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February 27th: Giro di Sardegna
Stage 5: Sant’ Antioco - Cagliari, 139.0 kms
After yesterday’s failure on our goal, we’ll simply race the last stage. We aim to put a man in the break, and that’s all.
Today’s early break had 6 riders. Matías Médici between them.
The last survivor was reeled in with 7 km to go.
If you look in the stage profile, there’s a sprint check 5 km before the finish. Only one sprinter decided to go for it - Alessandro Petacchi. And with the acceleration we know he has, he opened a small gap to the peloton.
With the sprint starting, Petacchi was still alone in front.
The pack even reached him inside the last km, but all he had to do was get up the saddle for a few meters and celebrate an easy win.
Today winner is Stage Results
1
Alessandro Petacchi
Lampre - Farnese Vini
3h18'43
2
Paride Grillo
CarmioOro NGC
s.t.
3
Daniele Pietropolli
Lampre - Farnese Vini
s.t.
4
Martin Pedersen
Footon - Servetto
s.t.
5
Alberto Ongarato
Vacansoleil Pro Cycling Team
s.t.
6
Angelo Furlan
Lampre - Farnese Vini
s.t.
7
Manuel Cardoso
Footon - Servetto
s.t.
8
Francesco Chicchi
Liquigas - Doimo
s.t.
9
Robbie McEwen
Team Katusha
s.t.
10
Mauro Finetto
Liquigas - Doimo
s.t.
General Classification
1
Michele Scarponi
Androni Giocattoli
22h53'52
2
John Gadret
AG2R La Mondiale
+ 8
3
Joaquím Rodríguez
Team Katusha
+ 2'28
4
Christophe Riblon
AG2R La Mondiale
+ 2'30
5
Emanuele Vona
ISD - Neri
+ 4'03
6
Luca Celli
Ceramica Flaminia
+ 4'11
7
Alexandr Kolobnev
Team Katusha
s.t.
8
Domenico Pozzovivo
Colnago - CSF Inox
+ 4'29
9
Przemyslaw Niemiec
Miche
+ 4'37
10
Mirco Lorenzetto
Lampre - Farnese Vini
+ 5'33
Spoiler
11
Romain Feillu
Vacansoleil Pro Cycling Team
+ 5'41
12
Damiano Cunego
Lampre - Farnese Vini
+ 7'35
13
Paolo Longo Borghini
ISD - Neri
+ 7'39
14
Santo Anza
Ceramica Flaminia
+ 7'43
15
Luca Solari
Androni Giocattoli - Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni
s.t.
16
Luca Mazzanti
Team Katusha
+ 8'07
17
Giampaolo Cheula
Footon - Servetto
+ 8'14
18
Leonardo Bertagnolli
Androni Giocattoli - Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni
+ 8'31
19
Johnny Hoogerland
Vacansoleil Pro Cycling Team
s.t.
20
Massimiliano Gentili
Ceramica Flaminia
+ 8'39
21
Donato Cannone
Ceramica Flaminia
s.t.
22
Sergey Lagutin
Vacansoleil Pro Cycling Team
s.t.
23
Patrik Sinkewitz
ISD - Neri
s.t.
24
Davide Torosantucci
CDC - Cavaliere
+ 9'07
25
Paolo Bailetti
Ceramica Flaminia
+ 9'59
26
Simon Spilak
Lampre - Farnese Vini
+ 10'27
27
Ruggero Marzoli
Acqua & Sapone - D'Angelo & Antenucci
+ 10'35
28
Lorenzo Bernucci
Lampre - Farnese Vini
+ 10'53
29
Alessandro Bisolti
Colnago - CSF Inox
+ 10'59
30
Michele Gaia
Colnago - CSF Inox
+ 11'22
31
Peter Sagan
Liquigas - Doimo
+ 11'31
32
Francesco Ginanni
Androni Giocattoli - Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni
s.t.
33
Giampaolo Caruso
Team Katusha
+ 11'41
34
Artem Ovechkin
Team Katusha
+ 11'45
35
Vincenzo Nibali
Liquigas - Doimo
+ 11'47
36
Daniele Pietropolli
Lampre - Farnese Vini
+ 12'00
37
Daniele Bennati
Liquigas - Doimo
+ 12'15
38
Massimo Codol
Acqua & Sapone - D'Angelo & Antenucci
+ 12'41
39
Leonardo Pinizzotto
Miche
+ 12'55
40
Vladimir Miholjevic
Acqua & Sapone - D'Angelo & Antenucci
s.t.
41
Marco Corti
Footon - Servetto
+ 12'58
42
Fabio Taborre
Androni Giocattoli - Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni
+ 13'00
43
Martin Pedersen
Footon - Servetto
+ 13'09
44
Vladislav Borisov
Amore & Vita - Conad
+ 13'22
45
Jure Kocjan
CarmioOro NGC
+ 13'47
46
Andrea Tonti
CarmioOro NGC
+ 13'59
47
Jérôme Pineau
Quick•Step
+ 14'00
48
Jürgen Van de Walle
Quick•Step
+ 14'08
49
Francesco Reda
Quick•Step
+ 14'24
50
Enrico Rossi
Ceramica Flaminia
+ 14'45
51
Blel Kadri
AG2R La Mondiale
s.t.
