Stage 4, and the most difficult one. Well, not the first 148 kilometres, those are pretty flat, but the last 6 kilometres are pretty steep. The climb to Jabal al Akhdhar is 5.8 kilometres long at an average gradient of 10.3%. Surely Goss can't win this one, I hope!
And a lot happens in the first part of the stage. Of course there a lot of attacks, but the riders that attack are pretty surprising: Bradley Wiggins (Sky), Ryder Hesjedal (Garmin), Fredrik Kessiakoff (Astana) and Joost Posthuma are among them. But the peloton never lets them get away and the breakaways get caught.
After that, an other group rides away. One of them is Peter Sagan. These riders get a maximum gap of 4'30.
40 kilometres before the finish, the gap is 2'56. To everyone's surprise we see an attack by GC-leader Matthew Goss. Why is he doing that???
But of course, the peloton doesn't let Goss ride away.
The breakaway is at the foot of the Jabal al Akhdhar, 7 kilometres before the finish. Rafael Valls (Nespresso) has a 10-second lead over Sagan, Remco Broers (Differdange), Dmitry Mokrov (Itera), Francois Parisien (Spidertech) and Nairo Quintana (Colombia). The peloton is only '45 behind.
The riders start the ascend of the Jabal al Akhdhar, the green mountain.
The first part of the climb is pretty boring. The breakaway gets caught and the peloton is ascending at a high pace. Juan José Cobo (Nespresso) and Mikel Nieve (Astana) lead the peloton with 2400 metres remaining.
And finally an attack! 1200 metres before the finish, Antonio Colom (Andalucia) attacks and Mikel Nieve (Astana) and Jackson Rodriguez (Androni) go in the counterattack. Our guys (Dekker & Kelderman) had some difficulties in getting to the front rows of the peloton in the beginning of the climb, got blocked a bit on the road by domestiques and sprinters that couldn't keep the pace, so a top 5 in the stage is out of reach.
Mikel Nieve easily sprints to the win, betaing Rodriguez and Colom. It's his first win of the season, so the first for his new team Astana. Iván Velasco, Jonathan Castroviejo (Euskaltel) and Cobo follow at '36, a group with Kelderman (8th) at '47 and Dekker beats Cadel Evans for place 13 at '54.
Results
1
Mikel Nieve
Pro Team Astana
3h47'17
2
Jackson Rodríguez
Androni Giocattoli
+ 8
3
Antonio Colom
Andalucía Caja Granada
s.t.
4
Iván Velasco
Euskaltel - Euskadi
+ 36
5
Jonathan Castroviejo
Euskaltel - Euskadi
s.t.
6
Juan José Cobo
Nespresso
s.t.
7
Oscar Gatto
Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli
+ 47
8
Wilco Kelderman
Monster Energy - Ford
s.t.
9
Iván Gutiérrez
Andalucía Caja Granada
s.t.
10
Xavier Florencio
Nespresso
s.t.
Spoiler
11
Francesco Masciarelli
Pro Team Astana
+ 54
12
Yann Huguet
M&M's
s.t.
13
Thomas Dekker
Monster Energy - Ford
s.t.
14
Cadel Evans
Katusha Team
s.t.
15
Samuel Dumoulin
Cofidis, le crédit en ligne
+ 1'22
16
Geraint Thomas
Sky ProCycling
s.t.
17
Mikel Astarloza
Euskaltel - Euskadi
s.t.
18
Alessandro Bertolini
Androni Giocattoli
s.t.
19
José Rujano
Androni Giocattoli
s.t.
20
Walter Pedraza
Colombia es Pasión - Café de Colombia
s.t.
21
Nairo Quintana
Colombia es Pasión - Café de Colombia
s.t.
22
Michael Albasini
Team Qantas
s.t.
23
Johan Vansummeren
Team Garmin - Cervélo
s.t.
24
Mattia Cattaneo
Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli
s.t.
25
Sylvain Chavanel
Team Garmin - Cervélo
s.t.
26
Markus Eibegger
Team Differdange - Magic-Sportfood.de
+ 1'42
27
Ryder Hesjedal
Team Garmin - Cervélo
s.t.
28
Eduard Prades
Euskaltel - Euskadi
+ 1'52
29
José Alberto Benítez
Andalucía Caja Granada
s.t.
30
Juan José Oroz
Euskaltel - Euskadi
s.t.
31
Fabio Duarte
Nespresso
s.t.
32
Luis Felipe Laverde
Colombia es Pasión - Café de Colombia
s.t.
33
Matthew Goss
Team Qantas
+ 2'09
34
Rafael Valls
Nespresso
+ 2'17
35
Massimiliano Gentili
D'Angelo & Antenucci - Nippo
s.t.
36
Andrea Noè
Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli
+ 2'29
37
Sebastian Langeveld
Team Qantas
s.t.
38
Tomas Vaitkus
Team Qantas
s.t.
39
Dmitry Mokrov
Itera - Katusha
s.t.
40
Giairo Ermeti
Androni Giocattoli
s.t.
41
Stuart O'Grady
Team Qantas
+ 2'44
42
Nico Sijmens
Cofidis, le crédit en ligne
s.t.
43
Peter Sagan
Monster Energy - Ford
+ 2'56
44
Joost Posthuma
Monster Energy - Ford
+ 3'07
45
Bradley Wiggins
Sky ProCycling
+ 3'13
46
Danny Pate
Sky ProCycling
s.t.
47
Daniel Martin
Team Garmin - Cervélo
s.t.
48
Robinson Chalapud
Colombia es Pasión - Café de Colombia
s.t.
49
Daniele Nardello
Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli
s.t.
50
Francesco Ginanni
Androni Giocattoli
s.t.
51
Juan Antonio Flecha
Sky ProCycling
s.t.
52
Niki Terpstra
Monster Energy - Ford
s.t.
53
Christophe Riblon
Team Garmin - Cervélo
s.t.
54
Christian Vande Velde
Team Garmin - Cervélo
s.t.
55
Davide Frattini
UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling
s.t.
56
Fabian Wegmann
Team Garmin - Cervélo
s.t.
57
Russell Downing
Sky ProCycling
+ 3'55
58
Fredrik Kessiakoff
Pro Team Astana
+ 4'02
59
Aleksandr Kuschynski
Katusha Team
s.t.
60
Henry Frusto
D'Angelo & Antenucci - Nippo
s.t.
61
Paul Voss
Kingspan - Alpro
s.t.
62
Paolo Longo Borghini
Liquigas - Cannondale
s.t.
63
Jonathan Patrick McCarty
Team SpiderTech powered by C10
s.t.
64
David Clarke
Kingspan - Alpro
+ 4'19
65
François Parisien
Team SpiderTech powered by C10
s.t.
66
Roy Curvers
M&M's
s.t.
67
Jarlinson Pantano
Colombia es Pasión - Café de Colombia
s.t.
68
Claudio Corioni
Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli
s.t.
69
Nikita Novikov
Itera - Katusha
s.t.
70
Egor Silin
Katusha Team
s.t.
71
Allan Davis
Team Qantas
s.t.
72
Daniel Moreno
Katusha Team
s.t.
73
Pietro Caucchioli
Katusha Team
s.t.
74
Kevin Hulsmans
Cofidis, le crédit en ligne
s.t.
75
Luca Ascani
D'Angelo & Antenucci - Nippo
s.t.
76
Pablo Urtasun
Euskaltel - Euskadi
s.t.
77
Sergio Carrasco
Andalucía Caja Granada
s.t.
78
John Degenkolb
M&M's
s.t.
79
John Darwin Atapuma
Colombia es Pasión - Café de Colombia
s.t.
80
Ian Wilkinson
Kingspan - Alpro
s.t.
81
Eros Capecchi
Liquigas - Cannondale
s.t.
82
Leif Hoste
Katusha Team
s.t.
83
Adrián Palomares
Andalucía Caja Granada
s.t.
84
Junya Sano
D'Angelo & Antenucci - Nippo
s.t.
85
Josep Jufré
Team SpiderTech powered by C10
s.t.
86
Bernardo Riccio
D'Angelo & Antenucci - Nippo
s.t.
87
Ronan Van Zandbeek
M&M's
s.t.
88
Giuseppe Palumbo
Nespresso
s.t.
89
Roger Kluge
M&M's
+ 4'57
90
Luca Barla
Androni Giocattoli
s.t.
91
Martijn Maaskant
Monster Energy - Ford
s.t.
92
Daniele Bennati
Euskaltel - Euskadi
s.t.
93
Koldo Fernández
Euskaltel - Euskadi
s.t.
94
Valerio Agnoli
Liquigas - Cannondale
s.t.
95
Remco Broers
Team Differdange - Magic-Sportfood.de
s.t.
96
Jesús Rosendo
Andalucía Caja Granada
s.t.
97
Robert Hunter
Team Garmin - Cervélo
s.t.
98
Mark Cavendish
Sky ProCycling
s.t.
99
Mitchell Docker
Team Qantas
s.t.
100
Assan Bazayev
Pro Team Astana
s.t.
101
Antonio Santoro
Androni Giocattoli
s.t.
102
Vasil Kiryienka
Pro Team Astana
s.t.
103
Andrey Mizourov
Pro Team Astana
s.t.
104
Gerben Löwik
M&M's
s.t.
105
Bernhard Eisel
Sky ProCycling
s.t.
106
Alessandro Vanotti
Liquigas - Cannondale
s.t.
107
Maciej Bodnar
Liquigas - Cannondale
s.t.
108
David Blanco
Nespresso
+ 5'21
109
Sergio Marinangeli
Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli
s.t.
110
Roman Kireyev
Pro Team Astana
+ 5'26
111
Fabio Sabatini
Liquigas - Cannondale
s.t.
112
Lucas Euser
Team SpiderTech powered by C10
s.t.
113
Alex Meenhorst
Team Differdange - Magic-Sportfood.de
s.t.
