PCM.daily - Discussion Forum: Ryder Hesjedal

#81

Posted on 04-12-2012 10:53

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sutty68 wrote:

Jakstar22 wrote:
I am stopping the JCS because the big league has come up and maybe Bradley Wiggins. I have done a lot of this one and I love racing with Hesjedal. It is so exciting. With Wiggins I am losing motivation and with Hesjedal I need more. I will also stop Wiggins and continue this. The I only have 22 stories and some Graphics to worry about.

What do you guys think.

Will be sad to see the Wiggins story end

That is pretty much what I started story making with so it will but I am being overloaded. Hesjedal is funner for me and more motivational. I will give it another week but if i don't get more motivation i will stop it. I am starting to get on top of it. I am stopping the JCS (not that I did any on it) but yeh.

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#82

Posted on 04-12-2012 11:04

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Jakstar22 wrote:

sutty68 wrote:

Will be sad to see the Wiggins story end

Good Luck with whatever you choose to do mate

#83

Posted on 04-12-2012 11:56

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Stage 3

Another hill stage today. I am going to wait until the last 5km to attack today unless the favourites attack.

The Race

Today our rider in the break was.....canÃ¢â‚¬â„¢t you guess?

Spoiler

Whoever you were thinking, wrong.
ItÃ¢â‚¬â„¢s Talansky
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Vicioso and Talansky formed the BOTD and had 3.25 after 5km.

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At the top of the mountain there was no one interested in the points. The gap to the leading group was now 7.17 with 140km to go.

At the 2nd mountain sprint the leading group had 7.31 on the peloton.
There is still 81km to go.

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With 45km to go Talansky attacked.

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With 20km to go the leading group had 1.25 on the peloton.

Contador attacked and Schleck and Sanchez followed immediately.

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With 13km to go I was in the leading group. With only 1 hill to go I actually have a shot at winning.

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Contador attacked and I was right on his wheel.

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With 2km to go it was me and Contador.

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Contador took it. He was just too strong for me. I came 2nd and Schleck 3rd.

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Results

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1	Alberto Contador	Saxo Bank - Sungard	4h45'35
2	Ryder Hesjedal	Garmin - CervÃƒÂ©lo	s.t.
3	FrÃƒÂ¤nk Schleck	Leopard - Trek	s.t.
4	Vincenzo Nibali	Liquigas - Cannondale	+ 56
5	Tony Martin	HTC - Highroad	+ 2'04
6	Luis LeÃƒÂ³n SÃƒÂ¡nchez	Rabobank	s.t.
7	Michele Scarponi	Lampre - Isd	s.t.
8	Samuel SÃƒÂ¡nchez	Euskaltel - Euskadi	s.t.
9	Jelle Vanendert	Omega Pharma - Lotto	s.t.
10	Thomas De Gendt	Vacansoleil - DCM	s.t.

Spoiler

11	John Gadret	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
12	Cadel Evans	BMC Racing Team	s.t.
13	Roman Kreuziger	Pro Team Astana	s.t.
14	Rigoberto Uran	Sky Pro Cycling	s.t.
15	Simon Gerrans	Sky Pro Cycling	s.t.
16	JoaquÃƒÂm RodrÃƒÂguez	Katusha Team	s.t.
17	Linus Gerdemann	Leopard - Trek	s.t.
18	Vasil Kiryienka	Movistar Team	s.t.
19	Bradley Wiggins	Sky Pro Cycling	s.t.
20	Janez Brajkovic	Team RadioShack	s.t.
21	JosÃƒÂ© IvÃƒÂ¡n Gutierrez	Movistar Team	s.t.
22	Oscar Freire	Rabobank	s.t.
23	Igor Anton	Euskaltel - Euskadi	s.t.
24	Greg Van Avermaet	BMC Racing Team	s.t.
25	Christian Knees	Sky Pro Cycling	s.t.
26	Eros Capecchi	Liquigas - Cannondale	s.t.
27	Damiano Cunego	Lampre - Isd	s.t.
28	Sergio Paulinho	Team RadioShack	s.t.
29	Maxime Monfort	Leopard - Trek	s.t.
30	Simon Spilak	Lampre - Isd	s.t.
31	Eduard Vorganov	Katusha Team	s.t.
32	Daniel Martin	Garmin - CervÃƒÂ©lo	s.t.
33	Johan Van Summeren	Garmin - CervÃƒÂ©lo	s.t.
34	Thomas LÃƒÂ¶fkvist	Sky Pro Cycling	s.t.
35	Gustav Larsson	Saxo Bank - Sungard	s.t.
36	Daniel Moreno	Katusha Team	s.t.
37	Pavel Brutt	Katusha Team	s.t.
38	Yaroslav Popovych	Team RadioShack	s.t.
39	Andreas KlÃƒÂ¶den	Team RadioShack	s.t.
40	Danny Pate	HTC - Highroad	s.t.
41	Aitor PÃƒÂ©rez	Lampre - Isd	s.t.
42	JosÃƒÂ© Serpa	Androni Giocattoli - C.I.P.I	s.t.
43	David De la Fuente	Geox - TMC	s.t.
44	Andriy Grivko	Pro Team Astana	s.t.
45	Paul Martens	Rabobank	s.t.
46	Steven Kruijswijk	Rabobank	s.t.
47	Juan JosÃƒÂ© Cobo Acebo	Geox - TMC	s.t.
48	Przemyslaw Niemiec	Lampre - Isd	s.t.
49	ÃƒÂngel Vicioso	Androni Giocattoli - C.I.P.I	+ 3'31
50	Amets Txurruka	Euskaltel - Euskadi	s.t.
51	Mauro Santambrogio	BMC Racing Team	s.t.
52	Michel Kreder	Garmin - CervÃƒÂ©lo	s.t.
53	Matteo Tosatto	Saxo Bank - Sungard	s.t.
54	Yohan Offredo	FDJ	s.t.
55	Wouter Mol	Vacansoleil - DCM	s.t.
56	Michael Rogers	Sky Pro Cycling	s.t.
57	Xavier Florencio	Geox - TMC	s.t.
58	Fredrik Kessiakoff	Pro Team Astana	s.t.
59	Joost Posthuma	Leopard - Trek	s.t.
60	Joan Horrach	Katusha Team	s.t.
61	Aleksandr Kuschynski	Katusha Team	s.t.
62	Jesus Hernandez Blazquez	Saxo Bank - Sungard	s.t.
63	Zdenek Stybar	Quickstep	+ 5'15
64	Anthony Roux	FDJ	s.t.
65	Andrew Talansky	Garmin - CervÃƒÂ©lo	s.t.
66	Maarten Wynants	Rabobank	s.t.
67	Steve Morabito	BMC Racing Team	s.t.
68	Kevin De Weert	Quickstep	s.t.
69	David Zabriskie	Garmin - CervÃƒÂ©lo	s.t.
70	Mikael ChÃƒÂ©rel	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
71	Brian Vandborg	Saxo Bank - Sungard	s.t.
72	Alberto Losada	Katusha Team	s.t.
73	Branislau Samoilau	Movistar Team	+ 6'49
74	Francesco Ginanni	Androni Giocattoli - C.I.P.I	+ 7'23
75	Mikel Landa	Euskaltel - Euskadi	s.t.
76	Jussi Veikkanen	Omega Pharma - Lotto	s.t.
77	Richie Porte	Saxo Bank - Sungard	s.t.
78	Bauke Mollema	Rabobank	+ 8'55
79	Juan Manuel GÃƒÂ¡rate	Rabobank	s.t.
80	Francesco Reda	Quickstep	s.t.
81	Evgueni Petrov	Pro Team Astana	s.t.
82	Wesley Sulzberger	FDJ	+ 9'33
83	Tejay Van Garderen	HTC - Highroad	s.t.
84	Michael Albasini	HTC - Highroad	s.t.
85	Kjell CarlstrÃƒÂ¶m	Sky Pro Cycling	s.t.
86	Francisco PÃƒÂ©rez SÃƒÂ¡nchez	Movistar Team	s.t.
87	Assan Bazayev	Pro Team Astana	s.t.
88	Pim Ligthart	Vacansoleil - DCM	s.t.
89	Marcel Wyss	Geox - TMC	s.t.
90	Anthony Geslin	FDJ	s.t.
91	Martin Pedersen	Leopard - Trek	s.t.
92	Markel Irizar	Team RadioShack	s.t.
93	Josep Jufre Pou	Pro Team Astana	s.t.
94	JosÃƒÂ© Alberto BenÃƒÂtez	Andalucia - Caja Granada	s.t.
95	Marco Pinotti	HTC - Highroad	s.t.
96	David Gutierrez G.	Geox - TMC	s.t.
97	Maxime Bouet	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
98	Addy Engels	Quickstep	s.t.
99	Denis Menchov	Geox - TMC	s.t.
100	Johann Tschopp	BMC Racing Team	s.t.
101	Adam Hansen	Omega Pharma - Lotto	s.t.
102	Dominique Rollin	FDJ	s.t.
103	Lloyd Mondory	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
104	RÃƒÂ©my Di Gregorio	Pro Team Astana	s.t.
105	Luis Pasamontes R.	Movistar Team	s.t.
106	RubÃƒÂ©n PÃƒÂ©rez Moreno	Euskaltel - Euskadi	+ 10'55
107	Marco Bandiera	Quickstep	s.t.
108	Fabio Sabatini	Liquigas - Cannondale	s.t.
109	Alessandro Bertolini	Androni Giocattoli - C.I.P.I	s.t.
110	Manuel Ortega	Andalucia - Caja Granada	s.t.
111	Hayden Roulston	HTC - Highroad	s.t.
112	Luca Barla	Androni Giocattoli - C.I.P.I	s.t.
113	Javier Ramirez Abeja	Andalucia - Caja Granada	s.t.
114	Matthieu Ladagnous	FDJ	s.t.
115	Cyril Dessel	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
116	Sylvester Szmyd	Liquigas - Cannondale	s.t.
117	Volodimir Gustov	Saxo Bank - Sungard	+ 11'37
118	Craig Lewis	HTC - Highroad	s.t.
119	Carlos Sastre	Geox - TMC	s.t.
120	Joost Van Leijen	Vacansoleil - DCM	s.t.
121	Antonio Piedra	Andalucia - Caja Granada	s.t.
122	Martin Mortensen	Leopard - Trek	+ 12'21
123	Ramunas Navardauskas	Garmin - CervÃƒÂ©lo	s.t.
124	Riccardo Chiarini	Androni Giocattoli - C.I.P.I	s.t.
125	Thomas Peterson	Garmin - CervÃƒÂ©lo	s.t.
126	Yannick Eijssen	BMC Racing Team	s.t.
127	Jackson RodrÃƒÂguez	Androni Giocattoli - C.I.P.I	s.t.
128	Alexander Mironov	Katusha Team	s.t.
129	Gorka Izagirre	Euskaltel - Euskadi	+ 13'11
130	Fumiyuki Beppu	Team RadioShack	s.t.
131	Francisco Javier Iriarte	Movistar Team	s.t.
132	Sergio Pardilla	Movistar Team	s.t.
133	Martijn Keizer	Vacansoleil - DCM	+ 15'03
134	Vitaliy Buts	Lampre - Isd	+ 15'56
135	Steve Houanard	Ag2r La Mondiale	+ 16'47
136	Martin Kohler	BMC Racing Team	s.t.
137	Timothy Duggan	Liquigas - Cannondale	s.t.
138	Mauro Finetto	Liquigas - Cannondale	s.t.
139	Juan Javier Estrada Ruiz	Andalucia - Caja Granada	s.t.
140	Antonio Cabello	Andalucia - Caja Granada	s.t.
141	Valerio Agnoli	Liquigas - Cannondale	s.t.
142	Rafael Valls	Geox - TMC	s.t.
143	Russell Downing	Sky Pro Cycling	s.t.
144	Martin Velits	HTC - Highroad	s.t.
145	Jonathan Castroviejo	Euskaltel - Euskadi	+ 17'37
146	Timothy Roe	BMC Racing Team	s.t.
147	Andrey Zeits	Pro Team Astana	s.t.
148	Javier Aramendia	Euskaltel - Euskadi	s.t.
149	Michael MÃƒÂ¸rkÃƒÂ¸v	Saxo Bank - Sungard	+ 19'37
150	Frederick Veuchelen	Vacansoleil - DCM	+ 20'28
151	Kevin Van Impe	Quickstep	s.t.
152	Pablo Lechuga	Andalucia - Caja Granada	s.t.
153	Guillaume Bonnafond	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
154	Maxim Belkov	Vacansoleil - DCM	+ 21'46
155	Carlos Ivan Oyarzun	Movistar Team	s.t.
156	Jose Vicente Toribio	Andalucia - Caja Granada	+ 31'42

GC Rankings

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1	Alberto Contador	Saxo Bank - Sungard	13h14'37
2	FrÃƒÂ¤nk Schleck	Leopard - Trek	+ 2'13
3	Michele Scarponi	Lampre - Isd	+ 3'26
4	Samuel SÃƒÂ¡nchez	Euskaltel - Euskadi	+ 4'33
5	Ryder Hesjedal	Garmin - CervÃƒÂ©lo	+ 4'39
6	Tony Martin	HTC - Highroad	+ 6'54
7	Roman Kreuziger	Pro Team Astana	s.t.
8	Bradley Wiggins	Sky Pro Cycling	s.t.
9	Vincenzo Nibali	Liquigas - Cannondale	+ 7'12
10	JoaquÃƒÂm RodrÃƒÂguez	Katusha Team	+ 7'30

