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Alakagom
Posted on 20-08-2011 22:08
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It's going well, it's early season still and Skil took many podiums and is doing great. The victories will come, with such superb train you doing.
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Posted on 22-08-2011 18:55
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Thanks baia, tsmoha and Alakagom. I think it's just a question of time before the win comes.
Had no free time yesterday, thus no reports. Anyway, here's finally the mountain!
Stage 4
Sultan Qaboos University - Jabal ak Akhdar (The Green Mountain)
Different from Qatar, this race doesn't only include pan flat stages. Stage 4 is mostly as flat as the other ones, but the last kilometers ramps up to a very steep mountain top finish on The Green Mountain. This is where the overall is expected to be decided, and we will see a big battle up the climb.
Dean must've felt that he might struggle to keep his leaders jersey today and therefore attacked on the flat just before the climb was about to start. Very surprising move.
Dean was caught, so another sprinter launched an attack. This time Daniel Oss in the white jersey.
He was also caught though, and as we started the climb Thor Hushovd attacked! Rogers, Paterski, Efimkin and Frattini saw this as a good opportunity and followed.
D'Angelo's Ascani was the next one to make a move, but he couldn't quite bridge the gap to Group Hushovd.
Finally, one of the favourites attacking! Dani Moreno with a strong attack.
It's too late though, as Efimkin celebrates! What a show by the Russian!
Moreno was really strong today. He caught and passed everyone except Efimkin, Hushovd and Frattini. If he wouldn't have missed the early move I think he would have won the stage. 4th place isn't bad though.
Geschke didn't have the legs to follow the big moves on the climb, but still finished 14th, with good chances of moving into the Top 10 in tomorrow's timetrial.
Dean fought hard all the way to the top, but loses the red jersey to Efimkin.
Result:
1 Vladimir Efimkin Team Type 1 3h41'50 2 Thor Hushovd Team Garmin - Cervélo + 19 3 Davide Frattini UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling + 46 4 Daniel Moreno Katusha Team + 1'12 5 Maciej Paterski Liquigas - Cannondale + 1'20 6 Michael Rogers Sky ProCycling + 1'24 7 Luca Ascani D'Angelo & Antenucci - Nippo + 1'38 8 Johan Vansummeren Team Garmin - Cervélo + 1'44 9 José Joaquín Rojas Movistar Team s.t. 10 Danilo Di Luca Katusha Team + 1'59
Spoiler
11 Pablo Lastras Movistar Team s.t. 12 Cristiano Salerno Liquigas - Cannondale + 2'08 13 Jérémie Galland Saur - Sojasun s.t. 14 Simon Geschke Skil - Shimano s.t. 15 Giampaolo Caruso Katusha Team + 2'34 16 Martin Elmiger AG2R La Mondiale + 3'07 17 Fabio Duarte Geox - TMC + 3'14 18 Juan Forero Colombia es Pasión - Café de Colombia s.t. 19 Cyril Lemoine Saur - Sojasun s.t. 20 Joaquim Rodriguez Katusha Team s.t. 21 Stephen Cummings Sky ProCycling s.t. 22 Dario Cioni Sky ProCycling s.t. 23 Jean-Christophe Peraud AG2R La Mondiale s.t. 24 Rui Costa Movistar Team s.t. 25 Jure Kocjan Team Type 1 + 3'37 26 Daniel Oss Liquigas - Cannondale s.t. 27 Karl Menzies UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling + 3'48 28 Fortunato Baliani D'Angelo & Antenucci - Nippo s.t. 29 Sergio Pardilla Movistar Team s.t. 30 Javier Iriarte Movistar Team s.t. 31 Iván Melero Team Type 1 + 3'59 32 Luca Paolini Katusha Team s.t. 33 Juan Mauricio Soler Movistar Team s.t. 34 Beñat Intxausti Movistar Team s.t. 35 Dalivier Ospina Colombia es Pasión - Café de Colombia s.t. 36 Artem Ovechkin Katusha Team s.t. 37 Julian Dean Team Garmin - Cervélo + 4'11 38 Christian Vande Velde Team Garmin - Cervélo s.t. 39 Alessandro Bazzana Team Type 1 s.t. 40 Francisco Ventoso Movistar Team + 4'27 41 Laszló Bodrogi Team Type 1 + 4'35 42 Adrián Palomares Andalucía Caja Granada s.t. 43 Francesco Failli Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli + 4'48 44 Daniel Martin Team Garmin - Cervélo s.t. 45 Thomas Bonnin Skil - Shimano + 5'00 46 Andrey Kashechkin Pro Team Astana + 5'15 47 Alex Cano Ardila Colombia es Pasión - Café de Colombia s.t. 48 Andrey Zeits Pro Team Astana s.t. 49 Mirco Lorenzetto Pro Team Astana s.t. 50 Heinrich Haussler Team Garmin - Cervélo s.t. 51 Dmitriy Fofonov Pro Team Astana s.t. 52 Javier Megías Team Type 1 s.t. 53 Alessandro Bisolti Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli + 5'33 54 Juan José Cobo Geox - TMC s.t. 55 Matteo Montaguti AG2R La Mondiale s.t. 56 Scott Zwizanski UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling s.t. 57 Francesco Masciarelli Pro Team Astana s.t. 58 Martijn Maaskant Team Garmin - Cervélo s.t. 59 Blel Kadri AG2R La Mondiale s.t. 60 Julien Simon Saur - Sojasun s.t. 61 Jean-Marc Marino Saur - Sojasun s.t. 62 Anthony Delaplace Saur - Sojasun s.t. 63 Tomas Vaitkus Pro Team Astana s.t. 64 Sergey Rudaskov Itera - Katusha s.t. 65 Christopher Jones UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling s.t. 66 Michael Tronborg Team Differdange - Magic-Sportfood.de s.t. 67 José Luis Roldán Andalucía Caja Granada s.t. 68 Tiziano Dall'Antonia Liquigas - Cannondale s.t. 69 Denis Menchov Geox - TMC s.t. 70 Juan Villegas Colombia es Pasión - Café de Colombia s.t. 71 Esteban Chaves Colombia es Pasión - Café de Colombia s.t. 72 Sergio Carrasco Andalucía Caja Granada s.t. 73 Jesús Rosendo Andalucía Caja Granada s.t. 74 Arkaitz Durán Geox - TMC s.t. 75 Takashi Miyazawa Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli s.t. 76 Wilmar Perez Colombia es Pasión - Café de Colombia s.t. 77 Thierry Hupond Skil - Shimano s.t. 78 Sébastien Minard AG2R La Mondiale s.t. 79 Andrey Mizourov Pro Team Astana s.t. 80 Rudy Lesschaeve Team Differdange - Magic-Sportfood.de s.t. 81 Emanuele Vona Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli s.t. 82 Francesco Bellotti Liquigas - Cannondale s.t. 83 Cyril Dessel AG2R La Mondiale s.t. 84 Mitchell Docker Skil - Shimano s.t. 85 Camilo Suárez Colombia es Pasión - Café de Colombia s.t. 86 David De la Fuente Geox - TMC s.t. 87 Roberto De Patre Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli + 6'35 88 Hugo Salazar Colombia es Pasión - Café de Colombia s.t. 89 Tyler Farrar Team Garmin - Cervélo s.t. 90 José Alberto Benítez Andalucía Caja Granada s.t. 91 David Gutiérrez Gutiérrez Geox - TMC s.t. 92 Alan Marangoni Liquigas - Cannondale s.t. 93 Assan Bazayev Pro Team Astana s.t. 94 Charles Wegelius UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling s.t. 95 Andrey Solomennikov Itera - Katusha s.t. 96 Otavio Didier Bulgarelli Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli s.t. 97 Kenny Van Hummel Skil - Shimano s.t. 98 Rony Martias Saur - Sojasun s.t. 99 Roger Kluge Skil - Shimano s.t. 100 Diego Caccia Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli s.t. 101 Flavio De Luna Team SpiderTech powered by C10 s.t. 102 Denis Galimzyanov Katusha Team s.t. 103 Sébastien Hinault AG2R La Mondiale s.t. 104 Manuel Ortega Andalucía Caja Granada s.t. 105 Ino Ilesic Team Type 1 s.t. 106 Russell Downing Sky ProCycling + 7'41 107 Juan Antonio Flecha Sky ProCycling + 7'45 108 Kurt-Asle Arvesen Sky ProCycling s.t. 109 Cameron Wurf Liquigas - Cannondale s.t. 110 Dmitry Kosyakov Itera - Katusha s.t. 111 Frank Dressler Team Differdange - Magic-Sportfood.de s.t. 112 François Parisien Team SpiderTech powered by C10 s.t. 113 Christophe Laborie Saur - Sojasun s.t. 114 Jimmy Casper Saur - Sojasun s.t. 115 Jonathan Clarke UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling s.t. 116 Kohei Uchima D'Angelo & Antenucci - Nippo s.t. 117 Cyrille Heymans Team Differdange - Magic-Sportfood.de s.t. 118 Mauricio Alberto Ardila Geox - TMC s.t. 119 Ryohei Komori D'Angelo & Antenucci - Nippo s.t. 120 Fang Han Skil - Shimano s.t. 121 Jacopo Guarnieri Liquigas - Cannondale s.t. 122 Alexander Kholodov Itera - Katusha s.t. 123 José Luis Cano Andalucía Caja Granada s.t. 124 Kirill Baranov Itera - Katusha s.t. 125 Tom Veelers Skil - Shimano s.t. 126 Antonio Cabello Andalucía Caja Granada s.t. 127 Luboš Pelánek Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli s.t. 128 Simone Campagnaro D'Angelo & Antenucci - Nippo s.t. 129 Greg Henderson Sky ProCycling s.t. 130 Tomas Alberio Geox - TMC s.t. 131 Nikolai Trussov Katusha Team s.t. 132 William Dugan Team Type 1 s.t. 133 Igor Frolov Itera - Katusha s.t. 134 Andrew Pinfold UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling + 11'40 135 Davide Torosantucci D'Angelo & Antenucci - Nippo s.t. 136 Remco Broers Team Differdange - Magic-Sportfood.de + 13'54 137 Cédric Gaoua Team Differdange - Magic-Sportfood.de s.t. 138 Mikaël Chérel AG2R La Mondiale s.t. 139 Masaaki Kikuchi D'Angelo & Antenucci - Nippo s.t. 140 Tom Thill Team Differdange - Magic-Sportfood.de s.t. 141 Jake Keough UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling s.t. 142 Manuel Fedele D'Angelo & Antenucci - Nippo s.t. 143 Zachary Bell Team SpiderTech powered by C10 s.t. 144 Jack Bauer Endura Racing s.t. 145 Lars Petter Nordhaug Sky ProCycling s.t. 146 Nikita Novikov Itera - Katusha + 20'38 147 Mikhail Antonov Itera - Katusha + 32'16
Overall:
1 Vladimir Efimkin Team Type 1 13h25'02 2 Thor Hushovd Team Garmin - Cervélo + 27 3 Davide Frattini UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling + 58 4 Daniel Moreno Katusha Team + 1'32 5 Maciej Paterski Liquigas - Cannondale + 1'40 6 Luca Ascani D'Angelo & Antenucci - Nippo + 1'58 7 José Joaquín Rojas Movistar Team + 2'00 8 Johan Vansummeren Team Garmin - Cervélo + 2'04 9 Pablo Lastras Movistar Team + 2'19 10 Danilo Di Luca Katusha Team s.t.
