Finally, some action from the Tirreno. A mountain stage was scheduled, so we could see Bart's form early in the season. He didn't mix with the top guns, but we didn't expect that anyway. He finished 34th, 3 minutes behind Quintana (see picture).



Stage:

Rank	Name	Team	Time
1	Nairo Quintana	Movistar Team	4h27'23
2	Samuel Sánchez	Euskaltel - Euskadi	s.t.
3	Joaquím Rodríguez	Katusha Team	s.t.
4	Richie Porte	Sky Procycling	+ 16
5	Vincenzo Nibali	Astana Pro Team	s.t.
34	Bart De Clercq	Lotto Belisol	+ 3'23
139	Kenny Dehaes	Lotto Belisol	+ 19'36
148	Pieter De Vries	Lotto Belisol	s.t.
154	Joost Van Leijen	Lotto Belisol	s.t.
157	Dirk Bellemakers	Lotto Belisol	s.t.
174	Frederique Robert	Lotto Belisol	s.t.
176	Brian Bulgac	Lotto Belisol	s.t.
189	Tosh Van der Sande	Lotto Belisol	s.t.

GC:

Rank	Name	Team	Time
1	Nairo Quintana	Movistar Team	14h49'53
2	Richie Porte	Sky Procycling	+ 29
3	Joaquím Rodríguez	Katusha Team	s.t.
4	Samuel Sánchez	Euskaltel - Euskadi	+ 36
5	Andrew Talansky	Garmin - Sharp	+ 38
47	Bart De Clercq	Lotto Belisol	+ 4'22
160	Kenny Dehaes	Lotto Belisol	+ 20'32
161	Brian Bulgac	Lotto Belisol	s.t.
162	Dirk Bellemakers	Lotto Belisol	s.t.
181	Frederique Robert	Lotto Belisol	+ 24'46
182	Tosh Van der Sande	Lotto Belisol	+ 24'49
184	Joost Van Leijen	Lotto Belisol	+ 25'40
186	Pieter De Vries	Lotto Belisol	+ 26'14

Points:

Rank	Name	Team	Points
1	John Degenkolb	Team Argos - Shimano	24

Mountains:

Rank	Name	Team	Points
1	Ivan Santaromita	BMC Racing Team	8

-25:

Rank	Name	Team	Time
1	Nairo Quintana	Movistar Team	14h49'53

Teams:

Rank	Team	Time
1	Team Saxo - Tinkoff	43h50'17

Back to France. Today's stage isn't the hardest one, but you have to be alert at any time. And that's exactly what Jurgen did. He finished in the front group, in 14th position. The stage was won by Chavanel.



Stage:

Rank	Name	Team	Time
1	Sylvain Chavanel	Omega Pharma - Quick·Step Cycling Team	3h46'21
2	Marcel Kittel	Team Argos - Shimano	s.t.
3	Daniel Moreno	Katusha Team	s.t.
4	Michał Kwiatkowski	Omega Pharma - Quick·Step Cycling Team	s.t.
5	Chris Froome	Sky Procycling	s.t.
14	Jurgen Van den Broeck	Lotto Belisol	s.t.
52	Tim Wellens	Lotto Belisol	s.t.
73	Alex Fischer	Lotto Belisol	s.t.
133	Greg Henderson	Lotto Belisol	+ 3'21
170	Gert Dockx	Lotto Belisol	+ 4'19
173	Sander Cordeel	Lotto Belisol	s.t.
178	Maarten Neyens	Lotto Belisol	+ 5'53
179	Jürgen Van de Walle	Lotto Belisol	s.t.

GC:

Rank	Name	Team	Time
1	Marcel Kittel	Team Argos - Shimano	12h29'42
2	Sylvain Chavanel	Omega Pharma - Quick·Step Cycling Team	+ 3
3	Lieuwe Westra	Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team	+ 9
4	Michał Kwiatkowski	Omega Pharma - Quick·Step Cycling Team	+ 11
5	Chris Froome	Sky Procycling	+ 12
21	Jurgen Van den Broeck	Lotto Belisol	+ 17
88	Tim Wellens	Lotto Belisol	+ 26
116	Alex Fischer	Lotto Belisol	+ 31
131	Greg Henderson	Lotto Belisol	+ 3'43
152	Sander Cordeel	Lotto Belisol	+ 4'45
156	Gert Dockx	Lotto Belisol	+ 4'46
171	Maarten Neyens	Lotto Belisol	+ 9'26
172	Jürgen Van de Walle	Lotto Belisol	+ 9'27