Spoiler

11	Daniel Martin	Garmin - CervÃƒÂ©lo	s.t.
12	Igor Anton	Euskaltel - Euskadi	+ 8'08
13	Thomas De Gendt	Vacansoleil - DCM	+ 8'14
14	Linus Gerdemann	Leopard - Trek	s.t.
15	Rigoberto Uran	Sky Pro Cycling	s.t.
16	Luis LeÃƒÂ³n SÃƒÂ¡nchez	Rabobank	+ 8'20
17	John Gadret	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
18	Jelle Vanendert	Omega Pharma - Lotto	+ 9'04
19	Cadel Evans	BMC Racing Team	s.t.
20	Janez Brajkovic	Team RadioShack	s.t.
21	Christian Knees	Sky Pro Cycling	s.t.
22	Daniel Moreno	Katusha Team	s.t.
23	Vasil Kiryienka	Movistar Team	+ 9'50
24	Andreas KlÃƒÂ¶den	Team RadioShack	s.t.
25	JosÃƒÂ© Serpa	Androni Giocattoli - C.I.P.I	s.t.
26	David De la Fuente	Geox - TMC	s.t.
27	Michel Kreder	Garmin - CervÃƒÂ©lo	+ 10'31
28	Michael Rogers	Sky Pro Cycling	+ 11'17
29	Steven Kruijswijk	Rabobank	+ 12'05
30	Thomas LÃƒÂ¶fkvist	Sky Pro Cycling	+ 15'30
31	Danny Pate	HTC - Highroad	+ 16'31
32	Sergio Paulinho	Team RadioShack	+ 18'05
33	Gustav Larsson	Saxo Bank - Sungard	s.t.
34	Juan JosÃƒÂ© Cobo Acebo	Geox - TMC	s.t.
35	Amets Txurruka	Euskaltel - Euskadi	+ 18'48
36	Fredrik Kessiakoff	Pro Team Astana	+ 19'38
37	Steve Morabito	BMC Racing Team	+ 19'42
38	Aitor PÃƒÂ©rez	Lampre - Isd	+ 20'27
39	Simon Gerrans	Sky Pro Cycling	+ 22'06
40	ÃƒÂngel Vicioso	Androni Giocattoli - C.I.P.I	+ 22'32
41	Damiano Cunego	Lampre - Isd	+ 23'00
42	Przemyslaw Niemiec	Lampre - Isd	+ 23'40
43	Maxime Monfort	Leopard - Trek	+ 23'46
44	Yaroslav Popovych	Team RadioShack	+ 24'02
45	Jesus Hernandez Blazquez	Saxo Bank - Sungard	+ 24'04
46	Andrew Talansky	Garmin - CervÃƒÂ©lo	+ 24'16
47	Matteo Tosatto	Saxo Bank - Sungard	+ 25'57
48	Pavel Brutt	Katusha Team	+ 26'02
49	Johan Van Summeren	Garmin - CervÃƒÂ©lo	s.t.
50	Kevin De Weert	Quickstep	+ 26'57
51	Oscar Freire	Rabobank	+ 28'08
52	Juan Manuel GÃƒÂ¡rate	Rabobank	+ 28'58
53	Eros Capecchi	Liquigas - Cannondale	+ 28'59
54	JosÃƒÂ© IvÃƒÂ¡n Gutierrez	Movistar Team	+ 29'42
55	David Zabriskie	Garmin - CervÃƒÂ©lo	+ 29'53
56	Simon Spilak	Lampre - Isd	+ 30'27
57	Eduard Vorganov	Katusha Team	s.t.
58	Branislau Samoilau	Movistar Team	+ 31'53
59	Greg Van Avermaet	BMC Racing Team	+ 32'01
60	Richie Porte	Saxo Bank - Sungard	+ 32'27
61	Aleksandr Kuschynski	Katusha Team	+ 32'35
62	Bauke Mollema	Rabobank	+ 32'52
63	Tejay Van Garderen	HTC - Highroad	+ 33'30
64	Paul Martens	Rabobank	+ 34'23
65	Brian Vandborg	Saxo Bank - Sungard	+ 34'24
66	Francisco PÃƒÂ©rez SÃƒÂ¡nchez	Movistar Team	+ 34'28
67	Denis Menchov	Geox - TMC	+ 34'36
68	Sylvester Szmyd	Liquigas - Cannondale	+ 35'59
69	Xavier Florencio	Geox - TMC	+ 37'15
70	Mauro Santambrogio	BMC Racing Team	+ 37'39
71	Andriy Grivko	Pro Team Astana	+ 38'27
72	Joan Horrach	Katusha Team	+ 38'45
73	Joost Posthuma	Leopard - Trek	+ 38'49
74	Mikel Landa	Euskaltel - Euskadi	+ 39'09
75	Maarten Wynants	Rabobank	+ 39'23
76	Maxime Bouet	Ag2r La Mondiale	+ 39'26
77	JosÃƒÂ© Alberto BenÃƒÂtez	Andalucia - Caja Granada	+ 39'33
78	Volodimir Gustov	Saxo Bank - Sungard	+ 40'23
79	Alberto Losada	Katusha Team	+ 41'05
80	Michael Albasini	HTC - Highroad	+ 41'52
81	Kjell CarlstrÃƒÂ¶m	Sky Pro Cycling	s.t.
82	Wouter Mol	Vacansoleil - DCM	+ 42'27
83	Josep Jufre Pou	Pro Team Astana	+ 43'08
84	Yannick Eijssen	BMC Racing Team	+ 43'35
85	Marcel Wyss	Geox - TMC	+ 43'41
86	Zdenek Stybar	Quickstep	+ 43'47
87	RÃƒÂ©my Di Gregorio	Pro Team Astana	+ 43'52
88	Cyril Dessel	Ag2r La Mondiale	+ 43'54
89	Francesco Reda	Quickstep	+ 44'09
90	Marco Pinotti	HTC - Highroad	+ 44'21
91	Johann Tschopp	BMC Racing Team	+ 44'47
92	Evgueni Petrov	Pro Team Astana	+ 45'18
93	Luis Pasamontes R.	Movistar Team	+ 45'27
94	Addy Engels	Quickstep	+ 45'39
95	David Gutierrez G.	Geox - TMC	+ 47'16
96	Javier Ramirez Abeja	Andalucia - Caja Granada	+ 47'18
97	Assan Bazayev	Pro Team Astana	+ 48'31
98	RubÃƒÂ©n PÃƒÂ©rez Moreno	Euskaltel - Euskadi	+ 49'39
99	Pim Ligthart	Vacansoleil - DCM	+ 49'47
100	Yohan Offredo	FDJ	+ 50'02
101	Martin Pedersen	Leopard - Trek	+ 50'10
102	Sergio Pardilla	Movistar Team	+ 50'26
103	Carlos Sastre	Geox - TMC	+ 50'33
104	Jussi Veikkanen	Omega Pharma - Lotto	+ 51'04
105	Markel Irizar	Team RadioShack	+ 51'05
106	Anthony Roux	FDJ	+ 51'46
107	Craig Lewis	HTC - Highroad	+ 51'51
108	Adam Hansen	Omega Pharma - Lotto	+ 53'01
109	Antonio Piedra	Andalucia - Caja Granada	+ 53'47
110	Mikael ChÃƒÂ©rel	Ag2r La Mondiale	+ 54'28
111	Thomas Peterson	Garmin - CervÃƒÂ©lo	+ 54'43
112	Manuel Ortega	Andalucia - Caja Granada	+ 55'13
113	Francesco Ginanni	Androni Giocattoli - C.I.P.I	+ 55'40
114	Wesley Sulzberger	FDJ	+ 56'04
115	Anthony Geslin	FDJ	s.t.
116	Jackson RodrÃƒÂguez	Androni Giocattoli - C.I.P.I	+ 56'19
117	Matthieu Ladagnous	FDJ	+ 57'26
118	Gorka Izagirre	Euskaltel - Euskadi	+ 58'52
119	Francisco Javier Iriarte	Movistar Team	+ 59'20
120	Antonio Cabello	Andalucia - Caja Granada	+ 59'52
121	Timothy Duggan	Liquigas - Cannondale	+ 1h00'45
122	Fabio Sabatini	Liquigas - Cannondale	+ 1h00'46
123	Alessandro Bertolini	Androni Giocattoli - C.I.P.I	+ 1h01'23
124	Riccardo Chiarini	Androni Giocattoli - C.I.P.I	+ 1h01'51
125	Joost Van Leijen	Vacansoleil - DCM	+ 1h02'22
126	Rafael Valls	Geox - TMC	+ 1h02'45
127	Valerio Agnoli	Liquigas - Cannondale	+ 1h03'15
128	Marco Bandiera	Quickstep	+ 1h03'52
129	Hayden Roulston	HTC - Highroad	+ 1h04'23
130	Luca Barla	Androni Giocattoli - C.I.P.I	+ 1h04'55
131	Ramunas Navardauskas	Garmin - CervÃƒÂ©lo	+ 1h06'21
132	Dominique Rollin	FDJ	+ 1h06'52
133	Martin Mortensen	Leopard - Trek	+ 1h07'10
134	Juan Javier Estrada Ruiz	Andalucia - Caja Granada	+ 1h07'15
135	Lloyd Mondory	Ag2r La Mondiale	+ 1h07'41
136	Martin Kohler	BMC Racing Team	+ 1h07'45
137	Vitaliy Buts	Lampre - Isd	+ 1h08'54
138	Alexander Mironov	Katusha Team	+ 1h09'40
139	Mauro Finetto	Liquigas - Cannondale	+ 1h09'41
140	Martin Velits	HTC - Highroad	+ 1h10'21
141	Andrey Zeits	Pro Team Astana	+ 1h10'34
142	Fumiyuki Beppu	Team RadioShack	+ 1h11'34
143	Martijn Keizer	Vacansoleil - DCM	+ 1h12'22
144	Pablo Lechuga	Andalucia - Caja Granada	+ 1h13'25
145	Steve Houanard	Ag2r La Mondiale	+ 1h14'18
146	Javier Aramendia	Euskaltel - Euskadi	+ 1h14'34
147	Frederick Veuchelen	Vacansoleil - DCM	+ 1h15'09
148	Maxim Belkov	Vacansoleil - DCM	+ 1h16'32
149	Guillaume Bonnafond	Ag2r La Mondiale	+ 1h17'59
150	Carlos Ivan Oyarzun	Movistar Team	+ 1h18'16
151	Timothy Roe	BMC Racing Team	+ 1h18'19
152	Russell Downing	Sky Pro Cycling	+ 1h18'55
153	Jonathan Castroviejo	Euskaltel - Euskadi	+ 1h19'45
154	Jose Vicente Toribio	Andalucia - Caja Granada	+ 1h20'30
155	Michael MÃƒÂ¸rkÃƒÂ¸v	Saxo Bank - Sungard	+ 1h21'41
156	Kevin Van Impe	Quickstep	+ 1h24'14

A fantastic race today. I got 2nd place behind a very strong Contador. Tomorrow I am going to try to get that 1 place better.

R.Hesjedal

Manager of Spark Team NZ - CT MG

#84

Posted on 04-12-2012 12:33

Tour de France Champion

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You gotta do what you want to do, so if Ryder is more interesting to you, I'm sure it's the right choice to make

#85

Posted on 04-12-2012 13:58

Tour de France Champion

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A Good stage from Ryder today

maxime86

#86

Posted on 04-12-2012 14:48

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great stage from Hesjedal today

#87

Posted on 04-12-2012 22:36

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Thanks for the support guys

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#88

Posted on 05-12-2012 10:53

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Stage 4

Another hill stage. I am going to wait again and this time try to get the win.

The Race

The usual sight is back with Kreder back in the break.

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The break of 6 formed and included- Kreder, Samoilou, Bouet, Menchov, Reda and Irizar.

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Kreder won the mountain points and extended his lead even more. The leading group had 8.22 now.

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Kreder got the mountain points on the next mountain but he kept going. There is still 60km to go.

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Frank Schleck went off the front with 30km to go.

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Menchov attacked and the only one who could follow was Kreder.

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Scarponi does it again. He takes another win. He won ahead of Sanchez and Evans.

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Results

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1	Michele Scarponi	Lampre - Isd	4h42'36
2	Samuel SÃƒÂ¡nchez	Euskaltel - Euskadi	s.t.
3	Cadel Evans	BMC Racing Team	s.t.
4	Alberto Contador	Saxo Bank - Sungard	s.t.
5	JoaquÃƒÂm RodrÃƒÂguez	Katusha Team	s.t.
6	Bradley Wiggins	Sky Pro Cycling	s.t.
7	Tony Martin	HTC - Highroad	s.t.
8	FrÃƒÂ¤nk Schleck	Leopard - Trek	s.t.
9	Luis LeÃƒÂ³n SÃƒÂ¡nchez	Rabobank	s.t.
10	Vincenzo Nibali	Liquigas - Cannondale	s.t.

