The fifth stage of the Tour of Oman will be the crucial day for the GC.
The stage is a time trial, with a length of 19 km.
On our team we'll have our hopes in Bagdonas. He did a great job yesterday, and is for sure our best rider in a TT.
Stage favourites
D. Menchov
V. Karpets, S. Langeveld
J. Castroviejo, B. Intxausti, R. Sutherland
"I'm very excited about this stage. I've always had a good feeling for time trials, and this will be no exception.
I had a very tough stage yesterday, being in the breakaway almost the whole day, so i'm not very sure on how fit for fight i'll be.
But let's hope for the best"
The Race
With his overall GC position in 73th, Jonathan Bellis started the time trial in the middle of the day. He started right behind a very good time trialer Alfredo Balloni, who is former U23 Italian TT champion.
Bellis on the starting ramp
Bellis started out very great and settled the best time so far in the first intermediate sprint on the highest point of the route in the time 13'19.
But after the downhill towards the second intermediate sprint, he had lost some time, driving in as 54th best, 22' behind the best.
Jonny takes the first intermediate
Jonathan Castroviejo from Movistar was one of the first favorites on the time trial, starting out quite early. He settled the best overall time after his ride, but in the end dissapointed by finishing 11th.
Castroviejo from Movistar finished 11th
Meanwhile Jonathan Bellis reached the finish. He had driven very fast in the last part of the time trial and finished 11th, 20' behind provisional leader J. Castroviejo.
A very nice performance by the young Briton who in the end finished as 52th.
Jonny takes 11th only 20 seconds behind the provisional leader
Another great Movistar favorite V. Karpets started out early.
He was by far the greatest among every who had ridden the time trial so far, ending up taking the provisional lead.
In the end he finished 3rd best.
Vladimir Karpets finished 3rd
Our greatest hope Bagdonas rode very good.
He managed to fulfill all of our expectations by end taking the 6th provisional place, only 19' behind Kaperts.
In the end he finished as 24th, 31' down on the winner.
Bagdonas finished as 24th
Denis Menchov started out being the greatest favorite, but appearently he isn't in his best shape this early in the season. He ended up in 12th.
Menchov dissapoints ending up in 12th
Rory Sutherland was the last man on the starting ramp. He was now going to try defend his overall lead. But with many great time trialers right in front of him, it seemed to be a difficult task to manage.
Race leader Sutherland starts riding
When nearing the finish, all was proven that the win should be decided between A. Vicioso and R. Sutherland.
They were both superior in the intermediate sprints, with Vicioso being a little better than race leader Sutherland.
Vicioso in tough fight with Sutherland
But on the last part of the time trial, Vicioso seemed to lose a bit of his speed. Therefore Sutherland took the win for the second time in a row, looking like a secure winner of the overall GC.
Sutherland takes the win once again
Results
1
Rory Sutherland
UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team
30'08
2
Ángel Vicioso
Katusha Team
+ 3
3
Vladimir Karpets
Movistar Team
+ 10
4
Beñat Intxausti
Movistar Team
+ 11
5
Kai Reus
UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team
s.t.
6
Pablo Lastras
Movistar Team
s.t.
7
Gustavo César Veloso
Andalucía
+ 12
8
Paul Voss
Endura Racing
+ 14
9
Sebastian Langeveld
GreenEdge Cycling Team
+ 16
10
Ian Bibby
Endura Racing
+ 19
...
52
Jonathan Bellis
An Post - Sean Kelly
+ 49
Spoiler
11
Jonathan Castroviejo
Movistar Team
+ 20
12
Denis Menchov
Katusha Team
+ 21
13
Juan Pablo Suarez
Colombia - Coldeportes
s.t.
14
Ivan Rovny
RusVelo
+ 22
15
Óscar Freire
Katusha Team
s.t.
16
Vladimir Gusev
Katusha Team
+ 25
17
Simon Geschke
Project 1t4i
+ 27
18
David Boily
SpiderTech powered by C10
s.t.
19
Alexei Markov
RusVelo
+ 28
20
Tom Stamsnijder
Project 1t4i
+ 30
21
Craig Lewis
Champion System Pro Cycling Team
s.t.
22
Patrick Gretsch
Project 1t4i
s.t.
23
Caleb Fairly
SpiderTech powered by C10
+ 31
24
Gediminas Bagdonas
An Post - Sean Kelly
s.t.
25
Matthew Goss
GreenEdge Cycling Team
s.t.
26
Alexandre Geniez
Project 1t4i
+ 34
27
Alfredo Balloni
Farnese Vini - Selle Italia
+ 37
28
Tom Dumoulin
Project 1t4i
s.t.
29
Jason McCartney
UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team
s.t.
30
Giairo Ermeti
Androni Giocattoli - Venezuela
+ 38
31
Mart Ojavee
Champion System Pro Cycling Team
+ 39
32
Vincenzo Garofalo
Team Nippo
s.t.
33
Juan José Cobo
Movistar Team
s.t.
34
Iván Gutiérrez
Movistar Team
s.t.
35
Luca Paolini
Katusha Team
+ 41
36
Alexandre Blain
Endura Racing
+ 42
37
Cameron Wurf
Champion System Pro Cycling Team
s.t.
38
Cameron Meyer
GreenEdge Cycling Team
+ 43
39
Karol Domagalski
Caja Rural
s.t.
40
Víctor Hugo Peña
Colombia - Coldeportes
s.t.
41
Serguei Klimov
RusVelo
s.t.
42
Tobias Ludvigsson
Project 1t4i
+ 44
43
Miguel Rubiano
Androni Giocattoli - Venezuela
+ 45
44
Denis Galimzyanov
Katusha Team
s.t.
45
Fabio Felline
Androni Giocattoli - Venezuela
s.t.
46
Dimitry Kozontchuk
RusVelo
s.t.
47
Boy Van Poppel
UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team
+ 46
48
Fabio Duarte
Colombia - Coldeportes
s.t.
49
Davide Frattini
UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team
+ 47
50
Jesús Rosendo
Andalucía
+ 48
51
Raymond Künzli
SpiderTech powered by C10
s.t.
52
Jonathan Bellis
An Post - Sean Kelly
+ 49
53
Rubens Bertogliati
Team Type 1 - Sanofi
+ 50
54
Francesco Failli
Farnese Vini - Selle Italia
s.t.
55
Dmitry Kosyakov
Itera - Katusha
s.t.
56
Zachary Bell
SpiderTech powered by C10
+ 51
57
Stuart O'Grady
GreenEdge Cycling Team
s.t.
58
Ivan Savitsky
RusVelo
+ 52
59
Javier Francisco Aramendia
Caja Rural
s.t.
60
Eduard Vorganov
Katusha Team
s.t.
61
Javier Chacón
Andalucía
+ 53
62
Carlos José Ochoa
Androni Giocattoli - Venezuela
s.t.
63
Michael Hepburn
GreenEdge Cycling Team
s.t.
64
Zakkari Dempster
Endura Racing
+ 54
65
José Luis Cano
Andalucía
s.t.
66
Manuel Cardoso
Caja Rural
s.t.
67
Martin Gilbert
SpiderTech powered by C10
+ 55
68
Karl Menzies
UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team
s.t.
69
Enrique Sanz
Movistar Team
s.t.
70
Luis Felipe Laverde
Colombia - Coldeportes
s.t.
71
Daniele Callegarin
Team Type 1 - Sanofi
+ 56
72
Gang Xu
Champion System Pro Cycling Team
s.t.