114
Mikhail Antonov
Itera - Katusha
s.t.
115
Kenny Van Hummel
M&M's
+ 5'38
116
Greg Henderson
Pro Team Astana
s.t.
117
Matthias Brändle
Nespresso
s.t.
118
Ryan Roth
Team SpiderTech powered by C10
s.t.
119
Gaspare Boscolo
D'Angelo & Antenucci - Nippo
s.t.
120
Robbie McEwen
Team Qantas
+ 6'40
121
Morten Knudsen
Team Differdange - Magic-Sportfood.de
s.t.
122
Vladimir Isaychev
Katusha Team
s.t.
123
Stéphane Bonsergent
Cofidis, le crédit en ligne
s.t.
124
Mauricio Alberto Ardila
Nespresso
s.t.
125
Javier Benítez
Andalucía Caja Granada
s.t.
126
Alexandre Lemair
Cofidis, le crédit en ligne
s.t.
127
Hugo Salazar
Colombia es Pasión - Café de Colombia
s.t.
128
Mauro Da Dalto
Liquigas - Cannondale
s.t.
129
Jean-Eudes Demaret
Cofidis, le crédit en ligne
s.t.
130
Martin Gilbert
Team SpiderTech powered by C10
+ 7'01
131
Camilo Suárez
Colombia es Pasión - Café de Colombia
s.t.
132
Elia Viviani
Liquigas - Cannondale
s.t.
133
Daniel Fleeman
Kingspan - Alpro
s.t.
134
Giuseppe Muraglia
D'Angelo & Antenucci - Nippo
s.t.
135
Kohei Uchima
D'Angelo & Antenucci - Nippo
s.t.
136
José Luis Cano
Andalucía Caja Granada
+ 7'30
137
Andrea Guardini
Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli
s.t.
138
Simone Cadamuro
Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli
s.t.
139
Michael Tronborg
Team Differdange - Magic-Sportfood.de
s.t.
140
Matthew Hayman
Sky ProCycling
+ 10'38
141
Mickaël Buffaz
Cofidis, le crédit en ligne
s.t.
142
Tom Veelers
M&M's
s.t.
143
Robert Hayles
Kingspan - Alpro
s.t.
144
Dmitry Kosyakov
Itera - Katusha
+ 10'52
145
Scott Thwaites
Kingspan - Alpro
s.t.
146
Frank Dressler
Team Differdange - Magic-Sportfood.de
s.t.
147
Alexander Wetterhall
Kingspan - Alpro
+ 10'58
148
Bruno Langlois
Team SpiderTech powered by C10
s.t.
149
Alexander Kholodov
Itera - Katusha
s.t.
150
Viktor Shmalko
Itera - Katusha
s.t.
151
Maarten De Jonge
Kingspan - Alpro
s.t.
152
Thibault Dupont
Monster Energy - Ford
s.t.
153
Adrian Hegyvari
UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling
s.t.
154
Alexey Tsatevitch
Itera - Katusha
s.t.
155
Tyler Herbert
UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling
s.t.
156
Tom Da Mota
Team Differdange - Magic-Sportfood.de
s.t.
157
Angelo Furlan
Androni Giocattoli
s.t.
158
Pyotr Bylinkin
Itera - Katusha
s.t.
159
Tom Thill
Team Differdange - Magic-Sportfood.de
s.t.
160
Damien Monier
Cofidis, le crédit en ligne
s.t.
161
Simon Lambert-Lemay
Team SpiderTech powered by C10
s.t.
162
Danilo Di Luca
Katusha Team
+ 14'01
GC
Antonio Colom takes over the leaders jersey from Goss. He leads Oscar Gatto with '27 and Jonathan Castroviejo at '36. Castroviejo is the biggest favurite for the GC, because of his good TT-abilities. Kelderman is in 12th (+ 2'26), Dekker in 13th (+ 2'33).
1
Antonio Colom
Andalucía Caja Granada
13h09'16
2
Oscar Gatto
Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli
+ 27
3
Jonathan Castroviejo
Euskaltel - Euskadi
+ 36
4
Yann Huguet
M&M's
+ 54
5
Matthew Goss
Team Qantas
+ 1'09
6
Mikel Nieve
Pro Team Astana
+ 1'19
7
Samuel Dumoulin
Cofidis, le crédit en ligne
+ 1'22
8
Geraint Thomas
Sky ProCycling
s.t.
9
Michael Albasini
Team Qantas
s.t.
10
Johan Vansummeren
Team Garmin - Cervélo
s.t.
Spoiler
11
Jackson Rodríguez
Androni Giocattoli
+ 1'35
12
Wilco Kelderman
Monster Energy - Ford
+ 2'26
13
Xavier Florencio
Nespresso
s.t.
14
Sebastian Langeveld
Team Qantas
+ 2'29
15
Tomas Vaitkus
Team Qantas
s.t.
16
Thomas Dekker
Monster Energy - Ford
+ 2'33
17
Francesco Masciarelli
Pro Team Astana
s.t.
18
Iván Gutiérrez
Andalucía Caja Granada
+ 2'43
19
Stuart O'Grady
Team Qantas
+ 2'44
20
Juan Antonio Flecha
Sky ProCycling
+ 3'13
21
Danny Pate
Sky ProCycling
s.t.
22
Fabio Duarte
Nespresso
+ 3'31
23
Andrea Noè
Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli
+ 4'08
24
Juan José Cobo
Nespresso
+ 4'11
25
Iván Velasco
Euskaltel - Euskadi
s.t.
26
Allan Davis
Team Qantas
+ 4'19
27
John Degenkolb
M&M's
s.t.
28
Bernardo Riccio
D'Angelo & Antenucci - Nippo
s.t.
29
Leif Hoste
Katusha Team
s.t.
30
Roy Curvers
M&M's
s.t.
31
Ronan Van Zandbeek
M&M's
s.t.
32
Peter Sagan
Monster Energy - Ford
+ 4'29
33
Cadel Evans
Katusha Team
s.t.
34
Mark Cavendish
Sky ProCycling
+ 4'37
35
Daniele Bennati
Euskaltel - Euskadi
+ 4'49
36
Niki Terpstra
Monster Energy - Ford
+ 4'52
37
Nairo Quintana
Colombia es Pasión - Café de Colombia
+ 4'55
38
Roger Kluge
M&M's
+ 4'57
39
Bernhard Eisel
Sky ProCycling
s.t.
40
Mattia Cattaneo
Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli
s.t.
41
Sylvain Chavanel
Team Garmin - Cervélo
s.t.
42
Alessandro Bertolini
Androni Giocattoli
s.t.
43
Walter Pedraza
Colombia es Pasión - Café de Colombia
s.t.
44
José Rujano
Androni Giocattoli
s.t.
45
Mikel Astarloza
Euskaltel - Euskadi
s.t.
46
Markus Eibegger
Team Differdange - Magic-Sportfood.de
+ 5'17
47
Ryder Hesjedal
Team Garmin - Cervélo
s.t.
48
Greg Henderson
Pro Team Astana
+ 5'26
49
Fabio Sabatini
Liquigas - Cannondale
s.t.
50
Luis Felipe Laverde
Colombia es Pasión - Café de Colombia
+ 5'27
51
Juan José Oroz
Euskaltel - Euskadi
s.t.
52
Russell Downing
Sky ProCycling
+ 5'34
53
Kenny Van Hummel
M&M's
+ 5'38
54
Massimiliano Gentili
D'Angelo & Antenucci - Nippo
+ 5'52
55
Henry Frusto
D'Angelo & Antenucci - Nippo
s.t.
56
Ian Wilkinson
Kingspan - Alpro
s.t.
57
Rafael Valls
Nespresso
s.t.
58
Paolo Longo Borghini
Liquigas - Cannondale
+ 5'58
59
Paul Voss
Kingspan - Alpro
s.t.
60
Jonathan Patrick McCarty
Team SpiderTech powered by C10
s.t.
61
Adrián Palomares
Andalucía Caja Granada
s.t.
62
Dmitry Mokrov
Itera - Katusha
+ 6'02
63
Nikita Novikov
Itera - Katusha
+ 6'15
64
Koldo Fernández
Euskaltel - Euskadi
+ 6'36
65
Gerben Löwik
M&M's
s.t.
66
Mitchell Docker
Team Qantas
s.t.
67
Vasil Kiryienka
Pro Team Astana
s.t.
68
Davide Frattini
UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling
+ 6'38
69
Robbie McEwen
Team Qantas
+ 6'40
70
Fabian Wegmann
Team Garmin - Cervélo
s.t.
71
Joost Posthuma
Monster Energy - Ford
+ 6'42
72
Daniele Nardello
Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli
+ 6'48
73
Francesco Ginanni
Androni Giocattoli
s.t.
74
Christophe Riblon
Team Garmin - Cervélo
s.t.
75
Daniel Martin
Team Garmin - Cervélo
s.t.
76
Bradley Wiggins
Sky ProCycling
s.t.
77
Robinson Chalapud
Colombia es Pasión - Café de Colombia
s.t.
78
Christian Vande Velde
Team Garmin - Cervélo
s.t.
79
Roman Kireyev
Pro Team Astana
+ 7'22
80
Fredrik Kessiakoff
Pro Team Astana
+ 7'33
81
Aleksandr Kuschynski
Katusha Team
+ 7'37
82
François Parisien
Team SpiderTech powered by C10
+ 7'50
83
Kevin Hulsmans
Cofidis, le crédit en ligne
+ 7'54
84
John Darwin Atapuma
Colombia es Pasión - Café de Colombia
s.t.
85
Giuseppe Palumbo
Nespresso
s.t.
86
Josep Jufré
Team SpiderTech powered by C10
s.t.
87
David Clarke
Kingspan - Alpro
s.t.
88
Jarlinson Pantano
Colombia es Pasión - Café de Colombia
s.t.
