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Dejaeghere Inc. | Omega Pharma - Quickstep | Driedaagse Van West-Vlaanderen: Stage 2
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| Jesleyh |
Posted on 13-11-2012 11:27
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Wow, First and second!
Nice top 10 finish for Bart 
Oh btw, are you going to race the TTT in 3D? I think you will lose some time if you do that, because the short TTT's are really bad at PCM...
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| Ian Butler |
Posted on 13-11-2012 11:31
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the_hoyle: Thanks a lot!
Jesleyh: I've thought about it, and I'll most likely just start the race in 3D for a screenshot, but then quit and quick-sim it, because of the PCM TTT bug  |
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| sutty68 |
Posted on 13-11-2012 12:05
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What a Great start in Qatar with four in the top ten
And nice to see Bart grabbing a top ten spot as well |
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| Ian Butler |
Posted on 13-11-2012 12:46
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Thanks, sutty |
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| Ian Butler |
Posted on 13-11-2012 12:46
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Today was a Team Time Trial. Normally that's really our cup of tea, but we've got some boys, including myself, whose shape is not good enough yet. So today we rode to keep Tom's leader's jersey.
Here's a picture with me leading. It's an amazing experience to ride with the World Champion Time Trial.
We failed in our objective today by finishing fifth, but Tom is only 1 second from the leader so with a couple of more sprints, everything is still possible. Here's today's result:
| 1 | Radioshack Nissan Trek | 12'04 | | | 2 | Rabobank Cycling Team | s.t. | | | 3 | Orica-GreenEDGE | s.t. | | | 4 | Team Argos-Shimano | + 20 | | | 5 | Omega Pharma-Quick-Step Cycling Team | s.t. | IanButler | | 6 | Lampre-ISD | + 32 | | | 7 | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | | 8 | Accent.Jobs - Willems Veranda’s | + 43 | | | 9 | Team Saxo Bank | s.t. | | | 10 | Cofidis, Le Crédit en Ligne | + 55 | | | 11 | Champion System Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | | 12 | Liquigas-Cannondale | + 1'09 | | | 13 | MTN-Qhubeka | s.t. | | | 14 | Drapac Professional Cycling | + 1'15 | | | 15 | An Post - Sean Kelly | s.t. | | | 16 | Whirlpool - Author | + 1'30 | |
I gave full gas in the beginning, but unfortunately I couldn't keep up at the end. I'm not ashamed of this, but it's always a downer to be the first to drop, especially when you're the only one to drop in a (short) team time trial. But I did my best, it's only my second race of the year, after all.
Our team result:
| 33 | Tony Martin | Omega Pharma-Quick-Step Cycling Team | + 20 | IanButler | | 34 | Francesco Chicchi | Omega Pharma-Quick-Step Cycling Team | s.t. | IanButler | | 35 | Tom Boonen | Omega Pharma-Quick-Step Cycling Team | s.t. | IanButler | | 36 | Gerald Ciolek | Omega Pharma-Quick-Step Cycling Team | s.t. | IanButler | | 37 | Michal Golas | Omega Pharma-Quick-Step Cycling Team | s.t. | IanButler | | 38 | Niki Terpstra | Omega Pharma-Quick-Step Cycling Team | s.t. | IanButler | | 39 | Michal Kwiatkowski | Omega Pharma-Quick-Step Cycling Team | s.t. | IanButler | | 40 | Bart Dejaeghere | Omega Pharma-Quick-Step Cycling Team | + 29 | IanButler |
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| Schleck96 |
Posted on 13-11-2012 13:57
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Pure class. Martin putting the hammer down and Tom finishing it with ease. Great job! |
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| FreitasPCM |
Posted on 13-11-2012 14:02
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Good to see you back in another story. Good luck for both of them. |
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| juszta |
Posted on 13-11-2012 14:16
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A decent TTT, mainly thanks to  Tony
Let's hope  Tom will be able to win some more stages and possibly the GC in Qatar |
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| Ian Butler |
Posted on 13-11-2012 16:01
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Mr. S (): Thanks! With cannons as Martin and Boonen, not much can go wrong
FreitasPCM: Thanks a lot!
juszta: Tony certainly did his part in the TTT, as reigning World Champion. Thanks |
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| Ian Butler |
Posted on 13-11-2012 16:01
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I've written some reports over the days but our internet connections were severed in the landscape of Qatar. Now that I'm back in Belgium, I can finally post them for you to read.
Qatar, so flat. That's all there is to it.
Today, Niki Terpstra felt good and was part of the lead-out train for Boonen. He picked up the remaining breakaway riders.
Again it was my job to lead out the three sprinters and today I felt I did an excellent job.
It's always great when hard work pays off and Tom rewarded us with another stunning win.
Here's the result of the third stage:
| 1 | Tom Boonen | Omega Pharma-Quick-Step Cycling Team | 3h36'22 | IanButler | | 2 | Matti Breschel | Rabobank Cycling Team | + 34 | | | 3 | Alessandro Petacchi | Lampre-ISD | s.t. | | | 4 | Peter Sagan | Liquigas-Cannondale | s.t. | | | 5 | Daniele Bennati | Radioshack Nissan Trek | s.t. | | | 6 | Borut Bozic | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | | 7 | Adrien Petit | Cofidis, Le Crédit en Ligne | s.t. | | | 8 | Tony Martin | Omega Pharma-Quick-Step Cycling Team | s.t. | IanButler | | 9 | Gerald Ciolek | Omega Pharma-Quick-Step Cycling Team | s.t. | IanButler | | 10 | Tony Gallopin | Radioshack Nissan Trek | s.t. | |
