In spite of the early hills this should be a fairly quite stage probably ending in a bunch sprint.
Early on the slope seems to take the edge of the attacks. Jesper pull away on the climb with a bunch of other riders to show and secure his mountain jersey.
Again today we are fortunate in the composition of the break as Jesper is 6 minutes better than the second best placed rider in the break. That means we won’t have to chase the break as we would gain an even more solid lead if the break went home with a 10 minute lead...
For now Spidertech and Orica – GreenEdge have taken charge of the peloton.
Shortly after BMC and Endura join to help in the chase. With 86 km to go they have brought the peloton down to 38 riders with the 12-rider break only just over a minute ahead.
58 km to go and all are quiet in the peloton as Jesper Hansen leads them over the last KOM-sprint of the day. Surprisingly Geraint Thomas is all alone in front of the group. Taylor Phinney attacks with about 10 km to go. No one really takes it seriously at first but with 7 km to he has a gap of about a minute.
For once we manage to build a decent train and with 2 km to go the white jersey is leading out the yellow.
Too late to catch the American though…
Once again Thomas is too strong for Thor in the sprint. A long season is beginning to set its mark on the big Norwegian.
Result:
1
Taylor Phinney
Team Type 1 - Sanofi
4h30'22
2
Allan Davis
Orica - GreenEdge
+ 41
3
Geraint Thomas
Sky Procycling
s.t.
4
Daniel Oss
Efapel - Glassdrive
s.t.
5
Thor Hushovd
Falcon - STARK
s.t.
Spoiler
6
Robert Hunter
Garmin - Sharp
s.t.
7
Leonardo Duque
Cofidis, le crédit en ligne
s.t.
8
Jake Keough
UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team
s.t.
9
Ben Swift
Sky Procycling
s.t.
10
Jonathon McEvoy
Endura Racing
s.t.
11
Tobias Ludvigsson
Falcon - STARK
s.t.
12
Alex Rasmussen
Garmin - Sharp
s.t.
13
Tom Veelers
Endura Racing
s.t.
14
Jack Bauer
Saur - Sojasun
s.t.
15
Jonathan Mould
An Post - Sean Kelly
s.t.
16
Yannick Talabardon
Saur - Sojasun
s.t.
17
Jakob Rathe
Garmin - Sharp
s.t.
18
Andreas Schillinger
Team NetApp
s.t.
19
Gediminas Bagdonas
An Post - Sean Kelly
s.t.
20
Christofer Stevenson
Falcon - STARK
s.t.
21
Lars Ytting Bak
Falcon - STARK
s.t.
22
Romain Zingle
Cofidis, le crédit en ligne
s.t.
23
Boy Van Poppel
UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team
s.t.
24
Marcel Wyss
Team NetApp
s.t.
25
Robert Förster
UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team
s.t.
26
Jesse Sergent
RadioShack - Nissan
s.t.
27
Lars Boom
BMC Racing Team
s.t.
28
Joey Rosskopf
Team Type 1 - Sanofi
s.t.
29
Jan Barta
Team NetApp
s.t.
30
Scott Thwaites
Endura Racing
s.t.
31
Rony Martias
Saur - Sojasun
s.t.
32
Brian Vandborg
SpiderTech powered by C10
s.t.
33
Jérémie Galland
Saur - Sojasun
s.t.
34
Jonathan Tiernan-Locke
Endura Racing
s.t.
35
Ben King
RadioShack - Nissan
s.t.
36
Davide Appollonio
Sky Procycling
s.t.
37
Mauro Santambrogio
BMC Racing Team
s.t.
38
Niki Terpstra
BMC Racing Team
s.t.
39
Cyrille Monnerais
Saur - Sojasun
s.t.
40
Martin Gilbert
SpiderTech powered by C10
s.t.
41
Brett Lancaster
Orica - GreenEdge
s.t.
42
Keven Lacombe
SpiderTech powered by C10
s.t.
43
Maxime Méderel
Saur - Sojasun
s.t.
44
Enrico Franzoï
Colnago - CSF Inox
s.t.
45
Thomas Nybo Riis
Falcon - STARK
s.t.
46
Baden Cooke
Orica - GreenEdge
s.t.
47
Murilo Fischer
Garmin - Sharp
s.t.
48
Stijn Joseph
Accent Jobs - Willems Veranda's
s.t.
49
Sebastian Langeveld
Orica - GreenEdge
s.t.
50
Reto Hollenstein
Team NetApp
s.t.
51
Nicolas Sanderson
Orica - GreenEdge
s.t.
52
Pieter Ghyllebert
An Post - Sean Kelly
s.t.
53
Enrico Battaglin
Colnago - CSF Inox
s.t.
54
Christopher Jones
UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team
s.t.
55
Rubens Bertogliati
Team Type 1 - Sanofi
s.t.
56
Peter McDonald
Orica - GreenEdge
s.t.
57
Constantino Zaballa
Caja Rural
s.t.
58
José Antonio De Segovia
Caja Rural
s.t.
59
Michael Færk Christensen
Falcon - STARK
s.t.
60
Jonathan Bellis
An Post - Sean Kelly
s.t.
61
Rémy Cusin
Cofidis, le crédit en ligne
s.t.
62
Hugo Sancho
LA - Antarte
s.t.
63
Alex Bowden
Team Type 1 - Sanofi
s.t.
64
Enrique Salgueiro
LA - Antarte
s.t.
65
Luis Pasamontes
Caja Rural
s.t.
66
Jason McCartney
UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team
s.t.
67
Hernâni Brôco
Caja Rural
s.t.
68
Kai Reus
UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team
s.t.
69
Jesper Hansen
Falcon - STARK
s.t.
70
Juan Antonio Flecha
Sky Procycling
s.t.
71
David Blanco
Efapel - Glassdrive
s.t.
72
David Boily
SpiderTech powered by C10
s.t.
73
Giacomo Nizzolo
RadioShack - Nissan
s.t.
74
Stefan Van Dijk
Accent Jobs - Willems Veranda's
s.t.
75
Hugo Houle
SpiderTech powered by C10
s.t.
76
Roy Jans
An Post - Sean Kelly
s.t.
77
Oliver Zaugg
RadioShack - Nissan
s.t.
78
Mattia Gavazzi
Colnago - CSF Inox
s.t.
79
Raúl Alarcón
Efapel - Glassdrive
s.t.
80
Tyler Farrar
Garmin - Sharp
s.t.
81
Gianluca Brambilla
Colnago - CSF Inox
s.t.
82
Sander Armee
Accent Jobs - Willems Veranda's
s.t.
83
Ryan Anderson
SpiderTech powered by C10
s.t.
84
Jean-Marc Marino
Saur - Sojasun
s.t.
85
Aldo Ino Ilesic
Team Type 1 - Sanofi
s.t.
86
Julien Fouchard
Cofidis, le crédit en ligne
s.t.
87
David Vaz
LA - Antarte
+ 2'36
88
Egoitz García
Cofidis, le crédit en ligne
s.t.
89
Philipp Klein
Team NetApp
s.t.
90
Kim Borry
Accent Jobs - Willems Veranda's
+ 3'05
91
Cesar Fonte
Efapel - Glassdrive
+ 3'30
92
Jack Anderson
Endura Racing
s.t.
93
Joe Eldridge
Team Type 1 - Sanofi
s.t.
94
Hilton Clarke
UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team
s.t.
95
Ghader Mizbani
LA - Antarte
+ 3'54
96
Robin Benneker
BMC Racing Team
+ 4'37
97
Stephen Adams
Endura Racing
+ 6'04
98
Bjorn Selander
SpiderTech powered by C10
s.t.
99
Dylan Steven
Garmin - Sharp
+ 7'05
100
Mauro Facci
Colnago - CSF Inox
+ 8'44
101
John Jørgensen
Team Saxo - Tinkoff
s.t.
102
Hadjimurat Meleshko
Team Saxo - Tinkoff
s.t.
103
Sebastian Siedler
Team NetApp
s.t.
104
Andrea Di Corrado
Colnago - CSF Inox
s.t.
105
Arnoud Van Groen
Accent Jobs - Willems Veranda's
s.t.
106
Bruno Sancho
LA - Antarte
s.t.
107
Wilfried Cretskens
An Post - Sean Kelly
s.t.
108
Óscar Pujol
Caja Rural
s.t.
109
Simon Lambert-Lemay
SpiderTech powered by C10
s.t.
110
Lucien Le Calvez
BMC Racing Team
s.t.
111
Graham Briggs
Sky Procycling
s.t.
112
Jens Keukeleire
Orica - GreenEdge
s.t.
113
Robert Wagner
RadioShack - Nissan
s.t.
114
Ed Clancy
Endura Racing
s.t.
115
Sérgio Ribeiro
Efapel - Glassdrive
s.t.
116
Evert Verbist
Accent Jobs - Willems Veranda's
s.t.
117
Mark Christian
An Post - Sean Kelly
s.t.
118
Juan Magallanes
LA - Antarte
s.t.
119
Jean-Lou Paiani
Saur - Sojasun
s.t.
120
Marco Coledan
Colnago - CSF Inox
s.t.
121
Joren Segers
An Post - Sean Kelly
s.t.
122
Martijn Verschoor
Team Type 1 - Sanofi
s.t.
123
Timon Seubert
Team NetApp
s.t.
124
Marino Camussi
Team Type 1 - Sanofi
s.t.
125
Bruno Silva
LA - Antarte
s.t.
126
Adrian Hegyvari
UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team
s.t.