Spoiler

11	Roman Kreuziger	Pro Team Astana	s.t.
12	Jelle Vanendert	Omega Pharma - Lotto	s.t.
13	Daniel Martin	Garmin - CervÃƒÂ©lo	s.t.
14	Ryder Hesjedal	Garmin - CervÃƒÂ©lo	s.t.
15	Igor Anton	Euskaltel - Euskadi	+ 2'33
16	Amets Txurruka	Euskaltel - Euskadi	s.t.
17	John Gadret	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
18	Linus Gerdemann	Leopard - Trek	+ 3'20
19	Eros Capecchi	Liquigas - Cannondale	s.t.
20	Simon Spilak	Lampre - Isd	s.t.
21	Michel Kreder	Garmin - CervÃƒÂ©lo	s.t.
22	Janez Brajkovic	Team RadioShack	s.t.
23	Vasil Kiryienka	Movistar Team	+ 4'08
24	Thomas LÃƒÂ¶fkvist	Sky Pro Cycling	s.t.
25	Branislau Samoilau	Movistar Team	+ 4'59
26	Maxime Bouet	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
27	Eduard Vorganov	Katusha Team	s.t.
28	Steve Morabito	BMC Racing Team	s.t.
29	Bauke Mollema	Rabobank	s.t.
30	Denis Menchov	Geox - TMC	s.t.
31	Tejay Van Garderen	HTC - Highroad	+ 6'13
32	David De la Fuente	Geox - TMC	s.t.
33	Damiano Cunego	Lampre - Isd	s.t.
34	Daniel Moreno	Katusha Team	s.t.
35	Andreas KlÃƒÂ¶den	Team RadioShack	s.t.
36	Steven Kruijswijk	Rabobank	s.t.
37	Marco Pinotti	HTC - Highroad	s.t.
38	Kevin De Weert	Quickstep	+ 6'55
39	Thomas De Gendt	Vacansoleil - DCM	+ 7'21
40	Rigoberto Uran	Sky Pro Cycling	s.t.
41	Yaroslav Popovych	Team RadioShack	s.t.
42	Evgueni Petrov	Pro Team Astana	s.t.
43	Francesco Reda	Quickstep	s.t.
44	Maxime Monfort	Leopard - Trek	+ 8'04
45	Sergio Paulinho	Team RadioShack	s.t.
46	JosÃƒÂ© IvÃƒÂ¡n Gutierrez	Movistar Team	s.t.
47	Joan Horrach	Katusha Team	s.t.
48	Juan Manuel GÃƒÂ¡rate	Rabobank	s.t.
49	Andriy Grivko	Pro Team Astana	s.t.
50	Gustav Larsson	Saxo Bank - Sungard	s.t.
51	Juan JosÃƒÂ© Cobo Acebo	Geox - TMC	s.t.
52	JosÃƒÂ© Serpa	Androni Giocattoli - C.I.P.I	s.t.
53	Danny Pate	HTC - Highroad	s.t.
54	Cyril Dessel	Ag2r La Mondiale	+ 9'05
55	Matteo Tosatto	Saxo Bank - Sungard	s.t.
56	David Zabriskie	Garmin - CervÃƒÂ©lo	s.t.
57	Michael Rogers	Sky Pro Cycling	s.t.
58	Johan Van Summeren	Garmin - CervÃƒÂ©lo	s.t.
59	Andrew Talansky	Garmin - CervÃƒÂ©lo	s.t.
60	Aitor PÃƒÂ©rez	Lampre - Isd	s.t.
61	Mikel Landa	Euskaltel - Euskadi	s.t.
62	Kjell CarlstrÃƒÂ¶m	Sky Pro Cycling	+ 10'07
63	Michael Albasini	HTC - Highroad	+ 10'36
64	Marcel Wyss	Geox - TMC	s.t.
65	Richie Porte	Saxo Bank - Sungard	s.t.
66	Josep Jufre Pou	Pro Team Astana	s.t.
67	Francisco PÃƒÂ©rez SÃƒÂ¡nchez	Movistar Team	s.t.
68	Oscar Freire	Rabobank	s.t.
69	Przemyslaw Niemiec	Lampre - Isd	s.t.
70	Markel Irizar	Team RadioShack	+ 12'06
71	Xavier Florencio	Geox - TMC	s.t.
72	Fredrik Kessiakoff	Pro Team Astana	s.t.
73	Simon Gerrans	Sky Pro Cycling	s.t.
74	Volodimir Gustov	Saxo Bank - Sungard	s.t.
75	Sylvester Szmyd	Liquigas - Cannondale	s.t.
76	Alberto Losada	Katusha Team	s.t.
77	Greg Van Avermaet	BMC Racing Team	s.t.
78	Pavel Brutt	Katusha Team	s.t.
79	Jesus Hernandez Blazquez	Saxo Bank - Sungard	s.t.
80	Joost Posthuma	Leopard - Trek	+ 13'50
81	Paul Martens	Rabobank	s.t.
82	Carlos Sastre	Geox - TMC	+ 14'14
83	Christian Knees	Sky Pro Cycling	s.t.
84	Luis Pasamontes R.	Movistar Team	s.t.
85	Adam Hansen	Omega Pharma - Lotto	s.t.
86	Craig Lewis	HTC - Highroad	s.t.
87	RÃƒÂ©my Di Gregorio	Pro Team Astana	s.t.
88	ÃƒÂngel Vicioso	Androni Giocattoli - C.I.P.I	s.t.
89	Johann Tschopp	BMC Racing Team	s.t.
90	Addy Engels	Quickstep	+ 14'52
91	David Gutierrez G.	Geox - TMC	+ 15'20
92	Jackson RodrÃƒÂguez	Androni Giocattoli - C.I.P.I	s.t.
93	Mikael ChÃƒÂ©rel	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
94	Mauro Santambrogio	BMC Racing Team	s.t.
95	Sergio Pardilla	Movistar Team	s.t.
96	Brian Vandborg	Saxo Bank - Sungard	+ 15'57
97	Zdenek Stybar	Quickstep	+ 16'23
98	Jussi Veikkanen	Omega Pharma - Lotto	s.t.
99	Maarten Wynants	Rabobank	s.t.
100	RubÃƒÂ©n PÃƒÂ©rez Moreno	Euskaltel - Euskadi	+ 17'11
101	Javier Ramirez Abeja	Andalucia - Caja Granada	+ 17'43
102	Thomas Peterson	Garmin - CervÃƒÂ©lo	+ 18'28
103	Riccardo Chiarini	Androni Giocattoli - C.I.P.I	+ 18'52
104	JosÃƒÂ© Alberto BenÃƒÂtez	Andalucia - Caja Granada	s.t.
105	Wesley Sulzberger	FDJ	+ 19'21
106	Yohan Offredo	FDJ	+ 19'51
107	Gorka Izagirre	Euskaltel - Euskadi	s.t.
108	Yannick Eijssen	BMC Racing Team	+ 20'46
109	Assan Bazayev	Pro Team Astana	s.t.
110	Anthony Roux	FDJ	+ 21'22
111	Rafael Valls	Geox - TMC	s.t.
112	Antonio Piedra	Andalucia - Caja Granada	s.t.
113	Pim Ligthart	Vacansoleil - DCM	s.t.
114	Wouter Mol	Vacansoleil - DCM	s.t.
115	Aleksandr Kuschynski	Katusha Team	s.t.
116	Anthony Geslin	FDJ	+ 24'15
117	Manuel Ortega	Andalucia - Caja Granada	+ 24'37
118	Steve Houanard	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
119	Guillaume Bonnafond	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
120	Matthieu Ladagnous	FDJ	s.t.
121	Pablo Lechuga	Andalucia - Caja Granada	s.t.
122	Lloyd Mondory	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
123	Antonio Cabello	Andalucia - Caja Granada	s.t.
124	Francesco Ginanni	Androni Giocattoli - C.I.P.I	+ 25'44
125	Juan Javier Estrada Ruiz	Andalucia - Caja Granada	s.t.
126	Martin Pedersen	Leopard - Trek	s.t.
127	Martin Kohler	BMC Racing Team	s.t.
128	Alessandro Bertolini	Androni Giocattoli - C.I.P.I	s.t.
129	Luca Barla	Androni Giocattoli - C.I.P.I	s.t.
130	Timothy Duggan	Liquigas - Cannondale	+ 26'19
131	Valerio Agnoli	Liquigas - Cannondale	s.t.
132	Jonathan Castroviejo	Euskaltel - Euskadi	s.t.
133	Fabio Sabatini	Liquigas - Cannondale	s.t.
134	Hayden Roulston	HTC - Highroad	s.t.
135	Martin Velits	HTC - Highroad	s.t.
136	Vitaliy Buts	Lampre - Isd	s.t.
137	Alexander Mironov	Katusha Team	s.t.
138	Ramunas Navardauskas	Garmin - CervÃƒÂ©lo	s.t.
139	Fumiyuki Beppu	Team RadioShack	+ 27'52
140	Andrey Zeits	Pro Team Astana	s.t.
141	Maxim Belkov	Vacansoleil - DCM	s.t.
142	Francisco Javier Iriarte	Movistar Team	s.t.
143	Marco Bandiera	Quickstep	s.t.
144	Timothy Roe	BMC Racing Team	s.t.
145	Carlos Ivan Oyarzun	Movistar Team	+ 29'57
146	Dominique Rollin	FDJ	s.t.
147	Mauro Finetto	Liquigas - Cannondale	s.t.
148	Jose Vicente Toribio	Andalucia - Caja Granada	s.t.
149	Joost Van Leijen	Vacansoleil - DCM	s.t.
150	Martijn Keizer	Vacansoleil - DCM	s.t.
151	Michael MÃƒÂ¸rkÃƒÂ¸v	Saxo Bank - Sungard	+ 34'25
152	Kevin Van Impe	Quickstep	+ 35'52
153	Javier Aramendia	Euskaltel - Euskadi	s.t.
154	Russell Downing	Sky Pro Cycling	s.t.
155	Frederick Veuchelen	Vacansoleil - DCM	+ 36'49
156	Martin Mortensen	Leopard - Trek	s.t.

GC Rankings

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1	Alberto Contador	Saxo Bank - Sungard	17h57'13
2	FrÃƒÂ¤nk Schleck	Leopard - Trek	+ 2'13
3	Michele Scarponi	Lampre - Isd	+ 3'26
4	Samuel SÃƒÂ¡nchez	Euskaltel - Euskadi	+ 4'33
5	Ryder Hesjedal	Garmin - CervÃƒÂ©lo	+ 4'39
6	Tony Martin	HTC - Highroad	+ 6'54
7	Bradley Wiggins	Sky Pro Cycling	s.t.
8	Roman Kreuziger	Pro Team Astana	s.t.
9	Vincenzo Nibali	Liquigas - Cannondale	+ 7'12
10	JoaquÃƒÂm RodrÃƒÂguez	Katusha Team	+ 7'30

