baia wrote:
"The post from baia made me decide to simulate the last 2 stages."
Damn....im f........ now..
The ral reason is I want to start with the Vuelta pretty soon. From Friday untill Wednesday I won't have much time for PCM, because I go on a small holiday, and when I return I wnat to start the Vuelta. That's why.
Stage 6 is a 189km stage with start and finish in Genk, Belgium.
I put Rosseler on "take risk" and see what happened
1
Sébastien Rosseler
Monster Energy - Ford
4h01'52
2
Mark Cavendish
HTC - Highroad
+ 37
3
Juan José Haedo
Saxo Bank SunGard
s.t.
4
Alessandro Petacchi
Lampre - ISD
s.t.
5
Thor Hushovd
Team Garmin - Cervélo
s.t.
6
Tyler Farrar
Team Garmin - Cervélo
s.t.
7
Alex Rasmussen
HTC - Highroad
s.t.
8
Romain Feillu
Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team
s.t.
9
Borut Božic
Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team
s.t.
10
Matthew Goss
HTC - Highroad
s.t.
He stays ahead of the peloton 37 seconds. All other rider finish within this peloton. Rosseler jumps 13th in the GC.
Stage 7, with start and finish in Sittard-Geleen. The route consists of many climbs of the Amstel Gold Race.
This time a small breakaway finished with more than 2'30 advantage to the peloton. Tomas Vaitkus took the win. The rest of the riders finished within the peloton.
1
Tomas Vaitkus
Pro Team Astana
4h04'29
2
James Vanlandschoot
Veranda's Willems - Accent
s.t.
3
Bart Dockx
Landbouwkrediet
s.t.
4
Stijn Devolder
Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team
s.t.
5
Jens Debusschere
Omega Pharma - Lotto
s.t.
6
Mark Cavendish
HTC - Highroad
+ 2'34
7
Tyler Farrar
Team Garmin - Cervélo
s.t.
8
Óscar Freire
Rabobank Cycling Team
s.t.
9
Heinrich Haussler
Team Garmin - Cervélo
s.t.
10
Francisco José Ventoso
Movistar Team
s.t.
GC: Dominant win by Fabian Cancellara.
1
Fabian Cancellara
Leopard Trek
21h46'33
2
Philippe Gilbert
Omega Pharma - Lotto
+ 1'24
3
Lars Boom
Rabobank Cycling Team
+ 2'38
4
Geraint Thomas
Sky ProCycling
+ 3'06
5
Nick Nuyens
Saxo Bank SunGard
+ 3'07
6
Björn Leukemans
Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team
+ 3'29
7
Johan Vansummeren
Team Garmin - Cervélo
+ 3'32
8
Filippo Pozzato
Katusha Team
+ 3'56
9
Sebastian Langeveld
Rabobank Cycling Team
s.t.