127
Charles Bradley Huff
Garmin - Sharp
+ 12'45
128
Tristan Valentin
Cofidis, le crédit en ligne
s.t.
129
Jempy Drucker
Accent Jobs - Willems Veranda's
s.t.
130
Zakkari Dempster
Endura Racing
s.t.
131
Aaron Tokan
Efapel - Glassdrive
s.t.
132
Goya Gawel
Team NetApp
+ 13'20
133
Andrea Piechele
Colnago - CSF Inox
s.t.
134
Kasper Jebjerg
Falcon - STARK
s.t.
135
David De la Cruz
Caja Rural
s.t.
136
Ricki Massey
Orica - GreenEdge
+ 14'00
137
Matthew Hayman
Sky Procycling
s.t.
138
Brice Lhuillier
Cofidis, le crédit en ligne
+ 16'33
139
Serafim Noémio
LA - Antarte
+ 19'24
140
Arend Ruitenbeek
Accent Jobs - Willems Veranda's
+ 19'45
141
Lars Høeg
Team Saxo - Tinkoff
s.t.
Stage 6: King’s Lynn-Great Yarmouth
Pretty much as flat as they come. The mountain jersey is secured so for now our focus is solely the GC. If we can get a break to last home that would be great as it would prevent Thomas from gaining any more bonus seconds.
Just a quick assembly in the front to get some good snapshots for the sponsors with all our jerseys…
Plenty of breakaway attempts early on, but the peloton is really not that keen on the thought of a big break today. Christensen works hard to sustain the breaks, but Orica – GreenEdge works even harder to kill them.
Still something good comes from the lack of breakaways as Thor picks up 6 seconds and points in the third sprint of the day.
With about 90 km to go a total of 6 riders manage to pull away from the peloton. As the best placed is more than 20 minutes behind in the GC we don’t mind them being out there or even winning the stage. So back to work for Orica, who continues to believe in Allan Davis.
With 40 km to go the breakers have just under four minutes to the peloton.
7.5 km to go and the break is reeled back in. Lars Bak was feeling great today so he called me on the radio begging to be allowed an early attack. At first I said no but he kept on nagging and with 5 km to go I gave in.
Orica had it all under control though… Thomas took Hushovds wheel in the sprint and passed him with 500 m to go.
Didn’t matter much though as Hushovd had a really bad day and never was anywhere near the win…
Result:
1
Allan Davis
Orica - GreenEdge
4h20'28
2
Leonardo Duque
Cofidis, le crédit en ligne
s.t.
3
Jake Keough
UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team
s.t.
4
Daniel Oss
Efapel - Glassdrive
s.t.
5
Mattia Gavazzi
Colnago - CSF Inox
s.t.
Spoiler
6
Geraint Thomas
Sky Procycling
s.t.
7
Thor Hushovd
Falcon - STARK
s.t.
8
Kasper Jebjerg
Falcon - STARK
s.t.
9
Robert Hunter
Garmin - Sharp
s.t.
10
Jonathon McEvoy
Endura Racing
s.t.
11
Murilo Fischer
Garmin - Sharp
s.t.
12
Tobias Ludvigsson
Falcon - STARK
s.t.
13
Nicolas Sanderson
Orica - GreenEdge
s.t.
14
Gediminas Bagdonas
An Post - Sean Kelly
s.t.
15
Taylor Phinney
Team Type 1 - Sanofi
s.t.
16
Aldo Ino Ilesic
Team Type 1 - Sanofi
s.t.
17
Juan Antonio Flecha
Sky Procycling
s.t.
18
Jens Keukeleire
Orica - GreenEdge
s.t.
19
Keven Lacombe
SpiderTech powered by C10
s.t.
20
Robert Förster
UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team
s.t.
21
Alex Rasmussen
Garmin - Sharp
s.t.
22
Tom Veelers
Endura Racing
s.t.
23
Christofer Stevenson
Falcon - STARK
s.t.
24
Jonathan Bellis
An Post - Sean Kelly
s.t.
25
Robert Wagner
RadioShack - Nissan
s.t.
26
Romain Zingle
Cofidis, le crédit en ligne
s.t.
27
Jan Barta
Team NetApp
s.t.
28
Jérémie Galland
Saur - Sojasun
s.t.
29
Philipp Klein
Team NetApp
s.t.
30
Jonathan Tiernan-Locke
Endura Racing
s.t.
31
Scott Thwaites
Endura Racing
s.t.
32
Lars Boom
BMC Racing Team
s.t.
33
Niki Terpstra
BMC Racing Team
s.t.
34
Stijn Joseph
Accent Jobs - Willems Veranda's
s.t.
35
Jakob Rathe
Garmin - Sharp
s.t.
36
Rubens Bertogliati
Team Type 1 - Sanofi
s.t.
37
Oliver Zaugg
RadioShack - Nissan
s.t.
38
Rony Martias
Saur - Sojasun
s.t.
39
Enrico Battaglin
Colnago - CSF Inox
s.t.
40
Ed Clancy
Endura Racing
s.t.
41
Pieter Ghyllebert
An Post - Sean Kelly
s.t.
42
Lars Ytting Bak
Falcon - STARK
s.t.
43
Davide Appollonio
Sky Procycling
s.t.
44
Sebastian Siedler
Team NetApp
s.t.
45
Kai Reus
UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team
s.t.
46
Luis Pasamontes
Caja Rural
s.t.
47
Tyler Farrar
Garmin - Sharp
s.t.
48
Enrique Salgueiro
LA - Antarte
s.t.
49
Jesper Hansen
Falcon - STARK
s.t.
50
Thomas Nybo Riis
Falcon - STARK
s.t.
51
Stephen Adams
Endura Racing
s.t.
52
Ben King
RadioShack - Nissan
s.t.
53
Bruno Sancho
LA - Antarte
s.t.
54
Stefan Van Dijk
Accent Jobs - Willems Veranda's
s.t.
55
Hernâni Brôco
Caja Rural
s.t.
56
Alex Bowden
Team Type 1 - Sanofi
s.t.
57
Wilfried Cretskens
An Post - Sean Kelly
s.t.
58
Jesse Sergent
RadioShack - Nissan
s.t.
59
Raúl Alarcón
Efapel - Glassdrive
s.t.
60
Hugo Houle
SpiderTech powered by C10
s.t.
61
Jason McCartney
UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team
s.t.
62
Zakkari Dempster
Endura Racing
s.t.
63
David Boily
SpiderTech powered by C10
s.t.
64
Sander Armee
Accent Jobs - Willems Veranda's
s.t.
65
Roy Jans
An Post - Sean Kelly
s.t.
66
Marco Coledan
Colnago - CSF Inox
s.t.
67
Martin Gilbert
SpiderTech powered by C10
s.t.
68
Mark Christian
An Post - Sean Kelly
s.t.
69
Mauro Facci
Colnago - CSF Inox
s.t.
70
Ben Swift
Sky Procycling
s.t.
71
Boy Van Poppel
UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team
s.t.
72
Joe Eldridge
Team Type 1 - Sanofi
s.t.
73
Graham Briggs
Sky Procycling
s.t.
74
Michael Færk Christensen
Falcon - STARK
s.t.
75
Andreas Schillinger
Team NetApp
s.t.
76
Lucien Le Calvez
BMC Racing Team
s.t.
77
Ghader Mizbani
LA - Antarte
s.t.
78
Marcel Wyss
Team NetApp
s.t.
79
Enrico Franzoï
Colnago - CSF Inox
s.t.
80
David Blanco
Efapel - Glassdrive
s.t.
81
Julien Fouchard
Cofidis, le crédit en ligne
s.t.
82
Christopher Jones
UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team
s.t.
83
Evert Verbist
Accent Jobs - Willems Veranda's
s.t.
84
Andrea Piechele
Colnago - CSF Inox
s.t.
85
Yannick Talabardon
Saur - Sojasun
s.t.
86
Juan Magallanes
LA - Antarte
s.t.
87
Robin Benneker
BMC Racing Team
s.t.
88
Goya Gawel
Team NetApp
s.t.
89
Constantino Zaballa
Caja Rural
s.t.
90
Hugo Sancho
LA - Antarte
s.t.
91
Bjorn Selander
SpiderTech powered by C10
s.t.
92
Arnoud Van Groen
Accent Jobs - Willems Veranda's
s.t.
93
Marino Camussi
Team Type 1 - Sanofi
s.t.
94
Gianluca Brambilla
Colnago - CSF Inox
s.t.
95
José Antonio De Segovia
Caja Rural
s.t.
96
Charles Bradley Huff
Garmin - Sharp
s.t.
97
Joren Segers
An Post - Sean Kelly
s.t.
98
Andrea Di Corrado
Colnago - CSF Inox
s.t.
99
Rémy Cusin
Cofidis, le crédit en ligne
s.t.
100
Cesar Fonte
Efapel - Glassdrive
s.t.
101
Ryan Anderson
SpiderTech powered by C10
s.t.
102
Bruno Silva
LA - Antarte
s.t.
103
Adrian Hegyvari
UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team
s.t.
104
Jean-Marc Marino
Saur - Sojasun
s.t.
105
Cyrille Monnerais
Saur - Sojasun
s.t.
106
John Jørgensen
Team Saxo - Tinkoff
s.t.
107
Tristan Valentin
Cofidis, le crédit en ligne
s.t.
108
Jempy Drucker
Accent Jobs - Willems Veranda's
s.t.
109
David De la Cruz
Caja Rural
s.t.
