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Gora Euskadi! | Vuelta Summary
duxili
Posted on 05-02-2014 21:15
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Well for sure the start list is more impressive than in my last game
Not a bad start for Samu who was present all day long and finished not that far from the front
Shonak
Posted on 06-02-2014 02:18
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@Atlantius: Thanks. Yup, it's rather typical that the competition starts out strong and than fades in the second week or so. Still, we can't count on that and well, even if guys like Froome or Valverde fade... they are still world-class riders.
@24sebaf1: Hehe, indeed Gora Mikel!
@The Rider: Thanks. Of course you can join just as a Socio and don't have to become a Protégé to any rider. There's no need for that. Also, I was thinking about "overpowering" too, but I think by limiting it to one point for one rider I could prevent it. Additionately, I set a limit at which riders couldn't get a boost (like increasing +1 MT for Samu, Mikel and Igor - I wouldn't have liked that either). So now the upgrades are a nice bonus, but it's not something that will make my experience in any way much easier.
@duxili: Vuelta startlists have a tendency to be either really great or just really, really, utterly lame. Samu is always present and aware. Thankfully he will ride in this story next year for us (still thankful to BMC of course IRL).
"It’s a little bit scary when Contador attacks." - Tommy V
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Dippofix
Posted on 06-02-2014 07:28
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Two top 10s are nice, especially something as unexpected as in the TTT.
Ian Butler
Posted on 06-02-2014 08:53
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I finally made my choice as socio for Lobato: +1 ACC
Shonak
Posted on 06-02-2014 13:06
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@Dippofix: Quick-Sim makes it possible.
@Ian Butler: Alright, noted. I'll apply it - like all upgrades - at the end of the season.
"It’s a little bit scary when Contador attacks." - Tommy V
Shonak
Posted on 06-02-2014 13:12
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Vattenfall Cyclassics, August 2013
Another stop of the Izagirre brothers as well as for our two germans. With many top sprinters missing, the german race in Hamburg might offer us a shot for some cheap World Tour points. Favourites include Tom Boonen (OPQ), french-men Demare and Bouhanni (FDJ), Benoit Coquard (EUC) and Tyler Farrar (GRS). Surprisingly Greipel, Kittel and Degenkolb have chosen (alongside Peter Sagan and Mark Cavendish) the Vuelta this year, thus not participating in the Vattenfall Cyclassics. And yes, in case you are wondering, this is the most boring race for Euskaltel – Euskadi.
Flat, flat, some hills, flat, flat, some hills, flat, flat, some hills…
Herrada, Christensen, Van Emden and Wurf form the early breakaway. Quickly they gain on the peloton. Maybe the lack of top sprinters might give us a surprise today?
20 kilometers ahead of the finish, the gap is merely a minute. The sprinters make them ready for the finale. At least we get to see some action on the last 10 kilometers.
Flecha, Navardauskas, Voigt and Gaudin attack from the peloton. The break still has some gap left but are soon caught by a very strong Voigt. Sure, when Greipel & Co. are missing, Jens Voigt has just more room and tv-time to attack.
Tell you what? Ion Izagirre attacks now too seeing as the peloton doesn’t really provide much right now. Weirdly Vacansoleil works for the peloton, although Flecha…
… Flecha has a pretty big lead. And he heads into the last kilometer and it’s certain nobody will take this win from him… and Boonen…
Boonen practically gave away the win…
… but Flecha can’t believe it and doesn’t even celebrate. No time, no power or just not caring? Yeah, too cool this guy. Ion Izagirre gets caught on the last meters and gets 9th. Hm, probably should have went with Flecha, Voigt & Co. but whatever… Not even winner J.A. Flecha seemed to care for this race apparently.
Vattenfall Cyclassics, Results
Rank Name Team Time 1 Juan Antonio Flecha Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team 5h17'21 2 Ramunas Navardauskas Garmin - Sharp s.t. 3 Jens Voigt RadioShack - Leopard s.t. 4 Damien Gaudin Team Europcar s.t. 5 Allan Davis Orica - GreenEdge s.t. 6 Francesco Gavazzi Astana Pro Team s.t. 7 Tom Boonen Omega Pharma - Quick·Step Cycling Team s.t. 8 Arthur Vichot FDJ s.t. 9 Ion Izagirre Euskaltel - Euskadi s.t. 10 Daniele Bennati Team Saxo - Tinkoff s.t.
Spoiler
11 Nikias Arndt Team Argos - Shimano s.t. 12 Barry Markus Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team s.t. 13 Jens Debusschere Lotto Belisol s.t. 14 Simon Geschke Team Argos - Shimano s.t. 15 Matti Breschel Team Saxo - Tinkoff s.t. 16 Simone Ponzi Astana Pro Team s.t. 17 José JoaquÃn Rojas Movistar Team s.t. 18 Valentin Iglinskiy AG2R La Mondiale s.t. 19 Ben Swift Sky Procycling s.t. 20 Daniele Ratto Cannondale Pro Cycling s.t. 21 Björn Leukemans Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team s.t. 22 Johnny Hoogerland Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team s.t. 23 Dario Cataldo Sky Procycling s.t. 24 Sébastien Turgot Team Europcar s.t. 25 Gorka Izagirre Euskaltel - Euskadi s.t. 26 Geraint Thomas Sky Procycling s.t. 27 Wesley Kreder Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team s.t. 28 Bryan Coquard Team Europcar s.t. 29 Alan Marangoni Cannondale Pro Cycling s.t. 30 Andrea Palini Lampre - Merida s.t. 31 Tiziano Dall'Antonia Cannondale Pro Cycling s.t. 32 Nick Nuyens Garmin - Sharp s.t. 33 Yohan Offredo FDJ s.t. 34 Marco Marcato Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team s.t. 35 Wouter Mol Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team s.t. 36 Frederik Willems Lotto Belisol s.t. 37 Andreas Klier Garmin - Sharp s.t. 38 Manuele Boaro Team Saxo - Tinkoff s.t. 39 Tony Gallopin RadioShack - Leopard s.t. 40 Yukiya Arashiro Team Europcar s.t. 41 Alexey Tsatevitch Katusha Team s.t. 42 Jussi Veikkanen FDJ s.t. 43 Daniel Oss BMC Racing Team s.t. 44 Johannes Fröhlinger Team Argos - Shimano s.t. 45 Taylor Phinney BMC Racing Team s.t. 46 Brent Bookwalter BMC Racing Team s.t. 47 Jonas Ahlstrand Team Argos - Shimano s.t. 48 Jonathan Castroviejo Movistar Team s.t. 49 Eloy Teruel Movistar Team s.t. 50 Vladimir Isaychev Katusha Team s.t. 51 Davide Viganò Lampre - Merida s.t. 52 Gaetan Bille Lotto Belisol s.t. 53 Danilo Wyss BMC Racing Team s.t. 54 Christopher Juul-Jensen Team Saxo - Tinkoff s.t. 55 Arman Kamyshev Astana Pro Team s.t. 56 Mads Christensen Team Saxo - Tinkoff s.t. 57 Roy Curvers Team Argos - Shimano s.t. 58 Enrique Sanz Movistar Team s.t. 59 Maciej Paterski Cannondale Pro Cycling s.t. 60 Anthony Ravard AG2R La Mondiale s.t. 61 Michael Hepburn Orica - GreenEdge s.t. 62 Stefan Radochla Euskaltel - Euskadi s.t. 63 André Schulze Euskaltel - Euskadi s.t. 64 Rüdiger Selig Katusha Team s.t. 65 Ricardo GarcÃa Euskaltel - Euskadi s.t. 66 Davide Malacarne Team Europcar s.t. 67 Daniel Martin Garmin - Sharp s.t. 68 Baden Cooke Orica - GreenEdge s.t. 69 Vyacheslav Kuznetsov Katusha Team s.t. 70 Sébastien Minard AG2R La Mondiale s.t. 71 Bert Grabsch Omega Pharma - Quick·Step Cycling Team s.t. 72 Imanol Erviti Movistar Team s.t. 73 Nicki Sørensen Team Saxo - Tinkoff s.t. 74 Olivier Kaisen Lotto Belisol s.t. 75 Sébastien Chavanel Team Europcar s.t. 76 Jesse Sergent RadioShack - Leopard s.t. 77 Pablo Urtasun Euskaltel - Euskadi s.t. 78 Stephen Cummings BMC Racing Team s.t. 79 Jay McCarthy Team Saxo - Tinkoff s.t. 80 Jérôme Cousin Team Europcar s.t. 81 Cameron Wurf Cannondale Pro Cycling s.t. 82 Laurent Didier RadioShack - Leopard s.t. 83 Yaroslav Popovych RadioShack - Leopard s.t. 84 Mark Renshaw Belkin Pro Cycling Team s.t. 85 Martijn Maaskant Garmin - Sharp s.t. 86 Jack Bobridge Belkin Pro Cycling Team s.t. 87 Markel Irizar RadioShack - Leopard s.t. 88 Miguel MÃnguez Euskaltel - Euskadi s.t. 89 Sergey Chernetskiy Katusha Team s.t. 90 Willem Wauters Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team s.t. 91 Rohan Dennis Garmin - Sharp s.t. 92 Nelson Oliveira RadioShack - Leopard s.t. 93 Winner Anacona Lampre - Merida s.t. 94 Kevin De Weert Omega Pharma - Quick·Step Cycling Team s.t. 95 Jesús Herrada Movistar Team s.t. 96 Ricardo Mestre Euskaltel - Euskadi s.t. 97 Leigh Howard Orica - GreenEdge s.t. 98 Marco Pinotti BMC Racing Team s.t. 99 Fabian Wegmann Garmin - Sharp s.t. 100 Mattia Cattaneo Lampre - Merida s.t. 101 Kristof Vandewalle Omega Pharma - Quick·Step Cycling Team s.t. 102 Jos Van Emden Belkin Pro Cycling Team s.t. 103 Sylwester Szmyd Movistar Team s.t. 104 Kanstantsin Siutsou Sky Procycling s.t. 105 Vladimir Gusev Katusha Team s.t. 106 Natnael Berhane Team Europcar s.t. 107 Kenny Elissonde FDJ s.t. 108 Marco Haller Katusha Team s.t. 109 Vladimir Karpets Movistar Team s.t. 110 Sergio Pardilla MTN - Qhubeka s.t. 111 Roman Kreuziger Team Saxo - Tinkoff s.t. 112 Tobias Ludvigsson Team Argos - Shimano s.t. 113 Wilco Kelderman Belkin Pro Cycling Team s.t. 114 Fabio Sabatini Cannondale Pro Cycling s.t. 115 Xabier Zandio Sky Procycling s.t. 116 Ben King RadioShack - Leopard s.t. 117 Marc Goos Belkin Pro Cycling Team s.t. 118 Sebastian Lander BMC Racing Team s.t. 119 Juan Manuel Gárate Belkin Pro Cycling Team s.t. 120 Luca Wackermann Lampre - Merida s.t. 121 Matteo Bono Lampre - Merida s.t. 122 Geoffrey Soupe FDJ + 3'07 123 Ruslan Tleubayev Astana Pro Team s.t. 124 Yauheni Hutarovich AG2R La Mondiale s.t. 125 Alessandro Vanotti Astana Pro Team s.t. 126 Jacobus Venter MTN - Qhubeka s.t. 127 Bram Tankink Belkin Pro Cycling Team s.t. 128 Zdenek Stybar Omega Pharma - Quick·Step Cycling Team + 6'35 129 Daryl Impey Orica - GreenEdge s.t. 130 Gabriel Rasch Sky Procycling s.t. 131 Daniel Teklehaimanot Orica - GreenEdge s.t. 132 George Preidler Team Argos - Shimano s.t. 133 Aidis Kruopis Orica - GreenEdge s.t. 134 Tyler Farrar Garmin - Sharp s.t. 135 Alexey Lutsenko Astana Pro Team s.t. 136 Niki Terpstra Omega Pharma - Quick·Step Cycling Team s.t. 137 Gert Dockx Lotto Belisol s.t. 138 Marcel Sieberg Lotto Belisol s.t. 139 Luke Rowe Sky Procycling s.t. 140 Evan Huffman Astana Pro Team s.t. 141 Gert Steegmans Omega Pharma - Quick·Step Cycling Team s.t. 142 Nacer Bouhanni FDJ s.t. 143 Julien Bérard AG2R La Mondiale s.t. 144 Jani Tewelde MTN - Qhubeka s.t. 145 Christian Meier Orica - GreenEdge s.t. 146 Jürgen Van de Walle Lotto Belisol s.t. 147 Elia Viviani Cannondale Pro Cycling s.t. 148 Maarten Neyens Lotto Belisol s.t. 149 Songezo Jim MTN - Qhubeka s.t. 150 Jérôme Pineau Omega Pharma - Quick·Step Cycling Team s.t. 151 Theo Bos Belkin Pro Cycling Team s.t. 152 Dominique Rollin FDJ s.t. 153 Peter Kennaugh Sky Procycling s.t. 154 Blel Kadri AG2R La Mondiale s.t. 155 Luka Mezgec Team Argos - Shimano s.t. 156 Timofey Kritskiy Katusha Team s.t. 157 Guillaume Bonnafond AG2R La Mondiale s.t. 158 Arnaud Demare FDJ s.t. 159 Andreas Stauff MTN - Qhubeka s.t. 160 Andrea Guardini Astana Pro Team s.t. 161 Matteo Montaguti AG2R La Mondiale s.t. 162 Massimo Graziato Lampre - Merida s.t. 163 Dennis Van Niekerk MTN - Qhubeka + 7'12 164 Ignatas Konovalovas MTN - Qhubeka s.t. 165 Martin Reimer MTN - Qhubeka s.t. 166 Alessandro Petacchi Lampre - Merida s.t. 167 Michel Koch Cannondale Pro Cycling s.t. 168 Martin Kohler BMC Racing Team s.t.