10
Alessandro Ballan
BMC Racing Team
+ 3'59
Spoiler
11 Juan Antonio Flecha Sky ProCycling + 4'00
12 George Hincapie BMC Racing Team + 4'11 13 Sébastien Rosseler Monster Energy - Ford + 4'13
14 Gorka Izagirre Euskaltel - Euskadi + 4'45 15 Niki Terpstra Monster Energy - Ford + 4'47
16 Greg Van Avermaet BMC Racing Team + 5'05
17 Bert De Waele Landbouwkrediet + 5'08
18 Ben Hermans Team RadioShack + 5'32
19 Thor Hushovd Team Garmin - Cervélo + 5'34
20 Óscar Freire Rabobank Cycling Team + 5'52
21 Roman Kreuziger Pro Team Astana + 5'54
22 Lars Ytting Bak HTC - Highroad + 6'03
23 Danilo Hondo Lampre - ISD + 6'05
24 Heinrich Haussler Team Garmin - Cervélo + 6'08
25 Thomas Löfkvist Sky ProCycling + 6'12
26 Borut Božic Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team + 6'15
27 Jempy Drucker Veranda's Willems - Accent + 6'18
28 Marcus Burghardt BMC Racing Team + 6'25
29 Simon Spilak Lampre - ISD + 6'26
30 Andriy Grivko Pro Team Astana + 6'30
31 Stijn Devolder Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team + 6'31
32 Christophe Riblon AG2R La Mondiale + 6'37
33 Aleksandr Kuschynski Katusha Team + 6'40
34 Martin Elmiger AG2R La Mondiale + 6'42
35 Sergueï Ivanov Katusha Team + 6'43 36 Pim Ligthart Monster Energy - Ford + 6'44
37 Tomas Vaitkus Pro Team Astana + 6'51
38 Jens Debusschere Omega Pharma - Lotto + 6'52
39 Kurt-Asle Arvesen Sky ProCycling + 6'59
40 Maarten Tjallingii Rabobank Cycling Team + 7'10
41 David De la Fuente Geox - TMC s.t.
42 Jakob Fuglsang Leopard Trek + 7'40
43 Lloyd Mondory AG2R La Mondiale + 7'47
44 Pablo Lastras Movistar Team + 8'03
45 Chris Horner Team RadioShack + 8'06
46 Leonardo Bertagnolli Lampre - ISD + 8'13
47 Grégory Rast Team RadioShack + 8'16
48 Daniele Bennati Leopard Trek + 8'19 49 Jens Keukeleire Monster Energy - Ford + 8'23
50 Ángel Madrazo Movistar Team + 8'33
51 Francesco Bellotti Liquigas - Cannondale s.t.
52 Damiano Cunego Lampre - ISD + 8'39
53 David Blanco Geox - TMC + 8'40
54 Adam Hansen Omega Pharma - Lotto + 8'44 55 Coen Vermeltfoort Monster Energy - Ford + 8'46
56 Fredrik Kessiakoff Pro Team Astana s.t.
57 Jürgen Van de Walle Omega Pharma - Lotto + 8'52 58 Wout Poels Monster Energy - Ford + 8'53
59 Tyler Farrar Team Garmin - Cervélo + 8'59
60 Arkaitz Durán Geox - TMC s.t.
61 Tejay Van Garderen HTC - Highroad + 9'15
62 Michel Kreder Team Garmin - Cervélo + 9'16
63 Diego Ulissi Lampre - ISD + 9'18
64 Ben Swift Sky ProCycling + 9'20
65 Marko Kump Geox - TMC + 9'34
66 Juan Mauricio Soler Movistar Team + 9'39
67 Mark Cavendish HTC - Highroad + 9'40
68 Geert Verheyen Landbouwkrediet s.t.
69 Maarten Wynants Rabobank Cycling Team + 9'43
70 Alexandre Pliuschin Katusha Team + 9'48
71 Alexsandr Dyachenko Pro Team Astana + 9'49
72 Alessandro Petacchi Lampre - ISD + 10'00
73 Taylor Phinney BMC Racing Team + 10'01
74 Jan Ghyselinck HTC - Highroad + 10'03
75 Volodymir Gustov Saxo Bank SunGard + 10'06
76 Brice Feillu Leopard Trek + 10'08
77 Serge Pauwels Sky ProCycling + 10'11
78 Greg Henderson Sky ProCycling + 10'37
79 Koen Barbé Landbouwkrediet + 10'39
80 Manuel Quinziato BMC Racing Team + 10'46
81 Aitor Pérez Arrieta Lampre - ISD + 10'49
82 Maciej Paterski Liquigas - Cannondale s.t.
83 Frederik Veuchelen Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team + 11'05
84 Jurgen Van Goolen Veranda's Willems - Accent + 11'07
85 Gorka Verdugo Euskaltel - Euskadi + 11'20
86 Maxime Vantomme Katusha Team + 11'23
87 Andreas Klier Team Garmin - Cervélo + 11'24 88 Jack Bobridge Monster Energy - Ford + 11'26
89 Javier Francisco Aramendia Euskaltel - Euskadi + 11'32
90 Romain Feillu Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team + 11'45
91 Francisco José Ventoso Movistar Team + 11'49
92 Christophe Le Mével Team Garmin - Cervélo + 12'05
93 Oliver Zaugg Leopard Trek + 12'11
94 Andy Cappelle Quick·Step Cycling Team + 12'17
95 Steven Kruijswijk Rabobank Cycling Team + 12'46
96 Hubert Dupont AG2R La Mondiale + 12'58
97 Peter Velits HTC - Highroad + 13'22
98 Cyril Dessel AG2R La Mondiale + 13'23
99 Thomas Rohregger Leopard Trek + 13'28
100 Dominik Nerz Liquigas - Cannondale + 13'29
101 Ruslan Pidgornyy Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team s.t.
102 Vitaliy Buts Lampre - ISD + 13'59
103 Sylwester Szmyd Liquigas - Cannondale + 14'01
104 Maarten Neyens Omega Pharma - Lotto + 14'04
105 Tom Stamsnijder Leopard Trek + 14'17
106 Gorik Gardeyn Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team + 14'28
107 Kevin Van Impe Quick·Step Cycling Team + 14'34
108 Jürgen Roelandts Omega Pharma - Lotto + 14'37
109 Robbie McEwen Team RadioShack + 14'38
110 Kristof Goddaert AG2R La Mondiale + 14'49
111 Luca Paolini Katusha Team + 15'00
112 Imanol Erviti Movistar Team + 15'18
113 Bjorn Selander Team RadioShack + 15'20
114 Leif Hoste Katusha Team + 15'24
115 Frederique Robert Quick·Step Cycling Team + 15'38
116 Gert Steegmans Quick·Step Cycling Team + 15'41
117 Matthew Goss HTC - Highroad + 16'10
118 Matthew Hayman Sky ProCycling + 16'15
119 Gerald Ciolek Quick·Step Cycling Team + 16'19
120 Robert Hunter Team RadioShack + 16'23
121 James Vanlandschoot Veranda's Willems - Accent + 16'46
122 Robert Kiserlovski Pro Team Astana + 16'58
123 Benjamín Noval Saxo Bank SunGard + 17'03
124 Kevin Peeters Landbouwkrediet + 17'07
125 Jean-Christophe Peraud AG2R La Mondiale + 17'18 126 Tom Dumoulin Monster Energy - Ford + 17'26
127 Bart Dockx Landbouwkrediet + 17'46
128 Alex Rasmussen HTC - Highroad + 17'51
129 Ion Izagirre Euskaltel - Euskadi + 17'55
130 Sérgio Paulinho Team RadioShack + 18'01
131 Marco Corti Geox - TMC + 18'11
132 Tom Slagter Rabobank Cycling Team + 18'12
133 Allan Davis Pro Team Astana + 18'20
134 Yannick Eijssen BMC Racing Team s.t.
135 Manuel Cardoso Team RadioShack + 18'39
136 Rob Goris Veranda's Willems - Accent + 18'44
137 Graeme Brown Rabobank Cycling Team + 19'02
138 Juan José Haedo Saxo Bank SunGard + 19'12
139 David Gutiérrez Gutiérrez Geox - TMC + 19'13
140 Jonas Aaen Jørgensen Saxo Bank SunGard + 19'15
141 Roger Hammond Team Garmin - Cervélo + 19'16
142 Aidis Kruopis Landbouwkrediet + 19'23
143 Frédéric Amorison Landbouwkrediet + 19'30
144 Jonathan Bellis Saxo Bank SunGard + 19'37
145 Julien Vermote Quick·Step Cycling Team + 19'40
146 Brian Vandborg Saxo Bank SunGard + 19'42
147 Alan Marangoni Liquigas - Cannondale + 19'47
148 Matthias Brändle Geox - TMC + 19'55
149 Koldo Fernández Euskaltel - Euskadi + 19'57
150 José Vicente García Acosta Movistar Team + 20'02
151 Wim De Vocht Veranda's Willems - Accent + 20'15
152 Mark Renshaw HTC - Highroad + 20'20
153 Iñaki Isasi Euskaltel - Euskadi + 20'24
154 Guillaume Van Keirsbulck Quick·Step Cycling Team + 20'44
155 Javier Iriarte Movistar Team + 20'50
156 Branislau Samoilau Movistar Team + 20'56
157 Juraj Sagan Liquigas - Cannondale s.t.
158 Rafal Majka Saxo Bank SunGard + 21'01
159 Valerio Agnoli Liquigas - Cannondale + 22'11
160 Andrey Zeits Pro Team Astana s.t.
161 Pello Bilbao Euskaltel - Euskadi + 22'13
162 Klaas Lodewyck Omega Pharma - Lotto + 22'18
163 Miguel Mínguez Euskaltel - Euskadi + 22'43
164 Iljo Keisse Quick·Step Cycling Team + 23'12
165 Grégory Habeaux Veranda's Willems - Accent + 23'39
166 Jens Mouris Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team + 26'11
167 Jonathan Breyne Landbouwkrediet + 28'37
168 Sven Van den Houte Veranda's Willems - Accent + 28'39
169 David Kemp Veranda's Willems - Accent + 29'22
170 Jeff Louder BMC Racing Team + 29'32
171 Romain Lemarchand AG2R La Mondiale + 29'33
Points:
1
Fabian Cancellara
Leopard Trek
0
89
2
Thor Hushovd
Team Garmin - Cervélo
9
88
3
Philippe Gilbert
Omega Pharma - Lotto
0
73
4
Mark Cavendish
HTC - Highroad
15
69
5
Tyler Farrar
Team Garmin - Cervélo
14
60
The winner:
Word from the DS: No evaluation rom a race with 3 simulated stages.
Note: there are 3 classics coming up before the Vuelta, Tre Valli Varesine, Coppa Agostoni and the Dutch Food Valley Classic. Please expect normal reports from them the following 2 days.
Close to the summit of today's 2nd climb, with still 132km to go, the peloton is getting smaller and smaller. Only 78 riders are in it, including all our teams'riders. A group of 50 riders follows at 1'30.
Then 6 riders jump away and the pace in the peloton drops. The 6 are: Pavel Brutt (Katusha), Alessandro Proni (Acqua & Sapone), José Rujano (Androni), Remmert Wielinga (Itera), Eros Capecchi (Liquigas) and Pet Bencik (PSK). Crossing the finish line in Varese for the first time, they have a lead of '52 to the peloton. Still 68km to go.
In the penultimate lap, with 19km to go, the 6 are still together up front. The lead has brought back to 2'11, thanks to hard work of the Lampre-team. Their leader Przemyslaw Niemiec must have good legs today.
Already in the last lap, the 6 leaders start the last climb of the day. They have 5.6km to go, but the chasing peloton is very close. Rob Ruijgh and Jelle Vanendert help the Lampre-guys in the chase.
Eros Capecchi has attacked out of the leading group and creates a small gap. The chasing peloton has already caught the other former BOTD-members, and with 4km to go, they are only '9 behind Capecchi.
Then comes the attack of Robert Gesink. With 3km to go, he passes Capecchi and has a 15-second gap to the peloton.
Under the flamme rouge, Gesink is still in the lead but starts to struggle. The guys in the peloton start their sprint '12 behind Gesink.
Gesink barely hangs on, but he holds it! He takes the win in the Tre Valli Varesine, just edging out Przemyslaw Niemiec (Lampre) and Giampaolo Caruso (Katusha). Peter Sagan was positioned too far behind and has to settle with th 5th place.
Results:
1
Robert Gesink
Monster Energy - Ford
5h24'50
2
Przemyslaw Niemiec
Lampre - ISD
s.t.
3
Giampaolo Caruso
Katusha Team
s.t.
4
Pavel Brutt
Katusha Team
s.t.
5
Peter Sagan
Monster Energy - Ford
s.t.
6
Michael Albasini
HTC - Highroad
s.t.
7
Ángel Vicioso
Androni Giocattoli
s.t.
8
Eros Capecchi
Liquigas - Cannondale
s.t.
9
Stefano Garzelli
Acqua & Sapone
s.t.
10
Egor Silin
Katusha Team
s.t.
Spoiler
11
Rémy Di Gregorio
Pro Team Astana
s.t.
12
Jelle Vanendert
Monster Energy - Ford
s.t.
13
Simon Clarke
Pro Team Astana
s.t.
14
Cayetano Sarmiento
Acqua & Sapone
s.t.
15
Luca Solari
Androni Giocattoli
s.t.
16
Davide Rebellin
Miche - Guerciotti
s.t.
17
Wout Poels
Monster Energy - Ford
s.t.
18
Stefan Schumacher
Miche - Guerciotti
s.t.
19
Francesco Masciarelli
Pro Team Astana
s.t.
20
Alessandro Proni
Acqua & Sapone
s.t.
21
Rob Ruijgh
Monster Energy - Ford
s.t.
22
Danny Pate
HTC - Highroad
s.t.
23
José Rujano
Androni Giocattoli
s.t.
24
Remmert Wielinga
Itera - Katusha
s.t.
25
Petr Benčík
PSK Whirlpool - Author
s.t.
26
Alberto Losada
Katusha Team
+ 1'36
27
Vladimir Miholjevic
Acqua & Sapone
s.t.
28
Francesco Gavazzi
Lampre - ISD
+ 2'05
29
David Loosli
Lampre - ISD
s.t.
30
Kanstantsin Siutsou
HTC - Highroad
s.t.
31
Dmitriy Fofonov
Pro Team Astana
+ 4'45
32
Carlos José Ochoa
Androni Giocattoli
+ 6'28
33
Gorazd Stangelj
Pro Team Astana
s.t.
34
Francis De Greef
Monster Energy - Ford
+ 6'49
35
Fortunato Baliani
D'Angelo & Antenucci - Nippo
+ 7'24
36
Paolo Tiralongo
Pro Team Astana
s.t.
37
Michele Gaia
Miche - Guerciotti
s.t.
38
Andrea Noè
Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli
s.t.