52
Alessandro Petacchi
Lampre - Farnese Vini
+ 14'52
53
Pierpaolo De Negri
ISD - Neri
+ 14'53
54
Bobbie Traksel
Vacansoleil Pro Cycling Team
+ 14'57
55
Addy Engels
Quick•Step
+ 15'30
56
Laurent Beuret
CarmioOro NGC
+ 15'33
57
Giairo Ermeti
De Rosa - Stac Plastic
+ 15'38
58
Jack Bobridge
Garmin - Transitions
+ 15'39
59
Alessandro Vanotti
Liquigas - Doimo
+ 15'41
60
Mauro Finetto
Liquigas - Doimo
+ 15'46
61
Konstantin Volik
Amore & Vita - Conad
+ 16'34
62
Francesco Gavazzi
Lampre - Farnese Vini
+ 16'37
63
Roberto De Patre
Acqua & Sapone - D'Angelo & Antenucci
+ 16'50
64
Andrea Masciarelli
Acqua & Sapone - D'Angelo & Antenucci
+ 18'34
65
Laszló Bodrogi
Team Katusha
+ 18'37
66
Fabio Negri
De Rosa - Stac Plastic
+ 18'49
67
Yuriy Krivtsov
AG2R La Mondiale
+ 18'56
68
Diego Caccia
ISD - Neri
+ 18'59
69
Marco Cattaneo
De Rosa - Stac Plastic
+ 19'01
70
Alberto Ongarato
Vacansoleil Pro Cycling Team
+ 19'25
71
Michel Kreder
Garmin - Transitions
+ 20'18
72
Krzysztof Szczawinski
Miche
+ 20'19
73
Matías Médici
Rio es Carnival/Seara/Vivo
+ 20'32
74
Eric Berthou
CarmioOro NGC
+ 20'58
75
Luca Zanasca
CDC - Cavaliere
s.t.
76
Reto Hollenstein
Vorarlberg - Corratec
+ 21'03
77
Aristide Ratti
CarmioOro NGC
+ 23'03
78
Manuel Cardoso
Footon - Servetto
+ 23'33
79
Kristof Goddaert
AG2R La Mondiale
+ 23'39
80
Thomas Bertolini
Androni Giocattoli - Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni
+ 23'59
81
Mauro Facci
Quick•Step
+ 24'10
82
Peter Stetina
Garmin - Transitions
+ 26'51
83
Christian Meier
Garmin - Transitions
+ 26'53
84
Fausto Fognini
Amore & Vita - Conad
+ 26'59
85
Vitali Kondrut
ISD - Neri
+ 27'07
86
Diego Genovesi
CarmioOro NGC
s.t.
87
Cristiano Benenati
De Rosa - Stac Plastic
+ 27'36
88
Simone Stortoni
Colnago - CSF Inox
+ 27'41
89
Fabrice Piemontesi
Androni Giocattoli - Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni
+ 28'05
90
Cameron Meyer
Garmin - Transitions
+ 28'30
91
Angelo Furlan
Lampre - Farnese Vini
+ 28'35
92
Nicolas Rousseau
AG2R La Mondiale
+ 28'43
93
Martin Schöffmann
Vorarlberg - Corratec
+ 29'15
94
Damjan Stankovic
CDC - Cavaliere
+ 29'36
95
Marco Bandiera
Team Katusha
+ 29'55
96
Fabio Felline
Footon - Servetto
+ 30'16
97
Paride Grillo
CarmioOro NGC
+ 30'31
98
Robbie McEwen
Team Katusha
+ 31'15
99
Rafaâ Chtioui
Acqua & Sapone - D'Angelo & Antenucci
s.t.
100
Anthony Ravard
AG2R La Mondiale
+ 31'43
101
Filippo Baggio
Ceramica Flaminia
+ 31'47
102
Alex Arseno
Rio es Carnival/Seara/Vivo
+ 31'51
103
Andrea Capelli
Vorarlberg - Corratec
+ 32'27
104
Thomas Vedel Kvist
Quick•Step
+ 32'39
105
Cristiano Fumagalli
Ceramica Flaminia
+ 33'23
106
Matthew Wilson
Garmin - Transitions
+ 33'55
107
Michal Golas
Vacansoleil Pro Cycling Team
+ 34'03
108
Oscar Gatto
ISD - Neri
+ 35'07
109
Tiago Fiorilli
Rio es Carnival/Seara/Vivo
s.t.
110
Leopoldo Rocchetti
Miche
+ 35'15
111
Volodymyr Kogut
Amore & Vita - Conad
+ 36'14
112
Arnoud Van Groen
Vacansoleil Pro Cycling Team
+ 36'19
113
Rodrigo Nascimento
Rio es Carnival/Seara/Vivo
+ 37'31
114
Paolo Ciavatta
Acqua & Sapone - D'Angelo & Antenucci
+ 37'45
115
Fabricio Morandi
Rio es Carnival/Seara/Vivo
+ 38'03
116
Armando Camargo
Rio es Carnival/Seara/Vivo
+ 38'05
117
Jovan Pavlovic
CDC - Cavaliere
+ 38'27
118
Robert Hunter
Garmin - Transitions
+ 38'35
119
Dmytro Arkhynos
Amore & Vita - Conad
+ 38'59
120
Ermanno Capelli
Footon - Servetto
+ 39'07
121
Jacopo Guarnieri
Liquigas - Doimo
+ 39'47
122
Piergiorgio Camussa
Vorarlberg - Corratec
+ 40'51
123
Matteo Montaguti
De Rosa - Stac Plastic
+ 41'13
124
Svein Tuft
Garmin - Transitions
+ 41'15
125
Sébastien Fournet
CarmioOro NGC
+ 42'59
126
Clemens Fankhauser
Vorarlberg - Corratec
+ 43'47
127
Marko Dimic
CDC - Cavaliere
+ 44'03
128
Kurt Hovelynck
Quick•Step
+ 44'15
129
Iljo Keisse
Quick•Step
+ 44'31
130
Gianluca Brambilla
Colnago - CSF Inox
+ 44'35
131
Simone Campagnaro
Miche
s.t.
