@ all: Thank you very much for all the nice comments! Much appreciated The beginning looked indeed promising but the gaps are very small and bigger gaps will come... so it'll be a tough struggle for Dom
@ rorczp: Great to see you back! Dominik had indeed a fantastic development and some nice results in this season.
In the first half of the stage, the first mountain points will be awarded. The rest of the stage is pan flat and will most likely end in a sprint finish.
Dominik's Pre-Race Comment
Not much to do for me today, except of course stay within the pack without wasting energy. Our focus today is on Tiziano for the sprint finish. We'll also try to get someone in the pack for the mountain points.
Live Ticker
Km 3:
After three calm kilometers, the first attacks begin. Daniel Oss counters.
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Km 18:
As Oss is the only one willing to do any work, the group is caught right after the intermediate sprint. The next riders attack immediatly.
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Km 26:
A 13 men break has 1'30 of advance. The pack is chasing as it's a very big group, but they'll probably last until the first mountain. Carlo Favini is present for Liquigas.
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Km 29:
In a very tight sprint, Favini takes the first place there right in front of Laurent Lefèvre (Roubaix).
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Km 40:
A bit surprisingly, the pack stopped chasing after the ascent. The 13 riders managed to create a gap of 4 minutes.
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Km 62:
Unfortunately for Liquigas, Lefèvre is the fastest over the second mountain while Favini only crosses the sprint point third. The French will wear the jersey tomorrow. 6 minutes for the escapees.
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Km 91:
Those six minutes were the climax. 50 kms from the finish, Cofidis for Leonardo Duque and Dirk Grepdon Wanzele for Frederic Amorison cut the gap to less than 4 minutes.
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Km 112:
Liquigas has one of the favorites for today in the pack so Carlo Favini doesn't participate in the pacemaking in the group but instead enjoys the beautiful rural landscape. But part of the escapees delivers a great fight. With 30 kms to go, the advance is only little below three minutes.
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Km 122:
It starts to look quite good for the group. With less than 20 kms to go, they're still 2'20 in front. The pack doesn't seem to be able to bring them back.
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Km 129:
It's enough for BMC now: With a double attack, they try to make the best out of the situation. Koen Barbé joins Ivan Santaromita and Michael Schär.
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Km 131:
Seeing that they might succeed, Dominik Nerz plucks up courage and tries it as well. 10 kilometers to go!
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Km 136:
Nerz reached the group and really gives everything but he obviously is too dangerous. The pack is only little behind.
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Km 139:
Meanwhile, the sprint for the win among the escapees begins. Favini is a bad sprinter but he could save some energy and is positioned decently good.
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Km 140:
1 km to go! Favini is right behind the current leader Mathieu Claude but on his right, Gert Dockx is accelerating fast.
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Km 141:
But eventually, all of them get overtaken. FDJ's Francis Mourey takes the win, he also overtakes the yellow jersey. Carlo Favini can be very happy with another Top 10 finish on place 9.
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Km 141:
Nerz's small group of course got caught in the last 2 kms. Jean Demaret (Cofidis) wins the worthless sprint for place 14, Dall'Antonia ends up 20th.
1
Francis Mourey
FDJ
3h14'11
2
Jonathan Breyne
Landbouwkrediet
s.t.
3
Toms Skujins
Velo-Club La Pomme Marseille
s.t.
4
Sylvain Calzati
Bretagne - Schuller
s.t.
5
Gert Dockx
Omega Pharma - Lotto
s.t.
6
Mathieu Claude
Big Mat - Auber 93
s.t.
7
Walter Pedraza
Colombia es Pasión - Café de Colombia
s.t.
8
Andrea Piechele
Colnago - CSF Inox
s.t.
9
Carlo Favini
Liquigas - Cannondale
s.t.
10
Laurent Pichon
Bretagne - Schuller
s.t.
Spoiler
11
Yannick Talabardon
Saur - Sojasun
s.t.
12
Bryan Ducret
Team Europcar
s.t.
13
Laurent Lefèvre
Roubaix Lille Métropole
s.t.
14
Jean-Eudes Demaret
Cofidis, le crédit en ligne
+ 1'00
15
Wim Stroetinga
Omega Pharma - Lotto
s.t.
16
Anthony Geslin
Saur - Sojasun
s.t.
17
Guillaume Blot
Bretagne - Schuller
s.t.
18
Hans Dekkers
Landbouwkrediet
s.t.
19
Marlón Pérez
Colombia es Pasión - Café de Colombia
s.t.
20
Tiziano Dall'Antonia
Liquigas - Cannondale
s.t.
21
Frédéric Amorison
Dirk Grepdon Wanzele - Accent
s.t.
22
John Gadret
Saur - Sojasun
s.t.
23
Damien Monier
Cofidis, le crédit en ligne
s.t.
24
Daniele Pietropolli
Lampre - ISD
s.t.
25
Mathieu Drujon
Big Mat - Auber 93
s.t.
26
Arnoud Van Groen
Dirk Grepdon Wanzele - Accent
s.t.
27
Martin Elmiger
AG2R La Mondiale
s.t.
28
Matthieu Ladagnous
FDJ
s.t.
29
Peter McDonald
Velo-Club La Pomme Marseille
s.t.
30
Koen Barbé
Landbouwkrediet
s.t.
31
Michael Schär
BMC Racing Team
s.t.
32
Jef Peeters
Wallonie Bruxelles - Crédit Agricole
s.t.
33
Laurent Mangel
Saur - Sojasun
s.t.
34
Yohann Gène
Team Europcar
s.t.
35
Nicolas Roche
AG2R La Mondiale
s.t.
36
Steven Caethoven
Dirk Grepdon Wanzele - Accent
s.t.
37
Leonardo Duque
Cofidis, le crédit en ligne
s.t.
38
Cédric Pineau
FDJ
s.t.
39
David Moncoutié
Cofidis, le crédit en ligne
s.t.
40
Ivan Santaromita
BMC Racing Team
s.t.
41
Olivier Pardini
Wallonie Bruxelles - Crédit Agricole
s.t.
42
Jack Bauer
Wallonie Bruxelles - Crédit Agricole
s.t.
43
William Dugan
Team Type 1
s.t.
44
Rémy Cusin
Cofidis, le crédit en ligne
s.t.
45
Kiel Reijnen
Team Type 1
s.t.
46
Tristan Valentin
Cofidis, le crédit en ligne
s.t.
47
Aleksandrs Kurbatskis
Velo-Club La Pomme Marseille
s.t.
48
Robin Steenuit
Wallonie Bruxelles - Crédit Agricole
s.t.
49
Dominik Nerz
Liquigas - Cannondale
s.t.
50
Rinaldo Nocentini
AG2R La Mondiale
s.t.
51
Simon Spilak
Lampre - ISD
s.t.
52
Alexander Efimkin
Team Type 1
s.t.
53
Fabrice Jeandesboz
Saur - Sojasun
s.t.
54
Fabio Polazzi
Wallonie Bruxelles - Crédit Agricole
s.t.
55
Daniel Ricardo Díaz
Velo-Club La Pomme Marseille
s.t.
56
Manuele Caddeo
Colnago - CSF Inox
s.t.
57
Gianni Meersman
FDJ
s.t.
58
Mathieu Perget
AG2R La Mondiale
s.t.
59
Philippe Legrand
Wallonie Bruxelles - Crédit Agricole
s.t.
60
Christophe Premont
Wallonie Bruxelles - Crédit Agricole
s.t.
61
Wouter Goossens
Wallonie Bruxelles - Crédit Agricole
s.t.
62
Raffaele Sarti
Team Type 1
s.t.
63
Loïc Desriac
Roubaix Lille Métropole
s.t.
64
Franck Bouyer
Team Europcar
s.t.
65
Florian Le Corre
Roubaix Lille Métropole
s.t.
66
Marcus Gerber
BMC Racing Team
s.t.
67
Victór Ortiz
Omega Pharma - Lotto
s.t.
68
Mauro Santambrogio
BMC Racing Team
s.t.
69
Jocelyn Bar
Roubaix Lille Métropole
s.t.
70
Christopher Butler
BMC Racing Team
s.t.
71
Daniel Oss
Liquigas - Cannondale
s.t.
72
Matthieu Boulo
Roubaix Lille Métropole
s.t.
73
Jelle Vanendert
Omega Pharma - Lotto
s.t.
74
Kevin Reza
Team Europcar
s.t.
75
Renaud Bourg
Roubaix Lille Métropole
s.t.
76
Yvan Arnaud
AG2R La Mondiale
s.t.
77
Sandy Casar
FDJ
s.t.
78
Geoffrey Soupe
FDJ
s.t.
79
Arnaud Courteille
FDJ
s.t.
80
Maxime Bouet
AG2R La Mondiale
s.t.
81
Jérémie Galland
Saur - Sojasun
s.t.
82
Julien Guay
Roubaix Lille Métropole
s.t.
83
Florian Stalder
BMC Racing Team
s.t.
84
Johan Le Bon
Bretagne - Schuller
s.t.
85
Cyrille Martin
Cofidis, le crédit en ligne
s.t.
86
Damiano Caruso
Liquigas - Cannondale
s.t.
87
Sergio Henao
Colombia es Pasión - Café de Colombia
s.t.
88
Anthony Charteau
Team Europcar
s.t.
89
Jan Bakelants
Omega Pharma - Lotto
s.t.
90
Sylvain Georges
Big Mat - Auber 93
s.t.
91
Christophe Riblon
AG2R La Mondiale
s.t.
92
Vitaliy Buts
Lampre - ISD
s.t.
93
Sébastien Joly
Saur - Sojasun
s.t.
94
Bart Dockx
Landbouwkrediet
s.t.
95
Julien Mazet
Big Mat - Auber 93
s.t.
96
John Martinez
Colombia es Pasión - Café de Colombia
s.t.
97
Joeri Stallaert
Landbouwkrediet
s.t.
98
Luis Ángel Maté
Cofidis, le crédit en ligne
s.t.
99
Clément Lhotellerie
Roubaix Lille Métropole
s.t.
100
Rémi Pauriol
FDJ
s.t.
101
Yoann Le Boulanger
Team Europcar
s.t.
102
Carlos Martínez
Colombia es Pasión - Café de Colombia
s.t.
103
Maxime Méderel
Big Mat - Auber 93
s.t.
104
Timothy Duggan
Liquigas - Cannondale
s.t.
105
Danilo Di Luca
Lampre - ISD
s.t.
106
Justin Jules
Big Mat - Auber 93
s.t.
107
Andrey Kashechkin
Lampre - ISD
s.t.
108
Mattia Cattaneo
Lampre - ISD
s.t.
109
Bart De Clercq
Omega Pharma - Lotto
s.t.
110
Cyrille Cuvillier
Saur - Sojasun
s.t.
111
Romain Hardy
Bretagne - Schuller
s.t.
112
Flavien Dassonville
Big Mat - Auber 93
s.t.
113
Mathieu Delaroziere
Velo-Club La Pomme Marseille
s.t.
114
Toms Flaksis
Velo-Club La Pomme Marseille
s.t.
115
Dimitri Le Boulch
Big Mat - Auber 93
s.t.
116
Jürgen Van de Walle
Omega Pharma - Lotto
s.t.