73
Jordi Simón
Andalucía
+ 57
74
Joey Rosskopf
Team Type 1 - Sanofi
+ 58
75
Julien Antomarchi
Team Type 1 - Sanofi
s.t.
76
Kiel Reijnen
Team Type 1 - Sanofi
+ 59
77
Ian Wilkinson
Endura Racing
s.t.
78
Roberto Ferrari
Androni Giocattoli - Venezuela
s.t.
79
Davide Ricci Bitti
Farnese Vini - Selle Italia
s.t.
80
Jacobus Venter
Team Differdange - Magic-Sportfood.de
+ 1'00
81
Danail Petrov
Caja Rural
s.t.
82
Sergey Chernetskiy
Itera - Katusha
s.t.
83
Jonathan Monsalve
Androni Giocattoli - Venezuela
+ 1'01
84
Mark McNally
An Post - Sean Kelly
s.t.
85
Frank Dressler
Team Differdange - Magic-Sportfood.de
+ 1'02
86
José Luis Roldán
Andalucía
s.t.
87
Ryan Roth
SpiderTech powered by C10
+ 1'03
88
Allan Davis
GreenEdge Cycling Team
s.t.
89
Jackson Rodríguez
Androni Giocattoli - Venezuela
s.t.
90
Biao Liu
Champion System Pro Cycling Team
+ 1'04
91
Robert Förster
UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team
s.t.
92
Jonathon McEvoy
Endura Racing
s.t.
93
Andrey Solomennikov
Itera - Katusha
s.t.
94
Igor Frolov
Itera - Katusha
+ 1'05
95
Jay Thomson
UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team
s.t.
96
Kohei Uchima
Team Nippo
s.t.
97
Jeffry Romero
Colombia - Coldeportes
s.t.
98
Miguel Ubeto
Androni Giocattoli - Venezuela
+ 1'07
99
Dean Windsor
Endura Racing
s.t.
100
Tomohiro Hayakawa
Team Nippo
s.t.
101
Evgeniy Kovalev
RusVelo
+ 1'08
102
Fabricio Ferrari
Caja Rural
s.t.
103
Pengda Jiao
Champion System Pro Cycling Team
s.t.
104
Fausto Fognini
Team WIT
s.t.
105
Roberto De Patre
Farnese Vini - Selle Italia
s.t.
106
Robbie McEwen
GreenEdge Cycling Team
+ 1'09
107
Adrián Palomares
Andalucía
s.t.
108
Xavier Florencio
Katusha Team
s.t.
109
Leonardo Giordani
Farnese Vini - Selle Italia
s.t.
110
Ilnur Zakarin
Itera - Katusha
+ 1'10
111
Alexander Mironov
RusVelo
s.t.
112
George Preidler
Team Type 1 - Sanofi
s.t.
113
Jens Keukeleire
GreenEdge Cycling Team
+ 1'11
114
Antonio Cabello
Andalucía
s.t.
115
Kun Jiang
Champion System Pro Cycling Team
+ 1'12
116
Francisco José Ventoso
Movistar Team
s.t.
117
Tyron Giorgieri
Team WIT
+ 1'13
118
Wilson Marentes
Colombia - Coldeportes
s.t.
119
Juan Forero
Colombia - Coldeportes
+ 1'14
120
Remco Broers
Team Differdange - Magic-Sportfood.de
s.t.
121
Marcos García
Caja Rural
+ 1'16
122
César Bihel
Team Differdange - Magic-Sportfood.de
+ 1'17
123
Henry Frusto
Team Nippo
s.t.
124
Vyacheslav Kuznetsov
Itera - Katusha
+ 1'18
125
Michael Rodriguez
Colombia - Coldeportes
s.t.
126
Julián Sánchez Pimienta
Caja Rural
s.t.
127
Hernâni Brôco
Caja Rural
+ 1'19
128
Lucas Euser
SpiderTech powered by C10
s.t.
129
Simone Campagnaro
Team Nippo
s.t.
130
Mathieu Sprick
Project 1t4i
+ 1'21
131
Muhamad Othman
Champion System Pro Cycling Team
s.t.
132
Thierry Hupond
Project 1t4i
+ 1'22
133
Valery Kaykov
RusVelo
s.t.
134
Alexander Zdanov
Team Nippo
s.t.
135
Igor Boev
Itera - Katusha
s.t.
136
Mark Cassidy
An Post - Sean Kelly
+ 1'23
137
Rafael de Mattos Andriato
Farnese Vini - Selle Italia
s.t.
138
Luca Mazzanti
Farnese Vini - Selle Italia
s.t.
139
Joe Eldridge
Team Type 1 - Sanofi
+ 1'25
140
Diego Caccia
Farnese Vini - Selle Italia
+ 1'26
141
Enrico Montanari
Team WIT
+ 1'28
142
Alexander Serebryakov
Team Type 1 - Sanofi
+ 1'29
143
Alex Meenhorst
Team Differdange - Magic-Sportfood.de
+ 1'30
144
Simon Lambert-Lemay
SpiderTech powered by C10
+ 1'33
145
Kirill Baranov
Itera - Katusha
+ 1'34
146
Sam Bennett
An Post - Sean Kelly
+ 1'35
147
René Mandri
Endura Racing
+ 1'37
148
Sean Downey
An Post - Sean Kelly
+ 1'39
149
Kevin Kohlvelter
Team Differdange - Magic-Sportfood.de
+ 1'40
150
Connor McConvey
An Post - Sean Kelly
+ 1'44
151
Mark Christian
An Post - Sean Kelly
+ 1'48
General Classification
1
Rory Sutherland
UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team
14h03'56
2
Pablo Lastras
Movistar Team
+ 13
3
Ángel Vicioso
Katusha Team
+ 1'25
4
Juan Pablo Suarez
Colombia - Coldeportes
+ 1'41
5
Matthew Goss
GreenEdge Cycling Team
+ 1'48
6
Ian Bibby
Endura Racing
+ 1'55
7
Óscar Freire
Katusha Team
+ 1'57
8
Ivan Rovny
RusVelo
+ 2'09
9
Kai Reus
UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team
+ 2'13
10
Fabio Duarte
Colombia - Coldeportes
+ 2'22
...
77
Jonathan Bellis
An Post - Sean Kelly
+ 6'09
Points classification
1
Matthew Goss
GreenEdge Cycling Team
75
2
Ángel Vicioso
Katusha Team
71
3
Pablo Lastras
Movistar Team
63
4
Rory Sutherland
UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team
52
5
Óscar Freire
Katusha Team
42
Mountain classification
1
Rory Sutherland
UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team
20
2
Pablo Lastras
Movistar Team
14
3
Juan Pablo Suarez
Colombia - Coldeportes
12
4
Ian Bibby
Endura Racing
10
5
Fabio Duarte
Colombia - Coldeportes
8
Young classification
1
Ivan Rovny
RusVelo
14h06'05
2
Alexandre Geniez
Project 1t4i
+ 27
3
Sergey Chernetskiy
Itera - Katusha
+ 1'08
4
Jonathan Monsalve
Androni Giocattoli - Venezuela
+ 1'09
5
David Boily
SpiderTech powered by C10
+ 1'10
...
21
Jonathan Bellis
An Post - Sean Kelly
+ 4'00
It has been a hard but nice day.
I had a great experience riding one of the first time trials in the professionals after my injury, and it is as hard as i remember it.
Bagdonas did a great job, and became the very best from our team. I've got huge respect for that guy and for what he is doing.
Tommorow will be the last stage. I'm looking forward to it.
We've reached the final stage of the Tour of Oman. It has been a huge excitement, but we still have to remain the focus on the race.