Ian Butler
Posted on 06-02-2014 13:15
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A surprising race. Flecha is numb to this great victory
Ion with a top 10 which is better than Euskaltel could hope for
sutty68
Posted on 06-02-2014 15:08
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A nice top ten for Izagirre
duxili
Posted on 06-02-2014 20:48
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Really happy for Flecha: so consistent in spring classics that he do deserve this win
And a nice race for Euskatel too
Shonak
Posted on 06-02-2014 22:23
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@Ian Butler: Agreed aaaand agreed.
@sutty68: Certainly is. But meh, nobody really cared about the race to begin with apparently.
@duxili: Haha, yeah - it's true. Only thing, he was consistenly bad at the classics. Still it's a good win for Vacansoleil, especially since they are in danger of getting relegated.
"It’s a little bit scary when Contador attacks." - Tommy V
Shonak
Posted on 07-02-2014 12:06
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Vuelta a Espana, August 2013
Stage 3
170 kilometers and one steep climb at the end. Typical Vuelta stage I'd say.
A rainy day sees an early attempt by Egoi Mart#inez who relatively easy breaks away alongside 3 other riders. Up on the bridge we can see another 6 riders trying to join them.
When the weather gets better and Meyer and Trofimov join the break, they easily gain time on the peloton. With about 6 minutes, things look good for MartÃnez, Leezer, Veelers and Veilleux & Co. Since none of them present any danger to Gilbert or the favourites, they might have shot for an early stage win. Then again, Cannondale is hard at work and clearly they know, that this Is a perfect stage for Peter Sagan, who lost due to yesterday’s stage the lead in the UCI World Tour ranking. A couple of points here today and he may lead again – for a while at least.
While some guys sprint at the intermediate, the other 3 just ride their own pace. With still 30 kilometers to go, the riders have to watch after their energy.
10 kilometers to go and still over 2 minutes lead. Although MartÃnez wants to participate in the breakaway’s lead, the others are just too much roulers and he can consider himself lucky that he doesn’t get dropped. But therefor, the final climb may suit him more than the others. Watch out for Trofimov though I suppose. Only when the guys take out a bit, MartÃnez time comes to lead and he is eager to make it hard for the other guys already.
With about 2 minutes going into the final climb, chances are good for MartÃnez. Although in relay, MartÃnez gets quite some unintentional gap on his companions. Well, now the fight for the stage win is up…
White jersey Sagan attacks out of the peloton and the orange crowd, while MartÃnez struggles to drop his fellow riders for good.
Thus MartÃnez attacks with 1.5 kilometers left to go. Meanwhile attacks from the peloton by Moreno, Froome, Henao, Betancur & Piedra heat up the tension in the peloton.
Trofimov & Meyer are the only ones who can catch up to MartÃnez. And the Russian rider takes the stage win for Katusha. Egoi MartÃnez comes in third. In the back though, we can already spot white jersey Peter Sagan.
Valverde catches up to Group Henao just in time. Froome is a bit further back, Nieve might lose some time too but not too much. Due to the fact that Gilbert loses time too, Henao takes over the leader’s jersey.
Stage 3, Results
Rank Name Team Time 1 Yury Trofimov Katusha Team 4h06'38 2 Cameron Meyer Orica - GreenEdge s.t. 3 Egoi MartÃnez Euskaltel - Euskadi s.t. 4 David Veilleux Team Europcar + 15 5 Peter Sagan Cannondale Pro Cycling + 26 6 Tom Veelers Team Argos - Shimano s.t. 7 Sergio Henao Sky Procycling + 49 8 Luis León Sánchez Belkin Pro Cycling Team s.t. 9 Antonio Piedra Caja Rural s.t. 10 Daniel Moreno Katusha Team s.t.
Spoiler
11 Carlos Betancur AG2R La Mondiale s.t. 12 Tom Leezer Belkin Pro Cycling Team + 1'13 13 Alejandro Valverde Movistar Team s.t. 14 Amets Txurruka Caja Rural + 1'28 15 Chris Froome Sky Procycling s.t. 16 Marcos GarcÃa Caja Rural s.t. 17 Maxim Iglinskiy Astana Pro Team s.t. 18 Philippe Gilbert BMC Racing Team s.t. 19 Michael Albasini Orica - GreenEdge s.t. 20 Dries Devenyns Omega Pharma - Quick·Step Cycling Team s.t. 21 Mikel Nieve Euskaltel - Euskadi s.t. 22 Pieter Weening Orica - GreenEdge s.t. 23 Fränk Schleck RadioShack - Leopard s.t. 24 Mikel Landa Euskaltel - Euskadi s.t. 25 Ivan Santaromita BMC Racing Team s.t. 26 Gorka Verdugo Euskaltel - Euskadi s.t. 27 Samuel Sánchez Euskaltel - Euskadi s.t. 28 Javier Moreno Movistar Team s.t. 29 Alessandro Ballan BMC Racing Team s.t. 30 Oliver Zaugg Team Saxo - Tinkoff s.t. 31 Steve Morabito BMC Racing Team s.t. 32 David López Sky Procycling s.t. 33 Dominik Nerz BMC Racing Team s.t. 34 André Cardoso Caja Rural s.t. 35 Hubert Dupont AG2R La Mondiale s.t. 36 Haimar Zubeldia RadioShack - Leopard s.t. 37 David Arroyo Caja Rural s.t. 38 Anthony Roux FDJ s.t. 39 Igor Antón Euskaltel - Euskadi s.t. 40 Iván Velasco Caja Rural s.t. 41 Amaël Moinard BMC Racing Team s.t. 42 Danail Petrov Caja Rural s.t. 43 Diego Ulissi Lampre - Merida s.t. 44 Damiano Caruso Cannondale Pro Cycling s.t. 45 Peter Velits Omega Pharma - Quick·Step Cycling Team s.t. 46 Gianluca Brambilla Omega Pharma - Quick·Step Cycling Team s.t. 47 Sandy Casar FDJ s.t. 48 Valerio Agnoli Astana Pro Team s.t. 49 Elia Favilli Lampre - Merida s.t. 50 Andrey Amador Movistar Team s.t. 51 Fabricio Ferrari Caja Rural s.t. 52 Matteo Trentin Omega Pharma - Quick·Step Cycling Team s.t. 53 Michal Golas Omega Pharma - Quick·Step Cycling Team s.t. 54 Matthieu Ladagnous FDJ s.t. 55 Paolo Tiralongo Astana Pro Team s.t. 56 Xavier Florencio Katusha Team s.t. 57 Alberto Losada Katusha Team s.t. 58 Borut Božic Astana Pro Team s.t. 59 Paul Martens Belkin Pro Cycling Team s.t. 60 Manuele Mori Lampre - Merida s.t. 61 Maxime Bouet AG2R La Mondiale s.t. 62 Luca Paolini Katusha Team s.t. 63 Jonathan Tiernan-Locke Sky Procycling s.t. 64 Karsten Kroon Team Saxo - Tinkoff s.t. 65 Evgeni Petrov Team Saxo - Tinkoff s.t. 66 Rubén Plaza Movistar Team s.t. 67 Jonathan Cantwell Team Saxo - Tinkoff s.t. 68 Michael Mørkøv Team Saxo - Tinkoff s.t. 69 Luca Dodi Lampre - Merida s.t. 70 Jorge Azanza Euskaltel - Euskadi s.t. 71 Jesús Hernández Team Saxo - Tinkoff s.t. 72 Ian Stannard Sky Procycling s.t. 73 Eros Capecchi Movistar Team + 3'16 74 José Herrada Movistar Team s.t. 75 Julian Kern AG2R La Mondiale s.t. 76 Giovanni Visconti Movistar Team s.t. 77 Simon Clarke Orica - GreenEdge s.t. 78 Francisco José Ventoso Movistar Team s.t. 79 Maxim Belkov Katusha Team s.t. 80 Alexandre Geniez FDJ s.t. 81 Lars Petter Nordhaug Belkin Pro Cycling Team s.t. 82 Pablo Lastras Movistar Team s.t. 83 Egor Silin Astana Pro Team s.t. 84 Adriano Malori Lampre - Merida s.t. 85 Sérgio Paulinho Team Saxo - Tinkoff s.t. 86 Laurent Pichon FDJ s.t. 87 Alexandr Kolobnev Katusha Team s.t. 88 Andriy Grivko Astana Pro Team s.t. 89 Anthony Geslin FDJ s.t. 90 Gediminas Bagdonas AG2R La Mondiale s.t. 91 Murilo Fischer FDJ s.t. 92 John Degenkolb Team Argos - Shimano + 4'04 93 Grega Bole Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team + 4'18 94 Alexsandr Dyachenko Astana Pro Team s.t. 95 Dennis Van Winden Belkin Pro Cycling Team s.t. 96 Nathan Haas Garmin - Sharp s.t. 97 Mikaël Chérel AG2R La Mondiale s.t. 98 Stuart O'Grady Orica - GreenEdge s.t. 99 Jürgen Roelandts Lotto Belisol s.t. 100 Ben Hermans RadioShack - Leopard s.t. 101 Fabio Taborre Vini Fantini - Selle Italia s.t. 102 Thomas Dekker Garmin - Sharp s.t. 103 Rafael Valls Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team s.t. 104 Matthew Lloyd Lampre - Merida s.t. 105 Dimitriy Muravyev Astana Pro Team s.t. 106 Alessandro Proni Vini Fantini - Selle Italia s.t. 107 Assan Bazayev Astana Pro Team s.t. 108 Christian Knees Sky Procycling s.t. 109 Matthew Busche RadioShack - Leopard s.t. 110 Ben Gastauer AG2R La Mondiale s.t. 111 Bernhard Eisel Sky Procycling s.t. 112 Salvatore Puccio Sky Procycling s.t. 113 Cristiano Salerno Cannondale Pro Cycling s.t. 114 Jack Bauer Garmin - Sharp s.t. 115 Pim Ligthart Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team s.t. 116 Pierpaolo De Negri Vini Fantini - Selle Italia s.t. 117 Oscar Gatto Vini Fantini - Selle Italia s.t. 118 Rubén Pérez Euskaltel - Euskadi s.t. 119 Luca Mazzanti Vini Fantini - Selle Italia s.t. 120 François Parisien Team Argos - Shimano s.t. 121 Michael Schär BMC Racing Team s.t. 122 Adam Blythe BMC Racing Team s.t. 123 Klaas Lodewyck BMC Racing Team s.t. 124 Danilo Hondo RadioShack - Leopard s.t. 125 Tony Hurel Team Europcar s.t. 126 Reinardt Janse Van Rensburg Team Argos - Shimano s.t. 127 Kris Boeckmans Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team s.t. 128 Dirk Bellemakers Lotto Belisol s.t. 129 Robert Hunter Garmin - Sharp s.t. 130 Mirko Selvaggi Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team s.t. 131 Frederik Veuchelen Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team s.t. 132 Romain Feillu Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team s.t. 133 Andrew Fenn Omega Pharma - Quick·Step Cycling Team s.t. 134 Kenny Dehaes Lotto Belisol s.t. 135 Lucas Sebastián Haedo Cannondale Pro Cycling s.t. 136 Jonathan Monsalve Vini Fantini - Selle Italia s.t. 137 Francis De Greef Lotto Belisol s.t. 138 Lloyd Mondory AG2R La Mondiale s.t. 139 Francis Mourey FDJ s.t. 140 Stefano Agostini Cannondale Pro Cycling s.t. 141 Miguel Ubeto Lampre - Merida s.t. 142 Kevin Reza Team Europcar s.t. 143 Guillaume Boivin Cannondale Pro Cycling s.t. 144 Alex Howes Garmin - Sharp s.t. 145 Alexander Porsev Katusha Team s.t. 146 Joost Van Leijen Lotto Belisol s.t. 147 Anthony Charteau Team Europcar s.t. 148 Juan José Oroz Euskaltel - Euskadi s.t. 149 Cristiano Monguzzi Vini Fantini - Selle Italia s.t. 150 José Rujano Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team s.t. 151 Steve Chainel AG2R La Mondiale s.t. 152 Alexandre Pichot Team Europcar s.t. 153 Vicente Reynès Lotto Belisol s.t. 154 Brett Lancaster Orica - GreenEdge s.t. 155 Kristjan Koren Cannondale Pro Cycling s.t. 156 Tom Stamsnijder Team Argos - Shimano s.t. 157 Mitchell Docker Orica - GreenEdge s.t. 158 Anders Lund Team Saxo - Tinkoff s.t. 159 Josué Moyano Caja Rural s.t. 160 Grégory Rast RadioShack - Leopard s.t. 161 Edward King Cannondale Pro Cycling s.t. 162 Yohann Gène Team Europcar s.t. 163 Iljo Keisse Omega Pharma - Quick·Step Cycling Team s.t. 164 Guillaume Van Keirsbulck Omega Pharma - Quick·Step Cycling Team s.t. 165 David Zabriskie Garmin - Sharp s.t. 166 Kenny Van Hummel Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team s.t. 167 Koldo Fernández Garmin - Sharp s.t. 168 Greg Henderson Lotto Belisol s.t. 169 Mickaël Delage FDJ s.t. 170 Matthew Goss Orica - GreenEdge s.t. 171 Robert Wagner Belkin Pro Cycling Team s.t. 172 Christian Vande Velde Garmin - Sharp s.t. 173 Alexander Kristoff Katusha Team s.t. 174 Mathieu Sprick Team Argos - Shimano s.t. 175 Brian Vandborg Cannondale Pro Cycling s.t. 176 Leonardo Giordani Vini Fantini - Selle Italia s.t. 177 André Greipel Lotto Belisol s.t. 178 Christopher Sutton Sky Procycling s.t. 179 Marcel Kittel Team Argos - Shimano s.t. 180 Hayden Roulston RadioShack - Leopard s.t. 181 Björn Thurau Team Europcar s.t. 182 Giovanni Bernaudeau Team Europcar s.t. 183 Mark Cavendish Omega Pharma - Quick·Step Cycling Team s.t. 184 Matteo Tosatto Team Saxo - Tinkoff s.t. 185 David Tanner Belkin Pro Cycling Team s.t. 186 Bert De Backer Team Argos - Shimano s.t. 187 Giacomo Nizzolo RadioShack - Leopard s.t. 188 Sander Cordeel Lotto Belisol s.t. 189 Johan Vansummeren Garmin - Sharp s.t. 190 Stijn Devolder RadioShack - Leopard s.t. 191 Angelo Tulik Team Europcar s.t. 192 Roberto Ferrari Lampre - Merida s.t. 193 Graeme Brown Belkin Pro Cycling Team s.t. 194 Ramon Sinkeldam Team Argos - Shimano + 7'12 195 Michele Merlo Vini Fantini - Selle Italia s.t. 196 Ariel Maximiliano Richeze Lampre - Merida + 20'51 197 Sep Vanmarcke Belkin Pro Cycling Team + 21'26
Stage 4
Quite a tricky stage with so many bumpy hills and dangerous descents. The roads will be presumably also quite narrow at times thus making it easy for the peloton to be split up. You will have to be aware of the race to not lose any time in the finale.