132
Alberto Contoli
Colnago - CSF Inox
+ 45'31
133
Michele Merlo
Footon - Servetto
+ 45'39
134
Sébastien Hinault
AG2R La Mondiale
+ 46'31
135
Volodymyr Starchyk
Amore & Vita - Conad
+ 46'51
136
Ricardo Escuela
Rio es Carnival/Seara/Vivo
+ 46'59
137
Dimitri Kryvtsov
ISD - Neri
+ 47'31
138
Bernardo Riccio
CDC - Cavaliere
+ 50'15
139
Wouter Mol
Vacansoleil Pro Cycling Team
+ 50'59
140
Dominik Hrinkow
Vorarlberg - Corratec
+ 51'07
141
Francesco Chicchi
Liquigas - Doimo
+ 51'15
142
Maciej Paterski
Liquigas - Doimo
+ 51'23
143
Johnnie Walker
Footon - Servetto
+ 52'11
144
Francesco Di Paolo
Acqua & Sapone - D'Angelo & Antenucci
+ 52'35
145
Roberto Ferrari
De Rosa - Stac Plastic
+ 52'59
146
Roberto Cesaro
Miche
+ 53'31
147
Kristof Vollon
Amore & Vita - Conad
+ 54'27
148
Alexander Gufler
Vorarlberg - Corratec
+ 55'07
149
Milos Kovalacevic
CDC - Cavaliere
+ 56'27
150
Damiano Margutti
Androni Giocattoli - Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni
+ 56'59
151
Josef Benetseder
Vorarlberg - Corratec
+ 58'19
152
Burkhardt Glöckner
Rio es Carnival/Seara/Vivo
+ 59'23
153
Claudio Cucinotta
De Rosa - Stac Plastic
+ 1h07'23
154
Sergio Laganà
De Rosa - Stac Plastic
+ 1h10'11
Points
1
Michele Scarponi
Androni Giocattoli
65
2
Alessandro Petacchi
Lampre - Farnese Vini
51
3
John Gadret
AG2R La Mondiale
49
4
Paolo Longo Borghini
ISD - Neri
36
5
Emanuele Vona
ISD - Neri
34
Spoiler
6
Christophe Riblon
AG2R La Mondiale
28
7
Joaquím Rodríguez
Team Katusha
26
8
Santo Anza
Ceramica Flaminia
26
9
Daniele Bennati
Liquigas - Doimo
25
10
Domenico Pozzovivo
Colnago - CSF Inox
25
11
Paride Grillo
CarmioOro NGC
25
12
Luca Celli
Ceramica Flaminia
24
13
Alberto Ongarato
Vacansoleil Pro Cycling Team
24
14
Przemyslaw Niemiec
Miche
23
15
Robbie McEwen
Team Katusha
19
16
Luca Mazzanti
Team Katusha
18
17
Daniele Pietropolli
Lampre - Farnese Vini
18
18
Damiano Cunego
Lampre - Farnese Vini
16
19
Davide Torosantucci
CDC - Cavaliere
16
20
Alexandr Kolobnev
Team Katusha
14
21
Martin Pedersen
Footon - Servetto
14
22
Enrico Rossi
Ceramica Flaminia
14
23
Krzysztof Szczawinski
Miche
14
24
Johnny Hoogerland
Vacansoleil Pro Cycling Team
12
25
Michele Gaia
Colnago - CSF Inox
11
26
Romain Feillu
Vacansoleil Pro Cycling Team
10
27
Francesco Ginanni
Androni Giocattoli - Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni
10
28
Massimo Codol
Acqua & Sapone - D'Angelo & Antenucci
10
29
Fabio Taborre
Androni Giocattoli - Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni
10
30
Cristiano Benenati
De Rosa - Stac Plastic
10
31
Angelo Furlan
Lampre - Farnese Vini
10
32
Massimiliano Gentili
Ceramica Flaminia
9
33
Jack Bobridge
Garmin - Transitions
9
34
Manuel Cardoso
Footon - Servetto
9
35
Sergey Lagutin
Vacansoleil Pro Cycling Team
8
36
Marco Corti
Footon - Servetto
8
37
Alessandro Vanotti
Liquigas - Doimo
8
38
Mauro Facci
Quick•Step
8
39
Francesco Chicchi
Liquigas - Doimo
8
40
Luca Solari
Androni Giocattoli - Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni
7
41
Ruggero Marzoli
Acqua & Sapone - D'Angelo & Antenucci
7
42
Aristide Ratti
CarmioOro NGC
7
43
Patrik Sinkewitz
ISD - Neri
6
44
Paolo Bailetti
Ceramica Flaminia
6
45
Leonardo Pinizzotto
Miche
6
46
Vladimir Miholjevic
Acqua & Sapone - D'Angelo & Antenucci
6
47
Jure Kocjan
CarmioOro NGC
6
48
Laurent Beuret
CarmioOro NGC
6
49
Mauro Finetto
Liquigas - Doimo
6
50
Marco Cattaneo
De Rosa - Stac Plastic
6
51
Fabrice Piemontesi
Androni Giocattoli - Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni
6
52
Paolo Ciavatta
Acqua & Sapone - D'Angelo & Antenucci
6
53
Armando Camargo
Rio es Carnival/Seara/Vivo
6
54
Mirco Lorenzetto
Lampre - Farnese Vini
5
55
Donato Cannone
Ceramica Flaminia
