Nordic Cycling | Final Farewell
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sutty68 |
Posted on 04-03-2013 10:28
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Superb ride and finish from Bak |
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Atlantius |
Posted on 04-03-2013 10:59
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Ian: It was more than could be expected. He worked hard to make the break last and it cost him a lot of energy. Still hadn't he done it they would probably have been caught
sutty: Yeah he did good
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Atlantius |
Posted on 04-03-2013 11:07
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Critérium International
Our sponsors really like this small French stage race for some reason, so we had to send a team able to compete here. Löfkvist, Juul-Jensen and Jebjerg were given the responsibility and it went quite ok…
Kasper placed 3rd on the first stage while Thomas placed 4th on both the stage 2 and 3, which also gave him a 4th in the GC.
Oh and yes, obviously we took the mountain jersey as well. Christopher Juul-Jensen took care of that bit.
Next race: KBC Driedaagse De Panne – Koksijde
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Ian Butler |
Posted on 04-03-2013 11:17
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Volvo: Mountain Team!
A great race by Löfkvist! |
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sutty68 |
Posted on 04-03-2013 12:46
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Shame that Thomas just missed out on the podium places |
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Atlantius |
Posted on 05-03-2013 08:57
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KBC Driedaagse De Panne – Koksijde
Mainly for warming up/maintain form. That doesn’t mean we can’t go for a good result along the way…
Provisional Standings
1 | Stuart O'Grady | Orica - GreenEdge | 8h53'20 | 2 | Michaël Baer | BMC Racing Team | + 56 | 3 | Tyler Farrar | Garmin - Sharp | + 2'05 | 4 | Matti Breschel | Rabobank Cycling Team | + 2'09 | 5 | Tom Boonen | RadioShack - Nissan | s.t. | 6 | Preben Van Hecke | Accent Jobs - Willems Veranda's | + 2'13 | 7 | Thor Hushovd | Volvo - STARK | + 2'17 | 8 | Joeri Stallaert | Landbouwkrediet - Euphony | s.t. | 9 | Tony Gallopin | Team Argos - Shimano | s.t. | 10 | Yauheni Hutarovich | FDJ - BigMat | s.t. |
Spoiler 11 | Fabian Cancellara | RadioShack - Nissan | s.t. | 12 | Leonardo Duque | Cofidis, le crédit en ligne | s.t. | 13 | Davide Appollonio | Team Vodafone | s.t. | 14 | Lars Ytting Bak | Volvo - STARK | s.t. | 15 | Hayden Roulston | RadioShack - Nissan | s.t. | 16 | Lars Boom | Rabobank Cycling Team | s.t. | 17 | Koldo Fernández | Garmin - Sharp | s.t. | 18 | Kim Borry | Accent Jobs - Willems Veranda's | s.t. | 19 | Greg Henderson | RadioShack - Nissan | s.t. | 20 | Jos Van Emden | Rabobank Cycling Team | s.t. | 21 | Matthieu Ladagnous | Cofidis, le crédit en ligne | s.t. | 22 | Davy Commeyne | Lotto Belisol Team | s.t. | 23 | Sébastien Rosseler | Lotto Belisol Team | s.t. | 24 | Stefan Schumacher | Team Argos - Shimano | s.t. | 25 | Alex Rasmussen | Garmin - Sharp | s.t. | 26 | Kasper Jebjerg | Volvo - STARK | s.t. | 27 | David Millar | Garmin - Sharp | s.t. | 28 | Aidis Kruopis | Orica - GreenEdge | s.t. | 29 | Jens Erik Madsen | Volvo - STARK | s.t. | 30 | Manuel Quinziato | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | 31 | Christophe Le Mével | Garmin - Sharp | s.t. | 32 | Havard Nybö | Volvo - STARK | s.t. | 33 | Tom Slagter | Rabobank Cycling Team | s.t. | 34 | Murilo Fischer | Garmin - Sharp | s.t. | 35 | Pieter Weening | Orica - GreenEdge | s.t. | 36 | Yohan Offredo | Cofidis, le crédit en ligne | s.t. | 37 | Dominique Rollin | FDJ - BigMat | s.t. | 38 | Erik Meineche McDermott | Volvo - STARK | s.t. | 39 | Svein Tuft | Orica - GreenEdge | s.t. | 40 | Björn Leukemans | Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | 41 | Gustav Erik Larsson | Volvo - STARK | s.t. | 42 | Vincent Baestaens | Landbouwkrediet - Euphony | s.t. | 43 | Kristof Vandewalle | Accent Jobs - Willems Veranda's | s.t. | 44 | Jan Ghyselinck | Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | 45 | Francis De Greef | Lotto Belisol Team | s.t. | 46 | Salvatore Puccio | Team Vodafone | s.t. | 47 | Aurélien Duval | FDJ - BigMat | s.t. | 48 | Boy Van Poppel | Team Argos - Shimano | s.t. | 49 | Steven Caethoven | Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | 50 | Dries Devenyns | Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | 51 | Alessandro Ballan | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | 52 | Jesse