Points:

Rank	Name	Team	Points
1	Marcel Kittel	Team Argos - Shimano	74
36	Jurgen Van den Broeck	Lotto Belisol	7
48	Tim Wellens	Lotto Belisol	3

Mountains:

Rank	Name	Team	Points
1	Lieuwe Westra	Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team	8

-25:

Rank	Name	Team	Time
1	Marcel Kittel	Team Argos - Shimano	12h29'42
27	Tim Wellens	Lotto Belisol	+ 26
38	Alex Fischer	Lotto Belisol	+ 31
58	Gert Dockx	Lotto Belisol	+ 4'46

Teams:

Rank	Team	Time
1	Omega Pharma - Quick·Step Cycling Team	37h29'43
18	Lotto Belisol	+ 28

No, just no. Bart needs to get better for absolute leadership. He jus can't keep up with the best. He finished 8 minutes behind the winner, Nibali (see picture). The GC-standings were missing for a few hours, but they were found eventually.



Stage:

Rank	Name	Team	Time
1	Vincenzo Nibali	Astana Pro Team	6h03'44
2	Nairo Quintana	Movistar Team	+ 8
3	Haimar Zubeldia	RadioShack - Leopard	s.t.
4	Alberto Contador	Team Saxo - Tinkoff	+ 22
5	Oreste Ghita	Team Argos - Shimano	s.t.
51	Bart De Clercq	Lotto Belisol	+ 8'07
141	Kenny Dehaes	Lotto Belisol	+ 21'15
157	Tosh Van der Sande	Lotto Belisol	s.t.
162	Brian Bulgac	Lotto Belisol	s.t.
165	Dirk Bellemakers	Lotto Belisol	s.t.
175	Pieter De Vries	Lotto Belisol	s.t.
180	Frederique Robert	Lotto Belisol	+ 27'17
184	Joost Van Leijen	Lotto Belisol	s.t.

GC:

Rank	Name	Team	Time
1	Nairo Quintana	Movistar Team	20h53'38
2	Vincenzo Nibali	Astana Pro Team	+ 36
3	Haimar Zubeldia	RadioShack - Leopard	+ 50
4	Richie Porte	Sky Procycling	+ 1'01
5	Alberto Contador	Team Saxo - Tinkoff	+ 1'05
46	Bart De Clercq	Lotto Belisol	+ 12'28
157	Kenny Dehaes	Lotto Belisol	+ 41'46
158	Brian Bulgac	Lotto Belisol	s.t.
159	Dirk Bellemakers	Lotto Belisol	s.t.
171	Tosh Van der Sande	Lotto Belisol	+ 46'03
178	Pieter De Vries	Lotto Belisol	+ 47'28
185	Frederique Robert	Lotto Belisol	+ 52'02
187	Joost Van Leijen	Lotto Belisol	+ 52'56

Points:

Rank	Name	Team	Points
1	Nairo Quintana	Movistar Team	24

Mountains:

Rank	Name	Team	Points
1	Nairo Quintana	Movistar Team	8

-25:

Rank	Name	Team	Time
1	Nairo Quintana	Movistar Team	20h53'38

Teams:

Rank	Team	Time
1	Team Saxo - Tinkoff	62h12'17

Luckily, there is sombody in France who knows how to ride a bike properlly. We're talking about Jurgen Van de Broeck, who again finished with all the favourites. All, except Valverde and Gilbert (see picture). The Spaniard won today's stage and took over the yellow jersey.



Stage:

Rank	Name	Team	Time
1	Alejandro Valverde	Movistar Team	4h40'03
2	Philippe Gilbert	BMC Racing Team	+ 31
3	Chris Froome	Sky Procycling	+ 1'04
4	Michał Kwiatkowski	Omega Pharma - Quick·Step Cycling Team	s.t.
5	Bauke Mollema	Belkin Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
24	Jurgen Van den Broeck	Lotto Belisol	s.t.
92	Tim Wellens	Lotto Belisol	+ 4'08
99	Alex Fischer	Lotto Belisol	s.t.
127	Greg Henderson	Lotto Belisol	+ 6'27
157	Jürgen Van de Walle	Lotto Belisol	+ 10'34
162	Sander Cordeel	Lotto Belisol	s.t.
168	Gert Dockx	Lotto Belisol	s.t.
174	Maarten Neyens	Lotto Belisol	s.t.