117
Giovanni Marangoni
Lampre - ISD
s.t.
118
Francis De Greef
Omega Pharma - Lotto
s.t.
119
Adriano Malori
Lampre - ISD
s.t.
120
Matthias Frank
BMC Racing Team
s.t.
121
Steve Morabito
BMC Racing Team
s.t.
122
Armindo Fonseca
Bretagne - Schuller
s.t.
123
Jacobus Venter
Dirk Grepdon Wanzele - Accent
s.t.
124
Geert Verheyen
Landbouwkrediet
+ 2'54
125
Luc Verweij
Dirk Grepdon Wanzele - Accent
+ 3'33
126
Egidijus Juodvalkis
Landbouwkrediet
+ 10'36
127
Mateo Langlais
AG2R La Mondiale
s.t.
Classifications
Overall
1
Francis Mourey
FDJ
3h19'13
2
Jonathan Breyne
Landbouwkrediet
+ 4
3
Toms Skujins
Velo-Club La Pomme Marseille
+ 11
4
Gert Dockx
Omega Pharma - Lotto
+ 17
5
Laurent Lefèvre
Roubaix Lille Métropole
+ 18
6
Laurent Pichon
Bretagne - Schuller
s.t.
7
Yannick Talabardon
Saur - Sojasun
+ 19
8
Mathieu Claude
Big Mat - Auber 93
s.t.
9
Sylvain Calzati
Bretagne - Schuller
+ 26
10
Bryan Ducret
Team Europcar
+ 28
Spoiler
11
Walter Pedraza
Colombia es Pasión - Café de Colombia
+ 29
12
Andrea Piechele
Colnago - CSF Inox
+ 31
13
Carlo Favini
Liquigas - Cannondale
+ 35
14
Damien Monier
Cofidis, le crédit en ligne
+ 59
15
Matthieu Ladagnous
FDJ
+ 1'02
16
Nicolas Roche
AG2R La Mondiale
+ 1'03
17
Dominik Nerz
Liquigas - Cannondale
+ 1'04
18
Adriano Malori
Lampre - ISD
s.t.
19
Simon Spilak
Lampre - ISD
+ 1'06
20
Rémy Cusin
Cofidis, le crédit en ligne
+ 1'07
21
Christophe Riblon
AG2R La Mondiale
s.t.
22
Andrey Kashechkin
Lampre - ISD
s.t.
23
Steve Morabito
BMC Racing Team
s.t.
24
Jack Bauer
Wallonie Bruxelles - Crédit Agricole
+ 1'08
25
Kiel Reijnen
Team Type 1
+ 1'09
26
Sandy Casar
FDJ
s.t.
27
Jürgen Van de Walle
Omega Pharma - Lotto
+ 1'10
28
Laurent Mangel
Saur - Sojasun
+ 1'11
29
Jan Bakelants
Omega Pharma - Lotto
s.t.
30
Mattia Cattaneo
Lampre - ISD
s.t.
31
Michael Schär
BMC Racing Team
+ 1'12
32
Maxime Bouet
AG2R La Mondiale
s.t.
33
Sébastien Joly
Saur - Sojasun
s.t.
34
Matthias Frank
BMC Racing Team
s.t.
35
Tiziano Dall'Antonia
Liquigas - Cannondale
+ 1'13
36
Martin Elmiger
AG2R La Mondiale
s.t.
37
David Moncoutié
Cofidis, le crédit en ligne
s.t.
38
Gianni Meersman
FDJ
s.t.
39
Johan Le Bon
Bretagne - Schuller
s.t.
40
Luis Ángel Maté
Cofidis, le crédit en ligne
+ 1'14
41
Danilo Di Luca
Lampre - ISD
s.t.
42
Wim Stroetinga
Omega Pharma - Lotto
+ 1'15
43
Marlón Pérez
Colombia es Pasión - Café de Colombia
s.t.
44
Leonardo Duque
Cofidis, le crédit en ligne
s.t.
45
Tristan Valentin
Cofidis, le crédit en ligne
s.t.
46
Kevin Reza
Team Europcar
s.t.
47
Vitaliy Buts
Lampre - ISD
+ 1'16
48
Carlos Martínez
Colombia es Pasión - Café de Colombia
s.t.
49
Bart De Clercq
Omega Pharma - Lotto
s.t.
50
Guillaume Blot
Bretagne - Schuller
+ 1'17
51
Rinaldo Nocentini
AG2R La Mondiale
s.t.
52
Daniel Ricardo Díaz
Velo-Club La Pomme Marseille
s.t.
53
Sylvain Georges
Big Mat - Auber 93
s.t.
54
Sergio Henao
Colombia es Pasión - Café de Colombia
s.t.
55
Arnoud Van Groen
Dirk Grepdon Wanzele - Accent
+ 1'18
56
Mauro Santambrogio
BMC Racing Team
s.t.
57
Jocelyn Bar
Roubaix Lille Métropole
s.t.
58
Florian Stalder
BMC Racing Team
s.t.
59
Francis De Greef
Omega Pharma - Lotto
s.t.
60
Frédéric Amorison
Dirk Grepdon Wanzele - Accent
+ 1'19
61
Daniele Pietropolli
Lampre - ISD
s.t.
62
Yohann Gène
Team Europcar
s.t.
63
Anthony Charteau
Team Europcar
s.t.
64
Yoann Le Boulanger
Team Europcar
s.t.
65
Justin Jules
Big Mat - Auber 93
s.t.
66
Anthony Geslin
Saur - Sojasun
+ 1'20
67
Peter McDonald
Velo-Club La Pomme Marseille
s.t.
68
John Gadret
Saur - Sojasun
s.t.
69
Koen Barbé
Landbouwkrediet
s.t.
70
Alexander Efimkin
Team Type 1
s.t.
71
Christopher Butler
BMC Racing Team
s.t.
72
Jelle Vanendert
Omega Pharma - Lotto
s.t.
73
Jérémie Galland
Saur - Sojasun
s.t.
74
Damiano Caruso
Liquigas - Cannondale
s.t.
75
Rémi Pauriol
FDJ
s.t.
76
Jacobus Venter
Dirk Grepdon Wanzele - Accent
s.t.
77
Fabrice Jeandesboz
Saur - Sojasun
+ 1'21
78
Daniel Oss
Liquigas - Cannondale
s.t.
79
John Martinez
Colombia es Pasión - Café de Colombia
s.t.
80
Timothy Duggan
Liquigas - Cannondale
s.t.
81
Dimitri Le Boulch
Big Mat - Auber 93
s.t.
82
Hans Dekkers
Landbouwkrediet
+ 1'22
83
Franck Bouyer
Team Europcar
s.t.
84
Geoffrey Soupe
FDJ
s.t.
85
Cyrille Martin
Cofidis, le crédit en ligne
s.t.
86
Julien Mazet
Big Mat - Auber 93
s.t.
87
Jean-Eudes Demaret
Cofidis, le crédit en ligne
+ 1'23
88
William Dugan
Team Type 1
s.t.
89
Joeri Stallaert
Landbouwkrediet
s.t.
90
Cédric Pineau
FDJ
+ 1'24
91
Olivier Pardini
Wallonie Bruxelles - Crédit Agricole
s.t.
92
Aleksandrs Kurbatskis
Velo-Club La Pomme Marseille
s.t.
93
Fabio Polazzi
Wallonie Bruxelles - Crédit Agricole
s.t.
94
Marcus Gerber
BMC Racing Team
s.t.
95
Maxime Méderel
Big Mat - Auber 93
s.t.
96
Toms Flaksis
Velo-Club La Pomme Marseille
s.t.
97
Arnaud Courteille
FDJ
+ 1'25
98
Mathieu Perget
AG2R La Mondiale
+ 1'26
99
Florian Le Corre
Roubaix Lille Métropole
s.t.
100
Wouter Goossens
Wallonie Bruxelles - Crédit Agricole
s.t.
101
Romain Hardy
Bretagne - Schuller
s.t.
102
Loïc Desriac
Roubaix Lille Métropole
+ 1'27
103
Ivan Santaromita
BMC Racing Team
+ 1'28
104
Manuele Caddeo
Colnago - CSF Inox
s.t.
105
Julien Guay
Roubaix Lille Métropole
s.t.
106
Bart Dockx
Landbouwkrediet
s.t.
107
Armindo Fonseca
Bretagne - Schuller
s.t.
108
Clément Lhotellerie
Roubaix Lille Métropole
+ 1'29
109
Flavien Dassonville
Big Mat - Auber 93
s.t.
110
Mathieu Delaroziere
Velo-Club La Pomme Marseille
s.t.
111
Mathieu Drujon
Big Mat - Auber 93
+ 1'30
112
Christophe Premont
Wallonie Bruxelles - Crédit Agricole
s.t.
113
Matthieu Boulo
Roubaix Lille Métropole
s.t.
114
Giovanni Marangoni
Lampre - ISD
s.t.
115
Steven Caethoven
Dirk Grepdon Wanzele - Accent
+ 1'31
116
Robin Steenuit
Wallonie Bruxelles - Crédit Agricole
s.t.
117
Yvan Arnaud
AG2R La Mondiale
s.t.
118
Cyrille Cuvillier
Saur - Sojasun
s.t.
119
Jef Peeters
Wallonie Bruxelles - Crédit Agricole
+ 1'32
120
Philippe Legrand
Wallonie Bruxelles - Crédit Agricole
s.t.
121
Victór Ortiz
Omega Pharma - Lotto
s.t.
122
Renaud Bourg
Roubaix Lille Métropole
s.t.
123
Raffaele Sarti
Team Type 1
+ 1'33
124
Geert Verheyen
Landbouwkrediet
+ 3'25
125
Luc Verweij
Dirk Grepdon Wanzele - Accent
+ 3'55
126
Mateo Langlais
AG2R La Mondiale
+ 11'02
127
Egidijus Juodvalkis
Landbouwkrediet
+ 11'09
Points
1
Francis Mourey
FDJ
27
2
Damien Monier
Cofidis, le crédit en ligne
25
3
Matthieu Ladagnous
FDJ
20
4
Jonathan Breyne
Landbouwkrediet
20
5
Nicolas Roche
AG2R La Mondiale
16
Mountain
1
Laurent Lefèvre
Roubaix Lille Métropole
8
2
Carlo Favini
Liquigas - Cannondale
6
3
Toms Skujins
Velo-Club La Pomme Marseille
4
Young Riders
1
Jonathan Breyne
Landbouwkrediet
3h19'17
2
Toms Skujins
Velo-Club La Pomme Marseille
+ 7
3
Gert Dockx
Omega Pharma - Lotto
+ 13
4
Bryan Ducret
Team Europcar
+ 24
5
Andrea Piechele
Colnago - CSF Inox
+ 27
Teams
1
Bretagne - Schuller
9h59'31
2
FDJ
+ 32
3
Omega Pharma - Lotto
+ 44
4
Liquigas - Cannondale
+ 45
5
Saur - Sojasun
+ 50
Dominik's Comment
A decent stage for us. I'm very happy that Carlo Favini can continue to score nice results in his first season as a professional. That's why I don't mind that we probably would have achieved a better result if it came to a mass sprint.
Personally, I underlined my ambitions again with that late attack. It could have been a nice opportunity for some seconds on other GC contenders but the pack was attentive enough.