This stage will be the last opportunity for our team to get a result, so we'll be on our marks to look out for the right chances.
Stage favourites
M. Goss
D. Galimzyanov, O. Freire
F. Ventoso, M. Cardoso, A. Davis
"I'm about to say that we've "finally" reached the last stage of this race. I think it has been a very hard time in some very tough terrain.
But it has also been a very good, interesting and instructive race, which has given me some very usefull experiences."
The Race
Mark McNally was able to get into the morningbreak of the day. He has been in an extremely good shape all the race through, so he really deserved to win the KOM sprint of the day, giving him some bonus-money.
McNally takes the mountain sprint
The breakaway group was extended some minutes after, when 3 more riders attacked from the pack, bringing the break up to 6 riders.
The breakaway extended to 6
But even though the breakaway really fought for their survival, the pack as in all the other flat stages, caught the breakaway right before the finishline.
Therefore it came down to yet another mass sprint with Jonathan Bellis being placed very well behind 3 time stage winner M. Goss.
Bellis in position before the final sprint
When going into the final part, Katusha came up along the Greenedge train. Bellis was still trying to hold on the wheel of Goss with hard competition from R. Förster.
Katusha and Greenedge driving side by side
In the end only two riders seemed to get the gap, being O. Freire and M. Goss. Freire was very close on Goss, but the Australian took yet another stage, by outsprinting Freire.
M. Goss takes the final and his fourth stage
Jonathan Bellis was placed very well in the start of the sprint, but simply couldn't follow the very fast pace in front. Therefore he dropped down and ended as 18th, which even though is a very acceptable result for the young Briton.
Jonny takes 18th on the final stage
Results
1
Matthew Goss
GreenEdge Cycling Team
3h41'18
2
Óscar Freire
Katusha Team
s.t.
3
Manuel Cardoso
Caja Rural
s.t.
4
Francisco José Ventoso
Movistar Team
s.t.
5
Allan Davis
GreenEdge Cycling Team
s.t.
6
Robert Förster
UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team
s.t.
7
Ángel Vicioso
Katusha Team
s.t.
8
Martin Gilbert
SpiderTech powered by C10
s.t.
9
Karl Menzies
UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team
s.t.
10
Alexei Markov
RusVelo
s.t.
...
18
Jonathan Bellis
An Post - Sean Kelly
s.t.
Spoiler
11
Roberto Ferrari
Androni Giocattoli - Venezuela
s.t.
12
Denis Galimzyanov
Katusha Team
s.t.
13
Rory Sutherland
UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team
s.t.
14
Paul Voss
Endura Racing
s.t.
15
Luca Paolini
Katusha Team
s.t.
16
Dimitry Kozontchuk
RusVelo
s.t.
17
Pablo Lastras
Movistar Team
s.t.
18
Jonathan Bellis
An Post - Sean Kelly
s.t.
19
Robbie McEwen
GreenEdge Cycling Team
s.t.
20
Javier Chacón
Andalucía
s.t.
21
Tom Stamsnijder
Project 1t4i
s.t.
22
Jeffry Romero
Colombia - Coldeportes
s.t.
23
Simon Geschke
Project 1t4i
s.t.
24
Jonathan Castroviejo
Movistar Team
s.t.
25
Ian Bibby
Endura Racing
s.t.
26
René Mandri
Endura Racing
s.t.
27
Sebastian Langeveld
GreenEdge Cycling Team
s.t.
28
Daniele Callegarin
Team Type 1 - Sanofi
s.t.
29
Francesco Failli
Farnese Vini - Selle Italia
s.t.
30
Stuart O'Grady
GreenEdge Cycling Team
s.t.
31
Rafael de Mattos Andriato
Farnese Vini - Selle Italia
s.t.
32
Fabio Duarte
Colombia - Coldeportes
s.t.
33
Patrick Gretsch
Project 1t4i
s.t.
34
Miguel Rubiano
Androni Giocattoli - Venezuela
s.t.
35
Tobias Ludvigsson
Project 1t4i
s.t.
36
Alexandre Geniez
Project 1t4i
s.t.
37
Ivan Rovny
RusVelo
s.t.
38
Julien Antomarchi
Team Type 1 - Sanofi
s.t.
39
Eduard Vorganov
Katusha Team
s.t.
40
Craig Lewis
Champion System Pro Cycling Team
s.t.
41
Sam Bennett
An Post - Sean Kelly
s.t.
42
Xavier Florencio
Katusha Team
s.t.
43
Mart Ojavee
Champion System Pro Cycling Team
s.t.
44
Gediminas Bagdonas
An Post - Sean Kelly
s.t.
45
Rubens Bertogliati
Team Type 1 - Sanofi
s.t.
46
Vladimir Gusev
Katusha Team
s.t.
47
Cameron Wurf
Champion System Pro Cycling Team
s.t.
48
Juan Pablo Suarez
Colombia - Coldeportes
s.t.
49
Fabio Felline
Androni Giocattoli - Venezuela
s.t.
50
Vincenzo Garofalo
Team Nippo
s.t.
51
Cameron Meyer
GreenEdge Cycling Team
s.t.
52
Giairo Ermeti
Androni Giocattoli - Venezuela
s.t.
53
Miguel Ubeto
Androni Giocattoli - Venezuela
s.t.
54
Michael Rodriguez
Colombia - Coldeportes
s.t.
55
Jens Keukeleire
GreenEdge Cycling Team
s.t.
56
Javier Francisco Aramendia
Caja Rural
s.t.
57
Víctor Hugo Peña
Colombia - Coldeportes
s.t.
58
Mathieu Sprick
Project 1t4i
s.t.
59
Fausto Fognini
Team WIT
s.t.
60
Alexander Mironov
RusVelo
s.t.
61
George Preidler
Team Type 1 - Sanofi
s.t.
62
Caleb Fairly
SpiderTech powered by C10
s.t.
63
Danail Petrov
Caja Rural
s.t.
64
Michael Hepburn
GreenEdge Cycling Team
s.t.
65
Denis Menchov
Katusha Team
s.t.
66
Karol Domagalski
Caja Rural
s.t.
67
Fabricio Ferrari
Caja Rural
s.t.
68
Evgeniy Kovalev
RusVelo
s.t.
69
Jonathan Monsalve
Androni Giocattoli - Venezuela
s.t.
70
Luis Felipe Laverde
Colombia - Coldeportes
s.t.
71
Alexandre Blain
Endura Racing
s.t.
72
Ivan Savitsky
RusVelo
s.t.
73
Connor McConvey
An Post - Sean Kelly
s.t.
74
Boy Van Poppel
UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team
s.t.
75
Jason McCartney
UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team
s.t.
76
Beñat Intxausti
Movistar Team
s.t.
77
Wilson Marentes
Colombia - Coldeportes
s.t.
78
Mark Christian
An Post - Sean Kelly
s.t.
79
Marcos García
Caja Rural
s.t.
80
Muhamad Othman
Champion System Pro Cycling Team
s.t.
81
Thierry Hupond
Project 1t4i
s.t.
82
Luca Mazzanti
Farnese Vini - Selle Italia
s.t.
83
Jay Thomson
UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team
s.t.
84
Kohei Uchima
Team Nippo
s.t.
85
Mark Cassidy
An Post - Sean Kelly
s.t.
86
Mark McNally
An Post - Sean Kelly
s.t.
87
Raymond Künzli
SpiderTech powered by C10
s.t.
88
Tyron Giorgieri
Team WIT
s.t.
89
Jonathon McEvoy
Endura Racing
s.t.