GC:

Rank	Name	Team	Time
1	Alejandro Valverde	Movistar Team	17h09'55
2	Philippe Gilbert	BMC Racing Team	+ 31
3	Marcel Kittel	Team Argos - Shimano	+ 51
4	Sylvain Chavanel	Omega Pharma - Quick·Step Cycling Team	+ 57
5	Chris Froome	Sky Procycling	+ 1'04
13	Jurgen Van den Broeck	Lotto Belisol	+ 1'11
97	Tim Wellens	Lotto Belisol	+ 4'24
112	Alex Fischer	Lotto Belisol	+ 4'29
130	Greg Henderson	Lotto Belisol	+ 10'00
157	Sander Cordeel	Lotto Belisol	+ 15'09
160	Gert Dockx	Lotto Belisol	+ 15'10
174	Maarten Neyens	Lotto Belisol	+ 19'50
175	Jürgen Van de Walle	Lotto Belisol	+ 19'51

Points:

Rank	Name	Team	Points
1	Marcel Kittel	Team Argos - Shimano	89
39	Jurgen Van den Broeck	Lotto Belisol	7
51	Tim Wellens	Lotto Belisol	3

Mountains:

Rank	Name	Team	Points
1	Jérémy Roy	FDJ.fr	19

-25:

Rank	Name	Team	Time
1	Marcel Kittel	Team Argos - Shimano	17h10'46
35	Tim Wellens	Lotto Belisol	+ 3'33
39	Alex Fischer	Lotto Belisol	+ 3'38
60	Gert Dockx	Lotto Belisol	+ 14'19

Teams:

Rank	Team	Time
1	Omega Pharma - Quick·Step Cycling Team	51h33'04
16	Lotto Belisol	+ 6'36

The only way we can do something about our performance here is to go into the break. But no, they are too lazy. And guess what? The break (See picture) managed to win the stage. And Bart lost even more time, finishing in the same group as Degenkolb .



Stage:

Rank	Name	Team	Time
1	Simon Geschke	Team Argos - Shimano	5h35'29
2	Oscar Gatto	Vini Fantini - Selle Italia	s.t.
3	Daniel Oss	BMC Racing Team	s.t.
4	Alessandro De Marchi	Cannondale Pro Cycling	s.t.
5	Benoît Vaugrenard	FDJ	s.t.
104	Bart De Clercq	Lotto Belisol	+ 18'29
140	Dirk Bellemakers	Lotto Belisol	+ 23'12
157	Kenny Dehaes	Lotto Belisol	+ 24'42
167	Brian Bulgac	Lotto Belisol	s.t.
170	Tosh Van der Sande	Lotto Belisol	s.t.
173	Frederique Robert	Lotto Belisol	s.t.
175	Joost Van Leijen	Lotto Belisol	s.t.
185	Pieter De Vries	Lotto Belisol	s.t.

GC:

Rank	Name	Team	Time
1	Nairo Quintana	Movistar Team	26h34'53
2	Vincenzo Nibali	Astana Pro Team	+ 36
3	Haimar Zubeldia	RadioShack - Leopard	+ 50
4	Richie Porte	Sky Procycling	+ 1'01
5	Alberto Contador	Team Saxo - Tinkoff	+ 1'05
61	Bart De Clercq	Lotto Belisol	+ 25'11
154	Dirk Bellemakers	Lotto Belisol	+ 59'12
161	Kenny Dehaes	Lotto Belisol	+ 1h00'42
162	Brian Bulgac	Lotto Belisol	s.t.
170	Tosh Van der Sande	Lotto Belisol	+ 1h04'59
176	Pieter De Vries	Lotto Belisol	+ 1h06'24
184	Frederique Robert	Lotto Belisol	+ 1h10'58
186	Joost Van Leijen	Lotto Belisol	+ 1h11'52

Points:

Rank	Name	Team	Points
1	Nairo Quintana	Movistar Team	25

Mountains:

Rank	Name	Team	Points
1	Nairo Quintana	Movistar Team	8

-25:

Rank	Name	Team	Time
1	Nairo Quintana	Movistar Team	26h34'53

Teams:

Rank	Team	Time
1	Sky Procycling	79h13'49

A mountain finish in France, with Jurgen still in the competition. Can he do something? Well, he finished fifth in today's stage, and moved up to fifth in the GC. Quite good, if you'd ask me. He could ride with the really big guys (see picture), like stage winner Chris Froome.