Spoiler
11 Simon Geschke Skil - Shimano + 2'28 12 Michael Rogers Sky ProCycling + 3'06 13 Julian Dean Team Garmin - Cervélo + 3'30 14 Fabio Duarte Geox - TMC + 3'34 15 Stephen Cummings Sky ProCycling s.t. 16 Joaquim Rodriguez Katusha Team s.t. 17 Juan Forero Colombia es Pasión - Café de Colombia s.t. 18 Jean-Christophe Peraud AG2R La Mondiale s.t. 19 Daniel Oss Liquigas - Cannondale + 3'37 20 Jérémie Galland Saur - Sojasun + 3'44 21 Cristiano Salerno Liquigas - Cannondale + 3'50 22 Karl Menzies UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling + 4'08 23 Javier Iriarte Movistar Team s.t. 24 Giampaolo Caruso Katusha Team + 4'16 25 Beñat Intxausti Movistar Team + 4'19 26 Dalivier Ospina Colombia es Pasión - Café de Colombia s.t. 27 Christian Vande Velde Team Garmin - Cervélo + 4'31 28 Francisco Ventoso Movistar Team + 4'47 29 Martin Elmiger AG2R La Mondiale + 4'49 30 Adrián Palomares Andalucía Caja Granada + 4'55 31 Laszló Bodrogi Team Type 1 s.t. 32 Cyril Lemoine Saur - Sojasun + 4'56 33 Dario Cioni Sky ProCycling s.t. 34 Tomas Vaitkus Pro Team Astana + 5'04 35 Daniel Martin Team Garmin - Cervélo + 5'08 36 Mirco Lorenzetto Pro Team Astana + 5'35 37 Andrey Kashechkin Pro Team Astana s.t. 38 Artem Ovechkin Katusha Team + 5'41 39 Kenny Van Hummel Skil - Shimano + 5'50 40 Mitchell Docker Skil - Shimano + 5'53 41 Martijn Maaskant Team Garmin - Cervélo s.t. 42 Thierry Hupond Skil - Shimano s.t. 43 Tiziano Dall'Antonia Liquigas - Cannondale s.t. 44 Michael Tronborg Team Differdange - Magic-Sportfood.de s.t. 45 Juan Villegas Colombia es Pasión - Café de Colombia s.t. 46 Wilmar Perez Colombia es Pasión - Café de Colombia s.t. 47 Esteban Chaves Colombia es Pasión - Café de Colombia s.t. 48 Scott Zwizanski UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling s.t. 49 Cyril Dessel AG2R La Mondiale s.t. 50 Camilo Suárez Colombia es Pasión - Café de Colombia s.t. 51 Denis Menchov Geox - TMC s.t. 52 José Luis Roldán Andalucía Caja Granada s.t. 53 Francesco Failli Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli + 6'30 54 Alan Marangoni Liquigas - Cannondale + 6'41 55 Thomas Bonnin Skil - Shimano + 6'42 56 Juan Mauricio Soler Movistar Team + 6'48 57 Roger Kluge Skil - Shimano + 6'49 58 Denis Galimzyanov Katusha Team + 6'55 59 Sébastien Hinault AG2R La Mondiale s.t. 60 Tyler Farrar Team Garmin - Cervélo s.t. 61 Hugo Salazar Colombia es Pasión - Café de Colombia s.t. 62 Alex Cano Ardila Colombia es Pasión - Café de Colombia s.t. 63 Heinrich Haussler Team Garmin - Cervélo + 6'57 64 Rui Costa Movistar Team + 7'03 65 Matteo Montaguti AG2R La Mondiale + 7'05 66 Jure Kocjan Team Type 1 + 7'06 67 Takashi Miyazawa Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli + 7'09 68 Sergey Rudaskov Itera - Katusha + 7'11 69 Christopher Jones UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling + 7'15 70 Blel Kadri AG2R La Mondiale s.t. 71 Francesco Bellotti Liquigas - Cannondale s.t. 72 Andrey Mizourov Pro Team Astana s.t. 73 Sébastien Minard AG2R La Mondiale s.t. 74 Rudy Lesschaeve Team Differdange - Magic-Sportfood.de s.t. 75 Luca Paolini Katusha Team + 7'28 76 Iván Melero Team Type 1 s.t. 77 Sergio Pardilla Movistar Team + 7'37 78 Fortunato Baliani D'Angelo & Antenucci - Nippo s.t. 79 Alessandro Bazzana Team Type 1 + 7'40 80 Greg Henderson Sky ProCycling + 8'05 81 Juan Antonio Flecha Sky ProCycling s.t. 82 Rony Martias Saur - Sojasun s.t. 83 Antonio Cabello Andalucía Caja Granada s.t. 84 Kurt-Asle Arvesen Sky ProCycling s.t. 85 Alexander Kholodov Itera - Katusha s.t. 86 Luboš Pelánek Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli s.t. 87 Andrey Solomennikov Itera - Katusha + 8'17 88 Francesco Masciarelli Pro Team Astana + 8'22 89 Andrey Zeits Pro Team Astana + 8'44 90 Dmitriy Fofonov Pro Team Astana s.t. 91 Jean-Marc Marino Saur - Sojasun + 9'02 92 Anthony Delaplace Saur - Sojasun s.t. 93 Emanuele Vona Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli s.t. 94 Juan José Cobo Geox - TMC s.t. 95 José Luis Cano Andalucía Caja Granada + 9'21 96 Arkaitz Durán Geox - TMC + 9'22 97 Cyrille Heymans Team Differdange - Magic-Sportfood.de + 9'23 98 François Parisien Team SpiderTech powered by C10 + 9'25 99 Jacopo Guarnieri Liquigas - Cannondale + 9'27 100 Jimmy Casper Saur - Sojasun s.t. 101 Frank Dressler Team Differdange - Magic-Sportfood.de s.t. 102 Nikolai Trussov Katusha Team s.t. 103 Dmitry Kosyakov Itera - Katusha s.t. 104 Kirill Baranov Itera - Katusha s.t. 105 Otavio Didier Bulgarelli Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli + 10'02 106 Ino Ilesic Team Type 1 + 10'04 107 Assan Bazayev Pro Team Astana s.t. 108 Flavio De Luna Team SpiderTech powered by C10 s.t. 109 Javier Megías Team Type 1 + 10'21 110 Fang Han Skil - Shimano + 10'34 111 Igor Frolov Itera - Katusha s.t. 112 Alessandro Bisolti Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli + 11'09 113 Julien Simon Saur - Sojasun s.t. 114 David De la Fuente Geox - TMC s.t. 115 Russell Downing Sky ProCycling + 11'10 116 David Gutiérrez Gutiérrez Geox - TMC + 11'12 117 Cameron Wurf Liquigas - Cannondale + 11'14 118 Ryohei Komori D'Angelo & Antenucci - Nippo s.t. 119 Jonathan Clarke UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling s.t. 120 Mauricio Alberto Ardila Geox - TMC s.t. 121 Christophe Laborie Saur - Sojasun s.t. 122 William Dugan Team Type 1 s.t. 123 Tom Veelers Skil - Shimano + 11'34 124 Charles Wegelius UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling + 11'41 125 Manuel Ortega Andalucía Caja Granada s.t. 126 Diego Caccia Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli + 12'11 127 Tomas Alberio Geox - TMC + 12'41 128 Jesús Rosendo Andalucía Caja Granada + 12'46 129 Sergio Carrasco Andalucía Caja Granada s.t. 130 Roberto De Patre Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli + 13'48 131 José Alberto Benítez Andalucía Caja Granada s.t. 132 Zachary Bell Team SpiderTech powered by C10 + 14'12 133 Jake Keough UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling + 14'14 134 Simone Campagnaro D'Angelo & Antenucci - Nippo + 14'29 135 Kohei Uchima D'Angelo & Antenucci - Nippo + 14'58 136 Andrew Pinfold UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling + 15'09 137 Masaaki Kikuchi D'Angelo & Antenucci - Nippo + 15'32 138 Cédric Gaoua Team Differdange - Magic-Sportfood.de + 15'36 139 Jack Bauer Endura Racing + 16'21 140 Mikaël Chérel AG2R La Mondiale + 16'43 141 Tom Thill Team Differdange - Magic-Sportfood.de s.t. 142 Lars Petter Nordhaug Sky ProCycling + 17'23 143 Manuel Fedele D'Angelo & Antenucci - Nippo s.t. 144 Remco Broers Team Differdange - Magic-Sportfood.de s.t. 145 Davide Torosantucci D'Angelo & Antenucci - Nippo + 18'53 146 Nikita Novikov Itera - Katusha + 22'20 147 Mikhail Antonov Itera - Katusha + 35'45
P:
1 Kenny Van Hummel Skil - Shimano 68 2 Julian Dean Team Garmin - Cervélo 61 3 Daniel Oss Liquigas - Cannondale 51 4 Tomas Vaitkus Pro Team Astana 50 5 José Joaquín Rojas Movistar Team 33
KoM:
1 Vladimir Efimkin Team Type 1 20 2 Thor Hushovd Team Garmin - Cervélo 14 3 Davide Frattini UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling 12 4 Daniel Moreno Katusha Team 10 5 Maciej Paterski Liquigas - Cannondale 8
U25:
1 Maciej Paterski Liquigas - Cannondale 13h26'42 (1) 2 Simon Geschke Skil - Shimano + 48 (2) 3 Fabio Duarte Geox - TMC + 1'54 (3) 4 Daniel Oss Liquigas - Cannondale + 1'57 (4) 5 Javier Iriarte Movistar Team + 2'28 (5)
Team:
1 Katusha Team 40h21'51 (1) 2 Team Garmin - Cervélo + 8 (2) 3 Movistar Team + 1'12 (3) 4 Liquigas - Cannondale + 1'20 (4) 5 Team Type 1 + 5'00 (7)
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Posted on 22-08-2011 19:00
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I think Geschke will not only get in top10 as i think he will get 8th place......at least.
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Posted on 22-08-2011 19:05
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Di Luca might feel like "Mountain-top.. and me finishing behind Hushovd or Rojas Gil????" Nice... Efimkin obviously a league of his own within that field.. and Geschke did quite well imo! Nice chance for Top-10 in ITT now. Good luck!
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Posted on 22-08-2011 19:25
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Hushovd rode a bike for sure! (irony if someone doesn't get it )
Edited by FreitasPCM on 22-08-2011 19:25
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Posted on 25-08-2011 20:07
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Thank you guys! It would be great if Geschke could move into the Top 10.
Sorry for slow updating in the past days. Recently started school plus watching the Vuelta has taken most of my time. I promise that the reports will be faster after this weekend.
We're not expecting any notable results here. Huguet is the only one who should be able of delivering a Top 5/10 here, since he's one of few in the team who's in decent shape.
He will get nice backup from Geniez, who is starting his season with this race, and also Sprick and De Backer. Especially the latter one should be a nice help for Huguet because of his good form.
Reimer will go here as sole sprinter, and the hard uphill finish on stage one should favour him, being one of the sprinters who survives a few hills.
Chaigneau and Curvers are also starting their seasons here, Curvers wanting some race days to be in shape during the cobbled classics where he will be the most important helper for Veelers.
Favourites:
*** Gilbert
** Roche, Coppel
* Vanendert, Impey, Gallopin
Who else than Gilbert is the favourite in the hilly races he enters? The Belgian probably isn't in top form though, since there is still two months until the classics. However, even without great form, he will be the man to beat.
Roche should be one of the strongest challengers to Gilbert. The route in this race suits the Irishman very well, being fast enough to possibly grab a few bonus seconds in the uphill sprint and easily staying with the best over the hills on stage two.
Coppel, Impey and Gallopin has all showed great form in the past races, Coppel even leading the Continental rankings. They will also be up there, fighting for a good overall, while Gilbert's team mate Vanendert goes here without as much pressure on him as his team mate. It might be Vanendert who is the strongest of the Omega men though.
I know that Contador, Gesink and Van den Broeck is here, but according to me the route doesn't really suit them as much as the pure punchers.
Spoiler
Saxo Bank
1. A.Contador
2. J.Bellis
3. M.Christensen
4. B.Cooke
5. L.Didier
6. K.Klostergaard
7. G.Larsson
8. B.Vandborg
Omega Pharma
11. P.Gilbert
12. J.Bakelants
13. G.Dockx
14. S.Lang
15. J.Van den Broeck
16. S.Vandousselaere
17. J.Vanendert
18. J.Veikkanen
Rabobank
21. R.Gesink
22. C.Barredo
23. S.Clement
24. R.Flens
25. S.Kruijswijk
26. T.Leezer
27. B.Mollema
28. G.Niermann
AG2R
31. N.Roche
32. G.Bonnafond
33. H.Dupont
34. D.Le Lay
35. J.Loubet
36. L.Mondory
37. M.Perget
38. C.Riblon
NetApp
41. D.Impey
42. D.Claeys
43. S.Cozza
44. J.Del Nero
45. A.Gottfried
46. B.Huzarski
47. R.Retschke
48. D.Schorn
Cofidis
51. T.Gallopin
52. S.Dumoulin
53. J.El Fares
54. J.Keukeleire
55. L.Á.Maté
56. D.Moncoutié
57. A.Saramotins
58. T.Valentin
FDJ
61. P.Fédrigo
62. O.Bonnaire
63. S.Casar
64. A.Courteille
65. M.Delage
66. A.Geslin
67. M.Ladagnous
68. C.Pineau
Saur - Sojasun
71. J.Coppel
72. C.Bessy
73. J.Hivert
74. F.Jeandesboz
75. G.Levarlet
76. J.Paiani
77. S.Poulhiès
78. P.Poux
Skil
81. Y.Huguet
82. R.Chaigneau
83. R.Curvers
84. T.Damuseau
85. B.De Backer
86. A.Geniez
87. M.Reimer
88. M.Sprick
UnitedHealthcare
91. R.Sutherland
92. R.Förster
93. A.Hegyvari
94. M.Jenkins
95. C.Meier
96. M.Schmitt
97. B.Van Poppel
98. B.White
Veranda's
101. J.Van Goolen
102. S.De Wilde
103. J.Drucker
104. G.Habeaux
105. B.Schmitz
106. K.Van Melsen
107. J.Vanlandschoot
108. E.Verbist
Big Mat
111. J.Mombaerts
112. F.Bacquet
113. N.Bazin
114. M.Méderel
115. R.Racault
116. N.Rousseau
Europcar
121. C.Gautier
122. Y.Arashiro
123. G.Bernaudeau
124. F.Bouyer
125. A.Charteau
126. S.Chavanel
127. M.Claude
128. S.Turgot
Bretagne
131. G.Blot
132. E.Berthou
133. J.Bideau
134. J.Delpech
135. R.Dion
136. S.Duret
137. G.Malacarne
138. F.Vachon
Landbouwkrediet
141. D.Commeyne
142. F.Amorison
143. J.Breyne
144. H.Dekkers
145. S.Delfosse
146. E.Juodvalkis
147. K.Peeters
148. B.Scheirlinckx
Team Type 1
151. V.Kobzarenko
152. A.Bowden
153. F.Calabria
154. A.Grendene
155. S.Stewart
Wallonie
161. O.Pardini
162. J.Bertrand
163. G.Devillers
164. F.Polazzi
165. C.Premont
166. R.Rouet
167. R.Steenuit
168. J.Vangenechten
La Pomme
171. D.R.Díaz
172. J.Antomarchi
173. M.Delaroziere
174. B.Giraud
175. J.Jules
176. T.Skujins
177. J.Stonis
178. T.Vaubourzeix
Roubaix
181. K.Lalouette
182. A.Colin
183. L.Desriac
184. J.Guay
185. M.Kneisky
186. S.Tronet
Stage 1
La Croix Valmer - Grimaud
Not a very hard stage, but it's far from easy. First, the route includes four quite hard KoM climbs. Second, the final kilometer is a very hard uphill sprint in Grimaud, where riders like Gilbert and Roche might be more suited than the pure sprinters.
Robin Chaigneau represented us in the early breakaway, joining five other riders on the route to Grimaud.
Gael Malacarne attacked later in the stage and bridged up to Chaigneau and his companions.
None of them succeeded though, Chaigneau being the last to get caught, with just five kilometers to go.
Gilbert was obviously feeling good today, as he told Bakelants and Vanendert to take him to the front, forming a very strong train.
Gilbert decided to go for a very long sprint, launching with over 2k to go, while De Backer managed to get Reimer to the front just in time.
Neither Gilbert nor Reimer was able to pull of the win though, as Netapp's Impey came from behind and easily won the stage ahead Gallopin and Geslin. Gilbert finished fourth, while Reimer didn't have the legs to challenge.
As I thought, Contador wasn't going to be a serious contender here. He lost over 5 minutes today and won't have anything to do with the overall.
Results:
1 Daryl Impey Team NetApp 3h57'05 2 Tony Gallopin Cofidis, le crédit en ligne s.t. 3 Anthony Geslin FDJ s.t. 4 Philippe Gilbert Omega Pharma - Lotto s.t. 5 Dimitri Claeys Team NetApp s.t. 6 Jonathan Hivert Saur - Sojasun s.t. 7 Martin Reimer Skil - Shimano s.t. 8 Guillaume Blot Bretagne - Schuller s.t. 9 Tom Leezer Rabobank Cycling Team s.t. 10 Sébastien Turgot Team Europcar s.t.