Spoiler

11	Daniel Martin	Garmin - CervÃƒÂ©lo	s.t.
12	Luis LeÃƒÂ³n SÃƒÂ¡nchez	Rabobank	+ 8'20
13	Cadel Evans	BMC Racing Team	+ 9'04
14	Jelle Vanendert	Omega Pharma - Lotto	s.t.
15	Igor Anton	Euskaltel - Euskadi	+ 10'41
16	John Gadret	Ag2r La Mondiale	+ 10'53
17	Linus Gerdemann	Leopard - Trek	+ 11'34
18	Janez Brajkovic	Team RadioShack	+ 12'24
19	Michel Kreder	Garmin - CervÃƒÂ©lo	+ 13'51
20	Vasil Kiryienka	Movistar Team	+ 13'58
21	Daniel Moreno	Katusha Team	+ 15'17
22	Thomas De Gendt	Vacansoleil - DCM	+ 15'35
23	Rigoberto Uran	Sky Pro Cycling	s.t.
24	Andreas KlÃƒÂ¶den	Team RadioShack	+ 16'03
25	David De la Fuente	Geox - TMC	s.t.
26	JosÃƒÂ© Serpa	Androni Giocattoli - C.I.P.I	+ 17'54
27	Steven Kruijswijk	Rabobank	+ 18'18
28	Thomas LÃƒÂ¶fkvist	Sky Pro Cycling	+ 19'38
29	Michael Rogers	Sky Pro Cycling	+ 20'22
30	Amets Txurruka	Euskaltel - Euskadi	+ 21'21
31	Christian Knees	Sky Pro Cycling	+ 23'18
32	Danny Pate	HTC - Highroad	+ 24'35
33	Steve Morabito	BMC Racing Team	+ 24'41
34	Sergio Paulinho	Team RadioShack	+ 26'09
35	Gustav Larsson	Saxo Bank - Sungard	s.t.
36	Juan JosÃƒÂ© Cobo Acebo	Geox - TMC	s.t.
37	Damiano Cunego	Lampre - Isd	+ 29'13
38	Aitor PÃƒÂ©rez	Lampre - Isd	+ 29'32
39	Yaroslav Popovych	Team RadioShack	+ 31'23
40	Fredrik Kessiakoff	Pro Team Astana	+ 31'44
41	Maxime Monfort	Leopard - Trek	+ 31'50
42	Eros Capecchi	Liquigas - Cannondale	+ 32'19
43	Andrew Talansky	Garmin - CervÃƒÂ©lo	+ 33'21
44	Simon Spilak	Lampre - Isd	+ 33'47
45	Kevin De Weert	Quickstep	+ 33'52
46	Simon Gerrans	Sky Pro Cycling	+ 34'12
47	Przemyslaw Niemiec	Lampre - Isd	+ 34'16
48	Matteo Tosatto	Saxo Bank - Sungard	+ 35'02
49	Johan Van Summeren	Garmin - CervÃƒÂ©lo	+ 35'07
50	Eduard Vorganov	Katusha Team	+ 35'26
51	Jesus Hernandez Blazquez	Saxo Bank - Sungard	+ 36'10
52	ÃƒÂngel Vicioso	Androni Giocattoli - C.I.P.I	+ 36'46
53	Branislau Samoilau	Movistar Team	+ 36'52
54	Juan Manuel GÃƒÂ¡rate	Rabobank	+ 37'02
55	JosÃƒÂ© IvÃƒÂ¡n Gutierrez	Movistar Team	+ 37'46
56	Bauke Mollema	Rabobank	+ 37'51
57	Pavel Brutt	Katusha Team	+ 38'08
58	Oscar Freire	Rabobank	+ 38'44
59	David Zabriskie	Garmin - CervÃƒÂ©lo	+ 38'58
60	Denis Menchov	Geox - TMC	+ 39'35
61	Tejay Van Garderen	HTC - Highroad	+ 39'43
62	Richie Porte	Saxo Bank - Sungard	+ 43'03
63	Greg Van Avermaet	BMC Racing Team	+ 44'07
64	Maxime Bouet	Ag2r La Mondiale	+ 44'25
65	Francisco PÃƒÂ©rez SÃƒÂ¡nchez	Movistar Team	+ 45'04
66	Andriy Grivko	Pro Team Astana	+ 46'31
67	Joan Horrach	Katusha Team	+ 46'49
68	Sylvester Szmyd	Liquigas - Cannondale	+ 48'05
69	Paul Martens	Rabobank	+ 48'13
70	Mikel Landa	Euskaltel - Euskadi	+ 48'14
71	Xavier Florencio	Geox - TMC	+ 49'21
72	Brian Vandborg	Saxo Bank - Sungard	+ 50'21
73	Marco Pinotti	HTC - Highroad	+ 50'34
74	Francesco Reda	Quickstep	+ 51'30
75	Kjell CarlstrÃƒÂ¶m	Sky Pro Cycling	+ 51'59
76	Michael Albasini	HTC - Highroad	+ 52'28
77	Volodimir Gustov	Saxo Bank - Sungard	+ 52'29
78	Evgueni Petrov	Pro Team Astana	+ 52'39
79	Joost Posthuma	Leopard - Trek	s.t.
80	Mauro Santambrogio	BMC Racing Team	+ 52'59
81	Cyril Dessel	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
82	Alberto Losada	Katusha Team	+ 53'11
83	Josep Jufre Pou	Pro Team Astana	+ 53'44
84	Aleksandr Kuschynski	Katusha Team	+ 53'57
85	Marcel Wyss	Geox - TMC	+ 54'17
86	Maarten Wynants	Rabobank	+ 55'46
87	RÃƒÂ©my Di Gregorio	Pro Team Astana	+ 58'06
88	JosÃƒÂ© Alberto BenÃƒÂtez	Andalucia - Caja Granada	+ 58'25
89	Johann Tschopp	BMC Racing Team	+ 59'01
90	Luis Pasamontes R.	Movistar Team	+ 59'41
91	Zdenek Stybar	Quickstep	+ 1h00'10
92	Addy Engels	Quickstep	+ 1h00'31
93	David Gutierrez G.	Geox - TMC	+ 1h02'36
94	Markel Irizar	Team RadioShack	+ 1h03'11
95	Wouter Mol	Vacansoleil - DCM	+ 1h03'49
96	Yannick Eijssen	BMC Racing Team	+ 1h04'21
97	Carlos Sastre	Geox - TMC	+ 1h04'47
98	Javier Ramirez Abeja	Andalucia - Caja Granada	+ 1h05'01
99	Sergio Pardilla	Movistar Team	+ 1h05'46
100	Craig Lewis	HTC - Highroad	+ 1h06'05
101	RubÃƒÂ©n PÃƒÂ©rez Moreno	Euskaltel - Euskadi	+ 1h06'50
102	Adam Hansen	Omega Pharma - Lotto	+ 1h07'15
103	Jussi Veikkanen	Omega Pharma - Lotto	+ 1h07'27
104	Assan Bazayev	Pro Team Astana	+ 1h09'17
105	Mikael ChÃƒÂ©rel	Ag2r La Mondiale	+ 1h09'48
106	Yohan Offredo	FDJ	+ 1h09'53
107	Pim Ligthart	Vacansoleil - DCM	+ 1h11'09
108	Jackson RodrÃƒÂguez	Androni Giocattoli - C.I.P.I	+ 1h11'39
109	Anthony Roux	FDJ	+ 1h13'08
110	Thomas Peterson	Garmin - CervÃƒÂ©lo	+ 1h13'11
111	Antonio Piedra	Andalucia - Caja Granada	+ 1h15'09
112	Wesley Sulzberger	FDJ	+ 1h15'25
113	Martin Pedersen	Leopard - Trek	+ 1h15'54
114	Gorka Izagirre	Euskaltel - Euskadi	+ 1h18'43
115	Manuel Ortega	Andalucia - Caja Granada	+ 1h19'50
116	Anthony Geslin	FDJ	+ 1h20'19
117	Riccardo Chiarini	Androni Giocattoli - C.I.P.I	+ 1h20'43
118	Francesco Ginanni	Androni Giocattoli - C.I.P.I	+ 1h21'24
119	Matthieu Ladagnous	FDJ	+ 1h22'03
120	Rafael Valls	Geox - TMC	+ 1h24'07
121	Antonio Cabello	Andalucia - Caja Granada	+ 1h24'29
122	Timothy Duggan	Liquigas - Cannondale	+ 1h27'04
123	Fabio Sabatini	Liquigas - Cannondale	+ 1h27'05
124	Alessandro Bertolini	Androni Giocattoli - C.I.P.I	+ 1h27'07
125	Francisco Javier Iriarte	Movistar Team	+ 1h27'12
126	Valerio Agnoli	Liquigas - Cannondale	+ 1h29'34
127	Luca Barla	Androni Giocattoli - C.I.P.I	+ 1h30'39
128	Hayden Roulston	HTC - Highroad	+ 1h30'42
129	Marco Bandiera	Quickstep	+ 1h31'44
130	Lloyd Mondory	Ag2r La Mondiale	+ 1h32'18
131	Joost Van Leijen	Vacansoleil - DCM	+ 1h32'19
132	Ramunas Navardauskas	Garmin - CervÃƒÂ©lo	+ 1h32'40
133	Juan Javier Estrada Ruiz	Andalucia - Caja Granada	+ 1h32'59
134	Martin Kohler	BMC Racing Team	+ 1h33'29
135	Vitaliy Buts	Lampre - Isd	+ 1h35'13
136	Alexander Mironov	Katusha Team	+ 1h35'59
137	Martin Velits	HTC - Highroad	+ 1h36'40
138	Dominique Rollin	FDJ	+ 1h36'49
139	Pablo Lechuga	Andalucia - Caja Granada	+ 1h38'02
140	Andrey Zeits	Pro Team Astana	+ 1h38'26
141	Steve Houanard	Ag2r La Mondiale	+ 1h38'55
142	Fumiyuki Beppu	Team RadioShack	+ 1h39'26
143	Mauro Finetto	Liquigas - Cannondale	+ 1h39'38
144	Martijn Keizer	Vacansoleil - DCM	+ 1h42'19
145	Guillaume Bonnafond	Ag2r La Mondiale	+ 1h42'36
146	Martin Mortensen	Leopard - Trek	+ 1h43'59
147	Maxim Belkov	Vacansoleil - DCM	+ 1h44'24
148	Jonathan Castroviejo	Euskaltel - Euskadi	+ 1h46'04
149	Timothy Roe	BMC Racing Team	+ 1h46'11
150	Carlos Ivan Oyarzun	Movistar Team	+ 1h48'13
151	Javier Aramendia	Euskaltel - Euskadi	+ 1h50'26
152	Jose Vicente Toribio	Andalucia - Caja Granada	+ 1h50'27
153	Frederick Veuchelen	Vacansoleil - DCM	+ 1h51'58
154	Russell Downing	Sky Pro Cycling	+ 1h54'47
155	Michael MÃƒÂ¸rkÃƒÂ¸v	Saxo Bank - Sungard	+ 1h56'06
156	Kevin Van Impe	Quickstep	+ 2h00'06

I didnÃ¢â‚¬â„¢t lose anytime today which I am very happy about. Tomorrow I am going for that win.

R.Hesjedal

Manager of Spark Team NZ - CT MG

#89

Posted on 05-12-2012 11:05

Tour de France Champion

Posts: 21854
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PCM$: 400.00

Still holding that top 5, excellent!

#90

Posted on 05-12-2012 13:15

Tour de France Champion

Posts: 34654
Joined: 22-08-2010
PCM$: 200.00

Hopefully Ryder can still grab a podium place before the end of the race

#91

Posted on 07-12-2012 04:22

Team Leader

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Joined: 11-04-2012
PCM$: 200.00

Stage 5

The last hill stage before the TT. My last chance for a win.

The Race

I told the boys to get on the front early. Today is the day.

With 100km to go we had passed over all the big mountains. I was sitting back under the protection of Vonsummeran.

The leading group went through the first intermediate sprint with 5.13 on the peloton.

Going through the final intermediate sprint there was only 24km left in the race. The leading group had 2.11 on the peloton.

With 15km to go I bridged up to the breakaway group alone.

We went over the last climb and it was now downhill. One of my
specialities.

Contador tried again and I was right on him. Tony Martin, L.L Sanchez and S Sanchez was there to.

Then with 7km to go me and Samuel Sanchez was gone. We rocketed away.

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Contador started the sprint and I was in 3rd wheel.

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Samuel SÃƒÂ¡nchez rocketed ahead again.

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SÃƒÂ¡nchez was way ahead when he won as you can see.

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Scarponi got 2nd and Tony Martin 3rd. I came in 10th place.

Results

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1	Samuel SÃƒÂ¡nchez	Euskaltel - Euskadi	4h50'44
2	Michele Scarponi	Lampre - Isd	s.t.
3	Tony Martin	HTC - Highroad	s.t.
4	FrÃƒÂ¤nk Schleck	Leopard - Trek	s.t.
5	JoaquÃƒÂm RodrÃƒÂguez	Katusha Team	s.t.
6	Yohan Offredo	FDJ	s.t.
7	Xavier Florencio	Geox - TMC	s.t.
8	Luis LeÃƒÂ³n SÃƒÂ¡nchez	Rabobank	s.t.
9	Alberto Contador	Saxo Bank - Sungard	s.t.
10	Ryder Hesjedal	Garmin - CervÃƒÂ©lo	s.t.

Spoiler

11	Cadel Evans	BMC Racing Team	s.t.
12	Amets Txurruka	Euskaltel - Euskadi	s.t.
13	Pavel Brutt	Katusha Team	s.t.
14	Josep Jufre Pou	Pro Team Astana	s.t.
15	Mauro Santambrogio	BMC Racing Team	s.t.
16	Branislau Samoilau	Movistar Team	s.t.
17	Maxime Bouet	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
18	Oscar Freire	Rabobank	+ 1'02
19	Eduard Vorganov	Katusha Team	s.t.
20	JosÃƒÂ© Serpa	Androni Giocattoli - C.I.P.I	s.t.
21	Maxime Monfort	Leopard - Trek	s.t.
22	Vincenzo Nibali	Liquigas - Cannondale	s.t.
23	John Gadret	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
24	Daniel Martin	Garmin - CervÃƒÂ©lo	s.t.
25	Igor Anton	Euskaltel - Euskadi	s.t.
26	Thomas De Gendt	Vacansoleil - DCM	s.t.
27	Bradley Wiggins	Sky Pro Cycling	s.t.
28	JosÃƒÂ© IvÃƒÂ¡n Gutierrez	Movistar Team	s.t.
29	Roman Kreuziger	Pro Team Astana	s.t.
30	Linus Gerdemann	Leopard - Trek	s.t.
31	Andreas KlÃƒÂ¶den	Team RadioShack	s.t.
32	Sergio Paulinho	Team RadioShack	s.t.
33	Tejay Van Garderen	HTC - Highroad	s.t.
34	Daniel Moreno	Katusha Team	s.t.
35	Anthony Geslin	FDJ	s.t.
36	Jelle Vanendert	Omega Pharma - Lotto	s.t.
37	Eros Capecchi	Liquigas - Cannondale	s.t.
38	Simon Spilak	Lampre - Isd	s.t.
39	Damiano Cunego	Lampre - Isd	s.t.
40	Simon Gerrans	Sky Pro Cycling	s.t.
41	Greg Van Avermaet	BMC Racing Team	s.t.
42	Anthony Roux	FDJ	s.t.
43	David De la Fuente	Geox - TMC	s.t.
44	Steve Morabito	BMC Racing Team	s.t.
45	Paul Martens	Rabobank	s.t.
46	Andriy Grivko	Pro Team Astana	s.t.
47	Sylvester Szmyd	Liquigas - Cannondale	s.t.
48	Johann Tschopp	BMC Racing Team	s.t.
49	Johan Van Summeren	Garmin - CervÃƒÂ©lo	s.t.
50	Juan JosÃƒÂ© Cobo Acebo	Geox - TMC	s.t.
51	Francesco Ginanni	Androni Giocattoli - C.I.P.I	s.t.
52	Aitor PÃƒÂ©rez	Lampre - Isd	s.t.
53	Gustav Larsson	Saxo Bank - Sungard	s.t.
54	Maarten Wynants	Rabobank	s.t.
55	Matteo Tosatto	Saxo Bank - Sungard	s.t.
56	Wouter Mol	Vacansoleil - DCM	s.t.
57	Evgueni Petrov	Pro Team Astana	s.t.
58	Christian Knees	Sky Pro Cycling	s.t.
59	David Zabriskie	Garmin - CervÃƒÂ©lo	s.t.
60	Joost Posthuma	Leopard - Trek	+ 2'02
61	Michel Kreder	Garmin - CervÃƒÂ©lo	+ 3'57
62	Przemyslaw Niemiec	Lampre - Isd	s.t.
63	Joan Horrach	Katusha Team	s.t.
64	Michael Albasini	HTC - Highroad	s.t.
65	Janez Brajkovic	Team RadioShack	s.t.
66	Bauke Mollema	Rabobank	s.t.
67	Yaroslav Popovych	Team RadioShack	s.t.
68	Rigoberto Uran	Sky Pro Cycling	s.t.
69	Steven Kruijswijk	Rabobank	s.t.
70	Thomas LÃƒÂ¶fkvist	Sky Pro Cycling	s.t.
71	Kjell CarlstrÃƒÂ¶m	Sky Pro Cycling	s.t.
72	Zdenek Stybar	Quickstep	s.t.
73	Danny Pate	HTC - Highroad	s.t.
74	Brian Vandborg	Saxo Bank - Sungard	s.t.
75	Denis Menchov	Geox - TMC	s.t.
76	Jesus Hernandez Blazquez	Saxo Bank - Sungard	s.t.
77	Francesco Reda	Quickstep	s.t.
78	ÃƒÂngel Vicioso	Androni Giocattoli - C.I.P.I	s.t.
79	Jussi Veikkanen	Omega Pharma - Lotto	s.t.
80	Mikael ChÃƒÂ©rel	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
81	Volodimir Gustov	Saxo Bank - Sungard	s.t.
82	Alberto Losada	Katusha Team	s.t.
83	Juan Manuel GÃƒÂ¡rate	Rabobank	s.t.
84	Lloyd Mondory	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
85	Marcel Wyss	Geox - TMC	s.t.
86	Michael Rogers	Sky Pro Cycling	s.t.
87	Marco Pinotti	HTC - Highroad	s.t.
88	Richie Porte	Saxo Bank - Sungard	s.t.
89	Aleksandr Kuschynski	Katusha Team	s.t.
90	Vasil Kiryienka	Movistar Team	+ 6'00
91	Andrew Talansky	Garmin - CervÃƒÂ©lo	s.t.
92	Cyril Dessel	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
93	Craig Lewis	HTC - Highroad	s.t.
94	Javier Ramirez Abeja	Andalucia - Caja Granada	+ 6'55
95	Francisco PÃƒÂ©rez SÃƒÂ¡nchez	Movistar Team	s.t.
96	Mikel Landa	Euskaltel - Euskadi	s.t.
97	Luis Pasamontes R.	Movistar Team	s.t.
98	JosÃƒÂ© Alberto BenÃƒÂtez	Andalucia - Caja Granada	s.t.
99	RÃƒÂ©my Di Gregorio	Pro Team Astana	+ 7'39
100	Markel Irizar	Team RadioShack	s.t.
101	Dominique Rollin	FDJ	s.t.
102	Assan Bazayev	Pro Team Astana	s.t.
103	Hayden Roulston	HTC - Highroad	s.t.
104	Kevin De Weert	Quickstep	s.t.
105	Riccardo Chiarini	Androni Giocattoli - C.I.P.I	+ 8'36
106	Carlos Sastre	Geox - TMC	+ 10'16
107	Sergio Pardilla	Movistar Team	s.t.
108	David Gutierrez G.	Geox - TMC	s.t.
109	RubÃƒÂ©n PÃƒÂ©rez Moreno	Euskaltel - Euskadi	s.t.
110	Pim Ligthart	Vacansoleil - DCM	s.t.
111	Joost Van Leijen	Vacansoleil - DCM	s.t.
112	Antonio Piedra	Andalucia - Caja Granada	s.t.
113	Matthieu Ladagnous	FDJ	s.t.
114	Fredrik Kessiakoff	Pro Team Astana	s.t.
115	Martin Velits	HTC - Highroad	+ 11'24
116	Marco Bandiera	Quickstep	+ 12'47
117	Wesley Sulzberger	FDJ	s.t.
118	Jackson RodrÃƒÂguez	Androni Giocattoli - C.I.P.I	s.t.
119	Yannick Eijssen	BMC Racing Team	s.t.
120	Fumiyuki Beppu	Team RadioShack	+ 15'39
121	Gorka Izagirre	Euskaltel - Euskadi	+ 19'09
122	Luca Barla	Androni Giocattoli - C.I.P.I	s.t.
123	Fabio Sabatini	Liquigas - Cannondale	s.t.
124	Steve Houanard	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
125	Alessandro Bertolini	Androni Giocattoli - C.I.P.I	s.t.
126	Rafael Valls	Geox - TMC	s.t.
127	Adam Hansen	Omega Pharma - Lotto	s.t.
128	Manuel Ortega	Andalucia - Caja Granada	s.t.
129	Addy Engels	Quickstep	s.t.
130	Russell Downing	Sky Pro Cycling	+ 20'10
131	Martijn Keizer	Vacansoleil - DCM	s.t.
132	Alexander Mironov	Katusha Team	+ 20'48
133	Valerio Agnoli	Liquigas - Cannondale	+ 22'10
134	Mauro Finetto	Liquigas - Cannondale	+ 23'35
135	Martin Kohler	BMC Racing Team	+ 25'12
136	Martin Mortensen	Leopard - Trek	s.t.
137	Frederick Veuchelen	Vacansoleil - DCM	s.t.
138	Timothy Duggan	Liquigas - Cannondale	s.t.
139	Francisco Javier Iriarte	Movistar Team	s.t.
140	Antonio Cabello	Andalucia - Caja Granada	s.t.
141	Carlos Ivan Oyarzun	Movistar Team	s.t.
142	Martin Pedersen	Leopard - Trek	s.t.
143	Thomas Peterson	Garmin - CervÃƒÂ©lo	+ 26'24
144	Ramunas Navardauskas	Garmin - CervÃƒÂ©lo	s.t.
145	Juan Javier Estrada Ruiz	Andalucia - Caja Granada	+ 27'37
146	Andrey Zeits	Pro Team Astana	s.t.
147	Jonathan Castroviejo	Euskaltel - Euskadi	s.t.
148	Kevin Van Impe	Quickstep	+ 31'44
149	Javier Aramendia	Euskaltel - Euskadi	s.t.
150	Vitaliy Buts	Lampre - Isd	s.t.
151	Guillaume Bonnafond	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
152	Jose Vicente Toribio	Andalucia - Caja Granada	s.t.
153	Pablo Lechuga	Andalucia - Caja Granada	s.t.
154	Timothy Roe	BMC Racing Team	s.t.
155	Maxim Belkov	Vacansoleil - DCM	s.t.
156	Michael MÃƒÂ¸rkÃƒÂ¸v	Saxo Bank - Sungard	+ 39'28