Stage:

Rank	Name	Team	Time
1	Chris Froome	Sky Procycling	4h18'54
2	Alejandro Valverde	Movistar Team	+ 31
3	Chris Horner	RadioShack - Leopard	+ 59
4	Roman Kreuziger	Team Saxo - Tinkoff	+ 1'29
5	Jurgen Van den Broeck	Lotto Belisol	+ 1'58
92	Tim Wellens	Lotto Belisol	+ 12'55
103	Alex Fischer	Lotto Belisol	+ 15'22
130	Jürgen Van de Walle	Lotto Belisol	+ 17'08
146	Greg Henderson	Lotto Belisol	+ 18'32
148	Gert Dockx	Lotto Belisol	+ 19'56
151	Maarten Neyens	Lotto Belisol	s.t.
175	Sander Cordeel	Lotto Belisol	+ 23'17

GC:

Rank	Name	Team	Time
1	Alejandro Valverde	Movistar Team	21h29'16
2	Chris Froome	Sky Procycling	+ 31
3	Chris Horner	RadioShack - Leopard	+ 1'41
4	Roman Kreuziger	Team Saxo - Tinkoff	+ 2'12
5	Jurgen Van den Broeck	Lotto Belisol	+ 2'42
93	Tim Wellens	Lotto Belisol	+ 16'52
100	Alex Fischer	Lotto Belisol	+ 19'24
139	Greg Henderson	Lotto Belisol	+ 28'05
153	Gert Dockx	Lotto Belisol	+ 34'39
163	Jürgen Van de Walle	Lotto Belisol	+ 36'32
166	Sander Cordeel	Lotto Belisol	+ 37'59
173	Maarten Neyens	Lotto Belisol	+ 39'19

Points:

Rank	Name	Team	Points
1	Marcel Kittel	Team Argos - Shimano	89
21	Jurgen Van den Broeck	Lotto Belisol	23
57	Tim Wellens	Lotto Belisol	3

Mountains:

Rank	Name	Team	Points
1	Jérémy Roy	FDJ.fr	19
22	Jurgen Van den Broeck	Lotto Belisol	3

-25:

Rank	Name	Team	Time
1	Michał Kwiatkowski	Omega Pharma - Quick·Step Cycling Team	21h32'16
30	Tim Wellens	Lotto Belisol	+ 13'52
33	Alex Fischer	Lotto Belisol	+ 16'24
55	Gert Dockx	Lotto Belisol	+ 31'39

Teams:

Rank	Team	Time
1	Sky Procycling	64h37'30
20	Lotto Belisol	+ 29'07

And it's time for the first monument of this year. La Primavera, Milano-San Remo. We brought our 'classics' squad here, so you will see this names in the upcoming races as well. And they did great in OhN and KBK. Here are the names if you didn't know them yet:

Lars Bak
Gaëtan Bille
Jens Debusschere
André Greipel
Jürgen Roelandts
Marcel Sieberg
Jonas Vangenechten
Frederik Willems

Greipel is our man here, hoping the race will end in a mass sprint. There was a mass sprint here, and Greipel won it ahead of Sagan and Cavendish (see picture). Unfortunately, a guy called Cancellara was a minute ahead at the finish. Bille gets a honorable mention for sneaking into the morning break.



Results:

Rank	Name	Team	Time
1	Fabian Cancellara	RadioShack - Leopard	6h42'03
2	André Greipel	Lotto Belisol	+ 59
3	Peter Sagan	Cannondale Pro Cycling	s.t.
4	Mark Cavendish	Omega Pharma - Quick•Step Cycling Team	s.t.
5	Alexander Kristoff	Katusha Team	s.t.
6	Philippe Gilbert	BMC Racing Team	s.t.
7	Adrien Hanzen	Sky Procycling	s.t.
8	Ramunas Navardauskas	Garmin - Sharp	s.t.
9	Sep Vanmarcke	Belkin Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
10	John Degenkolb	Team Argos - Shimano	s.t.
27	Jürgen Roelandts	Lotto Belisol	s.t.
48	Gaetan Bille	Lotto Belisol	s.t.
66	Marcel Sieberg	Lotto Belisol	s.t.
68	Jens Debusschere	Lotto Belisol	s.t.
69	Frederik Willems	Lotto Belisol	s.t.
70	Lars Bak	Lotto Belisol	s.t.
156	Jonas Vangenechten	Lotto Belisol	+ 5'25

I'm getting paid for this, so I should at least write something. It was horrible.