Tomorrow will be a lot tougher for all of us. See you then,
Today we have the first stage that could produce actual time gaps. Weak puncheurs might have trouble to follow on the last hill. A sprint from a mid-sized group is the most probable szenario but a strong rider could maybe use the hill to create a gap large enough to make it to the finish.
Dominik's Pre-Race Comment
I'm still in very good shape. And although those stages usually don't suit me, my performances in Poland give me hope for today. My goal is to stay with the best and not lose any time. We also will try to get another rider in the break just like yesterday.
Live Ticker
Km 1:
The first attacks start very early.
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Km 5:
While some riders are already in front, yesterday's escapee Carlo Favini tries it again. He's 13th overall but usually doesn't pose a threat for the final GC.
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Km 25:
Nevertheless, the pack isn't willing to let him go. Instead, three riders are a minute in front now.
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Km 28:
But the attacks continue. Timothy Duggan tries his luck.
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Km 60:
Temporarily, there were 17 riders in front which was way too many. Everything is back together, the attacks start all over again.
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Km 66:
Together with Arnoud Van Groen, Duggan is out in front alone. A couple of riders try to catch up with them.
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Km 75:
It's only BMC's Mauro Santambrogio who could get away but he didn't only reach the leading duo: He overtook them right away. He leads with 3 minutes to the pack now, Duggan and Van Groen are a minute behind.
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Km 82:
Towards the first mountain sprint, Saur and FDJ increase the pace. Duggan and Van Groen are almost caught again while Santambrogio's lead is kept stable.
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Km 86:
The duo was just too weak, Duggan is back in the pack. In that moment, Leonardo Duque attacks along with Yohann Gene (Europcar).
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Km 89:
But both get caught. The pack doesn't care for the mountain points, Saur and FDJ continue to do the work here.
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Km 101:
Duque and Gene keep on attacking and keep on failing to get away. Only 45 riders including Dall'Antonia, Caruso and Nerz cross the second mountain sprint together, Santambrogio is still 3 minutes away. He could make it, being the strong puncheur he is.
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Km 106:
Dall'Antonia takes part in the track now, too. Nerz still sits comfortably in the second row, protected by Caruso.
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Km 123:
Despite three teams working, Santambrogio even increases his lead to 3'30. As he approaches the last 10 kms, he even becomes a real threat to the GC!
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Km 124:
Duque starts his fourth attack today...
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Km 126:
Two kilometers from the top of the last hill, John Gadret attacks! Nerz, Moncoutié and Roche try to follow.
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Km 128:
Nerz crosses the top of the hill right behind Matthias Frank and Simon Spilak. Roche and Moncoutié are a bit further in front, 20 seconds behind Gadret. Santambrogio will win this easily nevertheless.
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Km 134:
After his parforce ride, Santambrogio has no power left to celebrate. He will be rewarded with yellow for sure.
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Km 134:
Gadret and Roche complete the podium. They lose 1'35 and 2'01, respectively, on Santambrogio.
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Km 134:
Spilak and Moncoutié finish next but Nerz and Frank unfortunately are swept by the biggest chasing group. The young German finishes 11th. A good result for such a stage. He underlines his Top 10 ambitions.
1
Mauro Santambrogio
BMC Racing Team
3h08'53
2
John Gadret
Saur - Sojasun
+ 1'35
3
Nicolas Roche
AG2R La Mondiale
+ 2'01
4
Simon Spilak
Lampre - ISD
+ 2'20
5
David Moncoutié
Cofidis, le crédit en ligne
s.t.
6
Matthias Frank
BMC Racing Team
+ 2'49
7
Florian Stalder
BMC Racing Team
s.t.
8
Jérémie Galland
Saur - Sojasun
s.t.
9
Alexander Efimkin
Team Type 1
s.t.
10
Leonardo Duque
Cofidis, le crédit en ligne
s.t.
Spoiler
11
Dominik Nerz
Liquigas - Cannondale
s.t.
12
Sébastien Joly
Saur - Sojasun
s.t.
13
Christophe Riblon
AG2R La Mondiale
s.t.
14
Danilo Di Luca
Lampre - ISD
s.t.
15
Damiano Caruso
Liquigas - Cannondale
s.t.
16
Rémy Cusin
Cofidis, le crédit en ligne
s.t.
17
Anthony Charteau
Team Europcar
s.t.
18
Anthony Geslin
Saur - Sojasun
s.t.
19
Luis Ángel Maté
Cofidis, le crédit en ligne
s.t.
20
Yannick Talabardon
Saur - Sojasun
s.t.
21
Sylvain Calzati
Bretagne - Schuller
s.t.
22
Daniele Pietropolli
Lampre - ISD
+ 4'41
23
Martin Elmiger
AG2R La Mondiale
s.t.
24
Yohann Gène
Team Europcar
s.t.
25
Clément Lhotellerie
Roubaix Lille Métropole
s.t.
26
Ivan Santaromita
BMC Racing Team
s.t.
27
Matthieu Ladagnous
FDJ
s.t.
28
Sergio Henao
Colombia es Pasión - Café de Colombia
s.t.
29
Laurent Lefèvre
Roubaix Lille Métropole
s.t.
30
Fabrice Jeandesboz
Saur - Sojasun
s.t.
31
Steve Morabito
BMC Racing Team
s.t.
32
Sandy Casar
FDJ
s.t.
33
Yoann Le Boulanger
Team Europcar
s.t.
34
Gianni Meersman
FDJ
s.t.
35
Tiziano Dall'Antonia
Liquigas - Cannondale
s.t.
36
Rémi Pauriol
FDJ
s.t.
37
Walter Pedraza
Colombia es Pasión - Café de Colombia
s.t.
38
Jelle Vanendert
Omega Pharma - Lotto
+ 5'52
39
Francis Mourey
FDJ
s.t.
40
Jan Bakelants
Omega Pharma - Lotto
s.t.
41
Andrey Kashechkin
Lampre - ISD
s.t.
42
Maxime Bouet
AG2R La Mondiale
s.t.
43
Mattia Cattaneo
Lampre - ISD
s.t.
44
Francis De Greef
Omega Pharma - Lotto
s.t.
45
Jacobus Venter
Dirk Grepdon Wanzele - Accent
s.t.
46
Laurent Mangel
Saur - Sojasun
s.t.
47
Gert Dockx
Omega Pharma - Lotto
s.t.
48
Cédric Pineau
FDJ
+ 7'00
49
Damien Monier
Cofidis, le crédit en ligne
+ 7'47
50
Vitaliy Buts
Lampre - ISD
s.t.
51
Bart De Clercq
Omega Pharma - Lotto
s.t.
52
Jürgen Van de Walle
Omega Pharma - Lotto
s.t.
53
Johan Le Bon
Bretagne - Schuller
s.t.
54
Jack Bauer
Wallonie Bruxelles - Crédit Agricole
+ 8'36
55
Daniel Ricardo Díaz
Velo-Club La Pomme Marseille
+ 9'09
56
Carlo Favini
Liquigas - Cannondale
s.t.
57
Jean-Eudes Demaret
Cofidis, le crédit en ligne
+ 9'32
58
Guillaume Blot
Bretagne - Schuller
s.t.
59
Laurent Pichon
Bretagne - Schuller
s.t.
60
Arnaud Courteille
FDJ
s.t.
61
Florian Le Corre
Roubaix Lille Métropole
s.t.
62
Marlón Pérez
Colombia es Pasión - Café de Colombia
+ 9'55
63
Mathieu Perget
AG2R La Mondiale
s.t.
64
Timothy Duggan
Liquigas - Cannondale
s.t.
65
Frédéric Amorison
Dirk Grepdon Wanzele - Accent
s.t.
66
Rinaldo Nocentini
AG2R La Mondiale
s.t.
67
Flavien Dassonville
Big Mat - Auber 93
s.t.
68
Mathieu Claude
Big Mat - Auber 93
s.t.
69
Peter McDonald
Velo-Club La Pomme Marseille
s.t.
70
Marcus Gerber
BMC Racing Team
s.t.
71
Tristan Valentin
Cofidis, le crédit en ligne
s.t.
72
Jef Peeters
Wallonie Bruxelles - Crédit Agricole
s.t.
73
Michael Schär
BMC Racing Team
s.t.
74
Carlos Martínez
Colombia es Pasión - Café de Colombia
s.t.
75
John Martinez
Colombia es Pasión - Café de Colombia
s.t.
76
Justin Jules
Big Mat - Auber 93
s.t.
77
Christopher Butler
BMC Racing Team
s.t.
78
Fabio Polazzi
Wallonie Bruxelles - Crédit Agricole
s.t.
79
Toms Skujins
Velo-Club La Pomme Marseille
s.t.
80
Julien Mazet
Big Mat - Auber 93
s.t.
81
Sylvain Georges
Big Mat - Auber 93
s.t.
82
Maxime Méderel
Big Mat - Auber 93
s.t.
83
Dimitri Le Boulch
Big Mat - Auber 93
s.t.
84
Daniel Oss
Liquigas - Cannondale
s.t.
85
Bart Dockx
Landbouwkrediet
+ 10'56
86
Koen Barbé
Landbouwkrediet
s.t.
87
Jonathan Breyne
Landbouwkrediet
s.t.
88
Mathieu Drujon
Big Mat - Auber 93
s.t.
89
Joeri Stallaert
Landbouwkrediet
s.t.
90
Adriano Malori
Lampre - ISD
s.t.
91
Romain Hardy
Bretagne - Schuller
s.t.
92
Kevin Reza
Team Europcar
s.t.
93
Franck Bouyer
Team Europcar
+ 11'58
94
Jocelyn Bar
Roubaix Lille Métropole
s.t.
95
Manuele Caddeo
Colnago - CSF Inox
+ 14'31
96
Loïc Desriac
Roubaix Lille Métropole
s.t.
97
Arnoud Van Groen
Dirk Grepdon Wanzele - Accent
s.t.
98
Olivier Pardini
Wallonie Bruxelles - Crédit Agricole
s.t.
99
Philippe Legrand
Wallonie Bruxelles - Crédit Agricole
s.t.
100
Armindo Fonseca
Bretagne - Schuller
s.t.
101
Julien Guay
Roubaix Lille Métropole
s.t.
102
Christophe Premont
Wallonie Bruxelles - Crédit Agricole
s.t.
103
Mathieu Delaroziere
Velo-Club La Pomme Marseille
s.t.
104
Victór Ortiz
Omega Pharma - Lotto
s.t.
105
Matthieu Boulo
Roubaix Lille Métropole
s.t.
106
Kiel Reijnen
Team Type 1
+ 15'00
107
Geoffrey Soupe
FDJ
+ 15'22
108
Robin Steenuit
Wallonie Bruxelles - Crédit Agricole
s.t.
109
Cyrille Cuvillier
Saur - Sojasun
s.t.
110
Bryan Ducret
Team Europcar
s.t.
111
Mateo Langlais
AG2R La Mondiale
+ 17'25
112
Luc Verweij
Dirk Grepdon Wanzele - Accent
s.t.
113
Steven Caethoven
Dirk Grepdon Wanzele - Accent
s.t.
114
Hans Dekkers
Landbouwkrediet
s.t.