5
56
Michele Merlo
Footon - Servetto
5
57
Bobbie Traksel
Vacansoleil Pro Cycling Team
4
58
Fabio Negri
De Rosa - Stac Plastic
4
59
Matías Médici
Rio es Carnival/Seara/Vivo
4
60
Thomas Bertolini
Androni Giocattoli - Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni
4
61
Kristof Goddaert
AG2R La Mondiale
3
62
Jérôme Pineau
Quick•Step
2
63
Diego Caccia
ISD - Neri
2
64
Reto Hollenstein
Vorarlberg - Corratec
2
65
Christian Meier
Garmin - Transitions
2
66
Damjan Stankovic
CDC - Cavaliere
2
67
Matteo Montaguti
De Rosa - Stac Plastic
2
68
Sébastien Fournet
CarmioOro NGC
2
69
Blel Kadri
AG2R La Mondiale
1
Mountain
1
Laurent Beuret
CarmioOro NGC
26
2
Matías Médici
Rio es Carnival/Seara/Vivo
22
3
Michele Scarponi
Androni Giocattoli - Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni
20
4
John Gadret
AG2R La Mondiale
20
5
Davide Torosantucci
CDC - Cavaliere
20
Spoiler
6
Emanuele Vona
ISD - Neri
16
7
Michele Gaia
Colnago - CSF Inox
14
8
Joaquím Rodríguez
Team Katusha
12
9
Christophe Riblon
AG2R La Mondiale
12
10
Leonardo Bertagnolli
Androni Giocattoli - Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni
12
11
Przemyslaw Niemiec
Miche
10
12
Damiano Cunego
Lampre - Farnese Vini
10
13
Luca Mazzanti
Team Katusha
10
14
Massimo Codol
Acqua & Sapone - D'Angelo & Antenucci
10
15
Fabio Taborre
Androni Giocattoli - Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni
10
16
Domenico Pozzovivo
Colnago - CSF Inox
8
17
Alessandro Vanotti
Liquigas - Doimo
8
18
Mauro Facci
Quick•Step
8
19
Vladimir Miholjevic
Acqua & Sapone - D'Angelo & Antenucci
6
20
Paolo Longo Borghini
ISD - Neri
4
21
Francesco Ginanni
Androni Giocattoli - Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni
4
22
Fabio Negri
De Rosa - Stac Plastic
4
23
Cristiano Benenati
De Rosa - Stac Plastic
4
24
Santo Anza
Ceramica Flaminia
2
25
Blel Kadri
AG2R La Mondiale
2
26
Krzysztof Szczawinski
Miche
2
Young
1
Simon Spilak
Lampre - Farnese Vini
23h04'19
2
Alessandro Bisolti
Colnago - CSF Inox
+ 32
3
Michele Gaia
Colnago - CSF Inox
+ 55
4
Peter Sagan
Liquigas - Doimo
+ 1'04
5
Francesco Ginanni
Androni Giocattoli - Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni
+ 1'04
Spoiler
6
Artem Ovechkin
Team Katusha
+ 1'18
7
Leonardo Pinizzotto
Miche
+ 2'28
8
Marco Corti
Footon - Servetto
+ 2'31
9
Fabio Taborre
Androni Giocattoli - Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni
+ 2'33
10
Blel Kadri
AG2R La Mondiale
+ 4'18
11
Pierpaolo De Negri
ISD - Neri
+ 4'26
12
Laurent Beuret
CarmioOro NGC
+ 5'06
13
Jack Bobridge
Garmin - Transitions
+ 5'12
14
Mauro Finetto
Liquigas - Doimo
+ 5'19
15
Roberto De Patre
Acqua & Sapone - D'Angelo & Antenucci
+ 6'23
16
Michel Kreder
Garmin - Transitions
+ 9'51
17
Reto Hollenstein
Vorarlberg - Corratec
+ 10'36
18
Kristof Goddaert
AG2R La Mondiale
+ 13'12
19
Thomas Bertolini
Androni Giocattoli - Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni
+ 13'32
20
Peter Stetina
Garmin - Transitions
+ 16'24
21
Christian Meier
Garmin - Transitions
+ 16'26
22
Fausto Fognini
Amore & Vita - Conad
+ 16'32
23
Simone Stortoni
Colnago - CSF Inox
+ 17'14
24
Cameron Meyer
Garmin - Transitions
+ 18'03
25
Martin Schöffmann
Vorarlberg - Corratec
+ 18'48
26
Damjan Stankovic
CDC - Cavaliere
+ 19'09
27
Fabio Felline
Footon - Servetto
+ 19'49
28
Rafaâ Chtioui
Acqua & Sapone - D'Angelo & Antenucci
+ 20'48
29
Filippo Baggio
Ceramica Flaminia
+ 21'20
30
Thomas Vedel Kvist
Quick•Step
+ 22'12
31
Oscar Gatto
ISD - Neri
+ 24'40
32
Leopoldo Rocchetti
Miche
+ 24'48
33
Rodrigo Nascimento
Rio es Carnival/Seara/Vivo
+ 27'04
34
Jovan Pavlovic
CDC - Cavaliere
+ 28'00
35
Dmytro Arkhynos
Amore & Vita - Conad
+ 28'32
36
Ermanno Capelli