Stage:

Rank	Name	Team	Time
1	Tony Martin	Omega Pharma - Quick·Step Cycling Team	12'36
2	Geraint Thomas	Sky Procycling	+ 8
3	Fabian Cancellara	RadioShack - Leopard	+ 12
4	Richie Porte	Sky Procycling	+ 17
5	Edvald Boasson Hagen	Sky Procycling	+ 18
89	Joost Van Leijen	Lotto Belisol	+ 1'02
100	Bart De Clercq	Lotto Belisol	+ 1'04
121	Frederique Robert	Lotto Belisol	+ 1'09
123	Pieter De Vries	Lotto Belisol	s.t.
128	Kenny Dehaes	Lotto Belisol	+ 1'10
137	Dirk Bellemakers	Lotto Belisol	+ 1'12
141	Brian Bulgac	Lotto Belisol	+ 1'13
177	Tosh Van der Sande	Lotto Belisol	+ 1'24

Final GC:

Rank	Name	Team	Time
1	Nairo Quintana	Movistar Team	26h48'16
2	Vincenzo Nibali	Astana Pro Team	+ 25
3	Richie Porte	Sky Procycling	+ 31
4	Haimar Zubeldia	RadioShack - Leopard	+ 45
5	Alberto Contador	Team Saxo - Tinkoff	+ 59
6	Ryder Hesjedal	Garmin - Sharp	+ 1'09
7	Oreste Ghita	Team Argos - Shimano	+ 1'20
8	Carlos Betancur	AG2R La Mondiale	+ 1'45
9	Joaquím Rodríguez	Katusha Team	+ 2'14
10	Samuel Sánchez	Euskaltel - Euskadi	+ 2'19
61	Bart De Clercq	Lotto Belisol	+ 25'28
155	Dirk Bellemakers	Lotto Belisol	+ 59'37
159	Kenny Dehaes	Lotto Belisol	+ 1h01'05
160	Brian Bulgac	Lotto Belisol	+ 1h01'08
171	Tosh Van der Sande	Lotto Belisol	+ 1h05'36
175	Pieter De Vries	Lotto Belisol	+ 1h06'46
184	Frederique Robert	Lotto Belisol	+ 1h11'20
187	Joost Van Leijen	Lotto Belisol	+ 1h12'07

Final points:

Rank	Name	Team	Points
1	Nairo Quintana	Movistar Team	25
2	Vincenzo Nibali	Astana Pro Team	25
3	Simon Geschke	Team Argos - Shimano	25

Final mountains:

Rank	Name	Team	Points
1	Nairo Quintana	Movistar Team	8
2	Alessandro De Marchi	Cannondale Pro Cycling	8
3	Ivan Santaromita	BMC Racing Team	8

Final -25:

Rank	Name	Team	Time
1	Nairo Quintana	Movistar Team	26h48'16
2	Oreste Ghita	Team Argos - Shimano	+ 1'20
3	Carlos Betancur	AG2R La Mondiale	+ 1'45

Final teams:

Rank	Team	Time
1	Sky Procycling	79h52'20
2	Team Saxo - Tinkoff	+ 3'22
3	Movistar Team	+ 5'29

The second-a-last stage from France, and nothing special for the GC-contenders. The break took it, with Navarro being the lucky one (see picture). Jurgen is already preparing for tomorrow, the MTT.



Stage:

Rank	Name	Team	Time
1	Daniel Navarro	Cofidis, Solutions Crédits	5h39'06
2	Diego Ulissi	Lampre - Merida	s.t.
3	Thomas Peeters	Team Europcar	s.t.
4	Ion Izagirre	Euskaltel - Euskadi	s.t.
5	Laurens Ten Dam	Belkin Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
28	Jurgen Van den Broeck	Lotto Belisol	+ 35
72	Greg Henderson	Lotto Belisol	s.t.
74	Alex Fischer	Lotto Belisol	s.t.
79	Tim Wellens	Lotto Belisol	s.t.
88	Jürgen Van de Walle	Lotto Belisol	s.t.
171	Gert Dockx	Lotto Belisol	+ 7'29
180	Sander Cordeel	Lotto Belisol	s.t.
181	Maarten Neyens	Lotto Belisol	s.t.