115
Andrea Piechele
Colnago - CSF Inox
+ 18'37
116
Renaud Bourg
Roubaix Lille Métropole
+ 18'55
117
Geert Verheyen
Landbouwkrediet
s.t.
118
Wim Stroetinga
Omega Pharma - Lotto
+ 20'21
119
William Dugan
Team Type 1
s.t.
120
Aleksandrs Kurbatskis
Velo-Club La Pomme Marseille
s.t.
121
Toms Flaksis
Velo-Club La Pomme Marseille
s.t.
122
Cyrille Martin
Cofidis, le crédit en ligne
s.t.
123
Yvan Arnaud
AG2R La Mondiale
s.t.
124
Giovanni Marangoni
Lampre - ISD
+ 21'23
125
Wouter Goossens
Wallonie Bruxelles - Crédit Agricole
+ 21'40
126
Raffaele Sarti
Team Type 1
s.t.
127
Egidijus Juodvalkis
Landbouwkrediet
+ 22'06
Classifications
Overall
1
Mauro Santambrogio
BMC Racing Team
6h29'00
2
John Gadret
Saur - Sojasun
+ 1'49
3
Nicolas Roche
AG2R La Mondiale
+ 2'02
4
Yannick Talabardon
Saur - Sojasun
+ 2'14
5
Sylvain Calzati
Bretagne - Schuller
+ 2'21
6
Simon Spilak
Lampre - ISD
+ 2'32
7
David Moncoutié
Cofidis, le crédit en ligne
+ 2'39
8
Dominik Nerz
Liquigas - Cannondale
+ 2'59
9
Rémy Cusin
Cofidis, le crédit en ligne
+ 3'02
10
Christophe Riblon
AG2R La Mondiale
s.t.
Spoiler
11
Sébastien Joly
Saur - Sojasun
+ 3'07
12
Matthias Frank
BMC Racing Team
s.t.
13
Luis Ángel Maté
Cofidis, le crédit en ligne
+ 3'09
14
Danilo Di Luca
Lampre - ISD
s.t.
15
Leonardo Duque
Cofidis, le crédit en ligne
+ 3'10
16
Florian Stalder
BMC Racing Team
+ 3'13
17
Anthony Charteau
Team Europcar
+ 3'14
18
Anthony Geslin
Saur - Sojasun
+ 3'15
19
Alexander Efimkin
Team Type 1
s.t.
20
Jérémie Galland
Saur - Sojasun
s.t.
21
Damiano Caruso
Liquigas - Cannondale
s.t.
22
Laurent Lefèvre
Roubaix Lille Métropole
+ 4'05
23
Walter Pedraza
Colombia es Pasión - Café de Colombia
+ 4'16
24
Matthieu Ladagnous
FDJ
+ 4'49
25
Steve Morabito
BMC Racing Team
+ 4'54
26
Sandy Casar
FDJ
+ 4'56
27
Francis Mourey
FDJ
+ 4'58
28
Martin Elmiger
AG2R La Mondiale
+ 5'00
29
Tiziano Dall'Antonia
Liquigas - Cannondale
s.t.
30
Gianni Meersman
FDJ
s.t.
31
Sergio Henao
Colombia es Pasión - Café de Colombia
+ 5'04
32
Daniele Pietropolli
Lampre - ISD
+ 5'06
33
Yohann Gène
Team Europcar
s.t.
34
Yoann Le Boulanger
Team Europcar
s.t.
35
Rémi Pauriol
FDJ
+ 5'07
36
Fabrice Jeandesboz
Saur - Sojasun
+ 5'08
37
Gert Dockx
Omega Pharma - Lotto
+ 5'15
38
Ivan Santaromita
BMC Racing Team
s.t.
39
Clément Lhotellerie
Roubaix Lille Métropole
+ 5'16
40
Andrey Kashechkin
Lampre - ISD
+ 6'05
41
Laurent Mangel
Saur - Sojasun
+ 6'09
42
Jan Bakelants
Omega Pharma - Lotto
s.t.
43
Mattia Cattaneo
Lampre - ISD
s.t.
44
Maxime Bouet
AG2R La Mondiale
+ 6'10
45
Francis De Greef
Omega Pharma - Lotto
+ 6'16
46
Jelle Vanendert
Omega Pharma - Lotto
+ 6'18
47
Jacobus Venter
Dirk Grepdon Wanzele - Accent
s.t.
48
Cédric Pineau
FDJ
+ 7'30
49
Damien Monier
Cofidis, le crédit en ligne
+ 7'52
50
Jürgen Van de Walle
Omega Pharma - Lotto
+ 8'03
51
Johan Le Bon
Bretagne - Schuller
+ 8'06
52
Vitaliy Buts
Lampre - ISD
+ 8'09
53
Bart De Clercq
Omega Pharma - Lotto
s.t.
54
Jack Bauer
Wallonie Bruxelles - Crédit Agricole
+ 8'50
55
Carlo Favini
Liquigas - Cannondale
s.t.
56
Laurent Pichon
Bretagne - Schuller
+ 8'56
57
Toms Skujins
Velo-Club La Pomme Marseille
+ 9'12
58
Mathieu Claude
Big Mat - Auber 93
+ 9'20
59
Daniel Ricardo Díaz
Velo-Club La Pomme Marseille
+ 9'32
60
Guillaume Blot
Bretagne - Schuller
+ 9'55
61
Jean-Eudes Demaret
Cofidis, le crédit en ligne
+ 10'01
62
Arnaud Courteille
FDJ
+ 10'03
63
Florian Le Corre
Roubaix Lille Métropole
+ 10'04
64
Jonathan Breyne
Landbouwkrediet
+ 10'06
65
Michael Schär
BMC Racing Team
+ 10'13
66
Marlón Pérez
Colombia es Pasión - Café de Colombia
+ 10'16
67
Tristan Valentin
Cofidis, le crédit en ligne
s.t.
68
Carlos Martínez
Colombia es Pasión - Café de Colombia
+ 10'17
69
Rinaldo Nocentini
AG2R La Mondiale
+ 10'18
70
Sylvain Georges
Big Mat - Auber 93
s.t.
71
Frédéric Amorison
Dirk Grepdon Wanzele - Accent
+ 10'20
72
Justin Jules
Big Mat - Auber 93
s.t.
73
Timothy Duggan
Liquigas - Cannondale
s.t.
74
Peter McDonald
Velo-Club La Pomme Marseille
+ 10'21
75
Christopher Butler
BMC Racing Team
s.t.
76
Daniel Oss
Liquigas - Cannondale
+ 10'22
77
John Martinez
Colombia es Pasión - Café de Colombia
s.t.
78
Dimitri Le Boulch
Big Mat - Auber 93
s.t.
79
Julien Mazet
Big Mat - Auber 93
+ 10'23
80
Fabio Polazzi
Wallonie Bruxelles - Crédit Agricole
+ 10'25
81
Marcus Gerber
BMC Racing Team
s.t.
82
Maxime Méderel
Big Mat - Auber 93
s.t.
83
Mathieu Perget
AG2R La Mondiale
+ 10'27
84
Flavien Dassonville
Big Mat - Auber 93
+ 10'30
85
Jef Peeters
Wallonie Bruxelles - Crédit Agricole
+ 10'33
86
Adriano Malori
Lampre - ISD
+ 11'06
87
Kevin Reza
Team Europcar
+ 11'17
88
Koen Barbé
Landbouwkrediet
+ 11'22
89
Joeri Stallaert
Landbouwkrediet
+ 11'25
90
Romain Hardy
Bretagne - Schuller
+ 11'28
91
Bart Dockx
Landbouwkrediet
+ 11'30
92
Mathieu Drujon
Big Mat - Auber 93
+ 11'32
93
Jocelyn Bar
Roubaix Lille Métropole
+ 12'22
94
Franck Bouyer
Team Europcar
+ 12'26
95
Arnoud Van Groen
Dirk Grepdon Wanzele - Accent
+ 14'49
96
Bryan Ducret
Team Europcar
+ 14'56
97
Olivier Pardini
Wallonie Bruxelles - Crédit Agricole
+ 15'01
98
Loïc Desriac
Roubaix Lille Métropole
+ 15'04
99
Manuele Caddeo
Colnago - CSF Inox
+ 15'05
100
Julien Guay
Roubaix Lille Métropole
s.t.
101
Armindo Fonseca
Bretagne - Schuller
s.t.
102
Mathieu Delaroziere
Velo-Club La Pomme Marseille
+ 15'06
103
Christophe Premont
Wallonie Bruxelles - Crédit Agricole
+ 15'07
104
Matthieu Boulo
Roubaix Lille Métropole
s.t.
105
Philippe Legrand
Wallonie Bruxelles - Crédit Agricole
+ 15'09
106
Victór Ortiz
Omega Pharma - Lotto
s.t.
107
Kiel Reijnen
Team Type 1
+ 15'15
108
Geoffrey Soupe
FDJ
+ 15'50
109
Robin Steenuit
Wallonie Bruxelles - Crédit Agricole
+ 15'59
110
Cyrille Cuvillier
Saur - Sojasun
s.t.
111
Hans Dekkers
Landbouwkrediet
+ 17'53
112
Steven Caethoven
Dirk Grepdon Wanzele - Accent
+ 18'02
113
Andrea Piechele
Colnago - CSF Inox
+ 18'14
114
Renaud Bourg
Roubaix Lille Métropole
+ 19'33
115
Luc Verweij
Dirk Grepdon Wanzele - Accent
+ 20'26
116
Wim Stroetinga
Omega Pharma - Lotto
+ 20'42
117
Cyrille Martin
Cofidis, le crédit en ligne
+ 20'49
118
William Dugan
Team Type 1
+ 20'50
119
Aleksandrs Kurbatskis
Velo-Club La Pomme Marseille
+ 20'51
120
Toms Flaksis
Velo-Club La Pomme Marseille
s.t.
121
Yvan Arnaud
AG2R La Mondiale
+ 20'58
122
Geert Verheyen
Landbouwkrediet
+ 21'26
123
Giovanni Marangoni
Lampre - ISD
+ 21'59
124
Wouter Goossens
Wallonie Bruxelles - Crédit Agricole
+ 22'12
125
Raffaele Sarti
Team Type 1
+ 22'19
126
Mateo Langlais
AG2R La Mondiale
+ 27'33
127
Egidijus Juodvalkis
Landbouwkrediet
+ 32'21
Points
1
Nicolas Roche
AG2R La Mondiale
32
2
Mauro Santambrogio
BMC Racing Team
29
3
Francis Mourey
FDJ
27
4
Damien Monier
Cofidis, le crédit en ligne
25
5
Simon Spilak
Lampre - ISD
24
Mountain
1
Mauro Santambrogio
BMC Racing Team
18
2
Laurent Lefèvre
Roubaix Lille Métropole
8
3
Carlo Favini
Liquigas - Cannondale
6
4
Jérémie Galland
Saur - Sojasun
6
5
Toms Skujins
Velo-Club La Pomme Marseille
4
Young Riders
1
Dominik Nerz
Liquigas - Cannondale
3h11'42
6h31'59
2
Damiano Caruso
Liquigas - Cannondale
+ 16
3
Sergio Henao
Colombia es Pasión - Café de Colombia
+ 2'05
4
Gert Dockx
Omega Pharma - Lotto
+ 2'16
5
Mattia Cattaneo
Lampre - ISD
+ 3'10
Teams
1
BMC Racing Team
19h33'27
2
Saur - Sojasun
+ 46
3
Cofidis, le crédit en ligne
+ 2'08
4
AG2R La Mondiale
+ 3'44
5
Liquigas - Cannondale
+ 3'47
Dominik's Comment
First of all, lots of kudos for Mauro Santambrogio. It was an amazing ride. Almost 70 kms alone in front against three teams chasing. He really deserves the yellow jersey. And he now maybe even has a chance to stay quite high in the GC until the end.