89
Pablo Urtasun
Euskaltel - Euskadi
s.t.
90
Daniel Moreno
Katusha Team
s.t.
91
Luca Barla
Androni Giocattoli
+ 8'30
92
Maciej Bodnar
Liquigas - Cannondale
+ 8'32
93
Martijn Maaskant
Monster Energy - Ford
s.t.
94
Andrey Mizourov
Pro Team Astana
s.t.
95
Assan Bazayev
Pro Team Astana
s.t.
96
Robert Hunter
Team Garmin - Cervélo
s.t.
97
Jesús Rosendo
Andalucía Caja Granada
s.t.
98
Sergio Marinangeli
Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli
+ 8'56
99
David Blanco
Nespresso
s.t.
100
Mikhail Antonov
Itera - Katusha
+ 9'01
101
Alex Meenhorst
Team Differdange - Magic-Sportfood.de
s.t.
102
Ryan Roth
Team SpiderTech powered by C10
+ 9'13
103
Matthias Brändle
Nespresso
s.t.
104
Nico Sijmens
Cofidis, le crédit en ligne
+ 9'16
105
José Luis Cano
Andalucía Caja Granada
+ 9'20
106
Simone Cadamuro
Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli
+ 9'26
107
Morten Knudsen
Team Differdange - Magic-Sportfood.de
+ 10'13
108
Vladimir Isaychev
Katusha Team
+ 10'15
109
Jean-Eudes Demaret
Cofidis, le crédit en ligne
s.t.
110
Alexandre Lemair
Cofidis, le crédit en ligne
s.t.
111
Mauricio Alberto Ardila
Nespresso
s.t.
112
Martin Gilbert
Team SpiderTech powered by C10
+ 10'26
113
Elia Viviani
Liquigas - Cannondale
+ 10'36
114
Camilo Suárez
Colombia es Pasión - Café de Colombia
s.t.
115
Kohei Uchima
D'Angelo & Antenucci - Nippo
s.t.
116
Giuseppe Muraglia
D'Angelo & Antenucci - Nippo
s.t.
117
Tom Veelers
M&M's
+ 10'38
118
Matthew Hayman
Sky ProCycling
s.t.
119
Michael Tronborg
Team Differdange - Magic-Sportfood.de
+ 10'57
120
Andrea Guardini
Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli
+ 11'05
121
Robert Hayles
Kingspan - Alpro
+ 12'34
122
Damien Monier
Cofidis, le crédit en ligne
+ 12'54
123
Lucas Euser
Team SpiderTech powered by C10
+ 13'02
124
Scott Thwaites
Kingspan - Alpro
+ 14'27
125
Frank Dressler
Team Differdange - Magic-Sportfood.de
s.t.
126
Dmitry Kosyakov
Itera - Katusha
s.t.
127
Simon Lambert-Lemay
Team SpiderTech powered by C10
+ 14'33
128
Alexander Kholodov
Itera - Katusha
s.t.
129
Adrian Hegyvari
UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling
s.t.
130
Tom Thill
Team Differdange - Magic-Sportfood.de
s.t.
131
Maarten De Jonge
Kingspan - Alpro
s.t.
132
Alexander Wetterhall
Kingspan - Alpro
s.t.
133
Daniel Fleeman
Kingspan - Alpro
+ 14'43
134
Tyler Herbert
UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling
+ 15'13
135
Eduard Prades
Euskaltel - Euskadi
+ 15'44
136
José Alberto Benítez
Andalucía Caja Granada
s.t.
137
Giairo Ermeti
Androni Giocattoli
+ 16'13
138
Tom Da Mota
Team Differdange - Magic-Sportfood.de
+ 16'52
139
Danilo Di Luca
Katusha Team
+ 17'36
140
Claudio Corioni
Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli
+ 18'11
141
Junya Sano
D'Angelo & Antenucci - Nippo
s.t.
142
Egor Silin
Katusha Team
s.t.
143
Eros Capecchi
Liquigas - Cannondale
s.t.
144
Luca Ascani
D'Angelo & Antenucci - Nippo
s.t.
145
Pietro Caucchioli
Katusha Team
s.t.
146
Sergio Carrasco
Andalucía Caja Granada
s.t.
147
Bruno Langlois
Team SpiderTech powered by C10
+ 18'40
148
Viktor Shmalko
Itera - Katusha
s.t.
149
Valerio Agnoli
Liquigas - Cannondale
+ 18'49
150
Alessandro Vanotti
Liquigas - Cannondale
s.t.
151
Antonio Santoro
Androni Giocattoli
s.t.
152
Gaspare Boscolo
D'Angelo & Antenucci - Nippo
+ 19'30
153
Stéphane Bonsergent
Cofidis, le crédit en ligne
+ 20'32
154
Mauro Da Dalto
Liquigas - Cannondale
s.t.
155
Javier Benítez
Andalucía Caja Granada
s.t.
156
Hugo Salazar
Colombia es Pasión - Café de Colombia
s.t.
157
Remco Broers
Team Differdange - Magic-Sportfood.de
+ 21'58
158
Mickaël Buffaz
Cofidis, le crédit en ligne
+ 24'30
159
Angelo Furlan
Androni Giocattoli
+ 24'50
160
Alexey Tsatevitch
Itera - Katusha
s.t.
161
Thibault Dupont
Monster Energy - Ford
+ 27'53
162
Pyotr Bylinkin
Itera - Katusha
+ 28'03
Points
1
Matthew Goss
Team Qantas
0
75
2
Oscar Gatto
Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli
9
52
3
Mark Cavendish
Sky ProCycling
0
50
4
John Degenkolb
M&M's
0
34
5
Samuel Dumoulin
Cofidis, le crédit en ligne
1
33
KOTM
1
Mikel Nieve
Pro Team Astana
20
2
Jackson Rodríguez
Androni Giocattoli
14
3
Antonio Colom
Andalucía Caja Granada
12
4
Iván Velasco
Euskaltel - Euskadi
10
5
Jonathan Castroviejo
Euskaltel - Euskadi
8
Today's winner
Word from the DS
What went wrong today? The answer is that Dekker and Kelderman are placed to far behind when the climb started. Because of that they had to make up too much places and time (3 kilometres before the finish they were outside the top 30!!). In the end, they could make up some time, but a top 10 in the GC will be difficult (and the top 3 impossibe). Tomorrow is the ITT!!
Stage 5, an individual time trial. The route is 18.5 kilometres long and there are about 500 height metres to be climbed.
Garmin - Cervélo's Sylvain Chavanel sets the best time in 20'46.
Iván Gutiérrez (Andalucia) is 5 seconds slower and stes the second time behind Chavanel.
Only one guy is faster today than Chavanel: Thomas Dekker! He rides a time of 20'40.
Than the Top 3:
Jonathan Castroviejo (Euskaltel) is the best TTer of the Top 3 and rides the 5th time of the day in 29'52.
Oscar Gatto (Farnese Vini) rides the 24th time (30'24), and drops to 3rd in the GC.
Antonio Colom (Andalucia) needs a time of 30'27 to stay in the lead of the GC. He sets the 21st time in 30'21, so Colom stays in the lead!
Results
1
Thomas Dekker
Monster Energy - Ford
29'40
2
Sylvain Chavanel
Team Garmin - Cervélo
+ 6
3
Iván Gutiérrez
Andalucía Caja Granada
+ 11
4
Geraint Thomas
Sky ProCycling
s.t.
5
Jonathan Castroviejo
Euskaltel - Euskadi
+ 12
6
Cadel Evans
Katusha Team
+ 15
7
Luca Barla
Androni Giocattoli
+ 20
8
Danilo Di Luca
Katusha Team
+ 24
9
Sebastian Langeveld
Team Qantas
+ 25
10
Fredrik Kessiakoff
Pro Team Astana
+ 30
Spoiler
11
Daniel Martin
Team Garmin - Cervélo
s.t.
12
Maciej Bodnar
Liquigas - Cannondale
+ 31
13
Bradley Wiggins
Sky ProCycling
s.t.
14
Matthew Goss
Team Qantas
+ 33
15
Paul Voss
Kingspan - Alpro
+ 35
16
Christophe Riblon
Team Garmin - Cervélo
+ 36
17
Robinson Chalapud
Colombia es Pasión - Café de Colombia
+ 38
18
Wilco Kelderman
Monster Energy - Ford
+ 40
19
Leif Hoste
Katusha Team
+ 41
20
Juan José Cobo
Nespresso
s.t.
21
Antonio Colom
Andalucía Caja Granada
s.t.
22
Egor Silin
Katusha Team
+ 42
23
Michael Albasini
Team Qantas
s.t.
24
Oscar Gatto
Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli
+ 44
25
Markus Eibegger
Team Differdange - Magic-Sportfood.de
+ 47
26
Daniele Nardello
Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli
+ 48
27
Vasil Kiryienka
Pro Team Astana
s.t.
28
John Degenkolb
M&M's
s.t.
29
Danny Pate
Sky ProCycling
s.t.
30
Andrey Mizourov
Pro Team Astana
+ 49
31
Luca Ascani
D'Angelo & Antenucci - Nippo
+ 50
32
Niki Terpstra
Monster Energy - Ford
s.t.
33
Johan Vansummeren
Team Garmin - Cervélo
s.t.
34
Iván Velasco
Euskaltel - Euskadi
+ 51
35
Yann Huguet
M&M's
s.t.
36
Mattia Cattaneo
Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli
+ 52
37
Mikel Astarloza
Euskaltel - Euskadi
+ 54
38
Tomas Vaitkus
Team Qantas
s.t.
39
Mikel Nieve
Pro Team Astana
s.t.
40
Eduard Prades
Euskaltel - Euskadi
+ 55
41
Christian Vande Velde
Team Garmin - Cervélo
s.t.
42
Peter Sagan
Monster Energy - Ford
s.t.