Several crashes in the beginning make on this narrow, curvy roads, combined with the heavy rain, life for the riders dangerous. Weirdly enough, even in the breakaway the riders aren’t secure. Jorge Azanza is still upfront (hidden behind the camera), while Silin and Parisien dropped back into the peloton due to their misfortunate accidents. A second attack eventually brings Azanza forward to the front of the race.
Today’s route leaves no moment to rest. It’s up and down and up again. And all in the cold rain. While Spaniards seem have found a new love for Peter Sagan, Azanza’s group has become even bigger. Quite some formidable opponents are in the group with riders such as Velits (OPQ), Tiralongo (AST), Belkov (KAT), Damiano Caruso (CAN), Rujano (VCD), Geniez (FDJ), Morabito (BMC) and Howes (GRS) at the end. About 35 riders are already dropped meanwhile further back and surely more will follow.
The only protection the riders find from the heavy rider is in the tunnels.
Of course, the weather can’t be a dick all the time, and it eventually stops to rain. The break has about 4 minutes to the peloton, 72 kilometers left. After this hilly route, the riders have to face the Alto del Mirador de Ézaro. Not an easy challenge, although it appears like one on the profile display – but with over 10 % gradient nearly all the climb up, it’s sure to play an factor for the stage win already.
You can spot the paths of pain already from down there. This is going to steep, but Azanza looks calm so far, while the peloton comes closer and is only 3 minutes behind.
Not surprisingly some riders see this as an opportunity to attack and maybe get the stage win. Morabito is the first to launch his. After some thinking, Azanza reacts to Velits counter-attack.
Geniez stays back with Howes and Belkov. Is this the smarter decision? To save the energy for the finale, but what if they don’t manage to come back. The gap is quite significant already.
The peloton climbs a little later the climb without too much hassle. Movistar takes over charge from Team SKY and pace for their leader Valverde.
Howes is the only one to not have gotten back into the breakaway upfront in the descent. The final 20 kilometers are up and they are gonna be a bumpy ride.
10 kilometers from the finish, Sagan and Betancur try to take advantage of the steep hill shortly before the finish. But against the entire squad of Movistar they probably won’t stand much chance. Frequent attacks in the breakaway meanwhile don’t make life any easier for Azanza, however none of them gets particularly far yet.
And just as we thought the day would get easier and spy on Azanza, Valverde, Moreno and Henao intensify the race. We are left without our pants down. Antón, Sánchez and Verdugo have to try everything now to get them back… no one else is willing to do everything. Of course not, they have their guys upfront.
Saxo rider Hernandez might have made the decisivie move by attacking in the downhill, while everything blew up around us. He has a gap of around 15 seconds to the other guys, the final kilometer is up. About 1’15’’ is the lead of Group Valverde/Henao on the chasing Euskaltel pack far back.
They really rush into this sprint now. Azanza gets away from the wheel of Geniez and tries to push for it. Morabito and Tiralongo on the other side look stronger though. Soon thereafter Hernandez is caught and Morabito and Tiralongo remain to fight it out upfront.
Just by a few centimeters, Tiralongo takes the stagewin ahead of Morabito, Geniez and Azanza. Velits comes fifth.
Betancur, Sagan and Valverde get a little gap on Henao and Moreno. Maybe enough for another switch of the leader’s jersey?
And how does the peloton lose today, more importantly, how much does our Euskaltel – Euskadi trio lose? Luis Leon Sánchez and Gilbert thankfully decrease it a bit at least by sprinting really up this little climb. And by the way, Euskaltel – Euskadi might have just saved Froome (SKY) the possible Vuelta win…
Stage 4, Results
Rank Name Team Time 1 Paolo Tiralongo Astana Pro Team 4h46'32 2 Steve Morabito BMC Racing Team s.t. 3 Alexandre Geniez FDJ s.t. 4 Jorge Azanza Euskaltel - Euskadi s.t. 5 Peter Velits Omega Pharma - Quick·Step Cycling Team s.t. 6 Jesús Hernández Team Saxo - Tinkoff s.t. 7 Pierpaolo De Negri Vini Fantini - Selle Italia + 21 8 Maxim Belkov Katusha Team + 42 9 Damiano Caruso Cannondale Pro Cycling + 1'27 10 José Rujano Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team s.t. 11 Carlos Betancur AG2R La Mondiale + 2'01 12 Alejandro Valverde Movistar Team s.t. 13 Peter Sagan Cannondale Pro Cycling s.t. 14 Sergio Henao Sky Procycling + 2'16 15 Daniel Moreno Katusha Team s.t. 16 Luis León Sánchez Belkin Pro Cycling Team + 2'55 17 Philippe Gilbert BMC Racing Team s.t. 18 Marcos GarcÃa Caja Rural + 3'05 19 Iván Velasco Caja Rural s.t. 20 Amets Txurruka Caja Rural s.t. 21 Mikel Nieve Euskaltel - Euskadi s.t.
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22 Chris Froome Sky Procycling s.t. 23 Antonio Piedra Caja Rural s.t. 24 David López Sky Procycling s.t. 25 Igor Antón Euskaltel - Euskadi s.t. 26 Samuel Sánchez Euskaltel - Euskadi s.t. 27 Alberto Losada Katusha Team s.t. 28 Diego Ulissi Lampre - Merida s.t. 29 Hubert Dupont AG2R La Mondiale s.t. 30 Gorka Verdugo Euskaltel - Euskadi s.t. 31 Yury Trofimov Katusha Team s.t. 32 Maxime Bouet AG2R La Mondiale s.t. 33 Alessandro Ballan BMC Racing Team s.t. 34 Michael Albasini Orica - GreenEdge s.t. 35 Elia Favilli Lampre - Merida s.t. 36 André Cardoso Caja Rural s.t. 37 Javier Moreno Movistar Team s.t. 38 Oliver Zaugg Team Saxo - Tinkoff s.t. 39 Haimar Zubeldia RadioShack - Leopard s.t. 40 Dominik Nerz BMC Racing Team s.t. 41 Maxim Iglinskiy Astana Pro Team s.t. 42 Fränk Schleck RadioShack - Leopard s.t. 43 Dries Devenyns Omega Pharma - Quick·Step Cycling Team s.t. 44 David Arroyo Caja Rural s.t. 45 Ivan Santaromita BMC Racing Team s.t. 46 Cameron Meyer Orica - GreenEdge s.t. 47 Anthony Roux FDJ s.t. 48 Valerio Agnoli Astana Pro Team s.t. 49 Sandy Casar FDJ s.t. 50 Jonathan Tiernan-Locke Sky Procycling + 3'52 51 Amaël Moinard BMC Racing Team s.t. 52 Julian Kern AG2R La Mondiale s.t. 53 Pieter Weening Orica - GreenEdge s.t. 54 Fabricio Ferrari Caja Rural + 4'16 55 Christian Knees Sky Procycling s.t. 56 Josué Moyano Caja Rural s.t. 57 Lars Petter Nordhaug Belkin Pro Cycling Team s.t. 58 Borut Božic Astana Pro Team s.t. 59 Alexsandr Dyachenko Astana Pro Team s.t. 60 Matteo Trentin Omega Pharma - Quick·Step Cycling Team s.t. 61 Mikel Landa Euskaltel - Euskadi s.t. 62 Matthieu Ladagnous FDJ s.t. 63 Gianluca Brambilla Omega Pharma - Quick·Step Cycling Team s.t. 64 Ian Stannard Sky Procycling s.t. 65 Luca Dodi Lampre - Merida + 4'54 66 Evgeni Petrov Team Saxo - Tinkoff s.t. 67 Juan José Oroz Euskaltel - Euskadi s.t. 68 Danail Petrov Caja Rural s.t. 69 Sérgio Paulinho Team Saxo - Tinkoff s.t. 70 Manuele Mori Lampre - Merida s.t. 71 Egoi MartÃnez Euskaltel - Euskadi s.t. 72 Michael Mørkøv Team Saxo - Tinkoff s.t. 73 Michal Golas Omega Pharma - Quick·Step Cycling Team s.t. 74 Rubén Plaza Movistar Team s.t. 75 Andriy Grivko Astana Pro Team + 5'29 76 Eros Capecchi Movistar Team + 5'37 77 Andrey Amador Movistar Team s.t. 78 Pablo Lastras Movistar Team + 6'43 79 José Herrada Movistar Team s.t. 80 Giovanni Visconti Movistar Team s.t. 81 Adriano Malori Lampre - Merida s.t. 82 Alex Howes Garmin - Sharp + 7'26 83 Francisco José Ventoso Movistar Team s.t. 84 Simon Clarke Orica - GreenEdge + 7'42 85 Karsten Kroon Team Saxo - Tinkoff s.t. 86 Paul Martens Belkin Pro Cycling Team s.t. 87 Cristiano Salerno Cannondale Pro Cycling + 8'06 88 Jonathan Cantwell Team Saxo - Tinkoff s.t. 89 Tom Leezer Belkin Pro Cycling Team s.t. 90 Luca Paolini Katusha Team s.t. 91 Mikaël Chérel AG2R La Mondiale s.t. 92 Xavier Florencio Katusha Team s.t. 93 Lucas Sebastián Haedo Cannondale Pro Cycling s.t. 94 Egor Silin Astana Pro Team s.t. 95 Alexandr Kolobnev Katusha Team s.t. 96 Stefano Agostini Cannondale Pro Cycling s.t. 97 Dennis Van Winden Belkin Pro Cycling Team s.t. 98 Lloyd Mondory AG2R La Mondiale s.t. 99 Gediminas Bagdonas AG2R La Mondiale s.t. 100 Ben Gastauer AG2R La Mondiale s.t. 101 Rubén Pérez Euskaltel - Euskadi + 8'53 102 Laurent Pichon FDJ + 14'54 103 Oscar Gatto Vini Fantini - Selle Italia + 15'08 104 Grega Bole Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team s.t. 105 Alexander Kristoff Katusha Team s.t. 106 Jürgen Roelandts Lotto Belisol s.t. 107 Ben Hermans RadioShack - Leopard s.t. 108 Robert Hunter Garmin - Sharp s.t. 109 Anthony Charteau Team Europcar s.t. 110 Andrew Fenn Omega Pharma - Quick·Step Cycling Team s.t. 111 David Zabriskie Garmin - Sharp s.t. 112 Kenny Dehaes Lotto Belisol s.t. 113 Francis Mourey FDJ s.t. 114 Leonardo Giordani Vini Fantini - Selle Italia s.t. 115 Kris Boeckmans Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team s.t. 116 Danilo Hondo RadioShack - Leopard s.t. 117 Reinardt Janse Van Rensburg Team Argos - Shimano s.t. 118 Thomas Dekker Garmin - Sharp s.t. 119 Romain Feillu Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team s.t. 120 Luca Mazzanti Vini Fantini - Selle Italia s.t. 121 Dirk Bellemakers Lotto Belisol s.t. 122 Rafael Valls Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team s.t. 123 Nathan Haas Garmin - Sharp s.t. 124 Salvatore Puccio Sky Procycling s.t. 125 Greg Henderson Lotto Belisol s.t. 126 Christian Vande Velde Garmin - Sharp s.t. 127 Iljo Keisse Omega Pharma - Quick·Step Cycling Team s.t. 128 Anthony Geslin FDJ s.t. 129 Cristiano Monguzzi Vini Fantini - Selle Italia s.t. 130 Assan Bazayev Astana Pro Team s.t. 131 Steve Chainel AG2R La Mondiale s.t. 132 Robert Wagner Belkin Pro Cycling Team s.t. 133 Kenny Van Hummel Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team s.t. 134 Brett Lancaster Orica - GreenEdge s.t. 135 Alessandro Proni Vini Fantini - Selle Italia s.t. 136 Yohann Gène Team Europcar s.t. 137 Matthew Busche RadioShack - Leopard s.t. 138 Guillaume Van Keirsbulck Omega Pharma - Quick·Step Cycling Team s.t. 139 Fabio Taborre Vini Fantini - Selle Italia s.t. 140 Dimitriy Muravyev Astana Pro Team s.t. 141 David Veilleux Team Europcar s.t. 142 Johan Vansummeren Garmin - Sharp s.t. 143 Kristjan Koren Cannondale Pro Cycling s.t. 144 Tony Hurel Team Europcar s.t. 145 Mirko Selvaggi Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team s.t. 146 Stuart O'Grady Orica - GreenEdge s.t. 147 Mitchell Docker Orica - GreenEdge + 16'35 148 Angelo Tulik Team Europcar s.t. 149 Grégory Rast RadioShack - Leopard s.t. 150 Klaas Lodewyck BMC Racing Team s.t. 151 Kevin Reza Team Europcar s.t. 152 Edward King Cannondale Pro Cycling s.t. 153 Francis De Greef Lotto Belisol s.t. 154 Koldo Fernández Garmin - Sharp s.t. 155 Matteo Tosatto Team Saxo - Tinkoff s.t. 156 Christopher Sutton Sky Procycling s.t. 157 Jonathan Monsalve Vini Fantini - Selle Italia s.t. 158 Murilo Fischer FDJ s.t. 159 François Parisien Team Argos - Shimano s.t. 160 Tom Stamsnijder Team Argos - Shimano s.t. 161 Giacomo Nizzolo RadioShack - Leopard s.t. 162 Tom Veelers Team Argos - Shimano s.t. 163 Alexandre Pichot Team Europcar s.t. 164 Bernhard Eisel Sky Procycling s.t. 165 Guillaume Boivin Cannondale Pro Cycling s.t. 166 Ramon Sinkeldam Team Argos - Shimano s.t. 167 Marcel Kittel Team Argos - Shimano s.t. 168 Joost Van Leijen Lotto Belisol s.t. 169 André Greipel Lotto Belisol s.t. 170 Matthew Lloyd Lampre - Merida s.t. 171 Stijn Devolder RadioShack - Leopard s.t. 172 Frederik Veuchelen Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team s.t. 173 Matthew Goss Orica - GreenEdge s.t. 174 Mickaël Delage FDJ s.t. 175 Roberto Ferrari Lampre - Merida + 17'31 176 Miguel Ubeto Lampre - Merida s.t. 177 Jack Bauer Garmin - Sharp s.t. 178 Sander Cordeel Lotto Belisol s.t. 179 Pim Ligthart Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team + 17'45 180 Brian Vandborg Cannondale Pro Cycling + 19'24 181 Vicente Reynès Lotto Belisol + 21'30 182 Mark Cavendish Omega Pharma - Quick·Step Cycling Team + 21'39 183 Adam Blythe BMC Racing Team + 22'13 184 Björn Thurau Team Europcar + 24'23 185 Bert De Backer Team Argos - Shimano s.t. 186 David Tanner Belkin Pro Cycling Team + 33'20 187 Anders Lund Team Saxo - Tinkoff s.t. 188 Mathieu Sprick Team Argos - Shimano + 35'28 189 Alexander Porsev Katusha Team s.t. 190 Hayden Roulston RadioShack - Leopard s.t. 191 Michael Schär BMC Racing Team s.t. 192 Graeme Brown Belkin Pro Cycling Team s.t. 193 Giovanni Bernaudeau Team Europcar + 35'49 194 Ariel Maximiliano Richeze Lampre - Merida s.t. 195 John Degenkolb Team Argos - Shimano + 36'36 196 Michele Merlo Vini Fantini - Selle Italia + 36'45 197 Sep Vanmarcke Belkin Pro Cycling Team + 36'55
Roughly one minute is okay for fucking it up so much. We were quick to react eventually and there were worst stages in the Grand Tours this year where we lost everything. Since we are obviously not capable of learning from our past mistakes, we succeeded at least in limiting the damage this time around. Sergio Henao remains with one second ahead of Carlos Betancur.