39
Patxi Vila
De Rosa - Ceramica Flaminia
s.t.
40
Mitja Mahoric
Adria Mobil
+ 8'00
41
Rubens Bertogliati
Team Type 1
s.t.
42
Jonathan Monsalve
Androni Giocattoli
+ 8'28
43
Simone Masciarelli
Acqua & Sapone
s.t.
44
Daniele Righi
Lampre - ISD
s.t.
45
Alessandro Spezialetti
Lampre - ISD
s.t.
46
Tomasz Nose
Adria Mobil
s.t.
47
Michael Rasmussen
Christina Watches - Onfone
s.t.
48
Matteo Bono
Lampre - ISD
s.t.
49
Kristjan Koren
Liquigas - Cannondale
+ 9'36
50
Dmitry Mokrov
Itera - Katusha
s.t.
51
Damiano Caruso
Liquigas - Cannondale
s.t.
52
Sergey Firsanov
Itera - Katusha
s.t.
53
Blaz Furdi
Adria Mobil
s.t.
54
David Rosch
Atlas Personal
s.t.
55
Cristiano Salerno
Liquigas - Cannondale
s.t.
56
Alessandro Bisolti
Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli
s.t.
57
Martin Velits
HTC - Highroad
s.t.
58
Roberto De Patre
Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli
s.t.
59
Luca Ascani
D'Angelo & Antenucci - Nippo
s.t.
60
Andrey Klyuev
Amore & Vita
s.t.
61
Guillaume Dessibourg
Atlas Personal
s.t.
62
Piotr Sztobryn
Bank BGZ
s.t.
63
Daniel Vestergaard
Christina Watches - Onfone
s.t.
64
Yevgeniy Nepomnyachshiy
Pro Team Astana
s.t.
65
Pawel Sztobryn
Bank BGZ
s.t.
66
Peter Kusztor
Atlas Personal
s.t.
67
Paolo Bailetti
De Rosa - Ceramica Flaminia
s.t.
68
Fabio Piscopiello
De Rosa - Ceramica Flaminia
s.t.
69
Jarosław Rębiewski
Bank BGZ
s.t.
70
José Serpa
Androni Giocattoli
s.t.
71
Fabio Taborre
Acqua & Sapone
s.t.
72
Paolo Longo Borghini
Liquigas - Cannondale
s.t.
73
Valentin Iglinskiy
Pro Team Astana
s.t.
74
Patrick Gretsch
HTC - Highroad
s.t.
75
Gatis Smukulis
HTC - Highroad
s.t.
76
Volodymyr Zagorodny
Miche - Guerciotti
s.t.
77
Pierpaolo De Negri
Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli
s.t.
78
Gaspare Boscolo
D'Angelo & Antenucci - Nippo
s.t.
79
Leopoldo Rocchetti
Miche - Guerciotti
+ 11'21
80
Craig Lewis
HTC - Highroad
+ 11'40
81
Alexander Kvachuk
Lampre - ISD
s.t.
82
Leigh Howard
HTC - Highroad
+ 13'00
83
Stanislav Kozúbek
PSK Whirlpool - Author
s.t.
84
Vladimir Gusev
Katusha Team
s.t.
85
Aljaz Hocevar
Adria Mobil
+ 13'14
86
Javier Megías
Team Type 1
+ 13'44
87
René Jørgensen
Christina Watches - Onfone
s.t.
88
Marius Bernatonis
Atlas Personal
s.t.
89
Sébastien Reichenbach
Atlas Personal
s.t.
90
Giairo Ermeti
Androni Giocattoli
s.t.
91
Martin Lind
Christina Watches - Onfone
s.t.
92
Giuseppe De Maria
De Rosa - Ceramica Flaminia
s.t.
93
Jesper Odgaard
Christina Watches - Onfone
s.t.
94
Yuriy Agarkov
ISD - Lampre Continental
s.t.
95
Davide Torosantucci
D'Angelo & Antenucci - Nippo
s.t.
96
Alexey Shmidt
Team Type 1
s.t.
97
Alessandro Vanotti
Liquigas - Cannondale
s.t.
98
Vitaliy Popkov
ISD - Lampre Continental
s.t.
99
Matteo Fedi
De Rosa - Ceramica Flaminia
s.t.
100
Dmytro Grabovskyy
ISD - Lampre Continental
s.t.
101
Christian Schneeberger
Atlas Personal
s.t.
102
Joan Horrach
Katusha Team
s.t.
103
Oleg Berdos
De Rosa - Ceramica Flaminia
s.t.
104
Oleg Opryshko
Amore & Vita
s.t.
105
Massimo Codol
Acqua & Sapone
+ 16'49
106
Oscar Gatto
Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli
s.t.
107
Davide Ricci Bitti
Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli
s.t.
108
Cristiano Fumagalli
Miche - Guerciotti
s.t.
109
Emanuele Vona
Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli
s.t.
110
Roberto Cesaro
Miche - Guerciotti
s.t.
111
Alfredo Balloni
Lampre - ISD
s.t.
112
Alexander Mironov
Katusha Team
s.t.
113
Bernardo Colex
Amore & Vita
+ 17'46
114
Pavel Kochetkov
Itera - Katusha
s.t.
115
Cameron Wurf
Liquigas - Cannondale
s.t.
116
Angelo Furlan
Christina Watches - Onfone
s.t.
117
Anatoliy Pakthusov
ISD - Lampre Continental
s.t.
118
Pawel Cieslik
Bank BGZ
s.t.
119
Volodymyr Bileka
Amore & Vita
s.t.
120
Andrea Grendene
Team Type 1
+ 19'20
121
David Dvorsky
PSK Whirlpool - Author
s.t.
122
Antonio Santoro
Androni Giocattoli
s.t.
123
Paolo Ciavatta
Acqua & Sapone
s.t.
124
Raffaele la Rosa
Team Type 1
s.t.
125
Olaf Kerkhof
Team Type 1
s.t.
126
Radoslav Romanik
Bank BGZ
s.t.
127
Niv Libner
Amore & Vita
s.t.
128
Andrey Solomennikov
Itera - Katusha
s.t.
129
Gianluca Randazzo
Miche - Guerciotti
s.t.
130
Scott Stewart
Team Type 1
+ 20'08
131
Mads Moltke Steen
Christina Watches - Onfone
+ 20'22
132
Denys Karnulin
ISD - Lampre Continental
s.t.
133
Filippo Baggio
De Rosa - Ceramica Flaminia
s.t.
134
Petr Ignatenko
Katusha Team
+ 20'58
135
Simone Campagnaro
D'Angelo & Antenucci - Nippo
+ 21'42
136
Jakub Vecera
PSK Whirlpool - Author
s.t.
137
Patrick Schubert
Bank BGZ
s.t.
138
Diego Caccia
Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli
s.t.
139
Alexander Zdanov
D'Angelo & Antenucci - Nippo
s.t.
140
Fabio Sabatini
Liquigas - Cannondale
s.t.
141
Alexey Tsatevitch
Itera - Katusha
s.t.
142
Josef Hosek
PSK Whirlpool - Author
s.t.
143
Igor Frolov
Itera - Katusha
s.t.
144
Kohei Uchima
D'Angelo & Antenucci - Nippo
s.t.
145
Sergio Laganà
De Rosa - Ceramica Flaminia
s.t.
146
Maxim Lefèvre
Monster Energy - Ford
+ 23'15
147
Dmitry Kosyakov
Itera - Katusha
s.t.
148
Marc Hester
Christina Watches - Onfone
s.t.
149
Matevz Mihelic
Adria Mobil
s.t.
150
Cees Veldkamp
Monster Energy - Ford
+ 24'34
151
Nicolas Sanderson
Amore & Vita
+ 28'33
152
Kristian Forbord
Amore & Vita
s.t.
153
Florian Salzinger
Atlas Personal
s.t.
154
Lilian Pommier
Atlas Personal
s.t.
155
Emilio Zini
Amore & Vita
s.t.
156
Manuel Fedele
D'Angelo & Antenucci - Nippo
s.t.
157
Maksym Vasilyev
ISD - Lampre Continental
s.t.
158
William Dugan
Team Type 1
s.t.
159
Joshua Prete
PSK Whirlpool - Author
s.t.
160
Antonio Manzoni
Adria Mobil
s.t.
The winner:
Word from the DS: The way we like it, winning and with only a little work that has been done to achieve it! I was a little surprised by Robert that he could continue his punch all the way to the finish. But it came very, very close in the end. 25 more metres and he probably wouldn't be on the podium.
Our goals: Jelle Vanendert and Peter Sagan are our leaders. The team will work for them and it depends on how Sagan has survived the climbs, if he can sprint for the win.
The first thing we see from the Coppa Agostoni is Francis de Greef climbing his bike again. He crashed, but managed to get back in the peloton again.
A 13-man group leads the race with 100km to go. In it are lots of Eastern-Europe based riders. As the break won't last long, I won't give the names.