43
Damien Monier
Cofidis, le crédit en ligne
+ 56
44
Joost Posthuma
Monster Energy - Ford
s.t.
45
Roger Kluge
M&M's
+ 57
46
Daniele Bennati
Euskaltel - Euskadi
+ 58
47
Xavier Florencio
Nespresso
s.t.
48
Juan Antonio Flecha
Sky ProCycling
+ 1'00
49
Ryder Hesjedal
Team Garmin - Cervélo
s.t.
50
Luis Felipe Laverde
Colombia es Pasión - Café de Colombia
+ 1'01
51
José Rujano
Androni Giocattoli
s.t.
52
Tom Veelers
M&M's
s.t.
53
Roman Kireyev
Pro Team Astana
+ 1'02
54
Samuel Dumoulin
Cofidis, le crédit en ligne
s.t.
55
Hugo Salazar
Colombia es Pasión - Café de Colombia
+ 1'03
56
Stuart O'Grady
Team Qantas
s.t.
57
Morten Knudsen
Team Differdange - Magic-Sportfood.de
s.t.
58
Junya Sano
D'Angelo & Antenucci - Nippo
+ 1'04
59
Jackson Rodríguez
Androni Giocattoli
s.t.
60
Vladimir Isaychev
Katusha Team
s.t.
61
Alexandre Lemair
Cofidis, le crédit en ligne
s.t.
62
Mark Cavendish
Sky ProCycling
+ 1'06
63
Nairo Quintana
Colombia es Pasión - Café de Colombia
+ 1'07
64
Assan Bazayev
Pro Team Astana
+ 1'08
65
Josep Jufré
Team SpiderTech powered by C10
s.t.
66
Kevin Hulsmans
Cofidis, le crédit en ligne
s.t.
67
Robert Hunter
Team Garmin - Cervélo
+ 1'09
68
Fabian Wegmann
Team Garmin - Cervélo
s.t.
69
Andrea Noè
Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli
s.t.
70
Russell Downing
Sky ProCycling
+ 1'10
71
Juan José Oroz
Euskaltel - Euskadi
s.t.
72
Walter Pedraza
Colombia es Pasión - Café de Colombia
s.t.
73
Davide Frattini
UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling
+ 1'12
74
Allan Davis
Team Qantas
s.t.
75
Greg Henderson
Pro Team Astana
s.t.
76
Matthias Brändle
Nespresso
s.t.
77
Giairo Ermeti
Androni Giocattoli
+ 1'13
78
Dmitry Kosyakov
Itera - Katusha
s.t.
79
Fabio Duarte
Nespresso
s.t.
80
Koldo Fernández
Euskaltel - Euskadi
+ 1'14
81
Nikita Novikov
Itera - Katusha
s.t.
82
Ronan Van Zandbeek
M&M's
s.t.
83
Alexander Wetterhall
Kingspan - Alpro
+ 1'15
84
David Blanco
Nespresso
s.t.
85
Ian Wilkinson
Kingspan - Alpro
s.t.
86
David Clarke
Kingspan - Alpro
+ 1'16
87
John Darwin Atapuma
Colombia es Pasión - Café de Colombia
s.t.
88
François Parisien
Team SpiderTech powered by C10
+ 1'17
89
Aleksandr Kuschynski
Katusha Team
s.t.
90
Bernhard Eisel
Sky ProCycling
s.t.
91
Massimiliano Gentili
D'Angelo & Antenucci - Nippo
s.t.
92
Elia Viviani
Liquigas - Cannondale
s.t.
93
Kohei Uchima
D'Angelo & Antenucci - Nippo
s.t.
94
Robbie McEwen
Team Qantas
+ 1'18
95
Fabio Sabatini
Liquigas - Cannondale
s.t.
96
Alessandro Bertolini
Androni Giocattoli
s.t.
97
Martijn Maaskant
Monster Energy - Ford
+ 1'19
98
Dmitry Mokrov
Itera - Katusha
s.t.
99
Jarlinson Pantano
Colombia es Pasión - Café de Colombia
+ 1'20
100
Adrián Palomares
Andalucía Caja Granada
s.t.
101
Ryan Roth
Team SpiderTech powered by C10
s.t.
102
Camilo Suárez
Colombia es Pasión - Café de Colombia
s.t.
103
Adrian Hegyvari
UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling
+ 1'21
104
Mikhail Antonov
Itera - Katusha
s.t.
105
Francesco Masciarelli
Pro Team Astana
s.t.
106
Paolo Longo Borghini
Liquigas - Cannondale
+ 1'22
107
Simone Cadamuro
Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli
s.t.
108
Daniel Moreno
Katusha Team
+ 1'23
109
Mauro Da Dalto
Liquigas - Cannondale
+ 1'24
110
Pablo Urtasun
Euskaltel - Euskadi
+ 1'25
111
Gerben Löwik
M&M's
s.t.
112
Kenny Van Hummel
M&M's
s.t.
113
José Luis Cano
Andalucía Caja Granada
s.t.
114
Jesús Rosendo
Andalucía Caja Granada
+ 1'26
115
Roy Curvers
M&M's
+ 1'28
116
Henry Frusto
D'Angelo & Antenucci - Nippo
s.t.
117
Frank Dressler
Team Differdange - Magic-Sportfood.de
+ 1'30
118
Daniel Fleeman
Kingspan - Alpro
+ 1'31
119
Bernardo Riccio
D'Angelo & Antenucci - Nippo
s.t.
120
Nico Sijmens
Cofidis, le crédit en ligne
s.t.
121
Pietro Caucchioli
Katusha Team
+ 1'32
122
Martin Gilbert
Team SpiderTech powered by C10
s.t.
123
Mitchell Docker
Team Qantas
+ 1'33
124
Matthew Hayman
Sky ProCycling
s.t.
125
Antonio Santoro
Androni Giocattoli
+ 1'34
126
Alex Meenhorst
Team Differdange - Magic-Sportfood.de
s.t.
127
José Alberto Benítez
Andalucía Caja Granada
+ 1'35
128
Giuseppe Palumbo
Nespresso
s.t.
129
Francesco Ginanni
Androni Giocattoli
s.t.
130
Jonathan Patrick McCarty
Team SpiderTech powered by C10
s.t.
131
Viktor Shmalko
Itera - Katusha
+ 1'36
132
Rafael Valls
Nespresso
s.t.
133
Michael Tronborg
Team Differdange - Magic-Sportfood.de
s.t.
134
Scott Thwaites
Kingspan - Alpro
+ 1'37
135
Sergio Carrasco
Andalucía Caja Granada
s.t.
136
Gaspare Boscolo
D'Angelo & Antenucci - Nippo
+ 1'38
137
Bruno Langlois
Team SpiderTech powered by C10
s.t.
138
Simon Lambert-Lemay
Team SpiderTech powered by C10
+ 1'39
139
Pyotr Bylinkin
Itera - Katusha
+ 1'42
140
Lucas Euser
Team SpiderTech powered by C10
s.t.
141
Tom Thill
Team Differdange - Magic-Sportfood.de
s.t.
142
Javier Benítez
Andalucía Caja Granada
+ 1'44
143
Stéphane Bonsergent
Cofidis, le crédit en ligne
s.t.
144
Robert Hayles
Kingspan - Alpro
+ 1'45
145
Alessandro Vanotti
Liquigas - Cannondale
s.t.
146
Mickaël Buffaz
Cofidis, le crédit en ligne
+ 1'46
147
Giuseppe Muraglia
D'Angelo & Antenucci - Nippo
s.t.
148
Valerio Agnoli
Liquigas - Cannondale
+ 1'47
149
Eros Capecchi
Liquigas - Cannondale
s.t.
150
Andrea Guardini
Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli
+ 1'48
151
Remco Broers
Team Differdange - Magic-Sportfood.de
+ 1'49
152
Claudio Corioni
Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli
s.t.
153
Sergio Marinangeli
Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli
s.t.
154
Jean-Eudes Demaret
Cofidis, le crédit en ligne
+ 1'51
155
Alexey Tsatevitch
Itera - Katusha
+ 1'55
156
Maarten De Jonge
Kingspan - Alpro
+ 1'57
157
Thibault Dupont
Monster Energy - Ford
+ 1'58
158
Angelo Furlan
Androni Giocattoli
+ 1'59
159
Alexander Kholodov
Itera - Katusha
+ 2'00
160
Mauricio Alberto Ardila
Nespresso
+ 2'02
161
Tom Da Mota
Team Differdange - Magic-Sportfood.de
+ 2'12
162
Tyler Herbert
UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling
+ 2'21
GC
Colom stays in the lead, Castroviejo at '7 and Gatto at '30. Dekker jumps to the 10th spot.
1
Antonio Colom
Andalucía Caja Granada
13h39'37
2
Jonathan Castroviejo
Euskaltel - Euskadi
+ 7
3
Oscar Gatto
Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli
+ 30
4
Geraint Thomas
Sky ProCycling
+ 52
5
Matthew Goss
Team Qantas
+ 1'01
6
Yann Huguet
M&M's
+ 1'04
7
Michael Albasini
Team Qantas
+ 1'23
8
Johan Vansummeren
Team Garmin - Cervélo
+ 1'31
9
Mikel Nieve
Pro Team Astana
+ 1'32
10
Samuel Dumoulin
Cofidis, le crédit en ligne
+ 1'43
Spoiler
11
Thomas Dekker
Monster Energy - Ford
+ 1'46
12
Jackson Rodríguez
Androni Giocattoli
+ 1'58
13
Iván Gutiérrez
Andalucía Caja Granada
+ 2'11
14
Sebastian Langeveld
Team Qantas
+ 2'13
15
Wilco Kelderman
Monster Energy - Ford
+ 2'25
16
Tomas Vaitkus
Team Qantas
+ 2'42
17
Xavier Florencio
Nespresso
+ 2'43
18
Stuart O'Grady
Team Qantas
+ 3'06
19
Francesco Masciarelli
Pro Team Astana
+ 3'13
20
Danny Pate
Sky ProCycling
+ 3'20
21
Juan Antonio Flecha
Sky ProCycling
+ 3'32
22
Cadel Evans
Katusha Team
+ 4'03
23
Fabio Duarte
Nespresso
s.t.