General Classification
Rank Name Team Time 1 Sergio Henao Sky Procycling 13h41'19 2 Carlos Betancur AG2R La Mondiale + 1 3 Alejandro Valverde Movistar Team + 17 4 Peter Sagan Cannondale Pro Cycling + 21 5 Philippe Gilbert BMC Racing Team + 58 6 Daniel Moreno Katusha Team + 1'56 7 Chris Froome Sky Procycling + 2'16 8 Steve Morabito BMC Racing Team + 2'21 9 Luis León Sánchez Belkin Pro Cycling Team + 2'33 10 Peter Velits Omega Pharma - Quick·Step Cycling Team + 2'37
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11 Mikel Nieve Euskaltel - Euskadi + 2'38 12 Amets Txurruka Caja Rural + 2'52 13 Marcos GarcÃa Caja Rural s.t. 14 Samuel Sánchez Euskaltel - Euskadi + 2'54 15 Igor Antón Euskaltel - Euskadi s.t. 16 Maxim Iglinskiy Astana Pro Team + 3'07 17 Iván Velasco Caja Rural + 3'08 18 Yury Trofimov Katusha Team + 3'25 19 Alberto Losada Katusha Team + 3'40 20 Damiano Caruso Cannondale Pro Cycling + 4'03 21 Javier Moreno Movistar Team + 4'25 22 Jorge Azanza Euskaltel - Euskadi + 4'26 23 Dries Devenyns Omega Pharma - Quick·Step Cycling Team + 4'33 24 Oliver Zaugg Team Saxo - Tinkoff + 4'41 25 Cameron Meyer Orica - GreenEdge + 4'55 26 Haimar Zubeldia RadioShack - Leopard + 4'58 27 Antonio Piedra Caja Rural + 5'09 28 David López Sky Procycling + 5'16 29 Paolo Tiralongo Astana Pro Team + 5'32 30 Alessandro Ballan BMC Racing Team + 5'36 31 Ivan Santaromita BMC Racing Team + 5'38 32 Gorka Verdugo Euskaltel - Euskadi s.t. 33 Dominik Nerz BMC Racing Team s.t. 34 Hubert Dupont AG2R La Mondiale + 5'40 35 Maxime Bouet AG2R La Mondiale s.t. 36 Valerio Agnoli Astana Pro Team + 5'51 37 André Cardoso Caja Rural + 5'52 38 David Arroyo Caja Rural s.t. 39 Jesús Hernández Team Saxo - Tinkoff + 6'02 40 Diego Ulissi Lampre - Merida + 6'18 41 Amaël Moinard BMC Racing Team + 6'25 42 Michael Albasini Orica - GreenEdge + 6'45 43 Mikel Landa Euskaltel - Euskadi + 6'49 44 Rubén Plaza Movistar Team + 7'25 45 Danail Petrov Caja Rural + 7'41 46 Fränk Schleck RadioShack - Leopard + 8'46 47 Jonathan Tiernan-Locke Sky Procycling + 9'09 48 Egoi MartÃnez Euskaltel - Euskadi + 9'13 49 Christian Knees Sky Procycling + 9'17 50 Andrey Amador Movistar Team + 9'38 51 Evgeni Petrov Team Saxo - Tinkoff + 10'56 52 José Rujano Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team + 11'10 53 Michael Mørkøv Team Saxo - Tinkoff + 11'25 54 Eros Capecchi Movistar Team + 11'26 55 Maxim Belkov Katusha Team + 12'21 56 Pablo Lastras Movistar Team + 12'32 57 Sérgio Paulinho Team Saxo - Tinkoff + 12'44 58 Giovanni Visconti Movistar Team + 12'55 59 José Herrada Movistar Team s.t. 60 Ian Stannard Sky Procycling + 14'08 61 Gediminas Bagdonas AG2R La Mondiale + 14'22 62 Xavier Florencio Katusha Team + 14'47 63 Mikaël Chérel AG2R La Mondiale + 15'24 64 Ben Gastauer AG2R La Mondiale s.t. 65 Julian Kern AG2R La Mondiale + 16'43 66 Lloyd Mondory AG2R La Mondiale + 17'25 67 Luca Paolini Katusha Team + 19'19 68 Alexandre Geniez FDJ + 20'34 69 Alexandr Kolobnev Katusha Team + 21'07 70 Stefano Agostini Cannondale Pro Cycling + 21'13 71 Cristiano Salerno Cannondale Pro Cycling + 21'26 72 Elia Favilli Lampre - Merida + 21'57 73 Anthony Roux FDJ + 21'59 74 Sandy Casar FDJ s.t. 75 Rubén Pérez Euskaltel - Euskadi + 22'10 76 Pierpaolo De Negri Vini Fantini - Selle Italia + 22'12 77 Matteo Trentin Omega Pharma - Quick·Step Cycling Team + 22'22 78 Gianluca Brambilla Omega Pharma - Quick·Step Cycling Team s.t. 79 Borut Božic Astana Pro Team + 22'29 80 Fabricio Ferrari Caja Rural + 22'30 81 Pieter Weening Orica - GreenEdge + 22'59 82 Michal Golas Omega Pharma - Quick·Step Cycling Team + 23'00 83 Matthieu Ladagnous FDJ + 23'10 84 Luca Dodi Lampre - Merida + 23'46 85 Manuele Mori Lampre - Merida s.t. 86 Francisco José Ventoso Movistar Team + 24'08 87 Lars Petter Nordhaug Belkin Pro Cycling Team + 24'54 88 Alessandro Proni Vini Fantini - Selle Italia + 25'00 89 Alexsandr Dyachenko Astana Pro Team + 25'19 90 Josué Moyano Caja Rural + 25'20 91 Andriy Grivko Astana Pro Team + 25'30 92 Juan José Oroz Euskaltel - Euskadi + 25'44 93 Paul Martens Belkin Pro Cycling Team + 25'55 94 Karsten Kroon Team Saxo - Tinkoff + 26'05 95 Jonathan Cantwell Team Saxo - Tinkoff + 26'29 96 Tom Leezer Belkin Pro Cycling Team + 26'33 97 Steve Chainel AG2R La Mondiale + 27'05 98 Adriano Malori Lampre - Merida + 27'23 99 Alex Howes Garmin - Sharp + 28'05 100 Egor Silin Astana Pro Team + 28'07 101 Simon Clarke Orica - GreenEdge + 28'37 102 Lucas Sebastián Haedo Cannondale Pro Cycling + 28'59 103 Dennis Van Winden Belkin Pro Cycling Team + 29'46 104 David Veilleux Team Europcar + 33'01 105 Tom Veelers Team Argos - Shimano + 34'12 106 Thomas Dekker Garmin - Sharp + 35'10 107 Laurent Pichon FDJ + 35'36 108 Nathan Haas Garmin - Sharp + 35'47 109 Robert Hunter Garmin - Sharp s.t. 110 David Zabriskie Garmin - Sharp s.t. 111 Christian Vande Velde Garmin - Sharp s.t. 112 Johan Vansummeren Garmin - Sharp s.t. 113 Anthony Geslin FDJ + 35'50 114 Kristjan Koren Cannondale Pro Cycling + 36'01 115 Andrew Fenn Omega Pharma - Quick·Step Cycling Team + 36'04 116 Iljo Keisse Omega Pharma - Quick·Step Cycling Team s.t. 117 Assan Bazayev Astana Pro Team + 36'11 118 Ben Hermans RadioShack - Leopard + 36'29 119 Danilo Hondo RadioShack - Leopard s.t. 120 Matthew Busche RadioShack - Leopard s.t. 121 Jürgen Roelandts Lotto Belisol + 36'38 122 Kenny Dehaes Lotto Belisol s.t. 123 Dirk Bellemakers Lotto Belisol s.t. 124 Greg Henderson Lotto Belisol s.t. 125 Reinardt Janse Van Rensburg Team Argos - Shimano + 36'43 126 Robert Wagner Belkin Pro Cycling Team + 36'48 127 Francis Mourey FDJ + 36'52 128 Grega Bole Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team + 37'00 129 Romain Feillu Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team s.t. 130 Kris Boeckmans Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team s.t. 131 Rafael Valls Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team s.t. 132 Mirko Selvaggi Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team s.t. 133 Kenny Van Hummel Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team s.t. 134 Anthony Charteau Team Europcar + 37'04 135 Tony Hurel Team Europcar s.t. 136 Yohann Gène Team Europcar s.t. 137 Oscar Gatto Vini Fantini - Selle Italia + 37'05 138 Fabio Taborre Vini Fantini - Selle Italia s.t. 139 Luca Mazzanti Vini Fantini - Selle Italia s.t. 140 Cristiano Monguzzi Vini Fantini - Selle Italia s.t. 141 Brett Lancaster Orica - GreenEdge s.t. 142 Koldo Fernández Garmin - Sharp + 37'14 143 Stuart O'Grady Orica - GreenEdge s.t. 144 Murilo Fischer FDJ + 37'17 145 Klaas Lodewyck BMC Racing Team + 37'25 146 Grégory Rast RadioShack - Leopard + 37'56 147 Francis De Greef Lotto Belisol + 38'05 148 Joost Van Leijen Lotto Belisol s.t. 149 Jack Bauer Garmin - Sharp + 38'10 150 François Parisien Team Argos - Shimano s.t. 151 Tom Stamsnijder Team Argos - Shimano s.t. 152 Matthew Lloyd Lampre - Merida + 38'17 153 Salvatore Puccio Sky Procycling + 38'21 154 Frederik Veuchelen Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team + 38'27 155 Alexandre Pichot Team Europcar + 38'31 156 Kevin Reza Team Europcar s.t. 157 Angelo Tulik Team Europcar s.t. 158 Jonathan Monsalve Vini Fantini - Selle Italia + 38'32 159 Mitchell Docker Orica - GreenEdge s.t. 160 Guillaume Van Keirsbulck Omega Pharma - Quick·Step Cycling Team + 38'49 161 Dimitriy Muravyev Astana Pro Team + 38'56 162 Sander Cordeel Lotto Belisol + 39'01 163 Pim Ligthart Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team + 39'37 164 Leonardo Giordani Vini Fantini - Selle Italia + 39'50 165 Edward King Cannondale Pro Cycling + 40'13 166 Guillaume Boivin Cannondale Pro Cycling s.t. 167 Brian Vandborg Cannondale Pro Cycling + 40'17 168 Matteo Tosatto Team Saxo - Tinkoff + 40'33 169 Stijn Devolder RadioShack - Leopard + 40'41 170 Ramon Sinkeldam Team Argos - Shimano + 41'04 171 Mickaël Delage FDJ s.t. 172 Miguel Ubeto Lampre - Merida + 41'58 173 Vicente Reynès Lotto Belisol + 43'00 174 Adam Blythe BMC Racing Team + 43'03 175 Bert De Backer Team Argos - Shimano + 45'58 176 Christopher Sutton Sky Procycling + 47'54 177 Björn Thurau Team Europcar + 49'04 178 Alexander Kristoff Katusha Team + 49'45 179 Bernhard Eisel Sky Procycling + 50'04 180 Giacomo Nizzolo RadioShack - Leopard + 50'57 181 André Greipel Lotto Belisol + 51'06 182 Marcel Kittel Team Argos - Shimano + 51'11 183 Matthew Goss Orica - GreenEdge + 51'33 184 Roberto Ferrari Lampre - Merida + 52'14 185 Anders Lund Team Saxo - Tinkoff + 54'33 186 David Tanner Belkin Pro Cycling Team + 55'00 187 Mark Cavendish Omega Pharma - Quick·Step Cycling Team + 55'36 188 Alexander Porsev Katusha Team + 57'04 189 John Degenkolb Team Argos - Shimano + 57'57 190 Michael Schär BMC Racing Team + 59'03 191 Hayden Roulston RadioShack - Leopard + 59'34 192 Mathieu Sprick Team Argos - Shimano + 59'48 193 Graeme Brown Belkin Pro Cycling Team + 59'53 194 Giovanni Bernaudeau Team Europcar + 1h00'30 195 Michele Merlo Vini Fantini - Selle Italia + 1h15'42 196 Ariel Maximiliano Richeze Lampre - Merida + 1h16'49 197 Sep Vanmarcke Belkin Pro Cycling Team + 1h38'28
admirschleck
Posted on 07-02-2014 12:10
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3rd and 4th place are really good results! Keep that form!