90
Jackson Rodríguez
Androni Giocattoli - Venezuela
s.t.
91
Ian Wilkinson
Endura Racing
s.t.
92
Kai Reus
UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team
s.t.
93
Simon Lambert-Lemay
SpiderTech powered by C10
s.t.
94
Julián Sánchez Pimienta
Caja Rural
s.t.
95
Andrey Solomennikov
Itera - Katusha
s.t.
96
Davide Frattini
UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team
s.t.
97
Leonardo Giordani
Farnese Vini - Selle Italia
s.t.
98
Davide Ricci Bitti
Farnese Vini - Selle Italia
s.t.
99
Hernâni Brôco
Caja Rural
s.t.
100
Vladimir Karpets
Movistar Team
s.t.
101
Dean Windsor
Endura Racing
s.t.
102
Ryan Roth
SpiderTech powered by C10
s.t.
103
Sean Downey
An Post - Sean Kelly
s.t.
104
Sergey Chernetskiy
Itera - Katusha
s.t.
105
Zachary Bell
SpiderTech powered by C10
s.t.
106
David Boily
SpiderTech powered by C10
s.t.
107
Diego Caccia
Farnese Vini - Selle Italia
s.t.
108
Enrique Sanz
Movistar Team
s.t.
109
Igor Frolov
Itera - Katusha
s.t.
110
Gustavo César Veloso
Andalucía
s.t.
111
Iván Gutiérrez
Movistar Team
s.t.
112
Igor Boev
Itera - Katusha
s.t.
113
Lucas Euser
SpiderTech powered by C10
s.t.
114
Carlos José Ochoa
Androni Giocattoli - Venezuela
s.t.
115
Jacobus Venter
Team Differdange - Magic-Sportfood.de
s.t.
116
Alexander Zdanov
Team Nippo
s.t.
117
Jesús Rosendo
Andalucía
s.t.
118
Adrián Palomares
Andalucía
s.t.
119
Juan José Cobo
Movistar Team
s.t.
120
Alfredo Balloni
Farnese Vini - Selle Italia
s.t.
121
Kirill Baranov
Itera - Katusha
s.t.
122
Enrico Montanari
Team WIT
s.t.
123
Dmitry Kosyakov
Itera - Katusha
s.t.
124
Antonio Cabello
Andalucía
s.t.
125
Joe Eldridge
Team Type 1 - Sanofi
s.t.
126
Zakkari Dempster
Endura Racing
s.t.
127
Roberto De Patre
Farnese Vini - Selle Italia
s.t.
128
Vyacheslav Kuznetsov
Itera - Katusha
s.t.
129
Juan Forero
Colombia - Coldeportes
s.t.
130
Remco Broers
Team Differdange - Magic-Sportfood.de
s.t.
131
César Bihel
Team Differdange - Magic-Sportfood.de
s.t.
132
Tom Dumoulin
Project 1t4i
s.t.
133
Joey Rosskopf
Team Type 1 - Sanofi
s.t.
134
Ilnur Zakarin
Itera - Katusha
s.t.
135
Alexander Serebryakov
Team Type 1 - Sanofi
s.t.
136
Henry Frusto
Team Nippo
s.t.
137
José Luis Cano
Andalucía
s.t.
138
José Luis Roldán
Andalucía
s.t.
139
Pengda Jiao
Champion System Pro Cycling Team
s.t.
140
Biao Liu
Champion System Pro Cycling Team
s.t.
141
Gang Xu
Champion System Pro Cycling Team
s.t.
142
Tomohiro Hayakawa
Team Nippo
s.t.
143
Jordi Simón
Andalucía
s.t.
144
Kevin Kohlvelter
Team Differdange - Magic-Sportfood.de
s.t.
145
Valery Kaykov
RusVelo
s.t.
146
Kun Jiang
Champion System Pro Cycling Team
s.t.
147
Serguei Klimov
RusVelo
s.t.
148
Kiel Reijnen
Team Type 1 - Sanofi
s.t.
149
Frank Dressler
Team Differdange - Magic-Sportfood.de
s.t.
150
Simone Campagnaro
Team Nippo
s.t.
151
Alex Meenhorst
Team Differdange - Magic-Sportfood.de
+ 3'14
General Classification
1
Rory Sutherland
UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team
14h03'56
2
Pablo Lastras
Movistar Team
+ 13
3
Ángel Vicioso
Katusha Team
+ 1'25
4
Matthew Goss
Greenedge Cycling Team
+ 1'28
5
Juan Pablo Suarez
Colombia - Coldeportes
+ 1'41
6
Ian Bibby
Endura Racing
+ 1'55
7
Óscar Freire
Katusha Team
+ 1'57
8
Ivan Rovny
RusVelo
+ 2'09
9
Kai Reus
UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team
+ 2'13
10
Fabio Duarte
Colombia - Coldeportes
+ 2'22
...
77
Jonathan Bellis
An Post - Sean Kelly
+ 6'09
Points classification
1
Matthew Goss
GreenEdge Cycling Team
100
2
Ángel Vicioso
Katusha Team
80
3
Pablo Lastras
Movistar Team
63
4
Óscar Freire
Katusha Team
62
5
Rory Sutherland
UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team
55
Mountain classification
1
Rory Sutherland
UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team
20
2
Pablo Lastras
Movistar Team
14
3
Juan Pablo Suarez
Colombia - Coldeportes
12
4
Ian Bibby
Endura Racing
10
5
Fabio Duarte
Colombia - Coldeportes
8
Young classification
1
Ivan Rovny
RusVelo
14h06'05
2
Alexandre Geniez
Project 1t4i
+ 27
3
Sergey Chernetskiy
Itera - Katusha
+ 1'08
4
Jonathan Monsalve
Androni Giocattoli - Venezuela
+ 1'09
5
David Boily
SpiderTech powered by C10
+ 1'10
...
21
Jonathan Bellis
An Post - Sean Kelly
+ 4'00
Wow what a race!
It has been my very first race in the AnPost Sean Kelly jersey, and i have enjoyed it very much. The guys have been extremely nice, and i seem to have settled in well on the team.
Physically it has been very hard to ride in such a great pack. The lineup has been in world class, and on our team we have to admit that we weren't near the best.
But even though we weren't i think we did very well and took our chances to ride agressive. All in all i'm very pleased about my own and the team's performance.
@fcancellara: Totally agree with you, i'm very happy about the result. Also to mention is that Jonny in fact is no sprinter, so with such a strong lineup it's very acceptable
The first classics of the season is about to begin. Our team has settled in Belgium to ride the Omloop Het Niuewsblad today and the Kuurne - Bruxelles - Kuurne tommorow.
We'll have our faith in Nico and me, to take on to the cobbles.
But it's a very strong lineup, so we aren't expecting any result, even though we've had a nice first part of the season.
Our team will be build up around Nico, since he's the one who's best on the cobbles. But both me and Ennekens will have a free role to do what we want, since it's been a while since Nico rode his last race.
It's probably our strongest lineup for cobbleraces, and especially in Ghyllebert and Wyttinck, we'll have a nice support.
Stage favourites
F. Cancellara
T. Boonen, T. Hushovd
S. Chavanel, J.A. Flecha, P. Gilbert
"What are your thoughts here before the race?"
"I'm thinking about the weather right now. It looks like we are going to have some serious rain which could have a big impact on the outcome of the race"
"Any special tactic you have in mind? A breakaway perhaps?
"No, not anything yet. I'll take it when i get into the saddle, but it's for sure that i won't go into some of the morningbreaks. I'll just try to keep myself in the front and out of problems"
The Race
The race started out with several attacks. We had both Segers and Wyttinck in attack but all breakaways was neutralized.