110
Aaron Tokan
Efapel - Glassdrive
s.t.
111
Joey Rosskopf
Team Type 1 - Sanofi
+ 2'45
112
Ricki Massey
Orica - GreenEdge
s.t.
113
Dylan Steven
Garmin - Sharp
+ 3'07
114
Serafim Noémio
LA - Antarte
s.t.
115
Baden Cooke
Orica - GreenEdge
s.t.
116
Lars Høeg
Team Saxo - Tinkoff
s.t.
117
Sérgio Ribeiro
Efapel - Glassdrive
s.t.
118
Brice Lhuillier
Cofidis, le crédit en ligne
s.t.
119
Hadjimurat Meleshko
Team Saxo - Tinkoff
s.t.
120
Maxime Méderel
Saur - Sojasun
s.t.
121
Jonathan Mould
An Post - Sean Kelly
s.t.
122
Timon Seubert
Team NetApp
s.t.
123
Reto Hollenstein
Team NetApp
s.t.
124
Jean-Lou Paiani
Saur - Sojasun
s.t.
125
Kim Borry
Accent Jobs - Willems Veranda's
s.t.
126
Martijn Verschoor
Team Type 1 - Sanofi
s.t.
127
Óscar Pujol
Caja Rural
s.t.
128
David Vaz
LA - Antarte
s.t.
129
Mauro Santambrogio
BMC Racing Team
s.t.
130
Simon Lambert-Lemay
SpiderTech powered by C10
s.t.
131
Arend Ruitenbeek
Accent Jobs - Willems Veranda's
s.t.
132
Peter McDonald
Orica - GreenEdge
s.t.
133
Giacomo Nizzolo
RadioShack - Nissan
s.t.
134
Brett Lancaster
Orica - GreenEdge
s.t.
135
Matthew Hayman
Sky Procycling
s.t.
136
Sebastian Langeveld
Orica - GreenEdge
s.t.
137
Jack Bauer
Saur - Sojasun
+ 8'00
138
Brian Vandborg
SpiderTech powered by C10
+ 16'58
139
Egoitz García
Cofidis, le crédit en ligne
s.t.
Provisional Standings
1
Thor Hushovd
Falcon - STARK
24h11'57
2
Geraint Thomas
Sky Procycling
+ 18
3
Christofer Stevenson
Falcon - STARK
+ 25
4
Jonathan Tiernan-Locke
Endura Racing
+ 29
5
Oliver Zaugg
RadioShack - Nissan
+ 49
6
Lars Boom
BMC Racing Team
+ 57
7
Niki Terpstra
BMC Racing Team
s.t.
8
Robert Hunter
Garmin - Sharp
+ 1'03
9
Tobias Ludvigsson
Falcon - STARK
+ 1'09
10
Lars Ytting Bak
Falcon - STARK
+ 1'13
Spoiler
11
Daniel Oss
Efapel - Glassdrive
+ 1'15
12
Gediminas Bagdonas
An Post - Sean Kelly
s.t.
13
Jonathon McEvoy
Endura Racing
s.t.
14
Hernâni Brôco
Caja Rural
+ 1'52
15
Kai Reus
UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team
s.t.
16
Jesper Hansen
Falcon - STARK
+ 2'50
17
Leonardo Duque
Cofidis, le crédit en ligne
+ 2'51
18
Jan Barta
Team NetApp
+ 3'02
19
Jake Keough
UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team
+ 3'26
20
Enrico Battaglin
Colnago - CSF Inox
+ 3'32
21
David Blanco
Efapel - Glassdrive
s.t.
22
Allan Davis
Orica - GreenEdge
+ 3'34
23
Davide Appollonio
Sky Procycling
s.t.
24
Ben Swift
Sky Procycling
+ 3'42
25
Jérémie Galland
Saur - Sojasun
+ 4'14
26
Enrique Salgueiro
LA - Antarte
s.t.
27
Jean-Marc Marino
Saur - Sojasun
s.t.
28
Michael Færk Christensen
Falcon - STARK
+ 4'24
29
Sander Armee
Accent Jobs - Willems Veranda's
+ 4'47
30
Gianluca Brambilla
Colnago - CSF Inox
+ 5'46
31
Thomas Nybo Riis
Falcon - STARK
+ 6'52
32
Reto Hollenstein
Team NetApp
+ 7'56
33
Raúl Alarcón
Efapel - Glassdrive
+ 8'27
34
Boy Van Poppel
UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team
s.t.
35
Scott Thwaites
Endura Racing
+ 9'14
36
Hugo Houle
SpiderTech powered by C10
s.t.
37
Pieter Ghyllebert
An Post - Sean Kelly
+ 9'29
38
Andreas Schillinger
Team NetApp
+ 9'33
39
Stijn Joseph
Accent Jobs - Willems Veranda's
+ 9'35
40
Jonathan Bellis
An Post - Sean Kelly
+ 9'50
41
Yannick Talabardon
Saur - Sojasun
+ 9'53
42
Ben King
RadioShack - Nissan
+ 10'17
43
David Boily
SpiderTech powered by C10
+ 10'32
44
Maxime Méderel
Saur - Sojasun
+ 12'17
45
Marcel Wyss
Team NetApp
+ 12'30
46
Rubens Bertogliati
Team Type 1 - Sanofi
+ 13'16
47
Mauro Santambrogio
BMC Racing Team
+ 13'24
48
Juan Antonio Flecha
Sky Procycling
+ 13'36
49
Peter McDonald
Orica - GreenEdge
+ 13'48
50
Rémy Cusin
Cofidis, le crédit en ligne
+ 14'00
51
Murilo Fischer
Garmin - Sharp
+ 14'33
52
Constantino Zaballa
Caja Rural
+ 14'43
53
Luis Pasamontes
Caja Rural
+ 15'22
54
Jason McCartney
UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team
+ 15'31
55
Taylor Phinney
Team Type 1 - Sanofi
+ 15'35
56
Sebastian Langeveld
Orica - GreenEdge
+ 15'52
57
Julien Fouchard
Cofidis, le crédit en ligne
+ 16'04
58
Baden Cooke
Orica - GreenEdge
+ 16'23
59
Romain Zingle
Cofidis, le crédit en ligne
+ 16'55
60
Christopher Jones
UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team
+ 17'02
61
Ryan Anderson
SpiderTech powered by C10
+ 17'39
62
Jakob Rathe
Garmin - Sharp
+ 17'40
63
Jesse Sergent
RadioShack - Nissan
+ 18'10
64
Hugo Sancho
LA - Antarte
+ 18'26
65
José Antonio De Segovia
Caja Rural
+ 18'42
66
Tom Veelers
Endura Racing
+ 18'43
67
Cyrille Monnerais
Saur - Sojasun
+ 19'11
68
Joey Rosskopf
Team Type 1 - Sanofi
+ 20'42
69
Robert Förster
UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team
+ 21'04
70
Jonathan Mould
An Post - Sean Kelly
+ 21'08
71
Alex Bowden
Team Type 1 - Sanofi
+ 21'44
72
Keven Lacombe
SpiderTech powered by C10
+ 21'55
73
Jack Bauer
Saur - Sojasun
+ 22'56
74
David Vaz
LA - Antarte
+ 22'59
75
Stefan Van Dijk
Accent Jobs - Willems Veranda's
+ 23'09
76
Graham Briggs
Sky Procycling
+ 23'18
77
Rony Martias
Saur - Sojasun
+ 24'16
78
Alex Rasmussen
Garmin - Sharp
+ 24'33
79
Kim Borry
Accent Jobs - Willems Veranda's
+ 24'41
80
Roy Jans
An Post - Sean Kelly
+ 25'29
81
Óscar Pujol
Caja Rural
+ 25'43
82
Robert Wagner
RadioShack - Nissan
+ 26'06
83
Tyler Farrar
Garmin - Sharp
+ 27'27
84
Sérgio Ribeiro
Efapel - Glassdrive
+ 27'29
85
Nicolas Sanderson
Orica - GreenEdge
+ 29'09
86
Juan Magallanes
LA - Antarte
+ 29'26
87
Jean-Lou Paiani
Saur - Sojasun
+ 29'53
88
Giacomo Nizzolo
RadioShack - Nissan
+ 30'46
89
Jens Keukeleire
Orica - GreenEdge
+ 30'57
90
Evert Verbist
Accent Jobs - Willems Veranda's
+ 31'43
91
Marino Camussi
Team Type 1 - Sanofi
+ 32'44
92
Timon Seubert
Team NetApp
+ 32'54
93
Joren Segers
An Post - Sean Kelly
+ 34'07
94
Ghader Mizbani
LA - Antarte
+ 34'09
95
Martin Gilbert
SpiderTech powered by C10
+ 34'12
96
Andrea Di Corrado
Colnago - CSF Inox
+ 34'21
97
Brett Lancaster
Orica - GreenEdge
+ 34'33
98
Brian Vandborg
SpiderTech powered by C10
+ 36'12
99
Kasper Jebjerg
Falcon - STARK
+ 36'59
100
Bjorn Selander
SpiderTech powered by C10
+ 37'49
101
Cesar Fonte
Efapel - Glassdrive
+ 37'56
102
Ed Clancy
Endura Racing
+ 42'14
103
Enrico Franzoï
Colnago - CSF Inox
+ 43'36
104
Philipp Klein
Team NetApp
+ 45'25
105
Sebastian Siedler
Team NetApp
+ 46'02
106
Bruno Silva
LA - Antarte
+ 46'08
107
Marco Coledan
Colnago - CSF Inox
+ 47'04
108
Arnoud Van Groen
Accent Jobs - Willems Veranda's
+ 47'13
109
Charles Bradley Huff
Garmin - Sharp
+ 47'33
110
Adrian Hegyvari
UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team
+ 48'57
111
Mark Christian
An Post - Sean Kelly
+ 49'02
112
Robin Benneker
BMC Racing Team
+ 52'09
113
Aldo Ino Ilesic
Team Type 1 - Sanofi
+ 56'26
114