Spoiler
11 Davy Commeyne Landbouwkrediet s.t. 12 Roy Curvers Skil - Shimano s.t. 13 Samuel Dumoulin Cofidis, le crédit en ligne s.t. 14 Jens Keukeleire Cofidis, le crédit en ligne s.t. 15 Rory Sutherland UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling s.t. 16 Robert Förster UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling s.t. 17 Johan Mombaerts Big Mat - Auber 93 s.t. 18 Pierrick Fédrigo FDJ s.t. 19 Bert De Backer Skil - Shimano s.t. 20 Jan Bakelants Omega Pharma - Lotto s.t. 21 Florian Vachon Bretagne - Schuller + 24 22 Julien El Fares Cofidis, le crédit en ligne s.t. 23 Jérôme Coppel Saur - Sojasun s.t. 24 Frédéric Amorison Landbouwkrediet s.t. 25 James Vanlandschoot Veranda's Willems - Accent s.t. 26 Ronan Racault Big Mat - Auber 93 s.t. 27 Aleksejs Saramotins Cofidis, le crédit en ligne + 42 28 Jurgen Van Goolen Veranda's Willems - Accent s.t. 29 Yann Huguet Skil - Shimano s.t. 30 Kevin Lalouette Roubaix Lille Métropole s.t. 31 Alexandre Geniez Skil - Shimano s.t. 32 Jesús Del Nero Team NetApp s.t. 33 Morgan Kneisky Roubaix Lille Métropole s.t. 34 Gaël Malacarne Bretagne - Schuller s.t. 35 Matthieu Ladagnous FDJ s.t. 36 David Moncoutié Cofidis, le crédit en ligne s.t. 37 Guillaume Levarlet Saur - Sojasun s.t. 38 Jussi Veikkanen Omega Pharma - Lotto s.t. 39 Jean-Marc Bideau Bretagne - Schuller s.t. 40 Bram Schmitz Veranda's Willems - Accent s.t. 41 Robert Retschke Team NetApp s.t. 42 Stéphane Poulhiès Saur - Sojasun s.t. 43 Thomas Vaubourzeix Velo-Club La Pomme Marseille s.t. 44 Fabrice Jeandesboz Saur - Sojasun s.t. 45 Robin Chaigneau Skil - Shimano s.t. 46 Mickaël Delage FDJ s.t. 47 Tristan Valentin Cofidis, le crédit en ligne s.t. 48 Nicolas Rousseau Big Mat - Auber 93 s.t. 49 Julien Antomarchi Velo-Club La Pomme Marseille s.t. 50 Jelle Vanendert Omega Pharma - Lotto s.t. 51 Renaud Dion Bretagne - Schuller s.t. 52 Mathieu Sprick Skil - Shimano s.t. 53 Gert Dockx Omega Pharma - Lotto s.t. 54 Steven Tronet Roubaix Lille Métropole s.t. 55 Sven Vandousselaere Omega Pharma - Lotto s.t. 56 Jean-Lou Paiani Saur - Sojasun s.t. 57 Cyril Bessy Saur - Sojasun s.t. 58 Jurgen Van den Broeck Omega Pharma - Lotto s.t. 59 Grischa Niermann Rabobank Cycling Team s.t. 60 Justin Jules Velo-Club La Pomme Marseille s.t. 61 Anthony Colin Roubaix Lille Métropole + 1'28 62 Hans Dekkers Landbouwkrediet s.t. 63 Steven Kruijswijk Rabobank Cycling Team s.t. 64 Sebastian Lang Omega Pharma - Lotto s.t. 65 Mathieu Delaroziere Velo-Club La Pomme Marseille s.t. 66 Benjamin Giraud Velo-Club La Pomme Marseille + 2'02 67 Loïc Desriac Roubaix Lille Métropole + 2'06 68 Alexander Gottfried Team NetApp + 2'11 69 Franck Bouyer Team Europcar s.t. 70 Carlos Barredo Rabobank Cycling Team s.t. 71 Luis Ángel Maté Cofidis, le crédit en ligne + 2'25 72 Olivier Bonnaire FDJ s.t. 73 Cédric Pineau FDJ s.t. 74 Daniel Schorn Team NetApp s.t. 75 Giovanni Bernaudeau Team Europcar s.t. 76 Robert Gesink Rabobank Cycling Team s.t. 77 Christian Meier UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling s.t. 78 Gilles Devillers Wallonie Bruxelles - Crédit Agricole s.t. 79 Stef Clement Rabobank Cycling Team s.t. 80 Arnaud Courteille FDJ + 2'38 81 Mathieu Perget AG2R La Mondiale + 3'53 82 Christophe Riblon AG2R La Mondiale s.t. 83 Thomas Damuseau Skil - Shimano s.t. 84 Anthony Charteau Team Europcar s.t. 85 Andrea Grendene Team Type 1 s.t. 86 Olivier Pardini Wallonie Bruxelles - Crédit Agricole s.t. 87 Max Jenkins UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling s.t. 88 Fabien Bacquet Big Mat - Auber 93 s.t. 89 Adrian Hegyvari UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling s.t. 90 Fabio Polazzi Wallonie Bruxelles - Crédit Agricole s.t. 91 Nicolas Roche AG2R La Mondiale s.t. 92 Baden Cooke Saxo Bank SunGard + 4'59 93 Julien Loubet AG2R La Mondiale s.t. 94 Alberto Contador Saxo Bank SunGard s.t. 95 Kasper Klostergaard Saxo Bank SunGard s.t. 96 David Le Lay AG2R La Mondiale s.t. 97 Lloyd Mondory AG2R La Mondiale s.t. 98 Laurent Didier Saxo Bank SunGard s.t. 99 Jonathan Bertrand Wallonie Bruxelles - Crédit Agricole s.t. 100 Kevin Peeters Landbouwkrediet s.t. 101 Mads Christensen Saxo Bank SunGard s.t. 102 Bartosz Huzarski Team NetApp s.t. 103 Brian Vandborg Saxo Bank SunGard s.t. 104 Daniel Ricardo Díaz Velo-Club La Pomme Marseille s.t. 105 Paul Poux Saur - Sojasun s.t. 106 Fabio Calabria Team Type 1 s.t. 107 Valery Kobzarenko Team Type 1 s.t. 108 Bauke Mollema Rabobank Cycling Team s.t. 109 Maxime Méderel Big Mat - Auber 93 s.t. 110 Bert Scheirlinckx Landbouwkrediet s.t. 111 Jonathan Bellis Saxo Bank SunGard s.t. 112 Yukiya Arashiro Team Europcar s.t. 113 Jonas Vangenechten Wallonie Bruxelles - Crédit Agricole s.t. 114 Guillaume Bonnafond AG2R La Mondiale s.t. 115 Rudy Rouet Wallonie Bruxelles - Crédit Agricole s.t. 116 Christophe Premont Wallonie Bruxelles - Crédit Agricole s.t. 117 Sandy Casar FDJ s.t. 118 Rick Flens Rabobank Cycling Team s.t. 119 Evert Verbist Veranda's Willems - Accent s.t. 120 Nicolas Bazin Big Mat - Auber 93 s.t. 121 Morgan Schmitt UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling s.t. 122 Grégory Habeaux Veranda's Willems - Accent s.t. 123 Toms Skujins Velo-Club La Pomme Marseille s.t. 124 Eric Berthou Bretagne - Schuller s.t. 125 Jean-Luc Delpech Bretagne - Schuller s.t. 126 Jempy Drucker Veranda's Willems - Accent s.t. 127 Hubert Dupont AG2R La Mondiale s.t. 128 Julien Guay Roubaix Lille Métropole s.t. 129 Scott Stewart Team Type 1 s.t. 130 Kevin Van Melsen Veranda's Willems - Accent s.t. 131 Egidijus Juodvalkis Landbouwkrediet s.t. 132 Sébastien Chavanel Team Europcar s.t. 133 Mathieu Claude Team Europcar s.t. 134 Bradley White UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling + 6'01 135 Jonathan Breyne Landbouwkrediet s.t. 136 Sébastien Duret Bretagne - Schuller + 10'41 137 Gustav Larsson Saxo Bank SunGard s.t. 138 Alex Bowden Team Type 1 + 14'10 139 Robin Steenuit Wallonie Bruxelles - Crédit Agricole + 16'20
Overall:
1 Daryl Impey Team NetApp 3h56'45 2 Tony Gallopin Cofidis, le crédit en ligne + 8 3 Anthony Geslin FDJ + 12 4 Philippe Gilbert Omega Pharma - Lotto + 20 5 Dimitri Claeys Team NetApp s.t. 6 Jonathan Hivert Saur - Sojasun s.t. 7 Martin Reimer Skil - Shimano s.t. 8 Guillaume Blot Bretagne - Schuller s.t. 9 Tom Leezer Rabobank Cycling Team s.t. 10 Sébastien Turgot Team Europcar s.t.
Spoiler
11 Davy Commeyne Landbouwkrediet s.t. 12 Roy Curvers Skil - Shimano s.t. 13 Samuel Dumoulin Cofidis, le crédit en ligne s.t. 14 Jens Keukeleire Cofidis, le crédit en ligne s.t. 15 Rory Sutherland UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling s.t. 16 Robert Förster UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling s.t. 17 Johan Mombaerts Big Mat - Auber 93 s.t. 18 Pierrick Fédrigo FDJ s.t. 19 Bert De Backer Skil - Shimano s.t. 20 Jan Bakelants Omega Pharma - Lotto s.t. 21 Florian Vachon Bretagne - Schuller + 44 22 Julien El Fares Cofidis, le crédit en ligne s.t. 23 Jérôme Coppel Saur - Sojasun s.t. 24 Frédéric Amorison Landbouwkrediet s.t. 25 James Vanlandschoot Veranda's Willems - Accent s.t. 26 Ronan Racault Big Mat - Auber 93 s.t. 27 Bram Schmitz Veranda's Willems - Accent + 50 28 Gaël Malacarne Bretagne - Schuller + 58 29 Jean-Lou Paiani Saur - Sojasun s.t. 30 Nicolas Rousseau Big Mat - Auber 93 + 1'00 31 Steven Tronet Roubaix Lille Métropole s.t. 32 Aleksejs Saramotins Cofidis, le crédit en ligne + 1'02 33 Jurgen Van Goolen Veranda's Willems - Accent s.t. 34 Yann Huguet Skil - Shimano s.t. 35 Kevin Lalouette Roubaix Lille Métropole s.t. 36 Alexandre Geniez Skil - Shimano s.t. 37 Jesús Del Nero Team NetApp s.t. 38 Morgan Kneisky Roubaix Lille Métropole s.t. 39 Matthieu Ladagnous FDJ s.t. 40 David Moncoutié Cofidis, le crédit en ligne s.t. 41 Guillaume Levarlet Saur - Sojasun s.t. 42 Jussi Veikkanen Omega Pharma - Lotto s.t. 43 Jean-Marc Bideau Bretagne - Schuller s.t. 44 Robert Retschke Team NetApp s.t. 45 Stéphane Poulhiès Saur - Sojasun s.t. 46 Thomas Vaubourzeix Velo-Club La Pomme Marseille s.t. 47 Fabrice Jeandesboz Saur - Sojasun s.t. 48 Robin Chaigneau Skil - Shimano s.t. 49 Mickaël Delage FDJ s.t. 50 Tristan Valentin Cofidis, le crédit en ligne s.t. 51 Julien Antomarchi Velo-Club La Pomme Marseille s.t. 52 Jelle Vanendert Omega Pharma - Lotto s.t. 53 Renaud Dion Bretagne - Schuller s.t. 54 Mathieu Sprick Skil - Shimano s.t. 55 Gert Dockx Omega Pharma - Lotto s.t. 56 Sven Vandousselaere Omega Pharma - Lotto s.t. 57 Cyril Bessy Saur - Sojasun s.t. 58 Jurgen Van den Broeck Omega Pharma - Lotto s.t. 59 Grischa Niermann Rabobank Cycling Team s.t. 60 Justin Jules Velo-Club La Pomme Marseille s.t. 61 Anthony Colin Roubaix Lille Métropole + 1'48 62 Hans Dekkers Landbouwkrediet s.t. 63 Steven Kruijswijk Rabobank Cycling Team s.t. 64 Sebastian Lang Omega Pharma - Lotto s.t. 65 Mathieu Delaroziere Velo-Club La Pomme Marseille s.t. 66 Benjamin Giraud Velo-Club La Pomme Marseille + 2'22 67 Loïc Desriac Roubaix Lille Métropole + 2'26 68 Alexander Gottfried Team NetApp + 2'31 69 Franck Bouyer Team Europcar s.t. 70 Carlos Barredo Rabobank Cycling Team s.t. 71 Luis Ángel Maté Cofidis, le crédit en ligne + 2'45 72 Olivier Bonnaire FDJ s.t. 73 Cédric Pineau FDJ s.t. 74 Daniel Schorn Team NetApp s.t. 75 Giovanni Bernaudeau Team Europcar s.t. 76 Robert Gesink Rabobank Cycling Team s.t. 77 Christian Meier UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling s.t. 78 Gilles Devillers Wallonie Bruxelles - Crédit Agricole s.t. 79 Stef Clement Rabobank Cycling Team s.t. 80 Arnaud Courteille FDJ + 2'58 81 Mathieu Perget AG2R La Mondiale + 4'13 82 Christophe Riblon AG2R La Mondiale s.t. 83 Thomas Damuseau Skil - Shimano s.t. 84 Anthony Charteau Team Europcar s.t. 85 Andrea Grendene Team Type 1 s.t. 86 Olivier Pardini Wallonie Bruxelles - Crédit Agricole s.t. 87 Max Jenkins UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling s.t. 88 Fabien Bacquet Big Mat - Auber 93 s.t. 89 Adrian Hegyvari UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling s.t. 90 Fabio Polazzi Wallonie Bruxelles - Crédit Agricole s.t. 91 Nicolas Roche AG2R La Mondiale s.t. 92 Baden Cooke Saxo Bank SunGard + 5'19 93 Julien Loubet AG2R La Mondiale s.t. 94 Alberto Contador Saxo Bank SunGard s.t. 95 Kasper Klostergaard Saxo Bank SunGard s.t. 96 David Le Lay AG2R La Mondiale s.t. 97 Lloyd Mondory AG2R La Mondiale s.t. 98 Laurent Didier Saxo Bank SunGard s.t. 99 Jonathan Bertrand Wallonie Bruxelles - Crédit Agricole s.t. 100 Kevin Peeters Landbouwkrediet s.t. 101 Mads Christensen Saxo Bank SunGard s.t. 102 Bartosz Huzarski Team NetApp s.t. 103 Brian Vandborg Saxo Bank SunGard s.t. 104 Daniel Ricardo Díaz Velo-Club La Pomme Marseille s.t. 105 Paul Poux Saur - Sojasun s.t. 106 Fabio Calabria Team Type 1 s.t. 107 Valery Kobzarenko Team Type 1 s.t. 108 Bauke Mollema Rabobank Cycling Team s.t. 109 Maxime Méderel Big Mat - Auber 93 s.t. 110 Bert Scheirlinckx Landbouwkrediet s.t. 111 Jonathan Bellis Saxo Bank SunGard s.t. 112 Yukiya Arashiro Team Europcar s.t. 113 Jonas Vangenechten Wallonie Bruxelles - Crédit Agricole s.t. 114 Guillaume Bonnafond AG2R La Mondiale s.t. 115 Rudy Rouet Wallonie Bruxelles - Crédit Agricole s.t. 116 Christophe Premont Wallonie Bruxelles - Crédit Agricole s.t. 117 Sandy Casar FDJ s.t. 118 Rick Flens Rabobank Cycling Team s.t. 119 Evert Verbist Veranda's Willems - Accent s.t. 120 Nicolas Bazin Big Mat - Auber 93 s.t. 121 Morgan Schmitt UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling s.t. 122 Grégory Habeaux Veranda's Willems - Accent s.t. 123 Toms Skujins Velo-Club La Pomme Marseille s.t. 124 Eric Berthou Bretagne - Schuller s.t. 125 Jean-Luc Delpech Bretagne - Schuller s.t. 126 Jempy Drucker Veranda's Willems - Accent s.t. 127 Hubert Dupont AG2R La Mondiale s.t. 128 Julien Guay Roubaix Lille Métropole s.t. 129 Scott Stewart Team Type 1 s.t. 130 Kevin Van Melsen Veranda's Willems - Accent s.t. 131 Egidijus Juodvalkis Landbouwkrediet s.t. 132 Sébastien Chavanel Team Europcar s.t. 133 Mathieu Claude Team Europcar s.t. 134 Bradley White UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling + 6'21 135 Jonathan Breyne Landbouwkrediet s.t. 136 Sébastien Duret Bretagne - Schuller + 11'01 137 Gustav Larsson Saxo Bank SunGard s.t. 138 Alex Bowden Team Type 1 + 14'30 139 Robin Steenuit Wallonie Bruxelles - Crédit Agricole + 16'40