Therefore it took some time when a new and stabile break was made. In the final break we had Ennekens, but he was together with some of the big guys like Boom, Thomas and Maaskant
Ennekens in the final breakaway
After a dreadfull cobble section and a heavy crash caused by the rain, the pack was torn into atoms. But both of our leaders, Eeckhout and Bellis, luckily had kept themselves in the very front.
Many favorites were dropped, but riders like Cancellara and Boonen was still in front.
The pack is torn into pieces
With 35 km to go, Ennekens had to admit that the riders in the breakaway was too good for him, and therefore he dropped back while he still had some energy left, to try help Bellis and Eeckhout.
Ennekens drops back from the breakaway
After the second last cobble section, all groups was completely torn into pieces. This caused that Bellis had to drop off the group with about 20 km to go.
Bellis drops off the front group
In the front group, riders like Cancellara and Boonen had escaped. But the group still kept the pace high, with Eeckhout being able to follow. Also Ennekens reached the group and tried to help out.
Eeckhout and Ennekens in one of the front groups
Bellis was in a very good group which worked well together, therefore he wasn't dropped very much, and could still spot the group of Eeckhout.
Jonny able to spot the front group
Boonen, Cancellara and the other favorites caught the breakaway and builded up the final group, where the victory was going to be decided.
The final group
The group of Bellis was joined by some very good riders like Van Summeren. Therefore they were able to catch the group of Eeckhout, Gilbert and Ballan with only 3 km to go.
Group 2 and 3 becomes one on the final kilometres
Meanwhile in the front group the sprint started with Hushovd leading out with Boonen in his wheel.
The sprint for victory starts
Also the group behind starts sprinting. Eeckhout seemed to have some extra energy, and was looking very comfortable behind Gilbert. Bellis was starting to feel the exhaustion and was placed a little further down.
Eeckhout in very good position behind gilbert
In the end Boonen came quickly from the wheel of Flecha in the left side of the road. Cancellara though seemed to take the win when he left Hushovd's wheel, but Boonen was simply the strongest and had a remarkably fast accelaration in the end, and could crown himself as winner.
Boonen takes the win
Eeckhout really showed his strength and even caught some of the riders who had left the front group. A really powerfull showoff from him. He ended beautifully as 14th.
Bellis also did very well in the sprint and came up from behind. He even outsprinted former world champion Ballan and ended in 21th.
Eeckhout and Bellis crosses the line
Results
1
Tom Boonen
Omega Pharma - Quick·Step Cycling Team
5h14'14
2
Fabian Cancellara
RadioShack - Nissan
s.t.
3
Thor Hushovd
BMC Racing Team
s.t.
4
Bert De Waele
Landbouwkrediet - Euphony
s.t.
5
Martijn Maaskant
Garmin - Barracuda
s.t.
6
Sebastian Langeveld
GreenEdge Cycling Team
s.t.
7
Geraint Thomas
Sky Procycling
s.t.
8
Lars Boom
Rabobank Cycling Team
s.t.
9
Robbie McEwen
GreenEdge Cycling Team
s.t.
10
Björn Leukemans
Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team
s.t.
...
21
Jonathan Bellis
An Post - Sean Kelly
s.t.
Spoiler
11
Leif Hoste
Accent Jobs - Willems Veranda's
s.t.
12
Davy Commeyne
Landbouwkrediet - Euphony
+ 1'39
13
Staf Scheirlinckx
Accent Jobs - Willems Veranda's
+ 2'25
14
Nico Eeckhout
An Post - Sean Kelly
s.t.
15
Bert De Backer
Project 1t4i
s.t.
16
Bobbie Traksel
Landbouwkrediet - Euphony
s.t.
17
Johan Vansummeren
Garmin - Barracuda
s.t.
18
Matti Breschel
Rabobank Cycling Team
s.t.
19
Philippe Gilbert
BMC Racing Team
s.t.
20
Sylvain Chavanel
Omega Pharma - Quick·Step Cycling Team
s.t.
21
Jonathan Bellis
An Post - Sean Kelly
s.t.
22
Alessandro Ballan
BMC Racing Team
s.t.
23
Niki Terpstra
Omega Pharma - Quick·Step Cycling Team
s.t.
24
Frédéric Amorison
Landbouwkrediet - Euphony
s.t.
25
Stuart O'Grady
GreenEdge Cycling Team
s.t.
26
Juan Antonio Flecha
Sky Procycling
s.t.
27
Sep Vanmarcke
Garmin - Barracuda
s.t.
28
Koen Barbé
Landbouwkrediet - Euphony
s.t.
29
Stijn Ennekens
An Post - Sean Kelly
s.t.
30
Frédéric Guesdon
FDJ - BigMat
+ 4'30
31
Grégory Rast
RadioShack - Nissan
+ 6'37
32
Joost Posthuma
RadioShack - Nissan
+ 7'06
33
Matthew Goss
GreenEdge Cycling Team
s.t.
34
John Degenkolb
Project 1t4i
s.t.
35
Maarten Tjallingii
Rabobank Cycling Team
s.t.
36
Greg Van Avermaet
BMC Racing Team
s.t.
37
Steven Caethoven
Accent Jobs - Willems Veranda's
s.t.
38
Alex Rasmussen
Garmin - Barracuda
s.t.
39
Marcus Burghardt
BMC Racing Team
s.t.
40
Stijn Devolder
Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team
s.t.
41
Kevin Peeters
Landbouwkrediet - Euphony
s.t.
42
George Hincapie
BMC Racing Team
s.t.
43
Manuel Quinziato
BMC Racing Team
s.t.
44
Kevyn Ista
Accent Jobs - Willems Veranda's
+ 8'08
45
Bernhard Eisel
Sky Procycling
s.t.
46
Steve Chainel
FDJ - BigMat
s.t.
47
Robert Hunter
Garmin - Barracuda
s.t.
48
Ramon Sinkeldam
Project 1t4i
s.t.
49
Vytautas Kaupas
Team Differdange - Magic-Sportfood.de
s.t.
50
Dominic Klemme
Project 1t4i
s.t.
51
Ben Hermans
RadioShack - Nissan
s.t.
52
Preben Van Hecke
Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator
+ 9'04
53
Andreas Klier
Garmin - Barracuda
+ 9'23
54
Connor McConvey
An Post - Sean Kelly
s.t.
55
Joren Segers
An Post - Sean Kelly
s.t.
56
Klaas Lodewyck
BMC Racing Team
s.t.
57
Gerald Ciolek
Omega Pharma - Quick·Step Cycling Team
+ 9'50
58
Roy Jans
An Post - Sean Kelly
s.t.
59
Sven Vanthourenhout
Landbouwkrediet - Euphony
s.t.
60
Bert Grabsch
Omega Pharma - Quick·Step Cycling Team
s.t.
61
Sebastiaan Pot
Cyclingteam De Rijke
+ 10'14
62
Jan Bakelants
RadioShack - Nissan
+ 10'42
63
Niels Wytinck
An Post - Sean Kelly
s.t.
64
Romain Zingle
Cofidis, le crédit en ligne
s.t.
65
Yohan Offredo
FDJ - BigMat
s.t.
66
Tim Declercq
Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator
s.t.
67
Jan Ghyselinck
Cofidis, le crédit en ligne
s.t.
68
Johan Coenen
Team Differdange - Magic-Sportfood.de
s.t.
69
Sascha Weber
Team Differdange - Magic-Sportfood.de
+ 11'28
70
David Moncoutié
Cofidis, le crédit en ligne
+ 12'46
71
Baptiste Planckaert
Landbouwkrediet - Euphony
s.t.