24
Juan José Cobo
Nespresso
+ 4'11
25
Sylvain Chavanel
Team Garmin - Cervélo
+ 4'18
26
Leif Hoste
Katusha Team
+ 4'19
27
Iván Velasco
Euskaltel - Euskadi
+ 4'21
28
John Degenkolb
M&M's
+ 4'26
29
Andrea Noè
Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli
+ 4'36
30
Peter Sagan
Monster Energy - Ford
+ 4'43
31
Allan Davis
Team Qantas
+ 4'50
32
Ronan Van Zandbeek
M&M's
+ 4'52
33
Niki Terpstra
Monster Energy - Ford
+ 5'01
34
Mark Cavendish
Sky ProCycling
+ 5'02
35
Daniele Bennati
Euskaltel - Euskadi
+ 5'06
36
Roy Curvers
M&M's
s.t.
37
Mattia Cattaneo
Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli
+ 5'08
38
Bernardo Riccio
D'Angelo & Antenucci - Nippo
+ 5'09
39
Mikel Astarloza
Euskaltel - Euskadi
+ 5'10
40
Roger Kluge
M&M's
+ 5'13
41
José Rujano
Androni Giocattoli
+ 5'17
42
Nairo Quintana
Colombia es Pasión - Café de Colombia
+ 5'21
43
Markus Eibegger
Team Differdange - Magic-Sportfood.de
+ 5'23
44
Walter Pedraza
Colombia es Pasión - Café de Colombia
+ 5'26
45
Bernhard Eisel
Sky ProCycling
+ 5'33
46
Alessandro Bertolini
Androni Giocattoli
+ 5'34
47
Ryder Hesjedal
Team Garmin - Cervélo
+ 5'36
48
Luis Felipe Laverde
Colombia es Pasión - Café de Colombia
+ 5'47
49
Paul Voss
Kingspan - Alpro
+ 5'52
50
Juan José Oroz
Euskaltel - Euskadi
+ 5'56
51
Greg Henderson
Pro Team Astana
+ 5'57
52
Fabio Sabatini
Liquigas - Cannondale
+ 6'03
53
Russell Downing
Sky ProCycling
s.t.
54
Kenny Van Hummel
M&M's
+ 6'22
55
Ian Wilkinson
Kingspan - Alpro
+ 6'26
56
Massimiliano Gentili
D'Angelo & Antenucci - Nippo
+ 6'28
57
Daniel Martin
Team Garmin - Cervélo
+ 6'37
58
Adrián Palomares
Andalucía Caja Granada
s.t.
59
Bradley Wiggins
Sky ProCycling
+ 6'38
60
Paolo Longo Borghini
Liquigas - Cannondale
+ 6'39
61
Henry Frusto
D'Angelo & Antenucci - Nippo
s.t.
62
Dmitry Mokrov
Itera - Katusha
+ 6'40
63
Christophe Riblon
Team Garmin - Cervélo
+ 6'43
64
Vasil Kiryienka
Pro Team Astana
s.t.
65
Robinson Chalapud
Colombia es Pasión - Café de Colombia
+ 6'45
66
Rafael Valls
Nespresso
+ 6'47
67
Nikita Novikov
Itera - Katusha
+ 6'48
68
Jonathan Patrick McCarty
Team SpiderTech powered by C10
+ 6'52
69
Daniele Nardello
Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli
+ 6'55
70
Joost Posthuma
Monster Energy - Ford
+ 6'57
71
Christian Vande Velde
Team Garmin - Cervélo
+ 7'02
72
Fabian Wegmann
Team Garmin - Cervélo
+ 7'08
73
Koldo Fernández
Euskaltel - Euskadi
+ 7'09
74
Davide Frattini
UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling
s.t.
75
Robbie McEwen
Team Qantas
+ 7'17
76
Gerben Löwik
M&M's
+ 7'20
77
Fredrik Kessiakoff
Pro Team Astana
+ 7'22
78
Mitchell Docker
Team Qantas
+ 7'28
79
Francesco Ginanni
Androni Giocattoli
+ 7'42
80
Roman Kireyev
Pro Team Astana
+ 7'43
81
Luca Barla
Androni Giocattoli
+ 8'09
82
Aleksandr Kuschynski
Katusha Team
+ 8'13
83
Kevin Hulsmans
Cofidis, le crédit en ligne
+ 8'21
84
Josep Jufré
Team SpiderTech powered by C10
s.t.
85
Maciej Bodnar
Liquigas - Cannondale
+ 8'22
86
François Parisien
Team SpiderTech powered by C10
+ 8'26
87
John Darwin Atapuma
Colombia es Pasión - Café de Colombia
+ 8'29
88
David Clarke
Kingspan - Alpro
s.t.
89
Jarlinson Pantano
Colombia es Pasión - Café de Colombia
+ 8'33
90
Daniel Moreno
Katusha Team
+ 8'36
91
Pablo Urtasun
Euskaltel - Euskadi
+ 8'38
92
Andrey Mizourov
Pro Team Astana
+ 8'40
93
Giuseppe Palumbo
Nespresso
+ 8'48
94
Assan Bazayev
Pro Team Astana
+ 8'59
95
Robert Hunter
Team Garmin - Cervélo
+ 9'00
96
Martijn Maaskant
Monster Energy - Ford
+ 9'10
97
Jesús Rosendo
Andalucía Caja Granada
+ 9'17
98
David Blanco
Nespresso
+ 9'30
99
Mikhail Antonov
Itera - Katusha
+ 9'41
100
Matthias Brändle
Nespresso
+ 9'44
101
Ryan Roth
Team SpiderTech powered by C10
+ 9'52
102
Alex Meenhorst
Team Differdange - Magic-Sportfood.de
+ 9'54
103
Sergio Marinangeli
Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli
+ 10'04
104
José Luis Cano
Andalucía Caja Granada
s.t.
105
Nico Sijmens
Cofidis, le crédit en ligne
+ 10'06
106
Simone Cadamuro
Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli
+ 10'07
107
Morten Knudsen
Team Differdange - Magic-Sportfood.de
+ 10'35
108
Vladimir Isaychev
Katusha Team
+ 10'38
109
Alexandre Lemair
Cofidis, le crédit en ligne
s.t.
110
Tom Veelers
M&M's
+ 10'58
111
Elia Viviani
Liquigas - Cannondale
+ 11'12
112
Kohei Uchima
D'Angelo & Antenucci - Nippo
s.t.
113
Camilo Suárez
Colombia es Pasión - Café de Colombia
+ 11'15
114
Martin Gilbert
Team SpiderTech powered by C10
+ 11'17
115
Jean-Eudes Demaret
Cofidis, le crédit en ligne
+ 11'25
116
Matthew Hayman
Sky ProCycling
+ 11'30
117
Mauricio Alberto Ardila
Nespresso
+ 11'36
118
Giuseppe Muraglia
D'Angelo & Antenucci - Nippo
+ 11'41
119
Michael Tronborg
Team Differdange - Magic-Sportfood.de
+ 11'52
120
Andrea Guardini
Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli
+ 12'12
121
Damien Monier
Cofidis, le crédit en ligne
+ 13'09
122
Robert Hayles
Kingspan - Alpro
+ 13'38
123
Lucas Euser
Team SpiderTech powered by C10
+ 14'03
124
Dmitry Kosyakov
Itera - Katusha
+ 14'59
125
Alexander Wetterhall
Kingspan - Alpro
+ 15'07
126
Adrian Hegyvari
UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling
+ 15'13
127
Frank Dressler
Team Differdange - Magic-Sportfood.de
+ 15'16
128
Scott Thwaites
Kingspan - Alpro
+ 15'23
129
Simon Lambert-Lemay
Team SpiderTech powered by C10
+ 15'31
130
Daniel Fleeman
Kingspan - Alpro
+ 15'33
131
Tom Thill
Team Differdange - Magic-Sportfood.de
+ 15'34
132
Maarten De Jonge
Kingspan - Alpro
+ 15'49
133
Alexander Kholodov
Itera - Katusha
+ 15'52
134
Eduard Prades
Euskaltel - Euskadi
+ 15'58
135
José Alberto Benítez
Andalucía Caja Granada
+ 16'38
136
Giairo Ermeti
Androni Giocattoli
+ 16'45
137
Tyler Herbert
UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling
+ 16'53
138
Danilo Di Luca
Katusha Team
+ 17'19
139
Egor Silin
Katusha Team
+ 18'12
140
Luca Ascani
D'Angelo & Antenucci - Nippo
+ 18'20
141
Tom Da Mota
Team Differdange - Magic-Sportfood.de
+ 18'23
142
Junya Sano
D'Angelo & Antenucci - Nippo
+ 18'34
143
Pietro Caucchioli
Katusha Team
+ 19'02
144
Sergio Carrasco
Andalucía Caja Granada
+ 19'07
145
Eros Capecchi
Liquigas - Cannondale
+ 19'17
146
Claudio Corioni
Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli
+ 19'19
147
Viktor Shmalko
Itera - Katusha
+ 19'35
148
Bruno Langlois
Team SpiderTech powered by C10
+ 19'37
149
Antonio Santoro
Androni Giocattoli
+ 19'42
150
Alessandro Vanotti
Liquigas - Cannondale
+ 19'53
151
Valerio Agnoli
Liquigas - Cannondale
+ 19'55
152
Gaspare Boscolo
D'Angelo & Antenucci - Nippo
+ 20'27
153
Hugo Salazar
Colombia es Pasión - Café de Colombia
+ 20'54
154
Mauro Da Dalto
Liquigas - Cannondale
+ 21'15
155
Stéphane Bonsergent
Cofidis, le crédit en ligne
+ 21'35
156
Javier Benítez
Andalucía Caja Granada
s.t.