Joe Eldridge
Team Type 1 - Sanofi
+ 58'09
115
Aaron Tokan
Efapel - Glassdrive
+ 59'27
116
Mauro Facci
Colnago - CSF Inox
+ 59'56
117
Stephen Adams
Endura Racing
+ 1h00'27
118
Wilfried Cretskens
An Post - Sean Kelly
+ 1h01'53
119
Lucien Le Calvez
BMC Racing Team
+ 1h03'11
120
John Jørgensen
Team Saxo - Tinkoff
+ 1h04'07
121
Mattia Gavazzi
Colnago - CSF Inox
+ 1h05'42
122
Dylan Steven
Garmin - Sharp
+ 1h05'53
123
David De la Cruz
Caja Rural
+ 1h06'10
124
Bruno Sancho
LA - Antarte
+ 1h08'19
125
Martijn Verschoor
Team Type 1 - Sanofi
+ 1h08'21
126
Goya Gawel
Team NetApp
+ 1h10'52
127
Tristan Valentin
Cofidis, le crédit en ligne
+ 1h10'53
128
Simon Lambert-Lemay
SpiderTech powered by C10
+ 1h11'45
129
Hadjimurat Meleshko
Team Saxo - Tinkoff
+ 1h12'29
130
Andrea Piechele
Colnago - CSF Inox
+ 1h12'34
131
Jempy Drucker
Accent Jobs - Willems Veranda's
+ 1h12'45
132
Egoitz García
Cofidis, le crédit en ligne
+ 1h19'07
133
Matthew Hayman
Sky Procycling
+ 1h19'48
134
Zakkari Dempster
Endura Racing
+ 1h21'49
135
Serafim Noémio
LA - Antarte
+ 1h22'49
136
Ricki Massey
Orica - GreenEdge
+ 1h25'42
137
Brice Lhuillier
Cofidis, le crédit en ligne
+ 1h33'31
138
Lars Høeg
Team Saxo - Tinkoff
+ 1h33'54
139
Arend Ruitenbeek
Accent Jobs - Willems Veranda's
+ 1h38'35
Points Jersey: Geraint Thomas, Sky
Spoiler
1
Geraint Thomas
Sky Procycling
93
2
Thor Hushovd
Falcon - STARK
89
3
Allan Davis
Orica - GreenEdge
61
4
Daniel Oss
Efapel - Glassdrive
59
5
Leonardo Duque
Cofidis, le crédit en ligne
48
6
Robert Hunter
Garmin - Sharp
41
7
Christopher Jones
UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team
35
8
Jake Keough
UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team
33
9
Juan Antonio Flecha
Sky Procycling
29
10
Taylor Phinney
Team Type 1 - Sanofi
26
Mountain Jersey: Jesper Hansen, Falcon - STARK
Spoiler
1
Jesper Hansen
Falcon - STARK
55
2
Christopher Jones
UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team
32
3
Christofer Stevenson
Falcon - STARK
29
4
Reto Hollenstein
Team NetApp
22
5
Tobias Ludvigsson
Falcon - STARK
21
6
Jean-Marc Marino
Saur - Sojasun
20
7
Marcel Wyss
Team NetApp
18
8
Sander Armee
Accent Jobs - Willems Veranda's
16
9
Juan Antonio Flecha
Sky Procycling
14
10
Yannick Talabardon
Saur - Sojasun
10
Young Rider: Tobias Ludvigsson, Falcon - STARK
Spoiler
1
Tobias Ludvigsson
Falcon - STARK
24h13'06 (1)
2
Jonathon McEvoy
Endura Racing
+ 6 (2)
3
Jesper Hansen
Falcon - STARK
+ 1'41 (3)
4
Enrico Battaglin
Colnago - CSF Inox
+ 2'23 (4)
5
Davide Appollonio
Sky Procycling
+ 2'25 (5)
6
Thomas Nybo Riis
Falcon - STARK
+ 5'43 (6)
7
Boy Van Poppel
UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team
+ 7'18 (7)
8
Scott Thwaites
Endura Racing
+ 8'05 (8)
9
Hugo Houle
SpiderTech powered by C10
+ 8'05 (9)
10
Jonathan Bellis
An Post - Sean Kelly
+ 8'41 (10)
Things are looking good for us at the moment, but only the mountain jersey is safe. The GC can still be decided on bonus seconds and Ludvigsson can't afford mistakes to keep hold of the youth jersey.
I believe in the guys, and with the battle for green still being so close Thomas shouldn't feel to sure that he will get something home from here!
Even flatter than yesterday, so pretty much same strategy. Depending on how the stage evolves we might have a go at the three intermediate sprints.
The first break of the day get away surprisingly easy, but Orica – GreenEdge quickly show that they haven’t changed their attitude towards the race.
The attacking keeps on going so the first sprint is taken by a group of breakers.
The second sprint is taken by Thor ahead of a small group of breakaway riders. Thor is now in the lead of the points competition.
After that sprint several groups try to break away but it took a group with no Falcons to get the “Go” from Orica, so with 33 km to go Taylor Phinney has one minute to Rathe and Förster and 4’30’’ to the peloton.
Once again we leave the work to the teams, who actually have something to win by reeling in the break…
With 20 km to go the peloton seem to give up on the chase and start preparing for a sprint to the 4th place. Phinney takes the victory comfortably, while Davis once again is the strongest on the line.
Thanks to the bonus seconds Thor won early on the stage Geraint Thomas is now 24 seconds behind. That means he can no longer take the GC win thanks to bonus seconds! On top of that Hushovd now holds the points jersey 1 point ahead of Thomas before the last stage.
Result:
1
Taylor Phinney
Team Type 1 - Sanofi
3h10'17
2
Robert Förster
UnitedHealthcare
+ 3'00
3
Jakob Rathe
Garmin - Sharp
s.t.
4
Allan Davis
Orica - GreenEdge
+ 7'28
5
Jake Keough
UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team
s.t.
Spoiler
6
Geraint Thomas
Sky Procycling
s.t.
7
Thor Hushovd
Falcon - STARK
s.t.
8
Alex Rasmussen
Garmin - Sharp
s.t.
9
Aldo Ino Ilesic
Team Type 1 - Sanofi
s.t.
10
Tobias Ludvigsson
Falcon - STARK
s.t.
11
Jonathon McEvoy
Endura Racing
s.t.
12
Mattia Gavazzi
Colnago - CSF Inox
s.t.
13
Graham Briggs
Sky Procycling
s.t.
14
Keven Lacombe
SpiderTech powered by C10
s.t.
15
Christofer Stevenson
Falcon - STARK
s.t.
16
Kasper Jebjerg
Falcon - STARK
s.t.
17
Jack Bauer
Saur - Sojasun
s.t.
18
Maxime Méderel
Saur - Sojasun
s.t.
19
Robert Hunter
Garmin - Sharp
s.t.
20
Davide Appollonio
Sky Procycling
s.t.
21
Daniel Oss
Efapel - Glassdrive
s.t.
22
Rony Martias
Saur - Sojasun
s.t.
23
Tom Veelers
Endura Racing
s.t.
24
Leonardo Duque
Cofidis, le crédit en ligne
s.t.
25
Robert Wagner
RadioShack - Nissan
s.t.
26
Lars Ytting Bak
Falcon - STARK
s.t.
27
Jean-Lou Paiani
Saur - Sojasun
s.t.
28
Rubens Bertogliati
Team Type 1 - Sanofi
s.t.
29
Philipp Klein
Team NetApp
s.t.
30
Murilo Fischer
Garmin - Sharp
s.t.
31
Jesse Sergent
RadioShack - Nissan
s.t.
32
Jonathan Bellis
An Post - Sean Kelly
s.t.
33
Joe Eldridge
Team Type 1 - Sanofi
s.t.
34
Romain Zingle
Cofidis, le crédit en ligne
s.t.
35
Mauro Santambrogio
BMC Racing Team
s.t.
36
Jérémie Galland
Saur - Sojasun
s.t.
37
John Jørgensen
Team Saxo - Tinkoff
s.t.
38
Yannick Talabardon
Saur - Sojasun
s.t.
39
Jan Barta
Team NetApp
s.t.
40
Gediminas Bagdonas
An Post - Sean Kelly
s.t.
41
Cyrille Monnerais
Saur - Sojasun
s.t.
42
Lars Boom
BMC Racing Team
s.t.
43
Brian Vandborg
SpiderTech powered by C10
s.t.
44
Marcel Wyss
Team NetApp
s.t.
45
Enrico Battaglin
Colnago - CSF Inox
s.t.
46
Jesper Hansen
Falcon - STARK
s.t.
47
Alex Bowden
Team Type 1 - Sanofi
s.t.
48
Oliver Zaugg
RadioShack - Nissan
s.t.
49
Andrea Piechele
Colnago - CSF Inox
s.t.
50
Jonathan Tiernan-Locke
Endura Racing
s.t.
51
Niki Terpstra
BMC Racing Team
s.t.