GC:

Rank	Name	Team	Time
1	Alejandro Valverde	Movistar Team	21h29'16
2	Chris Froome	Sky Procycling	+ 31
3	Chris Horner	RadioShack - Leopard	+ 1'41
4	Roman Kreuziger	Team Saxo - Tinkoff	+ 2'12
5	Jurgen Van den Broeck	Lotto Belisol	+ 2'42
88	Tim Wellens	Lotto Belisol	+ 16'52
98	Alex Fischer	Lotto Belisol	+ 19'24
131	Greg Henderson	Lotto Belisol	+ 28'05
150	Jürgen Van de Walle	Lotto Belisol	+ 36'32
157	Gert Dockx	Lotto Belisol	+ 41'33
166	Sander Cordeel	Lotto Belisol	+ 44'53
173	Maarten Neyens	Lotto Belisol	+ 46'13

Points:

Rank	Name	Team	Points
1	Michał Kwiatkowski	Omega Pharma - Quick·Step Cycling Team	98
23	Jurgen Van den Broeck	Lotto Belisol	23
65	Tim Wellens	Lotto Belisol	3

Mountains:

Rank	Name	Team	Points
1	Ion Izagirre	Euskaltel - Euskadi	23
25	Jurgen Van den Broeck	Lotto Belisol	3

-25:

Rank	Name	Team	Time
1	Michał Kwiatkowski	Omega Pharma - Quick·Step Cycling Team	27h11'57
28	Tim Wellens	Lotto Belisol	+ 13'52
32	Alex Fischer	Lotto Belisol	+ 16'24
56	Gert Dockx	Lotto Belisol	+ 38'33

Teams:

Rank	Team	Time
1	Sky Procycling	81h36'33
20	Lotto Belisol	+ 29'07

The traditional classics startlist for a Belgian semi-classic:

Lars Bak
Gaëtan Bille
Jens Debusschere
André Greipel
Jürgen Roelandts
Marcel Sieberg
Jonas Vangenechten
Frederik Willems

The race turned out to be a complete joke. 2 teams (Sky and Belkin) completely dominated, with 9 of the 10 riders in the top-10 being from them (see picture). Hayman won ahead of his teammate Boasson Hagen. Greipel was our best man in 22nd place.



Results:

Rank	Name	Team	Time
1	Matthew Hayman	Sky Procycling	4h54'04
2	Edvald Boasson Hagen	Sky Procycling	s.t.
3	Maarten Wynants	Belkin Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
4	Lars Boom	Belkin Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
5	Geraint Thomas	Sky Procycling	s.t.
6	Salvatore Puccio	Sky Procycling	s.t.
7	Jos Van Emden	Belkin Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
8	Maarten Tjallingii	Belkin Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
9	Damien Gaudin	Team Europcar	s.t.
10	Robert Wagner	Belkin Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
22	André Greipel	Lotto Belisol	s.t.
25	Jürgen Roelandts	Lotto Belisol	s.t.
45	Lars Ytting Bak	Lotto Belisol	s.t.
61	Marcel Sieberg	Lotto Belisol	s.t.
62	Jonas Vangenechten	Lotto Belisol	s.t.
68	Jens Debusschere	Lotto Belisol	s.t.
77	Gaetan Bille	Lotto Belisol	s.t.
83	Frederik Willems	Lotto Belisol	s.t.

The last stage here in France. Jurgen must defend his place in the GC, although he could still drop 5 places. He finished 7th in the stage, and only dropped to 6th in the GC. Which is still better than 10th place, which our sponsors asked for. Unfortunately, nobody took a picture of him, so we'll just show a picture of the GC-winner, Valverde.



Stage:

Rank	Name	Team	Time
1	Chris Froome	Sky Procycling	18'26
2	Alejandro Valverde	Movistar Team	+ 21
3	Roman Kreuziger	Team Saxo - Tinkoff	+ 30
4	Chris Horner	RadioShack - Leopard	+ 33
5	Bauke Mollema	Belkin Pro Cycling Team	+ 35
7	Jurgen Van den Broeck	Lotto Belisol	+ 40
116	Alex Fischer	Lotto Belisol	+ 2'20
121	Tim Wellens	Lotto Belisol	+ 2'21
152	Sander Cordeel	Lotto Belisol	+ 2'32
161	Jürgen Van de Walle	Lotto Belisol	+ 2'34
169	Gert Dockx	Lotto Belisol	+ 2'36
176	Greg Henderson	Lotto Belisol	+ 2'37
179	Maarten Neyens	Lotto Belisol	+ 2'38

Final GC:

Rank	Name	Team	Time
1	Alejandro Valverde	Movistar Team	27h27'44
2	Chris Froome	Sky Procycling	+ 10
3	Chris Horner	RadioShack - Leopard	+ 1'53
4	Roman Kreuziger	Team Saxo - Tinkoff	+ 2'21
5	Bauke Mollema	Belkin Pro Cycling Team	+ 2'57
6	Jurgen Van den Broeck	Lotto Belisol	+ 3'01
7	Michał Kwiatkowski	Omega Pharma - Quick·Step Cycling Team	+ 3'20
8	Tejay Van Garderen	BMC Racing Team	+ 3'21
9	Jakob Fuglsang	Astana Pro Team	+ 3'29
10	Michele Scarponi	Lampre - Merida	+ 3'35
88	Tim Wellens	Lotto Belisol	+ 18'52
98	Alex Fischer	Lotto Belisol	+ 21'23
131	Greg Henderson	Lotto Belisol	+ 30'21
150	Jürgen Van de Walle	Lotto Belisol	+ 38'45
157	Gert Dockx	Lotto Belisol	+ 43'48
166	Sander Cordeel	Lotto Belisol	+ 47'04
173	Maarten Neyens	Lotto Belisol	+ 48'30

Final points:

Rank	Name	Team	Points
1	Chris Froome	Sky Procycling	111
2	Michał Kwiatkowski	Omega Pharma - Quick·Step Cycling Team	111
3	Alejandro Valverde	Movistar Team	92
18	Jurgen Van den Broeck	Lotto Belisol	37
68	Tim Wellens	Lotto Belisol	3

Final mountains:

Rank	Name	Team	Points
1	Ion Izagirre	Euskaltel - Euskadi	23
2	Maxime Bouet	AG2R La Mondiale	22
3	Cameron Meyer	Orica - GreenEdge	19
25	Jurgen Van den Broeck	Lotto Belisol	3

Final -25:

Rank	Name	Team	Time
1	Michał Kwiatkowski	Omega Pharma - Quick·Step Cycling Team	27h31'04
2	Tejay Van Garderen	BMC Racing Team	+ 1
3	Thibaut Pinot	FDJ.fr	+ 20
28	Tim Wellens	Lotto Belisol	+ 15'32
32	Alex Fischer	Lotto Belisol	+ 18'03
56	Gert Dockx	Lotto Belisol	+ 40'28

Final teams:

Rank	Team	Time
1	Sky Procycling	82h34'27
2	RadioShack - Leopard	+ 1'02
3	Team Saxo - Tinkoff	+ 1'34
20	Lotto - Belisol	+ 31'52

The traditional classics startlist for another Belgian semi-classic:

Lars Bak
Gaëtan Bille
Jens Debusschere
André Greipel
Jürgen Roelandts
Marcel Sieberg
Jonas Vangenechten
Frederik Willems

The race was won by Tom Boonen (see picture). Greipel was our best man in 7th place.



Results:

Rank	Name	Team	Time
1	Tom Boonen	Omega Pharma - Quick•Step Cycling Team	5h06'31
2	Thor Hushovd	BMC Racing Team	s.t.
3	Robert Andrews	Garmin - Sharp	s.t.
4	Damien Gaudin	Team Europcar	s.t.
5	Greg Van Avermaet	BMC Racing Team	s.t.
6	Lue Khamse Khamphan	Team Europcar	s.t.
7	André Greipel	Lotto Belisol	s.t.
8	Oscar Gatto	Vini Fantini - Selle Italia	s.t.
9	Zdenek Stybar	Omega Pharma - Quick•Step Cycling Team	s.t.
10	Sep Vanmarcke	Belkin Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
12	Jürgen Roelandts	Lotto Belisol	s.t.
51	Jens Debusschere	Lotto Belisol	+ 10'15
69	Jonas Vangenechten	Lotto Belisol	+ 13'00
79	Marcel Sieberg	Lotto Belisol	+ 13'29
83	Frederik Willems	Lotto Belisol	s.t.
101	Gaetan Bille	Lotto Belisol	+ 15'38
116	Lars Ytting Bak	Lotto Belisol	+ 17'19

Yes, we have asked a wildcard for this small Dutch race. We did not send our big names, but we didn't expect other teams to do so either. Here's our startlist:

Dirk Bellemakers
Brian Bulgac
Gert Dockx
Joost van Leijen
Frederique Robert
Tosh van der Sande
Jürgen van de Walle
Pieter de Vries

We apparently underestimated the race, with Brouwer and Degenkolb participating. Our best rider was Jürgen, who finished 46th after spending the day in the break (see picture). The race was won by Iglinskiy after a solo attack.