WIth 85km to go, we see an attack by Danilo Di Luca (Katusha). He is followed by Mitja Mahoric (Adria Mobil). Eros Capecchi reacts a few minutes later.
Capecchi joins the other 2 and quickly drops them. His pace on the last climb of the day is too hig for them. So with 54km to go, he is in the lead, with Di Luca and Mahoric 1'16 back and the peloton 3'13.
25km to go and Capecchi is still in the lead. The chasing group is 1'56 behind and closing in.
Capecchi fights like hell, but 7km before the finish, the chasing group (only 15 riders in it, including Peter Sagan, Wout Poels and Jelle Vanendert) is about to catch him.
With 3 riders, the Monster Energy - Ford riders form a majority in this leading group. Poels takes the lead and sets up a small train, followed by Vanendert & Sagan. Vanendert still feels great, but Sagan has become pretty tired.
Vanendert takes the lead with 400 metres to go. Peter Sagan has lost contact with his back wheel.
And no one is able to compete with Jelle Vanendert. The Belgian rider takes his first win of the season, beating the Acqua & Sapone duo Cayetano Sarmiento and Stefano Garzelli. Sagan takes the 5th place, behind Przemyslaw Niemiec.
Results:
1
Jelle Vanendert
Monster Energy - Ford
5h20'46
2
Cayetano Sarmiento
Acqua & Sapone
s.t.
3
Stefano Garzelli
Acqua & Sapone
s.t.
4
Przemyslaw Niemiec
Lampre - ISD
s.t.
5
Peter Sagan
Monster Energy - Ford
s.t.
6
Simon Clarke
Pro Team Astana
s.t.
7
Pavel Brutt
Katusha Team
s.t.
8
Wout Poels
Monster Energy - Ford
s.t.
9
Rémy Di Gregorio
Pro Team Astana
+ 21
10
Giampaolo Caruso
Katusha Team
s.t.
Spoiler
11
Patxi Vila
De Rosa - Ceramica Flaminia
s.t.
12
Vladimir Miholjevic
Acqua & Sapone
s.t.
13
Mitja Mahoric
Adria Mobil
s.t.
14
Nairo Quintana
Colombia es Pasión - Café de Colombia
s.t.
15
Danilo Di Luca
Katusha Team
s.t.
16
Eros Capecchi
Liquigas - Cannondale
+ 1'26
17
Alberto Losada
Katusha Team
+ 4'17
18
Damiano Caruso
Liquigas - Cannondale
s.t.
19
Paolo Tiralongo
Pro Team Astana
s.t.
20
Stefan Schumacher
Miche - Guerciotti
+ 4'44
21
Michele Gaia
Miche - Guerciotti
+ 7'50
22
Manuele Mori
Lampre - ISD
s.t.
23
Francesco Masciarelli
Pro Team Astana
s.t.
24
Mauro Finetto
Liquigas - Cannondale
s.t.
25
Alessandro Proni
Acqua & Sapone
s.t.
26
Dmitriy Fofonov
Pro Team Astana
+ 9'20
27
Michael Rasmussen
Christina Watches - Onfone
+ 9'39
28
Massimo Codol
Acqua & Sapone
+ 9'55
29
Marco Marzano
Lampre - ISD
s.t.
30
Alexander Mironov
Katusha Team
+ 10'55
31
Simone Ponzi
Liquigas - Cannondale
+ 11'05
32
Konrad Czajkowski
Bank BGZ
s.t.
33
Niv Libner
Amore & Vita
s.t.
34
Francis De Greef
Monster Energy - Ford
s.t.
35
Romain Zingle
Monster Energy - Ford
s.t.
36
William Aranzazu
Miche - Guerciotti
s.t.
37
Alessandro Vanotti
Liquigas - Cannondale
s.t.
38
Pawel Cieslik
Bank BGZ
s.t.
39
Peter Kusztor
Atlas Personal
s.t.
40
Sébastien Reichenbach
Atlas Personal
s.t.
41
Mitchell Docker
Skil - Shimano
s.t.
42
Bernardo Colex
Amore & Vita
s.t.
43
Laurent Beuret
Atlas Personal
s.t.
44
Frantisek Padour
PSK Whirlpool - Author
s.t.
45
Jiri Hudecek
PSK Whirlpool - Author
s.t.
46
Robin Chaigneau
Skil - Shimano
s.t.
47
Paolo Bailetti
De Rosa - Ceramica Flaminia
s.t.
48
Mathieu Sprick
Skil - Shimano
s.t.
49
Tomasz Nose
Adria Mobil
s.t.
50
Alexey Shmidt
Team Type 1
s.t.
51
Assan Bazayev
Pro Team Astana
s.t.
52
Kristjan Koren
Liquigas - Cannondale
s.t.
53
Mikhail Antonov
Itera - Katusha
s.t.
54
Evgeni Petrov
Pro Team Astana
s.t.
55
Gaspare Boscolo
D'Angelo & Antenucci - Nippo
s.t.
56
Josef Hosek
PSK Whirlpool - Author
s.t.
57
Giuseppe Di Salvo
Miche - Guerciotti
s.t.
58
Aljaz Hocevar
Adria Mobil
s.t.
59
Simone Campagnaro
D'Angelo & Antenucci - Nippo
s.t.
60
Matteo Bono
Lampre - ISD
s.t.
61
Tanel Kangert
Pro Team Astana
s.t.
62
Mirco Saggiorato
Atlas Personal
s.t.
63
Simone Masciarelli
Acqua & Sapone
s.t.
64
Mads Hardahl
Christina Watches - Onfone
s.t.
65
Vladimir Karpets
Katusha Team
s.t.
66
Daniele Righi
Lampre - ISD
s.t.
67
Cristiano Benenati
De Rosa - Ceramica Flaminia
s.t.
68
Alexander Kvachuk
Lampre - ISD
s.t.
69
Sergio Laganà
De Rosa - Ceramica Flaminia
s.t.
70
Fabio Taborre
Acqua & Sapone
+ 14'40
71
Yuriy Agarkov
ISD - Lampre Continental
+ 15'39
72
Blaz Jarc
Adria Mobil
s.t.
73
Paolo Ciavatta
Acqua & Sapone
s.t.
74
Dmytro Grabovskyy
ISD - Lampre Continental
s.t.
75
Leonardo Pinizzotto
Miche - Guerciotti
s.t.
76
Theo Bos
Monster Energy - Ford
s.t.
77
Alfredo Balloni
Lampre - ISD
s.t.
78
Raffaele la Rosa
Team Type 1
s.t.
79
Kohei Uchima
D'Angelo & Antenucci - Nippo
s.t.
80
Yury Trofimov
Katusha Team
+ 17'01
81
Fortunato Baliani
D'Angelo & Antenucci - Nippo
s.t.
82
Dimitry Ignatiev
Itera - Katusha
s.t.
83
René Jørgensen
Christina Watches - Onfone
s.t.
84
Rubens Bertogliati
Team Type 1
s.t.
85
Fabio Piscopiello
De Rosa - Ceramica Flaminia
s.t.
86
Javier Megías
Team Type 1
s.t.
87
Davide Torosantucci
D'Angelo & Antenucci - Nippo
s.t.
88
Luca Ascani
D'Angelo & Antenucci - Nippo
s.t.
89
Anatoliy Pakthusov
ISD - Lampre Continental
s.t.
90
Vitaliy Popkov
ISD - Lampre Continental
+ 18'37
91
Sławomir Kohut
Miche - Guerciotti
s.t.
92
Scott Stewart
Team Type 1
s.t.
93
Thierry Hupond
Skil - Shimano
s.t.
94
Vladimir Isaychev
Katusha Team
s.t.
95
Andrey Solomennikov
Itera - Katusha
s.t.
96
Daniel Malmros
Christina Watches - Onfone
s.t.
97
Blaz Furdi
Adria Mobil
+ 19'22
98
Cameron Wurf
Liquigas - Cannondale
s.t.
99
Andrey Klyuev
Amore & Vita
s.t.
100
Jarosław Rębiewski
Bank BGZ
s.t.
101
Andrea Grendene
Team Type 1
s.t.
102
Christian Schneeberger
Atlas Personal
s.t.
103
Yukihiro Doi
Skil - Shimano
s.t.
104
Angelo Furlan
Christina Watches - Onfone
+ 21'12
105
Pavel Kochetkov
Itera - Katusha
s.t.
106
Oleg Opryshko
Amore & Vita
s.t.
107
Daniel Vestergaard
Christina Watches - Onfone
s.t.
108
Martin Lind
Christina Watches - Onfone
s.t.
109
Piotr Sztobryn
Bank BGZ
s.t.
110
Pedro Merino
Miche - Guerciotti
s.t.
111
Fabio Sabatini
Liquigas - Cannondale
s.t.
112
Peter Erdin
Atlas Personal
s.t.
113
Olaf Kerkhof
Team Type 1
s.t.
114
Volodymyr Kogut
Amore & Vita
s.t.