52
Ben King
RadioShack - Nissan
s.t.
53
Joey Rosskopf
Team Type 1 - Sanofi
s.t.
54
Stephen Adams
Endura Racing
s.t.
55
Robin Benneker
BMC Racing Team
s.t.
56
Luis Pasamontes
Caja Rural
s.t.
57
Lucien Le Calvez
BMC Racing Team
s.t.
58
Constantino Zaballa
Caja Rural
s.t.
59
Boy Van Poppel
UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team
s.t.
60
Baden Cooke
Orica - GreenEdge
s.t.
61
Ben Swift
Sky Procycling
s.t.
62
Óscar Pujol
Caja Rural
s.t.
63
Ed Clancy
Endura Racing
s.t.
64
David De la Cruz
Caja Rural
s.t.
65
Enrico Franzoï
Colnago - CSF Inox
s.t.
66
Nicolas Sanderson
Orica - GreenEdge
s.t.
67
Christopher Jones
UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team
s.t.
68
Peter McDonald
Orica - GreenEdge
s.t.
69
Egoitz García
Cofidis, le crédit en ligne
s.t.
70
Sérgio Ribeiro
Efapel - Glassdrive
s.t.
71
Rémy Cusin
Cofidis, le crédit en ligne
s.t.
72
Michael Færk Christensen
Falcon - STARK
s.t.
73
Hugo Sancho
LA - Antarte
s.t.
74
Enrique Salgueiro
LA - Antarte
s.t.
75
Adrian Hegyvari
UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team
s.t.
76
Thomas Nybo Riis
Falcon - STARK
s.t.
77
Kai Reus
UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team
s.t.
78
Tristan Valentin
Cofidis, le crédit en ligne
s.t.
79
Tyler Farrar
Garmin - Sharp
s.t.
80
Brett Lancaster
Orica - GreenEdge
s.t.
81
Hadjimurat Meleshko
Team Saxo - Tinkoff
s.t.
82
Jens Keukeleire
Orica - GreenEdge
s.t.
83
Jean-Marc Marino
Saur - Sojasun
s.t.
84
Sebastian Langeveld
Orica - GreenEdge
s.t.
85
Jonathan Mould
An Post - Sean Kelly
s.t.
86
Zakkari Dempster
Endura Racing
s.t.
87
Julien Fouchard
Cofidis, le crédit en ligne
s.t.
88
José Antonio De Segovia
Caja Rural
s.t.
89
Cesar Fonte
Efapel - Glassdrive
s.t.
90
Matthew Hayman
Sky Procycling
s.t.
91
Hernâni Brôco
Caja Rural
s.t.
92
Marco Coledan
Colnago - CSF Inox
s.t.
93
Andrea Di Corrado
Colnago - CSF Inox
s.t.
94
Ryan Anderson
SpiderTech powered by C10
s.t.
95
Charles Bradley Huff
Garmin - Sharp
s.t.
96
Mauro Facci
Colnago - CSF Inox
s.t.
97
Giacomo Nizzolo
RadioShack - Nissan
s.t.
98
Bjorn Selander
SpiderTech powered by C10
s.t.
99
Kim Borry
Accent Jobs - Willems Veranda's
s.t.
100
Lars Høeg
Team Saxo - Tinkoff
s.t.
101
David Blanco
Efapel - Glassdrive
s.t.
102
Martijn Verschoor
Team Type 1 - Sanofi
s.t.
103
Wilfried Cretskens
An Post - Sean Kelly
s.t.
104
Mark Christian
An Post - Sean Kelly
s.t.
105
Brice Lhuillier
Cofidis, le crédit en ligne
s.t.
106
Timon Seubert
Team NetApp
s.t.
107
Ricki Massey
Orica - GreenEdge
s.t.
108
Simon Lambert-Lemay
SpiderTech powered by C10
s.t.
109
Evert Verbist
Accent Jobs - Willems Veranda's
s.t.
110
Marino Camussi
Team Type 1 - Sanofi
s.t.
111
Aaron Tokan
Efapel - Glassdrive
s.t.
112
Gianluca Brambilla
Colnago - CSF Inox
s.t.
113
Jason McCartney
UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team
s.t.
114
Reto Hollenstein
Team NetApp
s.t.
115
Pieter Ghyllebert
An Post - Sean Kelly
s.t.
116
Sebastian Siedler
Team NetApp
s.t.
117
Andreas Schillinger
Team NetApp
s.t.
118
Goya Gawel
Team NetApp
s.t.
119
Joren Segers
An Post - Sean Kelly
s.t.
120
Dylan Steven
Garmin - Sharp
s.t.
121
Arnoud Van Groen
Accent Jobs - Willems Veranda's
s.t.
122
Roy Jans
An Post - Sean Kelly
s.t.
123
Juan Antonio Flecha
Sky Procycling
s.t.
124
Juan Magallanes
LA - Antarte
s.t.
125
David Boily
SpiderTech powered by C10
s.t.
126
Raúl Alarcón
Efapel - Glassdrive
s.t.
127
Jempy Drucker
Accent Jobs - Willems Veranda's
s.t.
128
Martin Gilbert
SpiderTech powered by C10
s.t.
129
Hugo Houle
SpiderTech powered by C10
s.t.
130
Scott Thwaites
Endura Racing
s.t.
131
Stefan Van Dijk
Accent Jobs - Willems Veranda's
s.t.
132
Sander Armee
Accent Jobs - Willems Veranda's
s.t.
133
Stijn Joseph
Accent Jobs - Willems Veranda's
s.t.
134
Arend Ruitenbeek
Accent Jobs - Willems Veranda's
s.t.
135
Ghader Mizbani
LA - Antarte
s.t.
136
Bruno Sancho
LA - Antarte
s.t.
137
Bruno Silva
LA - Antarte
s.t.
138
David Vaz
LA - Antarte
s.t.
139
Serafim Noémio
LA - Antarte
s.t.
Stage 8: London (Newham)
A short stage expected to be a feast for the sprinters, but we must not underestimate the hills on the route.
Plenty of attacking at first but on a stage as short as this one no one is really allowed away.
As usual the break is allowed to go as soon as we don’t send a rider in there. This is getting kind of annoying!
Once again Orica – GreenEdge take charge of chasing the sprint.
For us it’s all about Hushovd vs Thomas. Orica gets rewarded for their work.
With 500 m both Hushovd and Thomas is far back in the group and pretty much level.
On the line Thor was the fastest thus making sure to win the green jersey as well as the yellow.
Result:
1
Allan Davis
Orica - GreenEdge
2h16'44
2
Jake Keough
UnitedHealthcare
s.t.
3
Daniel Oss
Efapel - Glassdrive
s.t.
4
Leonardo Duque
Cofidis, le crédit en ligne
s.t.
5
Mattia Gavazzi
Colnago - CSF Inox
s.t.
Spoiler
6
Tyler Farrar
Garmin - Sharp
s.t.
7
Boy Van Poppel
UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team
s.t.
8
Lars Boom
BMC Racing Team
s.t.
9
Jérémie Galland
Saur - Sojasun
s.t.
10
Gediminas Bagdonas
An Post - Sean Kelly
s.t.
11
Nicolas Sanderson
Orica - GreenEdge
s.t.
12
Jonathon McEvoy
Endura Racing
s.t.
13
Jan Barta
Team NetApp
s.t.
14
Alex Rasmussen
Garmin - Sharp
s.t.
15
Enrico Battaglin
Colnago - CSF Inox
s.t.
16
Enrique Salgueiro
LA - Antarte
s.t.
17
Niki Terpstra
BMC Racing Team
s.t.
18
Keven Lacombe
SpiderTech powered by C10
s.t.
19
Jens Keukeleire
Orica - GreenEdge
s.t.
20
Philipp Klein
Team NetApp
s.t.
21
Jonathan Tiernan-Locke
Endura Racing
s.t.
22
Jesse Sergent
RadioShack - Nissan
s.t.
23
Baden Cooke
Orica - GreenEdge
s.t.
24
Thor Hushovd
Falcon - STARK
s.t.
25
Geraint Thomas
Sky Procycling
s.t.
26
Robert Förster
UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team
s.t.
27
Murilo Fischer
Garmin - Sharp
s.t.
28
Joe Eldridge
Team Type 1 - Sanofi
s.t.
29
Robert Wagner
RadioShack - Nissan
s.t.
30
Hugo Houle
SpiderTech powered by C10
s.t.
31
Brian Vandborg
SpiderTech powered by C10
s.t.
32
Taylor Phinney
Team Type 1 - Sanofi
s.t.
33
Oliver Zaugg
RadioShack - Nissan
s.t.
34
Sebastian Siedler
Team NetApp
s.t.
35
Romain Zingle
Cofidis, le crédit en ligne
s.t.
36
Ben King
RadioShack - Nissan
s.t.
37
Juan Antonio Flecha
Sky Procycling
s.t.
38
Sander Armee
Accent Jobs - Willems Veranda's
s.t.
39
Hernâni Brôco
Caja Rural
s.t.
40
Jonathan Bellis
An Post - Sean Kelly
s.t.
41
Tobias Ludvigsson
Falcon - STARK
s.t.
42
Yannick Talabardon
Saur - Sojasun
s.t.
43
Kasper Jebjerg
Falcon - STARK
s.t.
44
Lars Ytting Bak
Falcon - STARK
s.t.
45
Julien Fouchard
Cofidis, le crédit en ligne
s.t.
46
Brett Lancaster
Orica - GreenEdge
s.t.