157
Remco Broers
Team Differdange - Magic-Sportfood.de
+ 23'06
158
Mickaël Buffaz
Cofidis, le crédit en ligne
+ 25'35
159
Alexey Tsatevitch
Itera - Katusha
+ 26'04
160
Angelo Furlan
Androni Giocattoli
+ 26'08
161
Pyotr Bylinkin
Itera - Katusha
+ 29'04
162
Thibault Dupont
Monster Energy - Ford
+ 29'10
Points
1
Matthew Goss
Team Qantas
2
77
2
Oscar Gatto
Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli
0
52
3
Mark Cavendish
Sky ProCycling
0
50
4
Thomas Dekker
Monster Energy - Ford
31
34
5
John Degenkolb
M&M's
0
34
Today's winner
Word from the DS
Great ITT by Thomas Dekker, and his second win of the year. Unfortunately he didn't jumped into the top 10, but the stage win brings us a good feeling!
The last stage, 157 kilometres from Qurayyat to Mattrah Seafront.
We have one goal today: bring Thomas Dekker in the top 10 of the GC! So we work hard to keep the peloton together, in which we succeed. Dekker attacks out of the peloton 3 kilometres before the Interediate sprint and manages to be as first on the line! So six bonus seconds, and therefore the 10th place in the GC. Mission accomplished.
The rest of the stage is summarized as followed: 12 riders form a BOTD, Sky and Qantas chase them, they get caught, and Goss sprints to the win.............. No, wait.... A few metres before the line he gets passed by the Manx Missile! Mark Cavendish beats Goss and wins the stage! JOhn Degenkolb (M&M's) finishes as 3rd, and Peter Sagan disappoints with the 25th place.
Results
1
Mark Cavendish
Sky ProCycling
3h34'20
2
Matthew Goss
Team Qantas
s.t.
3
John Degenkolb
M&M's
s.t.
4
Samuel Dumoulin
Cofidis, le crédit en ligne
s.t.
5
Robbie McEwen
Team Qantas
s.t.
6
Oscar Gatto
Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli
s.t.
7
Daniele Bennati
Euskaltel - Euskadi
s.t.
8
Geraint Thomas
Sky ProCycling
s.t.
9
Kenny Van Hummel
M&M's
s.t.
10
Bernhard Eisel
Sky ProCycling
s.t.
...
25 Peter SaganMonster Energy - Ford s.t.
Today's winner
GC
No changes in the top 9
1
Antonio Colom
Andalucía Caja Granada
17h13'57
2
Jonathan Castroviejo
Euskaltel - Euskadi
+ 7
3
Oscar Gatto
Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli
+ 30
4
Matthew Goss
Team Qantas
+ 49
5
Geraint Thomas
Sky ProCycling
+ 52
6
Yann Huguet
M&M's
+ 1'04
7
Michael Albasini
Team Qantas
+ 1'23
8
Johan Vansummeren
Team Garmin - Cervélo
+ 1'31
9
Mikel Nieve
Pro Team Astana
+ 1'32
10
Thomas Dekker
Monster Energy - Ford
+ 1'40
Spoiler
11
Samuel Dumoulin
Cofidis, le crédit en ligne
+ 1'43
12
Jackson Rodríguez
Androni Giocattoli
+ 1'58
13
Iván Gutiérrez
Andalucía Caja Granada
+ 2'11
14
Sebastian Langeveld
Team Qantas
+ 2'13
15
Wilco Kelderman
Monster Energy - Ford
+ 2'25
16
Tomas Vaitkus
Team Qantas
+ 2'42
17
Xavier Florencio
Nespresso
+ 2'43
18
Stuart O'Grady
Team Qantas
+ 3'06
19
Francesco Masciarelli
Pro Team Astana
+ 3'13
20
Danny Pate
Sky ProCycling
+ 3'20
21
Juan Antonio Flecha
Sky ProCycling
+ 3'32
22
Cadel Evans
Katusha Team
+ 4'03
23
Fabio Duarte
Nespresso
s.t.
24
Juan José Cobo
Nespresso
+ 4'11
25
John Degenkolb
M&M's
+ 4'18
26
Sylvain Chavanel
Team Garmin - Cervélo
s.t.
27
Leif Hoste
Katusha Team
+ 4'19
28
Iván Velasco
Euskaltel - Euskadi
+ 4'21
29
Andrea Noè
Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli
+ 4'36
30
Mark Cavendish
Sky ProCycling
+ 4'42
31
Peter Sagan
Monster Energy - Ford
+ 4'43
32
Allan Davis
Team Qantas
+ 4'50
33
Ronan Van Zandbeek
M&M's
+ 4'52
34
Niki Terpstra
Monster Energy - Ford
+ 5'01
35
Daniele Bennati
Euskaltel - Euskadi
+ 5'06
36
Roy Curvers
M&M's
s.t.
37
Mattia Cattaneo
Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli
+ 5'08
38
Bernardo Riccio
D'Angelo & Antenucci - Nippo
+ 5'09
39
Mikel Astarloza
Euskaltel - Euskadi
+ 5'10
40
Roger Kluge
M&M's
+ 5'13
41
José Rujano
Androni Giocattoli
+ 5'17
42
Nairo Quintana
Colombia es Pasión - Café de Colombia
+ 5'21
43
Markus Eibegger
Team Differdange - Magic-Sportfood.de
+ 5'23
44
Walter Pedraza
Colombia es Pasión - Café de Colombia
+ 5'26
45
Bernhard Eisel
Sky ProCycling
+ 5'33
46
Alessandro Bertolini
Androni Giocattoli
+ 5'34
47
Ryder Hesjedal
Team Garmin - Cervélo
+ 5'36
48
Luis Felipe Laverde
Colombia es Pasión - Café de Colombia
+ 5'47
49
Paul Voss
Kingspan - Alpro
+ 5'52
50
Juan José Oroz
Euskaltel - Euskadi
+ 5'56
51
Greg Henderson
Pro Team Astana
+ 5'57
52
Fabio Sabatini
Liquigas - Cannondale
+ 6'03
53
Russell Downing
Sky ProCycling
s.t.
54
Kenny Van Hummel
M&M's
+ 6'22
55
Ian Wilkinson
Kingspan - Alpro
+ 6'26
56
Massimiliano Gentili
D'Angelo & Antenucci - Nippo
+ 6'28
57
Adrián Palomares
Andalucía Caja Granada
+ 6'37
58
Daniel Martin
Team Garmin - Cervélo
s.t.
59
Bradley Wiggins
Sky ProCycling
+ 6'38
60
Paolo Longo Borghini
Liquigas - Cannondale
+ 6'39
61
Henry Frusto
D'Angelo & Antenucci - Nippo
s.t.
62
Dmitry Mokrov
Itera - Katusha
+ 6'40
63
Christophe Riblon
Team Garmin - Cervélo
+ 6'43
64
Vasil Kiryienka
Pro Team Astana
s.t.
65
Robinson Chalapud
Colombia es Pasión - Café de Colombia
+ 6'45
66
Rafael Valls
Nespresso
+ 6'47
67
Nikita Novikov
Itera - Katusha
+ 6'48
68
Jonathan Patrick McCarty
Team SpiderTech powered by C10
+ 6'52
69
Daniele Nardello
Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli
+ 6'55
70
Joost Posthuma
Monster Energy - Ford
+ 6'57
71
Christian Vande Velde
Team Garmin - Cervélo
+ 7'02
72
Fabian Wegmann
Team Garmin - Cervélo
+ 7'08
73
Koldo Fernández
Euskaltel - Euskadi
+ 7'09
74
Davide Frattini
UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling
s.t.
75
Robbie McEwen
Team Qantas
+ 7'17
76
Gerben Löwik
M&M's
+ 7'20
77
Fredrik Kessiakoff
Pro Team Astana
+ 7'22
78
Mitchell Docker
Team Qantas
+ 7'26
79
Francesco Ginanni
Androni Giocattoli
+ 7'42
80
Roman Kireyev
Pro Team Astana
+ 7'43
81
Luca Barla
Androni Giocattoli
+ 8'09
82
Aleksandr Kuschynski
Katusha Team
+ 8'13
83
Kevin Hulsmans
Cofidis, le crédit en ligne
+ 8'21
84
Josep Jufré
Team SpiderTech powered by C10
s.t.
85
Maciej Bodnar
Liquigas - Cannondale
+ 8'22
86
François Parisien
Team SpiderTech powered by C10
+ 8'26
87
David Clarke
Kingspan - Alpro
+ 8'29
88
John Darwin Atapuma
Colombia es Pasión - Café de Colombia
s.t.
89
Jarlinson Pantano
Colombia es Pasión - Café de Colombia
+ 8'33
90
Daniel Moreno
Katusha Team
+ 8'36
91
Pablo Urtasun
Euskaltel - Euskadi
+ 8'38
92
Andrey Mizourov
Pro Team Astana
+ 8'40
93
Giuseppe Palumbo
Nespresso
+ 8'48
94
Assan Bazayev
Pro Team Astana
+ 8'59
95
Robert Hunter
Team Garmin - Cervélo
+ 9'00
96
Martijn Maaskant
Monster Energy - Ford
+ 9'10
97
Jesús Rosendo
Andalucía Caja Granada
+ 9'17
98
David Blanco
Nespresso
+ 9'30
99
Mikhail Antonov
Itera - Katusha
+ 9'41
100
Matthias Brändle
Nespresso
+ 9'44
101
Ryan Roth
Team SpiderTech powered by C10
+ 9'52
102
Alex Meenhorst
Team Differdange - Magic-Sportfood.de
+ 9'54
103
José Luis Cano
Andalucía Caja Granada
+ 10'04
104
Sergio Marinangeli
Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli
s.t.