Ollfardh
Posted on 07-02-2014 12:22
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+1 MO for good old Gorka Verdugo!
And hoping this will be your best GT of the year
Changed my sig, this was getting absurd.
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Posted on 07-02-2014 12:39
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On the attack as usual and some places at the end of the days.
And it is not yet the stages Euskael enjoys
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Posted on 07-02-2014 14:14
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A Good couple of stage's from the team, let's keep it going
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Posted on 07-02-2014 22:58
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Thanks guys. It's been some stages with ups and downs so far. A bit more up and a bit less down would be welcome by now.
@Ollfardh: Welcome aboard.
"It’s a little bit scary when Contador attacks." - Tommy V
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Vuelta a Espana, August 2013
Stage 5
Despite the climbs from Sober to Lago de Sanabria, we expect a bunch sprint today and since Cavendish, Greipel & Kittel want to that their trip to Spain counts for something, we don’t even think about ruining their party today. After the first four important stages, Euskaltel – Euskadi prefer it for the time to save their powers.
A group of five riders establishes itself early on, while Hurel from Europcar tries to close the gap to them on his own. His efforts however leave him someone hanging in the space between the front of the race and the peloton. With Zaugg and Rast, two swiss riders are in the break. Also featured are Martens (BEL), Gatto (VIN) and Bole (VCD).
It’s a calm, slightly cold day meanwhile for Euskaltel – Euskadi. However, Katu and I keep our eyes open for any suspicious signs for a possible attack by our opponents.
With 9 kilometers left, Zaugg and the others are not willing to surrend to Omega Pharma and Lotto – Belisol and make a last brave stand. However, they don’t have much chance against the combined efforts of the strongest sprint teams in the world.
Each team paces for their captains. This is where it counts now and we truly see at least for today a revival of the epic finishes between Cavendish, Greipel & Kittel. Oh, and Matthew Goss is in there too.
German champion Greipel opens up the sprint for good now after his teammates Dehaeys and Roelandts did some major work for him. Kittel on the far right has quite a gap to close while Cavendish tries to come after the stream of Trentin but Goss might block that route.
And Greipel takes home his Vuelta stage win with quite a lead on Goss and Cavendish.
Stage 5, Results
Rank Name Team Time 1 André Greipel Lotto Belisol 3h37'58 2 Matthew Goss Orica - GreenEdge s.t. 3 Mark Cavendish Omega Pharma - Quick·Step Cycling Team s.t. 4 Marcel Kittel Team Argos - Shimano s.t. 5 Alexander Kristoff Katusha Team s.t. 6 Jonathan Cantwell Team Saxo - Tinkoff s.t. 7 Peter Sagan Cannondale Pro Cycling s.t. 8 Roberto Ferrari Lampre - Merida s.t. 9 Matteo Trentin Omega Pharma - Quick·Step Cycling Team s.t. 10 Giacomo Nizzolo RadioShack - Leopard s.t.
Spoiler
11 Kenny Dehaes Lotto Belisol s.t. 12 Romain Feillu Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team s.t. 13 Kris Boeckmans Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team s.t. 14 Ramon Sinkeldam Team Argos - Shimano s.t. 15 Alejandro Valverde Movistar Team s.t. 16 Robert Hunter Garmin - Sharp s.t. 17 Jürgen Roelandts Lotto Belisol s.t. 18 Borut Božic Astana Pro Team s.t. 19 Sergio Henao Sky Procycling s.t. 20 Tom Veelers Team Argos - Shimano s.t. 21 Greg Henderson Lotto Belisol s.t. 22 Luis León Sánchez Belkin Pro Cycling Team s.t. 23 Andrew Fenn Omega Pharma - Quick·Step Cycling Team s.t. 24 Rubén Plaza Movistar Team s.t. 25 Philippe Gilbert BMC Racing Team s.t. 26 Laurent Pichon FDJ s.t. 27 Jonathan Tiernan-Locke Sky Procycling s.t. 28 Tom Leezer Belkin Pro Cycling Team s.t. 29 Carlos Betancur AG2R La Mondiale s.t. 30 Kenny Van Hummel Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team s.t. 31 Steve Chainel AG2R La Mondiale s.t. 32 Mikel Nieve Euskaltel - Euskadi s.t. 33 Valerio Agnoli Astana Pro Team s.t. 34 Maxime Bouet AG2R La Mondiale s.t. 35 Manuele Mori Lampre - Merida s.t. 36 Diego Ulissi Lampre - Merida s.t. 37 Alberto Losada Katusha Team s.t. 38 Iljo Keisse Omega Pharma - Quick·Step Cycling Team s.t. 39 Marcos GarcÃa Caja Rural s.t. 40 Cameron Meyer Orica - GreenEdge s.t. 41 Hubert Dupont AG2R La Mondiale s.t. 42 Javier Moreno Movistar Team s.t. 43 Ivan Santaromita BMC Racing Team s.t. 44 Klaas Lodewyck BMC Racing Team s.t. 45 Paolo Tiralongo Astana Pro Team s.t. 46 Dominik Nerz BMC Racing Team s.t. 47 David López Sky Procycling s.t. 48 Peter Velits Omega Pharma - Quick·Step Cycling Team s.t. 49 Christopher Sutton Sky Procycling s.t. 50 Reinardt Janse Van Rensburg Team Argos - Shimano s.t. 51 Amets Txurruka Caja Rural s.t. 52 Steve Morabito BMC Racing Team s.t. 53 Bernhard Eisel Sky Procycling s.t. 54 Damiano Caruso Cannondale Pro Cycling s.t. 55 Dennis Van Winden Belkin Pro Cycling Team s.t. 56 Mitchell Docker Orica - GreenEdge s.t. 57 Gediminas Bagdonas AG2R La Mondiale s.t. 58 Lloyd Mondory AG2R La Mondiale s.t. 59 Robert Wagner Belkin Pro Cycling Team s.t. 60 Gorka Verdugo Euskaltel - Euskadi s.t. 61 Vicente Reynès Lotto Belisol s.t. 62 Tom Stamsnijder Team Argos - Shimano s.t. 63 Dirk Bellemakers Lotto Belisol s.t. 64 Francisco José Ventoso Movistar Team s.t. 65 Joost Van Leijen Lotto Belisol s.t. 66 David Tanner Belkin Pro Cycling Team s.t. 67 Antonio Piedra Caja Rural s.t. 68 Guillaume Van Keirsbulck Omega Pharma - Quick·Step Cycling Team s.t. 69 Fränk Schleck RadioShack - Leopard s.t. 70 Iván Velasco Caja Rural s.t. 71 Danail Petrov Caja Rural s.t. 72 Adam Blythe BMC Racing Team s.t. 73 Gianluca Brambilla Omega Pharma - Quick·Step Cycling Team s.t. 74 Samuel Sánchez Euskaltel - Euskadi s.t. 75 Koldo Fernández Garmin - Sharp s.t. 76 Julian Kern AG2R La Mondiale s.t. 77 Ian Stannard Sky Procycling s.t. 78 Alexander Porsev Katusha Team s.t. 79 Andrey Amador Movistar Team s.t. 80 Igor Antón Euskaltel - Euskadi s.t. 81 José Herrada Movistar Team s.t. 82 Jesús Hernández Team Saxo - Tinkoff s.t. 83 Daniel Moreno Katusha Team s.t. 84 Graeme Brown Belkin Pro Cycling Team s.t. 85 Eros Capecchi Movistar Team s.t. 86 Lars Petter Nordhaug Belkin Pro Cycling Team s.t. 87 Rubén Pérez Euskaltel - Euskadi s.t. 88 Matthieu Ladagnous FDJ s.t. 89 Paul Martens Belkin Pro Cycling Team s.t. 90 Michal Golas Omega Pharma - Quick·Step Cycling Team s.t. 91 Yohann Gène Team Europcar s.t. 92 Evgeni Petrov Team Saxo - Tinkoff s.t. 93 Giovanni Visconti Movistar Team s.t. 94 Pim Ligthart Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team s.t. 95 Michael Mørkøv Team Saxo - Tinkoff s.t. 96 Mikaël Chérel AG2R La Mondiale s.t. 97 Fabricio Ferrari Caja Rural s.t. 98 Pablo Lastras Movistar Team s.t. 99 Chris Froome Sky Procycling s.t. 100 Kevin Reza Team Europcar s.t. 101 Haimar Zubeldia RadioShack - Leopard s.t. 102 Juan José Oroz Euskaltel - Euskadi s.t. 103 Francis De Greef Lotto Belisol s.t. 104 Pierpaolo De Negri Vini Fantini - Selle Italia s.t. 105 Assan Bazayev Astana Pro Team s.t. 106 Fabio Taborre Vini Fantini - Selle Italia s.t. 107 Egoi MartÃnez Euskaltel - Euskadi s.t. 108 John Degenkolb Team Argos - Shimano s.t. 109 Dries Devenyns Omega Pharma - Quick·Step Cycling Team s.t. 110 Yury Trofimov Katusha Team s.t. 111 Anthony Geslin FDJ s.t. 112 François Parisien Team Argos - Shimano s.t. 113 Ariel Maximiliano Richeze Lampre - Merida s.t. 114 Salvatore Puccio Sky Procycling s.t. 115 Karsten Kroon Team Saxo - Tinkoff s.t. 116 Mickaël Delage FDJ s.t. 117 Christian Knees Sky Procycling s.t. 118 Cristiano Salerno Cannondale Pro Cycling s.t. 119 Matthew Lloyd Lampre - Merida s.t. 120 Alessandro Ballan BMC Racing Team s.t. 121 Alexandre Pichot Team Europcar s.t. 122 Grega Bole Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team s.t. 123 Stuart O'Grady Orica - GreenEdge s.t. 124 Maxim Iglinskiy Astana Pro Team s.t. 125 Ben Gastauer AG2R La Mondiale s.t. 126 Angelo Tulik Team Europcar s.t. 127 Sander Cordeel Lotto Belisol s.t. 128 André Cardoso Caja Rural s.t. 129 Elia Favilli Lampre - Merida s.t. 130 Francis Mourey FDJ s.t. 131 Amaël Moinard BMC Racing Team s.t. 132 Kristjan Koren Cannondale Pro Cycling s.t. 133 Jack Bauer Garmin - Sharp s.t. 134 Cristiano Monguzzi Vini Fantini - Selle Italia s.t. 135 Luca Paolini Katusha Team s.t. 136 Xavier Florencio Katusha Team s.t. 137 Michael Schär BMC Racing Team s.t. 138 Alexsandr Dyachenko Astana Pro Team s.t. 139 Brett Lancaster Orica - GreenEdge s.t. 140 Mikel Landa Euskaltel - Euskadi s.t. 141 Miguel Ubeto Lampre - Merida s.t. 142 Anders Lund Team Saxo - Tinkoff s.t. 143 Simon Clarke Orica - GreenEdge s.t. 144 Oscar Gatto Vini Fantini - Selle Italia s.t. 145 Hayden Roulston RadioShack - Leopard s.t. 146 Mathieu Sprick Team Argos - Shimano s.t. 147 Matthew Busche RadioShack - Leopard s.t. 148 Edward King Cannondale Pro Cycling s.t. 149 Adriano Malori Lampre - Merida s.t. 150 Lucas Sebastián Haedo Cannondale Pro Cycling s.t. 151 Pieter Weening Orica - GreenEdge s.t. 152 Stefano Agostini Cannondale Pro Cycling s.t. 153 Alessandro Proni Vini Fantini - Selle Italia s.t. 154 Egor Silin Astana Pro Team s.t. 155 Murilo Fischer FDJ s.t. 156 Ben Hermans RadioShack - Leopard s.t. 157 Maxim Belkov Katusha Team s.t. 158 Matteo Tosatto Team Saxo - Tinkoff s.t. 159 Nathan Haas Garmin - Sharp s.t. 160 Anthony Roux FDJ s.t. 161 David Veilleux Team Europcar s.t. 162 Sandy Casar FDJ s.t. 163 Alexandr Kolobnev Katusha Team s.t. 164 David Arroyo Caja Rural s.t. 165 Danilo Hondo RadioShack - Leopard s.t. 166 Björn Thurau Team Europcar s.t. 167 Luca Dodi Lampre - Merida s.t. 168 Frederik Veuchelen Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team s.t. 169 Jorge Azanza Euskaltel - Euskadi s.t. 170 Giovanni Bernaudeau Team Europcar s.t. 171 Anthony Charteau Team Europcar s.t. 172 Guillaume Boivin Cannondale Pro Cycling s.t. 173 Dimitriy Muravyev Astana Pro Team s.t. 174 Rafael Valls Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team s.t. 175 Oliver Zaugg Team Saxo - Tinkoff s.t. 176 Luca Mazzanti Vini Fantini - Selle Italia s.t. 177 Thomas Dekker Garmin - Sharp s.t. 178 Josué Moyano Caja Rural s.t. 179 José Rujano Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team s.t. 180 Alex Howes Garmin - Sharp s.t. 181 Bert De Backer Team Argos - Shimano s.t. 182 Jonathan Monsalve Vini Fantini - Selle Italia s.t. 183 Sérgio Paulinho Team Saxo - Tinkoff s.t. 184 Alexandre Geniez FDJ s.t. 185 Michael Albasini Orica - GreenEdge + 3'20 186 Michele Merlo Vini Fantini - Selle Italia s.t. 187 Grégory Rast RadioShack - Leopard + 4'42 188 Tony Hurel Team Europcar + 7'47 189 Johan Vansummeren Garmin - Sharp + 8'36 190 David Zabriskie Garmin - Sharp s.t. 191 Christian Vande Velde Garmin - Sharp s.t. 192 Andriy Grivko Astana Pro Team s.t. 193 Leonardo Giordani Vini Fantini - Selle Italia s.t. 194 Brian Vandborg Cannondale Pro Cycling s.t. 195 Stijn Devolder RadioShack - Leopard s.t. 196 Sep Vanmarcke Belkin Pro Cycling Team + 16'58
Stage 6
Alright this one is really for the sprinters today. Move along, nothing to see here.