Footon - Servetto
+ 28'40
37
Jacopo Guarnieri
Liquigas - Doimo
+ 29'20
38
Sébastien Fournet
CarmioOro NGC
+ 32'32
39
Clemens Fankhauser
Vorarlberg - Corratec
+ 33'20
40
Marko Dimic
CDC - Cavaliere
+ 33'36
41
Gianluca Brambilla
Colnago - CSF Inox
+ 34'08
42
Simone Campagnaro
Miche
+ 34'08
43
Alberto Contoli
Colnago - CSF Inox
+ 35'04
44
Dimitri Kryvtsov
ISD - Neri
+ 37'04
45
Bernardo Riccio
CDC - Cavaliere
+ 39'48
46
Dominik Hrinkow
Vorarlberg - Corratec
+ 40'40
47
Maciej Paterski
Liquigas - Doimo
+ 40'56
48
Johnnie Walker
Footon - Servetto
+ 41'44
49
Roberto Cesaro
Miche
+ 43'04
50
Kristof Vollon
Amore & Vita - Conad
+ 44'00
51
Milos Kovalacevic
CDC - Cavaliere
+ 46'00
52
Damiano Margutti
Androni Giocattoli - Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni
+ 46'32
53
Burkhardt Glöckner
Rio es Carnival/Seara/Vivo
+ 48'56
Team
1
Team Katusha
68h53'08
2
Androni Giocattoli - Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni
+ 1'16
3
AG2R La Mondiale
+ 5'35
4
Ceramica Flaminia
+ 8'53
5
ISD - Neri
+ 9'17
Spoiler
6
Vacansoleil Pro Cycling Team
+ 11'19
7
Lampre - Farnese Vini
+ 11'23
8
Colnago - CSF Inox
+ 15'20
9
Footon - Servetto
+ 20'44
10
Acqua & Sapone - D'Angelo & Antenucci
+ 22'15
11
Liquigas - Doimo
+ 24'21
12
Miche
+ 26'39
13
CarmioOro NGC
+ 29'11
14
Quick•Step
+ 31'00
15
De Rosa - Stac Plastic
+ 37'49
16
Amore & Vita - Conad
+ 39'46
17
Garmin - Transitions
+ 40'19
18
CDC - Cavaliere
+ 46'11
19
Vorarlberg - Corratec
+ 1h06'11
20
Rio es Carnival/Seara/Vivo
+ 1h12'02
A good race for us? I don’t think so. Even though we knew that our single goal of getting the KOM jersey was very difficult, the situation as the race happened was very good for us, but we still couldn’t manage to secure the jersey. As we knew it would be difficult, though, we had very few expectations, so in the end that didn’t count a lot.
In this race we again saw winners that weren’t favorites. As for the favorites, bad performances. Cunego? 12th, + 7’35”. Nibali? 35th, + 11’47”! Rodriguez did ok, but only for a podium. I think I would prefer Gadret to have won. In fact those seconds Scarponi ‘magically’ got on the last km of stage 2 changed overall winner.
The riders will now go South-East to the region of Malaysia for the Tour of Langkawi. It should be an interesting race with 5 out of 7 stages being hilly. Unfortunately, we again won’t have a really good team =( With so much interesting stages, though, we should expect an exciting race. That’s all for now, tune back later!
Edited by lluuiiggii on 01-01-2011 22:43
janne_837 wrote:
Diisagree. You have a pretty small team (Most rider of your team I never heard from before), and the second in the KOM ranking is still a success
+ 1 I think, you did a good job, as janne said: 2nd KoM, pretty close and bad luck.
janne_837 wrote:
Diisagree. You have a pretty small team (Most rider of your team I never heard from before), and the second in the KOM ranking is still a success
+ 1 I think, you did a good job, as janne said: 2nd KoM, pretty close and bad luck.
I have to agree with you both, the fact is that as the race happened, situation became very comfortable for us.
And we've missed a lot of points that we should have gotten: 2 on stage 2, 4 on stage 3, 8 on stage 4's first check, we could have gotten something on the second check if Médici hadn't lost contact(he wasn't struggling - just bad dot micromanage through crazy slopes).. and then lost it all to a rider who started the stage with no points.
Indeed, it is a success, but in some points I was so confident we could do it(like big break with good gap on stage 4, that was crucial) that I wrote that a bit.. disappointed.