105
Nico Sijmens
Cofidis, le crédit en ligne
+ 10'06
106
Simone Cadamuro
Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli
+ 10'07
107
Morten Knudsen
Team Differdange - Magic-Sportfood.de
+ 10'35
108
Vladimir Isaychev
Katusha Team
+ 10'38
109
Alexandre Lemair
Cofidis, le crédit en ligne
s.t.
110
Tom Veelers
M&M's
+ 10'58
111
Elia Viviani
Liquigas - Cannondale
+ 11'12
112
Kohei Uchima
D'Angelo & Antenucci - Nippo
s.t.
113
Camilo Suárez
Colombia es Pasión - Café de Colombia
+ 11'15
114
Martin Gilbert
Team SpiderTech powered by C10
+ 11'17
115
Jean-Eudes Demaret
Cofidis, le crédit en ligne
+ 11'25
116
Matthew Hayman
Sky ProCycling
+ 11'30
117
Mauricio Alberto Ardila
Nespresso
+ 11'36
118
Giuseppe Muraglia
D'Angelo & Antenucci - Nippo
+ 11'41
119
Michael Tronborg
Team Differdange - Magic-Sportfood.de
+ 11'52
120
Andrea Guardini
Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli
+ 12'12
121
Damien Monier
Cofidis, le crédit en ligne
+ 13'09
122
Lucas Euser
Team SpiderTech powered by C10
+ 14'03
123
Dmitry Kosyakov
Itera - Katusha
+ 14'59
124
Alexander Wetterhall
Kingspan - Alpro
+ 15'07
125
Adrian Hegyvari
UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling
+ 15'13
126
Frank Dressler
Team Differdange - Magic-Sportfood.de
+ 15'16
127
Scott Thwaites
Kingspan - Alpro
+ 15'23
128
Simon Lambert-Lemay
Team SpiderTech powered by C10
+ 15'31
129
Daniel Fleeman
Kingspan - Alpro
+ 15'33
130
Tom Thill
Team Differdange - Magic-Sportfood.de
+ 15'34
131
Maarten De Jonge
Kingspan - Alpro
+ 15'49
132
Alexander Kholodov
Itera - Katusha
+ 15'52
133
Eduard Prades
Euskaltel - Euskadi
+ 15'58
134
José Alberto Benítez
Andalucía Caja Granada
+ 16'38
135
Giairo Ermeti
Androni Giocattoli
+ 16'45
136
Tyler Herbert
UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling
+ 16'53
137
Robert Hayles
Kingspan - Alpro
+ 17'06
138
Danilo Di Luca
Katusha Team
+ 17'19
139
Egor Silin
Katusha Team
+ 18'12
140
Luca Ascani
D'Angelo & Antenucci - Nippo
+ 18'20
141
Junya Sano
D'Angelo & Antenucci - Nippo
+ 18'34
142
Pietro Caucchioli
Katusha Team
+ 19'02
143
Sergio Carrasco
Andalucía Caja Granada
+ 19'07
144
Eros Capecchi
Liquigas - Cannondale
+ 19'17
145
Claudio Corioni
Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli
+ 19'19
146
Viktor Shmalko
Itera - Katusha
+ 19'35
147
Bruno Langlois
Team SpiderTech powered by C10
+ 19'37
148
Antonio Santoro
Androni Giocattoli
+ 19'42
149
Alessandro Vanotti
Liquigas - Cannondale
+ 19'53
150
Valerio Agnoli
Liquigas - Cannondale
+ 19'55
151
Gaspare Boscolo
D'Angelo & Antenucci - Nippo
+ 20'27
152
Hugo Salazar
Colombia es Pasión - Café de Colombia
+ 20'54
153
Mauro Da Dalto
Liquigas - Cannondale
+ 21'15
154
Stéphane Bonsergent
Cofidis, le crédit en ligne
+ 21'31
155
Javier Benítez
Andalucía Caja Granada
+ 21'35
156
Tom Da Mota
Team Differdange - Magic-Sportfood.de
+ 21'51
157
Remco Broers
Team Differdange - Magic-Sportfood.de
+ 23'06
158
Mickaël Buffaz
Cofidis, le crédit en ligne
+ 25'35
159
Alexey Tsatevitch
Itera - Katusha
+ 26'04
160
Angelo Furlan
Androni Giocattoli
+ 26'08
161
Pyotr Bylinkin
Itera - Katusha
+ 33'26
162
Thibault Dupont
Monster Energy - Ford
+ 35'58
Points
3 stage wins are enough for the points-jersey.
1
Matthew Goss
Team Qantas
20
97
2
Mark Cavendish
Sky ProCycling
25
75
3
Oscar Gatto
Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli
10
62
4
John Degenkolb
M&M's
16
50
5
Samuel Dumoulin
Cofidis, le crédit en ligne
14
47
KOTM
Only 2 categorized climbs in the Tour of Oman, so Mikel Nieve, winner on the green mountain, wins the polka dot jersey.
1
Mikel Nieve
Pro Team Astana
0
20
2
Jackson Rodríguez
Androni Giocattoli
0
14
3
Antonio Colom
Andalucía Caja Granada
0
12
4
Iván Velasco
Euskaltel - Euskadi
0
10
5
Jonathan Castroviejo
Euskaltel - Euskadi
0
8
U25
1
Jonathan Castroviejo
Euskaltel - Euskadi
17h14'04
2
Wilco Kelderman
Monster Energy - Ford
+ 2'18
3
John Degenkolb
M&M's
+ 4'11
4
Peter Sagan
Monster Energy - Ford
+ 4'36
5
Ronan Van Zandbeek
M&M's
+ 4'45
Teams
1
Euskaltel - Euskadi
51h45'58
2
Andalucía Caja Granada
+ 45
3
Team Qantas
+ 1'30
4
Pro Team Astana
+ 2'32
5
Sky ProCycling
+ 3'08
...
7
Monster Energy - Ford
+ 4'54
The overall winner
Word from the DS
So this is strange for us, no jerseys after a stage race.... We messed up in the first stage, had an invisible 2nd and 3rd stage, made the mistake in stage 4 to not be positioned in the front rows of the peloton and had a bad 6th stage. Only stage 5 was good, with the TT-win by Thomas Dekker. Off to Italy again!
While some part of the team was racing in the Oman' desert, an other group went to Italy to ride the Trofeo Laigueglia. It is the 49th edition of the hilly classic (total height difference 3500m) near the Ligurian Sea, in the Northwest of Italy.
It's a race for the puncheurs, last year's edition was won by Johnny Hoogerland (Vacansoleil).
The favourites *** D. Cataldo (Omega Pharma), E. Gasparotto (Lampre), F. felline (Nespresso) ** G. Bole (Lampre), D. Pozzovivo (Colnago), V. Karpets (Katusha) * D. Ulissi (Lampre), D. Pietropolli (Omega Pharma), D. Callegarin (Team Type 1)
Our goals
Too be honest, none... The route is too hilly for our riders.
After Sep Vanmarcke was in the attack over the first climb, but got caught, a group of 5 forms the BOTD. In the secod climb Domenico Pozzovivo (Colnago) atatcks out of the peloton and slowly closes the gap to the BOTD. 46 kilometres before the finish, he joins the 2 remaining members of the BOTD, Dmitriy Fofonov (Astana) and Luca Celli (Pisanellastoria). Their lead to the peloton is 3'55.
In the last climb of the day, Celli has to let the other 2 go. When Fofonov crashes in the wet descend, Pozzovivo is all alone up front. 15 kilometres before the finish, he ha sa lead of 2'48 to a group consisting of Kocjan, Efimkin & Callegarin (Team Type 1), Pietropolli & Cataldo (Omega Pharma), Firsanov (Itera), Bole, Ulissi, Bosisio & Gasparotto (Lampre), Karpets (Katusha), Van Garderen (Colnago), Tiralongo (Astana) and Felline (Nespresso). Sep Vanmarcke is the first Monster Energy - rider in the race, in a group riding for place 20.
Domenico Pozzovivo takes the win after a great attack in disastrous weather. 31 seconds behind him, Daniele Callegarin sprints to the 2nd place, just beating Vladimir Karpets.
Sep Vanmarcke improved a bit in the last few kilometres and finishes the race in 19th position.
Results
1
Domenico Pozzovivo
Colnago - CSF Inox
5h17'37
2
Daniele Callegarin
Team Type 1
+ 31
3
Vladimir Karpets
Katusha Team
s.t.
4
Fabio Felline
Nespresso
s.t.
5
Dario Cataldo
Omega Pharma - Quick·Step Cycling Team
s.t.
6
Tejay Van Garderen
Colnago - CSF Inox
s.t.
7
Sergey Firsanov
Itera - Katusha
s.t.
8
Daniele Pietropolli
Omega Pharma - Quick·Step Cycling Team
s.t.
9
Jure Kocjan
Team Type 1
+ 2'18
10
Diego Ulissi
Lampre - Generali
s.t.
Spoiler
11
Yury Trofimov
Pro Team Astana
s.t.
12
Alexander Efimkin
Team Type 1
s.t.
13
Paolo Tiralongo
Pro Team Astana
s.t.
14
Grega Bole
Lampre - Generali
s.t.
15
Enrico Gasparotto
Lampre - Generali
s.t.
16
Gabriele Bosisio
Lampre - Generali
s.t.
17
Dmitriy Fofonov
Pro Team Astana
s.t.
18
Luca Celli
Pisanellastoria - Guerciotti
s.t.
19
Sep Vanmarcke
Monster Energy - Ford
+ 3'21
20
Mirco Lorenzetto
Androni Giocattoli
s.t.
21
Alessandro Proni
Acqua & Sapone
s.t.