47
Rubens Bertogliati
Team Type 1 - Sanofi
s.t.
48
Kim Borry
Accent Jobs - Willems Veranda's
s.t.
49
José Antonio De Segovia
Caja Rural
s.t.
50
Stephen Adams
Endura Racing
s.t.
51
Christopher Jones
UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team
s.t.
52
Enrico Franzoï
Colnago - CSF Inox
s.t.
53
Christofer Stevenson
Falcon - STARK
s.t.
54
Sebastian Langeveld
Orica - GreenEdge
s.t.
55
Gianluca Brambilla
Colnago - CSF Inox
s.t.
56
Jason McCartney
UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team
s.t.
57
Kai Reus
UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team
s.t.
58
Simon Lambert-Lemay
SpiderTech powered by C10
s.t.
59
Rémy Cusin
Cofidis, le crédit en ligne
s.t.
60
Peter McDonald
Orica - GreenEdge
s.t.
61
Adrian Hegyvari
UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team
+ 2'22
62
Bruno Sancho
LA - Antarte
s.t.
63
Egoitz García
Cofidis, le crédit en ligne
s.t.
64
Thomas Nybo Riis
Falcon - STARK
s.t.
65
Davide Appollonio
Sky Procycling
s.t.
66
Andrea Di Corrado
Colnago - CSF Inox
s.t.
67
Tom Veelers
Endura Racing
s.t.
68
Ben Swift
Sky Procycling
s.t.
69
Rony Martias
Saur - Sojasun
s.t.
70
Lucien Le Calvez
BMC Racing Team
s.t.
71
Stefan Van Dijk
Accent Jobs - Willems Veranda's
s.t.
72
Mark Christian
An Post - Sean Kelly
s.t.
73
Luis Pasamontes
Caja Rural
s.t.
74
Martin Gilbert
SpiderTech powered by C10
s.t.
75
Cesar Fonte
Efapel - Glassdrive
s.t.
76
Scott Thwaites
Endura Racing
s.t.
77
Wilfried Cretskens
An Post - Sean Kelly
+ 3'23
78
Michael Færk Christensen
Falcon - STARK
s.t.
79
Jesper Hansen
Falcon - STARK
s.t.
80
Ed Clancy
Endura Racing
s.t.
81
Marcel Wyss
Team NetApp
s.t.
82
Charles Bradley Huff
Garmin - Sharp
s.t.
83
Pieter Ghyllebert
An Post - Sean Kelly
s.t.
84
Dylan Steven
Garmin - Sharp
s.t.
85
David Boily
SpiderTech powered by C10
s.t.
86
Alex Bowden
Team Type 1 - Sanofi
s.t.
87
Jakob Rathe
Garmin - Sharp
s.t.
88
Aldo Ino Ilesic
Team Type 1 - Sanofi
s.t.
89
Stijn Joseph
Accent Jobs - Willems Veranda's
s.t.
90
Jonathan Mould
An Post - Sean Kelly
s.t.
91
Graham Briggs
Sky Procycling
s.t.
92
Maxime Méderel
Saur - Sojasun
s.t.
93
Zakkari Dempster
Endura Racing
s.t.
94
Reto Hollenstein
Team NetApp
s.t.
95
Robert Hunter
Garmin - Sharp
s.t.
96
Robin Benneker
BMC Racing Team
s.t.
97
Hugo Sancho
LA - Antarte
s.t.
98
Mauro Santambrogio
BMC Racing Team
s.t.
99
Óscar Pujol
Caja Rural
s.t.
100
Andrea Piechele
Colnago - CSF Inox
s.t.
101
Joey Rosskopf
Team Type 1 - Sanofi
s.t.
102
Goya Gawel
Team NetApp
s.t.
103
Sérgio Ribeiro
Efapel - Glassdrive
s.t.
104
David Vaz
LA - Antarte
s.t.
105
Jempy Drucker
Accent Jobs - Willems Veranda's
s.t.
106
Ryan Anderson
SpiderTech powered by C10
s.t.
107
Jack Bauer
Saur - Sojasun
s.t.
108
Roy Jans
An Post - Sean Kelly
s.t.
109
Evert Verbist
Accent Jobs - Willems Veranda's
s.t.
110
Constantino Zaballa
Caja Rural
s.t.
111
Jean-Marc Marino
Saur - Sojasun
s.t.
112
Bjorn Selander
SpiderTech powered by C10
s.t.
113
Jean-Lou Paiani
Saur - Sojasun
s.t.
114
Andreas Schillinger
Team NetApp
s.t.
115
Hadjimurat Meleshko
Team Saxo - Tinkoff
s.t.
116
Arnoud Van Groen
Accent Jobs - Willems Veranda's
s.t.
117
David Blanco
Efapel - Glassdrive
s.t.
118
Marco Coledan
Colnago - CSF Inox
s.t.
119
Raúl Alarcón
Efapel - Glassdrive
s.t.
120
Joren Segers
An Post - Sean Kelly
s.t.
121
Matthew Hayman
Sky Procycling
s.t.
122
Timon Seubert
Team NetApp
s.t.
123
Tristan Valentin
Cofidis, le crédit en ligne
s.t.
124
Martijn Verschoor
Team Type 1 - Sanofi
s.t.
125
Cyrille Monnerais
Saur - Sojasun
s.t.
126
Ghader Mizbani
LA - Antarte
s.t.
127
David De la Cruz
Caja Rural
s.t.
128
John Jørgensen
Team Saxo - Tinkoff
s.t.
129
Bruno Silva
LA - Antarte
s.t.
130
Marino Camussi
Team Type 1 - Sanofi
s.t.
131
Mauro Facci
Colnago - CSF Inox
s.t.
132
Arend Ruitenbeek
Accent Jobs - Willems Veranda's
s.t.
133
Aaron Tokan
Efapel - Glassdrive
s.t.
134
Serafim Noémio
LA - Antarte
s.t.
135
Lars Høeg
Team Saxo - Tinkoff
s.t.
136
Ricki Massey
Orica - GreenEdge
s.t.
137
Brice Lhuillier
Cofidis, le crédit en ligne
s.t.
138
Giacomo Nizzolo
RadioShack - Nissan
+ 5'17
139
Juan Magallanes
LA - Antarte
+ 7'44
Final Standings
1
Thor Hushovd
Falcon - STARK
29h46'20
2
Geraint Thomas
Sky Procycling
+ 24
3
Christofer Stevenson
Falcon - STARK
+ 31
4
Jonathan Tiernan-Locke
Endura Racing
+ 35
5
Oliver Zaugg
RadioShack - Nissan
+ 55
6
Lars Boom
BMC Racing Team
+ 1'03
7
Niki Terpstra
BMC Racing Team
s.t.
8
Daniel Oss
Efapel - Glassdrive
+ 1'13
9
Tobias Ludvigsson
Falcon - STARK
+ 1'15
10
Lars Ytting Bak
Falcon - STARK
+ 1'19
Spoiler
11
Jonathon McEvoy
Endura Racing
+ 1'21
12
Gediminas Bagdonas
An Post - Sean Kelly
s.t.
13
Hernâni Brôco
Caja Rural
+ 1'58
14
Kai Reus
UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team
s.t.
15
Leonardo Duque
Cofidis, le crédit en ligne
+ 2'57
16
Jan Barta
Team NetApp
+ 3'08
17
Allan Davis
Orica - GreenEdge
+ 3'20
18
Jake Keough
UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team
s.t.
19
Enrico Battaglin
Colnago - CSF Inox
+ 3'38
20
Jérémie Galland
Saur - Sojasun
+ 4'20
21
Enrique Salgueiro
LA - Antarte
s.t.
22
Robert Hunter
Garmin - Sharp
+ 4'32
23
Sander Armee
Accent Jobs - Willems Veranda's
+ 4'53
24
Gianluca Brambilla
Colnago - CSF Inox
+ 5'52
25
Davide Appollonio
Sky Procycling
+ 6'02
26
Ben Swift
Sky Procycling
+ 6'10
27
Jesper Hansen
Falcon - STARK
+ 6'19
28
David Blanco
Efapel - Glassdrive
+ 7'01
29
Jean-Marc Marino
Saur - Sojasun
+ 7'43
30
Taylor Phinney
Team Type 1 - Sanofi
+ 7'47
31
Michael Færk Christensen
Falcon - STARK
+ 7'53
32
Boy Van Poppel
UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team
+ 8'33
33
Thomas Nybo Riis
Falcon - STARK
+ 9'20
34
Hugo Houle
SpiderTech powered by C10
s.t.