For us, it was a good stage too. Although I eventually didn't really get away from the biggest group, it was a great result for me for a hilly stage. I re-entered the Top 10 and better positions are in reach. Also, we're in full control of the young riders classification, as Damiano performed extraordinarily well, too!
In addition, some of the favorites lost quite a bit of time on us today: Sandy Casar finished two, Jelle Vanendert even three minutes behind our group. So everything looks really good for us.
That was a very strong performance from Santambrogio... Nerz well, inside the top-10, I think he can climb a bit more. And hold on to the young riders jersey.
I really love this story! You'r lay-out...What can I say? It's fantastic! I haven't comment (I think. Don't remember at all), but I follow every single update! Really like this "style" of writting, and actully I started a career with Liquigas - Cannondale just to play with Nerz!
Nice result for dom looking good for the young rider jersey again but i really hope you can still move up some place in the gc!!! Good luck (great reports by the way)
Edited by johannes-w on 09-02-2012 20:01
@ FreitasPCM: Santambrogio really surprised me, too. And yes, the Top 5 are still the goal The young riders jersey seems to be quite safe.
@ poiup11: Wow, thanks for the great comment! It's fantastic to hear that you like the story so much, and that it even "inspired" you a bit nice to know you're following.
@ johannes-w: I think at least Talabardon and Calzati will crack and should be overtaken by Dom. And then he only needs one more for the Top 5... Will be a tough challenge anyway. And nice to hear that you like the reports. Thanks for that
@ sutty68: Yeah, looks quite safe indeed
Next stage is probably coming up a bit later this evening.
The difficulty of the stages keeps on rising. Four classified mountains spread over 129 kms should cause some trouble to many riders and might again affect the GC. The final ascent isn't too steep so a sprint from a small group could well happen.
Dominik's Pre-Race Comment
My goal is the same as yesterday. I want to stay with the front, or at least lose as less time as possible. I'm happy with my current overall position and would love to keep that before the mountain stage tomorrow. Also, in reaction of yesterday, we will try to send someone in the break.
Live Ticker
Km 3:
The first attacks include interesting riders like Bart De Clercq and Rinaldo Nocentini.
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Km 14:
The first small hill gives a foretaste on what we can expect later. The pace is high and the peloton streches. 11 riders are half a minute in front.
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Km 21:
Halfway through the first climb, Jurgen Van de Walle and Maxime Bouet attack. BMC leads the pack for overall leader Santambrogio.
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Km 25:
Along with three others, Tiziano Dall'Antonia tries to go after the leading duo.
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Km 36:
While Dall'Antonia doesn't succeed, some others do: 10 riders are two minutes in front. They include the original duo as well as the likes of Remi Pauriol (FDJ) and Mattia Cattaneo (Lampre).
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Km 60:
Cattaneo takes the second mountain sprint. He has an advance of 4'20 on the pack.
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Km 75:
5'30 was the most the peloton could tolerate. Saur and BMC increase the pace. As a result, only 87 riders can keep up.
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Km 81:
Nerz and Caruso are in front of the peloton now, as Jérémie Galland (Saur) attacks.
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Km 101:
With 28 kms to go, the six men are still three minutes away. They might succeed today.
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Km 107:
Only 26 riders cross the top of the penultimate climb in the group of the favorites. While three of the Top 10 (Talabardon, Calzati, Riblon) are missing, Dominik Nerz and Damiano Caruso are still present in the first row.
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Km 117:
GC's 17th Anthony Charteau and Jelle Vanendert attack!
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Km 122:
But they are caught soon. Now Gadret goes!
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Km 123:
Mattia Cattaneo is the only rider left in front. He's 1'30 in front of the group of favorites. 6 kms to go!
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Km 124:
As Gadret is caught, Moncoutié and Roche go! Nerz is still present but can't seem to follow this acceleration.
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Km 127:
But Nerz keeps a high pace and no one really gets away. 10 riders will sprint for the second place behind Cattaneo.
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Km 129:
The Italian makes it! He saves 43 seconds to the finish. A great win for him!
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Km 129:
Spilak outsprints Gadret for the second place making it a nice double for Lampre. Nerz comes in nineth within the same time as Spilak. He advances to sixth overall and of course keeps white. Damiano Caruso finishes in the next group around Jan Bakelandts on place 13. Another great performance by Nerz's super domestique. He is 10th overall now.
1
Mattia Cattaneo
Lampre - ISD
3h41'09
2
Simon Spilak
Lampre - ISD
+ 43
3
John Gadret
Saur - Sojasun
s.t.
4
Nicolas Roche
AG2R La Mondiale
s.t.
5
Mauro Santambrogio
BMC Racing Team
s.t.
6
Danilo Di Luca
Lampre - ISD
s.t.
7
David Moncoutié
Cofidis, le crédit en ligne
s.t.
8
Jelle Vanendert
Omega Pharma - Lotto
s.t.
9
Dominik Nerz
Liquigas - Cannondale
s.t.
10
Anthony Charteau
Team Europcar
s.t.
Spoiler
11
Matthias Frank
BMC Racing Team
s.t.
12
Jan Bakelants
Omega Pharma - Lotto
+ 1'55
13
Damiano Caruso
Liquigas - Cannondale
s.t.
14
Fabrice Jeandesboz
Saur - Sojasun
s.t.
15
Maxime Bouet
AG2R La Mondiale
s.t.
16
Rémi Pauriol
FDJ
+ 2'49
17
Sandy Casar
FDJ
+ 3'32
18
Rémy Cusin
Cofidis, le crédit en ligne
s.t.
19
Alexander Efimkin
Team Type 1
s.t.
20
Sébastien Joly
Saur - Sojasun
s.t.
21
Matthieu Ladagnous
FDJ
s.t.
22
Daniele Pietropolli
Lampre - ISD
s.t.
23
Florian Stalder
BMC Racing Team
s.t.
24
Steve Morabito
BMC Racing Team
s.t.
25
Andrey Kashechkin
Lampre - ISD
s.t.
26
Luis Ángel Maté
Cofidis, le crédit en ligne
s.t.
27
Jérémie Galland
Saur - Sojasun
s.t.
28
Damien Monier
Cofidis, le crédit en ligne
s.t.
29
Johan Le Bon
Bretagne - Schuller
s.t.
30
Ivan Santaromita
BMC Racing Team
s.t.
31
Jürgen Van de Walle
Omega Pharma - Lotto
s.t.
32
Christophe Riblon
AG2R La Mondiale
+ 5'40
33
Gianni Meersman
FDJ
s.t.
34
Francis De Greef
Omega Pharma - Lotto
s.t.
35
Yohann Gène
Team Europcar
s.t.
36
Leonardo Duque
Cofidis, le crédit en ligne
s.t.
37
Bart De Clercq
Omega Pharma - Lotto
s.t.
38
Yoann Le Boulanger
Team Europcar
s.t.
39
Sylvain Calzati
Bretagne - Schuller
s.t.
40
Jacobus Venter
Dirk Grepdon Wanzele - Accent
s.t.
41
Laurent Lefèvre
Roubaix Lille Métropole
s.t.
42
Sergio Henao
Colombia es Pasión - Café de Colombia
+ 6'55
43
Mathieu Perget
AG2R La Mondiale
+ 7'30
44
Walter Pedraza
Colombia es Pasión - Café de Colombia
s.t.
45
Francis Mourey
FDJ
+ 7'52
46
Jean-Eudes Demaret
Cofidis, le crédit en ligne
s.t.
47
Vitaliy Buts
Lampre - ISD
s.t.
48
Yannick Talabardon
Saur - Sojasun
s.t.
49
Michael Schär
BMC Racing Team
s.t.
50
Rinaldo Nocentini
AG2R La Mondiale
s.t.
51
Clément Lhotellerie
Roubaix Lille Métropole
s.t.
52
Arnaud Courteille
FDJ
s.t.
53
Jack Bauer
Wallonie Bruxelles - Crédit Agricole
s.t.
54
Marlón Pérez
Colombia es Pasión - Café de Colombia
+ 11'32
55
Timothy Duggan
Liquigas - Cannondale
+ 11'48
56
Marcus Gerber
BMC Racing Team
s.t.
57
Cédric Pineau
FDJ
+ 13'03
58
Laurent Mangel
Saur - Sojasun
s.t.
59
Christopher Butler
BMC Racing Team
s.t.
60
Jocelyn Bar
Roubaix Lille Métropole
s.t.
61
Anthony Geslin
Saur - Sojasun
+ 13'39
62
Carlos Martínez
Colombia es Pasión - Café de Colombia
s.t.
63
Laurent Pichon
Bretagne - Schuller
s.t.
64
John Martinez
Colombia es Pasión - Café de Colombia
+ 15'52
65
Matthieu Boulo
Roubaix Lille Métropole
s.t.
66
Martin Elmiger
AG2R La Mondiale
s.t.
67
Guillaume Blot
Bretagne - Schuller
s.t.
68
Gert Dockx
Omega Pharma - Lotto
s.t.
69
Peter McDonald
Velo-Club La Pomme Marseille
s.t.
70
Toms Skujins
Velo-Club La Pomme Marseille
s.t.
71
Daniel Ricardo Díaz
Velo-Club La Pomme Marseille
s.t.
72
Mateo Langlais
AG2R La Mondiale
s.t.
73
Mathieu Delaroziere
Velo-Club La Pomme Marseille
s.t.
74
Tiziano Dall'Antonia
Liquigas - Cannondale
s.t.
75
Frédéric Amorison
Dirk Grepdon Wanzele - Accent
+ 17'14
76
Jef Peeters
Wallonie Bruxelles - Crédit Agricole
+ 17'31
77
Dimitri Le Boulch
Big Mat - Auber 93
s.t.
78
Flavien Dassonville
Big Mat - Auber 93
s.t.
79
Kiel Reijnen
Team Type 1
s.t.
80
Julien Mazet
Big Mat - Auber 93
s.t.
81
Armindo Fonseca
Bretagne - Schuller
s.t.
82
Cyrille Cuvillier
Saur - Sojasun
s.t.
83
Fabio Polazzi
Wallonie Bruxelles - Crédit Agricole
s.t.
84
Philippe Legrand
Wallonie Bruxelles - Crédit Agricole
s.t.
85
Justin Jules
Big Mat - Auber 93
s.t.
86
Florian Le Corre
Roubaix Lille Métropole
s.t.
87
Maxime Méderel
Big Mat - Auber 93
s.t.
88
Tristan Valentin
Cofidis, le crédit en ligne
s.t.
89
Kevin Reza
Team Europcar
s.t.