P:
1 Daryl Impey Team NetApp 25 2 Tony Gallopin Cofidis, le crédit en ligne 20 3 Anthony Geslin FDJ 16 4 Philippe Gilbert Omega Pharma - Lotto 14 5 Bram Schmitz Veranda's Willems - Accent 12
KoM:
1 Bram Schmitz Veranda's Willems - Accent 28 2 Justin Jules Velo-Club La Pomme Marseille 18 3 Steven Tronet Roubaix Lille Métropole 14 4 Jean-Lou Paiani Saur - Sojasun 14 5 Nicolas Rousseau Big Mat - Auber 93 14
U25:
1 Tony Gallopin Cofidis, le crédit en ligne 3h56'53 (1) 2 Dimitri Claeys Team NetApp + 12 (2) 3 Martin Reimer Skil - Shimano + 12 (3) 4 Jens Keukeleire Cofidis, le crédit en ligne + 12 (4) 5 Jan Bakelants Omega Pharma - Lotto + 12 (5)
Team:
1 Cofidis, le crédit en ligne 11h51'15 (1) 2 Skil - Shimano + 0 (2) 3 Team NetApp + 42 (3) 4 FDJ + 42 (4) 5 Omega Pharma - Lotto + 42 (5)
baia
Posted on 25-08-2011 21:15
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Starts good...top10...next is top5 and then win...
Alakagom
Posted on 26-08-2011 08:30
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Yea, very nice start. Should be intresting fight between Gilbert and Geslin, I would think. Good luck for Geschke in Oman, hope he improves his position and Van Hummel defends his points jersey
Pellizotti2
Posted on 27-08-2011 13:30
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@baia: Thanks. Would be nice if it continued like that.
@Alakagom: It surely will be a nice fight in stage two. About Geschke, I have some good news coming.
Stage 5
Al Jissah (ITT)
Stage 5 provides a timetrial which should make the fight for the overall even more interesting. Efimkin leads Hushovd by just 27s and I'm sure that the God of Thunder won't give up this without a serious fight. Also the rest of the Top 10 is pretty close and might be changed completely after this timetrial.
First notable time came from Tyler Farrar. The American has failed to deliver any results at all in the mass sprints, but shows signs of rising form by setting the new best time.
30'24
Menchov didn't have the legs to answer to the attacks yesterday and is far behind in the overall. Here he disappointed once again, not being able to beat Farrar's time.
30'27
Andrey Kashechkin is another rider we had expected more from yesterday, but he blew away all questionmarks on how his form is by crushing Farrar's time by 15s! Definitely a time to beat today.
29'09
Christian Vande Velde didn't meet the expectations today and finished on a quite weak time.
30'43
Former French champion Peraud then, can he do something extraordinary today? Well, a quite good time, but far from good enough to even challenge Kashechkin.
30'28
Julian Dean dominated the first stages in this race, but lost too much time yesterday. Nothing special from him today either.
30'53
Very good time from Steve Cummings, but he wasn't able to beat Kashechkin either.
30'21
Mick Rogers then? Can the recent Tour Down Under champion challenge Kashechkin? No. Good time, but not good enough.
30'22
Here we go, Simon Geschke! Motivated by a possible Top 10 overall after the stage, he flew around the course and finished on second best time, losing only 4s to Kashechkin!
30'13
Ding, ding, ding! New best time! Johan Van Summeren with a super ride, defending his Top 10 spot with ease.
29'58
In the background you see Rojas, who started behind Van Summeren. The Spaniard also rode surprisingly fast today, keeping Geschke behind him in the overall standings.
30'19
D'Angelo's Ascani was strong yesterday, and continued to show good form by clocking the same time as Geschke.
30'13
Another huge surprise yesterday, Maciej Paterski, now riding in the white jersey. Timetrials isn't his speciality and the Polishman lost quite a lot of time today.
30'54
Probably the strongest rider yesterday, Daniel Moreno was unlucky to miss the decisive move. He lost his chance of an overall success by not winning yesterday and was pushed down to 5th overall today by Van Summeren.
30'26
Davide Frattini also lost some time today, but defended his third place overall by just three seconds to Van Summeren.
30'56
Hushovd rode in a jersey we aren't used to see him in today, wearing polkadots after finishing second on The Green Mountain yesterday. His time was a bit disappointing though, but he stays on second overall.
30'45
That means only one rider left out on the course, Efimkin in the red jersey. He finished on a good time, but he wasn't fast enough to steal the stage win from Van Summeren. Still, the Russian did what was needed today, defended his overall lead.
Result:
1 Johan Vansummeren Team Garmin - Cervélo 29'58 2 Andrey Kashechkin Pro Team Astana + 11 3 Simon Geschke Skil - Shimano + 15 4 Luca Ascani D'Angelo & Antenucci - Nippo s.t. 5 Vladimir Efimkin Team Type 1 + 20 6 José Joaquín Rojas Movistar Team + 21 7 Beñat Intxausti Movistar Team s.t. 8 Stephen Cummings Sky ProCycling + 23 9 Michael Rogers Sky ProCycling + 24 10 Tyler Farrar Team Garmin - Cervélo + 26
Spoiler
11 Roger Kluge Skil - Shimano + 27 12 Daniel Moreno Katusha Team + 28 13 Denis Menchov Geox - TMC + 29 14 Jean-Christophe Peraud AG2R La Mondiale + 30 15 Tomas Vaitkus Pro Team Astana s.t. 16 Danilo Di Luca Katusha Team + 33 17 Artem Ovechkin Katusha Team + 36 18 Daniel Oss Liquigas - Cannondale s.t. 19 Matteo Montaguti AG2R La Mondiale + 37 20 Jure Kocjan Team Type 1 + 38 21 Rui Costa Movistar Team s.t. 22 Martin Elmiger AG2R La Mondiale s.t. 23 Heinrich Haussler Team Garmin - Cervélo + 40 24 Thomas Bonnin Skil - Shimano s.t. 25 Thierry Hupond Skil - Shimano s.t. 26 Juan Antonio Flecha Sky ProCycling + 41 27 Pablo Lastras Movistar Team s.t. 28 Cyril Lemoine Saur - Sojasun + 42 29 Tom Veelers Skil - Shimano + 43 30 Laszló Bodrogi Team Type 1 s.t. 31 Otavio Didier Bulgarelli Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli + 44 32 Dario Cioni Sky ProCycling s.t. 33 Blel Kadri AG2R La Mondiale + 45 34 Scott Zwizanski UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling s.t. 35 Christian Vande Velde Team Garmin - Cervélo s.t. 36 Fabio Duarte Geox - TMC + 47 37 Thor Hushovd Team Garmin - Cervélo s.t. 38 Dmitry Kosyakov Itera - Katusha s.t. 39 Alan Marangoni Liquigas - Cannondale + 49 40 Mitchell Docker Skil - Shimano s.t. 41 Kenny Van Hummel Skil - Shimano s.t. 42 Michael Tronborg Team Differdange - Magic-Sportfood.de + 50 43 Hugo Salazar Colombia es Pasión - Café de Colombia + 51 44 Martijn Maaskant Team Garmin - Cervélo + 53 45 Cameron Wurf Liquigas - Cannondale + 54 46 Christopher Jones UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling s.t. 47 Julian Dean Team Garmin - Cervélo + 55 48 Nikolai Trussov Katusha Team s.t. 49 Francisco Ventoso Movistar Team + 56 50 Maciej Paterski Liquigas - Cannondale s.t. 51 Greg Henderson Sky ProCycling + 57 52 Davide Frattini UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling s.t. 53 Frank Dressler Team Differdange - Magic-Sportfood.de s.t. 54 Joaquim Rodriguez Katusha Team + 58 55 Daniel Martin Team Garmin - Cervélo s.t. 56 Sébastien Minard AG2R La Mondiale + 59 57 Andrey Mizourov Pro Team Astana + 1'00 58 Cristiano Salerno Liquigas - Cannondale + 1'01 59 Andrey Zeits Pro Team Astana s.t. 60 Arkaitz Durán Geox - TMC s.t. 61 Assan Bazayev Pro Team Astana + 1'02 62 Juan Forero Colombia es Pasión - Café de Colombia s.t. 63 Alex Cano Ardila Colombia es Pasión - Café de Colombia + 1'03 64 Denis Galimzyanov Katusha Team s.t. 65 José Luis Roldán Andalucía Caja Granada + 1'04 66 Juan Villegas Colombia es Pasión - Café de Colombia s.t. 67 Adrián Palomares Andalucía Caja Granada s.t. 68 Sergey Rudaskov Itera - Katusha + 1'05 69 Giampaolo Caruso Katusha Team s.t. 70 Tiziano Dall'Antonia Liquigas - Cannondale s.t. 71 Kurt-Asle Arvesen Sky ProCycling + 1'06 72 François Parisien Team SpiderTech powered by C10 s.t. 73 Jacopo Guarnieri Liquigas - Cannondale s.t. 74 Karl Menzies UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling + 1'07 75 Kirill Baranov Itera - Katusha s.t. 76 Julien Simon Saur - Sojasun + 1'08 77 Juan José Cobo Geox - TMC s.t. 78 Ino Ilesic Team Type 1 + 1'09 79 Sergio Pardilla Movistar Team s.t. 80 Takashi Miyazawa Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli s.t. 81 Javier Iriarte Movistar Team s.t. 82 Nikita Novikov Itera - Katusha + 1'10 83 Anthony Delaplace Saur - Sojasun s.t. 84 Christophe Laborie Saur - Sojasun + 1'11 85 Jérémie Galland Saur - Sojasun s.t. 86 Wilmar Perez Colombia es Pasión - Café de Colombia s.t. 87 Dmitriy Fofonov Pro Team Astana s.t. 88 José Luis Cano Andalucía Caja Granada s.t. 89 Rudy Lesschaeve Team Differdange - Magic-Sportfood.de + 1'12 90 Juan Mauricio Soler Movistar Team s.t. 91 Charles Wegelius UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling + 1'13 92 Camilo Suárez Colombia es Pasión - Café de Colombia + 1'14 93 Andrey Solomennikov Itera - Katusha s.t. 94 Alessandro Bisolti Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli + 1'15 95 Cyrille Heymans Team Differdange - Magic-Sportfood.de s.t. 96 Manuel Ortega Andalucía Caja Granada + 1'16 97 Alessandro Bazzana Team Type 1 s.t. 98 Mikaël Chérel AG2R La Mondiale + 1'17 99 Fang Han Skil - Shimano s.t. 100 Luca Paolini Katusha Team s.t. 101 Sébastien Hinault AG2R La Mondiale s.t. 102 Esteban Chaves Colombia es Pasión - Café de Colombia s.t. 103 Mirco Lorenzetto Pro Team Astana + 1'18 104 Dalivier Ospina Colombia es Pasión - Café de Colombia s.t. 105 David Gutiérrez Gutiérrez Geox - TMC + 1'19 106 Russell Downing Sky ProCycling s.t. 107 Emanuele Vona Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli s.t. 108 Diego Caccia Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli + 1'20 109 William Dugan Team Type 1 + 1'21 110 Jesús Rosendo Andalucía Caja Granada + 1'22 111 Jean-Marc Marino Saur - Sojasun + 1'24 112 Jimmy Casper Saur - Sojasun s.t. 113 Cédric Gaoua Team Differdange - Magic-Sportfood.de + 1'26 114 Ryohei Komori D'Angelo & Antenucci - Nippo s.t. 115 David De la Fuente Geox - TMC s.t. 116 Igor Frolov Itera - Katusha s.t. 117 Alexander Kholodov Itera - Katusha s.t. 118 Rony Martias Saur - Sojasun s.t. 119 Francesco Failli Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli s.t. 120 Javier Megías Team Type 1 + 1'28 121 Iván Melero Team Type 1 s.t. 122 Cyril Dessel AG2R La Mondiale s.t. 123 Luboš Pelánek Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli + 1'29 124 Fortunato Baliani D'Angelo & Antenucci - Nippo + 1'31 125 Kohei Uchima D'Angelo & Antenucci - Nippo + 1'32 126 Francesco Masciarelli Pro Team Astana + 1'33 127 Davide Torosantucci D'Angelo & Antenucci - Nippo + 1'34 128 Manuel Fedele D'Angelo & Antenucci - Nippo s.t. 129 Zachary Bell Team SpiderTech powered by C10 s.t. 130 Antonio Cabello Andalucía Caja Granada s.t. 131 Lars Petter Nordhaug Sky ProCycling + 1'36 132 Flavio De Luna Team SpiderTech powered by C10 + 1'37 133 Tom Thill Team Differdange - Magic-Sportfood.de s.t. 134 Sergio Carrasco Andalucía Caja Granada s.t. 135 Jack Bauer Endura Racing + 1'38 136 José Alberto Benítez Andalucía Caja Granada + 1'40 137 Francesco Bellotti Liquigas - Cannondale s.t. 138 Masaaki Kikuchi D'Angelo & Antenucci - Nippo + 1'43 139 Tomas Alberio Geox - TMC s.t. 140 Mikhail Antonov Itera - Katusha + 1'44 141 Mauricio Alberto Ardila Geox - TMC s.t. 142 Roberto De Patre Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli + 1'45 143 Andrew Pinfold UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling + 1'48 144 Jonathan Clarke UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling s.t. 145 Remco Broers Team Differdange - Magic-Sportfood.de + 1'49 146 Jake Keough UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling + 1'57 147 Simone Campagnaro D'Angelo & Antenucci - Nippo + 2'09