35
Jonathan Bellis
An Post - Sean Kelly
+ 9'52
36
Yannick Talabardon
Saur - Sojasun
+ 9'59
37
Ben King
RadioShack - Nissan
+ 10'23
38
Reto Hollenstein
Team NetApp
+ 11'25
39
Scott Thwaites
Endura Racing
+ 11'42
40
Raúl Alarcón
Efapel - Glassdrive
+ 11'56
41
Pieter Ghyllebert
An Post - Sean Kelly
+ 12'58
42
Andreas Schillinger
Team NetApp
+ 13'02
43
Stijn Joseph
Accent Jobs - Willems Veranda's
+ 13'04
44
Rubens Bertogliati
Team Type 1 - Sanofi
+ 13'22
45
Juan Antonio Flecha
Sky Procycling
+ 13'42
46
Peter McDonald
Orica - GreenEdge
+ 13'54
47
David Boily
SpiderTech powered by C10
+ 14'01
48
Rémy Cusin
Cofidis, le crédit en ligne
+ 14'06
49
Murilo Fischer
Garmin - Sharp
+ 14'37
50
Jason McCartney
UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team
+ 15'37
51
Maxime Méderel
Saur - Sojasun
+ 15'46
52
Sebastian Langeveld
Orica - GreenEdge
+ 15'58
53
Marcel Wyss
Team NetApp
+ 15'59
54
Julien Fouchard
Cofidis, le crédit en ligne
+ 16'04
55
Robert Förster
UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team
+ 16'26
56
Jakob Rathe
Garmin - Sharp
+ 16'27
57
Baden Cooke
Orica - GreenEdge
+ 16'29
58
Mauro Santambrogio
BMC Racing Team
+ 16'53
59
Romain Zingle
Cofidis, le crédit en ligne
+ 17'01
60
Christopher Jones
UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team
+ 17'08
61
Luis Pasamontes
Caja Rural
+ 17'50
62
Constantino Zaballa
Caja Rural
+ 18'12
63
Jesse Sergent
RadioShack - Nissan
+ 18'16
64
José Antonio De Segovia
Caja Rural
+ 18'48
65
Ryan Anderson
SpiderTech powered by C10
+ 21'08
66
Tom Veelers
Endura Racing
+ 21'11
67
Hugo Sancho
LA - Antarte
+ 21'55
68
Keven Lacombe
SpiderTech powered by C10
+ 22'01
69
Cyrille Monnerais
Saur - Sojasun
+ 22'40
70
Joey Rosskopf
Team Type 1 - Sanofi
+ 24'11
71
Jonathan Mould
An Post - Sean Kelly
+ 24'37
72
Alex Rasmussen
Garmin - Sharp
+ 24'39
73
Kim Borry
Accent Jobs - Willems Veranda's
+ 24'47
74
Alex Bowden
Team Type 1 - Sanofi
+ 25'13
75
Stefan Van Dijk
Accent Jobs - Willems Veranda's
+ 25'37
76
Robert Wagner
RadioShack - Nissan
+ 26'12
77
Jack Bauer
Saur - Sojasun
+ 26'25
78
David Vaz
LA - Antarte
+ 26'28
79
Rony Martias
Saur - Sojasun
+ 26'44
80
Graham Briggs
Sky Procycling
+ 26'47
81
Tyler Farrar
Garmin - Sharp
+ 27'33
82
Roy Jans
An Post - Sean Kelly
+ 28'58
83
Óscar Pujol
Caja Rural
+ 29'12
84
Nicolas Sanderson
Orica - GreenEdge
+ 29'15
85
Sérgio Ribeiro
Efapel - Glassdrive
+ 30'58
86
Jens Keukeleire
Orica - GreenEdge
+ 31'03
87
Jean-Lou Paiani
Saur - Sojasun
+ 33'22
88
Brett Lancaster
Orica - GreenEdge
+ 34'39
89
Evert Verbist
Accent Jobs - Willems Veranda's
+ 35'12
90
Giacomo Nizzolo
RadioShack - Nissan
+ 36'09
91
Marino Camussi
Team Type 1 - Sanofi
+ 36'13
92
Brian Vandborg
SpiderTech powered by C10
+ 36'18
93
Timon Seubert
Team NetApp
+ 36'23
94
Martin Gilbert
SpiderTech powered by C10
+ 36'38
95
Andrea Di Corrado
Colnago - CSF Inox
+ 36'49
96
Kasper Jebjerg
Falcon - STARK
+ 37'05
97
Juan Magallanes
LA - Antarte
+ 37'16
98
Joren Segers
An Post - Sean Kelly
+ 37'36
99
Ghader Mizbani
LA - Antarte
+ 37'38
100
Cesar Fonte
Efapel - Glassdrive
+ 40'24
101
Bjorn Selander
SpiderTech powered by C10
+ 41'18
102
Enrico Franzoï
Colnago - CSF Inox
+ 43'42
103
Philipp Klein
Team NetApp
+ 45'31
104
Ed Clancy
Endura Racing
+ 45'43
105
Sebastian Siedler
Team NetApp
+ 46'08
106
Bruno Silva
LA - Antarte
+ 49'37
107
Marco Coledan
Colnago - CSF Inox
+ 50'33
108
Arnoud Van Groen
Accent Jobs - Willems Veranda's
+ 50'42
109
Charles Bradley Huff
Garmin - Sharp
+ 51'02
110
Adrian Hegyvari
UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team
+ 51'25
111
Mark Christian
An Post - Sean Kelly
+ 51'30
112
Robin Benneker
BMC Racing Team
+ 55'38
113
Joe Eldridge
Team Type 1 - Sanofi
+ 58'15
114
Aldo Ino Ilesic
Team Type 1 - Sanofi
+ 59'55
115
Stephen Adams
Endura Racing
+ 1h00'33
116
Aaron Tokan
Efapel - Glassdrive
+ 1h02'56
117
Mauro Facci
Colnago - CSF Inox
+ 1h03'25
118
Wilfried Cretskens
An Post - Sean Kelly
+ 1h05'22
119
Lucien Le Calvez
BMC Racing Team
+ 1h05'39
120
Mattia Gavazzi
Colnago - CSF Inox
+ 1h05'48
121
John Jørgensen
Team Saxo - Tinkoff
+ 1h07'36
122
Dylan Steven
Garmin - Sharp
+ 1h09'22
123
David De la Cruz
Caja Rural
+ 1h09'39
124
Bruno Sancho
LA - Antarte
+ 1h10'47
125
Martijn Verschoor
Team Type 1 - Sanofi
+ 1h11'50
126
Simon Lambert-Lemay
SpiderTech powered by C10
+ 1h11'51
127
Goya Gawel
Team NetApp
+ 1h14'21
128
Tristan Valentin
Cofidis, le crédit en ligne
+ 1h14'22
129
Hadjimurat Meleshko
Team Saxo - Tinkoff
+ 1h15'58
130
Andrea Piechele
Colnago - CSF Inox
+ 1h16'03
131
Jempy Drucker
Accent Jobs - Willems Veranda's
+ 1h16'14
132
Egoitz García
Cofidis, le crédit en ligne
+ 1h21'35
133
Matthew Hayman
Sky Procycling
+ 1h23'17
134
Zakkari Dempster
Endura Racing
+ 1h25'18
135
Serafim Noémio
LA - Antarte
+ 1h26'18
136
Ricki Massey
Orica - GreenEdge
+ 1h29'11
137
Brice Lhuillier
Cofidis, le crédit en ligne
+ 1h37'00
138
Lars Høeg
Team Saxo - Tinkoff
+ 1h37'23
139
Arend Ruitenbeek
Accent Jobs - Willems Veranda's
+ 1h42'04
Points Jersey: Thor Hushovd, Falcon - STARK
Spoiler
1
Thor Hushovd
Falcon - STARK
104
2
Geraint Thomas
Sky Procycling
103
3
Allan Davis
Orica - GreenEdge
100
4
Daniel Oss
Efapel - Glassdrive
75
5
Jake Keough
UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team
65
6
Leonardo Duque
Cofidis, le crédit en ligne
62
7
Taylor Phinney
Team Type 1 - Sanofi
57
8
Robert Hunter
Garmin - Sharp
41
9
Christopher Jones
UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team
35
10
Juan Antonio Flecha
Sky Procycling
29
Mountain Jersey: Jesper Hansen
Spoiler
1
Jesper Hansen
Falcon - STARK
55
2
Christopher Jones
UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team
32
3
Christofer Stevenson
Falcon - STARK
29
4
Reto Hollenstein
Team NetApp
22
5
Tobias Ludvigsson
Falcon - STARK
21
6
Jean-Marc Marino
Saur - Sojasun
20
7
Marcel Wyss
Team NetApp
18
8
Sander Armee
Accent Jobs - Willems Veranda's
16
9
Juan Antonio Flecha
Sky Procycling
14
10
Yannick Talabardon
Saur - Sojasun
10
Young Rider: Tobias Ludvigsson, Falcon - STARK
Spoiler
1
Tobias Ludvigsson
Falcon - STARK
29h47'35 (1)
2
Jonathon McEvoy
Endura Racing
+ 6 (2)
3
Enrico Battaglin
Colnago - CSF Inox
+ 2'23 (3)
4
Davide Appollonio
Sky Procycling
+ 4'47 (4)
5
Jesper Hansen
Falcon - STARK
+ 5'04 (5)
6
Taylor Phinney
Team Type 1 - Sanofi
+ 6'32 (6)
7
Boy Van Poppel
UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team
+ 7'18 (7)
8
Thomas Nybo Riis
Falcon - STARK
+ 8'05 (8)
9
Hugo Houle
SpiderTech powered by C10
+ 8'05 (9)
10
Jonathan Bellis
An Post - Sean Kelly
+ 8'37 (10)
Team: Falcon - STARK
Spoiler
1
Falcon - STARK
89h21'01 (1)
2
Endura Racing
+ 1'36 (2)
3
UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team
+ 3'24 (3)
4
Saur - Sojasun
+ 7'51 (4)
5
Sky Procycling
+ 8'49 (5)
6
BMC Racing Team
+ 12'50 (6)
7
Team NetApp
+ 14'11 (7)
8
Efapel - Glassdrive
+ 16'02 (8)
9
Orica - GreenEdge
+ 17'16 (9)
10
An Post - Sean Kelly
+ 17'42 (10)
This team have made many impressive performances over the last two years, but this is quite extraordinary.