90
Sylvain Georges
Big Mat - Auber 93
s.t.
91
Mathieu Claude
Big Mat - Auber 93
s.t.
92
Franck Bouyer
Team Europcar
s.t.
93
Mathieu Drujon
Big Mat - Auber 93
+ 18'59
94
Daniel Oss
Liquigas - Cannondale
+ 19'31
95
Romain Hardy
Bretagne - Schuller
+ 21'00
96
Manuele Caddeo
Colnago - CSF Inox
s.t.
97
Adriano Malori
Lampre - ISD
+ 23'02
98
Olivier Pardini
Wallonie Bruxelles - Crédit Agricole
s.t.
99
Jonathan Breyne
Landbouwkrediet
s.t.
100
Arnoud Van Groen
Dirk Grepdon Wanzele - Accent
s.t.
101
Joeri Stallaert
Landbouwkrediet
s.t.
102
Bryan Ducret
Team Europcar
s.t.
103
Geoffrey Soupe
FDJ
s.t.
104
William Dugan
Team Type 1
s.t.
105
Robin Steenuit
Wallonie Bruxelles - Crédit Agricole
s.t.
106
Loïc Desriac
Roubaix Lille Métropole
s.t.
107
Christophe Premont
Wallonie Bruxelles - Crédit Agricole
s.t.
108
Carlo Favini
Liquigas - Cannondale
s.t.
109
Luc Verweij
Dirk Grepdon Wanzele - Accent
+ 24'33
110
Bart Dockx
Landbouwkrediet
s.t.
111
Cyrille Martin
Cofidis, le crédit en ligne
s.t.
112
Yvan Arnaud
AG2R La Mondiale
+ 26'57
113
Koen Barbé
Landbouwkrediet
s.t.
114
Julien Guay
Roubaix Lille Métropole
s.t.
Classifications
Overall
1
Mauro Santambrogio
BMC Racing Team
10h10'52
2
John Gadret
Saur - Sojasun
+ 1'41
3
Nicolas Roche
AG2R La Mondiale
+ 2'02
4
Simon Spilak
Lampre - ISD
+ 2'20
5
David Moncoutié
Cofidis, le crédit en ligne
+ 2'39
6
Dominik Nerz
Liquigas - Cannondale
+ 2'59
7
Matthias Frank
BMC Racing Team
+ 3'07
8
Danilo Di Luca
Lampre - ISD
+ 3'09
9
Anthony Charteau
Team Europcar
+ 3'14
10
Damiano Caruso
Liquigas - Cannondale
+ 4'27
Spoiler
11
Mattia Cattaneo
Lampre - ISD
+ 5'06
12
Rémy Cusin
Cofidis, le crédit en ligne
+ 5'51
13
Sébastien Joly
Saur - Sojasun
+ 5'56
14
Luis Ángel Maté
Cofidis, le crédit en ligne
+ 5'58
15
Florian Stalder
BMC Racing Team
+ 6'02
16
Alexander Efimkin
Team Type 1
+ 6'04
17
Jérémie Galland
Saur - Sojasun
s.t.
18
Jelle Vanendert
Omega Pharma - Lotto
+ 6'18
19
Fabrice Jeandesboz
Saur - Sojasun
+ 6'20
20
Rémi Pauriol
FDJ
+ 7'13
21
Sylvain Calzati
Bretagne - Schuller
+ 7'18
22
Jan Bakelants
Omega Pharma - Lotto
+ 7'21
23
Maxime Bouet
AG2R La Mondiale
+ 7'22
24
Matthieu Ladagnous
FDJ
+ 7'38
25
Steve Morabito
BMC Racing Team
+ 7'43
26
Sandy Casar
FDJ
+ 7'45
27
Daniele Pietropolli
Lampre - ISD
+ 7'55
28
Christophe Riblon
AG2R La Mondiale
+ 7'59
29
Ivan Santaromita
BMC Racing Team
+ 8'04
30
Leonardo Duque
Cofidis, le crédit en ligne
+ 8'07
31
Andrey Kashechkin
Lampre - ISD
+ 8'54
32
Laurent Lefèvre
Roubaix Lille Métropole
+ 9'02
33
Yannick Talabardon
Saur - Sojasun
+ 9'23
34
Gianni Meersman
FDJ
+ 9'57
35
Yohann Gène
Team Europcar
+ 10'03
36
Yoann Le Boulanger
Team Europcar
s.t.
37
Damien Monier
Cofidis, le crédit en ligne
+ 10'41
38
Jürgen Van de Walle
Omega Pharma - Lotto
+ 10'52
39
Johan Le Bon
Bretagne - Schuller
+ 10'55
40
Walter Pedraza
Colombia es Pasión - Café de Colombia
+ 11'03
41
Jacobus Venter
Dirk Grepdon Wanzele - Accent
+ 11'09
42
Francis De Greef
Omega Pharma - Lotto
+ 11'13
43
Sergio Henao
Colombia es Pasión - Café de Colombia
+ 11'16
44
Francis Mourey
FDJ
+ 12'07
45
Clément Lhotellerie
Roubaix Lille Métropole
+ 12'25
46
Bart De Clercq
Omega Pharma - Lotto
+ 13'06
47
Vitaliy Buts
Lampre - ISD
+ 15'18
48
Jack Bauer
Wallonie Bruxelles - Crédit Agricole
+ 15'59
49
Anthony Geslin
Saur - Sojasun
+ 16'11
50
Jean-Eudes Demaret
Cofidis, le crédit en ligne
+ 17'10
51
Arnaud Courteille
FDJ
+ 17'12
52
Mathieu Perget
AG2R La Mondiale
+ 17'14
53
Michael Schär
BMC Racing Team
+ 17'22
54
Rinaldo Nocentini
AG2R La Mondiale
+ 17'27
55
Laurent Mangel
Saur - Sojasun
+ 18'29
56
Cédric Pineau
FDJ
+ 19'50
57
Martin Elmiger
AG2R La Mondiale
+ 20'09
58
Tiziano Dall'Antonia
Liquigas - Cannondale
s.t.
59
Gert Dockx
Omega Pharma - Lotto
+ 20'24
60
Marlón Pérez
Colombia es Pasión - Café de Colombia
+ 21'01
61
Timothy Duggan
Liquigas - Cannondale
+ 21'25
62
Marcus Gerber
BMC Racing Team
+ 21'30
63
Laurent Pichon
Bretagne - Schuller
+ 21'52
64
Christopher Butler
BMC Racing Team
+ 22'41
65
Carlos Martínez
Colombia es Pasión - Café de Colombia
+ 23'13
66
Toms Skujins
Velo-Club La Pomme Marseille
+ 24'21
67
Daniel Ricardo Díaz
Velo-Club La Pomme Marseille
+ 24'41
68
Jocelyn Bar
Roubaix Lille Métropole
+ 24'42
69
Guillaume Blot
Bretagne - Schuller
+ 25'04
70
Peter McDonald
Velo-Club La Pomme Marseille
+ 25'30
71
John Martinez
Colombia es Pasión - Café de Colombia
+ 25'31
72
Mathieu Claude
Big Mat - Auber 93
+ 26'08
73
Frédéric Amorison
Dirk Grepdon Wanzele - Accent
+ 26'51
74
Florian Le Corre
Roubaix Lille Métropole
+ 26'52
75
Tristan Valentin
Cofidis, le crédit en ligne
+ 27'04
76
Sylvain Georges
Big Mat - Auber 93
+ 27'06
77
Justin Jules
Big Mat - Auber 93
+ 27'08
78
Dimitri Le Boulch
Big Mat - Auber 93
+ 27'10
79
Julien Mazet
Big Mat - Auber 93
+ 27'11
80
Fabio Polazzi
Wallonie Bruxelles - Crédit Agricole
+ 27'13
81
Maxime Méderel
Big Mat - Auber 93
s.t.
82
Flavien Dassonville
Big Mat - Auber 93
+ 27'18
83
Jef Peeters
Wallonie Bruxelles - Crédit Agricole
+ 27'21
84
Kevin Reza
Team Europcar
+ 28'05
85
Daniel Oss
Liquigas - Cannondale
+ 29'10
86
Franck Bouyer
Team Europcar
+ 29'12
87
Mathieu Drujon
Big Mat - Auber 93
+ 29'48
88
Mathieu Delaroziere
Velo-Club La Pomme Marseille
+ 30'15
89
Matthieu Boulo
Roubaix Lille Métropole
+ 30'16
90
Carlo Favini
Liquigas - Cannondale
+ 31'09
91
Romain Hardy
Bretagne - Schuller
+ 31'45
92
Armindo Fonseca
Bretagne - Schuller
+ 31'53
93
Philippe Legrand
Wallonie Bruxelles - Crédit Agricole
+ 31'57
94
Kiel Reijnen
Team Type 1
+ 32'03
95
Jonathan Breyne
Landbouwkrediet
+ 32'25
96
Cyrille Cuvillier
Saur - Sojasun
+ 32'47
97
Adriano Malori
Lampre - ISD
+ 33'25
98
Joeri Stallaert
Landbouwkrediet
+ 33'44
99
Bart Dockx
Landbouwkrediet
+ 35'20
100
Manuele Caddeo
Colnago - CSF Inox
+ 35'22
101
Arnoud Van Groen
Dirk Grepdon Wanzele - Accent
+ 37'08
102
Bryan Ducret
Team Europcar
+ 37'15
103
Olivier Pardini
Wallonie Bruxelles - Crédit Agricole
+ 37'20
104
Loïc Desriac
Roubaix Lille Métropole
+ 37'23
105
Christophe Premont
Wallonie Bruxelles - Crédit Agricole
+ 37'26
106
Koen Barbé
Landbouwkrediet
+ 37'36
107
Geoffrey Soupe
FDJ
+ 38'09
108
Robin Steenuit
Wallonie Bruxelles - Crédit Agricole
+ 38'18
109
Julien Guay
Roubaix Lille Métropole
+ 41'19
110
Mateo Langlais
AG2R La Mondiale
+ 42'42
111
William Dugan
Team Type 1
+ 43'09
112
Luc Verweij
Dirk Grepdon Wanzele - Accent
+ 44'16
113
Cyrille Martin
Cofidis, le crédit en ligne
+ 44'39
114
Yvan Arnaud
AG2R La Mondiale
+ 47'12
Points
1
Nicolas Roche
AG2R La Mondiale
46
2
Simon Spilak
Lampre - ISD
44
3
Mauro Santambrogio
BMC Racing Team
41
4
John Gadret
Saur - Sojasun
36
5
Francis Mourey
FDJ
27
Mountain
1
Mattia Cattaneo
Lampre - ISD
50
2
Fabrice Jeandesboz
Saur - Sojasun
40
3
Maxime Bouet
AG2R La Mondiale
34
4
Jürgen Van de Walle
Omega Pharma - Lotto
32
5
Rémi Pauriol
FDJ
22
Young Riders
1
Dominik Nerz
Liquigas - Cannondale
10h13'51
2
Damiano Caruso
Liquigas - Cannondale
+ 1'28
3
Mattia Cattaneo
Lampre - ISD
+ 2'07
4
Johan Le Bon
Bretagne - Schuller
+ 7'56
5
Jacobus Venter
Dirk Grepdon Wanzele - Accent
+ 8'10
Teams
1
BMC Racing Team
30h41'52
2
Lampre - ISD
+ 26
3
Saur - Sojasun
+ 1'58
4
Cofidis, le crédit en ligne
+ 4'57
5
AG2R La Mondiale
+ 7'04
Dominik's Comment
Another very good day for me and the team. Together with Damiano (I can't praise him enough for the work he does for me this season), I was able to neutralize all the late attacks from the other favorites, which means I avoided losing time before the mountain stage.