Oh, and I thought we would see a Seara/Vivo rider on the game podium for the first time, that also got me disappointed =P
A good month for us? It’s difficult to say. We don’t know yet if the next months will be much better, if the average of results will be better. I personally think it was a decent month. We took part in 4 races, getting 2 Top Tens in GCs. Our best results so far is a 2nd place, gotten by Daniel Rogelin. No other podium position. After that, our best result is 7th. A lot of it, in fact.
We couldn’t reach our first sponsor goal, but it’s okay as it was too much difficult. Pagliarini and Walker performed decent in the first two races. Magno Prado Nazaret did a good Giro della Calabria with a Top 10 after sprint bonus seconds. Médici also did good on the only ITT we faced. And Daniel Rogelin with outstanding performances for a rider of his level. Only thing was Médici missing the KoM jersey. Summing up, we had a good month.
------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Other races results Pro Tour (no Pro Tour races this month)
Continental Tour
Spoiler
Can you see that it's a peloton on the text? I think I had to do it a little bigger..
------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Rankings UCI Pro Tour Individual
Rider of the Month:
Alexandre Vinokourov
Victories: 1 (Races)/3 (Stages)
2nd places: 1/2
3rd places: 0/1
Races: Vuelta a Andalucía
Young rider of the month:
Patrick Gretsch
Victories: 0 (Races)/0 (Stages)
2nd places: 0/0
3rd places: 0/0
------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Seara/Vivo Rider of the Monthpresented by Donut&Donut
Daniel Rogelin
Congratulations to Daniel Rogelin, he is our rider of the month! He got 3 Top 10s in Tour of Oman, including a podium position that is also our best result so far! And when you consider he has only 67 in SP, we have our rider of the month!
Edited by lluuiiggii on 19-02-2011 17:38
In Malaysia, we’ll have our next race, Le Tour de Langkawi. It’s our 3rd race from our 4 last in Asia. But differently from Qatar and Oman, Le Tour de Langkawi offers a lot of climbing, so we can expect an exciting race. Since the first edition in 1996, the race has had 14 editions, with only one rider being able to win it once, Paolo Lanfranchi. In the last 2 years, an Androni-Giocattoli won it, José Serpa being the last.
As mentioned, we’ll have 7 far from easy stages. After the first two flat stages as a warm up, the riders will face 5 difficult hilly stages, 3 of them finish uphill. Add that to a 20 seconds bonus for the winners and we can have the battle for GC opened up until the last stage.
The GC Contenders
Probably the biggest card in Malaysia is Giovanni Visconti. Our deck in this race is very big, though, as usual in minor races. Jan Bakelandts is another bet, and brings with him a very strong team for Omega Pharma. We also have Ángel Vicioso, but his Andalucía squad has only 6 riders (max 8) so maybe that could make the difference. Astana brings a good leader in David Navarro, but no good team mates. The list goes over and over, including BMC’s Mauro Santambrogio, Johann Tschopp (Bouygues Télécom), Francesco Masciarelli (Acqua & Sapone) and David García Dapena (Xacobeo).
The Sprinters
Unsurprisingly, we have a low number of sprinters. ISD CT’s Alexandre Usov is one of them. Russell Downing, from Sky Cycling Team, is another. Skil - Shimano bring a good sprinter in Robert Wagner, but I don’t think he’ll have much left after all the hills in the 2 flat stages. Sacha Modolo, Manuel Belletti and Denis Flahaut can finish the small list.
Rio es Carnival/Seara/Vivo
Team Goals:
- KOM Jersey (Nazaret, other)
We again got a weak team. This time, though, we bring our 2nd best rider in hill, Magno Prado Nazaret (HIL 68). He’s got a horrible fitness, though (around 65), so maybe other rider will to try to apply for our goal. Without counting the stage finishes, only counting KOM sprints, 96 points is the maximum you can get. We’ll try to collect some of those and let’s see what happens.
@janne_837
Thanks! We'll have to count with a lucky rides to get the jersey =)
March 1st: Le Tour of Langkawi
Stage 1: Alor Setar - Kepala Batas, 230.0 kms
The biggest stage of the race is classified as a flat stage, but probably too difficult for pure sprinters with that hilly final. There are 2 KOM checks in it, and we intend to get it. It shouldn’t be a difficult stage up to the checks so we have a bigger chance to get them (btw March 1st is my birthday irl so I hope the riders consider that and make a little bigger effort )
Now this took a time to form the breakaway. After 100 km raced and a lot of failed attempts, 5 riders managed to break clear from the peloton. 2 from Seara/Vivo. Initially, they were separed in 2 groups, the first having 2 riders and the second 3 riders, including both Seara/Vivo.
Spoiler
BotD: E1 - Pierre Rolland, Albert Timmer; E2 - Krisztian Lovassy, Tiago Fiorilli, Magno Prado Nazaret.
We though that setting a high pace for a few moments and we would bridge the small gap of about 30”. We were wrong. The gap only grew, getting to 2 minutes after a while.
Shortly before we arrived on the first KoM sprint, Martin Hebik joined our group. We had a 3 minutes advantage to the peloton at the moment. Not only he joined us, but he attacked us on the last descent before the first mountain sprint.
Even though we raised the speed and even tried to attack, we never saw him anymore. So there goes all the points we could take. Fortunately it’s not much comparing to the other stages.
Between the 2 KoM sprints, the peloton got us 3.
The last survivors were caught with 10 km left. Masssprint!