Not only did we dominate all jersey-competitions but we even did it while winning for both Norway, Denmark and Sweden!
Next race: World Championships
First: Summary of the last week of the Vuelta
Just a quick overview of the last week in the Vuelta
The Last Mountains
In this last week Purito proved he was the strongest and most consistent on the climbs and that way he built a lead of more than five minutes before the final TT.
Getting Desperate
We really wanted a stage win, so the guys just kept on trying every day. Once again Kjell was the closest with his 2nd place on stage 18.
Stage 19 was not only the last chance to get the stage win, but Kjell actually had a chance to win the mountain jersey as well.
He did very good throughout the stage, but on the very last hill Rodríguez picked up just enough points to take the jersey back.
Another day alone
One final Timetrial to decide the GC. Purito had more than five minutes, so the victory was quite certain but the places 2-5 was within a few minutes so the rest of the podium was up for grabs. Cancellara took another win ahead of Samuel Sánchez.
Stage Winners
Stage 16: Nicholas Roche, AG2R La Mondiale
Stage 17: Joaquím Rodríguez, Katusha
Stage 18: Carlos Barredo, Rabobank
Stage 19: Diego Ulissi, Lampre - ISD
Stage 20: Fabian Cancellara, RadioShack - Nissan
Stage 21: Pierrick Fédrigo
Thanks for the support. We just didn't have that last bit of luck in the Vuelta. Carlström was in the decisive break at least four days two of those he finished second so we wasn't far from a stage win.
And then losing the mountain jersey with 3 pts on the very last hill of the race. Guess it's fair to say that Purito is a slightly better climber than Kjell Carlström so no shame in losing to him...
The obvious favourites today is Tony Martin, Cancellara and Wiggins. The only of these who have shown anything lately is Cancellara.
The Swiss rider was flying all through the Vuelta, so the question is if he has been able to maintain his good form or he has topped too early. Another rider to keep an eye on will be American Taylor Phinney who showed tremendous form in Tour of Britain and is developing in to a great TT-rider.
As for the Nordic riders (Finland is not participating) both Denmark and Sweden has sent riders in good form namely Alex Rasmussen and Gustav Larsson. The Norwegians will clearly be hoping for Boasson Hagen, but his current form is a big question. Still I hope to be able to cheer him to victory as I will be riding in the car behind him.
In the surprising department as many as six unemployed riders will be riding today.
While waiting for the Norwegian riders to go out I keep an eye on future Falcon Fuglsang. He is only provisional 5th at the first intermediate, so he’s not having the best of days.
My first rider is Fredrik Wilmann. He is probably the fittest of the Norwegians, but it will be highly surprising if he pulls of a top-result. In goal he gets a provisional 8th while Fuglsang surprises everyone with the worst time so far. Mads Christensen might be a man for a surprise as he gets provisional 5th behind Phinney when he passes the first intermediate. The American continues his strong effort and gets provisional best while Christensen surprising is 6th at this time.
Only Falcon in action today is Danish Champion Lasse Bøchman.
Surprisingly Christina Watches – Onfone rider Intxausti takes full advantage of the hill and beats Phinney by 3 seconds!
No World Champion for the Danish CT-team though as Boom catches up with Nordhaug 4 km from goal looking to set a new best time. 19 seconds faster than the Spaniard. Bøchman is not in top shape at the moment but still manage a provisional 8th, certainly approved from me!
Only defender of the Swedish pride today is Larsson. He does well getting provisional 3rd on the first intermediate. The hill was too much for the Swede and he only manage a provisional 7th on the 2nd intermediate and a 9th in finish. Edvald is fighting his best all day, but he just isn’t fit enough today. I hope I can cinvince him to replace Sky with my team after next season - then I'll make a World Champion of him! Alex Rasmussen is looking surprisingly strong as he gets provisional best in the first intermediate! Hills are not his best friends but he still manage a 2nd 1 second behind Boom with 10 km to go and 11 seconds behind in finish.
On both intermediate times Bobridge completely destroyed all competition. In fact he even passed Tejay Van Garderen short before the finish line. Cancellara is strong today as he catches up with Luis Leon Sanchez, and that is just enough to beat the young Australian by 9 seconds.
Defending champion Tony Martin has been trailing by a few seconds on both intermediate times, but does that mean he has saved energy for the last kilometers?
No! Bronze for the German and a historic five wins for the Swiss.
Full results
1
Fabian Cancellara
RadioShack - Nissan
1h04'07
2
Jack Bobridge
Orica - GreenEdge
+ 10
3
Tony Martin
Omega Pharma - Quick·Step
+ 24
4
Lars Boom
BMC
+ 1'02
5
Alex Rasmussen
Garmin - Sharp
+ 1'14
6
Beñat Intxausti
Christina Watches - Onfone
+ 1'21
7
Taylor Phinney
Type 1 - Sanofi
+ 1'24
8
Tom Dumoulin
Argos - Shimano
+ 1'37
9
Bradley Wiggins
Sky
+ 1'46
10
Jan Barta
Team NetApp
+ 1'48
Spoiler
11
Edvald Boasson Hagen
Sky
+ 1'53
12
Lieuwe Westra
Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team
+ 1'54
13
Bert Grabsch
Omega Pharma - Quick·Step Cycling Team
s.t.
14
Michael Rogers
Orica - GreenEdge
+ 1'55
15
Pavel Gorenc
Adria Mobil
+ 1'56
16
Gustav Erik Larsson
Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team
+ 1'58
17
Sébastien Rosseler
Landbouwkrediet - Euphony
+ 2'00
18
Jose Mendes
LA - Antarte
+ 2'02
19
Luis León Sánchez
Movistar Team
+ 2'04
20
Lasse Bøchman
Falcon - STARK
+ 2'05
21
Ignatas Konovalovas
Movistar Team
+ 2'06
22
Chris Froome
Sky Procycling
+ 2'10
23
Svein Tuft
Orica - GreenEdge
+ 2'13
24
Mads Christensen
Team Saxo - Tinkoff
+ 2'14
25
Luke Durbridge
Orica - GreenEdge
s.t.
26
Tejay Van Garderen
BMC Racing Team
+ 2'17
27
Andreas Dietziker
Team NetApp
s.t.
28
Alexandre Geniez
Team Argos - Shimano
+ 2'18
29
Rigoberto Urán
Sky Procycling
s.t.
30
Anthony Roux
FDJ - BigMat
+ 2'24
31
Rubens Bertogliati
Team Type 1 - Sanofi
s.t.
32
Michele Scarponi
Lampre - ISD
+ 2'26
33
Maxime Monfort
RadioShack - Nissan
+ 2'28
34
Jesse Sergent
RadioShack - Nissan
+ 2'30
35
Andreas Klöden
RadioShack - Nissan
+ 2'31
36
Samuel Sánchez
Euskaltel - Euskadi
+ 2'32
37
Cameron Meyer
Atlas Personal - Jakroo
s.t.
38
Karol Domagalski
Caja Rural
+ 2'35
39
Frederik Wilmann
Christina Watches - Onfone
+ 2'39
40
Ian Bibby
Endura Racing
+ 2'40
41
Ben King
RadioShack - Nissan
s.t.
42
Jens Voigt
RadioShack - Nissan
+ 2'41
43
Marco Pinotti
BMC Racing Team
+ 2'44
44
Adriano Malori
Lampre - ISD
+ 2'47
45
Denis Menchov
Katusha Team
+ 2'53
46
Kenneth Vanbilsen
An Post - Sean Kelly
+ 2'54
47
Lars Petter Nordhaug
Sky Procycling
s.t.
48
Stanislav Kozúbek
Whirlpool - Author
s.t.
49
Christian Poos
RadioShack - Nissan
+ 2'55
50
Alexsandr Dyachenko
-
s.t.
51
Mikhail Ignatiev
Katusha Team
+ 2'56
52
Yohan Offredo
FDJ - BigMat
+ 2'57
53
Jérôme Coppel
Saur - Sojasun
+ 3'00
54
Maurizio Biondo
Liquigas - Cannondale
+ 3'03
55
Thomas De Gendt
Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team
+ 3'07
56
Jakob Fuglsang
RadioShack - Nissan
+ 3'08
57
Alex Dowsett
-
+ 3'10
58
Michał Kwiatkowski
-
+ 3'11
59
Yaroslav Popovych
Andalucía
+ 3'20
60
Tiago Machado
RadioShack - Nissan
+ 3'21
61
Nathan Brown
-
+ 3'33
62
Jonathan Castroviejo
Movistar Team
+ 3'52
63
Juan Pablo Suarez
Colombia - Coldeportes
+ 3'56
64
Ivan Casas
-
+ 3'59
65
Joel Zangerle
Leopard - Trek Continental Team
+ 4'18
66
Martin Velits
-
+ 4'27
As a Dane I'm proud to see Alex doing so well today.
As a team manager of Falcon - STARK I'm proud to see Lasse finishing 20th though not in great shape.
As a major part of The Nordic Cycling Project I'm thrilled to see as many as four Nordic riders in the top 20!
Tour of Britain 
Taylor Phinney
Allan Davis
Daniel Oss
Thor Hushovd
Leonardo Duque
Christofer Stevenson
Oliver Zaugg
Lars Boom
Robert Hunter
Lars Ytting Bak
Robert Förster
Vuelta a España 
Nicholas Roche, AG2R La Mondiale
Pierrick Fédrigo
Philippe Gilbert
Robert Kiserlovski
Jan Barta
Edvald Boasson Hagen