Also, I advanced two places in the GC, so the Top 5 are in reach again. Although, to be honest, I'm not sure whether I can beat the riders above me in the mountains... Well, I am in terrific shape, so why not?
It's probably also notable that it's the third road stage and all three stages ended with a breakaway win. It's the Tour of amazing solo performances it seems. So maybe it'll be my turn tomorrow?
Here we are at the deciding stage. Santambrogio enters it with an advance of 1'41 to Gadret but it's almost impossible for him to keep yellow with such a climb. The places two to nine are within one and a half minutes so the GC could get shaked up a lot.
Dominik's Pre-Race Comment
Alright, so today it counts. Everything is very close. Looking at the riders close behind me, I'm mostly afraid of Matthias Frank. I'm confident that I can stay in front of Di Luca and Charteau. The best chance to get a Top 5 is probably to overtake Mauro Santambrogio, who is really a rather weak climber. We need to make a tough pace to get rid of him early, then that might work. I don't think I can really attack the likes of Roche, Gadret, Moncoutié and Spilak, they looked very strong in the past days.
Live Ticker
Km 2:
Since all the three previous stages were decided from a break, it's no wonder that the attacks start early.
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Km 13:
Several riders are spread in front of the pack, which does a rather high pace.
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Km 29:
BMC obviously want to do everything to keep Santambrogio in yellow. They work with the whole team at the front of the peloton.
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Km 33:
Consequentally, no break could establish itself yet.
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Km 56:
Eventually, a nine men break could create a solid gap of more than three minutes. Among the riders are some strong climbers like Kashechkin (Lampre) or De Clercq (Omega Pharma), who could even survive the final climb.
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Km 65:
Three more riders made it to the escapees. Halfway through the first climb, they have an advance of four minutes.
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Km 94:
It's Saur and Ag2r now who increased the pace. The lead shrinks.
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Km 113:
With 15 kms to go, the break is almost caught. Danilo Di Luca attack followed by Alexandr Efimkin and Anthony Charteau. Caruso starts the chase.
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Km 116:
They are brought back. Everything is back together. Santambrogio still looks well.
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Km 118:
Without even attacking, Caruso and Nerz create a small gap. Only 16 men can follow, but the stage is still long. Let's hope they don't waste too much energy.
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Km 121:
While Caruso and Nerz keep on making the pace, the strongest trio of the race attacks! Gadret is followed by Roche and Moncoutié.
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Km 122:
Nerz's pace finally makes an impact. While he again creates a gap, Santambrogio suffers!
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Km 123:
Nerz rides fantastic so far. He is half a minute behind the leaders and half a minute in front of Simon Spilak, who attacks now!
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Km 126:
Amazing! With 2 kms to go, Nerz reaches the leaders! What a ride by him! 40 seconds to Spilak.
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Km 127,5:
Moncoutié fell back a little and Nerz can't follow Roche's and Gadret's sprint either. They will fight for the stage win, then it's time to look at Santambrogio's time.
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Km 128:
Roche takes it! But Gadret will win the overall by only six seconds.
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Km 128:
Moncoutié can re-overtake Nerz. How much time will he make up on Spilak and Santambrogio?
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Km 128:
Spilak loses a whole minute! Nerz overtakes him.
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Km 128:
Next to Damiano Caruso, Santambrogio finishes on a strong 12th place. He loses 2'40 on Roche and Gadret and falls back to third.
1
Nicolas Roche
AG2R La Mondiale
3h30'55
2
John Gadret
Saur - Sojasun
+ 7
3
David Moncoutié
Cofidis, le crédit en ligne
+ 23
4
Dominik Nerz
Liquigas - Cannondale
+ 32
5
Simon Spilak
Lampre - ISD
+ 1'32
6
Danilo Di Luca
Lampre - ISD
+ 1'47
7
Jelle Vanendert
Omega Pharma - Lotto
+ 1'54
8
Mattia Cattaneo
Lampre - ISD
s.t.
9
Matthias Frank
BMC Racing Team
+ 2'14
10
Rémy Cusin
Cofidis, le crédit en ligne
+ 2'40
Spoiler
11
Damiano Caruso
Liquigas - Cannondale
s.t.
12
Mauro Santambrogio
BMC Racing Team
s.t.
13
Andrey Kashechkin
Lampre - ISD
+ 2'50
14
Damien Monier
Cofidis, le crédit en ligne
+ 3'02
15
Alexander Efimkin
Team Type 1
s.t.
16
Sandy Casar
FDJ
s.t.
17
Anthony Charteau
Team Europcar
s.t.
18
Florian Stalder
BMC Racing Team
+ 3'14
19
Maxime Bouet
AG2R La Mondiale
s.t.
20
Christophe Riblon
AG2R La Mondiale
s.t.
21
Fabrice Jeandesboz
Saur - Sojasun
s.t.
22
Bart De Clercq
Omega Pharma - Lotto
+ 4'38
23
Steve Morabito
BMC Racing Team
+ 4'43
24
Luis Ángel Maté
Cofidis, le crédit en ligne
s.t.
25
Ivan Santaromita
BMC Racing Team
s.t.
26
Francis De Greef
Omega Pharma - Lotto
+ 5'31
27
Sergio Henao
Colombia es Pasión - Café de Colombia
+ 5'38
28
Marcus Gerber
BMC Racing Team
s.t.
29
Jan Bakelants
Omega Pharma - Lotto
s.t.
30
Daniele Pietropolli
Lampre - ISD
+ 5'51
31
Daniel Ricardo Díaz
Velo-Club La Pomme Marseille
+ 6'26
32
Yoann Le Boulanger
Team Europcar
s.t.
33
Rémi Pauriol
FDJ
+ 6'52
34
Johan Le Bon
Bretagne - Schuller
+ 7'00
35
Jérémie Galland
Saur - Sojasun
+ 7'49
36
Francis Mourey
FDJ
s.t.
37
Yohann Gène
Team Europcar
s.t.
38
Sébastien Joly
Saur - Sojasun
s.t.
39
Sylvain Calzati
Bretagne - Schuller
s.t.
40
Arnaud Courteille
FDJ
s.t.
41
Gianni Meersman
FDJ
s.t.
42
Mathieu Perget
AG2R La Mondiale
+ 8'20
43
Rinaldo Nocentini
AG2R La Mondiale
s.t.
44
Maxime Méderel
Big Mat - Auber 93
+ 8'26
45
Carlos Martínez
Colombia es Pasión - Café de Colombia
s.t.
46
Jacobus Venter
Dirk Grepdon Wanzele - Accent
+ 9'01
47
Walter Pedraza
Colombia es Pasión - Café de Colombia
s.t.
48
John Martinez
Colombia es Pasión - Café de Colombia
s.t.
49
Dimitri Le Boulch
Big Mat - Auber 93
s.t.
50
Laurent Lefèvre
Roubaix Lille Métropole
s.t.
51
Clément Lhotellerie
Roubaix Lille Métropole
s.t.
52
Mateo Langlais
AG2R La Mondiale
+ 10'40
53
Christopher Butler
BMC Racing Team
s.t.
54
Timothy Duggan
Liquigas - Cannondale
s.t.
55
Kiel Reijnen
Team Type 1
+ 11'38
56
Yannick Talabardon
Saur - Sojasun
s.t.
57
Matthieu Boulo
Roubaix Lille Métropole
+ 12'38
58
Leonardo Duque
Cofidis, le crédit en ligne
s.t.
59
Matthieu Ladagnous
FDJ
s.t.
60
Jean-Eudes Demaret
Cofidis, le crédit en ligne
s.t.
61
Jürgen Van de Walle
Omega Pharma - Lotto
s.t.
62
Vitaliy Buts
Lampre - ISD
s.t.
63
Julien Mazet
Big Mat - Auber 93
s.t.
64
Cédric Pineau
FDJ
s.t.
65
Laurent Pichon
Bretagne - Schuller
+ 12'56
66
Manuele Caddeo
Colnago - CSF Inox
s.t.
67
Jocelyn Bar
Roubaix Lille Métropole
s.t.
68
Fabio Polazzi
Wallonie Bruxelles - Crédit Agricole
s.t.
69
Michael Schär
BMC Racing Team
s.t.
70
Laurent Mangel
Saur - Sojasun
s.t.
71
Jack Bauer
Wallonie Bruxelles - Crédit Agricole
s.t.
72
Flavien Dassonville
Big Mat - Auber 93
s.t.
73
Romain Hardy
Bretagne - Schuller
s.t.
74
Marlón Pérez
Colombia es Pasión - Café de Colombia
s.t.
75
Philippe Legrand
Wallonie Bruxelles - Crédit Agricole
+ 14'25
76
Yvan Arnaud
AG2R La Mondiale
s.t.
77
Peter McDonald
Velo-Club La Pomme Marseille
s.t.
78
Toms Skujins
Velo-Club La Pomme Marseille
+ 14'38
79
Anthony Geslin
Saur - Sojasun
s.t.
80
Frédéric Amorison
Dirk Grepdon Wanzele - Accent
s.t.
81
Florian Le Corre
Roubaix Lille Métropole
+ 15'00
82
Armindo Fonseca
Bretagne - Schuller
s.t.
83
Mathieu Delaroziere
Velo-Club La Pomme Marseille
s.t.
84
Martin Elmiger
AG2R La Mondiale
+ 15'28
85
Tristan Valentin
Cofidis, le crédit en ligne
+ 15'50
86
Kevin Reza
Team Europcar
+ 16'08
87
Jef Peeters
Wallonie Bruxelles - Crédit Agricole
s.t.
88
Gert Dockx
Omega Pharma - Lotto
s.t.
89
Adriano Malori
Lampre - ISD
s.t.
90
Sylvain Georges
Big Mat - Auber 93
s.t.
91
Guillaume Blot
Bretagne - Schuller
s.t.
92
Justin Jules
Big Mat - Auber 93
+ 16'24
93
Mathieu Claude
Big Mat - Auber 93
+ 16'46
94
Tiziano Dall'Antonia
Liquigas - Cannondale
s.t.
95
William Dugan
Team Type 1
+ 17'32
96
Daniel Oss
Liquigas - Cannondale
+ 17'45
97
Carlo Favini
Liquigas - Cannondale
+ 18'05
98
Olivier Pardini
Wallonie Bruxelles - Crédit Agricole
+ 18'47
99
Franck Bouyer
Team Europcar
s.t.
100
Christophe Premont
Wallonie Bruxelles - Crédit Agricole
s.t.
101
Arnoud Van Groen
Dirk Grepdon Wanzele - Accent
+ 18'55
102
Robin Steenuit
Wallonie Bruxelles - Crédit Agricole
+ 19'23
103
Mathieu Drujon
Big Mat - Auber 93
+ 19'42
104
Cyrille Martin
Cofidis, le crédit en ligne
+ 21'17
105
Joeri Stallaert
Landbouwkrediet
+ 36'18
106
Cyrille Cuvillier
Saur - Sojasun
s.t.