Under the red kite, Modolo is leading.
And he takes it! Yukiya Arashiro 2nd, Jimmy Engoulvent 3rd.
Today winner is Stage Results
1
Sacha Modolo
Colnago - CSF Inox
5h39'25
2
Yukiya Arashiro
Bbox Bouygues Télécom
s.t.
3
Jimmy Engoulvent
Saur - Sojasun
s.t.
4
Reinier Honig
Acqua & Sapone - D'Angelo & Antenucci
s.t.
5
Russell Downing
Sky Professional Cycling Team
s.t.
6
Cyril Lemoine
Saur - Sojasun
s.t.
7
Steve Chainel
Bbox Bouygues Télécom
s.t.
8
Piet Rooijakkers
Skil - Shimano
s.t.
9
David García Dapena
Xacobeo - Galicia
s.t.
10
Jonas Ljungblad
Omega Pharma - Lotto
s.t.
Not a good stage as we weren't able to get any KOM points. We'll just keep trying and hope for better luck in next days.
March 2nd: Le Tour of Langkawi
Stage 2: Butter Worth - Siliawan, 174.0 kms
Our second stage is also classified as a flat, but flat sections is probably what you won’t see. After a lot of hills, the riders will enter a final circuit where they will face for two times a 1 km long hill with an average about 10%, including the final sprint. As they pass the hill for the first time there’ll be a mountain check giving 6 points. We won’t go for KOM sprints today as there are too few of them. We’ll try to go for the break just for the chance of a good stage result.
A break of 9 riders was formed today. As they reached the hill for the first time, the pack had almost caught them, and that happened shortly after.
When the sprint was about to start, Giuseppe Palumbo was giving a great lead out to Ángel Vicioso(they are not team mates). They had a small gap to the others.
Palumbo was a horrible sprinter though and by the time they reached the hill, the others had already passed Vicioso. He was very fresh for the hill, though.
500 m to go: Vicioso leading, Visconti second, Vogondy third, yellow jersey Modolo fourth.
Vogondy passes Visconti for second, but no one is able to take the win from Ángel Vicioso, who raises his arms in the air in celebration!
Today winner is Stage Results
1
Ángel Vicioso
Andalucía - Cajasur
4h25'25
2
Nicolas Vogondy
Bbox Bouygues Télécom
s.t.
3
Giovanni Visconti
ISD - Neri
s.t.
4
Sacha Modolo
Colnago - CSF Inox
s.t.
5
Francisco José Pacheco
Xacobeo - Galicia
s.t.
6
David García Dapena
Xacobeo - Galicia
s.t.
7
Marco Frapporti
Colnago - CSF Inox
s.t.
8
Yukiya Arashiro
Bbox Bouygues Télécom
s.t.
9
Cyril Gautier
Bbox Bouygues Télécom
s.t.
10
Daniel Navarro
Astana
s.t.
Nothing to say about the stage.. just congrats to Vicioso.
March 3rd: Le Tour de Langkawi
Stage 3: Siliawan - Banting, 160.6 kms
Today is the first hilly-classified stage. Like in other stages, the riders will face some interesting hills. The main climb of the day is 17 km long. A selected peloton is expected to arrive, where then they will enter a small circuit and climb the same hill two times, with the finish awaiting them after the second climb. The riders will pass on 2 mountain checks, the first worth 16 points and teh second, 6 points.
After 40 km raced, 5 riders managed to break from the peloton, including two from Seara/Vivo: Arseno and Fiorilli.
Spoiler
BotD: Luca Pierfelici, Oleksandr Sheydyk, Tiago Fiorilli, Jay Thomson, Alex Arseno.
With more 30 km, Pierfelici and Thomson attacked. Fiorilli went with them. When the biggest climb of the day started, they had a 1’36” gap to the second group, who had 1’49” to the peloton.
We didn’t expect Fiorilli to keep with them until the KOM sprint, and, as waited, he had to leave them towards the middle of the climb.
The peloton filled of blue helmets and jerseys in front had already caught the other two, and were two minutes down on Fiorilli. We were trying to keep them away and still save 10 points.
Gap between Fiorilli - Peloton was decreasing slowly, and at that moment it really looked like Fiorilli would save 3rd on the KOM check. Then, Javier Moreno attacked. Possoni and Vanendert followed him.
Quickly Moreno reached and dropped Fiorilli. Possoni and Vanendert also did that a bit later.
On the peloton, 1 km from the summit, Vicioso attacked. Lefèvre, García Dapena and Daniel Moreno went with him.
The earlier attackers caught the other 2 escapees, and they started descending together.
A peloton driven by Colnago - CSF and Bbox Télécom caught Vicioso & co. and Fiorilli on the descent. Gap to the leaders was still 2’20” though.
When the front group started climbing again, Moreno and the other two attackers dropped the last 2 break survivors.
They finished the hill for the first time with a 1’22” advantage to the peloton, that was now shortened to only 45 riders.
When climbing the hill for the second time, the peloton was about to catch the 3 leaders when Daniel Navarro launched a powerful attack. Jérôme Coppel and Cyril Gautier countered the move. Would this be the winning move?
No. The peloton came in really fast, and heading to the last 2 kilometers, was in the lead again.
In the start of the sprint Navarro was leading - does he still have something after trying to go solo?