115
Thibault Dupont
Monster Energy - Ford
s.t.
116
Dmitry Kosyakov
Itera - Katusha
s.t.
117
Denys Karnulin
ISD - Lampre Continental
s.t.
118
Artem Topchanyuk
ISD - Lampre Continental
s.t.
119
Alexander Prishpetniy
Itera - Katusha
s.t.
120
Gianfranco Visconti
De Rosa - Ceramica Flaminia
s.t.
121
Marco Haller
Adria Mobil
s.t.
122
Alexander Kholodov
Itera - Katusha
+ 23'39
123
Emilio Zini
Amore & Vita
s.t.
124
Vojtěch Dlouhý
PSK Whirlpool - Author
s.t.
125
Adriano Malori
Lampre - ISD
s.t.
126
Martial Roman
Atlas Personal
s.t.
127
Patrick Schubert
Bank BGZ
s.t.
128
Alexey Tsatevitch
Itera - Katusha
s.t.
129
Stefano Borchi
De Rosa - Ceramica Flaminia
s.t.
130
Tomas Danacik
PSK Whirlpool - Author
s.t.
131
Hernando Valencia
Colombia es Pasión - Café de Colombia
s.t.
132
Philipp Mamos
Amore & Vita
s.t.
133
Marcin Urbanowski
Bank BGZ
+ 25'13
134
Cheng Ji
Skil - Shimano
+ 25'49
135
Gianluca Randazzo
Miche - Guerciotti
s.t.
136
Filippo Baggio
De Rosa - Ceramica Flaminia
s.t.
137
William Dugan
Team Type 1
s.t.
138
Jens Mulder
Monster Energy - Ford
s.t.
139
Patrik Moren
Amore & Vita
s.t.
140
Florian Salzinger
Atlas Personal
s.t.
141
Alexander Zdanov
D'Angelo & Antenucci - Nippo
s.t.
142
Masaaki Kikuchi
D'Angelo & Antenucci - Nippo
s.t.
143
Mikolaj Nowak
PSK Whirlpool - Author
+ 29'42
144
Martin Bertelsen
Christina Watches - Onfone
s.t.
The winner:
Word from the DS: This is an unexpected win. Not the win for the team, but the win for Vanendert. He always works his ass off for his leader (e.g. Gesink in the Giro), but now he had a shot in his own. He did great, and we feel that the team is ready for the Vuelta.
After been on the road for a long time, and just before I'll try to lead the team in the Vuelta d'Espana, the Monster Energy - Ford takes part in a 1.1 race with start and finish in my hometown Veenendaal. The race was called Veenendaal - Veenendaal, but thanks to some sponsors, it's now called Dutch Food Valley Classic (thanks to the Agricultue University in Wageningen). The route is almost 200km long, and it leads the riders over the hills of the Veluwezoom (including the world famous Posbank, 900m at 8%) and the Utrechtse Heuvelrug (Amerongse Berg, 1km at 6%).
The race is a great step up for talents, to start their career. In 2010, Edvald Boasson Hagen won the race. Unfortunately, he won't defend his win this edition. And I hope the organisation won't present these horrible wooden shoes this year....
As you can see, we start the race with all 5 of our stagaires. This means that Bobridge and Vanmarcke will probably have to do a lot of work for our sprinter Ligthart.
A group of 13 riders forms the BOTD. We decide not to be part of this group. Our stagaires can learn enough from rising in the peloton, and the 3 more experienced riders can focus on the final part. The most known names in the leading group are Jean-Eudes Demaret (Cofidis), Marco Bandiera (Quick Step), Barry Markus (Rabo CT), John Murphy (BMC) and surprisingly Michael Matthews (Rabobank). WIth 100km to go, the lead is 4'30.
When the leading group has done 50 more km, so 50 to go, the lead is 3 minutes.
In the final part of the race I forgot to take screenshots (I was watching/listening to the tv-show of the Voice of Holland at the same time, and a man can;t do 2 things at the same time, women say....). So I can tell you what happened: it turned out in a mass sprint. I wanted to let Pim Ligthart take the back wheel of Chris Sutton, but he lost it with 5km to go (it had something to do with breakaway riders getting caught and the entire peloton had to pass them with dangerouw move, you know it...). So he started the sprint in the wheel of BMC's Alexander Kristoff. In the end, Sky's Cristopher Sutton took an easy win, beating Yauteni Hutarovich and BMC's Danilo Wyss with a few metres, Ligthart took the 4th place.
Results:
1
Christopher Sutton
Sky ProCycling
4h37'11
2
Yauheni Hutarovich
FDJ
s.t.
3
Danilo Wyss
BMC Racing Team
s.t.
4
Pim Ligthart
Monster Energy - Ford
s.t.
5
Michael Van Staeyen
Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator
s.t.
6
Alexander Kristoff
BMC Racing Team
s.t.
7
Wesley Sulzberger
FDJ
s.t.
8
Davide Appollonio
Sky ProCycling
s.t.
9
Mitchell Docker
Skil - Shimano
s.t.
10
Andreas Stauff
Quick·Step Cycling Team
s.t.
Spoiler
11
Russell Downing
Sky ProCycling
s.t.
12
Jos Van Emden
Rabobank Cycling Team
s.t.
13
Stefan Van Dijk
Veranda's Willems - Accent
s.t.
14
Robin Chaigneau
Skil - Shimano
s.t.
15
Kenny De Ketele
Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator
s.t.
16
David Kopp
Team Eddy Merckx - Indeland
s.t.
17
Dennis Van Winden
Rabobank Cycling Team
s.t.
18
Nico Eeckhout
An Post - Sean Kelly
s.t.
19
Wesley Kreder
Rabobank Continental Team
s.t.
20
Michael Matthews
Rabobank Cycling Team
s.t.
21
Brett Lancaster
Team Garmin - Cervélo
s.t.
22
Jeremy Hunt
Sky ProCycling
s.t.
23
Johim Ariesen
Cyclingteam Jo Piels
s.t.
24
Tom Leezer
Rabobank Cycling Team
s.t.
25
Jérémy Roy
FDJ
s.t.
26
Tomasz Smolen
CCC Polsat Polkowice
s.t.
27
Bert Scheirlinckx
Landbouwkrediet
s.t.
28
Nico Sijmens
Cofidis, le crédit en ligne
s.t.
29
Marco Bandiera
Quick·Step Cycling Team
s.t.
30
Matthew Wilson
Team Garmin - Cervélo
s.t.
31
Jean-Eudes Demaret
Cofidis, le crédit en ligne
s.t.
32
Egidijus Juodvalkis
Landbouwkrediet
s.t.
33
Kurt Hovelynck
Donckers Koffie - Jelly Belly
s.t.
34
Rohan Dennis
Rabobank Continental Team
s.t.
35
Cyrille Heymans
Team Differdange - Magic-Sportfood.de
s.t.
36
Kevin Hulsmans
Donckers Koffie - Jelly Belly
s.t.
37
Yohan Offredo
FDJ
s.t.
38
Preben Van Hecke
Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator
s.t.
39
Anthony Roux
FDJ
s.t.
40
Cédric Pineau
FDJ
s.t.
41
Jack Bobridge
Monster Energy - Ford
s.t.
42
Jonathan Bertrand
Wallonie Bruxelles - Crédit Agricole
s.t.
43
Daniel Lloyd
Team Garmin - Cervélo
s.t.
44
Francesco Reda
Quick·Step Cycling Team
s.t.
45
Nikolas Maes
Quick·Step Cycling Team
s.t.
46
Barry Markus
Rabobank Continental Team
s.t.
47
Rafal Ratajczyk
CCC Polsat Polkowice
s.t.
48
Kevin Van Melsen
Veranda's Willems - Accent
s.t.
49
Gabriel Rasch
Team Garmin - Cervélo
s.t.
50
Jens Mulder
Monster Energy - Ford
s.t.
51
Cheng Ji
Skil - Shimano
s.t.
52
Julien El Fares
Cofidis, le crédit en ligne
s.t.
53
John Murphy
BMC Racing Team
s.t.
54
Blazej Janiaczyk
CCC Polsat Polkowice
s.t.
55
Philip Lavery
An Post - Sean Kelly
s.t.
56
Aleksejs Saramotins
Cofidis, le crédit en ligne
s.t.
57
Geert Steurs
Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator
s.t.
58
Sam Bennett
An Post - Sean Kelly
s.t.
59
Luis Ángel Maté
Cofidis, le crédit en ligne
s.t.
60
Paul Martens
Rabobank Cycling Team
s.t.
61
Yaroslav Popovych
Team RadioShack
s.t.
62
Steven Van Vooren
Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator
s.t.
63
Sep Vanmarcke
Monster Energy - Ford
s.t.
64
Zdenek Stybar
Quick·Step Cycling Team
s.t.
65
Dylan Van Baarle
Rabobank Continental Team
s.t.
66
Karsten Kroon
BMC Racing Team
s.t.