Spoiler | 11 | Roger Kluge | Team Argos-Shimano | s.t. | | | 12 | Bart Dejaeghere | Omega Pharma-Quick-Step Cycling Team | s.t. | IanButler | | 13 | Jens Voigt | Radioshack Nissan Trek | s.t. | | | 14 | Stuart O'Grady | Orica-GreenEDGE | s.t. | | | 15 | Karsten Kroon | Team Saxo Bank | s.t. | | | 16 | Nico Eeckhout | An Post - Sean Kelly | s.t. | | | 17 | Matthew Goss | Orica-GreenEDGE | s.t. | | | 18 | Michal Kwiatkowski | Omega Pharma-Quick-Step Cycling Team | s.t. | IanButler | | 19 | Kevyn Ista | Accent.Jobs - Willems Veranda’s | s.t. | | | 20 | Tomas Vaitkus | Orica-GreenEDGE | s.t. | | | 21 | Dmitriy Muravyev | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | | 22 | Staf Scheirlinckx | Accent.Jobs - Willems Veranda’s | s.t. | | | 23 | Michael Matthews | Rabobank Cycling Team | s.t. | | | 24 | Michael Mørkøv | Team Saxo Bank | s.t. | | | 25 | Marcel Kittel | Team Argos-Shimano | s.t. | | | 26 | Denis Kostyuk | Lampre-ISD | s.t. | | | 27 | Valerio Agnoli | Liquigas-Cannondale | s.t. | | | 28 | Giacomo Nizzolo | Radioshack Nissan Trek | s.t. | | | 29 | Jonathan Cantwell | Team Saxo Bank | s.t. | | | 30 | Simon Geschke | Team Argos-Shimano | s.t. | | | 31 | Niki Terpstra | Omega Pharma-Quick-Step Cycling Team | s.t. | IanButler | | 32 | Leif Hoste | Accent.Jobs - Willems Veranda’s | s.t. | | | 33 | Lucas Sebastian Haedo | Team Saxo Bank | s.t. | | | 34 | Grégory Rast | Radioshack Nissan Trek | s.t. | | | 35 | Hayden Roulston | Radioshack Nissan Trek | s.t. | | | 36 | Mathieu Sprick | Team Argos-Shimano | s.t. | | | 37 | Lars Boom | Rabobank Cycling Team | s.t. | | | 38 | Aaron Kemps | Champion System Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | | 39 | Michael Albasini | Orica-GreenEDGE | s.t. | | | 40 | Theo Bos | Rabobank Cycling Team | s.t. | | | 41 | Anders Lund | Team Saxo Bank | s.t. | | | 42 | Jaroslaw Marycz | Team Saxo Bank | s.t. | | | 43 | Reinardt Janse Van Rensburg | MTN-Qhubeka | s.t. | | | 44 | Matthew Wilson | Orica-GreenEDGE | s.t. | | | 45 | Laurens Ten Dam | Rabobank Cycling Team | s.t. | | | 46 | Steven Caethoven | Accent.Jobs - Willems Veranda’s | s.t. | | | 47 | Thierry Hupond | Team Argos-Shimano | s.t. | | | 48 | Michal Golas | Omega Pharma-Quick-Step Cycling Team | s.t. | IanButler | | 49 | Jack Bobridge | Orica-GreenEDGE | s.t. | | | 50 | Francesco Chicchi | Omega Pharma-Quick-Step Cycling Team | s.t. | IanButler | | 51 | Robbie McEwen | Orica-GreenEDGE | s.t. | | | 52 | Sam Bennett | An Post - Sean Kelly | s.t. | | | 53 | Jacopo Guarnieri | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | | 54 | Dennis Van Winden | Rabobank Cycling Team | s.t. | | | 55 | Floris Goesinnen | Drapac Professional Cycling | s.t. | | | 56 | Tomas Buchácek | Whirlpool - Author | s.t. | | | 57 | Edwig Cammaerts | Cofidis, Le Crédit en Ligne | s.t. | | | 58 | Anuar Manan | Champion System Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | | 59 | Dmitriy Fofonov | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | | 60 | Stef Clement | Rabobank Cycling Team | s.t. | | | 61 | Dmitriy Gruzdev | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | | 62 | Adam Semple | Drapac Professional Cycling | s.t. | | | 63 | Arnoud Van Groen | Accent.Jobs - Willems Veranda’s | s.t. | | | 64 | Alan Marangoni | Liquigas-Cannondale | s.t. | | | 65 | Aleksejs Saramotins | Cofidis, Le Crédit en Ligne | s.t. | | | 66 | Damien Monier | Cofidis, Le Crédit en Ligne | s.t. | | | 67 | Joris Boillat | Champion System Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | | 68 | Wim De Vocht | Accent.Jobs - Willems Veranda’s | s.t. | | | 69 | Peter Thompson | Drapac Professional Cycling | s.t. | | | 70 | Arran Brown | MTN-Qhubeka | s.t. | | | 71 | James Vanlandschoot | Accent.Jobs - Willems Veranda’s | s.t. | | | 72 | Rick Flens | Rabobank Cycling Team | s.t. | | | 73 | William Clarke | Champion System Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | | 74 | Roy Jans | An Post - Sean Kelly | s.t. | | | 75 | Clinton Avery | Champion System Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | | 76 | Fumiyuki Beppu | Orica-GreenEDGE | s.t. | | | 77 | Jan Ghyselinck | Cofidis, Le Crédit en Ligne | s.t. | | | 78 | Muhamad Adiq Othman | Champion System Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | | 79 | Matthew Lloyd | Lampre-ISD | s.t. | | | 80 | Tom Dumoulin | Team Argos-Shimano | s.t. | | | 81 | Enrico Gasparotto | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | | 82 | Kenneth Vanbilsen | An Post - Sean Kelly | s.t. | | | 83 | Gediminas Bagdonas | An Post - Sean Kelly | s.t. | | | 84 | Yevgeni Nepomnyachsniy | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | | 85 | Craig Lewis | Champion System Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | | 86 | Jempy Drucker | Accent.Jobs - Willems Veranda’s | s.t. | | | 87 | Martin Wesemann | MTN-Qhubeka | s.t. | | | 88 | Matej Jurco | Whirlpool - Author | s.t. | | | 89 | Joost Posthuma | Radioshack Nissan Trek | s.t. | | | 90 | Alexsandr Dyachenko | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | | 91 | Nicolas Edet | Cofidis, Le Crédit en Ligne | s.t. | | | 92 | Dominik Nerz | Liquigas-Cannondale | s.t. | | | 93 | Meron Russom | MTN-Qhubeka | s.t. | | | 94 | Amir Mustafa Rusli | Drapac Professional Cycling | s.t. | | | 95 | Rémy Di Gregorio | Cofidis, Le Crédit en Ligne | s.t. | | | 96 | Tsgabu Grmay | MTN-Qhubeka | s.t. | | | 97 | Thomas Palmer | Drapac Professional Cycling | s.t. | | | 98 | Timothy Duggan | Liquigas-Cannondale | s.t. | | | 99 | Eros Capecchi | Liquigas-Cannondale | s.t. | | | 100 | Marco Marzano | Lampre-ISD | s.t. | | | 101 | Tesfay Abraha Habtemariam | MTN-Qhubeka | s.t. | | | 102 | Jonathan Mould | An Post - Sean Kelly | s.t. | | | 103 | Kasper Klostergaard | Team Saxo Bank | s.t. | | | 104 | Jiri Polnicky | Whirlpool - Author | s.t. | | | 105 | Cheng Ji | Team Argos-Shimano | s.t. | | | 106 | David Dvorsky | Whirlpool - Author | s.t. | | | 107 | Matthias Friedemann | Champion System Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | | 108 | Mark Christian | An Post - Sean Kelly | s.t. | | | 109 | Tristan Valentin | Cofidis, Le Crédit en Ligne | s.t. | | | 110 | Scott Law | An Post - Sean Kelly | s.t. | | | 111 | Adam Phelan | Drapac Professional Cycling | s.t. | | | 112 | Jan Bakelants | Radioshack Nissan Trek | s.t. | | | 113 | Ronan Van Zandbeek | Team Argos-Shimano | s.t. | | | 114 | Simone Stortoni | Lampre-ISD | s.t. | | | 115 | Bradley Potgieter | MTN-Qhubeka | s.t. | | | 116 | Massimo Graziato | Lampre-ISD | s.t. | | | 117 | Joshua Prete | Whirlpool - Author | s.t. | | | 118 | Cayetano Jose Sarmiento | Liquigas-Cannondale | s.t. | | | 119 | Przemyslaw Niemiec | Lampre-ISD | s.t. | | | 120 | Josef Hosek | Whirlpool - Author | s.t. | | | 121 | Christopher Juul Jensen | Team Saxo Bank | s.t. | | | 122 | Calvin Beneke | MTN-Qhubeka | s.t. | | | 123 | Edward King | Liquigas-Cannondale | s.t. | | | 124 | Adriano Malori | Lampre-ISD | s.t. | |
Today we expected a mass sprint. But we made a grave calculation mistake and lost Tom's jersey.