72
Dries Devenyns
Omega Pharma - Quick·Step Cycling Team
s.t.
73
Pieter Ghyllebert
An Post - Sean Kelly
s.t.
74
Jeremy Hunt
Sky Procycling
+ 13'31
75
Matthew Hayman
Sky Procycling
s.t.
76
Yauheni Hutarovich
FDJ - BigMat
s.t.
77
Nico Sijmens
Cofidis, le crédit en ligne
s.t.
78
Kenny De Ketele
Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator
s.t.
79
Huub Duyn
Cyclingteam De Rijke
s.t.
80
Tom Leezer
Rabobank Cycling Team
s.t.
81
Benoit Jarrier
Veranda Rideau - Super U
s.t.
82
Arnaud Gérard
FDJ - BigMat
s.t.
83
Egoitz García
Cofidis, le crédit en ligne
s.t.
84
Tom Stamsnijder
Project 1t4i
s.t.
85
Sébastien Rosseler
Garmin - Barracuda
s.t.
86
Michael Albasini
GreenEdge Cycling Team
s.t.
87
Thomas Rohregger
RadioShack - Nissan
s.t.
88
Andy Cappelle
Accent Jobs - Willems Veranda's
s.t.
89
Matthias Bertling
Team Eddy Merckx - Indeland
s.t.
90
Tom Dumoulin
Project 1t4i
s.t.
91
Joaquim Durant
Jong Vlaanderen Cycling Team
s.t.
92
Michal Olejnik
Veranda Rideau - Super U
s.t.
93
Arthur Van Overberghe
Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator
s.t.
94
Max Losch
Team Differdange - Magic-Sportfood.de
s.t.
95
Serge Pauwels
Omega Pharma - Quick·Step Cycling Team
s.t.
96
Dylan Teuns
Jong Vlaanderen Cycling Team
+ 16'14
97
Joop De Gans
Team Eddy Merckx - Indeland
s.t.
98
Romain Matheou
Veranda Rideau - Super U
s.t.
99
Kamil Zielinski
CCC Polkowice
s.t.
100
Maxime Le Montagner
Veranda Rideau - Super U
s.t.
101
Dariusz Batek
CCC Polkowice
s.t.
102
Jeroen Lepla
Jong Vlaanderen Cycling Team
s.t.
103
Robert Retschke
Team Eddy Merckx - Indeland
s.t.
104
Nick Van der Lijke
Rabobank Continental Team
s.t.
105
Arnoud Van Groen
Accent Jobs - Willems Veranda's
s.t.
106
Guillaume Malle
Veranda Rideau - Super U
s.t.
107
Sjef De Wilde
Accent Jobs - Willems Veranda's
s.t.
108
Jens Keukeleire
GreenEdge Cycling Team
s.t.
109
Patrick Bercz
Team Eddy Merckx - Indeland
s.t.
110
Rick Ottema
Cyclingteam De Rijke
s.t.
111
Bas Stamsnijder
Cyclingteam De Rijke
s.t.
112
Zico Waeytens
Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator
s.t.
113
Pawel Charucki
CCC Polkowice
s.t.
114
Tomas Vaitkus
GreenEdge Cycling Team
s.t.
115
Tim Mertens
Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator
s.t.
116
Rune Van der Meijden
Cyclingteam De Rijke
s.t.
117
Ian Stannard
Sky Procycling
s.t.
118
Rob Goris
Accent Jobs - Willems Veranda's
s.t.
119
Stijn Neirynck
Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator
s.t.
120
Pieter Weening
GreenEdge Cycling Team
s.t.
121
Christian Poos
Team Differdange - Magic-Sportfood.de
s.t.
122
Pierrick Fédrigo
FDJ - BigMat
s.t.
123
Kris Boeckmans
Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team
s.t.
124
Christian Knees
Sky Procycling
s.t.
125
Maarten Wynants
Rabobank Cycling Team
s.t.
126
Roger Kluge
Project 1t4i
s.t.
127
Juan Manuel Gárate
Rabobank Cycling Team
s.t.
128
Thomas Löfkvist
Sky Procycling
s.t.
129
Nicolas Vogondy
Cofidis, le crédit en ligne
+ 18'09
130
Ike Groen
Cyclingteam De Rijke
s.t.
131
Rob Ruijgh
Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team
s.t.
132
Thibaut Pinot
FDJ - BigMat
s.t.
133
Rémy Di Gregorio
Cofidis, le crédit en ligne
s.t.
134
Haimar Zubeldia
RadioShack - Nissan
s.t.
135
Michel Kreder
Garmin - Barracuda
s.t.
136
Michael Kurth
Team Eddy Merckx - Indeland
s.t.
137
Kevin De Jonghe
Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator
s.t.
138
Bert-Jan Lindeman
Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team
s.t.
139
Kevin De Weert
Omega Pharma - Quick·Step Cycling Team
s.t.
140
Tom Slagter
Rabobank Cycling Team
s.t.
141
Steve Schets
Jong Vlaanderen Cycling Team
s.t.
142
Marc Goos
Rabobank Continental Team
s.t.
143
Kenny Elissonde
FDJ - BigMat
s.t.
144
Ben King
RadioShack - Nissan
s.t.
145
Benjamin Verraes
Jong Vlaanderen Cycling Team
+ 19'39
146
Łukasz Owsian
CCC Polkowice
s.t.
147
Mateusz Taciak
CCC Polkowice
s.t.
148
Florent Barle
Cofidis, le crédit en ligne
+ 21'08
149
Ivar Slik
Rabobank Continental Team
s.t.
150
Louis Vervaeke
Jong Vlaanderen Cycling Team
s.t.
151
Nikita Novikov
Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team
s.t.
152
Grzegorz Stepniak
CCC Polkowice
s.t.
153
Wout Poels
Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team
s.t.
154
Graeme Brown
Rabobank Cycling Team
s.t.
155
Jenning Huizenga
Rabobank Continental Team
s.t.
156
Dylan Van Baarle
Rabobank Continental Team
s.t.
157
Alex Meenhorst
Team Differdange - Magic-Sportfood.de
s.t.
158
Brecht Ruyters
Jong Vlaanderen Cycling Team
s.t.
159
Tomasz Olejnik
Veranda Rideau - Super U
s.t.
160
Remco Te Brake
Cyclingteam De Rijke
+ 22'23
161
Niek Boom
Cyclingteam De Rijke
+ 22'39
162
Kevin Verwaest
Jong Vlaanderen Cycling Team
s.t.
163
Thomas Damuseau
Project 1t4i
s.t.
164
Tomasz Marczynski
Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team
s.t.
165
Oscar Riesebeek
Rabobank Continental Team
s.t.
166
Wesley Kreder
Rabobank Continental Team
s.t.
167
Derk Abel Beckeringh
Rabobank Continental Team
s.t.
168
Florian Monreal
Team Eddy Merckx - Indeland
s.t.
It was a very nice race i think. Even though the rain was really exhautsing, i gladly look back upon this race as one of my best.
Eeckhout rode perfectly and so did Ennekens. It was beautifull.
I'm also very satisfied with my own performance. The lineup was worthy of a world tour classic, so ending up in 21th is a dream comming true.
Let's hope it will also go as well tommorow.
Kuurne - Bruxelles - Kuurne is the second Belgium season opener this week. There aren't as many cobbles as in the Omloop Het Niuewsblad yesterday, but it will still be a very hard race, especially because of the heavy rains.