Okay, okay. I’ll give them that. The view from up here at the start isn’t half-bad. A bit later a group of 5 riders sets itself apart in the downhill, including Albasini, Pichot, Roux, Hermans and Boivin.
Well, woops. Someone must have fallen asleep and forgot to record anything… anyway, I just woke up in time for the finale 5 kilometers. Albasini is the lost one upfront while Omega Pharma, Argos – Shimano and Lotto – Belisol do their stuff.
For reasons that we have yet to comprehend, Tem Argos – Shimano prefers to use Degenkolb to hunt down the breakaway, while he isn’t participating in the sprint train for Kittel. However, Lotto Belisol have already quite a gap on Omega Pharma’s sprint train so I’d bet my money on Greipel once more.
Merely a kilometer left after this turn and Cavendish comes out of the cover of Matteo Trentin, who did a formidable job. However Kristoff and Greipel still have their nose in front.
It’s a real close one as Kristoff (KAT) was the fastest coming out of the turn and just has mere centimeters lead on Greipel while Kittel finishes once more third probably.
Obviously not much time to celebrate on the finish line for Kristoff so he has to do it after the it, and in a pose reminiscing Hercules, he takes the stage win for Katusha. Great job by the Norwegian, beating the fastest sprinters in the world.
Stage 6, Results
Rank Name Team Time 1 Alexander Kristoff Katusha Team 3h50'20 2 André Greipel Lotto Belisol s.t. 3 Marcel Kittel Team Argos - Shimano s.t. 4 Mark Cavendish Omega Pharma - Quick·Step Cycling Team s.t. 5 Kris Boeckmans Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team s.t. 6 Giacomo Nizzolo RadioShack - Leopard s.t. 7 Roberto Ferrari Lampre - Merida s.t. 8 Peter Sagan Cannondale Pro Cycling s.t. 9 Matthew Goss Orica - GreenEdge s.t. 10 Kenny Dehaes Lotto Belisol s.t.
Spoiler
11 Tom Veelers Team Argos - Shimano s.t. 12 Matteo Trentin Omega Pharma - Quick·Step Cycling Team s.t. 13 Jürgen Roelandts Lotto Belisol s.t. 14 Ramon Sinkeldam Team Argos - Shimano s.t. 15 Jonathan Cantwell Team Saxo - Tinkoff s.t. 16 Laurent Pichon FDJ s.t. 17 Borut Božic Astana Pro Team s.t. 18 Yohann Gène Team Europcar s.t. 19 Romain Feillu Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team s.t. 20 Andrew Fenn Omega Pharma - Quick·Step Cycling Team s.t. 21 Kenny Van Hummel Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team s.t. 22 Grega Bole Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team s.t. 23 Sergio Henao Sky Procycling s.t. 24 Andrey Amador Movistar Team s.t. 25 Alejandro Valverde Movistar Team s.t. 26 Jonathan Tiernan-Locke Sky Procycling s.t. 27 Greg Henderson Lotto Belisol s.t. 28 Dries Devenyns Omega Pharma - Quick·Step Cycling Team s.t. 29 Diego Ulissi Lampre - Merida s.t. 30 Mikel Nieve Euskaltel - Euskadi s.t. 31 Maxime Bouet AG2R La Mondiale s.t. 32 Manuele Mori Lampre - Merida s.t. 33 Hubert Dupont AG2R La Mondiale s.t. 34 Robert Hunter Garmin - Sharp s.t. 35 Valerio Agnoli Astana Pro Team s.t. 36 Paolo Tiralongo Astana Pro Team s.t. 37 Iljo Keisse Omega Pharma - Quick·Step Cycling Team s.t. 38 Alberto Losada Katusha Team s.t. 39 Chris Froome Sky Procycling s.t. 40 Javier Moreno Movistar Team s.t. 41 Fabricio Ferrari Caja Rural s.t. 42 Cameron Meyer Orica - GreenEdge s.t. 43 Christopher Sutton Sky Procycling s.t. 44 Tom Stamsnijder Team Argos - Shimano s.t. 45 Philippe Gilbert BMC Racing Team s.t. 46 Iván Velasco Caja Rural s.t. 47 Michael Albasini Orica - GreenEdge s.t. 48 Daniel Moreno Katusha Team s.t. 49 Gianluca Brambilla Omega Pharma - Quick·Step Cycling Team s.t. 50 Haimar Zubeldia RadioShack - Leopard s.t. 51 Bernhard Eisel Sky Procycling s.t. 52 Antonio Piedra Caja Rural s.t. 53 Francisco José Ventoso Movistar Team s.t. 54 Alexandr Kolobnev Katusha Team s.t. 55 Vicente Reynès Lotto Belisol s.t. 56 Andriy Grivko Astana Pro Team s.t. 57 Ben Hermans RadioShack - Leopard s.t. 58 Reinardt Janse Van Rensburg Team Argos - Shimano s.t. 59 Ian Stannard Sky Procycling s.t. 60 Alexander Porsev Katusha Team s.t. 61 Matthew Busche RadioShack - Leopard s.t. 62 Simon Clarke Orica - GreenEdge s.t. 63 Guillaume Van Keirsbulck Omega Pharma - Quick·Step Cycling Team s.t. 64 Ariel Maximiliano Richeze Lampre - Merida s.t. 65 François Parisien Team Argos - Shimano s.t. 66 Rubén Pérez Euskaltel - Euskadi s.t. 67 Salvatore Puccio Sky Procycling s.t. 68 John Degenkolb Team Argos - Shimano s.t. 69 José Herrada Movistar Team s.t. 70 Giovanni Visconti Movistar Team s.t. 71 Eros Capecchi Movistar Team s.t. 72 Amaël Moinard BMC Racing Team s.t. 73 Jesús Hernández Team Saxo - Tinkoff s.t. 74 Peter Velits Omega Pharma - Quick·Step Cycling Team s.t. 75 Dominik Nerz BMC Racing Team s.t. 76 Danail Petrov Caja Rural s.t. 77 Samuel Sánchez Euskaltel - Euskadi s.t. 78 Christian Knees Sky Procycling s.t. 79 Klaas Lodewyck BMC Racing Team s.t. 80 Hayden Roulston RadioShack - Leopard s.t. 81 Tony Hurel Team Europcar s.t. 82 Steve Chainel AG2R La Mondiale s.t. 83 Guillaume Boivin Cannondale Pro Cycling s.t. 84 Mitchell Docker Orica - GreenEdge s.t. 85 Gorka Verdugo Euskaltel - Euskadi s.t. 86 Maxim Belkov Katusha Team s.t. 87 Egor Silin Astana Pro Team s.t. 88 Brett Lancaster Orica - GreenEdge s.t. 89 Luca Dodi Lampre - Merida s.t. 90 Cristiano Salerno Cannondale Pro Cycling s.t. 91 Oliver Zaugg Team Saxo - Tinkoff s.t. 92 Matthew Lloyd Lampre - Merida s.t. 93 Michael Mørkøv Team Saxo - Tinkoff s.t. 94 Kristjan Koren Cannondale Pro Cycling s.t. 95 Adriano Malori Lampre - Merida s.t. 96 Stijn Devolder RadioShack - Leopard s.t. 97 Assan Bazayev Astana Pro Team s.t. 98 Carlos Betancur AG2R La Mondiale s.t. 99 Brian Vandborg Cannondale Pro Cycling s.t. 100 Sander Cordeel Lotto Belisol s.t. 101 Lucas Sebastián Haedo Cannondale Pro Cycling s.t. 102 Pieter Weening Orica - GreenEdge s.t. 103 Stefano Agostini Cannondale Pro Cycling s.t. 104 Stuart O'Grady Orica - GreenEdge s.t. 105 Rubén Plaza Movistar Team s.t. 106 Josué Moyano Caja Rural s.t. 107 Mikel Landa Euskaltel - Euskadi s.t. 108 Fränk Schleck RadioShack - Leopard s.t. 109 Marcos GarcÃa Caja Rural s.t. 110 Pierpaolo De Negri Vini Fantini - Selle Italia s.t. 111 Xavier Florencio Katusha Team s.t. 112 Dirk Bellemakers Lotto Belisol s.t. 113 Kevin Reza Team Europcar s.t. 114 Danilo Hondo RadioShack - Leopard s.t. 115 Tom Leezer Belkin Pro Cycling Team s.t. 116 Steve Morabito BMC Racing Team s.t. 117 David López Sky Procycling s.t. 118 Luis León Sánchez Belkin Pro Cycling Team s.t. 119 Joost Van Leijen Lotto Belisol s.t. 120 Ivan Santaromita BMC Racing Team s.t. 121 Oscar Gatto Vini Fantini - Selle Italia s.t. 122 Juan José Oroz Euskaltel - Euskadi s.t. 123 Matthieu Ladagnous FDJ s.t. 124 Damiano Caruso Cannondale Pro Cycling s.t. 125 Alessandro Ballan BMC Racing Team s.t. 126 Robert Wagner Belkin Pro Cycling Team s.t. 127 Gediminas Bagdonas AG2R La Mondiale s.t. 128 Paul Martens Belkin Pro Cycling Team s.t. 129 Mickaël Delage FDJ s.t. 130 Pim Ligthart Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team s.t. 131 Amets Txurruka Caja Rural s.t. 132 Elia Favilli Lampre - Merida s.t. 133 Igor Antón Euskaltel - Euskadi s.t. 134 Fabio Taborre Vini Fantini - Selle Italia s.t. 135 Adam Blythe BMC Racing Team s.t. 136 Anthony Roux FDJ s.t. 137 Grégory Rast RadioShack - Leopard s.t. 138 Michal Golas Omega Pharma - Quick·Step Cycling Team s.t. 139 Lloyd Mondory AG2R La Mondiale s.t. 140 Cristiano Monguzzi Vini Fantini - Selle Italia s.t. 141 Dimitriy Muravyev Astana Pro Team s.t. 142 Sandy Casar FDJ s.t. 143 Alexandre Pichot Team Europcar s.t. 144 Egoi MartÃnez Euskaltel - Euskadi s.t. 145 Luca Paolini Katusha Team s.t. 146 Angelo Tulik Team Europcar s.t. 147 Murilo Fischer FDJ s.t. 148 Graeme Brown Belkin Pro Cycling Team s.t. 149 Pablo Lastras Movistar Team s.t. 150 Yury Trofimov Katusha Team s.t. 151 Koldo Fernández Garmin - Sharp s.t. 152 David Veilleux Team Europcar s.t. 153 Dennis Van Winden Belkin Pro Cycling Team s.t. 154 Maxim Iglinskiy Astana Pro Team s.t. 155 Julian Kern AG2R La Mondiale s.t. 156 Jack Bauer Garmin - Sharp s.t. 157 Anthony Geslin FDJ s.t. 158 Edward King Cannondale Pro Cycling s.t. 159 André Cardoso Caja Rural s.t. 160 David Tanner Belkin Pro Cycling Team s.t. 161 Miguel Ubeto Lampre - Merida s.t. 162 Karsten Kroon Team Saxo - Tinkoff s.t. 163 Nathan Haas Garmin - Sharp s.t. 164 Michele Merlo Vini Fantini - Selle Italia s.t. 165 Francis De Greef Lotto Belisol s.t. 166 Alessandro Proni Vini Fantini - Selle Italia s.t. 167 Matteo Tosatto Team Saxo - Tinkoff s.t. 168 Luca Mazzanti Vini Fantini - Selle Italia s.t. 169 Giovanni Bernaudeau Team Europcar s.t. 170 Thomas Dekker Garmin - Sharp s.t. 171 Björn Thurau Team Europcar s.t. 172 Jorge Azanza Euskaltel - Euskadi s.t. 173 Rafael Valls Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team s.t. 174 Alexsandr Dyachenko Astana Pro Team s.t. 175 David Arroyo Caja Rural s.t. 176 Mikaël Chérel AG2R La Mondiale s.t. 177 Francis Mourey FDJ s.t. 178 José Rujano Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team s.t. 179 Lars Petter Nordhaug Belkin Pro Cycling Team s.t. 180 Frederik Veuchelen Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team s.t. 181 Anders Lund Team Saxo - Tinkoff s.t. 182 Jonathan Monsalve Vini Fantini - Selle Italia s.t. 183 Johan Vansummeren Garmin - Sharp s.t. 184 Sérgio Paulinho Team Saxo - Tinkoff s.t. 185 Alex Howes Garmin - Sharp s.t. 186 David Zabriskie Garmin - Sharp s.t. 187 Leonardo Giordani Vini Fantini - Selle Italia s.t. 188 Anthony Charteau Team Europcar s.t. 189 Evgeni Petrov Team Saxo - Tinkoff s.t. 190 Christian Vande Velde Garmin - Sharp s.t. 191 Michael Schär BMC Racing Team s.t. 192 Ben Gastauer AG2R La Mondiale s.t. 193 Alexandre Geniez FDJ s.t. 194 Mathieu Sprick Team Argos - Shimano + 3'13 195 Bert De Backer Team Argos - Shimano s.t. 196 Sep Vanmarcke Belkin Pro Cycling Team + 7'30
Stage 7
Tomorrow is a tough mountain stage, today though is another flat one. So, yaaay. From Almendralejo to Troyes, we see some climbs but nothing to tough. We might have thought about trying something but oddly all our riders are in the back when the attacks start right at the first hill. Since we are not really motivated to do anything anyway, we just call it a day.