Yes, he does! And he wins it quite easily! He is the new yellow jersey!
Today winner is Stage Results
1
Daniel Navarro
Astana
4h38'58
2
Laurent Lefèvre
Bbox Bouygues Télécom
s.t.
3
Pierre Rolland
Bbox Bouygues Télécom
s.t.
4
Jérôme Coppel
Saur - Sojasun
s.t.
5
Ángel Vicioso
Andalucía - Cajasur
s.t.
6
Nicolas Vogondy
Bbox Bouygues Télécom
s.t.
7
Cyril Gautier
Bbox Bouygues Télécom
s.t.
8
Josep Jufré
Astana
s.t.
9
Giovanni Visconti
ISD - Neri
s.t.
10
Johann Tschopp
Bbox Bouygues Télécom
s.t.
Just when I thought we could get 10 points in the KOM check those guys attacked from the peloton and pass us. Not only our riders aren't good but now we also count with bad luck =P
@janne_837
True, ha xD
@baia
Yeah, "If you can achieve something without a struggle it's not going to be satisfying" - Greg LeMond - okay I'm not struggling to get the KOM jersey but it's being hard to do it
March 4th: Le Tour de Langkawi
Stage 4: Port Dickson - Bahut Pahat, 149.3 kms
The 4th stage of the race offers the second uphill finish off the race, probably the toughest of all 3. After a quite easy beginning, the riders will face some serious climbings, including a 7-km long towards the end of the stage that is very steep, getting up to 13%. The riders will get some air while descending to finally climb up to the city of Bahut Pahat.
A big break was formed today. 13 riders successfully escaped from the peloton in the early part of the stage. Two riders of Seara/Vivo managed to enter it, Tiago Fiorilli and Alex Arseno. Fiorilli, our KOM leader, was feeling awesome today (+5) and had the best fitness in the team (92). Maybe today could be his day? 22 points possible to get.
In the foot of the first KOM climb, they had a 5 minute advantage to the pack. When entering the last km before the KOM sprint, Fiorilli tried to take the lead of the group.
And he gets it, 6 points for him!
In the peloton, Astana is doing most of the work. Maybe their leader Navarro is feeling great today after yesterday’s victory?
Back to the front, the climb begin for the escapees. We knew that there were about 4 guys better than Fiorilli in hill stat, but we would be satisfied if able to get about 8 points.
About 3 minutes later came the pack. The advantage was good for a 7-km climb, but Astana had sent all their work horses to the front… things weren’t looking so good now.
In the break, Levarlet, Cioni and Santambrogio got rid of the others. It was still looking good for us, if we get 4th in the KOM check we would still get 8 points.
The peloton was coming fast, though, and with 3 kilometers left of climbing gap was down to 1’41”.
Fiorilli still tried to not be caught, but the inevitable contact occurred with 1.7 km left. Gap to leaders was now almost 2 minutes.
A peloton of 26 riders caught the remaining escapees in the descent.
The first kilometers of climbing were a bit easy, with 2 slight descents. After 4 to go, though, things would get only up and steep.
When we reached the 5 km mark, Daniel Navarro was in the front making the pace with Jufré protecting him from the wind. Yellow jersey Vicioso was glued on his wheel.
They continue to ride marking each other.
And there’s move that had to happen, with 2.8 kilometers left, Navarro is out of the saddle and powering away from the group! “Vicioso is done nothing about it, he saw the speed and the acceleration of Navarro!”
Jérôme Coppel is able to follow Navarro, and they opened a good gap in no time!
In the sprint for the victory, Navarro dropped Coppel several times.
In the end, they both get with the same time, but that doesn’t matter to Navarro! When he raises his hands to celebrate his 2nd consecutive stage win, he is almost 2 minutes in front of Vicioso!
Ángel Vicioso comes home 8th, 1’48” behind stage winner Navarro. That’s probably the last we’ll see of him in yellow in Malaysia.
Today winner is Stage Results
1
Daniel Navarro
Astana
4h32'42
2
Jérôme Coppel
Saur - Sojasun
s.t.
3
Pierre Rolland
Bbox Bouygues Télécom
+ 1'04
4
Tomasz Nose
Adria Mobil
+ 1'12
5
Cyril Gautier
Bbox Bouygues Télécom
s.t.
6
Nicolas Vogondy
Bbox Bouygues Télécom
+ 1'28
7
Daniel Moreno
Omega Pharma - Lotto
+ 1'48
8
Ángel Vicioso
Andalucía - Cajasur
s.t.
9
Giovanni Visconti
ISD - Neri
+ 1'56
10
Josep Jufré
Astana
+ 2'08
Up to now Navarro is confirming why he was a favorite, winning 2 out of 2 hilly stages. Up to now he probably didn't miss a good team mate with him. He has more than a minute gap to the 2nd in GC and with his current form and his performances it doesn't look like it will be a trouble for him to defend the yellow jersey. Now, about our interest, we again count with bad luck. We should have got more out of today, Fiorilli waws +5! At least his fitness is increasing. If the peloton today didn't up the pace going to the second KOM climb, we would probably get 8 more points. We could be with something about 18 points, but we are only with 10. We're not out of the competition, it's just a lot difficult now.
I think, you did a good job, as janne said: 2nd KoM, pretty close and bad luck.
Always steeling the mountain points.