Overall:
1 Vladimir Efimkin Team Type 1 13h55'20 2 Thor Hushovd Team Garmin - Cervélo + 54 3 Davide Frattini UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling + 1'35 4 Johan Vansummeren Team Garmin - Cervélo + 1'38 5 Daniel Moreno Katusha Team + 1'40 6 Luca Ascani D'Angelo & Antenucci - Nippo + 1'53 7 José Joaquín Rojas Movistar Team + 2'01 8 Maciej Paterski Liquigas - Cannondale + 2'16 9 Simon Geschke Skil - Shimano + 2'23 10 Danilo Di Luca Katusha Team + 2'32
Spoiler
11 Pablo Lastras Movistar Team + 2'40 12 Michael Rogers Sky ProCycling + 3'10 13 Stephen Cummings Sky ProCycling + 3'37 14 Jean-Christophe Peraud AG2R La Mondiale + 3'44 15 Daniel Oss Liquigas - Cannondale + 3'53 16 Fabio Duarte Geox - TMC + 4'01 17 Julian Dean Team Garmin - Cervélo + 4'05 18 Joaquim Rodriguez Katusha Team + 4'12 19 Juan Forero Colombia es Pasión - Café de Colombia + 4'16 20 Beñat Intxausti Movistar Team + 4'20 21 Cristiano Salerno Liquigas - Cannondale + 4'31 22 Jérémie Galland Saur - Sojasun + 4'35 23 Karl Menzies UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling + 4'55 24 Christian Vande Velde Team Garmin - Cervélo + 4'56 25 Javier Iriarte Movistar Team + 4'57 26 Giampaolo Caruso Katusha Team + 5'01 27 Martin Elmiger AG2R La Mondiale + 5'07 28 Tomas Vaitkus Pro Team Astana + 5'14 29 Dalivier Ospina Colombia es Pasión - Café de Colombia + 5'17 30 Cyril Lemoine Saur - Sojasun + 5'18 31 Laszló Bodrogi Team Type 1 s.t. 32 Dario Cioni Sky ProCycling + 5'20 33 Andrey Kashechkin Pro Team Astana + 5'22 34 Francisco Ventoso Movistar Team + 5'23 35 Adrián Palomares Andalucía Caja Granada + 5'39 36 Daniel Martin Team Garmin - Cervélo + 5'46 37 Artem Ovechkin Katusha Team + 5'57 38 Denis Menchov Geox - TMC + 6'02 39 Thierry Hupond Skil - Shimano + 6'13 40 Scott Zwizanski UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling + 6'18 41 Kenny Van Hummel Skil - Shimano + 6'19 42 Mitchell Docker Skil - Shimano + 6'22 43 Michael Tronborg Team Differdange - Magic-Sportfood.de + 6'23 44 Martijn Maaskant Team Garmin - Cervélo + 6'26 45 Mirco Lorenzetto Pro Team Astana + 6'33 46 Juan Villegas Colombia es Pasión - Café de Colombia + 6'37 47 José Luis Roldán Andalucía Caja Granada s.t. 48 Tiziano Dall'Antonia Liquigas - Cannondale + 6'38 49 Wilmar Perez Colombia es Pasión - Café de Colombia + 6'44 50 Camilo Suárez Colombia es Pasión - Café de Colombia + 6'47 51 Esteban Chaves Colombia es Pasión - Café de Colombia + 6'50 52 Roger Kluge Skil - Shimano + 6'56 53 Tyler Farrar Team Garmin - Cervélo + 7'01 54 Cyril Dessel AG2R La Mondiale s.t. 55 Thomas Bonnin Skil - Shimano + 7'02 56 Alan Marangoni Liquigas - Cannondale + 7'10 57 Heinrich Haussler Team Garmin - Cervélo + 7'17 58 Rui Costa Movistar Team + 7'21 59 Matteo Montaguti AG2R La Mondiale + 7'22 60 Jure Kocjan Team Type 1 + 7'24 61 Hugo Salazar Colombia es Pasión - Café de Colombia + 7'26 62 Francesco Failli Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli + 7'36 63 Denis Galimzyanov Katusha Team + 7'38 64 Alex Cano Ardila Colombia es Pasión - Café de Colombia s.t. 65 Blel Kadri AG2R La Mondiale + 7'40 66 Juan Mauricio Soler Movistar Team s.t. 67 Christopher Jones UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling + 7'49 68 Sébastien Hinault AG2R La Mondiale + 7'52 69 Sébastien Minard AG2R La Mondiale + 7'54 70 Andrey Mizourov Pro Team Astana + 7'55 71 Sergey Rudaskov Itera - Katusha + 7'56 72 Takashi Miyazawa Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli + 7'58 73 Rudy Lesschaeve Team Differdange - Magic-Sportfood.de + 8'07 74 Luca Paolini Katusha Team + 8'25 75 Juan Antonio Flecha Sky ProCycling + 8'26 76 Sergio Pardilla Movistar Team s.t. 77 Francesco Bellotti Liquigas - Cannondale + 8'35 78 Alessandro Bazzana Team Type 1 + 8'36 79 Iván Melero Team Type 1 s.t. 80 Greg Henderson Sky ProCycling + 8'42 81 Fortunato Baliani D'Angelo & Antenucci - Nippo + 8'48 82 Kurt-Asle Arvesen Sky ProCycling + 8'51 83 Rony Martias Saur - Sojasun + 9'11 84 Alexander Kholodov Itera - Katusha s.t. 85 Andrey Solomennikov Itera - Katusha s.t. 86 Luboš Pelánek Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli + 9'14 87 Antonio Cabello Andalucía Caja Granada + 9'19 88 Andrey Zeits Pro Team Astana + 9'25 89 Dmitriy Fofonov Pro Team Astana + 9'35 90 Francesco Masciarelli Pro Team Astana s.t. 91 Juan José Cobo Geox - TMC + 9'50 92 Anthony Delaplace Saur - Sojasun + 9'52 93 Dmitry Kosyakov Itera - Katusha + 9'54 94 Emanuele Vona Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli + 10'01 95 Nikolai Trussov Katusha Team + 10'02 96 Arkaitz Durán Geox - TMC + 10'03 97 Frank Dressler Team Differdange - Magic-Sportfood.de + 10'04 98 Jean-Marc Marino Saur - Sojasun + 10'06 99 François Parisien Team SpiderTech powered by C10 + 10'11 100 José Luis Cano Andalucía Caja Granada + 10'12 101 Jacopo Guarnieri Liquigas - Cannondale + 10'13 102 Kirill Baranov Itera - Katusha + 10'14 103 Cyrille Heymans Team Differdange - Magic-Sportfood.de + 10'18 104 Otavio Didier Bulgarelli Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli + 10'26 105 Jimmy Casper Saur - Sojasun + 10'31 106 Assan Bazayev Pro Team Astana + 10'46 107 Ino Ilesic Team Type 1 + 10'53 108 Flavio De Luna Team SpiderTech powered by C10 + 11'21 109 Javier Megías Team Type 1 + 11'29 110 Fang Han Skil - Shimano + 11'31 111 Igor Frolov Itera - Katusha + 11'40 112 Cameron Wurf Liquigas - Cannondale + 11'48 113 Tom Veelers Skil - Shimano + 11'55 114 Julien Simon Saur - Sojasun + 11'57 115 Alessandro Bisolti Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli + 12'04 116 Christophe Laborie Saur - Sojasun + 12'05 117 Russell Downing Sky ProCycling + 12'09 118 David Gutiérrez Gutiérrez Geox - TMC + 12'11 119 David De la Fuente Geox - TMC + 12'15 120 William Dugan Team Type 1 s.t. 121 Ryohei Komori D'Angelo & Antenucci - Nippo + 12'20 122 Charles Wegelius UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling + 12'34 123 Manuel Ortega Andalucía Caja Granada + 12'37 124 Mauricio Alberto Ardila Geox - TMC + 12'38 125 Jonathan Clarke UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling + 12'42 126 Diego Caccia Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli + 13'11 127 Jesús Rosendo Andalucía Caja Granada + 13'48 128 Sergio Carrasco Andalucía Caja Granada + 14'03 129 Tomas Alberio Geox - TMC + 14'04 130 José Alberto Benítez Andalucía Caja Granada + 15'08 131 Roberto De Patre Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli + 15'13 132 Zachary Bell Team SpiderTech powered by C10 + 15'26 133 Jake Keough UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling + 15'51 134 Kohei Uchima D'Angelo & Antenucci - Nippo + 16'10 135 Simone Campagnaro D'Angelo & Antenucci - Nippo + 16'18 136 Andrew Pinfold UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling + 16'37 137 Cédric Gaoua Team Differdange - Magic-Sportfood.de + 16'42 138 Masaaki Kikuchi D'Angelo & Antenucci - Nippo + 16'55 139 Jack Bauer Endura Racing + 17'39 140 Mikaël Chérel AG2R La Mondiale + 17'40 141 Tom Thill Team Differdange - Magic-Sportfood.de + 18'00 142 Manuel Fedele D'Angelo & Antenucci - Nippo + 18'37 143 Lars Petter Nordhaug Sky ProCycling + 18'39 144 Remco Broers Team Differdange - Magic-Sportfood.de + 18'52 145 Davide Torosantucci D'Angelo & Antenucci - Nippo + 20'07 146 Nikita Novikov Itera - Katusha + 23'10 147 Mikhail Antonov Itera - Katusha + 37'09
P:
1 Kenny Van Hummel Skil - Shimano 68 2 Julian Dean Team Garmin - Cervélo 61 3 Daniel Oss Liquigas - Cannondale 51 4 Tomas Vaitkus Pro Team Astana 51 5 José Joaquín Rojas Movistar Team 43
KoM:
1 Vladimir Efimkin Team Type 1 20 2 Thor Hushovd Team Garmin - Cervélo 14 3 Davide Frattini UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling 12 4 Daniel Moreno Katusha Team 10 5 Maciej Paterski Liquigas - Cannondale 8
U25:
1 Maciej Paterski Liquigas - Cannondale 13h57'36 (1) 2 Simon Geschke Skil - Shimano + 7 (2) 3 Daniel Oss Liquigas - Cannondale + 1'37 (3) 4 Fabio Duarte Geox - TMC + 1'45 (4) 5 Beñat Intxausti Movistar Team + 2'04 (5)
Team:
1 Team Garmin - Cervélo 41h52'59 (1) 2 Katusha Team + 23 (2) 3 Movistar Team + 1'18 (3) 4 Sky ProCycling + 2'21 (4) 5 Liquigas - Cannondale + 2'25 (5)
roturn
Posted on 27-08-2011 13:32
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Nice top10 with Skil in Oman.
laidbackmarc
Posted on 27-08-2011 14:30
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Indeed, nice top-10. Skil Shimano isn't the best climbing team. You have an great sprinting team now, (Van Hummel, Kittel). In your PCM'10 story you had a climbing team. However, I think Skil is an better team and you have big chances of getting promoted.
Edited by laidbackmarc on 27-08-2011 14:30
Pellizotti2
Posted on 28-08-2011 19:53
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Thanks roturn and laidbackmarc!
Stage 2
Draguignan - Draguignan
The second stage is classified as a hilly one, but it isn't very hard. The difficult part will be the little climb topping out with just 15 kms to go. A strong attack there can hold all the way, but the stage will most likely end up in a mass sprint from a decimated peloton. Hilly sprinters like Geslin and Dumoulin will be dangerous today, or possibly even Philippe Gilbert.
Only one rider in the early breakaway, Bretagne's Bideau.
He wasn't solo for the whole stage though, as Damuseau and Kobzarenko joined him later, forming a leading trio.
They weren't successful today though, as they were caught just as we started the final hill. Damuseau decided to give it one last try but didn't succeed.
With a kilometer to the top, Huguet attacked. It was a really powerful attack and he quickly created a gap to what was left of the peloton.
With three km's to the line Huguet still held a small advantage, but a small group containing Roche, Impey and Gilbert was closing in on him and the peloton wasn't far behind either.