The breakaway made it to the finish, while I spend 40km in the chase, I'm beat:
| 1 | Dmitriy Muravyev | Astana Pro Team | 3h28'10 | | | 2 | Staf Scheirlinckx | Accent.Jobs - Willems Veranda’s | s.t. | | | 3 | Craig Lewis | Champion System Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | | 4 | Adam Phelan | Drapac Professional Cycling | s.t. | | | 5 | Tsgabu Grmay | MTN-Qhubeka | s.t. | | | 6 | Adriano Malori | Lampre-ISD | s.t. | | | 7 | Theo Bos | Rabobank Cycling Team | + 1'50 | | | 8 | Tom Boonen | Omega Pharma-Quick-Step Cycling Team | s.t. | IanButler | | 9 | Peter Sagan | Liquigas-Cannondale | s.t. | | | 10 | Borut Bozic | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | |
Spoiler | 11 | Michael Matthews | Rabobank Cycling Team | s.t. | | | 12 | Adrien Petit | Cofidis, Le Crédit en Ligne | s.t. | | | 13 | Alessandro Petacchi | Lampre-ISD | s.t. | | | 14 | Jonathan Cantwell | Team Saxo Bank | s.t. | | | 15 | Marcel Kittel | Team Argos-Shimano | s.t. | | | 16 | Daniele Bennati | Radioshack Nissan Trek | s.t. | | | 17 | Robbie McEwen | Orica-GreenEDGE | s.t. | | | 18 | Jacopo Guarnieri | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | | 19 | Steven Caethoven | Accent.Jobs - Willems Veranda’s | s.t. | | | 20 | Gerald Ciolek | Omega Pharma-Quick-Step Cycling Team | s.t. | IanButler | | 21 | Tony Gallopin | Radioshack Nissan Trek | s.t. | | | 22 | Roger Kluge | Team Argos-Shimano | s.t. | | | 23 | Kevyn Ista | Accent.Jobs - Willems Veranda’s | s.t. | | | 24 | Matthew Goss | Orica-GreenEDGE | s.t. | | | 25 | Nico Eeckhout | An Post - Sean Kelly | s.t. | | | 26 | Tomas Vaitkus | Orica-GreenEDGE | s.t. | | | 27 | Lucas Sebastian Haedo | Team Saxo Bank | s.t. | | | 28 | Michael Albasini | Orica-GreenEDGE | s.t. | | | 29 | Stuart O'Grady | Orica-GreenEDGE | s.t. | | | 30 | Francesco Chicchi | Omega Pharma-Quick-Step Cycling Team | s.t. | IanButler | | 31 | Matti Breschel | Rabobank Cycling Team | s.t. | | | 32 | Giacomo Nizzolo | Radioshack Nissan Trek | s.t. | | | 33 | Denis Kostyuk | Lampre-ISD | s.t. | | | 34 | Gediminas Bagdonas | An Post - Sean Kelly | s.t. | | | 35 | Hayden Roulston | Radioshack Nissan Trek | s.t. | | | 36 | James Vanlandschoot | Accent.Jobs - Willems Veranda’s | s.t. | | | 37 | Anuar Manan | Champion System Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | | 38 | Arran Brown | MTN-Qhubeka | s.t. | | | 39 | Matthew Wilson | Orica-GreenEDGE | s.t. | | | 40 | Aaron Kemps | Champion System Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | | 41 | Matthias Friedemann | Champion System Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | | 42 | Simon Geschke | Team Argos-Shimano | s.t. | | | 43 | Tomas Buchácek | Whirlpool - Author | s.t. | | | 44 | Grégory Rast | Radioshack Nissan Trek | s.t. | | | 45 | Enrico Gasparotto | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | | 46 | Muhamad Adiq Othman | Champion System Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | | 47 | Sam Bennett | An Post - Sean Kelly | s.t. | | | 48 | Valerio Agnoli | Liquigas-Cannondale | s.t. | | | 49 | Dennis Van Winden | Rabobank Cycling Team | s.t. | | | 50 | Clinton Avery | Champion System Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | | 51 | Jempy Drucker | Accent.Jobs - Willems Veranda’s | s.t. | | | 52 | Reinardt Janse Van Rensburg | MTN-Qhubeka | s.t. | | | 53 | Jaroslaw Marycz | Team Saxo Bank | s.t. | | | 54 | Karsten Kroon | Team Saxo Bank | s.t. | | | 55 | Roy Jans | An Post - Sean Kelly | s.t. | | | 56 | Fumiyuki Beppu | Orica-GreenEDGE | s.t. | | | 57 | Michael Mørkøv | Team Saxo Bank | s.t. | | | 58 | Leif Hoste | Accent.Jobs - Willems Veranda’s | s.t. | | | 59 | Lars Boom | Rabobank Cycling Team | s.t. | | | 60 | Jiri Polnicky | Whirlpool - Author | s.t. | | | 61 | Mathieu Sprick | Team Argos-Shimano | s.t. | | | 62 | Marco Marzano | Lampre-ISD | s.t. | | | 63 | Adam Semple | Drapac Professional Cycling | s.t. | | | 64 | Thomas Palmer | Drapac Professional Cycling | s.t. | | | 65 | Michal Golas | Omega Pharma-Quick-Step Cycling Team | s.t. | IanButler | | 66 | Eros Capecchi | Liquigas-Cannondale | s.t. | | | 67 | Floris Goesinnen | Drapac Professional Cycling | s.t. | | | 68 | Wim De Vocht | Accent.Jobs - Willems Veranda’s | s.t. | | | 69 | Thierry Hupond | Team Argos-Shimano | s.t. | | | 70 | Peter Thompson | Drapac Professional Cycling | s.t. | | | 71 | Tristan Valentin | Cofidis, Le Crédit en Ligne | s.t. | | | 72 | Josef Hosek | Whirlpool - Author | s.t. | | | 73 | William Clarke | Champion System Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | | 74 | Joris Boillat | Champion System Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | | 75 | Simone Stortoni | Lampre-ISD | s.t. | | | 76 | Tony Martin | Omega Pharma-Quick-Step Cycling Team | s.t. | IanButler | | 77 | Edwig Cammaerts | Cofidis, Le Crédit en Ligne | s.t. | | | 78 | Martin Wesemann | MTN-Qhubeka | s.t. | | | 79 | Tesfay Abraha Habtemariam | MTN-Qhubeka | s.t. | | | 80 | Alan Marangoni | Liquigas-Cannondale | s.t. | | | 81 | Dominik Nerz | Liquigas-Cannondale | s.t. | | | 82 | Jens Voigt | Radioshack Nissan Trek | s.t. | | | 83 | Amir Mustafa Rusli | Drapac Professional Cycling | s.t. | | | 84 | Arnoud Van Groen | Accent.Jobs - Willems Veranda’s | s.t. | | | 85 | Ronan Van Zandbeek | Team Argos-Shimano | s.t. | | | 86 | David Dvorsky | Whirlpool - Author | s.t. | | | 87 | Meron Russom | MTN-Qhubeka | s.t. | | | 88 | Tom Dumoulin | Team Argos-Shimano | s.t. | | | 89 | Jonathan Mould | An Post - Sean Kelly | s.t. | | | 90 | Dmitriy Gruzdev | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | | 91 | Matej Jurco | Whirlpool - Author | s.t. | | | 92 | Anders Lund | Team Saxo Bank | s.t. | | | 93 | Bradley Potgieter | MTN-Qhubeka | s.t. | | | 94 | Jack Bobridge | Orica-GreenEDGE | s.t. | | | 95 | Matthew Lloyd | Lampre-ISD | s.t. | | | 96 | Kenneth Vanbilsen | An Post - Sean Kelly | s.t. | | | 97 | Dmitriy Fofonov | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | | 98 | Aleksejs Saramotins | Cofidis, Le Crédit en Ligne | s.t. | | | 99 | Alexsandr Dyachenko | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | | 100 | Christopher Juul Jensen | Team Saxo Bank | s.t. | | | 101 | Jan Bakelants | Radioshack Nissan Trek | s.t. | | | 102 | Nicolas Edet | Cofidis, Le Crédit en Ligne | s.t. | | | 103 | Massimo Graziato | Lampre-ISD | s.t. | | | 104 | Stef Clement | Rabobank Cycling Team | s.t. | | | 105 | Michal Kwiatkowski | Omega Pharma-Quick-Step Cycling Team | s.t. | IanButler | | 106 | Cheng Ji | Team Argos-Shimano | s.t. | | | 107 | Scott Law | An Post - Sean Kelly | s.t. | | | 108 | Damien Monier | Cofidis, Le Crédit en Ligne | s.t. | | | 109 | Joost Posthuma | Radioshack Nissan Trek | s.t. | | | 110 | Rémy Di Gregorio | Cofidis, Le Crédit en Ligne | s.t. | | | 111 | Mark Christian | An Post - Sean Kelly | s.t. | | | 112 | Laurens Ten Dam | Rabobank Cycling Team | s.t. | | | 113 | Niki Terpstra | Omega Pharma-Quick-Step Cycling Team | s.t. | IanButler | | 114 | Calvin Beneke | MTN-Qhubeka | s.t. | | | 115 | Joshua Prete | Whirlpool - Author | s.t. | | | 116 | Yevgeni Nepomnyachsniy | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | | 117 | Jan Ghyselinck | Cofidis, Le Crédit en Ligne | s.t. | | | 118 | Rick Flens | Rabobank Cycling Team | s.t. | | | 119 | Edward King | Liquigas-Cannondale | s.t. | | | 120 | Bart Dejaeghere | Omega Pharma-Quick-Step Cycling Team | s.t. | IanButler | | 121 | Kasper Klostergaard | Team Saxo Bank | s.t. | | | 122 | Timothy Duggan | Liquigas-Cannondale | s.t. | | | 123 | Cayetano Jose Sarmiento | Liquigas-Cannondale | s.t. | | | 124 | Przemyslaw Niemiec | Lampre-ISD | s.t. | |
We lost the leader's jersey, but we could still make Qatar great for the team. Another stage win would be the first step.
Unfortunately, Tom couldn't deliver. I was partially to blame, as our lead-out train got boxed away by Liquigas' train, whose Peter Sagan missed absolute speed:
| 1 | Theo Bos | Rabobank Cycling Team | 3h04'00 | | | 2 | Marcel Kittel | Team Argos-Shimano | s.t. | | | 3 | Alessandro Petacchi | Lampre-ISD | s.t. | | | 4 | Peter Sagan | Liquigas-Cannondale | s.t. | | | 5 | Tom Boonen | Omega Pharma-Quick-Step Cycling Team | s.t. | IanButler | | 6 | Borut Bozic | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | | 7 | Michael Matthews | Rabobank Cycling Team | s.t. | | | 8 | Daniele Bennati | Radioshack Nissan Trek | s.t. | | | 9 | Robbie McEwen | Orica-GreenEDGE | s.t. | | | 10 | Adrien Petit | Cofidis, Le Crédit en Ligne | s.t. | |
Spoiler | 11 | Roger Kluge | Team Argos-Shimano | s.t. | | | 12 | Matthew Goss | Orica-GreenEDGE | s.t. | | | 13 | Francesco Chicchi | Omega Pharma-Quick-Step Cycling Team | s.t. | IanButler | | 14 | Steven Caethoven | Accent.Jobs - Willems Veranda’s | s.t. | | | 15 | Kevyn Ista | Accent.Jobs - Willems Veranda’s | s.t. | | | 16 | Gerald Ciolek | Omega Pharma-Quick-Step Cycling Team | s.t. | IanButler | | 17 | Jonathan Cantwell | Team Saxo Bank | s.t. | | | 18 | Michael Albasini | Orica-GreenEDGE | s.t. | | | 19 | Tomas Vaitkus | Orica-GreenEDGE | s.t. | | | 20 | Lucas Sebastian Haedo | Team Saxo Bank | s.t. | | | 21 | Jacopo Guarnieri | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | | 22 | Gediminas Bagdonas | An Post - Sean Kelly | s.t. | | | 23 | Matti Breschel | Rabobank Cycling Team | s.t. | | | 24 | Tony Gallopin | Radioshack Nissan Trek | s.t. | | | 25 | Nico Eeckhout | An Post - Sean Kelly | s.t. | | | 26 | Hayden Roulston | Radioshack Nissan Trek | s.t. | | | 27 | Enrico Gasparotto | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | | 28 | Stuart O'Grady | Orica-GreenEDGE | s.t. | | | 29 | Giacomo Nizzolo | Radioshack Nissan Trek | s.t. | | | 30 | Denis Kostyuk | Lampre-ISD | s.t. | | | 31 | Anuar Manan | Champion System Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | | 32 | Simon Geschke | Team Argos-Shimano | s.t. | | | 33 | James Vanlandschoot | Accent.Jobs - Willems Veranda’s | s.t. | | | 34 | Arran Brown | MTN-Qhubeka | s.t. | | | 35 | Michael Mørkøv | Team Saxo Bank | s.t. | | | 36 | Sam Bennett | An Post - Sean Kelly | s.t. | | | 37 | Matthias Friedemann | Champion System Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | | 38 | Aaron Kemps | Champion System Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | | 39 | Roy Jans | An Post - Sean Kelly | s.t. | | | 40 | Matthew Wilson | Orica-GreenEDGE | s.t. | | | 41 | Dennis Van Winden | Rabobank Cycling Team | s.t. | | | 42 | Grégory Rast | Radioshack Nissan Trek | s.t. | | | 43 | Jempy Drucker | Accent.Jobs - Willems Veranda’s | s.t. | | | 44 | Tomas Buchácek | Whirlpool - Author | s.t. | | | 45 | Valerio Agnoli | Liquigas-Cannondale | s.t. | | | 46 | Jiri Polnicky | Whirlpool - Author | s.t. | | | 47 | Jaroslaw Marycz | Team Saxo Bank | s.t. | | | 48 | Clinton Avery | Champion System Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | | 49 | Amir Mustafa Rusli | Drapac Professional Cycling | s.t. | | | 50 | Thomas Palmer | Drapac Professional Cycling | s.t. | | | 51 | Reinardt Janse Van Rensburg | MTN-Qhubeka | s.t. | | | 52 | William Clarke | Champion System Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | | 53 | Wim De Vocht | Accent.Jobs - Willems Veranda’s | s.t. | | | 54 | Adam Phelan | Drapac Professional Cycling | s.t. | | | 55 | Karsten Kroon | Team Saxo Bank | s.t. | | | 56 | Tristan Valentin | Cofidis, Le Crédit en Ligne | s.t. | | | 57 | Peter Thompson | Drapac Professional Cycling | s.t. | | | 58 | Mathieu Sprick | Team Argos-Shimano | s.t. | | | 59 | Arnoud Van Groen | Accent.Jobs - Willems Veranda’s | s.t. | | | 60 | Muhamad Adiq Othman | Champion System Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | | 61 | Lars Boom | Rabobank Cycling Team | s.t. | | | 62 | Fumiyuki Beppu | Orica-GreenEDGE | s.t. | | | 63 | Dominik Nerz | Liquigas-Cannondale | s.t. | | | 64 | Edwig Cammaerts | Cofidis, Le Crédit en Ligne | s.t. | | | 65 | Kenneth Vanbilsen | An Post - Sean Kelly | s.t. | | | 66 | Simone Stortoni | Lampre-ISD | s.t. | | | 67 | Nicolas Edet | Cofidis, Le Crédit en Ligne | s.t. | | | 68 | Marco Marzano | Lampre-ISD | s.t. | | | 69 | Adam Semple | Drapac Professional Cycling | s.t. | | | 70 | Staf Scheirlinckx | Accent.Jobs - Willems Veranda’s | s.t. | | | 71 | Dmitriy Muravyev | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | | 72 | Bradley Potgieter | MTN-Qhubeka | s.t. | | | 73 | Joris Boillat | Champion System Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | | 74 | Jonathan Mould | An Post - Sean Kelly | s.t. | | | 75 | Tesfay Abraha Habtemariam | MTN-Qhubeka | s.t. | | | 76 | Josef Hosek | Whirlpool - Author | s.t. | | | 77 | Ronan Van Zandbeek | Team Argos-Shimano | s.t. | | | 78 | Tom Dumoulin | Team Argos-Shimano | s.t. | | | 79 | Jack Bobridge | Orica-GreenEDGE | s.t. | | | 80 | Thierry Hupond | Team Argos-Shimano | s.t. | | | 81 | Anders Lund | Team Saxo Bank | s.t. | | | 82 | Michal Golas | Omega Pharma-Quick-Step Cycling Team | s.t. | IanButler | | 83 | Leif Hoste | Accent.Jobs - Willems Veranda’s | s.t. | | | 84 | Alexsandr Dyachenko | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | | 85 | Jens Voigt | Radioshack Nissan Trek | s.t. | | | 86 | Floris Goesinnen | Drapac Professional Cycling | s.t. | | | 87 | Tsgabu Grmay | MTN-Qhubeka | s.t. | | | 88 | Massimo Graziato | Lampre-ISD | s.t. | | | 89 | Jan Bakelants | Radioshack Nissan Trek | s.t. | | | 90 | Matej Jurco | Whirlpool - Author | s.t. | | | 91 | Meron Russom | MTN-Qhubeka | s.t. | | | 92 | Christopher Juul Jensen | Team Saxo Bank | s.t. | | | 93 | Eros Capecchi | Liquigas-Cannondale | s.t. | | | 94 | Niki Terpstra | Omega Pharma-Quick-Step Cycling Team | s.t. | IanButler | | 95 | Edward King | Liquigas-Cannondale | s.t. | | | 96 | Dmitriy Fofonov | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | | 97 | Rémy Di Gregorio | Cofidis, Le Crédit en Ligne | s.t. | | | 98 | Timothy Duggan | Liquigas-Cannondale | s.t. | | | 99 | Dmitriy Gruzdev | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | | 100 | Matthew Lloyd | Lampre-ISD | s.t. | | | 101 | Damien Monier | Cofidis, Le Crédit en Ligne | s.t. | | | 102 | Rick Flens | Rabobank Cycling Team | s.t. | | | 103 | Martin Wesemann | MTN-Qhubeka | s.t. | | | 104 | Jan Ghyselinck | Cofidis, Le Crédit en Ligne | s.t. | | | 105 | Alan Marangoni | Liquigas-Cannondale | s.t. | | | 106 | Yevgeni Nepomnyachsniy | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | | 107 | David Dvorsky | Whirlpool - Author | s.t. | | | 108 | Tony Martin | Omega Pharma-Quick-Step Cycling Team | s.t. | IanButler | | 109 | Mark Christian | An Post - Sean Kelly | s.t. | | | 110 | Scott Law | An Post - Sean Kelly | s.t. | | | 111 | Stef Clement | Rabobank Cycling Team | s.t. | | | 112 | Cheng Ji | Team Argos-Shimano | s.t. | | | 113 | Craig Lewis | Champion System Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | | 114 | Bart Dejaeghere | Omega Pharma-Quick-Step Cycling Team | s.t. | IanButler | | 115 | Joost Posthuma | Radioshack Nissan Trek | s.t. | | | 116 | Michal Kwiatkowski | Omega Pharma-Quick-Step Cycling Team | s.t. | IanButler | | 117 | Joshua Prete | Whirlpool - Author | s.t. | | | 118 | Calvin Beneke | MTN-Qhubeka | s.t. | | | 119 | Aleksejs Saramotins | Cofidis, Le Crédit en Ligne | s.t. | | | 120 | Kasper Klostergaard | Team Saxo Bank | s.t. | | | 121 | Adriano Malori | Lampre-ISD | s.t. | | | 122 | Laurens Ten Dam | Rabobank Cycling Team | s.t. | | | 123 | Cayetano Jose Sarmiento | Liquigas-Cannondale | s.t. | | | 124 | Przemyslaw Niemiec | Lampre-ISD | s.t. | |
The final stage, and our final chance for a stage win. The points jersey is as good as ours, but Tom has a lust for victory.