GC Rankings

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1	Alberto Contador	Saxo Bank - Sungard	22h47'57
2	FrÃƒÂ¤nk Schleck	Leopard - Trek	+ 2'13
3	Michele Scarponi	Lampre - Isd	+ 3'26
4	Samuel SÃƒÂ¡nchez	Euskaltel - Euskadi	+ 4'33
5	Ryder Hesjedal	Garmin - CervÃƒÂ©lo	+ 4'39
6	Tony Martin	HTC - Highroad	+ 6'54
7	JoaquÃƒÂm RodrÃƒÂguez	Katusha Team	+ 7'30
8	Bradley Wiggins	Sky Pro Cycling	+ 7'56
9	Roman Kreuziger	Pro Team Astana	s.t.
10	Vincenzo Nibali	Liquigas - Cannondale	+ 8'14

Spoiler

11	Luis LeÃƒÂ³n SÃƒÂ¡nchez	Rabobank	+ 8'20
12	Daniel Martin	Garmin - CervÃƒÂ©lo	+ 8'32
13	Cadel Evans	BMC Racing Team	+ 9'04
14	Jelle Vanendert	Omega Pharma - Lotto	+ 10'06
15	Igor Anton	Euskaltel - Euskadi	+ 11'43
16	John Gadret	Ag2r La Mondiale	+ 11'55
17	Linus Gerdemann	Leopard - Trek	+ 12'36
18	Daniel Moreno	Katusha Team	+ 16'19
19	Janez Brajkovic	Team RadioShack	+ 16'21
20	Thomas De Gendt	Vacansoleil - DCM	+ 16'37
21	Andreas KlÃƒÂ¶den	Team RadioShack	+ 17'05
22	David De la Fuente	Geox - TMC	s.t.
23	Michel Kreder	Garmin - CervÃƒÂ©lo	+ 17'48
24	JosÃƒÂ© Serpa	Androni Giocattoli - C.I.P.I	+ 18'56
25	Rigoberto Uran	Sky Pro Cycling	+ 19'32
26	Vasil Kiryienka	Movistar Team	+ 19'58
27	Amets Txurruka	Euskaltel - Euskadi	+ 21'21
28	Steven Kruijswijk	Rabobank	+ 22'15
29	Thomas LÃƒÂ¶fkvist	Sky Pro Cycling	+ 23'35
30	Michael Rogers	Sky Pro Cycling	+ 24'19
31	Christian Knees	Sky Pro Cycling	+ 24'20
32	Steve Morabito	BMC Racing Team	+ 25'43
33	Sergio Paulinho	Team RadioShack	+ 27'11
34	Gustav Larsson	Saxo Bank - Sungard	s.t.
35	Juan JosÃƒÂ© Cobo Acebo	Geox - TMC	s.t.
36	Danny Pate	HTC - Highroad	+ 28'32
37	Damiano Cunego	Lampre - Isd	+ 30'15
38	Aitor PÃƒÂ©rez	Lampre - Isd	+ 30'34
39	Maxime Monfort	Leopard - Trek	+ 32'52
40	Eros Capecchi	Liquigas - Cannondale	+ 33'21
41	Simon Spilak	Lampre - Isd	+ 34'49
42	Simon Gerrans	Sky Pro Cycling	+ 35'14
43	Yaroslav Popovych	Team RadioShack	+ 35'20
44	Matteo Tosatto	Saxo Bank - Sungard	+ 36'04
45	Johan Van Summeren	Garmin - CervÃƒÂ©lo	+ 36'09
46	Eduard Vorganov	Katusha Team	+ 36'28
47	Branislau Samoilau	Movistar Team	+ 36'52
48	Pavel Brutt	Katusha Team	+ 38'08
49	Przemyslaw Niemiec	Lampre - Isd	+ 38'13
50	JosÃƒÂ© IvÃƒÂ¡n Gutierrez	Movistar Team	+ 38'48
51	Andrew Talansky	Garmin - CervÃƒÂ©lo	+ 39'21
52	Oscar Freire	Rabobank	+ 39'46
53	David Zabriskie	Garmin - CervÃƒÂ©lo	+ 40'00
54	Jesus Hernandez Blazquez	Saxo Bank - Sungard	+ 40'07
55	ÃƒÂngel Vicioso	Androni Giocattoli - C.I.P.I	+ 40'43
56	Tejay Van Garderen	HTC - Highroad	+ 40'45
57	Juan Manuel GÃƒÂ¡rate	Rabobank	+ 40'59
58	Kevin De Weert	Quickstep	+ 41'31
59	Bauke Mollema	Rabobank	+ 41'48
60	Fredrik Kessiakoff	Pro Team Astana	+ 42'00
61	Denis Menchov	Geox - TMC	+ 43'32
62	Maxime Bouet	Ag2r La Mondiale	+ 44'25
63	Greg Van Avermaet	BMC Racing Team	+ 45'09
64	Richie Porte	Saxo Bank - Sungard	+ 47'00
65	Andriy Grivko	Pro Team Astana	+ 47'33
66	Sylvester Szmyd	Liquigas - Cannondale	+ 49'07
67	Paul Martens	Rabobank	+ 49'15
68	Xavier Florencio	Geox - TMC	+ 49'21
69	Joan Horrach	Katusha Team	+ 50'46
70	Francisco PÃƒÂ©rez SÃƒÂ¡nchez	Movistar Team	+ 51'59
71	Mauro Santambrogio	BMC Racing Team	+ 52'59
72	Evgueni Petrov	Pro Team Astana	+ 53'41
73	Josep Jufre Pou	Pro Team Astana	+ 53'44
74	Brian Vandborg	Saxo Bank - Sungard	+ 54'18
75	Marco Pinotti	HTC - Highroad	+ 54'31
76	Joost Posthuma	Leopard - Trek	+ 54'41
77	Mikel Landa	Euskaltel - Euskadi	+ 55'09
78	Francesco Reda	Quickstep	+ 55'27
79	Kjell CarlstrÃƒÂ¶m	Sky Pro Cycling	+ 55'56
80	Michael Albasini	HTC - Highroad	+ 56'25
81	Volodimir Gustov	Saxo Bank - Sungard	+ 56'26
82	Maarten Wynants	Rabobank	+ 56'48
83	Alberto Losada	Katusha Team	+ 57'08
84	Aleksandr Kuschynski	Katusha Team	+ 57'54
85	Marcel Wyss	Geox - TMC	+ 58'14
86	Cyril Dessel	Ag2r La Mondiale	+ 58'59
87	Johann Tschopp	BMC Racing Team	+ 1h00'03
88	Zdenek Stybar	Quickstep	+ 1h04'07
89	Wouter Mol	Vacansoleil - DCM	+ 1h04'51
90	JosÃƒÂ© Alberto BenÃƒÂtez	Andalucia - Caja Granada	+ 1h05'20
91	RÃƒÂ©my Di Gregorio	Pro Team Astana	+ 1h05'45
92	Luis Pasamontes R.	Movistar Team	+ 1h06'36
93	Yohan Offredo	FDJ	+ 1h09'53
94	Markel Irizar	Team RadioShack	+ 1h10'50
95	Jussi Veikkanen	Omega Pharma - Lotto	+ 1h11'24
96	Javier Ramirez Abeja	Andalucia - Caja Granada	+ 1h11'56
97	Craig Lewis	HTC - Highroad	+ 1h12'05
98	David Gutierrez G.	Geox - TMC	+ 1h12'52
99	Mikael ChÃƒÂ©rel	Ag2r La Mondiale	+ 1h13'45
100	Anthony Roux	FDJ	+ 1h14'10
101	Carlos Sastre	Geox - TMC	+ 1h15'03
102	Sergio Pardilla	Movistar Team	+ 1h16'02
103	Assan Bazayev	Pro Team Astana	+ 1h16'56
104	RubÃƒÂ©n PÃƒÂ©rez Moreno	Euskaltel - Euskadi	+ 1h17'06
105	Yannick Eijssen	BMC Racing Team	+ 1h17'08
106	Addy Engels	Quickstep	+ 1h19'40
107	Anthony Geslin	FDJ	+ 1h21'21
108	Pim Ligthart	Vacansoleil - DCM	+ 1h21'25
109	Francesco Ginanni	Androni Giocattoli - C.I.P.I	+ 1h22'26
110	Jackson RodrÃƒÂguez	Androni Giocattoli - C.I.P.I	+ 1h24'26
111	Antonio Piedra	Andalucia - Caja Granada	+ 1h25'25
112	Adam Hansen	Omega Pharma - Lotto	+ 1h26'24
113	Wesley Sulzberger	FDJ	+ 1h28'12
114	Riccardo Chiarini	Androni Giocattoli - C.I.P.I	+ 1h29'19
115	Matthieu Ladagnous	FDJ	+ 1h32'19
116	Lloyd Mondory	Ag2r La Mondiale	+ 1h36'15
117	Gorka Izagirre	Euskaltel - Euskadi	+ 1h37'52
118	Hayden Roulston	HTC - Highroad	+ 1h38'21
119	Manuel Ortega	Andalucia - Caja Granada	+ 1h38'59
120	Thomas Peterson	Garmin - CervÃƒÂ©lo	+ 1h39'35
121	Martin Pedersen	Leopard - Trek	+ 1h41'06
122	Joost Van Leijen	Vacansoleil - DCM	+ 1h42'35
123	Rafael Valls	Geox - TMC	+ 1h43'16
124	Dominique Rollin	FDJ	+ 1h44'28
125	Marco Bandiera	Quickstep	+ 1h44'31
126	Fabio Sabatini	Liquigas - Cannondale	+ 1h46'14
127	Alessandro Bertolini	Androni Giocattoli - C.I.P.I	+ 1h46'16
128	Martin Velits	HTC - Highroad	+ 1h48'04
129	Antonio Cabello	Andalucia - Caja Granada	+ 1h49'41
130	Luca Barla	Androni Giocattoli - C.I.P.I	+ 1h49'48
131	Valerio Agnoli	Liquigas - Cannondale	+ 1h51'44
132	Timothy Duggan	Liquigas - Cannondale	+ 1h52'16
133	Francisco Javier Iriarte	Movistar Team	+ 1h52'24
134	Fumiyuki Beppu	Team RadioShack	+ 1h55'05
135	Alexander Mironov	Katusha Team	+ 1h56'47
136	Steve Houanard	Ag2r La Mondiale	+ 1h58'04
137	Martin Kohler	BMC Racing Team	+ 1h58'41
138	Ramunas Navardauskas	Garmin - CervÃƒÂ©lo	+ 1h59'04
139	Juan Javier Estrada Ruiz	Andalucia - Caja Granada	+ 2h00'36
140	Martijn Keizer	Vacansoleil - DCM	+ 2h02'29
141	Mauro Finetto	Liquigas - Cannondale	+ 2h03'13
142	Andrey Zeits	Pro Team Astana	+ 2h06'03
143	Vitaliy Buts	Lampre - Isd	+ 2h06'57
144	Martin Mortensen	Leopard - Trek	+ 2h09'11
145	Pablo Lechuga	Andalucia - Caja Granada	+ 2h09'46
146	Carlos Ivan Oyarzun	Movistar Team	+ 2h13'25
147	Jonathan Castroviejo	Euskaltel - Euskadi	+ 2h13'41
148	Guillaume Bonnafond	Ag2r La Mondiale	+ 2h14'20
149	Russell Downing	Sky Pro Cycling	+ 2h14'57
150	Maxim Belkov	Vacansoleil - DCM	+ 2h16'08
151	Frederick Veuchelen	Vacansoleil - DCM	+ 2h17'10
152	Timothy Roe	BMC Racing Team	+ 2h17'55
153	Javier Aramendia	Euskaltel - Euskadi	+ 2h22'10
154	Jose Vicente Toribio	Andalucia - Caja Granada	+ 2h22'11
155	Kevin Van Impe	Quickstep	+ 2h31'50
156	Michael MÃƒÂ¸rkÃƒÂ¸v	Saxo Bank - Sungard	+ 2h35'34