Out team is the same as yesterday, where we'll build it all up around Nico while me and Ennekens will have a free role to do what we want
Stage favourites
F. Cancellara
T. Boonen, J.A. Flecha
S. Chavanel, J. Vansummeren, N. Nuyens
"How do you feel now?"
"I'm feeling fine. Yesterday was really great, but i'm determined on the fact that i won't be disappointed if i can't fulfill the expectations from yesterday's result. "
The Race
A gigantic breakaway with several favorites was build in the very start of the race. In the break we only had Wyttinck.
At first it didn't look like the pack wanted to catch them, but luckily they did at the end and caught the breakaway with 100 km to go.
A gigantic breakaway was build in the start
No one seemed to want to attack, so Bellis and Ennekens agreed on breaking away, hoping that some other riders wanted to follow.
Bellis and Ennekens on the break
But strangely no one wanted to follow, even though the pack was stopped completely. Therefore the two Anpost riders continued their way alone.
Strangely no one wanted to follow
While Bellis and Ennekens continued in front, the pack didn't seem to heigthen the pace. Therefore the pack was in one piece after the final cobblestone section with about 60 km to go.
The strong, big and well rested pack therefore seemed to make it difficult for the only two riders in front.
The pack in one piece after the final cobble section
With 20 km to go Ennekens couldn't follow the pace of Bellis anymore, especially because Bellis had been much better on the cobble sections.
Ennekens drops off the break
On one hand, Bellis simply couldn't resist the very fast pace from the pack. and therefore got caught with 10 km to go.
Immediately Fabian Cancellara made a counter in the left side of the road.
Bellis gets caught while Cancellara counters
Cancellara continued in front, but a while after, Flecha also wanted to be in front. Eeckhout was placed perfect to follow him, so he accelerated and tried to follow the Spaniard.
Eeckhout following Flecha
The rain was starting to be very heavy while the riders pace was heighten. Therefore a big crash happened in the front of the pack, leaving several riders blocked and crashed. Among others the biggest favorite T. Boonen.
Most of our riders was in the front at the time, but both Ennekens and McConvey fell down in the crash - Luckily nothing seriously happened.
Big crash in the pack with about 8 km to go
Flecha was a little too good for Eeckhout to follow, but in the end all of the smaller groups in front was gathered in one big group, containing about 15 riders.
The final front group
Cancellara was in front at the start of the sprint, but he simply didn't had the power left after his performances. Nico was in a very good position just behind D. Millar.
Eeckhout in very good position behind Millar
But in the end there was no doubt who was the strongest. With several bikelengths Heinrich Haussler took a great victory.
Nico did another great performance, ending up in 7th.
Also worth to mention is Wyttinck and Segers who ended in 15th and 16th. They excatly kept themselves away from the big crash and worked together on holding the chasing groups behind.
Haussler conquers the victory
Results
1
Heinrich Haussler
Garmin - Barracuda
5h02'47
2
Luca Paolini
Katusha Team
s.t.
3
Nick Nuyens
Team Saxo Bank
s.t.
4
Juan Antonio Flecha
Sky Procycling
s.t.
5
Davy Commeyne
Landbouwkrediet - Euphony
s.t.
6
Leif Hoste
Accent Jobs - Willems Veranda's
s.t.
7
Nico Eeckhout
An Post - Sean Kelly
s.t.
8
Fabian Cancellara
RadioShack - Nissan
s.t.
9
Frédéric Amorison
Landbouwkrediet - Euphony
s.t.
10
Martijn Maaskant
Garmin - Barracuda
s.t.
...
46
Jonathan Bellis
An Post - Sean Kelly
+ 3'47
Spoiler
11
Matteo Tosatto
Team Saxo Bank
s.t.
12
David Millar
Garmin - Barracuda
s.t.
13
Johan Vansummeren
Garmin - Barracuda
s.t.
14
Jan Bakelants
RadioShack - Nissan
+ 1'45
15
Niels Wytinck
An Post - Sean Kelly
s.t.
16
Joren Segers
An Post - Sean Kelly
s.t.
17
Edvald Boasson Hagen
Sky Procycling
s.t.
18
José Joaquín Rojas
Movistar Team
s.t.
19
Maarten Tjallingii
Rabobank Cycling Team
s.t.
20
Sebastian Langeveld
GreenEdge Cycling Team
s.t.
21
Björn Leukemans
Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team
s.t.
22
Sep Vanmarcke
Garmin - Barracuda
s.t.
23
Sylvain Chavanel
Omega Pharma - Quick·Step Cycling Team
s.t.
24
Matthew Goss
GreenEdge Cycling Team
s.t.
25
Jesse Sergent
RadioShack - Nissan
s.t.
26
Tom Boonen
Omega Pharma - Quick·Step Cycling Team
s.t.
27
Bernhard Eisel
Sky Procycling
s.t.
28
Pieter Ghyllebert
An Post - Sean Kelly
s.t.
29
Tom Veelers
Project 1t4i
s.t.
30
Roy Jans
An Post - Sean Kelly
s.t.
31
Roy Curvers
Project 1t4i
s.t.
32
Robert Hunter
Garmin - Barracuda
s.t.
33
Kenny Van Hummel
Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team
s.t.
34
Stijn Devolder
Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team
s.t.
35
Niki Terpstra
Omega Pharma - Quick·Step Cycling Team
s.t.
36
Nicki Sørensen
Team Saxo Bank
s.t.
37
Sébastien Rosseler
Garmin - Barracuda
s.t.
38
Geraint Thomas
Sky Procycling
s.t.
39
Julien Vermote
Omega Pharma - Quick·Step Cycling Team
s.t.
40
Ben Hermans
RadioShack - Nissan
s.t.
41
Yaroslav Popovych
RadioShack - Nissan
s.t.
42
Mark Cavendish
Sky Procycling
s.t.
43
Grégory Rast
RadioShack - Nissan
s.t.
44
Volodymir Gustov
Team Saxo Bank
s.t.
45
Connor McConvey
An Post - Sean Kelly
s.t.
46
Jonathan Bellis
An Post - Sean Kelly
+ 3'47
47
Kevyn Ista
Accent Jobs - Willems Veranda's
s.t.
48
Danilo Hondo
Lampre - ISD
s.t.
49
Anders Lund
Team Saxo Bank
s.t.
50
Kasper Klostergaard
Team Saxo Bank
s.t.
51
Wim De Vocht
Accent Jobs - Willems Veranda's
s.t.
52
Serge Pauwels
Omega Pharma - Quick·Step Cycling Team
s.t.
53
Dennis Van Winden
Rabobank Cycling Team
+ 5'12
54
Robbie McEwen
GreenEdge Cycling Team
s.t.
55
Lieuwe Westra
Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team
s.t.
56
Tom Dumoulin
Project 1t4i
s.t.
57
Francis De Greef
Lotto Belisol Team
s.t.
58
Stuart O'Grady
GreenEdge Cycling Team
s.t.
59
Massimo Graziato
Lampre - ISD
s.t.
60
Christian Knees
Sky Procycling
s.t.
61
Dominic Klemme
Project 1t4i
s.t.
62
Karsten Kroon
Team Saxo Bank
s.t.
63
Jürgen Roelandts
Lotto Belisol Team
s.t.
64
Óscar Freire
Katusha Team
s.t.
65
Tomas Vaitkus
GreenEdge Cycling Team
s.t.
66
Matthew Hayman
Sky Procycling
s.t.
67
Johnny Hoogerland
Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team
s.t.
68
Xavier Florencio
Katusha Team
s.t.
69
Denys Kostyuk
Lampre - ISD
s.t.