The profile was a criterium of 106km, and as flat as all the other stages. We found our lead-out train back from the first stages, the result:
| 1 | Tom Boonen | Omega Pharma-Quick-Step Cycling Team | 2h10'13 | IanButler | | 2 | Peter Sagan | Liquigas-Cannondale | s.t. | | | 3 | Matthew Goss | Orica-GreenEDGE | s.t. | | | 4 | Robbie McEwen | Orica-GreenEDGE | s.t. | | | 5 | Marcel Kittel | Team Argos-Shimano | s.t. | | | 6 | Borut Bozic | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | | 7 | Alessandro Petacchi | Lampre-ISD | s.t. | | | 8 | Roger Kluge | Team Argos-Shimano | s.t. | | | 9 | Steven Caethoven | Accent.Jobs - Willems Veranda’s | s.t. | | | 10 | Daniele Bennati | Radioshack Nissan Trek | s.t. | |
Spoiler | 11 | Matti Breschel | Rabobank Cycling Team | s.t. | | | 12 | Adrien Petit | Cofidis, Le Crédit en Ligne | s.t. | | | 13 | Theo Bos | Rabobank Cycling Team | s.t. | | | 14 | Michael Matthews | Rabobank Cycling Team | s.t. | | | 15 | Michael Albasini | Orica-GreenEDGE | s.t. | | | 16 | Nico Eeckhout | An Post - Sean Kelly | s.t. | | | 17 | Hayden Roulston | Radioshack Nissan Trek | s.t. | | | 18 | Tomas Vaitkus | Orica-GreenEDGE | s.t. | | | 19 | Jonathan Cantwell | Team Saxo Bank | s.t. | | | 20 | Gerald Ciolek | Omega Pharma-Quick-Step Cycling Team | s.t. | IanButler | | 21 | Gediminas Bagdonas | An Post - Sean Kelly | s.t. | | | 22 | Tony Gallopin | Radioshack Nissan Trek | s.t. | | | 23 | Kevyn Ista | Accent.Jobs - Willems Veranda’s | s.t. | | | 24 | James Vanlandschoot | Accent.Jobs - Willems Veranda’s | s.t. | | | 25 | Lucas Sebastian Haedo | Team Saxo Bank | s.t. | | | 26 | Francesco Chicchi | Omega Pharma-Quick-Step Cycling Team | s.t. | IanButler | | 27 | Stuart O'Grady | Orica-GreenEDGE | s.t. | | | 28 | Anuar Manan | Champion System Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | | 29 | Jacopo Guarnieri | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | | 30 | Denis Kostyuk | Lampre-ISD | s.t. | | | 31 | Enrico Gasparotto | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | | 32 | Leif Hoste | Accent.Jobs - Willems Veranda’s | s.t. | | | 33 | Sam Bennett | An Post - Sean Kelly | s.t. | | | 34 | Giacomo Nizzolo | Radioshack Nissan Trek | s.t. | | | 35 | Aaron Kemps | Champion System Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | | 36 | Jempy Drucker | Accent.Jobs - Willems Veranda’s | s.t. | | | 37 | Reinardt Janse Van Rensburg | MTN-Qhubeka | s.t. | | | 38 | Michael Mørkøv | Team Saxo Bank | s.t. | | | 39 | Matthew Wilson | Orica-GreenEDGE | s.t. | | | 40 | Dennis Van Winden | Rabobank Cycling Team | s.t. | | | 41 | Arran Brown | MTN-Qhubeka | s.t. | | | 42 | Simon Geschke | Team Argos-Shimano | s.t. | | | 43 | Roy Jans | An Post - Sean Kelly | s.t. | | | 44 | Matthias Friedemann | Champion System Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | | 45 | Adam Phelan | Drapac Professional Cycling | s.t. | | | 46 | Grégory Rast | Radioshack Nissan Trek | s.t. | | | 47 | Amir Mustafa Rusli | Drapac Professional Cycling | s.t. | | | 48 | William Clarke | Champion System Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | | 49 | Arnoud Van Groen | Accent.Jobs - Willems Veranda’s | s.t. | | | 50 | Muhamad Adiq Othman | Champion System Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | | 51 | Tomas Buchácek | Whirlpool - Author | s.t. | | | 52 | Mathieu Sprick | Team Argos-Shimano | s.t. | | | 53 | Staf Scheirlinckx | Accent.Jobs - Willems Veranda’s | s.t. | | | 54 | Fumiyuki Beppu | Orica-GreenEDGE | s.t. | | | 55 | Kenneth Vanbilsen | An Post - Sean Kelly | s.t. | | | 56 | Jaroslaw Marycz | Team Saxo Bank | s.t. | | | 57 | Jiri Polnicky | Whirlpool - Author | s.t. | | | 58 | Dominik Nerz | Liquigas-Cannondale | s.t. | | | 59 | Karsten Kroon | Team Saxo Bank | s.t. | | | 60 | Thierry Hupond | Team Argos-Shimano | s.t. | | | 61 | Peter Thompson | Drapac Professional Cycling | s.t. | | | 62 | Tristan Valentin | Cofidis, Le Crédit en Ligne | s.t. | | | 63 | Massimo Graziato | Lampre-ISD | s.t. | | | 64 | Valerio Agnoli | Liquigas-Cannondale | s.t. | | | 65 | Clinton Avery | Champion System Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | | 66 | Adam Semple | Drapac Professional Cycling | s.t. | | | 67 | Wim De Vocht | Accent.Jobs - Willems Veranda’s | s.t. | | | 68 | Josef Hosek | Whirlpool - Author | s.t. | | | 69 | Simone Stortoni | Lampre-ISD | s.t. | | | 70 | Floris Goesinnen | Drapac Professional Cycling | s.t. | | | 71 | Edwig Cammaerts | Cofidis, Le Crédit en Ligne | s.t. | | | 72 | Anders Lund | Team Saxo Bank | s.t. | | | 73 | Marco Marzano | Lampre-ISD | s.t. | | | 74 | Alan Marangoni | Liquigas-Cannondale | s.t. | | | 75 | Eros Capecchi | Liquigas-Cannondale | s.t. | | | 76 | Jens Voigt | Radioshack Nissan Trek | s.t. | | | 77 | Dmitriy Gruzdev | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | | 78 | Meron Russom | MTN-Qhubeka | s.t. | | | 79 | Tony Martin | Omega Pharma-Quick-Step Cycling Team | s.t. | IanButler | | 80 | Tsgabu Grmay | MTN-Qhubeka | s.t. | | | 81 | Michal Golas | Omega Pharma-Quick-Step Cycling Team | s.t. | IanButler | | 82 | Ronan Van Zandbeek | Team Argos-Shimano | s.t. | | | 83 | Dmitriy Fofonov | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | | 84 | Tom Dumoulin | Team Argos-Shimano | s.t. | | | 85 | Martin Wesemann | MTN-Qhubeka | s.t. | | | 86 | Bart Dejaeghere | Omega Pharma-Quick-Step Cycling Team | s.t. | IanButler | | 87 | Nicolas Edet | Cofidis, Le Crédit en Ligne | s.t. | | | 88 | Rémy Di Gregorio | Cofidis, Le Crédit en Ligne | s.t. | | | 89 | Alexsandr Dyachenko | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | | 90 | Michal Kwiatkowski | Omega Pharma-Quick-Step Cycling Team | s.t. | IanButler | | 91 | Matej Jurco | Whirlpool - Author | s.t. | | | 92 | Craig Lewis | Champion System Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | | 93 | Joost Posthuma | Radioshack Nissan Trek | s.t. | | | 94 | Yevgeni