It was all back together in the sprint and Saur's Hivert took a nice victory in the mass sprint. Cofidis' Gallopin finished second, giving him enough bonus seconds to steal the overall victory from Impey!
De Backer, Huguet and Reimer finished 8th-10th, and Reimer also ended up 4th overall, thanks to the bonus seconds he picked up at the intermediate sprints today.
Result:
1 Jonathan Hivert Saur - Sojasun 5h36'00 2 Tony Gallopin Cofidis, le crédit en ligne s.t. 3 Samuel Dumoulin Cofidis, le crédit en ligne s.t. 4 Philippe Gilbert Omega Pharma - Lotto s.t. 5 Daryl Impey Team NetApp s.t. 6 Aleksejs Saramotins Cofidis, le crédit en ligne s.t. 7 Anthony Geslin FDJ s.t. 8 Bert De Backer Skil - Shimano s.t. 9 Yann Huguet Skil - Shimano s.t. 10 Martin Reimer Skil - Shimano s.t.
Spoiler
11 Rory Sutherland UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling s.t. 12 Sandy Casar FDJ s.t. 13 Jan Bakelants Omega Pharma - Lotto s.t. 14 Julien El Fares Cofidis, le crédit en ligne s.t. 15 Nicolas Roche AG2R La Mondiale s.t. 16 Jérôme Coppel Saur - Sojasun s.t. 17 Kevin Peeters Landbouwkrediet s.t. 18 Bartosz Huzarski Team NetApp s.t. 19 Johan Mombaerts Big Mat - Auber 93 s.t. 20 Dimitri Claeys Team NetApp s.t. 21 Guillaume Blot Bretagne - Schuller s.t. 22 Anthony Charteau Team Europcar s.t. 23 Guillaume Levarlet Saur - Sojasun s.t. 24 Cyril Bessy Saur - Sojasun s.t. 25 Pierrick Fédrigo FDJ s.t. 26 Sébastien Turgot Team Europcar s.t. 27 Fabrice Jeandesboz Saur - Sojasun s.t. 28 Davy Commeyne Landbouwkrediet s.t. 29 Jurgen Van Goolen Veranda's Willems - Accent s.t. 30 Jesús Del Nero Team NetApp s.t. 31 Robert Retschke Team NetApp s.t. 32 Carlos Barredo Rabobank Cycling Team s.t. 33 Franck Bouyer Team Europcar s.t. 34 Alexander Gottfried Team NetApp s.t. 35 Gustav Larsson Saxo Bank SunGard s.t. 36 Jussi Veikkanen Omega Pharma - Lotto s.t. 37 Julien Loubet AG2R La Mondiale s.t. 38 Sven Vandousselaere Omega Pharma - Lotto s.t. 39 Bram Schmitz Veranda's Willems - Accent s.t. 40 Roy Curvers Skil - Shimano s.t. 41 Christophe Riblon AG2R La Mondiale + 59 42 Mathieu Sprick Skil - Shimano s.t. 43 David Le Lay AG2R La Mondiale s.t. 44 Sébastien Duret Bretagne - Schuller + 1'23 45 Gert Dockx Omega Pharma - Lotto s.t. 46 Matthieu Ladagnous FDJ s.t. 47 David Moncoutié Cofidis, le crédit en ligne s.t. 48 Jurgen Van den Broeck Omega Pharma - Lotto s.t. 49 Bert Scheirlinckx Landbouwkrediet s.t. 50 Justin Jules Velo-Club La Pomme Marseille s.t. 51 Thomas Vaubourzeix Velo-Club La Pomme Marseille s.t. 52 Alberto Contador Saxo Bank SunGard + 2'28 53 Baden Cooke Saxo Bank SunGard + 2'53 54 Thomas Damuseau Skil - Shimano s.t. 55 Stéphane Poulhiès Saur - Sojasun s.t. 56 Grischa Niermann Rabobank Cycling Team s.t. 57 Bauke Mollema Rabobank Cycling Team s.t. 58 Mickaël Delage FDJ s.t. 59 Tom Leezer Rabobank Cycling Team s.t. 60 Alexandre Geniez Skil - Shimano s.t. 61 Jean-Lou Paiani Saur - Sojasun s.t. 62 Jean-Marc Bideau Bretagne - Schuller s.t. 63 Yukiya Arashiro Team Europcar + 4'05 64 Gaël Malacarne Bretagne - Schuller s.t. 65 Paul Poux Saur - Sojasun s.t. 66 Evert Verbist Veranda's Willems - Accent s.t. 67 Robert Gesink Rabobank Cycling Team s.t. 68 Lloyd Mondory AG2R La Mondiale + 4'49 69 Nicolas Rousseau Big Mat - Auber 93 s.t. 70 Jens Keukeleire Cofidis, le crédit en ligne s.t. 71 Florian Vachon Bretagne - Schuller s.t. 72 Steven Kruijswijk Rabobank Cycling Team s.t. 73 Anthony Colin Roubaix Lille Métropole s.t. 74 Daniel Schorn Team NetApp s.t. 75 Nicolas Bazin Big Mat - Auber 93 s.t. 76 Luis Ángel Maté Cofidis, le crédit en ligne s.t. 77 Steven Tronet Roubaix Lille Métropole + 5'25 78 Renaud Dion Bretagne - Schuller + 6'47 79 Jonas Vangenechten Wallonie Bruxelles - Crédit Agricole s.t. 80 Eric Berthou Bretagne - Schuller s.t. 81 Rick Flens Rabobank Cycling Team s.t. 82 Jonathan Bertrand Wallonie Bruxelles - Crédit Agricole s.t. 83 Christian Meier UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling s.t. 84 Gilles Devillers Wallonie Bruxelles - Crédit Agricole s.t. 85 Olivier Pardini Wallonie Bruxelles - Crédit Agricole s.t. 86 Mads Christensen Saxo Bank SunGard + 10'29 87 Grégory Habeaux Veranda's Willems - Accent s.t. 88 Julien Antomarchi Velo-Club La Pomme Marseille + 12'50 89 Jean-Luc Delpech Bretagne - Schuller s.t. 90 Kevin Van Melsen Veranda's Willems - Accent s.t. 91 Kasper Klostergaard Saxo Bank SunGard s.t. 92 Brian Vandborg Saxo Bank SunGard s.t. 93 Mathieu Delaroziere Velo-Club La Pomme Marseille s.t. 94 Olivier Bonnaire FDJ s.t. 95 Morgan Kneisky Roubaix Lille Métropole s.t. 96 Fabien Bacquet Big Mat - Auber 93 + 13'25 97 Max Jenkins UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling s.t. 98 Egidijus Juodvalkis Landbouwkrediet + 15'30 99 Robin Chaigneau Skil - Shimano s.t. 100 Andrea Grendene Team Type 1 + 18'00 101 Julien Guay Roubaix Lille Métropole s.t. 102 Kevin Lalouette Roubaix Lille Métropole s.t. 103 Benjamin Giraud Velo-Club La Pomme Marseille s.t. 104 James Vanlandschoot Veranda's Willems - Accent + 20'42 105 Frédéric Amorison Landbouwkrediet s.t. 106 Mathieu Perget AG2R La Mondiale s.t. 107 Cédric Pineau FDJ s.t. 108 Sébastien Chavanel Team Europcar s.t. 109 Fabio Polazzi Wallonie Bruxelles - Crédit Agricole s.t. 110 Tristan Valentin Cofidis, le crédit en ligne s.t. 111 Sebastian Lang Omega Pharma - Lotto s.t. 112 Robin Steenuit Wallonie Bruxelles - Crédit Agricole s.t. 113 Stef Clement Rabobank Cycling Team s.t. 114 Christophe Premont Wallonie Bruxelles - Crédit Agricole s.t. 115 Laurent Didier Saxo Bank SunGard s.t. 116 Daniel Ricardo Díaz Velo-Club La Pomme Marseille s.t. 117 Jempy Drucker Veranda's Willems - Accent s.t. 118 Adrian Hegyvari UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling s.t. 119 Jelle Vanendert Omega Pharma - Lotto s.t. 120 Arnaud Courteille FDJ s.t. 121 Morgan Schmitt UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling + 21'52 122 Toms Skujins Velo-Club La Pomme Marseille s.t. 123 Hans Dekkers Landbouwkrediet s.t. 124 Jonathan Breyne Landbouwkrediet s.t. 125 Giovanni Bernaudeau Team Europcar + 22'56 126 Guillaume Bonnafond AG2R La Mondiale s.t. 127 Loïc Desriac Roubaix Lille Métropole + 28'30 128 Fabio Calabria Team Type 1 s.t. 129 Alex Bowden Team Type 1 s.t. 130 Jonathan Bellis Saxo Bank SunGard s.t. 131 Maxime Méderel Big Mat - Auber 93 s.t. 132 Mathieu Claude Team Europcar s.t. 133 Robert Förster UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling s.t. 134 Bradley White UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling + 29'41 135 Scott Stewart Team Type 1 + 34'12 136 Rudy Rouet Wallonie Bruxelles - Crédit Agricole s.t. 137 Hubert Dupont AG2R La Mondiale s.t.
Overall:
1 Tony Gallopin Cofidis, le crédit en ligne 9h32'41 2 Daryl Impey Team NetApp + 4 3 Jonathan Hivert Saur - Sojasun s.t. 4 Martin Reimer Skil - Shimano + 12 5 Anthony Geslin FDJ + 16 6 Samuel Dumoulin Cofidis, le crédit en ligne s.t. 7 Philippe Gilbert Omega Pharma - Lotto + 24 8 Dimitri Claeys Team NetApp s.t. 9 Rory Sutherland UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling s.t. 10 Bert De Backer Skil - Shimano s.t.
Spoiler
¨11 Guillaume Blot Bretagne - Schuller s.t. 12 Jan Bakelants Omega Pharma - Lotto s.t. 13 Sébastien Turgot Team Europcar s.t. 14 Johan Mombaerts Big Mat - Auber 93 s.t. 15 Davy Commeyne Landbouwkrediet s.t. 16 Pierrick Fédrigo FDJ s.t. 17 Roy Curvers Skil - Shimano s.t. 18 Julien El Fares Cofidis, le crédit en ligne + 48 19 Jérôme Coppel Saur - Sojasun s.t. 20 Bram Schmitz Veranda's Willems - Accent + 54 21 Aleksejs Saramotins Cofidis, le crédit en ligne + 1'06 22 Yann Huguet Skil - Shimano s.t. 23 Jurgen Van Goolen Veranda's Willems - Accent s.t. 24 Guillaume Levarlet Saur - Sojasun s.t. 25 Jesús Del Nero Team NetApp s.t. 26 Fabrice Jeandesboz Saur - Sojasun s.t. 27 Robert Retschke Team NetApp s.t. 28 Jussi Veikkanen Omega Pharma - Lotto s.t. 29 Cyril Bessy Saur - Sojasun s.t. 30 Sven Vandousselaere Omega Pharma - Lotto s.t. 31 Mathieu Sprick Skil - Shimano + 1'57 32 Matthieu Ladagnous FDJ + 2'29 33 David Moncoutié Cofidis, le crédit en ligne s.t. 34 Thomas Vaubourzeix Velo-Club La Pomme Marseille s.t. 35 Gert Dockx Omega Pharma - Lotto s.t. 36 Jurgen Van den Broeck Omega Pharma - Lotto s.t. 37 Justin Jules Velo-Club La Pomme Marseille s.t. 38 Alexander Gottfried Team NetApp + 2'35 39 Franck Bouyer Team Europcar s.t. 40 Carlos Barredo Rabobank Cycling Team s.t. 41 Tom Leezer Rabobank Cycling Team + 3'17 42 Jean-Marc Bideau Bretagne - Schuller + 3'53 43 Jean-Lou Paiani Saur - Sojasun + 3'55 44 Alexandre Geniez Skil - Shimano + 3'59 45 Stéphane Poulhiès Saur - Sojasun s.t. 46 Mickaël Delage FDJ s.t. 47 Grischa Niermann Rabobank Cycling Team s.t. 48 Anthony Charteau Team Europcar + 4'17 49 Nicolas Roche AG2R La Mondiale s.t. 50 Gaël Malacarne Bretagne - Schuller + 5'07 51 Jens Keukeleire Cofidis, le crédit en ligne + 5'13 52 Christophe Riblon AG2R La Mondiale + 5'16 53 Bartosz Huzarski Team NetApp + 5'21 54 Kevin Peeters Landbouwkrediet + 5'23 55 Sandy Casar FDJ s.t. 56 Julien Loubet AG2R La Mondiale s.t. 57 Florian Vachon Bretagne - Schuller + 5'37 58 Nicolas Rousseau Big Mat - Auber 93 + 5'53 59 David Le Lay AG2R La Mondiale + 6'22 60 Steven Tronet Roubaix Lille Métropole + 6'29 61 Anthony Colin Roubaix Lille Métropole + 6'41 62 Steven Kruijswijk Rabobank Cycling Team s.t. 63 Bert Scheirlinckx Landbouwkrediet + 6'46 64 Robert Gesink Rabobank Cycling Team + 6'54 65 Thomas Damuseau Skil - Shimano + 7'08 66 Luis Ángel Maté Cofidis, le crédit en ligne + 7'38 67 Daniel Schorn Team NetApp s.t. 68 Alberto Contador Saxo Bank SunGard + 7'51 69 Renaud Dion Bretagne - Schuller + 7'53 70 Baden Cooke Saxo Bank SunGard + 8'16 71 Bauke Mollema Rabobank Cycling Team s.t. 72 Paul Poux Saur - Sojasun + 9'28 73 Yukiya Arashiro Team Europcar s.t. 74 Evert Verbist Veranda's Willems - Accent s.t. 75 Christian Meier UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling + 9'36 76 Gilles Devillers Wallonie Bruxelles - Crédit Agricole s.t. 77 Lloyd Mondory AG2R La Mondiale + 10'12 78 Nicolas Bazin Big Mat - Auber 93 s.t. 79 Olivier Pardini Wallonie Bruxelles - Crédit Agricole + 11'04 80 Gustav Larsson Saxo Bank SunGard + 11'05 81 Jonathan Bertrand Wallonie Bruxelles - Crédit Agricole + 12'10 82 Jonas Vangenechten Wallonie Bruxelles - Crédit Agricole s.t. 83 Rick Flens Rabobank Cycling Team s.t. 84 Eric Berthou Bretagne - Schuller s.t. 85 Sébastien Duret Bretagne - Schuller + 12'28 86 Morgan Kneisky Roubaix Lille Métropole + 13'56 87 Julien Antomarchi Velo-Club La Pomme Marseille s.t. 88 Mathieu Delaroziere Velo-Club La Pomme Marseille + 14'42 89 Olivier Bonnaire FDJ + 15'39 90 Mads Christensen Saxo Bank SunGard + 15'52 91 Grégory Habeaux Veranda's Willems - Accent s.t. 92 Robin Chaigneau Skil - Shimano + 16'36 93 Max Jenkins UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling + 17'42 94 Fabien Bacquet Big Mat - Auber 93 s.t. 95 Jean-Luc Delpech Bretagne - Schuller + 18'11 96 Kasper Klostergaard Saxo Bank SunGard + 18'13 97 Brian Vandborg Saxo Bank SunGard s.t. 98 Kevin Van Melsen Veranda's Willems - Accent s.t. 99 Kevin Lalouette Roubaix Lille Métropole + 19'06 100 Benjamin Giraud Velo-Club La Pomme Marseille + 20'26 101 Egidijus Juodvalkis Landbouwkrediet + 20'53 102 Frédéric Amorison Landbouwkrediet + 21'30 103 James Vanlandschoot Veranda's Willems - Accent s.t. 104 Tristan Valentin Cofidis, le crédit en ligne + 21'48 105 Jelle Vanendert Omega Pharma - Lotto s.t. 106 Andrea Grendene Team Type 1 + 22'17 107 Sebastian Lang Omega Pharma - Lotto + 22'34 108 Julien Guay Roubaix Lille Métropole + 23'23 109 Cédric Pineau FDJ + 23'31 110 Stef Clement Rabobank Cycling Team s.t. 111 Hans Dekkers Landbouwkrediet + 23'44 112 Arnaud Courteille FDJ s.t. 113 Mathieu Perget AG2R La Mondiale + 24'59 114 Fabio Polazzi Wallonie Bruxelles - Crédit Agricole s.t. 115 Adrian Hegyvari UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling s.t. 116 Giovanni Bernaudeau Team Europcar + 25'45 117 Laurent Didier Saxo Bank SunGard + 26'05 118 Daniel Ricardo Díaz Velo-Club La Pomme Marseille s.t. 119 Christophe Premont Wallonie Bruxelles - Crédit Agricole s.t. 120 Sébastien Chavanel Team Europcar s.t. 121 Jempy Drucker Veranda's Willems - Accent s.t. 122 Morgan Schmitt UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling + 27'15 123 Toms Skujins Velo-Club La Pomme Marseille s.t. 124 Jonathan Breyne Landbouwkrediet + 28'17 125 Guillaume Bonnafond AG2R La Mondiale + 28'19 126 Robert Förster UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling + 28'54 127 Loïc Desriac Roubaix Lille Métropole + 31'00 128 Fabio Calabria Team Type 1 + 33'53 129 Maxime Méderel Big Mat - Auber 93 s.t. 130 Jonathan Bellis Saxo Bank SunGard s.t. 131 Mathieu Claude Team Europcar s.t. 132 Bradley White UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling + 36'06 133 Robin Steenuit Wallonie Bruxelles - Crédit Agricole + 37'26 134 Rudy Rouet Wallonie Bruxelles - Crédit Agricole + 39'35 135 Hubert Dupont AG2R La Mondiale s.t. 136 Scott Stewart Team Type 1 s.t. 137 Alex Bowden Team Type 1 + 43'04