Today was good but I wasted too much energy near the end. I shouldÃ¢â‚¬â„¢ve waited for the sprint. Anyway everyone makes mistakes and at least I got a top 10.

R.Hesjedal

Stage 6

The TT and final stage is finally here. Today we have a potential winner in Zebriskie.

The Race

Wiggins was up with 7 riders left.

Tony Martin was next.

I was up next. If I had a good TT I could move up to the podium.

The last favourite was Contador.

Results

1	Cadel Evans	BMC Racing Team	36'58
2	Luis LeÃƒÂ³n SÃƒÂ¡nchez	Rabobank	+ 6
3	Alberto Contador	Saxo Bank - Sungard	+ 8
4	Tony Martin	HTC - Highroad	+ 9
5	Andreas KlÃƒÂ¶den	Team RadioShack	+ 15
6	Bradley Wiggins	Sky Pro Cycling	s.t.
7	Vincenzo Nibali	Liquigas - Cannondale	+ 16
8	Janez Brajkovic	Team RadioShack	+ 21
9	Samuel SÃƒÂ¡nchez	Euskaltel - Euskadi	+ 26
10	JosÃƒÂ© IvÃƒÂ¡n Gutierrez	Movistar Team	+ 28

Spoiler

11	Thomas LÃƒÂ¶fkvist	Sky Pro Cycling	+ 35
12	Igor Anton	Euskaltel - Euskadi	+ 36
13	Tejay Van Garderen	HTC - Highroad	+ 41
14	Linus Gerdemann	Leopard - Trek	+ 43
15	FrÃƒÂ¤nk Schleck	Leopard - Trek	+ 44
16	Thomas De Gendt	Vacansoleil - DCM	s.t.
17	Maxime Monfort	Leopard - Trek	+ 46
18	Gustav Larsson	Saxo Bank - Sungard	s.t.
19	Michele Scarponi	Lampre - Isd	+ 48
20	Roman Kreuziger	Pro Team Astana	s.t.
21	Andriy Grivko	Pro Team Astana	+ 49
22	Vasil Kiryienka	Movistar Team	s.t.
23	Bauke Mollema	Rabobank	+ 50
24	Paul Martens	Rabobank	+ 58
25	Damiano Cunego	Lampre - Isd	s.t.
26	Ryder Hesjedal	Garmin - CervÃƒÂ©lo	+ 59
27	Juan JosÃƒÂ© Cobo Acebo	Geox - TMC	+ 1'01
28	Sergio Paulinho	Team RadioShack	+ 1'04
29	Christian Knees	Sky Pro Cycling	+ 1'06
30	Danny Pate	HTC - Highroad	+ 1'07
31	Marco Pinotti	HTC - Highroad	+ 1'09
32	Michael Rogers	Sky Pro Cycling	+ 1'10
33	Yaroslav Popovych	Team RadioShack	+ 1'17
34	Simon Spilak	Lampre - Isd	s.t.
35	Rigoberto Uran	Sky Pro Cycling	s.t.
36	JoaquÃƒÂm RodrÃƒÂguez	Katusha Team	+ 1'18
37	Evgueni Petrov	Pro Team Astana	+ 1'20
38	JosÃƒÂ© Serpa	Androni Giocattoli - C.I.P.I	+ 1'21
39	Joost Posthuma	Leopard - Trek	+ 1'22
40	Simon Gerrans	Sky Pro Cycling	+ 1'28
41	Anthony Roux	FDJ	+ 1'29
42	Eros Capecchi	Liquigas - Cannondale	s.t.
43	Jelle Vanendert	Omega Pharma - Lotto	s.t.
44	Richie Porte	Saxo Bank - Sungard	+ 1'30
45	Greg Van Avermaet	BMC Racing Team	+ 1'32
46	Steven Kruijswijk	Rabobank	s.t.
47	Steve Morabito	BMC Racing Team	+ 1'33
48	John Gadret	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
49	Eduard Vorganov	Katusha Team	+ 1'34
50	Amets Txurruka	Euskaltel - Euskadi	s.t.
51	Brian Vandborg	Saxo Bank - Sungard	+ 1'35
52	Jussi Veikkanen	Omega Pharma - Lotto	+ 1'36
53	Denis Menchov	Geox - TMC	+ 1'38
54	Marcel Wyss	Geox - TMC	s.t.
55	Maarten Wynants	Rabobank	+ 1'41
56	Oscar Freire	Rabobank	+ 1'42
57	Michael Albasini	HTC - Highroad	+ 1'44
58	Przemyslaw Niemiec	Lampre - Isd	+ 1'45
59	Daniel Martin	Garmin - CervÃƒÂ©lo	+ 1'46
60	Daniel Moreno	Katusha Team	+ 1'50
61	Fredrik Kessiakoff	Pro Team Astana	+ 1'51
62	Johan Van Summeren	Garmin - CervÃƒÂ©lo	+ 1'53
63	Markel Irizar	Team RadioShack	+ 1'54
64	Luis Pasamontes R.	Movistar Team	+ 1'55
65	Martin Mortensen	Leopard - Trek	+ 1'56
66	Francisco PÃƒÂ©rez SÃƒÂ¡nchez	Movistar Team	+ 1'57
67	Kevin De Weert	Quickstep	s.t.
68	Andrew Talansky	Garmin - CervÃƒÂ©lo	+ 1'58
69	Martin Velits	HTC - Highroad	s.t.
70	Joan Horrach	Katusha Team	+ 1'59
71	Adam Hansen	Omega Pharma - Lotto	+ 2'00
72	Xavier Florencio	Geox - TMC	s.t.
73	Luca Barla	Androni Giocattoli - C.I.P.I	+ 2'02
74	Timothy Duggan	Liquigas - Cannondale	+ 2'04
75	Carlos Ivan Oyarzun	Movistar Team	s.t.
76	Alberto Losada	Katusha Team	s.t.
77	Kjell CarlstrÃƒÂ¶m	Sky Pro Cycling	s.t.
78	David De la Fuente	Geox - TMC	+ 2'05
79	Johann Tschopp	BMC Racing Team	s.t.
80	Anthony Geslin	FDJ	+ 2'06
81	Pavel Brutt	Katusha Team	s.t.
82	David Zabriskie	Garmin - CervÃƒÂ©lo	+ 2'07
83	Yohan Offredo	FDJ	+ 2'08
84	ÃƒÂngel Vicioso	Androni Giocattoli - C.I.P.I	s.t.
85	Branislau Samoilau	Movistar Team	+ 2'09
86	Jonathan Castroviejo	Euskaltel - Euskadi	+ 2'11
87	Mauro Santambrogio	BMC Racing Team	s.t.
88	Kevin Van Impe	Quickstep	+ 2'12
89	Craig Lewis	HTC - Highroad	+ 2'13
90	Juan Manuel GÃƒÂ¡rate	Rabobank	s.t.
91	Zdenek Stybar	Quickstep	+ 2'14
92	Josep Jufre Pou	Pro Team Astana	s.t.
93	David Gutierrez G.	Geox - TMC	+ 2'15
94	Maxim Belkov	Vacansoleil - DCM	+ 2'16
95	Wouter Mol	Vacansoleil - DCM	s.t.
96	Volodimir Gustov	Saxo Bank - Sungard	s.t.
97	Aitor PÃƒÂ©rez	Lampre - Isd	s.t.
98	Joost Van Leijen	Vacansoleil - DCM	s.t.
99	Maxime Bouet	Ag2r La Mondiale	+ 2'17
100	Dominique Rollin	FDJ	s.t.
101	Carlos Sastre	Geox - TMC	+ 2'18
102	Aleksandr Kuschynski	Katusha Team	+ 2'19
103	Martijn Keizer	Vacansoleil - DCM	+ 2'20
104	Lloyd Mondory	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
105	Antonio Cabello	Andalucia - Caja Granada	s.t.
106	Martin Kohler	BMC Racing Team	+ 2'22
107	Matthieu Ladagnous	FDJ	s.t.
108	Assan Bazayev	Pro Team Astana	s.t.
109	Pablo Lechuga	Andalucia - Caja Granada	+ 2'24
110	Cyril Dessel	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
111	Antonio Piedra	Andalucia - Caja Granada	+ 2'25
112	Sylvester Szmyd	Liquigas - Cannondale	+ 2'26
113	Matteo Tosatto	Saxo Bank - Sungard	s.t.
114	JosÃƒÂ© Alberto BenÃƒÂtez	Andalucia - Caja Granada	s.t.
115	Hayden Roulston	HTC - Highroad	s.t.
116	Fabio Sabatini	Liquigas - Cannondale	s.t.
117	Marco Bandiera	Quickstep	+ 2'27
118	Javier Ramirez Abeja	Andalucia - Caja Granada	+ 2'28
119	Vitaliy Buts	Lampre - Isd	+ 2'29
120	Manuel Ortega	Andalucia - Caja Granada	+ 2'31
121	Martin Pedersen	Leopard - Trek	s.t.
122	Ramunas Navardauskas	Garmin - CervÃƒÂ©lo	+ 2'33
123	Guillaume Bonnafond	Ag2r La Mondiale	+ 2'34
124	Riccardo Chiarini	Androni Giocattoli - C.I.P.I	s.t.
125	Sergio Pardilla	Movistar Team	s.t.
126	Francesco Reda	Quickstep	+ 2'35
127	Fumiyuki Beppu	Team RadioShack	+ 2'36
128	Francesco Ginanni	Androni Giocattoli - C.I.P.I	s.t.
129	Michel Kreder	Garmin - CervÃƒÂ©lo	s.t.
130	Thomas Peterson	Garmin - CervÃƒÂ©lo	s.t.
131	Frederick Veuchelen	Vacansoleil - DCM	+ 2'37
132	Addy Engels	Quickstep	s.t.
133	RubÃƒÂ©n PÃƒÂ©rez Moreno	Euskaltel - Euskadi	+ 2'38
134	Michael MÃƒÂ¸rkÃƒÂ¸v	Saxo Bank - Sungard	+ 2'39
135	Wesley Sulzberger	FDJ	s.t.
136	Andrey Zeits	Pro Team Astana	+ 2'40
137	Jesus Hernandez Blazquez	Saxo Bank - Sungard	+ 2'42
138	Gorka Izagirre	Euskaltel - Euskadi	s.t.
139	Rafael Valls	Geox - TMC	+ 2'44
140	Alessandro Bertolini	Androni Giocattoli - C.I.P.I	s.t.
141	Valerio Agnoli	Liquigas - Cannondale	+ 2'45
142	Jose Vicente Toribio	Andalucia - Caja Granada	s.t.
143	Mikel Landa	Euskaltel - Euskadi	s.t.
144	Timothy Roe	BMC Racing Team	+ 2'46
145	RÃƒÂ©my Di Gregorio	Pro Team Astana	s.t.
146	Javier Aramendia	Euskaltel - Euskadi	+ 2'47
147	Steve Houanard	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
148	Jackson RodrÃƒÂguez	Androni Giocattoli - C.I.P.I	s.t.
149	Russell Downing	Sky Pro Cycling	+ 2'49
150	Mikael ChÃƒÂ©rel	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
151	Francisco Javier Iriarte	Movistar Team	+ 2'50
152	Mauro Finetto	Liquigas - Cannondale	+ 2'53
153	Pim Ligthart	Vacansoleil - DCM	+ 2'55
154	Yannick Eijssen	BMC Racing Team	+ 2'57
155	Juan Javier Estrada Ruiz	Andalucia - Caja Granada	+ 3'00
156	Alexander Mironov	Katusha Team	+ 3'01