Nepomnyachsniy | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | | 95 | Damien Monier | Cofidis, Le Crédit en Ligne | s.t. | | | 96 | Rick Flens | Rabobank Cycling Team | s.t. | | | 97 | Stef Clement | Rabobank Cycling Team | s.t. | | | 98 | Mark Christian | An Post - Sean Kelly | s.t. | | | 99 | Jack Bobridge | Orica-GreenEDGE | s.t. | | | 100 | Jan Bakelants | Radioshack Nissan Trek | s.t. | | | 101 | Laurens Ten Dam | Rabobank Cycling Team | s.t. | | | 102 | Matthew Lloyd | Lampre-ISD | s.t. | | | 103 | Niki Terpstra | Omega Pharma-Quick-Step Cycling Team | s.t. | IanButler | | 104 | Jan Ghyselinck | Cofidis, Le Crédit en Ligne | s.t. | | | 105 | Aleksejs Saramotins | Cofidis, Le Crédit en Ligne | s.t. | | | 106 | Cheng Ji | Team Argos-Shimano | s.t. | | | 107 | Kasper Klostergaard | Team Saxo Bank | s.t. | | | 108 | Cayetano Jose Sarmiento | Liquigas-Cannondale | s.t. | | | 109 | Adriano Malori | Lampre-ISD | s.t. | | | 110 | Przemyslaw Niemiec | Lampre-ISD | s.t. | | | 111 | Thomas Palmer | Drapac Professional Cycling | + 25 | | | 112 | Tesfay Abraha Habtemariam | MTN-Qhubeka | s.t. | | | 113 | Joris Boillat | Champion System Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | | 114 | Jonathan Mould | An Post - Sean Kelly | s.t. | | | 115 | Dmitriy Muravyev | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | | 116 | David Dvorsky | Whirlpool - Author | s.t. | | | 117 | Joshua Prete | Whirlpool - Author | s.t. | | | 118 | Christopher Juul Jensen | Team Saxo Bank | s.t. | | | 119 | Timothy Duggan | Liquigas-Cannondale | s.t. | | | 120 | Scott Law | An Post - Sean Kelly | s.t. | | | 121 | Bradley Potgieter | MTN-Qhubeka | + 1'14 | | | 122 | Calvin Beneke | MTN-Qhubeka | s.t. | | | 123 | Edward King | Liquigas-Cannondale | s.t. | |
General Classification
| 1 | Dmitriy Muravyev | Astana Pro Team | 15h40'00 | | | 2 | Staf Scheirlinckx | Accent.Jobs - Willems Veranda’s | + 4 | | | 3 | Adriano Malori | Lampre-ISD | + 13 | | | 4 | Tom Boonen | Omega Pharma-Quick-Step Cycling Team | + 17 | IanButler | | 5 | Craig Lewis | Champion System Pro Cycling Team | + 32 | | | 6 | Adam Phelan | Drapac Professional Cycling | + 49 | | | 7 | Tsgabu Grmay | MTN-Qhubeka | s.t. | | | 8 | Theo Bos | Rabobank Cycling Team | + 1'11 | | | 9 | Matti Breschel | Rabobank Cycling Team | + 1'19 | | | 10 | Matthew Goss | Orica-GreenEDGE | + 1'23 | |
Spoiler | 11 | Daniele Bennati | Radioshack Nissan Trek | + 1'30 | | | 12 | Tony Gallopin | Radioshack Nissan Trek | s.t. | | | 13 | Hayden Roulston | Radioshack Nissan Trek | s.t. | | | 14 | Giacomo Nizzolo | Radioshack Nissan Trek | s.t. | | | 15 | Grégory Rast | Radioshack Nissan Trek | s.t. | | | 16 | Jens Voigt | Radioshack Nissan Trek | s.t. | | | 17 | Jan Bakelants | Radioshack Nissan Trek | s.t. | | | 18 | Joost Posthuma | Radioshack Nissan Trek | s.t. | | | 19 | Michael Matthews | Rabobank Cycling Team | + 1'31 | | | 20 | Robbie McEwen | Orica-GreenEDGE | s.t. | | | 21 | Tomas Vaitkus | Orica-GreenEDGE | s.t. | | | 22 | Michael Albasini | Orica-GreenEDGE | s.t. | | | 23 | Matthew Wilson | Orica-GreenEDGE | s.t. | | | 24 | Dennis Van Winden | Rabobank Cycling Team | s.t. | | | 25 | Fumiyuki Beppu | Orica-GreenEDGE | s.t. | | | 26 | Jack Bobridge | Orica-GreenEDGE | s.t. | | | 27 | Stef Clement | Rabobank Cycling Team | s.t. | | | 28 | Laurens Ten Dam | Rabobank Cycling Team | s.t. | | | 29 | Rick Flens | Rabobank Cycling Team | s.t. | | | 30 | Stuart O'Grady | Orica-GreenEDGE | + 1'37 | | | 31 | Marcel Kittel | Team Argos-Shimano | + 1'39 | | | 32 | Gerald Ciolek | Omega Pharma-Quick-Step Cycling Team | s.t. | IanButler | | 33 | Alessandro Petacchi | Lampre-ISD | + 1'47 | | | 34 | Roger Kluge | Team Argos-Shimano | + 1'51 | | | 35 | Francesco Chicchi | Omega Pharma-Quick-Step Cycling Team | s.t. | IanButler | | 36 | Simon Geschke | Team Argos-Shimano | s.t. | | | 37 | Mathieu Sprick | Team Argos-Shimano | s.t. | | | 38 | Thierry Hupond | Team Argos-Shimano | s.t. | | | 39 | Tony Martin | Omega Pharma-Quick-Step Cycling Team | s.t. | IanButler | | 40 | Michal Golas | Omega Pharma-Quick-Step Cycling Team | s.t. | IanButler | | 41 | Tom Dumoulin | Team Argos-Shimano | s.t. | | | 42 | Michal Kwiatkowski | Omega Pharma-Quick-Step Cycling Team | s.t. | IanButler | | 43 | Niki Terpstra | Omega Pharma-Quick-Step Cycling Team | s.t. | IanButler | | 44 | Ronan Van Zandbeek | Team Argos-Shimano | s.t. | | | 45 | Cheng Ji | Team Argos-Shimano | s.t. | | | 46 | Bart Dejaeghere | Omega Pharma-Quick-Step Cycling Team | + 1'59 | IanButler | | 47 | James Vanlandschoot | Accent.Jobs - Willems Veranda’s | + 2'00 | | | 48 | Michael Mørkøv | Team Saxo Bank | + 2'02 | | | 49 | Borut Bozic | Astana Pro Team | + 2'03 | | | 50 | Denis Kostyuk | Lampre-ISD | s.t. | | | 51 | Jacopo Guarnieri | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | | 52 | Marco Marzano | Lampre-ISD | s.t. | | | 53 | Simone Stortoni | Lampre-ISD | s.t. | | | 54 | Dmitriy Gruzdev | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | | 55 | Dmitriy Fofonov | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | | 56 | Alexsandr Dyachenko | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | | 57 | Massimo Graziato | Lampre-ISD | s.t. | | | 58 | Matthew Lloyd | Lampre-ISD | s.t. | | | 59 | Yevgeni Nepomnyachsniy | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | | 60 | Przemyslaw Niemiec | Lampre-ISD | s.t. | | | 61 | Enrico Gasparotto | Astana Pro Team | + 2'11 | | | 62 | Kevyn Ista | Accent.Jobs - Willems Veranda’s | + 2'14 | | | 63 | Jonathan Cantwell | Team Saxo Bank | s.t. | | | 64 | Steven Caethoven | Accent.Jobs - Willems Veranda’s | s.t. | | | 65 | Lucas Sebastian Haedo | Team Saxo Bank | s.t. | | | 66 | Leif Hoste | Accent.Jobs - Willems Veranda’s | s.t. | | | 67 | Jaroslaw Marycz | Team Saxo Bank | s.t. | | | 68 | Jempy Drucker | Accent.Jobs - Willems Veranda’s | s.t. | | | 69 | Arnoud Van Groen | Accent.Jobs - Willems Veranda’s | s.t. | | | 70 | Wim De Vocht | Accent.Jobs - Willems Veranda’s | s.t. | | | 71 | Anders Lund | Team Saxo Bank | s.t. | | | 72 | Kasper Klostergaard | Team Saxo Bank | s.t. | | | 73 | Adrien Petit | Cofidis, Le Crédit en Ligne | + 2'18 | | | 74 | Tristan Valentin | Cofidis, Le Crédit en Ligne | s.t. | | | 75 | William Clarke | Champion System Pro Cycling Team | + 2'20 | | | 76 | Karsten Kroon | Team Saxo Bank | + 2'21 | | | 77 | Matthias Friedemann | Champion System Pro Cycling Team | + 2'22 | | | 78 | Rémy Di Gregorio | Cofidis, Le Crédit en Ligne | s.t. | | | 79 | Aaron Kemps | Champion System Pro Cycling Team | + 2'26 | | | 80 | Anuar Manan | Champion System Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | | 81 | Muhamad Adiq Othman | Champion System Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | | 82 | Clinton Avery | Champion System Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | | 83 | Edwig Cammaerts | Cofidis, Le Crédit en Ligne | s.t. | | | 84 | Nicolas Edet | Cofidis, Le Crédit en Ligne | s.t. | | | 85 | Damien Monier | Cofidis, Le Crédit en Ligne | s.t. | | | 86 | Aleksejs Saramotins | Cofidis, Le Crédit en Ligne | s.t. | | | 87 | Jan Ghyselinck | Cofidis, Le Crédit en Ligne | s.t. | | | 88 | Peter Sagan | Liquigas-Cannondale | + 2'27 | | | 89 | Meron Russom | MTN-Qhubeka | + 2'31 | | | 90 | Alan Marangoni | Liquigas-Cannondale | + 2'33 | | | 91 | Gediminas Bagdonas | An Post - Sean Kelly | + 2'39 | | | 92 | Valerio Agnoli | Liquigas-Cannondale | s.t. | | | 93 | Arran Brown | MTN-Qhubeka | s.t. | | | 94 | Reinardt Janse Van Rensburg | MTN-Qhubeka | s.t. | | | 95 | Dominik Nerz | Liquigas-Cannondale | s.t. | | | 96 | Kenneth Vanbilsen | An Post - Sean Kelly | s.t. | | | 97 | Eros Capecchi | Liquigas-Cannondale | s.t. | | | 98 | Martin Wesemann | MTN-Qhubeka | s.t. | | | 99 | Christopher Juul Jensen | Team Saxo Bank | s.t. | | | 100 | Cayetano Jose Sarmiento | Liquigas-Cannondale | s.t. | | | 101 | Nico Eeckhout | An Post - Sean Kelly | + 2'45 | | | 102 | Sam Bennett | An Post - Sean Kelly | s.t. | | | 103 | Roy Jans | An Post - Sean Kelly | s.t. | | | 104 | Peter Thompson | Drapac Professional Cycling | s.t. | | | 105 | Adam Semple | Drapac Professional Cycling | s.t. | | | 106 | Amir Mustafa Rusli | Drapac Professional Cycling | s.t. | | | 107 | Mark Christian | An Post - Sean Kelly | s.t. | | | 108 | Joris Boillat | Champion System Pro Cycling Team | + 2'51 | | | 109 | Floris Goesinnen | Drapac Professional Cycling | + 2'53 | | | 110 | Tomas Buchácek | Whirlpool - Author | + 3'01 | | | 111 | Jiri Polnicky | Whirlpool - Author | s.t. | | | 112 | Josef Hosek | Whirlpool - Author | s.t. | | | 113 | Matej Jurco | Whirlpool - Author | s.t. | | | 114 | Timothy Duggan | Liquigas-Cannondale | + 3'04 | | | 115 | Tesfay Abraha Habtemariam | MTN-Qhubeka | + 3'08 | | | 116 | Thomas Palmer | Drapac Professional Cycling | + 3'10 | | | 117 | Jonathan Mould | An Post - Sean Kelly | s.t. | | | 118 | Scott Law | An Post - Sean Kelly | s.t. | | | 119 | David Dvorsky | Whirlpool - Author | + 3'20 | | | 120 | Joshua Prete | Whirlpool - Author | + 3'26 | | | 121 | Bradley Potgieter | MTN-Qhubeka | + 3'47 | | | 122 | Edward King | Liquigas-Cannondale | + 3'53 | | | 123 | Calvin Beneke | MTN-Qhubeka | s.t. | |
Points Classification
| 1 | Tom Boonen | Omega Pharma-Quick-Step Cycling Team | 95 | IanButler | | 2 | Peter Sagan | Liquigas-Cannondale | 60 | | | 3 | Alessandro Petacchi | Lampre-ISD | 46 | | | 4 | Borut Bozic | Astana Pro Team | 45 | | | 5 | Dmitriy Muravyev | Astana Pro Team | 43 | |
Young Rider: Adriano Malori (Lampre-ISD)
Best Team: Lampre-ISD
Well, there you have it. My first race as Tom's lieutenant, I think I did pretty good. I finished 46th on the General Classification, which isn't bad. I think Jantje has one more race and then we'll finally ride in a race together for the first time: The Omloop.
Edited by Ian Butler on 13-11-2012 16:02
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| tovhol |
Posted on 13-11-2012 16:07
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Great story, Ian! Keep it up
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| Schleck96 |
Posted on 13-11-2012 16:39
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Bad mistake there but life goes on  . Waiting for the next report |
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| Daggen |
Posted on 13-11-2012 16:50
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| francopell |
Posted on 13-11-2012 17:17
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| FreitasPCM |
Posted on 13-11-2012 17:24
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Tommeke with a great ride, thanks to the team's great preparation. |
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| PCM rulezz |
Posted on 13-11-2012 18:01
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Great results in Qatar , too bad that you didn't win the GC  but 3 stages is also very good
Winners never quit, quitters never win.
It's difficult not to be happy when you're surrounded by Belgians. - Mark Cavendish
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| JuanMotr |
Posted on 13-11-2012 18:46
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Tom dominating right from the start! Great job! |
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| HaRe |
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is it too late to say good luck?
anyway this is the wor.. BEST story ever |
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| FroomeDog99 |
Posted on 13-11-2012 21:16
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Boonen building for his assault on the classics! |
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| sutty68 |
Posted on 13-11-2012 23:01
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Another Great performance from Mr Boonen |
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