P:
1 Tony Gallopin Cofidis, le crédit en ligne 40 2 Daryl Impey Team NetApp 37 3 Jonathan Hivert Saur - Sojasun 35 4 Philippe Gilbert Omega Pharma - Lotto 28 5 Martin Reimer Skil - Shimano 27
KoM:
1 Justin Jules Velo-Club La Pomme Marseille 40 2 Jean-Marc Bideau Bretagne - Schuller 36 3 Steven Tronet Roubaix Lille Métropole 30 4 Bram Schmitz Veranda's Willems - Accent 28 5 Yann Huguet Skil - Shimano 18
U25:
1 Tony Gallopin Cofidis, le crédit en ligne 9h32'41 (1) 2 Martin Reimer Skil - Shimano + 12 (2) 3 Dimitri Claeys Team NetApp + 24 (3) 4 Jan Bakelants Omega Pharma - Lotto + 24 (4) 5 Jérôme Coppel Saur - Sojasun + 48 (5)
Team:
1 Skil - Shimano 28h39'15 (1) 2 Cofidis, le crédit en ligne + 0 (2) 3 Omega Pharma - Lotto + 42 (3) 4 FDJ + 42 (4) 5 Team NetApp + 42 (5)
FreitasPCM
Posted on 28-08-2011 20:02
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Nice top-10 overall. Reimer surprising a bit, didn't expect to pass that final climb.
Spilak23
Posted on 28-08-2011 20:02
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Good ride by taking the intermediate sprint and finishing fourth in GC
Tooom3k
Posted on 28-08-2011 20:06
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Really nice results in Oman with Van Hummel in green and Geschke in Top 10. Good luck in last one
Pellizotti2
Posted on 29-08-2011 19:25
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Thanks for the support guys! And Freitas, the hill was too short to create any selection. Reimer started it from the front of the peloton and therefore easily stayed in the group over the top. Unfortunately he was too tired to be able to do a nice sprint later though.
Stage 6
Qurayyat - Mattrah Seafront
After the two days where the overall has been decided, we're now back in Oman as we're used to see it - flat. There is a KoM though, and it's not an easy one. Fortunately for the sprinters, it comes very early in the stage and will most likely not prevent the stage from ending in a mass sprint. The finish is uphill though, and that might provide some problems for the weak sprinters.
Hupond attacked directly at the start to win the KoM sprint. It succeeded.
The very steep climb was ridden at a very hard pace, which caused a split in the peloton! Overall riders like Moreno, Ascani, Di Luca and the white jersey of Paterski was caught in the second peloton.
We saw this as a good opportunity to improve Geschke's overall position, so we sent up a few of our riders to keep a high pace in the peloton.
Not far later we came to the intermediate sprint. We set up a small train to try to pick up some more important points with Van Hummel.
It worked perfectly, as Van Hummel got the 6 points while Geschke managed to take second place and 4 bonus seconds! Dean also picked up some points by finishing third.
No early breakaway formed because of the high pace in the pack, but three riders managed to go clear with 50 k to go. Some good names in the shape of Flecha, Paolini and Kadri.
A while later, the second peloton finally caught the tail of the first one and it was all back together, as the three attackers were also caught.
Garmin-Cervélo took control at the front as the sprint came closer, while we managed to set up a small train for Van Hummel.
With five km's left, Geschke took command in the peloton and moved his three team mates Kluge, Docker and Van Hummel to the front. Only one of the other sprinters decided to follow our train instead of Garmin's - Hushovd.
As the sprint kicked off, Hushovd surprised us by accelerating out of Van Hummel's wheel and taking the lead. Van Hummel did his best to close the gap to the Norwegian, but the slight uphill was really hurting him.
And Hushovd held on to take the stage win ahead of his team mate Dean. Van Hummel finished 6th and saved his points jersey from Dean by just one single point!
Result:
1 Thor Hushovd Team Garmin - Cervélo 3h32'38 2 Julian Dean Team Garmin - Cervélo s.t. 3 Francisco Ventoso Movistar Team s.t. 4 Jure Kocjan Team Type 1 s.t. 5 José Joaquín Rojas Movistar Team s.t. 6 Kenny Van Hummel Skil - Shimano s.t. 7 Daniel Oss Liquigas - Cannondale s.t. 8 Heinrich Haussler Team Garmin - Cervélo s.t. 9 Sébastien Hinault AG2R La Mondiale s.t. 10 Tomas Vaitkus Pro Team Astana s.t.
Spoiler
11 Denis Galimzyanov Katusha Team s.t. 12 Greg Henderson Sky ProCycling s.t. 13 Daniel Moreno Katusha Team s.t. 14 Tyler Farrar Team Garmin - Cervélo s.t. 15 Mitchell Docker Skil - Shimano s.t. 16 Karl Menzies UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling s.t. 17 Vladimir Efimkin Team Type 1 s.t. 18 Davide Frattini UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling s.t. 19 Juan Forero Colombia es Pasión - Café de Colombia s.t. 20 Stephen Cummings Sky ProCycling s.t. 21 Adrián Palomares Andalucía Caja Granada s.t. 22 Luca Ascani D'Angelo & Antenucci - Nippo s.t. 23 Pablo Lastras Movistar Team s.t. 24 Maciej Paterski Liquigas - Cannondale s.t. 25 Luca Paolini Katusha Team s.t. 26 Roger Kluge Skil - Shimano s.t. 27 Jérémie Galland Saur - Sojasun s.t. 28 Alan Marangoni Liquigas - Cannondale s.t. 29 Joaquim Rodriguez Katusha Team s.t. 30 Simon Geschke Skil - Shimano s.t. 31 Fabio Duarte Geox - TMC s.t. 32 Michael Rogers Sky ProCycling s.t. 33 Cyril Lemoine Saur - Sojasun s.t. 34 José Luis Roldán Andalucía Caja Granada s.t. 35 Martin Elmiger AG2R La Mondiale s.t. 36 Beñat Intxausti Movistar Team s.t. 37 Anthony Delaplace Saur - Sojasun s.t. 38 Juan Antonio Flecha Sky ProCycling s.t. 39 José Luis Cano Andalucía Caja Granada s.t. 40 Mirco Lorenzetto Pro Team Astana s.t. 41 Matteo Montaguti AG2R La Mondiale s.t. 42 Tiziano Dall'Antonia Liquigas - Cannondale s.t. 43 William Dugan Team Type 1 s.t. 44 Johan Vansummeren Team Garmin - Cervélo s.t. 45 Danilo Di Luca Katusha Team s.t. 46 Jacopo Guarnieri Liquigas - Cannondale s.t. 47 Ino Ilesic Team Type 1 s.t. 48 Javier Iriarte Movistar Team s.t. 49 Juan José Cobo Geox - TMC s.t. 50 Sergey Rudaskov Itera - Katusha s.t. 51 Dario Cioni Sky ProCycling s.t. 52 Kurt-Asle Arvesen Sky ProCycling s.t. 53 Blel Kadri AG2R La Mondiale s.t. 54 Christopher Jones UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling s.t. 55 Martijn Maaskant Team Garmin - Cervélo s.t. 56 Wilmar Perez Colombia es Pasión - Café de Colombia s.t. 57 Scott Zwizanski UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling s.t. 58 Rui Costa Movistar Team s.t. 59 Jimmy Casper Saur - Sojasun s.t. 60 Sergio Carrasco Andalucía Caja Granada s.t. 61 Kohei Uchima D'Angelo & Antenucci - Nippo s.t. 62 Assan Bazayev Pro Team Astana s.t. 63 Otavio Didier Bulgarelli Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli s.t. 64 Cameron Wurf Liquigas - Cannondale s.t. 65 Francesco Failli Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli s.t. 66 Dmitriy Fofonov Pro Team Astana s.t. 67 Andrey Zeits Pro Team Astana s.t. 68 Nikolai Trussov Katusha Team s.t. 69 Andrey Kashechkin Pro Team Astana s.t. 70 Juan Villegas Colombia es Pasión - Café de Colombia s.t. 71 Francesco Bellotti Liquigas - Cannondale s.t. 72 Michael Tronborg Team Differdange - Magic-Sportfood.de s.t. 73 Esteban Chaves Colombia es Pasión - Café de Colombia s.t. 74 Charles Wegelius UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling s.t. 75 Andrey Mizourov Pro Team Astana s.t. 76 Giampaolo Caruso Katusha Team s.t. 77 Cristiano Salerno Liquigas - Cannondale s.t. 78 Russell Downing Sky ProCycling s.t. 79 Javier Megías Team Type 1 s.t. 80 Laszló Bodrogi Team Type 1 s.t. 81 Antonio Cabello Andalucía Caja Granada s.t. 82 Andrey Solomennikov Itera - Katusha s.t. 83 Iván Melero Team Type 1 s.t. 84 Juan Mauricio Soler Movistar Team s.t. 85 Sergio Pardilla Movistar Team s.t. 86 Emanuele Vona Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli s.t. 87 Christian Vande Velde Team Garmin - Cervélo s.t. 88 Daniel Martin Team Garmin - Cervélo s.t. 89 Nikita Novikov Itera - Katusha s.t. 90 Cyrille Heymans Team Differdange - Magic-Sportfood.de s.t. 91 David Gutiérrez Gutiérrez Geox - TMC s.t. 92 Sébastien Minard AG2R La Mondiale s.t. 93 Francesco Masciarelli Pro Team Astana s.t. 94 Artem Ovechkin Katusha Team s.t. 95 Frank Dressler Team Differdange - Magic-Sportfood.de s.t. 96 Andrew Pinfold UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling s.t. 97 Jake Keough UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling s.t. 98 Cyril Dessel AG2R La Mondiale s.t. 99 Jonathan Clarke UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling s.t. 100 François Parisien Team SpiderTech powered by C10 s.t. 101 Julien Simon Saur - Sojasun s.t. 102 Jesús Rosendo Andalucía Caja Granada s.t. 103 Camilo Suárez Colombia es Pasión - Café de Colombia s.t. 104 José Alberto Benítez Andalucía Caja Granada s.t. 105 Rony Martias Saur - Sojasun s.t. 106 Takashi Miyazawa Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli s.t. 107 Jean-Marc Marino Saur - Sojasun s.t. 108 Masaaki Kikuchi D'Angelo & Antenucci - Nippo s.t. 109 David De la Fuente Geox - TMC s.t. 110 Alessandro Bazzana Team Type 1 s.t. 111 Thierry Hupond Skil - Shimano s.t. 112 Cédric Gaoua Team Differdange - Magic-Sportfood.de s.t. 113 Arkaitz Durán Geox - TMC s.t. 114 Diego Caccia Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli s.t. 115 Fortunato Baliani D'Angelo & Antenucci - Nippo s.t. 116 Thomas Bonnin Skil - Shimano s.t. 117 Kirill Baranov Itera - Katusha s.t. 118 Flavio De Luna Team SpiderTech powered by C10 s.t. 119 Tom Veelers Skil - Shimano s.t. 120 Manuel Ortega Andalucía Caja Granada + 3'40 121 Manuel Fedele D'Angelo & Antenucci - Nippo + 4'01 122 Roberto De Patre Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli s.t. 123 Christophe Laborie Saur - Sojasun s.t. 124 Alessandro Bisolti Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli s.t. 125 Mauricio Alberto Ardila Geox - TMC s.t. 126 Davide Torosantucci D'Angelo & Antenucci - Nippo s.t. 127 Simone Campagnaro D'Angelo & Antenucci - Nippo s.t. 128 Tomas Alberio Geox - TMC s.t. 129 Fang Han Skil - Shimano s.t. 130 Jack Bauer Endura Racing + 4'35 131 Alex Cano Ardila Colombia es Pasión - Café de Colombia + 6'24 132 Hugo Salazar Colombia es Pasión - Café de Colombia s.t. 133 Zachary Bell Team SpiderTech powered by C10 + 6'47 134 Denis Menchov Geox - TMC + 7'16 135 Ryohei Komori D'Angelo & Antenucci - Nippo s.t. 136 Luboš Pelánek Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli s.t. 137 Lars Petter Nordhaug Sky ProCycling + 8'24 138 Mikaël Chérel AG2R La Mondiale + 14'50 139 Mikhail Antonov Itera - Katusha s.t. 140 Dalivier Ospina Colombia es Pasión - Café de Colombia s.t. 141 Igor Frolov Itera - Katusha s.t. 142 Alexander Kholodov Itera - Katusha s.t. 143 Dmitry Kosyakov Itera - Katusha s.t. 144 Rudy Lesschaeve Team Differdange - Magic-Sportfood.de s.t. 145 Jean-Christophe Peraud AG2R La Mondiale s.t. 146 Remco Broers Team Differdange - Magic-Sportfood.de + 21'24 147 Tom Thill Team Differdange - Magic-Sportfood.de s.t.