Results:

Rank	Name	Team	Time
1	Maxim Iglinskiy	Astana Pro Team	4h46'11
2	John Degenkolb	Team Argos - Shimano	+ 2'08
3	Willem Brouwer	Belkin Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
4	Heinrich Haussler	IAM Cycling	s.t.
5	Lieuwe Westra	Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
6	Sep Vanmarcke	Belkin Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
7	Anthony Roux	FDJ.fr	s.t.
8	Murilo Fischer	FDJ.fr	s.t.
9	Kevin Hulsmans	Vini Fantini - Selle Italia	s.t.
10	Mauro Finetto	Vini Fantini - Selle Italia	s.t.
46	Jürgen Van de Walle	Lotto Belisol	+ 16'22
87	Brian Bulgac	Lotto Belisol	+ 20'51
89	Tosh Van der Sande	Lotto Belisol	s.t.
92	Frederique Robert	Lotto Belisol	s.t.
108	Pieter De Vries	Lotto Belisol	s.t.
109	Dirk Bellemakers	Lotto Belisol	s.t.
115	Joost Van Leijen	Lotto Belisol	s.t.
123	Gert Dockx	Lotto Belisol	s.t.

One of our goals this season, so we send our traditionally strong classics squad:

Lars Bak
Gaëtan Bille
Jens Debusschere
André Greipel
Jürgen Roelandts
Marcel Sieberg
Jonas Vangenechten
Frederik Willems

We had to get a top-3 here. Roelandts decided to attack at the halfway mark (see picture), but he and his compagnions were caught. Boonen won the sprint, Cancellara second and........ Sagan third. Roelandts fifth. Not bad at all, but we missed our goal by inches. A shame.



Results:

Rank	Name	Team	Time
1	Tom Boonen	Omega Pharma - Quick·Step Cycling Team	5h04'12
2	Fabian Cancellara	RadioShack - Leopard	s.t.
3	Peter Sagan	Cannondale Pro Cycling	s.t.
4	Greg Van Avermaet	BMC Racing Team	s.t.
5	Jürgen Roelandts	Lotto Belisol	s.t.
6	Matteo Tosatto	Team Saxo - Tinkoff	s.t.
7	Thabo Jango Sithembile	Sky Procycling	s.t.
8	Sep Vanmarcke	Belkin Pro Cycling	s.t.
9	Nick Nuyens	Garmin - Sharp	s.t.
10	John Degenkolb	Team Argos - Shimano	s.t.
59	Marcel Sieberg	Lotto Belisol	+ 14'03
70	Gaetan Bille	Lotto Belisol	s.t.
87	Lars Ytting Bak	Lotto Belisol	+ 15'18
96	André Greipel	Lotto Belisol	s.t.
98	Jens Debusschere	Lotto Belisol	s.t.
127	Jonas Vangenechten	Lotto Belisol	+ 18'19
141	Frederik Willems	Lotto Belisol	+ 19'51

If you are stupid, or if you have just joined in, here is our startlist for another race in Belgium:

Lars Bak
Gaëtan Bille
Jens Debusschere
André Greipel
Jürgen Roelandts
Marcel Sieberg
Jonas Vangenechten
Frederik Willems

Our goal here is a top-10. The race came down to a mass sprint, with Andre in the front group. He highly disappointed, finishing third behind Sagan and Van Avermaet (see picture). But we did succeed our goal! A honorable mention for Bille, who made it into the break and managed to finish 15th!



Results:

Rank	Name	Team	Time
1	Peter Sagan	Cannondale Pro Cycling	5h16'17
2	Greg Van Avermaet	BMC Racing Team	s.t.
3	André Greipel	Lotto Belisol	s.t.
4	Maxim Iglinskiy	Astana Pro Team	s.t.
5	Erik McDermott	Team Saxo - Tinkoff	s.t.
6	Lue Khamse Khamphan	Team Europcar	s.t.
7	Yohan Offredo	FDJ	s.t.
8	Maarten Wynants	Belkin Pro Cycling	s.t.
9	Sep Vanmarcke	Belkin Pro Cycling	s.t.
10	Fabian Cancellara	RadioShack - Leopard	s.t.
15	Gaetan Bille	Lotto Belisol	s.t.
xx	Jürgen Roelandts	Lotto Belisol	+ 3'41
xx	Jens Debusschere	Lotto Belisol	s.t.
xx	Marcel Sieberg	Lotto Belisol	s.t.
xx	Frederik Willems	Lotto Belisol	+ 7'28
xx	Lars Ytting Bak	Lotto Belisol	s.t.
xx	Jonas Vangenechten	Lotto Belisol	+ 12'48