67
Stephen Cummings
Sky ProCycling
s.t.
68
Kristof Vandewalle
Quick·Step Cycling Team
s.t.
69
Vytautas Kaupas
Team Differdange - Magic-Sportfood.de
s.t.
70
Darijus Dzervus
An Post - Sean Kelly
s.t.
71
Markel Irizar
Team RadioShack
s.t.
72
Jose Mendes
CCC Polsat Polkowice
s.t.
73
Marek Rutkiewicz
CCC Polsat Polkowice
s.t.
74
Chad Beyer
BMC Racing Team
s.t.
75
Christian Poos
Team Differdange - Magic-Sportfood.de
s.t.
76
Mickaël Buffaz
Cofidis, le crédit en ligne
s.t.
77
Michael Schär
BMC Racing Team
s.t.
78
Luc Hagenaars
Team Eddy Merckx - Indeland
s.t.
79
Huub Duyn
Donckers Koffie - Jelly Belly
s.t.
80
Jelle Posthuma
Cyclingteam Jo Piels
s.t.
81
Jesper Asselman
Rabobank Continental Team
s.t.
82
Thierry Hupond
Skil - Shimano
s.t.
83
Ingmar De Poortere
Donckers Koffie - Jelly Belly
s.t.
84
Wilfried Cretskens
Donckers Koffie - Jelly Belly
s.t.
85
Kevin Claeys
An Post - Sean Kelly
s.t.
86
Kjell Carlström
Sky ProCycling
s.t.
87
Matti Helminen
Landbouwkrediet
s.t.
88
Travis Meyer
Team Garmin - Cervélo
s.t.
89
Gaetan Bille
Wallonie Bruxelles - Crédit Agricole
s.t.
90
Ramunas Navardauskas
Team Garmin - Cervélo
s.t.
91
Stefan Cohnen
Team Differdange - Magic-Sportfood.de
s.t.
92
Lars Petter Nordhaug
Sky ProCycling
s.t.
93
Chris Barton
BMC Racing Team
s.t.
94
Thomas Vernaeckt
Veranda's Willems - Accent
s.t.
95
Andrew Fenn
An Post - Sean Kelly
s.t.
96
Sam Bewley
Team RadioShack
s.t.
97
Matthias Bertling
Team Eddy Merckx - Indeland
s.t.
98
Jelle Wallays
Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator
s.t.
99
Francesco Van Coppernolle
Jong Vlaanderen - Bauknecht
s.t.
100
Cameron Meyer
Team Garmin - Cervélo
s.t.
101
Sierk-Jan De Haan
Cyclingteam Jo Piels
s.t.
102
Alexander Schmitt
Team Eddy Merckx - Indeland
s.t.
103
Bauke Mollema
Rabobank Cycling Team
s.t.
104
Bert-Jan Lindeman
Cyclingteam Jo Piels
s.t.
105
Derk Abel Beckeringh
Rabobank Continental Team
s.t.
106
Jacobus Venter
Veranda's Willems - Accent
s.t.
107
Frédéric Guesdon
FDJ
s.t.
108
Timothy Dupont
Jong Vlaanderen - Bauknecht
s.t.
109
Alex Dowsett
Sky ProCycling
s.t.
110
Mark Cassidy
An Post - Sean Kelly
s.t.
111
Pieter Ghyllebert
An Post - Sean Kelly
s.t.
112
Joeri Calleeuw
Jong Vlaanderen - Bauknecht
s.t.
113
Dimitriy Muravyev
Team RadioShack
s.t.
114
Timothy Roe
BMC Racing Team
s.t.
115
Laurens De Vreese
Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator
s.t.
116
Jerome Giaux
Wallonie Bruxelles - Crédit Agricole
s.t.
117
Jasper Bovenhuis
Rabobank Continental Team
s.t.
118
Łukasz Bodnar
CCC Polsat Polkowice
s.t.
119
Stijn Steels
Jong Vlaanderen - Bauknecht
s.t.
120
Bjorn De Decker
Jong Vlaanderen - Bauknecht
s.t.
121
Philip Deignan
Team RadioShack
s.t.
122
Morten Knudsen
Team Differdange - Magic-Sportfood.de
s.t.
123
Joop De Gans
Team Eddy Merckx - Indeland
s.t.
124
Geoffrey Soupe
FDJ
s.t.
125
Julien Fouchard
Cofidis, le crédit en ligne
s.t.
126
Michael Tronborg
Team Differdange - Magic-Sportfood.de
s.t.
127
Alain Van der Velde
Donckers Koffie - Jelly Belly
s.t.
128
Mathieu Sprick
Skil - Shimano
s.t.
129
Dries Devenyns
Quick·Step Cycling Team
s.t.
130
Jason McCartney
Team RadioShack
s.t.
131
Joaquim Durant
Jong Vlaanderen - Bauknecht
s.t.
132
Jarno Gmelich
Cyclingteam Jo Piels
s.t.
133
Tom Thill
Team Differdange - Magic-Sportfood.de
s.t.
134
Pieter Serry
Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator
s.t.
135
Addy Engels
Quick·Step Cycling Team
s.t.
136
Stef Clement
Rabobank Cycling Team
s.t.
137
Gilles Devillers
Wallonie Bruxelles - Crédit Agricole
s.t.
138
Garrit Broeders
Jong Vlaanderen - Bauknecht
s.t.
139
Rudy Rouet
Wallonie Bruxelles - Crédit Agricole
s.t.
140
Yukihiro Doi
Skil - Shimano
s.t.
141
Kevin Verwaest
Jong Vlaanderen - Bauknecht
s.t.
142
Tomasz Marczynski
CCC Polsat Polkowice
s.t.
143
Fumiyuki Beppu
Team RadioShack
s.t.
144
Stefan Ganser
Team Eddy Merckx - Indeland
s.t.
145
Dirk Bellemakers
Landbouwkrediet
s.t.
146
Remco Broers
Team Differdange - Magic-Sportfood.de
s.t.
147
Emmanuel Van Ruitenbeek
Team Eddy Merckx - Indeland
s.t.
148
Ben King
Team RadioShack
s.t.
149
Marc Lootens
Rabobank Continental Team
s.t.
150
Maurits Lammertink
Cyclingteam Jo Piels
s.t.
151
Leon Smit
Rabobank Cycling Team
s.t.
152
Sander Helven
Donckers Koffie - Jelly Belly
s.t.
153
Pim De Beer
Cyclingteam Jo Piels
s.t.
154
Philippe Legrand
Wallonie Bruxelles - Crédit Agricole
s.t.
155
Louis Esposito
Team Garmin - Cervélo
s.t.
156
Jonathan Dewitte
Wallonie Bruxelles - Crédit Agricole
s.t.
157
Stefan Van Winden
Cyclingteam Jo Piels
s.t.
158
Christophe Premont
Wallonie Bruxelles - Crédit Agricole
s.t.
159
Marc Lootens
Monster Energy - Ford
s.t.
160
Julius Kohlmann
Team Eddy Merckx - Indeland
s.t.
161
Nicky Cocquyt
Donckers Koffie - Jelly Belly
s.t.
162
Krzysztof Maslowski
CCC Polsat Polkowice
s.t.
163
Alexandre Jacquet
Landbouwkrediet
s.t.
164
Cees Veldkamp
Monster Energy - Ford
s.t.
165
Baptiste Planckaert
Landbouwkrediet
s.t.
166
Maurice Astruc
Landbouwkrediet
s.t.
167
Johan Verhelst
Cofidis, le crédit en ligne
s.t.
168
Thibault Dupont
Monster Energy - Ford
s.t.
169
Maxim Lefèvre
Monster Energy - Ford
s.t.
The winner:
Word from the DS: We wanted Ligthart to get on the podium today, but it simply didn't work out this time.
the last of the 3 GT's in 2011 is the 66th Vuelta d'Espana. 21 stages, 3300 km and 6 summit finishes,14 km. team time-trial and 40 km. individual time-trial stage will bring out the successor of Vincenzo Nibali.
Last year was a strange edition. Igor Antón looked like cruising to the overall win, but a crash in a descend towards the Pena Cabarga, and a broken collarbone, changed the Vuelta. Joaquim Rodriguez took over the lead, but that guy can't ride a ITT, so Vincenzo Nibali was the leader before the decisive stage to the Bola del Mundo. Xacobeo's Ezequiel Mosquera attacked on that cimb and it appeared like he would take over th elead But Nibali was tough and managed to close the gap to Mosquera and thus securing his GC-win.
GC favourites: ***
Robert Gesink already won the Giro d'Italia this year. After that, he took a long break and he seems to be in improving shape, after winning the Tre Valli Varesine recently, His team is strong, so are his climbing abilities, and that makes him favourite number 1.
Denis Menchov made the transfer last winter to the new Geox-team. After missing a wildcard for the Tour de France, his goals are fully set on a 3rd Vuelta-win. The question is if he can hang on the steeps ascend of the Angliru and Pena Cabarga.
