke Mollema
26. Pierre Rolland
27. Benoît Sinner
28. Ioannis Tamouridis
With a in-form Contador as team captain we were fairly optimistic about the race, but also fearful that he had peaked already. It was also Sinners chance to shine, as the teams sole sprinter. The race started out well with Mathieu Bernaudeau taking 3rd on the opening prologue. The first true test came on stage 5, where Taylor Phinney showed his remarkable strength from the Giro wasn't over yet. Alberto Contador took a nice second place on the stage. The rest of the race was all about defending seconds, and a 3rd place in the GC is a fully respectable result for us.
1 Taylor Phinney Wikipedia 29h32'55
2 Simon Spilak Aker - MOT + 2'07
3 Alberto Contador Festina-Canal+ + 3'14
4 Jurgen Van den Broeck Team Puma - SAP + 3'37
5 Robert Gesink Project 1t4i + 5'16
6 Jose Alarcon Team Bintang + 5'28
7 Daniel Martin Pendleton's + 5'51
8 Romain Sicard Pearl Adidas + 6'08
9 Alejandro Valverde Koenigsegg + 8'29
10 Nico Keinath Team B&O + 8'56
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31. Markus Fothen
32. Piter Campero
33. Tim Dees
34. Jason Donald
35. Ivan Kovalev
36. Ramunas Navardauskas
37. Laurent Pichon
38. Panagiotis Vlatos
On the pendant to the french Dauphiné challenge, was the Tour of Suisse. A favorite race for the former swiss funded Team Festina. With Markus Fothen in the lineup we were hopefull of a top 5 in the GC, but in the end it was a fairly dissapointing race, as no real selection was able to be made. Our bolivian climber Piter Campero, though, showed what to expect from him in the future, by taking 5th on a very difficult mountainstage. Markus Fothen was 6th overall which is alright.
1 Andrei Amador UBS - BMC 36h23'06
2 Andy Schleck Vesuvio - Accumalux + 39
3 Bernhard Kohl Pendleton's + 1'58
4 Luis Leon Sanchez Gil Project 1t4i + 2'14
5 Aleksandr Pluchkin Team B&O + 2'16
6 Markus Fothen Festina-Canal+ + 2'22
7 Walter Pedraza Koenigsegg + 2'24
8 Tiago Machado Pearl Adidas + 2'26
9 José Rujano Pokerstars.com + 3'47
10 Robert Kiserlovski Hollister Pro Cycling + 3'49
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..:: Classique du Grand-Duché ::..
61. Diego Ulissi
62. Mathieu Bernaudeau
63. Piter Campero
64. Cedric Lebris
65. Bauke Mollema
66. Laurent Pichon
67. Ioannis Tamouridis
68. Panagiotis Vlatos
The Luxembourgian race have been a positive encounter for us in recent years, but without a top hilly rider we were not looking forward to this race. The race was ridden like we had expected, but with the lack of a top rider to ride for, and a subtile setup we couldn't establish any sort of pressure on the other riders, and had to settle for an anonymous 11th overall which, including all circumstances, is a fairly respectable result.
1 Damiano Cunego Lotto - Cervelo 5h52'38
2 Simone Ponzi Wiggle Professional Cycling Team + 12
3 Yuri Trofimov Koenigsegg s.t.
4 Frank Schleck Vesuvio - Accumalux s.t.
5 Edvald Boasson Hagen Aker - MOT s.t.
6 Francesco Ginanni Vespa-Aprilia Racing + 29
7 Philippe Gilbert Pendleton's s.t.
8 Dimitri Claeys Lotto - Cervelo + 37
9 Domenico Pozzovivo Vespa-Aprilia Racing s.t.
10 Robert Gesink Project 1t4i s.t.
11 Diego Ulissi Festina-Canal+ s.t.
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