GC Rankings

1	Alberto Contador	Saxo Bank - Sungard	23h25'03
2	FrÃƒÂ¤nk Schleck	Leopard - Trek	+ 2'49
3	Michele Scarponi	Lampre - Isd	+ 4'06
4	Samuel SÃƒÂ¡nchez	Euskaltel - Euskadi	+ 4'51
5	Ryder Hesjedal	Garmin - CervÃƒÂ©lo	+ 5'30
6	Tony Martin	HTC - Highroad	+ 6'55
7	Bradley Wiggins	Sky Pro Cycling	+ 8'03
8	Luis LeÃƒÂ³n SÃƒÂ¡nchez	Rabobank	+ 8'18
9	Vincenzo Nibali	Liquigas - Cannondale	+ 8'22
10	Roman Kreuziger	Pro Team Astana	+ 8'36

Spoiler

11	JoaquÃƒÂm RodrÃƒÂguez	Katusha Team	+ 8'40
12	Cadel Evans	BMC Racing Team	+ 8'56
13	Daniel Martin	Garmin - CervÃƒÂ©lo	+ 10'10
14	Jelle Vanendert	Omega Pharma - Lotto	+ 11'27
15	Igor Anton	Euskaltel - Euskadi	+ 12'11
16	Linus Gerdemann	Leopard - Trek	+ 13'11
17	John Gadret	Ag2r La Mondiale	+ 13'20
18	Janez Brajkovic	Team RadioShack	+ 16'34
19	Andreas KlÃƒÂ¶den	Team RadioShack	+ 17'12
20	Thomas De Gendt	Vacansoleil - DCM	+ 17'13
21	Daniel Moreno	Katusha Team	+ 18'01
22	David De la Fuente	Geox - TMC	+ 19'02
23	JosÃƒÂ© Serpa	Androni Giocattoli - C.I.P.I	+ 20'09
24	Michel Kreder	Garmin - CervÃƒÂ©lo	+ 20'16
25	Vasil Kiryienka	Movistar Team	+ 20'39
26	Rigoberto Uran	Sky Pro Cycling	+ 20'41
27	Amets Txurruka	Euskaltel - Euskadi	+ 22'47
28	Steven Kruijswijk	Rabobank	+ 23'39
29	Thomas LÃƒÂ¶fkvist	Sky Pro Cycling	+ 24'02
30	Christian Knees	Sky Pro Cycling	+ 25'18
31	Michael Rogers	Sky Pro Cycling	+ 25'21
32	Steve Morabito	BMC Racing Team	+ 27'08
33	Gustav Larsson	Saxo Bank - Sungard	+ 27'49
34	Juan JosÃƒÂ© Cobo Acebo	Geox - TMC	+ 28'04
35	Sergio Paulinho	Team RadioShack	+ 28'07
36	Danny Pate	HTC - Highroad	+ 29'31
37	Damiano Cunego	Lampre - Isd	+ 31'05
38	Aitor PÃƒÂ©rez	Lampre - Isd	+ 32'42
39	Maxime Monfort	Leopard - Trek	+ 33'30
40	Eros Capecchi	Liquigas - Cannondale	+ 34'42
41	Simon Spilak	Lampre - Isd	+ 35'58
42	Yaroslav Popovych	Team RadioShack	+ 36'29
43	Simon Gerrans	Sky Pro Cycling	+ 36'34
44	Eduard Vorganov	Katusha Team	+ 37'54
45	Johan Van Summeren	Garmin - CervÃƒÂ©lo	s.t.
46	Matteo Tosatto	Saxo Bank - Sungard	+ 38'22
47	Branislau Samoilau	Movistar Team	+ 38'53
48	JosÃƒÂ© IvÃƒÂ¡n Gutierrez	Movistar Team	+ 39'08
49	Przemyslaw Niemiec	Lampre - Isd	+ 39'50
50	Pavel Brutt	Katusha Team	+ 40'06
51	Andrew Talansky	Garmin - CervÃƒÂ©lo	+ 41'11
52	Tejay Van Garderen	HTC - Highroad	+ 41'18
53	Oscar Freire	Rabobank	+ 41'20
54	David Zabriskie	Garmin - CervÃƒÂ©lo	+ 41'59
55	Bauke Mollema	Rabobank	+ 42'30
56	Jesus Hernandez Blazquez	Saxo Bank - Sungard	+ 42'41
57	ÃƒÂngel Vicioso	Androni Giocattoli - C.I.P.I	+ 42'43
58	Juan Manuel GÃƒÂ¡rate	Rabobank	+ 43'04
59	Kevin De Weert	Quickstep	+ 43'20
60	Fredrik Kessiakoff	Pro Team Astana	+ 43'43
61	Denis Menchov	Geox - TMC	+ 45'02
62	Greg Van Avermaet	BMC Racing Team	+ 46'33
63	Maxime Bouet	Ag2r La Mondiale	+ 46'34
64	Andriy Grivko	Pro Team Astana	+ 48'14
65	Richie Porte	Saxo Bank - Sungard	+ 48'22
66	Paul Martens	Rabobank	+ 50'05
67	Xavier Florencio	Geox - TMC	+ 51'13
68	Sylvester Szmyd	Liquigas - Cannondale	+ 51'25
69	Joan Horrach	Katusha Team	+ 52'37
70	Francisco PÃƒÂ©rez SÃƒÂ¡nchez	Movistar Team	+ 53'48
71	Evgueni Petrov	Pro Team Astana	+ 54'53
72	Mauro Santambrogio	BMC Racing Team	+ 55'02
73	Marco Pinotti	HTC - Highroad	+ 55'32
74	Brian Vandborg	Saxo Bank - Sungard	+ 55'45
75	Josep Jufre Pou	Pro Team Astana	+ 55'50
76	Joost Posthuma	Leopard - Trek	+ 55'55
77	Mikel Landa	Euskaltel - Euskadi	+ 57'46
78	Kjell CarlstrÃƒÂ¶m	Sky Pro Cycling	+ 57'52
79	Francesco Reda	Quickstep	+ 57'54
80	Michael Albasini	HTC - Highroad	+ 58'01
81	Maarten Wynants	Rabobank	+ 58'21
82	Volodimir Gustov	Saxo Bank - Sungard	+ 58'34
83	Alberto Losada	Katusha Team	+ 59'04
84	Marcel Wyss	Geox - TMC	+ 59'44
85	Aleksandr Kuschynski	Katusha Team	+ 1h00'05
86	Cyril Dessel	Ag2r La Mondiale	+ 1h01'15
87	Johann Tschopp	BMC Racing Team	+ 1h02'00
88	Zdenek Stybar	Quickstep	+ 1h06'13
89	Wouter Mol	Vacansoleil - DCM	+ 1h06'59
90	JosÃƒÂ© Alberto BenÃƒÂtez	Andalucia - Caja Granada	+ 1h07'38
91	Luis Pasamontes R.	Movistar Team	+ 1h08'23
92	RÃƒÂ©my Di Gregorio	Pro Team Astana	s.t.
93	Yohan Offredo	FDJ	+ 1h11'53
94	Markel Irizar	Team RadioShack	+ 1h12'36
95	Jussi Veikkanen	Omega Pharma - Lotto	+ 1h12'52
96	Craig Lewis	HTC - Highroad	+ 1h14'10
97	Javier Ramirez Abeja	Andalucia - Caja Granada	+ 1h14'16
98	David Gutierrez G.	Geox - TMC	+ 1h14'59
99	Anthony Roux	FDJ	+ 1h15'31
100	Mikael ChÃƒÂ©rel	Ag2r La Mondiale	+ 1h16'26
101	Carlos Sastre	Geox - TMC	+ 1h17'13
102	Sergio Pardilla	Movistar Team	+ 1h18'28
103	Assan Bazayev	Pro Team Astana	+ 1h19'10
104	RubÃƒÂ©n PÃƒÂ©rez Moreno	Euskaltel - Euskadi	+ 1h19'36
105	Yannick Eijssen	BMC Racing Team	+ 1h19'57
106	Addy Engels	Quickstep	+ 1h22'09
107	Anthony Geslin	FDJ	+ 1h23'19
108	Pim Ligthart	Vacansoleil - DCM	+ 1h24'12
109	Francesco Ginanni	Androni Giocattoli - C.I.P.I	+ 1h24'54
110	Jackson RodrÃƒÂguez	Androni Giocattoli - C.I.P.I	+ 1h27'05
111	Antonio Piedra	Andalucia - Caja Granada	+ 1h27'42
112	Adam Hansen	Omega Pharma - Lotto	+ 1h28'16
113	Wesley Sulzberger	FDJ	+ 1h30'43
114	Riccardo Chiarini	Androni Giocattoli - C.I.P.I	+ 1h31'45
115	Matthieu Ladagnous	FDJ	+ 1h34'33
116	Lloyd Mondory	Ag2r La Mondiale	+ 1h38'27
117	Gorka Izagirre	Euskaltel - Euskadi	+ 1h40'26
118	Hayden Roulston	HTC - Highroad	+ 1h40'39
119	Manuel Ortega	Andalucia - Caja Granada	+ 1h41'22
120	Thomas Peterson	Garmin - CervÃƒÂ©lo	+ 1h42'03
121	Martin Pedersen	Leopard - Trek	+ 1h43'29
122	Joost Van Leijen	Vacansoleil - DCM	+ 1h44'43
123	Rafael Valls	Geox - TMC	+ 1h45'52
124	Dominique Rollin	FDJ	+ 1h46'37
125	Marco Bandiera	Quickstep	+ 1h46'50
126	Fabio Sabatini	Liquigas - Cannondale	+ 1h48'32
127	Alessandro Bertolini	Androni Giocattoli - C.I.P.I	+ 1h48'52
128	Martin Velits	HTC - Highroad	+ 1h49'54
129	Luca Barla	Androni Giocattoli - C.I.P.I	+ 1h51'42
130	Antonio Cabello	Andalucia - Caja Granada	+ 1h51'53
131	Timothy Duggan	Liquigas - Cannondale	+ 1h54'12
132	Valerio Agnoli	Liquigas - Cannondale	+ 1h54'21
133	Francisco Javier Iriarte	Movistar Team	+ 1h55'06
134	Fumiyuki Beppu	Team RadioShack	+ 1h57'33
135	Alexander Mironov	Katusha Team	+ 1h59'40
136	Steve Houanard	Ag2r La Mondiale	+ 2h00'43
137	Martin Kohler	BMC Racing Team	+ 2h00'55
138	Ramunas Navardauskas	Garmin - CervÃƒÂ©lo	+ 2h01'29
139	Juan Javier Estrada Ruiz	Andalucia - Caja Granada	+ 2h03'28
140	Martijn Keizer	Vacansoleil - DCM	+ 2h04'41
141	Mauro Finetto	Liquigas - Cannondale	+ 2h05'58
142	Andrey Zeits	Pro Team Astana	+ 2h08'35
143	Vitaliy Buts	Lampre - Isd	+ 2h09'18
144	Martin Mortensen	Leopard - Trek	+ 2h10'59
145	Pablo Lechuga	Andalucia - Caja Granada	+ 2h12'02
146	Carlos Ivan Oyarzun	Movistar Team	+ 2h15'21
147	Jonathan Castroviejo	Euskaltel - Euskadi	+ 2h15'44
148	Guillaume Bonnafond	Ag2r La Mondiale	+ 2h16'46
149	Russell Downing	Sky Pro Cycling	+ 2h17'38
150	Maxim Belkov	Vacansoleil - DCM	+ 2h18'16
151	Frederick Veuchelen	Vacansoleil - DCM	+ 2h19'39
152	Timothy Roe	BMC Racing Team	+ 2h20'33
153	Jose Vicente Toribio	Andalucia - Caja Granada	+ 2h24'48
154	Javier Aramendia	Euskaltel - Euskadi	+ 2h24'49
155	Kevin Van Impe	Quickstep	+ 2h33'54
156	Michael MÃƒÂ¸rkÃƒÂ¸v	Saxo Bank - Sungard	+ 2h38'05

Points Rankings

1	Alberto Contador	Saxo Bank - Sungard	103
2	Michele Scarponi	Lampre - Isd	100
3	Samuel SÃƒÂ¡nchez	Euskaltel - Euskadi	85
4	FrÃƒÂ¤nk Schleck	Leopard - Trek	68
5	Tony Martin	HTC - Highroad	64

KOM Rankings

1	Michel Kreder	Garmin - CervÃƒÂ©lo	71
2	Alberto Contador	Saxo Bank - Sungard	26
3	Michele Scarponi	Lampre - Isd	26
4	Maxime Bouet	Ag2r La Mondiale	26
5	Denis Menchov	Geox - TMC	23

Youth Rankings

1	Roman Kreuziger	Pro Team Astana	23h33'39 (1)
2	Daniel Martin	Garmin - CervÃƒÂ©lo	+ 1'34 (2)
3	Thomas De Gendt	Vacansoleil - DCM	+ 8'37 (3)
4	Michel Kreder	Garmin - CervÃƒÂ©lo	+ 11'40 (4)
5	Rigoberto Uran	Sky Pro Cycling	+ 12'05 (5)

Teams Rankings

1	Garmin - CervÃƒÂ©lo	70h46'00 (1)
2	Euskaltel - Euskadi	+ 8'58 (2)
3	Leopard - Trek	+ 9'15 (3)
4	Sky Pro Cycling	+ 9'28 (4)
5	Lampre - Isd	+ 18'01 (5)

A good race overall. I finished 5th overall which is still a great achievement against all these riders. Next up is Amstel Gold race. A top 5 is the goal there.

R.Hesjedal

P.S. Sorry about the screenshots. They wouldn't upload

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maxime86

#92

Posted on 07-12-2012 05:05

Classics Specialist

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good race for ryder

#93

Posted on 07-12-2012 05:29

Team Leader

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Amstel Gold

Start List

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Stage Profile

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Amstel Gold is the first race of the Ardennes classics.

The Squad

Leader-Ryder Hesjedal

Ryder is hoping to go 1 better from last year when he got 2nd behind Gilbert. This year he has better form than ever. This is a great chance to get that win.

Free Elements-Christian Vande Velde

Christian is a great hill climber who has said to the press that he is a dedicated to helping Ryder. That is a good sign considering he is gearing up for the Tour de France. LetÃ¢â‚¬â„¢s hope his help pays off.