Joaquim Rodriguez is one of the best puncheurs in the world, he's a very good climber, but a very, very bad time trialist. The question is if he can minimize the loss in the ITT.
**
Last year's runner-up can maybe surprise again. He switched teams to the Dutch Vacansoleil-VCD team, a team of buccaneers. He has to do a lot of work to let them work for him, instead of being in breakaways all Vuelta long.
Luis Leon Sanchez is a good time trialist, a good cimber and a good puncheur. And somehow, he can't ride a good GC. When all pieces fall together, he can be in the top 5 of the GC.
Chris Froome ca be a surprise this Vuelta. The Sky-rider can perform very well on all aspects that makes a good GT-rider.
*
Tejay van Garderen is a future GC-winner (okay, he can get a top 3), but is still young. Can he minimize the loss in a off day?
Without the appearance of Igor Antón and Samuel Sanchez, all pressure is on Mikel Nieve. Especcially because the Vuelta returns to Basque country after 33 years.
Damiano Cunego won the Giro d'Italia of 2004, but after that, he couldn't fulfill the expectations anymore. Will he focus on the GC, or on a stage win?
Sprinters:
***
There's no better way than this picture to tell Cav's season. The worlds fastest sprinter can't win the big races. Maybe this Vuelta?
Edvald Boasson Hagen alreasy won the green jersey in the Tour, and is now looking for some wins in the Vuelta.
José Joaquin Rojas has the advantage and a strong Movistar-team that will work for him. Can he get a stage win?
**
3-time world champ Oscar Freire can win when nobody expects it. So he's a favouite to win a race, but not for the points-rankings.
Just as Cavendish, André Greipel rode a disappointing Tour. The German wants to get revanche in teh Vuelta.
Heinrich Haussler is a very good sprinter, but has to decide to improve his sprinting abilities or his cobbles abilities. When he doe sthe first, he can become a world class sprinter.
*
Peter Sgaan isn't the best sprinter, but he can ride in the hills very well, so is a serious contender for the points-rankings. Can he do the same as EBH in the Tour?
Without the presence of Alessandro Petacchi, Francesco Gavazzi can ride fr his own chance in the Lampre-team. A stage win will be difficult, but some top 5 rankings should be possible.
Theo Bos ha sto fight with his teammate Peter Sagan for the trust of their team. Bos can loose all sprints, but win the next one, so never count him out!
The goal:
Our goals:
- Top 3 in the GC, but we really want the first place!
- Stage win(s).
The Vuelta d'Espana kicks off with a 13.5km team time trial in the streets of Benidorm. This will be the third time that Benidorm hosts La Vuelta; the first was in 1964 and the second in 1987, which was also a time trial. On this occasion, a very technical 13.5km circuit leaving from the beach will test the coordination of the teams.
The Monster Energy - Ford team has a bad start in this Vuelta. After the 8th place in the TTT in the Tour de France, although with a different group of riders, we hoped to be in the top 12, but completely failed. We finished in a time of 21'17 and only the Liquigas-team was slower than us (Note I started the race with all riders on dot 90, than on top of the hill, with 9km to go, on dot 95 and th elast 3.5km on dot 99).
The 5th place in the TTT goes to the Garmin - Cervélo team in a time of 20'36.
Team Sky, including leader Chris Froome, is 2 seconds faster and sets a new best time in 20'34.
HTC - Highroad perfroms way better than in the Tour de France, when they collapsed in the 2nd part of the race. They, with Tejay van Garderen and Mark Cavendish in it, are 2 seconds faster and the 20'32 will bring them to the 3rd time in general.
The home favourites of the Movistar Team are 1 second faster than the HTC team. This time will bring sprinter José Joaquín Rojas in a great position to take over the red jersey the next stage.
And which team wins this TTT? Rabobank! It's a surprising win for the Dutch team in a time of 20'28. Young Dennis van Winden is the first on the finish and therefore the first leader in this Vuelta.
Results:
1
Rabobank Cycling Team
20'28
2
Movistar Team
+ 3
3
HTC - Highroad
+ 4
4
Sky ProCycling
+ 6
5
Team Garmin - Cervélo
+ 8
6
Team RadioShack
s.t.
7
AG2R La Mondiale
s.t.
8
Geox - TMC
+ 10
9
Saxo Bank SunGard
s.t.
10
Lampre - ISD
+ 13
11
Caja Rural
+ 18
12
BMC Racing Team
s.t.
13
Omega Pharma - Lotto
+ 23
14
Leopard Trek
+ 25
15
Pro Team Astana
s.t.
16
Katusha Team
+ 27
17
Euskaltel - Euskadi
+ 33
18
Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team
+ 34
19
Andalucía Caja Granada
+ 46
20
Quick·Step Cycling Team
s.t.
21
Monster Energy - Ford
+ 49
22
Liquigas - Cannondale
+ 51
GC:
1
Dennis Van Winden
Rabobank Cycling Team
20'28
2
Michael Matthews
Rabobank Cycling Team
s.t.
3
Carlos Barredo
Rabobank Cycling Team
s.t.
4
Maarten Tjallingii
Rabobank Cycling Team
s.t.
5
Luis León Sánchez
Rabobank Cycling Team
s.t.
6
Óscar Freire
Rabobank Cycling Team
+ 2
7
Jesús Herrada
Movistar Team
+ 3
8
Javier Iriarte
Movistar Team
s.t.
9
Pablo Lastras
Movistar Team
s.t.
10
José Joaquín Rojas
Movistar Team
s.t.
Spoiler
11
Imanol Erviti
Movistar Team
s.t.
12
Tejay Van Garderen
HTC - Highroad
+ 4
13
Matthew Brammeier
HTC - Highroad
s.t.
14
Kanstantsin Siutsou
HTC - Highroad
s.t.
15
Gatis Smukulis
HTC - Highroad
s.t.
16
Mark Cavendish
HTC - Highroad
s.t.
17
Stef Clement
Rabobank Cycling Team
+ 5
18
Laurens Ten Dam
Rabobank Cycling Team
s.t.
19
Vasil Kiryienka
Movistar Team
s.t.
20
Russell Downing
Sky ProCycling
+ 6
21
Edvald Boasson Hagen
Sky ProCycling
s.t.
22
Xabier Zandio
Sky ProCycling
s.t.
23
Davide Appollonio
Sky ProCycling
s.t.
24
Christian Knees
Sky ProCycling
s.t.
25
John Degenkolb
HTC - Highroad
s.t.
26
Rubén Plaza
Movistar Team
+ 7
27
Maarten Wynants
Rabobank Cycling Team
s.t.
28
Chris Froome
Sky ProCycling
+ 8
29
David Millar
Team Garmin - Cervélo
s.t.
30
Andrew Talansky
Team Garmin - Cervélo
s.t.
31
Ramunas Navardauskas
Team Garmin - Cervélo
s.t.
32
Heinrich Haussler
Team Garmin - Cervélo
s.t.
33
Andreas Klier
Team Garmin - Cervélo
s.t.
34
Gabriel Rasch
Team Garmin - Cervélo
s.t.
35
Bjorn Selander
Team RadioShack
s.t.
36
Ben King
Team RadioShack
s.t.
37
Tiago Machado
Team RadioShack
s.t.
38
Markel Irizar
Team RadioShack
s.t.
39
Yaroslav Popovych
Team RadioShack
s.t.
40
Dimitri Champion
AG2R La Mondiale
+ 9
41
Christophe Riblon
AG2R La Mondiale
s.t.
42
Blel Kadri
AG2R La Mondiale
s.t.
43
Romain Lemarchand
AG2R La Mondiale
s.t.
44
David Le Lay
AG2R La Mondiale
s.t.
45
Patrick Gretsch
HTC - Highroad
s.t.
46
Francisco Pérez
Movistar Team
s.t.
47
Simon Gerrans
Sky ProCycling
+ 10
48
Christophe Le Mével
Team Garmin - Cervélo
s.t.
49
Daniele Colli
Geox - TMC
s.t.
50
Rafael Valls
Geox - TMC
s.t.
51
Denis Menchov
Geox - TMC
s.t.
52
Fabio Felline
Geox - TMC
s.t.
53
Ben Hermans
Team RadioShack
s.t.
54
Arkaitz Durán
Geox - TMC
s.t.
55
Gustav Erik Larsson
Saxo Bank SunGard
s.t.
56
Nicki Sørensen
Saxo Bank SunGard
s.t.
57
Jonas Aaen Jørgensen
Saxo Bank SunGard
s.t.
58
Luke Roberts
Saxo Bank SunGard
s.t.
59
Benjamín Noval
Saxo Bank SunGard
s.t.
60
Kristof Goddaert
AG2R La Mondiale
+ 11
61
Jan Ghyselinck
HTC - Highroad
s.t.
62
Jonathan Bellis
Saxo Bank SunGard
s.t.