107
Koen Barbé
Landbouwkrediet
s.t.
108
Julien Guay
Roubaix Lille Métropole
s.t.
109
Bryan Ducret
Team Europcar
s.t.
110
Loïc Desriac
Roubaix Lille Métropole
s.t.
111
Jonathan Breyne
Landbouwkrediet
s.t.
112
Geoffrey Soupe
FDJ
s.t.
113
Luc Verweij
Dirk Grepdon Wanzele - Accent
s.t.
114
Bart Dockx
Landbouwkrediet
s.t.
Classifications
Overall
1
John Gadret
Saur - Sojasun
13h43'23
2
Nicolas Roche
AG2R La Mondiale
+ 6
3
Mauro Santambrogio
BMC Racing Team
+ 1'04
4
David Moncoutié
Cofidis, le crédit en ligne
+ 1'18
5
Dominik Nerz
Liquigas - Cannondale
+ 1'55
6
Simon Spilak
Lampre - ISD
+ 2'16
7
Danilo Di Luca
Lampre - ISD
+ 3'20
8
Matthias Frank
BMC Racing Team
+ 3'45
9
Anthony Charteau
Team Europcar
+ 4'40
10
Mattia Cattaneo
Lampre - ISD
+ 5'24
Spoiler
11
Damiano Caruso
Liquigas - Cannondale
+ 5'31
12
Jelle Vanendert
Omega Pharma - Lotto
+ 6'36
13
Rémy Cusin
Cofidis, le crédit en ligne
+ 6'55
14
Alexander Efimkin
Team Type 1
+ 7'30
15
Florian Stalder
BMC Racing Team
+ 7'40
16
Fabrice Jeandesboz
Saur - Sojasun
+ 7'58
17
Maxime Bouet
AG2R La Mondiale
+ 9'00
18
Luis Ángel Maté
Cofidis, le crédit en ligne
+ 9'05
19
Sandy Casar
FDJ
+ 9'11
20
Christophe Riblon
AG2R La Mondiale
+ 9'37
21
Andrey Kashechkin
Lampre - ISD
+ 10'02
22
Steve Morabito
BMC Racing Team
+ 10'50
23
Ivan Santaromita
BMC Racing Team
+ 11'11
24
Jan Bakelants
Omega Pharma - Lotto
+ 11'23
25
Damien Monier
Cofidis, le crédit en ligne
+ 12'07
26
Sébastien Joly
Saur - Sojasun
+ 12'09
27
Daniele Pietropolli
Lampre - ISD
+ 12'10
28
Jérémie Galland
Saur - Sojasun
+ 12'17
29
Rémi Pauriol
FDJ
+ 12'29
30
Sylvain Calzati
Bretagne - Schuller
+ 13'31
31
Yoann Le Boulanger
Team Europcar
+ 14'53
32
Francis De Greef
Omega Pharma - Lotto
+ 15'08
33
Sergio Henao
Colombia es Pasión - Café de Colombia
+ 15'18
34
Gianni Meersman
FDJ
+ 16'08
35
Bart De Clercq
Omega Pharma - Lotto
s.t.
36
Yohann Gène
Team Europcar
+ 16'16
37
Johan Le Bon
Bretagne - Schuller
+ 16'19
38
Laurent Lefèvre
Roubaix Lille Métropole
+ 16'27
39
Francis Mourey
FDJ
+ 18'20
40
Walter Pedraza
Colombia es Pasión - Café de Colombia
+ 18'28
41
Jacobus Venter
Dirk Grepdon Wanzele - Accent
+ 18'34
42
Matthieu Ladagnous
FDJ
+ 18'40
43
Leonardo Duque
Cofidis, le crédit en ligne
+ 19'09
44
Yannick Talabardon
Saur - Sojasun
+ 19'25
45
Clément Lhotellerie
Roubaix Lille Métropole
+ 19'50
46
Jürgen Van de Walle
Omega Pharma - Lotto
+ 21'54
47
Arnaud Courteille
FDJ
+ 23'25
48
Mathieu Perget
AG2R La Mondiale
+ 23'58
49
Rinaldo Nocentini
AG2R La Mondiale
+ 24'11
50
Marcus Gerber
BMC Racing Team
+ 25'32
51
Vitaliy Buts
Lampre - ISD
+ 26'20
52
Jack Bauer
Wallonie Bruxelles - Crédit Agricole
+ 27'19
53
Jean-Eudes Demaret
Cofidis, le crédit en ligne
+ 28'12
54
Michael Schär
BMC Racing Team
+ 28'42
55
Anthony Geslin
Saur - Sojasun
+ 29'13
56
Daniel Ricardo Díaz
Velo-Club La Pomme Marseille
+ 29'27
57
Laurent Mangel
Saur - Sojasun
+ 29'49
58
Carlos Martínez
Colombia es Pasión - Café de Colombia
+ 30'03
59
Timothy Duggan
Liquigas - Cannondale
+ 30'29
60
Cédric Pineau
FDJ
+ 30'52
61
Christopher Butler
BMC Racing Team
+ 31'45
62
Marlón Pérez
Colombia es Pasión - Café de Colombia
+ 32'21
63
John Martinez
Colombia es Pasión - Café de Colombia
+ 32'56
64
Laurent Pichon
Bretagne - Schuller
+ 33'12
65
Martin Elmiger
AG2R La Mondiale
+ 34'01
66
Maxime Méderel
Big Mat - Auber 93
+ 34'03
67
Dimitri Le Boulch
Big Mat - Auber 93
+ 34'35
68
Gert Dockx
Omega Pharma - Lotto
+ 34'56
69
Tiziano Dall'Antonia
Liquigas - Cannondale
+ 35'19
70
Jocelyn Bar
Roubaix Lille Métropole
+ 36'02
71
Toms Skujins
Velo-Club La Pomme Marseille
+ 37'23
72
Julien Mazet
Big Mat - Auber 93
+ 38'13
73
Peter McDonald
Velo-Club La Pomme Marseille
+ 38'19
74
Fabio Polazzi
Wallonie Bruxelles - Crédit Agricole
+ 38'33
75
Flavien Dassonville
Big Mat - Auber 93
+ 38'38
76
Guillaume Blot
Bretagne - Schuller
+ 39'36
77
Frédéric Amorison
Dirk Grepdon Wanzele - Accent
+ 39'53
78
Florian Le Corre
Roubaix Lille Métropole
+ 40'16
79
Tristan Valentin
Cofidis, le crédit en ligne
+ 41'18
80
Mathieu Claude
Big Mat - Auber 93
s.t.
81
Matthieu Boulo
Roubaix Lille Métropole
s.t.
82
Sylvain Georges
Big Mat - Auber 93
+ 41'38
83
Jef Peeters
Wallonie Bruxelles - Crédit Agricole
+ 41'53
84
Justin Jules
Big Mat - Auber 93
+ 41'56
85
Kiel Reijnen
Team Type 1
+ 42'05
86
Kevin Reza
Team Europcar
+ 42'37
87
Romain Hardy
Bretagne - Schuller
+ 43'05
88
Mathieu Delaroziere
Velo-Club La Pomme Marseille
+ 43'39
89
Philippe Legrand
Wallonie Bruxelles - Crédit Agricole
+ 44'46
90
Armindo Fonseca
Bretagne - Schuller
+ 45'17
91
Daniel Oss
Liquigas - Cannondale
+ 45'19
92
Franck Bouyer
Team Europcar
+ 46'23
93
Manuele Caddeo
Colnago - CSF Inox
+ 46'42
94
Carlo Favini
Liquigas - Cannondale
+ 47'38
95
Mathieu Drujon
Big Mat - Auber 93
+ 47'54
96
Adriano Malori
Lampre - ISD
+ 47'57
97
Mateo Langlais
AG2R La Mondiale
+ 51'46
98
Arnoud Van Groen
Dirk Grepdon Wanzele - Accent
+ 54'27
99
Olivier Pardini
Wallonie Bruxelles - Crédit Agricole
+ 54'31
100
Christophe Premont
Wallonie Bruxelles - Crédit Agricole
+ 54'37
101
Robin Steenuit
Wallonie Bruxelles - Crédit Agricole
+ 56'05
102
William Dugan
Team Type 1
+ 59'05
103
Yvan Arnaud
AG2R La Mondiale
+ 1h00'01
104
Cyrille Martin
Cofidis, le crédit en ligne
+ 1h04'20
105
Jonathan Breyne
Landbouwkrediet
+ 1h07'07
106
Cyrille Cuvillier
Saur - Sojasun
+ 1h07'29
107
Joeri Stallaert
Landbouwkrediet
+ 1h08'26
108
Bart Dockx
Landbouwkrediet
+ 1h10'02
109
Bryan Ducret
Team Europcar
+ 1h11'57
110
Loïc Desriac
Roubaix Lille Métropole
+ 1h12'05
111
Koen Barbé
Landbouwkrediet
+ 1h12'18
112
Geoffrey Soupe
FDJ
+ 1h12'51
113
Julien Guay
Roubaix Lille Métropole
+ 1h16'01
114
Luc Verweij
Dirk Grepdon Wanzele - Accent
+ 1h18'58
Points
1
Nicolas Roche
AG2R La Mondiale
71
2
John Gadret
Saur - Sojasun
56
3
Simon Spilak
Lampre - ISD
56
4
Mauro Santambrogio
BMC Racing Team
45
5
Dominik Nerz
Liquigas - Cannondale
38
Mountain
1
Mattia Cattaneo
Lampre - ISD
54
2
Fabrice Jeandesboz
Saur - Sojasun
40
3
Maxime Bouet
AG2R La Mondiale
34
4
Jürgen Van de Walle
Omega Pharma - Lotto
32
5
Johan Le Bon
Bretagne - Schuller
29
Young Riders
1
Dominik Nerz
Liquigas - Cannondale
13h45'18
2
Mattia Cattaneo
Lampre - ISD
+ 3'29
3
Damiano Caruso
Liquigas - Cannondale
+ 3'36
4
Sergio Henao
Colombia es Pasión - Café de Colombia
+ 13'23
5
Johan Le Bon
Bretagne - Schuller
+ 14'24
Teams
1
Lampre - ISD
41h20'16
2
BMC Racing Team
+ 2'29
3
Cofidis, le crédit en ligne
+ 5'23
4
Saur - Sojasun
+ 7'29
5
AG2R La Mondiale
+ 7'53
Dominik's Comment
What a fantastic day. This may have been the best climbing performance of my whole career. I could almost keep up with the Top 3, who are obviously in top shape, and I made up quite a lot of time on strong climbers like Spilak, Di Luca, Vanendert or Frank! I'm very, very proud and happy!
Once again I can't say how thankful and impressed I am for/by Damiano Caruso's support today. Without him, this fantastic race wouldn't have been possible. Now I can say that I achieved all my goals: A Top 5 overall and the young riders jersey. Damiano's 11th overall is the icing on the cake.
All in all, it was a very good final trial for the Vuelta, the second Grand Tour I'll get to ride. I'll write again from Spain! So long,