70
Lars Ytting Bak
Lotto Belisol Team
s.t.
71
Kenny Dehaes
Lotto Belisol Team
s.t.
72
Rick Flens
Rabobank Cycling Team
s.t.
73
Andreas Klier
Garmin - Barracuda
s.t.
74
Rob Ruijgh
Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team
s.t.
75
Gianni Meersman
Lotto Belisol Team
s.t.
76
Jos Van Emden
Rabobank Cycling Team
s.t.
77
Troels Ronning Vinther
Team Saxo Bank
s.t.
78
Marcel Sieberg
Lotto Belisol Team
s.t.
79
Maarten Wynants
Rabobank Cycling Team
s.t.
80
Gert Dockx
Lotto Belisol Team
s.t.
81
André Greipel
Lotto Belisol Team
s.t.
82
Paul Martens
Rabobank Cycling Team
s.t.
83
Andrew Fenn
Omega Pharma - Quick·Step Cycling Team
s.t.
84
Kevin Van Impe
Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team
s.t.
85
Bobbie Traksel
Landbouwkrediet - Euphony
s.t.
86
Carlos Barredo
Rabobank Cycling Team
s.t.
87
Gustav Erik Larsson
Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team
s.t.
88
Vladimir Gusev
Katusha Team
+ 6'49
89
George Bennett
RadioShack - Nissan
s.t.
90
Kanstantsin Siutsou
Sky Procycling
s.t.
91
Steven Caethoven
Accent Jobs - Willems Veranda's
s.t.
92
Ben King
RadioShack - Nissan
s.t.
93
Stijn Vandenbergh
Omega Pharma - Quick·Step Cycling Team
s.t.
94
Stijn Ennekens
An Post - Sean Kelly
+ 7'21
95
Koen Barbé
Landbouwkrediet - Euphony
+ 8'05
96
Ángel Vicioso
Katusha Team
s.t.
97
John Degenkolb
Project 1t4i
s.t.
98
Jan Ghyselinck
Cofidis, le crédit en ligne
s.t.
99
Yohan Offredo
FDJ - BigMat
s.t.
100
Nico Sijmens
Cofidis, le crédit en ligne
s.t.
101
Tom Stamsnijder
Project 1t4i
s.t.
102
Beñat Intxausti
Movistar Team
s.t.
103
Kurt Hovelynck
Landbouwkrediet - Euphony
s.t.
104
Samuel Dumoulin
Cofidis, le crédit en ligne
s.t.
105
Kenny De Ketele
Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator
s.t.
106
Pablo Lastras
Movistar Team
s.t.
107
Mikel Nieve
Euskaltel - Euskadi
s.t.
108
Yury Trofimov
Katusha Team
s.t.
109
Eduard Vorganov
Katusha Team
s.t.
110
Vincent Baestaens
Landbouwkrediet - Euphony
s.t.
111
James Vanlandschoot
Accent Jobs - Willems Veranda's
s.t.
112
Gorka Verdugo
Euskaltel - Euskadi
s.t.
113
Baptiste Planckaert
Landbouwkrediet - Euphony
s.t.
114
Frantisek Rabon
Omega Pharma - Quick·Step Cycling Team
s.t.
115
Stijn Neirynck
Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator
+ 10'03
116
Damien Monier
Cofidis, le crédit en ligne
s.t.
117
Paolo Longo Borghini
Liquigas - Cannondale
s.t.
118
Kamil Zielinski
CCC Polkowice
s.t.
119
Nacer Bouhanni
FDJ - BigMat
s.t.
120
Daniel Oss
Liquigas - Cannondale
s.t.
121
Adrien Petit
Cofidis, le crédit en ligne
s.t.
122
Frédéric Guesdon
FDJ - BigMat
s.t.
123
Sven Vandousselaere
Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator
s.t.
124
Dominique Rollin
FDJ - BigMat
s.t.
125
Zico Waeytens
Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator
s.t.
126
Romain Zingle
Cofidis, le crédit en ligne
s.t.
127
Valerio Agnoli
Liquigas - Cannondale
s.t.
128
Maciej Bodnar
Liquigas - Cannondale
s.t.
129
Laurens De Vreese
Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator
s.t.
130
Maciej Paterski
Liquigas - Cannondale
s.t.
131
Jesús Herrada
Movistar Team
s.t.
132
Marek Rutkiewicz
CCC Polkowice
s.t.
133
Juan José Oroz
Euskaltel - Euskadi
s.t.
134
Tristan Valentin
Cofidis, le crédit en ligne
s.t.
135
Kevin De Jonghe
Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator
s.t.
136
Łukasz Owsian
CCC Polkowice
s.t.
137
David Arroyo
Movistar Team
s.t.
138
Damiano Caruso
Liquigas - Cannondale
s.t.
139
Gijs Van Hoecke
Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator
s.t.
140
Tim Mertens
Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator
s.t.
141
Juan Manuel Gárate
Rabobank Cycling Team
s.t.
142
Rudy Molard
Cofidis, le crédit en ligne
s.t.
143
Vitaliy Buts
Lampre - ISD
s.t.
144
Egoi Martínez
Euskaltel - Euskadi
s.t.
145
Simone Stortoni
Lampre - ISD
s.t.
146
Winner Anacona
Lampre - ISD
s.t.
147
Timothy Duggan
Liquigas - Cannondale
s.t.
148
Cayetano Sarmiento
Liquigas - Cannondale
s.t.
149
Ricardo García
Euskaltel - Euskadi
s.t.
150
Grzegorz Stepniak
CCC Polkowice
s.t.
151
Svein Tuft
GreenEdge Cycling Team
s.t.
152
Ramon Sinkeldam
Project 1t4i
s.t.
153
Cédric Pineau
FDJ - BigMat
s.t.
154
Pello Bilbao
Euskaltel - Euskadi
s.t.
155
Michael Albasini
GreenEdge Cycling Team
s.t.
156
Andy Cappelle
Accent Jobs - Willems Veranda's
s.t.
157
Ronan Van Zandbeek
Project 1t4i
s.t.
158
Iván Gutiérrez
Movistar Team
s.t.
159
Thibaut Pinot
FDJ - BigMat
s.t.
160
Daniele Pietropolli
Lampre - ISD
s.t.
161
Jens Keukeleire
GreenEdge Cycling Team
s.t.
162
Sven Vanthourenhout
Landbouwkrediet - Euphony
s.t.
163
Alessandro Spezialetti
Lampre - ISD
s.t.
164
Pierrick Fédrigo
FDJ - BigMat
+ 12'10
165
Arnold Jeannesson
FDJ - BigMat
s.t.
166
Rafal Ratajczyk
CCC Polkowice
s.t.
167
Adrián Sáez de Arregi
Euskaltel - Euskadi
s.t.
168
Alberto Losada
Katusha Team
s.t.
169
Gorka Izagirre
Euskaltel - Euskadi
+ 13'20
170
Pawel Charucki
CCC Polkowice
s.t.
171
Branislau Samoilau
Movistar Team
+ 17'11
172
Nairo Quintana
Movistar Team
+ 21'37
173
Grégory Habeaux
Accent Jobs - Willems Veranda's
s.t.
What a special feeling i'm having right now...
On one hand, Nico, Wyttinck and Segers' results was in absolutely world class and will have a big impact on the sponsors.
I'm also quite happy about my own performance together with Ennekens.
But on the other hand it's quite disappointing that such a big expression doesn't result in anything.
But at least i know that my shape is nearing the level i'm supposed to have. That's a very good sign
Best from
JonnyEdited by andy222c on 21-02-2012 12:11