63
Julien Loubet
AG2R La Mondiale
+ 12
64
Roger Hammond
Team Garmin - Cervélo
s.t.
65
David Zabriskie
Team Garmin - Cervélo
s.t.
66
Jason McCartney
Team RadioShack
s.t.
67
Sergio Pardilla
Movistar Team
s.t.
68
Richie Porte
Saxo Bank SunGard
s.t.
69
Baden Cooke
Saxo Bank SunGard
s.t.
70
Christopher Sutton
Sky ProCycling
+ 13
71
Michael Barry
Sky ProCycling
s.t.
72
Sébastien Minard
AG2R La Mondiale
s.t.
73
Damiano Cunego
Lampre - ISD
s.t.
74
Diego Ulissi
Lampre - ISD
s.t.
75
Vitaliy Buts
Lampre - ISD
s.t.
76
Aitor Pérez Arrieta
Lampre - ISD
s.t.
77
Alfredo Balloni
Lampre - ISD
s.t.
78
David Blanco
Geox - TMC
s.t.
79
Leigh Howard
HTC - Highroad
s.t.
80
Matteo Montaguti
AG2R La Mondiale
+ 15
81
Haimar Zubeldia
Team RadioShack
s.t.
82
Xavier Florencio
Geox - TMC
s.t.
83
Lucas Sebastián Haedo
Saxo Bank SunGard
s.t.
84
Leonardo Bertagnolli
Lampre - ISD
+ 16
85
Ivan Rovny
Team RadioShack
+ 17
86
David De la Fuente
Geox - TMC
s.t.
87
Víctor De la Parte
Caja Rural
+ 18
88
Julián Sánchez Pimienta
Caja Rural
s.t.
89
Diego Milán
Caja Rural
s.t.
90
Javier Moreno
Caja Rural
s.t.
91
Íñigo Cuesta
Caja Rural
s.t.
92
Taylor Phinney
BMC Racing Team
s.t.
93
Timothy Roe
BMC Racing Team
s.t.
94
Marcus Burghardt
BMC Racing Team
s.t.
95
Michael Schär
BMC Racing Team
s.t.
96
Manuel Quinziato
BMC Racing Team
s.t.
97
Francesco Gavazzi
Lampre - ISD
s.t.
98
Danilo Hondo
Lampre - ISD
s.t.
99
Chad Beyer
BMC Racing Team
+ 20
100
David Loosli
Lampre - ISD
s.t.
101
José Herrada
Caja Rural
+ 21
102
Matteo Pelucchi
Geox - TMC
s.t.
103
Aitor Galdos
Caja Rural
+ 23
104
Danilo Wyss
BMC Racing Team
s.t.
105
Adam Blythe
Omega Pharma - Lotto
s.t.
106
Vicente Reynès
Omega Pharma - Lotto
s.t.
107
Jens Debusschere
Omega Pharma - Lotto
s.t.
108
Bart De Clercq
Omega Pharma - Lotto
s.t.
109
David Boucher
Omega Pharma - Lotto
s.t.
110
Maarten Neyens
Omega Pharma - Lotto
+ 24
111
Higinio Fernández
Caja Rural
+ 25
112
Christopher Butler
BMC Racing Team
s.t.
113
Johann Tschopp
BMC Racing Team
s.t.
114
Bruno Pires
Leopard Trek
s.t.
115
Oliver Zaugg
Leopard Trek
s.t.
116
Thomas Rohregger
Leopard Trek
s.t.
117
Tom Stamsnijder
Leopard Trek
s.t.
118
Fabian Wegmann
Leopard Trek
s.t.
119
Robert Kiserlovski
Pro Team Astana
s.t.
120
Assan Bazayev
Pro Team Astana
s.t.
121
Valentin Iglinskiy
Pro Team Astana
s.t.
122
Josep Jufré
Pro Team Astana
s.t.
123
Evgeni Petrov
Pro Team Astana
s.t.
124
Olivier Kaisen
Omega Pharma - Lotto
+ 26
125
Martin Pedersen
Leopard Trek
s.t.
126
Roman Kireyev
Pro Team Astana
s.t.
127
Alexander Porsev
Katusha Team
+ 27
128
Giampaolo Caruso
Katusha Team
s.t.
129
Joaquím Rodríguez
Katusha Team
s.t.
130
Leif Hoste
Katusha Team
s.t.
131
Mikhail Ignatiev
Katusha Team
s.t.
132
Andriy Grivko
Pro Team Astana
s.t.
133
Fabricio Ferrari
Caja Rural
+ 28
134
André Greipel
Omega Pharma - Lotto
s.t.
135
Giacomo Nizzolo
Leopard Trek
s.t.
136
Aleksandr Kuschynski
Katusha Team
s.t.
137
Maxim Iglinskiy
Pro Team Astana
s.t.
138
Alexsandr Dyachenko
Pro Team Astana
+ 29
139
Alberto Losada
Katusha Team
+ 30
140
Óscar Pujol
Omega Pharma - Lotto
+ 31
141
William Clarke
Leopard Trek
s.t.
142
Daniel Moreno
Katusha Team
s.t.
143
Joan Horrach
Katusha Team
+ 32
144
Miguel Mínguez
Euskaltel - Euskadi
+ 33
145
Mikel Landa
Euskaltel - Euskadi
s.t.
146
Jorge Azanza
Euskaltel - Euskadi
s.t.
147
Egoi Martínez
Euskaltel - Euskadi
s.t.
148
Javier Francisco Aramendia
Euskaltel - Euskadi
s.t.
149
Santo Anza
Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team
+ 34
150
Marcello Pavarin
Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team
s.t.
151
Frederik Veuchelen
Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team
s.t.
152
Ezequiel Mosquera
Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team
s.t.
153
Ruslan Pidgornyy
Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team
s.t.
154
Michal Golas
Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team
s.t.
155
Davide Viganò
Leopard Trek
+ 35
156
Mikel Nieve
Euskaltel - Euskadi
s.t.
157
Wouter Mol
Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team
s.t.
158
Johnny Hoogerland
Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team
s.t.
159
Alan Pérez
Euskaltel - Euskadi
+ 37
160
Björn Leukemans
Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team
s.t.
161
Daniel Sesma
Euskaltel - Euskadi
+ 39
162
Iñaki Isasi
Euskaltel - Euskadi
+ 40
163
Adrián Palomares
Andalucía Caja Granada
+ 46
164
David Bernabéu
Andalucía Caja Granada
s.t.
165
José Luis Roldán
Andalucía Caja Granada
s.t.
166
Sergio Carrasco
Andalucía Caja Granada
s.t.
167
José Alberto Benítez
Andalucía Caja Granada
s.t.
168
Andy Cappelle
Quick·Step Cycling Team
+ 47
169
Guillaume Van Keirsbulck
Quick·Step Cycling Team
s.t.
170
Zdenek Stybar
Quick·Step Cycling Team
s.t.
171
Addy Engels
Quick·Step Cycling Team
s.t.
172
Kevin Van Impe
Quick·Step Cycling Team
s.t.
173
Javier Ramírez Abeja
Andalucía Caja Granada
+ 48
174
Wout Poels
Monster Energy - Ford
s.t.
175
Lieuwe Westra
Monster Energy - Ford
s.t.
176
Francis De Greef
Monster Energy - Ford
s.t.
177
Robert Gesink
Monster Energy - Ford
s.t.
178
Peter Sagan
Monster Energy - Ford
s.t.
179
Dario Cataldo
Quick·Step Cycling Team
+ 49
180
Manuel Ortega
Andalucía Caja Granada
+ 50
181
Romain Zingle
Monster Energy - Ford
s.t.
182
Nikolas Maes
Quick·Step Cycling Team
+ 51
183
Valerio Agnoli
Liquigas - Cannondale
s.t.
184
Mauro Da Dalto
Liquigas - Cannondale
s.t.
185
Timothy Duggan
Liquigas - Cannondale
s.t.
186
Juraj Sagan
Liquigas - Cannondale
s.t.
187
Mauro Finetto
Liquigas - Cannondale
s.t.
188
Jelle Vanendert
Monster Energy - Ford
s.t.
189
Francesco Reda
Quick·Step Cycling Team
+ 53
190
Edward King
Liquigas - Cannondale
s.t.
191
Paolo Longo Borghini
Liquigas - Cannondale
s.t.
192
Antonio Piedra
Andalucía Caja Granada
s.t.
193
Rob Ruijgh
Monster Energy - Ford
+ 54
194
Andreas Stauff
Quick·Step Cycling Team
s.t.
195
Pablo Lechuga
Andalucía Caja Granada
+ 55
196
Simone Ponzi
Liquigas - Cannondale
+ 56
197
Theo Bos
Monster Energy - Ford
+ 58
198
Cristiano Salerno
Liquigas - Cannondale
s.t.
Word from the DS: Let's say that we wanted to make the challenge for Robert Gesink a little bit bigger by losing almost a minute..... Bad TTT....