Daniel Martin

Dan Martin is the best Irish cyclist and still has a lot of growth left. He is also a dedicated helper as he has been since the start of the season. They get along very well so that might help if they come to a situation where they have to work together.

Team Mates-Johan Von Summeran

Johan is a Belgium cobbles rider but is also fairly good at hills. He will be a big help during the race.

David Millar

David Millar is a TT/Cobbles/Mountains/Puncheur. Is there anything he canÃ¢â‚¬â„¢t do? Well besides sprinting no. He will be a great help for Ryder.

Michael Kreder

Kreder has been showing great form lately with the mountains jersey at Pais Vasco. He will be going in the breakaway today in case the break goes all the way.

Peter Stitina

Stitina is a Mountain climber. He will be the water boy and helper early on.

Sep Venmarcke

The final rider in the team. A pace maker/water boy early on.

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maxime86

#94

Posted on 07-12-2012 05:38

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YOU BETTER WIN!!!!

#95

Posted on 07-12-2012 08:42

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Well, that was a good final result, 5th

Now go and kick ass in the Netherlands!

#96

Posted on 07-12-2012 09:15

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5th place is still a creditable result for Ryder

#97

Posted on 07-12-2012 21:33

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Amstel Gold

Hills all the way. They arenÃ¢â‚¬â„¢t long but they are steep. They will kill the legs later on in the race.

The Race

Kreder in the break.

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The established break.

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With 150km to go the leading group had 7.16 on the peloton.

With 100km to go the leading group had 8.21 on the peloton.

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4 riders went off the front of the breakaway group. They were lead by
Johan Von Summeran, Kessiakoff, Van Leijan and Cataldo.

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With 66km to go the leading group had 5.17.

They were only 1 minute ahead with 38km to go. They need a miracle now.
Von Summeran attacked again because they were almost caught.

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I was forced to attack.

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With 13km to go it was Cancellara in the lead.

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1km later it was Gilbert in the lead now.

With 3km to go this was the lead group. Gilbert and Cancellara.

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Gilbert takes it. Cancellara 2nd and Evans 3rd.

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Results

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1	Philippe Gilbert	Omega Pharma - Lotto	6h46'43
2	Fabian Cancellara	Leopard - Trek	s.t.
3	Cadel Evans	BMC Racing Team	+ 28
4	FrÃƒÂ¤nk Schleck	Leopard - Trek	s.t.
5	Michele Scarponi	Lampre - Isd	+ 56
6	JoaquÃƒÂm RodrÃƒÂguez	Katusha Team	s.t.
7	Damiano Cunego	Lampre - Isd	s.t.
8	Sylvain Chavanel	Quickstep	+ 1'26
9	Alessandro Ballan	BMC Racing Team	+ 1'34
10	Vincenzo Nibali	Liquigas - Cannondale	s.t.

Spoiler

11	Igor Anton	Euskaltel - Euskadi	s.t.
12	Luis LeÃƒÂ³n SÃƒÂ¡nchez	Rabobank	s.t.
13	Paul Martens	Rabobank	s.t.
14	Ryder Hesjedal	Garmin - CervÃƒÂ©lo	s.t.
15	Simon Gerrans	Sky Pro Cycling	s.t.
16	Carlos Barredo	Rabobank	s.t.
17	Amets Txurruka	Euskaltel - Euskadi	s.t.
18	Tony Martin	HTC - Highroad	+ 2'02
19	Matti Breschel	Rabobank	+ 2'56
20	Danilo Di Luca	Katusha Team	s.t.
21	Oscar Freire	Rabobank	s.t.
22	John Gadret	Ag2r La Mondiale	+ 3'16
23	Johan Van Summeren	Garmin - CervÃƒÂ©lo	+ 3'41
24	Thomas LÃƒÂ¶fkvist	Sky Pro Cycling	s.t.
25	Christian Vande Velde	Garmin - CervÃƒÂ©lo	+ 4'08
26	Sandy Casar	FDJ	s.t.
27	Greg Van Avermaet	BMC Racing Team	+ 4'19
28	Tejay Van Garderen	HTC - Highroad	+ 4'56
29	Linus Gerdemann	Leopard - Trek	+ 5'07
30	Anthony Roux	FDJ	s.t.
31	Wout Poels	Vacansoleil - DCM	+ 5'19
32	Maxime Monfort	Leopard - Trek	s.t.
33	Jean-Christophe PÃƒÂ©raud	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
34	Jelle Vanendert	Omega Pharma - Lotto	+ 5'33
35	Simon Spilak	Lampre - Isd	+ 7'27
36	Steve Morabito	BMC Racing Team	s.t.
37	Joost Posthuma	Leopard - Trek	s.t.
38	Daniel Martin	Garmin - CervÃƒÂ©lo	+ 7'41
39	Hubert Dupont	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
40	David Millar	Garmin - CervÃƒÂ©lo	s.t.
41	Francesco Reda	Quickstep	s.t.
42	AmaÃƒÂ«l Moinard	BMC Racing Team	s.t.
43	Jussi Veikkanen	Omega Pharma - Lotto	s.t.
44	Steven Kruijswijk	Rabobank	+ 7'57
45	Edvald Boasson Hagen	Sky Pro Cycling	s.t.
46	Francis De Greef	Omega Pharma - Lotto	s.t.
47	Johann Tschopp	BMC Racing Team	s.t.
48	Aitor PÃƒÂ©rez	Lampre - Isd	s.t.
49	Mario Aerts	Omega Pharma - Lotto	s.t.
50	Michel Kreder	Garmin - CervÃƒÂ©lo	+ 8'24
51	Dario Cioni	Sky Pro Cycling	s.t.
52	Stef Clement	Rabobank	+ 8'38
53	Arthur Vichot	FDJ	+ 8'49
54	Eros Capecchi	Liquigas - Cannondale	s.t.
55	Rinaldo Nocentini	Ag2r La Mondiale	+ 9'18
56	David Le Lay	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
57	RÃƒÂ©mi Pauriol	FDJ	+ 9'33
58	Mauricio Ardila	Geox - TMC	s.t.
59	Sergio Paulinho	Team RadioShack	+ 9'43
60	Marcel Wyss	Geox - TMC	s.t.
61	Sylvester Szmyd	Liquigas - Cannondale	+ 9'56
62	Johnny Hoogerland	Vacansoleil - DCM	+ 10'11
63	Rui Alberto Costa	Movistar Team	s.t.
64	Richie Porte	Saxo Bank - Sungard	s.t.
65	Alessandro Spezialetti	Lampre - Isd	s.t.
66	Nicki SÃƒÂ¸rensen	Saxo Bank - Sungard	+ 10'42
67	Michael Albasini	HTC - Highroad	+ 11'49
68	Mikel Nieve	Euskaltel - Euskadi	s.t.
69	Christian Knees	Sky Pro Cycling	s.t.
70	Gustav Larsson	Saxo Bank - Sungard	s.t.
71	Davide Malacarne	Quickstep	s.t.
72	Yaroslav Popovych	Team RadioShack	s.t.
73	Stefan Denifl	Leopard - Trek	s.t.
74	Danny Pate	HTC - Highroad	s.t.
75	Alexandre Geniez	Skil - Shimano	+ 12'19
76	Andriy Grivko	Pro Team Astana	+ 12'26
77	Przemyslaw Niemiec	Lampre - Isd	s.t.
78	Arnold Jeanneson	FDJ	s.t.
79	Gorka Verdugo	Euskaltel - Euskadi	s.t.
80	RÃƒÂ©my Di Gregorio	Pro Team Astana	s.t.
81	Branislau Samoilau	Movistar Team	+ 12'49
82	Kevin Seeldraeyers	Quickstep	s.t.
83	Wouter Mol	Vacansoleil - DCM	s.t.
84	Maxime Bouet	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
85	Nicolas Roche	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
86	Evgueni Petrov	Pro Team Astana	s.t.
87	Yann Huguet	Skil - Shimano	+ 13'11
88	Luis Pasamontes R.	Movistar Team	+ 13'18
89	Juan Jose Oroz	Euskaltel - Euskadi	+ 14'01
90	Yury Trofimov	Katusha Team	+ 15'04
91	Thomas Rohregger	Leopard - Trek	s.t.
92	Daniel Moreno	Katusha Team	s.t.
93	Eduard Vorganov	Katusha Team	s.t.
94	Mathieu Sprick	Skil - Shimano	s.t.
95	Ruslan Pidgornyy	Vacansoleil - DCM	s.t.
96	Lieuwe Westra	Vacansoleil - DCM	+ 15'16
97	Fredrik Kessiakoff	Pro Team Astana	+ 15'25
98	Joost Van Leijen	Vacansoleil - DCM	s.t.
99	Artem Ovechkin	Katusha Team	+ 15'39
100	Addy Engels	Quickstep	+ 15'46
101	Alberto Losada	Katusha Team	s.t.
102	Aleksandr Kuschynski	Katusha Team	s.t.
103	Giampaolo Cheula	Geox - TMC	s.t.
104	Oliver Zaugg	Leopard - Trek	+ 16'04
105	Kanstantsin Sivtsov	HTC - Highroad	s.t.
106	Cristiano Salerno	Liquigas - Cannondale	s.t.
107	Bart De Clercq	Omega Pharma - Lotto	+ 16'17
108	Xabier Zandio	Sky Pro Cycling	s.t.
109	JÃƒÂ¼rgen Van de Walle	Omega Pharma - Lotto	+ 16'35
110	Peter Stetina	Garmin - CervÃƒÂ©lo	+ 16'46
111	Daniel Navarro Garcia	Saxo Bank - Sungard	+ 18'20
112	Kevin De Weert	Quickstep	s.t.
113	Tiago Jose Pinto Machado	Team RadioShack	s.t.
114	Jos Van Emden	Rabobank	+ 19'09
115	Maxim Iglinskiy	Pro Team Astana	+ 19'36
116	BjÃƒÂ¶rn Leukemans	Vacansoleil - DCM	s.t.
117	JosÃƒÂ© IvÃƒÂ¡n Gutierrez	Movistar Team	s.t.
118	Dario Cataldo	Quickstep	+ 20'48
119	Niki Terpstra	Quickstep	+ 21'30
120	Ivan Rovny	Team RadioShack	+ 21'44
121	Francisco PÃƒÂ©rez SÃƒÂ¡nchez	Movistar Team	s.t.
122	Hayden Roulston	HTC - Highroad	s.t.
123	Brian Vandborg	Saxo Bank - Sungard	s.t.
124	Sergio Pardilla	Movistar Team	s.t.
125	Ãƒâ€œscar Pujol	Omega Pharma - Lotto	s.t.
126	Craig Lewis	HTC - Highroad	s.t.
127	Francesco Masciarelli	Pro Team Astana	+ 22'11
128	Timothy Duggan	Liquigas - Cannondale	+ 22'56
129	Fabio Duarte	Geox - TMC	+ 23'42
130	Arkaitz DurÃƒÂ¡n	Geox - TMC	s.t.
131	Thierry Hupond	Skil - Shimano	+ 23'56
132	Jonas Aaen JÃƒÂ¶rgensen	Saxo Bank - Sungard	s.t.
133	Jesus Hernandez Blazquez	Saxo Bank - Sungard	s.t.
134	Daniele Ratto	Geox - TMC	s.t.
135	Robert Kiserlovski	Pro Team Astana	+ 24'13
136	Mathieu Perget	Ag2r La Mondiale	+ 24'21
137	Alessandro Vanotti	Liquigas - Cannondale	+ 26'50
138	Alan Marangoni	Liquigas - Cannondale	+ 27'05
139	Jonathan Castroviejo	Euskaltel - Euskadi	+ 28'31
140	Michael Barry	Sky Pro Cycling	s.t.
141	Thibaut Pinot	FDJ	s.t.
142	Alexsandr Dyachenko	Pro Team Astana	+ 28'43
143	Francis Mourey	FDJ	+ 28'58
144	Johannes FrÃƒÂ¶hlinger	Skil - Shimano	s.t.
145	David Blanco	Geox - TMC	s.t.
146	Maxim Belkov	Vacansoleil - DCM	s.t.
147	Martin Kohler	BMC Racing Team	s.t.
148	John-Lee Augustyn	Sky Pro Cycling	s.t.
149	CÃƒÂ©dric Pineau	FDJ	+ 29'48
150	Patrick Gretsch	HTC - Highroad	+ 30'30
151	Carlos Ivan Oyarzun	Movistar Team	+ 30'38
152	Simon Geschke	Skil - Shimano	+ 31'11
153	Matteo Bono	Lampre - Isd	+ 32'50
154	Matthew Busche	Team RadioShack	+ 34'27
155	Alexander Kvachuk	Lampre - Isd	+ 35'27
156	Dominik Nerz	Liquigas - Cannondale	+ 37'14
157	Francisco Javier Iriarte	Movistar Team	+ 38'52
158	Philip Deignan	Team RadioShack	+ 40'57
159	Pello Bilbao	Euskaltel - Euskadi	+ 42'18
160	Thomas Damuseau	Skil - Shimano	s.t.
161	Rafal Majka	Saxo Bank - Sungard	+ 42'31
162	Christopher Butler	BMC Racing Team	+ 43'14
163	Benjamin King	Team RadioShack	s.t.
164	Ivan Velasco	Euskaltel - Euskadi	+ 43'59
165	Michal Kwiatkowski	Team RadioShack	s.t.
166	Han Feng	Skil - Shimano	s.t.
167	Marco Corti	Geox - TMC	+ 44'41
168	Sep Vanmarcke	Garmin - CervÃƒÂ©lo	+ 45'05

The other riders were just too strong for me. I still got a top 15 which is still a great result. Next up is GP de Romandie which my goal is to win.

R.Hesjedal

Manager of Spark Team NZ - CT MG

#98

Posted on 07-12-2012 21:36

Tour de France Champion

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14th isn't bad!
Cancellara taking 2nd is really strong for him

Where the hell is Andy Schleck? What a surprise!

Pinktay3

#99

Posted on 07-12-2012 21:47

Breakaway Specialist

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Mmm, because Cancellara gets 2nd in Ardennes Classics