While the guys in the breakaway sprint for the mountain points of the 4.-cat climbs, the spectators of the town are enjoying the sun and the run through their town.
With still over 30 kilometers left, the peloton slowly increases its day’s work, and the once comfortable lead of about 7 minutes totally surprisingly decreases rather fast.
Business as usual. The breakaway has no chance, the sprint trains form and we all hope to get an exciting finish to see.
Don’t ask me what Nieve is doing on Sagan’s wheel. He reminds me of that one dog… that you know?
This one is between Cavendish and Greipel, their teams are the seemingly only ones who could really create a train this time. Maybe Argos – Shimano are fed up with all these close 2nd and third places? Anyway, while Trentin does a great job pacing, Greipel has already quite some lead on Cavendish.
What the hell? When Dehaes can’t really sprint anymore, Greipel just sits on his saddle for quite a while and Trentin-Cavendish duo overtake them in a matter of instant.
Woah, Greipel really fucked that one up. Cavendish takes an easy stage win thanks to a superb performance by him and his lead-out Trentin. Australian Cantwell (TST) takes third.
Stage 7, Results
Rank Name Team Time 1 Mark Cavendish Omega Pharma - Quick·Step Cycling Team 4h51'45 2 André Greipel Lotto Belisol s.t. 3 Jonathan Cantwell Team Saxo - Tinkoff s.t. 4 Alexander Kristoff Katusha Team s.t. 5 Giacomo Nizzolo RadioShack - Leopard s.t. 6 Marcel Kittel Team Argos - Shimano s.t. 7 Kris Boeckmans Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team s.t. 8 Borut Božic Astana Pro Team s.t. 9 Matteo Trentin Omega Pharma - Quick·Step Cycling Team s.t. 10 Roberto Ferrari Lampre - Merida s.t.
Spoiler
11 Romain Feillu Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team s.t. 12 Matthew Goss Orica - GreenEdge s.t. 13 Peter Sagan Cannondale Pro Cycling s.t. 14 Laurent Pichon FDJ s.t. 15 Kenny Dehaes Lotto Belisol s.t. 16 Ramon Sinkeldam Team Argos - Shimano s.t. 17 Alejandro Valverde Movistar Team s.t. 18 Jürgen Roelandts Lotto Belisol s.t. 19 Kenny Van Hummel Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team s.t. 20 Lloyd Mondory AG2R La Mondiale s.t. 21 Jonathan Tiernan-Locke Sky Procycling s.t. 22 Carlos Betancur AG2R La Mondiale s.t. 23 Andrew Fenn Omega Pharma - Quick·Step Cycling Team s.t. 24 Tom Leezer Belkin Pro Cycling Team s.t. 25 Mikel Nieve Euskaltel - Euskadi s.t. 26 John Degenkolb Team Argos - Shimano s.t. 27 Gediminas Bagdonas AG2R La Mondiale s.t. 28 Andrey Amador Movistar Team s.t. 29 Maxime Bouet AG2R La Mondiale s.t. 30 Sergio Henao Sky Procycling s.t. 31 Robert Hunter Garmin - Sharp s.t. 32 Philippe Gilbert BMC Racing Team s.t. 33 Daniel Moreno Katusha Team s.t. 34 Guillaume Van Keirsbulck Omega Pharma - Quick·Step Cycling Team s.t. 35 Luis León Sánchez Belkin Pro Cycling Team s.t. 36 Marcos GarcÃa Caja Rural s.t. 37 Valerio Agnoli Astana Pro Team s.t. 38 Cameron Meyer Orica - GreenEdge s.t. 39 Ben Hermans RadioShack - Leopard s.t. 40 Ivan Santaromita BMC Racing Team s.t. 41 Amets Txurruka Caja Rural s.t. 42 Vicente Reynès Lotto Belisol s.t. 43 Antonio Piedra Caja Rural s.t. 44 Alexandr Kolobnev Katusha Team s.t. 45 Josué Moyano Caja Rural s.t. 46 Alberto Losada Katusha Team s.t. 47 Sérgio Paulinho Team Saxo - Tinkoff s.t. 48 Grega Bole Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team s.t. 49 Peter Velits Omega Pharma - Quick·Step Cycling Team s.t. 50 Chris Froome Sky Procycling s.t. 51 Paolo Tiralongo Astana Pro Team s.t. 52 Bernhard Eisel Sky Procycling s.t. 53 Javier Moreno Movistar Team s.t. 54 Guillaume Boivin Cannondale Pro Cycling s.t. 55 Adam Blythe BMC Racing Team s.t. 56 Steve Morabito BMC Racing Team s.t. 57 Graeme Brown Belkin Pro Cycling Team s.t. 58 Christopher Sutton Sky Procycling s.t. 59 Tom Stamsnijder Team Argos - Shimano s.t. 60 Paul Martens Belkin Pro Cycling Team s.t. 61 Rubén Pérez Euskaltel - Euskadi s.t. 62 Manuele Mori Lampre - Merida s.t. 63 Klaas Lodewyck BMC Racing Team s.t. 64 Diego Ulissi Lampre - Merida s.t. 65 Yury Trofimov Katusha Team s.t. 66 Dominik Nerz BMC Racing Team s.t. 67 Jorge Azanza Euskaltel - Euskadi s.t. 68 Alexander Porsev Katusha Team s.t. 69 Fabricio Ferrari Caja Rural s.t. 70 Francisco José Ventoso Movistar Team s.t. 71 Egoi MartÃnez Euskaltel - Euskadi s.t. 72 Igor Antón Euskaltel - Euskadi s.t. 73 Oliver Zaugg Team Saxo - Tinkoff s.t. 74 Juan José Oroz Euskaltel - Euskadi s.t. 75 Ian Stannard Sky Procycling s.t. 76 Michael Mørkøv Team Saxo - Tinkoff s.t. 77 Fränk Schleck RadioShack - Leopard s.t. 78 Kevin Reza Team Europcar s.t. 79 Gorka Verdugo Euskaltel - Euskadi s.t. 80 David López Sky Procycling s.t. 81 Julian Kern AG2R La Mondiale s.t. 82 Reinardt Janse Van Rensburg Team Argos - Shimano s.t. 83 Damiano Caruso Cannondale Pro Cycling s.t. 84 Steve Chainel AG2R La Mondiale s.t. 85 Tom Veelers Team Argos - Shimano s.t. 86 Pierpaolo De Negri Vini Fantini - Selle Italia s.t. 87 Oscar Gatto Vini Fantini - Selle Italia s.t. 88 Yohann Gène Team Europcar s.t. 89 Pim Ligthart Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team s.t. 90 Iván Velasco Caja Rural s.t. 91 Salvatore Puccio Sky Procycling s.t. 92 Haimar Zubeldia RadioShack - Leopard s.t. 93 Dennis Van Winden Belkin Pro Cycling Team s.t. 94 Robert Wagner Belkin Pro Cycling Team s.t. 95 Dries Devenyns Omega Pharma - Quick·Step Cycling Team s.t. 96 David Tanner Belkin Pro Cycling Team s.t. 97 Christian Knees Sky Procycling s.t. 98 José Herrada Movistar Team s.t. 99 Giovanni Visconti Movistar Team s.t. 100 Hubert Dupont AG2R La Mondiale s.t. 101 Koldo Fernández Garmin - Sharp s.t. 102 Gianluca Brambilla Omega Pharma - Quick·Step Cycling Team s.t. 103 Samuel Sánchez Euskaltel - Euskadi s.t. 104 Eros Capecchi Movistar Team s.t. 105 Alexsandr Dyachenko Astana Pro Team s.t. 106 Maxim Iglinskiy Astana Pro Team s.t. 107 Tony Hurel Team Europcar s.t. 108 Alexandre Pichot Team Europcar s.t. 109 Greg Henderson Lotto Belisol s.t. 110 Angelo Tulik Team Europcar s.t. 111 Jesús Hernández Team Saxo - Tinkoff s.t. 112 Matthieu Ladagnous FDJ s.t. 113 Iljo Keisse Omega Pharma - Quick·Step Cycling Team s.t. 114 Danilo Hondo RadioShack - Leopard s.t. 115 Elia Favilli Lampre - Merida s.t. 116 Mikaël Chérel AG2R La Mondiale s.t. 117 Fabio Taborre Vini Fantini - Selle Italia s.t. 118 Brett Lancaster Orica - GreenEdge s.t. 119 Amaël Moinard BMC Racing Team s.t. 120 Michael Albasini Orica - GreenEdge s.t. 121 Mitchell Docker Orica - GreenEdge s.t. 122 Rubén Plaza Movistar Team s.t. 123 Lars Petter Nordhaug Belkin Pro Cycling Team s.t. 124 Mickaël Delage FDJ s.t. 125 Lucas Sebastián Haedo Cannondale Pro Cycling s.t. 126 Francis Mourey FDJ s.t. 127 Alessandro Ballan BMC Racing Team s.t. 128 Murilo Fischer FDJ s.t. 129 Michele Merlo Vini Fantini - Selle Italia s.t. 130 Anthony Geslin FDJ s.t. 131 Luca Paolini Katusha Team s.t. 132 Mikel Landa Euskaltel - Euskadi s.t. 133 Michael Schär BMC Racing Team s.t. 134 Karsten Kroon Team Saxo - Tinkoff s.t. 135 Joost Van Leijen Lotto Belisol s.t. 136 Danail Petrov Caja Rural s.t. 137 Jack Bauer Garmin - Sharp s.t. 138 Pablo Lastras Movistar Team s.t. 139 Maxim Belkov Katusha Team s.t. 140 Hayden Roulston RadioShack - Leopard s.t. 141 Sander Cordeel Lotto Belisol s.t. 142 Nathan Haas Garmin - Sharp s.t. 143 Alessandro Proni Vini Fantini - Selle Italia s.t. 144 André Cardoso Caja Rural s.t. 145 Dirk Bellemakers Lotto Belisol s.t. 146 Matteo Tosatto Team Saxo - Tinkoff s.t. 147 Egor Silin Astana Pro Team s.t. 148 David Veilleux Team Europcar s.t. 149 Ben Gastauer AG2R La Mondiale s.t. 150 Mathieu Sprick Team Argos - Shimano s.t. 151 Miguel Ubeto Lampre - Merida s.t. 152 Giovanni Bernaudeau Team Europcar s.t. 153 Grégory Rast RadioShack - Leopard s.t. 154 Xavier Florencio Katusha Team s.t. 155 Johan Vansummeren Garmin - Sharp s.t. 156 Luca Mazzanti Vini Fantini - Selle Italia s.t. 157 Dimitriy Muravyev Astana Pro Team s.t. 158 Kristjan Koren Cannondale Pro Cycling s.t. 159 Simon Clarke Orica - GreenEdge s.t. 160 Rafael Valls Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team s.t. 161 Stuart O'Grady Orica - GreenEdge s.t. 162 Ariel Maximiliano Richeze Lampre - Merida s.t. 163 Bert De Backer Team Argos - Shimano s.t. 164 Cristiano Monguzzi Vini Fantini - Selle Italia s.t. 165 Anthony Roux FDJ s.t. 166 Jonathan Monsalve Vini Fantini - Selle Italia s.t. 167 Björn Thurau Team Europcar s.t. 168 Michal Golas Omega Pharma - Quick·Step Cycling Team s.t. 169 Adriano Malori Lampre - Merida s.t. 170 David Arroyo Caja Rural s.t. 171 Sandy Casar FDJ s.t. 172 Stefano Agostini Cannondale Pro Cycling s.t. 173 Matthew Busche RadioShack - Leopard s.t. 174 Thomas Dekker Garmin - Sharp s.t. 175 Anthony Charteau Team Europcar s.t. 176 Pieter Weening Orica - GreenEdge s.t. 177 Brian Vandborg Cannondale Pro Cycling s.t. 178 Matthew Lloyd Lampre - Merida s.t. 179 Assan Bazayev Astana Pro Team s.t. 180 Alex Howes Garmin - Sharp s.t. 181 François Parisien Team Argos - Shimano s.t. 182 Andriy Grivko Astana Pro Team s.t. 183 Cristiano Salerno Cannondale Pro Cycling s.t. 184 Edward King Cannondale Pro Cycling s.t. 185 Stijn Devolder RadioShack - Leopard s.t. 186 Frederik Veuchelen Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team s.t. 187 Leonardo Giordani Vini Fantini - Selle Italia s.t. 188 Anders Lund Team Saxo - Tinkoff s.t. 189 David Zabriskie Garmin - Sharp s.t. 190 Luca Dodi Lampre - Merida s.t. 191 Francis De Greef Lotto Belisol s.t. 192 Evgeni Petrov Team Saxo - Tinkoff s.t. 193 Christian Vande Velde Garmin - Sharp s.t. 194 Alexandre Geniez FDJ s.t. 195 José Rujano Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team s.t. 196 Sep Vanmarcke Belkin Pro Cycling Team + 5'16