Overall:
1 Vladimir Efimkin Team Type 1 17h27'58 2 Thor Hushovd Team Garmin - Cervélo + 34 3 Davide Frattini UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling + 1'35 4 Johan Vansummeren Team Garmin - Cervélo + 1'38 5 Daniel Moreno Katusha Team + 1'40 6 Luca Ascani D'Angelo & Antenucci - Nippo + 1'53 7 José Joaquín Rojas Movistar Team + 2'01 8 Maciej Paterski Liquigas - Cannondale + 2'16 9 Simon Geschke Skil - Shimano + 2'19 10 Danilo Di Luca Katusha Team + 2'32
Spoiler
11 Pablo Lastras Movistar Team + 2'40 12 Michael Rogers Sky ProCycling + 3'10 13 Stephen Cummings Sky ProCycling + 3'37 14 Julian Dean Team Garmin - Cervélo + 3'51 15 Daniel Oss Liquigas - Cannondale + 3'53 16 Fabio Duarte Geox - TMC + 4'01 17 Joaquim Rodriguez Katusha Team + 4'12 18 Juan Forero Colombia es Pasión - Café de Colombia + 4'16 19 Beñat Intxausti Movistar Team + 4'20 20 Cristiano Salerno Liquigas - Cannondale + 4'31 21 Jérémie Galland Saur - Sojasun + 4'35 22 Karl Menzies UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling + 4'55 23 Christian Vande Velde Team Garmin - Cervélo + 4'56 24 Javier Iriarte Movistar Team + 4'57 25 Giampaolo Caruso Katusha Team + 5'01 26 Martin Elmiger AG2R La Mondiale + 5'07 27 Tomas Vaitkus Pro Team Astana + 5'14 28 Francisco Ventoso Movistar Team + 5'15 29 Cyril Lemoine Saur - Sojasun + 5'18 30 Laszló Bodrogi Team Type 1 s.t. 31 Dario Cioni Sky ProCycling + 5'20 32 Andrey Kashechkin Pro Team Astana + 5'22 33 Adrián Palomares Andalucía Caja Granada + 5'39 34 Daniel Martin Team Garmin - Cervélo + 5'46 35 Artem Ovechkin Katusha Team + 5'57 36 Kenny Van Hummel Skil - Shimano + 6'13 37 Thierry Hupond Skil - Shimano s.t. 38 Scott Zwizanski UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling + 6'18 39 Mitchell Docker Skil - Shimano + 6'22 40 Michael Tronborg Team Differdange - Magic-Sportfood.de + 6'23 41 Martijn Maaskant Team Garmin - Cervélo + 6'26 42 Mirco Lorenzetto Pro Team Astana + 6'33 43 Juan Villegas Colombia es Pasión - Café de Colombia + 6'37 44 José Luis Roldán Andalucía Caja Granada s.t. 45 Tiziano Dall'Antonia Liquigas - Cannondale + 6'38 46 Wilmar Perez Colombia es Pasión - Café de Colombia + 6'44 47 Camilo Suárez Colombia es Pasión - Café de Colombia + 6'47 48 Esteban Chaves Colombia es Pasión - Café de Colombia + 6'50 49 Roger Kluge Skil - Shimano + 6'56 50 Tyler Farrar Team Garmin - Cervélo + 7'01 51 Cyril Dessel AG2R La Mondiale s.t. 52 Thomas Bonnin Skil - Shimano + 7'02 53 Alan Marangoni Liquigas - Cannondale + 7'10 54 Heinrich Haussler Team Garmin - Cervélo + 7'17 55 Rui Costa Movistar Team + 7'21 56 Matteo Montaguti AG2R La Mondiale + 7'22 57 Jure Kocjan Team Type 1 + 7'24 58 Francesco Failli Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli + 7'36 59 Denis Galimzyanov Katusha Team + 7'38 60 Blel Kadri AG2R La Mondiale + 7'40 61 Juan Mauricio Soler Movistar Team s.t. 62 Christopher Jones UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling + 7'49 63 Sébastien Hinault AG2R La Mondiale + 7'52 64 Sébastien Minard AG2R La Mondiale + 7'54 65 Andrey Mizourov Pro Team Astana + 7'55 66 Sergey Rudaskov Itera - Katusha + 7'56 67 Takashi Miyazawa Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli + 7'58 68 Luca Paolini Katusha Team + 8'25 69 Juan Antonio Flecha Sky ProCycling + 8'26 70 Sergio Pardilla Movistar Team s.t. 71 Francesco Bellotti Liquigas - Cannondale + 8'35 72 Alessandro Bazzana Team Type 1 + 8'36 73 Iván Melero Team Type 1 s.t. 74 Greg Henderson Sky ProCycling + 8'42 75 Fortunato Baliani D'Angelo & Antenucci - Nippo + 8'48 76 Kurt-Asle Arvesen Sky ProCycling + 8'51 77 Rony Martias Saur - Sojasun + 9'11 78 Andrey Solomennikov Itera - Katusha s.t. 79 Antonio Cabello Andalucía Caja Granada + 9'19 80 Andrey Zeits Pro Team Astana + 9'25 81 Dmitriy Fofonov Pro Team Astana + 9'35 82 Francesco Masciarelli Pro Team Astana s.t. 83 Juan José Cobo Geox - TMC + 9'50 84 Anthony Delaplace Saur - Sojasun + 9'52 85 Emanuele Vona Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli + 10'01 86 Nikolai Trussov Katusha Team + 10'02 87 Arkaitz Durán Geox - TMC + 10'03 88 Frank Dressler Team Differdange - Magic-Sportfood.de + 10'04 89 Jean-Marc Marino Saur - Sojasun + 10'06 90 François Parisien Team SpiderTech powered by C10 + 10'11 91 José Luis Cano Andalucía Caja Granada + 10'12 92 Jacopo Guarnieri Liquigas - Cannondale + 10'13 93 Kirill Baranov Itera - Katusha + 10'14 94 Cyrille Heymans Team Differdange - Magic-Sportfood.de + 10'18 95 Otavio Didier Bulgarelli Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli + 10'26 96 Jimmy Casper Saur - Sojasun + 10'31 97 Assan Bazayev Pro Team Astana + 10'46 98 Ino Ilesic Team Type 1 + 10'53 99 Flavio De Luna Team SpiderTech powered by C10 + 11'21 100 Javier Megías Team Type 1 + 11'29 101 Cameron Wurf Liquigas - Cannondale + 11'48 102 Tom Veelers Skil - Shimano + 11'55 103 Julien Simon Saur - Sojasun + 11'57 104 Russell Downing Sky ProCycling + 12'09 105 David Gutiérrez Gutiérrez Geox - TMC + 12'11 106 William Dugan Team Type 1 + 12'15 107 David De la Fuente Geox - TMC s.t. 108 Charles Wegelius UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling + 12'34 109 Jonathan Clarke UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling + 12'42 110 Diego Caccia Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli + 13'11 111 Denis Menchov Geox - TMC + 13'18 112 Jesús Rosendo Andalucía Caja Granada + 13'48 113 Hugo Salazar Colombia es Pasión - Café de Colombia + 13'50 114 Alex Cano Ardila Colombia es Pasión - Café de Colombia + 14'02 115 Sergio Carrasco Andalucía Caja Granada + 14'03 116 José Alberto Benítez Andalucía Caja Granada + 15'08 117 Fang Han Skil - Shimano + 15'32 118 Jake Keough UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling + 15'51 119 Alessandro Bisolti Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli + 16'05 120 Christophe Laborie Saur - Sojasun + 16'06 121 Kohei Uchima D'Angelo & Antenucci - Nippo + 16'10 122 Manuel Ortega Andalucía Caja Granada + 16'17 123 Luboš Pelánek Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli + 16'30 124 Andrew Pinfold UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling + 16'37 125 Mauricio Alberto Ardila Geox - TMC + 16'39 126 Cédric Gaoua Team Differdange - Magic-Sportfood.de + 16'42 127 Masaaki Kikuchi D'Angelo & Antenucci - Nippo + 16'55 128 Tomas Alberio Geox - TMC + 18'05 129 Jean-Christophe Peraud AG2R La Mondiale + 18'34 130 Roberto De Patre Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli + 19'14 131 Ryohei Komori D'Angelo & Antenucci - Nippo + 19'36 132 Dalivier Ospina Colombia es Pasión - Café de Colombia + 20'07 133 Simone Campagnaro D'Angelo & Antenucci - Nippo + 20'19 134 Zachary Bell Team SpiderTech powered by C10 + 22'13 135 Jack Bauer Endura Racing + 22'14 136 Manuel Fedele D'Angelo & Antenucci - Nippo + 22'38 137 Rudy Lesschaeve Team Differdange - Magic-Sportfood.de + 22'57 138 Nikita Novikov Itera - Katusha + 23'10 139 Alexander Kholodov Itera - Katusha + 24'01 140 Davide Torosantucci D'Angelo & Antenucci - Nippo + 24'08 141 Dmitry Kosyakov Itera - Katusha + 24'44 142 Igor Frolov Itera - Katusha + 26'30 143 Lars Petter Nordhaug Sky ProCycling + 27'03 144 Mikaël Chérel AG2R La Mondiale + 32'30 145 Tom Thill Team Differdange - Magic-Sportfood.de + 39'24 146 Remco Broers Team Differdange - Magic-Sportfood.de + 40'16 147 Mikhail Antonov Itera - Katusha + 51'59
P:
1 Kenny Van Hummel Skil - Shimano 84 2 Julian Dean Team Garmin - Cervélo 83 3 Daniel Oss Liquigas - Cannondale 60 4 Tomas Vaitkus Pro Team Astana 57 5 José Joaquín Rojas Movistar Team 55
KoM:
1 Vladimir Efimkin Team Type 1 20 2 Thor Hushovd Team Garmin - Cervélo 14 3 Davide Frattini UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling 12 4 Daniel Moreno Katusha Team 10 5 Maciej Paterski Liquigas - Cannondale 8
U25:
1 Maciej Paterski Liquigas - Cannondale 17h30'14 (1) 2 Simon Geschke Skil - Shimano + 3 (2) 3 Daniel Oss Liquigas - Cannondale + 1'37 (3) 4 Fabio Duarte Geox - TMC + 1'45 (4) 5 Beñat Intxausti Movistar Team + 2'04 (5)
Team:
1 Team Garmin - Cervélo 52h30'53 (1) 2 Katusha Team + 23 (2) 3 Movistar Team + 1'18 (3) 4 Sky ProCycling + 2'21 (4) 5 Liquigas - Cannondale + 2'25 (5)
Edited by Pellizotti2 on 29-08-2011 20:27
tsmoha
Posted on 29-08-2011 20:01
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Good job by Skil here.. 6th for Kenny isn't bad at all
baia
Posted on 29-08-2011 20:25
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Really great result in Oman...like always,great reports..
Avin Wargunnson
Posted on 30-08-2011 10:33
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Great reports,great podiums and nice overall results by Geschke and Reimer.Also nice with green jersey by Van Hummel, it is funny that Hushovd prevented Dean from taking it
I really love your story, probably my favourite one here.
Btw. do you have "no filter" option in the graphics?Your screens are great and i am now deciding if turn it off in my game too.
Pellizotti2
Posted on 01-09-2011 06:33
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tsmoha wrote:
Good job by Skil here.. 6th for Kenny isn't bad at all
Thanks for the positive words.
baia wrote:
Really great result in Oman...like always,great reports..
Thank you! Feels great to hear that you like the reports.
Avin Wargunnson wrote:
Great reports,great podiums and nice overall results by Geschke and Reimer.Also nice with green jersey by Van Hummel, it is funny that Hushovd prevented Dean from taking it
I really love your story, probably my favourite one here.
Btw. do you have "no filter" option in the graphics?Your screens are great and i am now deciding if turn it off in my game too.
Wow, massive thanks for the nice words! Comments like this gives me motivation to make even better reports.
And I agree it was quite funny that Hushovd stole the points from Dean. Those Norwegians!
To your question - Yes, I use no fiter. Looks best for screenshots imo.
To everyone - sorry for the lack of reports. Vuelta + school takes all my time, but I do my best to write reports when I have the time. Next report probably this afternoon. Thank you for your patience!
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