22
Federico Canuti
Colnago - CSF Inox
s.t.
23
Thomas Peterson
Itera - Katusha
s.t.
24
Francesco Gavazzi
Lampre - Generali
s.t.
25
Roberto Ferrari
Androni Giocattoli
s.t.
26
Lieuwe Westra
Monster Energy - Ford
+ 4'06
27
Artem Ovechkin
Katusha Team
s.t.
28
Marco Frapporti
Colnago - CSF Inox
+ 5'02
29
Sacha Modolo
Team Type 1
s.t.
30
Marco Corti
Nespresso
s.t.
31
Matthew Lloyd
Pro Team Astana
s.t.
32
Javier Megías
Team Type 1
s.t.
33
Sergey Rudaskov
Itera - Katusha
s.t.
34
Vincenzo Garofalo
Colnago - CSF Inox
s.t.
35
Coen Vermeltfoort
Monster Energy - Ford
s.t.
36
Ruggero Marzoli
Acqua & Sapone
s.t.
37
Cristiano Benenati
De Rosa - Ceramica Flaminia
s.t.
38
Enrico Zen
Androni Giocattoli
s.t.
39
Stijn Vandenbergh
Katusha Team
s.t.
40
Miguel Rubiano
D'Angelo & Antenucci - Nippo
s.t.
41
Carlos Betancourt
Acqua & Sapone
s.t.
42
Daniele Ratto
Nespresso
s.t.
43
Arkaitz Durán
Nespresso
s.t.
44
Alessandro Bisolti
Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli
s.t.
45
Frantisek Padour
PSK Whirlpool - Author
s.t.
46
Leonardo Moser
Androni Giocattoli
s.t.
47
Davide Bonuccelli
Nespresso
s.t.
48
Romain Zingle
Monster Energy - Ford
s.t.
49
Antonio D'Aniello
Colnago - CSF Inox
+ 8'57
50
Zdenek Stybar
Omega Pharma - Quick·Step Cycling Team
s.t.
51
Pavel Kochetkov
Itera - Katusha
s.t.
52
Dimitry Ignatiev
Itera - Katusha
s.t.
53
Davide Rebellin
Pisanellastoria - Guerciotti
s.t.
54
Gorazd Stangelj
Pro Team Astana
s.t.
55
Tomasz Nose
Adria Mobil
s.t.
56
Vitaliy Popkov
ISD - Lampre Continental
s.t.
57
Salvatore Commesso
Androni Giocattoli
+ 9'50
58
Mikhail Ignatiev
Itera - Katusha
+ 10'08
59
Laszló Bodrogi
Team Type 1
s.t.
60
Rémy Cusin
Atlas Personal
+ 10'31
61
Luca Paolini
Katusha Team
s.t.
62
Sébastien Rosseler
Monster Energy - Ford
+ 11'04
63
Filippo Savini
Colnago - CSF Inox
s.t.
64
Luca Pierfelici
De Rosa - Ceramica Flaminia
s.t.
65
Alessandro Bazzana
Team Type 1
s.t.
66
Matteo Pelucchi
Nespresso
+ 11'30
67
Giampaolo Caruso
Katusha Team
s.t.
68
Daniele Colli
Nespresso
s.t.
69
Luca Mazzanti
Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli
s.t.
70
Marco Marzano
ISD - Lampre Continental
+ 12'09
71
Francesco De Bonis
Amore & Vita
s.t.
72
Tom Dumoulin
Monster Energy - Ford
s.t.
73
Jens Keukeleire
Monster Energy - Ford
s.t.
74
Dimitriy Muravyev
Pro Team Astana
+ 12'36
75
Elia Favilli
Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli
s.t.
76
Valery Kobzarenko
ISD - Lampre Continental
s.t.
77
Anton Vorobyev
Itera - Katusha
s.t.
78
Jack Bauer
Bank BGZ
s.t.
79
Roger Beuchat
Atlas Personal
s.t.
80
Pawel Cieslik
Bank BGZ
s.t.
81
Ramunas Navardauskas
ISD - Lampre Continental
s.t.
82
Patxi Vila
De Rosa - Ceramica Flaminia
+ 14'12
83
Tomasz Smolen
PSK Whirlpool - Author
s.t.
84
Mikhaylo Khalilov
Amore & Vita
s.t.
85
Otavio Didier Bulgarelli
Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli
s.t.
86
Elia Rigotto
Colnago - CSF Inox
s.t.
87
Pavel Zitta
PSK Whirlpool - Author
s.t.
88
Enrico Franzoï
Adria Mobil
s.t.
89
Davide Cimolai
Androni Giocattoli
s.t.
90
Matej Gnezda
Adria Mobil
s.t.
91
Vladislav Borisov
Amore & Vita
s.t.
92
Bert Grabsch
Omega Pharma - Quick·Step Cycling Team
s.t.
93
Pierpaolo De Negri
Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli
s.t.
94
Gerhard Trampusch
ISD - Lampre Continental
s.t.
95
Roberto De Patre
Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli
s.t.
96
Andrea Masciarelli
Acqua & Sapone
s.t.
97
Paolo Bailetti
De Rosa - Ceramica Flaminia
s.t.
98
Alexander Kvachuk
ISD - Lampre Continental
s.t.
99
Peter Kusztor
Atlas Personal
+ 15'22
100
Bersvenn Støen
Amore & Vita
s.t.
101
Andrea Grendene
Androni Giocattoli
s.t.
102
Danilo Napolitano
Acqua & Sapone
s.t.
103
Nikolai Trussov
Katusha Team
s.t.
104
Valentin Iglinskiy
Pro Team Astana
s.t.
105
Manuele Mori
Lampre - Generali
s.t.
106
Nikolas Maes
Omega Pharma - Quick·Step Cycling Team
s.t.
107
Robert Radosz
Bank BGZ
s.t.
108
Gert Steegmans
Omega Pharma - Quick·Step Cycling Team
s.t.
109
Josef Hosek
PSK Whirlpool - Author
s.t.
110
Adriano Malori
Lampre - Generali
s.t.
111
Jonathan Fumeaux
Atlas Personal
s.t.
112
Massimo Codol
Acqua & Sapone
s.t.
113
Mirco Saggiorato
Atlas Personal
s.t.
114
Ryohei Komori
D'Angelo & Antenucci - Nippo
+ 16'35
115
Philipp Mamos
Amore & Vita
s.t.
116
Marco Bandiera
Omega Pharma - Quick·Step Cycling Team
s.t.
117
Danilo Andrenacci
D'Angelo & Antenucci - Nippo
s.t.
118
Kirill Baranov
Itera - Katusha
+ 18'01
119
Leonardo Giordani
Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli
s.t.
120
Donato Cannone
Androni Giocattoli
s.t.
121
Davide Ricci Bitti
Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli
s.t.
122
Giuseppe Di Salvo
Pisanellastoria - Guerciotti
s.t.
123
Alfredo Balloni
Lampre - Generali
s.t.
124
Julien Vermote
Omega Pharma - Quick·Step Cycling Team
s.t.
125
Jiri Hudecek
PSK Whirlpool - Author
s.t.
126
Aldo Ino Ilesic
Team Type 1
s.t.
127
Filippo Bortolotti
Nespresso
s.t.
128
Theo Bos
Monster Energy - Ford
s.t.
129
Giuseppe De Maria
De Rosa - Ceramica Flaminia
+ 18'49
130
Kristjan Fajt
Adria Mobil
s.t.
131
Jarosław Rębiewski
Bank BGZ
s.t.
132
Pawel Sztobryn
Bank BGZ
+ 20'57
133
Antonio Natali
Katusha Team
s.t.
134
Aljaz Hocevar
Adria Mobil
+ 21'43
135
Patrik Moren
Amore & Vita
s.t.
136
Artem Topchanyuk
ISD - Lampre Continental
s.t.
137
Antonio Manzoni
Adria Mobil
s.t.
138
Davide Torosantucci
D'Angelo & Antenucci - Nippo
s.t.
139
Adam Wadecki
PSK Whirlpool - Author
s.t.
140
Tomáš Bucháček
PSK Whirlpool - Author
s.t.
141
Felix Rinker
Atlas Personal
s.t.
142
Stefano Borchi
De Rosa - Ceramica Flaminia
s.t.
143
Sergey Kolesnikov
Amore & Vita
s.t.
144
Simone Campagnaro
D'Angelo & Antenucci - Nippo
s.t.
145
Pedro Merino
Pisanellastoria - Guerciotti
s.t.
146
Krzysztof Jeżowski
Bank BGZ
+ 22'34
147
Francesco Chicchi
Katusha Team
s.t.
148
Nicolas Baldo
Atlas Personal
s.t.
149
Lilian Pommier
Atlas Personal
s.t.
150
Masaaki Kikuchi
D'Angelo & Antenucci - Nippo
s.t.
151
Damiano Margutti
De Rosa - Ceramica Flaminia
s.t.
152
Filippo Baggio
De Rosa - Ceramica Flaminia
s.t.
153
Jakub Vecera
PSK Whirlpool - Author
s.t.
154
Leopoldo Rocchetti
Pisanellastoria - Guerciotti
s.t.
155
Sergiy Gretchyn
Amore & Vita
+ 26'22
156
Volodymyr Dyudya
ISD - Lampre Continental
s.t.
157
Roberto Cesaro
Pisanellastoria - Guerciotti
s.t.
158
Manuel Fedele
D'Angelo & Antenucci - Nippo
s.t.
The winner
Word from the DS
Maybe next time we should start here with riders that are capable to ride hard over these climbs....
We go to Italy, to the isle of Sardegna! This 5-stage race is a perfect preparation for the Tirreno - Adriatico, as the routes of all stages are hilly and mountainous all the time.
Because of the difficulty of the terrain, it was no surprise that last year's edition was won by Kathusa's Joaquim Rodriguez.