General Classification
Rank Name Team Time 1 Sergio Henao Sky Procycling 26h01'22 2 Carlos Betancur AG2R La Mondiale + 1 3 Alejandro Valverde Movistar Team + 17 4 Peter Sagan Cannondale Pro Cycling + 21 5 Philippe Gilbert BMC Racing Team + 58
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6 Daniel Moreno Katusha Team + 1'56 7 Chris Froome Sky Procycling + 2'16 8 Steve Morabito BMC Racing Team + 2'21 9 Luis León Sánchez Belkin Pro Cycling Team + 2'33 10 Peter Velits Omega Pharma - Quick·Step Cycling Team + 2'37 11 Mikel Nieve Euskaltel - Euskadi + 2'38 12 Marcos GarcÃa Caja Rural + 2'52 13 Amets Txurruka Caja Rural s.t. 14 Samuel Sánchez Euskaltel - Euskadi + 2'54 15 Igor Antón Euskaltel - Euskadi s.t. 16 Maxim Iglinskiy Astana Pro Team + 3'07 17 Iván Velasco Caja Rural + 3'08 18 Yury Trofimov Katusha Team + 3'25 19 Alberto Losada Katusha Team + 3'40 20 Damiano Caruso Cannondale Pro Cycling + 4'03 21 Javier Moreno Movistar Team + 4'25 22 Jorge Azanza Euskaltel - Euskadi + 4'26 23 Dries Devenyns Omega Pharma - Quick·Step Cycling Team + 4'33 24 Oliver Zaugg Team Saxo - Tinkoff + 4'37 25 Cameron Meyer Orica - GreenEdge + 4'55 26 Haimar Zubeldia RadioShack - Leopard + 4'58 27 Antonio Piedra Caja Rural + 5'09 28 David López Sky Procycling + 5'16 29 Paolo Tiralongo Astana Pro Team + 5'32 30 Alessandro Ballan BMC Racing Team + 5'36 31 Ivan Santaromita BMC Racing Team + 5'38 32 Dominik Nerz BMC Racing Team s.t. 33 Gorka Verdugo Euskaltel - Euskadi s.t. 34 Maxime Bouet AG2R La Mondiale + 5'40 35 Hubert Dupont AG2R La Mondiale s.t. 36 Valerio Agnoli Astana Pro Team + 5'51 37 André Cardoso Caja Rural + 5'52 38 David Arroyo Caja Rural s.t. 39 Jesús Hernández Team Saxo - Tinkoff + 6'02 40 Diego Ulissi Lampre - Merida + 6'18 41 Amaël Moinard BMC Racing Team + 6'25 42 Mikel Landa Euskaltel - Euskadi + 6'49 43 Rubén Plaza Movistar Team + 7'25 44 Danail Petrov Caja Rural + 7'41 45 Fränk Schleck RadioShack - Leopard + 8'46 46 Jonathan Tiernan-Locke Sky Procycling + 9'09 47 Egoi MartÃnez Euskaltel - Euskadi + 9'13 48 Christian Knees Sky Procycling + 9'17 49 Andrey Amador Movistar Team + 9'38 50 Michael Albasini Orica - GreenEdge + 10'05 51 Evgeni Petrov Team Saxo - Tinkoff + 10'56 52 José Rujano Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team + 11'10 53 Michael Mørkøv Team Saxo - Tinkoff + 11'25 54 Eros Capecchi Movistar Team + 11'26 55 Maxim Belkov Katusha Team + 12'15 56 Pablo Lastras Movistar Team + 12'32 57 Sérgio Paulinho Team Saxo - Tinkoff + 12'44 58 José Herrada Movistar Team + 12'55 59 Giovanni Visconti Movistar Team s.t. 60 Ian Stannard Sky Procycling + 14'08 61 Gediminas Bagdonas AG2R La Mondiale + 14'22 62 Xavier Florencio Katusha Team + 14'47 63 Mikaël Chérel AG2R La Mondiale + 15'24 64 Ben Gastauer AG2R La Mondiale s.t. 65 Julian Kern AG2R La Mondiale + 16'43 66 Lloyd Mondory AG2R La Mondiale + 17'25 67 Luca Paolini Katusha Team + 19'19 68 Alexandre Geniez FDJ + 20'34 69 Alexandr Kolobnev Katusha Team + 21'07 70 Stefano Agostini Cannondale Pro Cycling + 21'13 71 Cristiano Salerno Cannondale Pro Cycling + 21'26 72 Anthony Roux FDJ + 21'55 73 Elia Favilli Lampre - Merida + 21'57 74 Sandy Casar FDJ + 21'59 75 Rubén Pérez Euskaltel - Euskadi + 22'10 76 Pierpaolo De Negri Vini Fantini - Selle Italia + 22'12 77 Matteo Trentin Omega Pharma - Quick·Step Cycling Team + 22'22 78 Gianluca Brambilla Omega Pharma - Quick·Step Cycling Team s.t. 79 Borut Božic Astana Pro Team + 22'29 80 Fabricio Ferrari Caja Rural + 22'30 81 Pieter Weening Orica - GreenEdge + 22'59 82 Michal Golas Omega Pharma - Quick·Step Cycling Team + 23'00 83 Matthieu Ladagnous FDJ + 23'10 84 Manuele Mori Lampre - Merida + 23'46 85 Luca Dodi Lampre - Merida s.t. 86 Francisco José Ventoso Movistar Team + 24'08 87 Lars Petter Nordhaug Belkin Pro Cycling Team + 24'54 88 Alessandro Proni Vini Fantini - Selle Italia + 24'56 89 Alexsandr Dyachenko Astana Pro Team + 25'19 90 Josué Moyano Caja Rural + 25'20 91 Juan José Oroz Euskaltel - Euskadi + 25'44 92 Paul Martens Belkin Pro Cycling Team + 25'55 93 Karsten Kroon Team Saxo - Tinkoff + 26'05 94 Jonathan Cantwell Team Saxo - Tinkoff + 26'21 95 Tom Leezer Belkin Pro Cycling Team + 26'33 96 Steve Chainel AG2R La Mondiale + 27'05 97 Adriano Malori Lampre - Merida + 27'23 98 Alex Howes Garmin - Sharp + 28'05 99 Egor Silin Astana Pro Team + 28'07 100 Simon Clarke Orica - GreenEdge + 28'37 101 Lucas Sebastián Haedo Cannondale Pro Cycling + 28'59 102 Dennis Van Winden Belkin Pro Cycling Team + 29'46 103 David Veilleux Team Europcar + 33'01 104 Andriy Grivko Astana Pro Team + 34'06 105 Tom Veelers Team Argos - Shimano + 34'12 106 Thomas Dekker Garmin - Sharp + 35'10 107 Laurent Pichon FDJ + 35'36 108 Robert Hunter Garmin - Sharp + 35'47 109 Nathan Haas Garmin - Sharp s.t. 110 Anthony Geslin FDJ + 35'50 111 Kristjan Koren Cannondale Pro Cycling + 36'01 112 Andrew Fenn Omega Pharma - Quick·Step Cycling Team + 36'04 113 Iljo Keisse Omega Pharma - Quick·Step Cycling Team s.t. 114 Assan Bazayev Astana Pro Team + 36'11 115 Ben Hermans RadioShack - Leopard + 36'27 116 Danilo Hondo RadioShack - Leopard + 36'29 117 Matthew Busche RadioShack - Leopard s.t. 118 Kenny Dehaes Lotto Belisol + 36'38 119 Jürgen Roelandts Lotto Belisol s.t. 120 Greg Henderson Lotto Belisol s.t. 121 Dirk Bellemakers Lotto Belisol s.t. 122 Reinardt Janse Van Rensburg Team Argos - Shimano + 36'43 123 Grega Bole Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team + 36'48 124 Robert Wagner Belkin Pro Cycling Team s.t. 125 Francis Mourey FDJ + 36'52 126 Kris Boeckmans Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team + 37'00 127 Romain Feillu Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team s.t. 128 Kenny Van Hummel Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team s.t. 129 Rafael Valls Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team s.t. 130 Oscar Gatto Vini Fantini - Selle Italia + 37'01 131 Yohann Gène Team Europcar + 37'04 132 Anthony Charteau Team Europcar s.t. 133 Fabio Taborre Vini Fantini - Selle Italia + 37'05 134 Brett Lancaster Orica - GreenEdge s.t. 135 Luca Mazzanti Vini Fantini - Selle Italia s.t. 136 Cristiano Monguzzi Vini Fantini - Selle Italia s.t. 137 Koldo Fernández Garmin - Sharp + 37'14 138 Stuart O'Grady Orica - GreenEdge s.t. 139 Murilo Fischer FDJ + 37'17 140 Klaas Lodewyck BMC Racing Team + 37'25 141 Joost Van Leijen Lotto Belisol + 38'05 142 Francis De Greef Lotto Belisol s.t. 143 Tom Stamsnijder Team Argos - Shimano + 38'10 144 Jack Bauer Garmin - Sharp s.t. 145 François Parisien Team Argos - Shimano s.t. 146 Matthew Lloyd Lampre - Merida + 38'17 147 Salvatore Puccio Sky Procycling + 38'21 148 Alexandre Pichot Team Europcar + 38'25 149 Frederik Veuchelen Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team + 38'27 150 Kevin Reza Team Europcar + 38'31 151 Angelo Tulik Team Europcar s.t. 152 Mitchell Docker Orica - GreenEdge + 38'32 153 Jonathan Monsalve Vini Fantini - Selle Italia s.t. 154 Guillaume Van Keirsbulck Omega Pharma - Quick·Step Cycling Team + 38'49 155 Dimitriy Muravyev Astana Pro Team + 38'56 156 Sander Cordeel Lotto Belisol + 39'01 157 Pim Ligthart Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team + 39'37 158 Guillaume Boivin Cannondale Pro Cycling + 40'13 159 Edward King Cannondale Pro Cycling s.t. 160 Matteo Tosatto Team Saxo - Tinkoff + 40'33 161 Mickaël Delage FDJ + 41'02 162 Ramon Sinkeldam Team Argos - Shimano + 41'04 163 Miguel Ubeto Lampre - Merida + 41'58 164 Grégory Rast RadioShack - Leopard + 42'34 165 Vicente Reynès Lotto Belisol + 43'00 166 Adam Blythe BMC Racing Team + 43'03 167 David Zabriskie Garmin - Sharp + 44'23 168 Johan Vansummeren Garmin - Sharp s.t. 169 Christian Vande Velde Garmin - Sharp s.t. 170 Tony Hurel Team Europcar + 44'51 171 Christopher Sutton Sky Procycling + 47'54 172 Leonardo Giordani Vini Fantini - Selle Italia + 48'26 173 Brian Vandborg Cannondale Pro Cycling + 48'53 174 Björn Thurau Team Europcar + 49'04 175 Bert De Backer Team Argos - Shimano + 49'11 176 Stijn Devolder RadioShack - Leopard + 49'17 177 Alexander Kristoff Katusha Team + 49'25 178 Bernhard Eisel Sky Procycling + 50'04 179 André Greipel Lotto Belisol + 50'22 180 Giacomo Nizzolo RadioShack - Leopard + 50'57 181 Marcel Kittel Team Argos - Shimano + 51'03 182 Matthew Goss Orica - GreenEdge + 51'21 183 Roberto Ferrari Lampre - Merida + 52'14 184 Anders Lund Team Saxo - Tinkoff + 54'33 185 David Tanner Belkin Pro Cycling Team + 55'00 186 Mark Cavendish Omega Pharma - Quick·Step Cycling Team + 55'08 187 Alexander Porsev Katusha Team + 57'04 188 John Degenkolb Team Argos - Shimano + 57'57 189 Michael Schär BMC Racing Team + 59'03 190 Hayden Roulston RadioShack - Leopard + 59'34 191 Graeme Brown Belkin Pro Cycling Team + 59'53 192 Giovanni Bernaudeau Team Europcar + 1h00'30 193 Mathieu Sprick Team Argos - Shimano + 1h03'01 194 Ariel Maximiliano Richeze Lampre - Merida + 1h16'49 195 Michele Merlo Vini Fantini - Selle Italia + 1h19'02 196 Sep Vanmarcke Belkin Pro Cycling Team + 2h08'12
duxili
Posted on 08-02-2014 11:00
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Let's move on to the important stage and let those desperately flat ones behind
Shonak
Posted on 08-02-2014 17:58
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Haha, totally agreeing with you.
"It’s a little bit scary when Contador attacks." - Tommy V
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Posted on 08-02-2014 18:01
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Nieve did well to hold on to Sagan's wheel for so long
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