Sergent | RadioShack - Nissan | s.t. | 53 | Paul Martens | RadioShack - Nissan | s.t. | 54 | Kanstantsin Siutsou | Team Vodafone | s.t. | 55 | Marcel Sieberg | Lotto Belisol Team | s.t. | 56 | Kenny Dehaes | Lotto Belisol Team | s.t. | 57 | Juan Manuel Gárate | Rabobank Cycling Team | s.t. | 58 | Job Vissers | Team Argos - Shimano | s.t. | 59 | Stijn Neirynck | Team Eddy Merckx - Indeland | s.t. | 60 | Tomasz Smolen | CCC Polsat - Polkowice | s.t. | 61 | Wim De Vocht | Accent Jobs - Willems Veranda's | s.t. | 62 | Michał Kwiatkowski | CCC Polsat - Polkowice | s.t. | 63 | Zico Waeytens | Dirk Grepdon Wanzele - Mercator | s.t. | 64 | Jürgen Van de Walle | Lotto Belisol Team | + 4'10 | 65 | Brian Bulgac | Lotto Belisol Team | s.t. | 66 | Thomas Rohregger | RadioShack - Nissan | s.t. | 67 | Arnold Jeannesson | Team Differdange - Magic-Sportfood.de | + 5'19 | 68 | Jarl Salomein | Dirk Grepdon Wanzele - Mercator | + 5'23 | 69 | Jakob Fuglsang | Volvo - STARK | + 5'25 | 70 | Jasper Bovenhuis | Rabobank Continental Team | s.t. | 71 | Dominic Klemme | Team Eddy Merckx - Indeland | s.t. | 72 | Bert Van Lerberghe | Landbouwkrediet - Euphony | + 6'22 | 73 | Marco Minnaard | Rabobank Continental Team | + 6'50 | 74 | Gianni Meersman | Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team | + 7'19 | 75 | Sibrecht Pieters | Accent Jobs - Willems Veranda's | + 7'39 | 76 | Thomas Degand | Accent Jobs - Willems Veranda's | s.t. | 77 | Michael Van Staeyen | Dirk Grepdon Wanzele - Mercator | s.t. | 78 | Nico Eeckhout | An Post - Sean Kelly | + 8'12 | 79 | Bobbie Traksel | Team Argos - Shimano | + 8'14 | 80 | Vytautas Kaupas | Team Differdange - Magic-Sportfood.de | + 8'16 | 81 | Johan Coenen | Team Differdange - Magic-Sportfood.de | s.t. | 82 | Taiji Nishitani | Garmin - Sharp | + 8'18 | 83 | Stijn Joseph | Accent Jobs - Willems Veranda's | s.t. | 84 | Andreas Stauff | Team Argos - Shimano | s.t. | 85 | Juan José Haedo | Team Vodafone | s.t. | 86 | Yannick Martinez | Veranda Rideau - Jean Delatour | s.t. | 87 | Luke Rowe | Team Vodafone | s.t. | 88 | Leigh Howard | Orica - GreenEdge | s.t. | 89 | Justin Jules | Veranda Rideau - Jean Delatour | s.t. | 90 | Brett Lancaster | Orica - GreenEdge | s.t. | 91 | Jean-Charles Sénac | Cofidis, le crédit en ligne | s.t. | 92 | Gert Dockx | Landbouwkrediet - Euphony | s.t. | 93 | Yoann Barbas | Veranda Rideau - Jean Delatour | s.t. | 94 | Steven Van Vooren | Dirk Grepdon Wanzele - Mercator | s.t. | 95 | Daniele Callegarin | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | 96 | Yannick Eijssen | Landbouwkrediet - Euphony | s.t. | 97 | Wilfried Cretskens | An Post - Sean Kelly | s.t. | 98 | Joop De Gans | Team Eddy Merckx - Indeland | s.t. | 99 | Frederik Veuchelen | Dirk Grepdon Wanzele - Mercator | s.t. | 100 | Sven Vanthourenhout | Landbouwkrediet - Euphony | s.t. | 101 | Tom Thill | Team Differdange - Magic-Sportfood.de | s.t. | 102 | Pieter Vanspeybroeck | Dirk Grepdon Wanzele - Mercator | s.t. | 103 | Niels Albert | Dirk Grepdon Wanzele - Mercator | s.t. | 104 | Jonathan Breyne | Landbouwkrediet - Euphony | s.t. | 105 | Tosh Van der Sande | Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | 106 | Jonas Ljungblad | Team Differdange - Magic-Sportfood.de | s.t. | 107 | Rick Zabel | Rabobank Continental Team | + 10'08 | 108 | David Moncoutié | Cofidis, le crédit en ligne | s.t. | 109 | Dylan Van Baarle | Rabobank Continental Team | s.t. | 110 | Jurgen Van Goolen | Accent Jobs - Willems Veranda's | s.t. | 111 | Romain Zingle | Cofidis, le crédit en ligne | + 12'01 | 112 | Kamil Zielinski | CCC Polsat - Polkowice | + 12'15 | 113 | Kevyn Ista | Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team | + 12'21 | 114 | Bart De Clercq | Lotto Belisol Team | s.t. | 115 | Ronan Van Zandbeek | Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | 116 | Wilco Kelderman | Rabobank Cycling Team | s.t. | 117 | David Boucher | FDJ - BigMat | s.t. | 118 | Eric Baumann | Team Differdange - Magic-Sportfood.de | s.t. | 119 | Evan Oliphant | Team Vodafone | s.t. | 120 | Steven Cozza | Garmin - Sharp | s.t. | 121 | Jens Mouris | Orica - GreenEdge | s.t. | 122 | Nicholas Walker | Orica - GreenEdge | s.t. | 123 | Brian Megens | Rabobank Continental Team | s.t. | 124 | Mathias Belka | Team Differdange - Magic-Sportfood.de | s.t. | 125 | Lars Petter Nordhaug | Team Vodafone | s.t. | 126 | Tino Meier | Team Eddy Merckx - Indeland | s.t. | 127 | Matteo Carrara | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | 128 | Sven Vandousselaere | Dirk Grepdon Wanzele - Mercator | s.t. | 129 | Gregory Brenes | Team Differdange - Magic-Sportfood.de | s.t. | 130 | Rafal Ratajczyk | CCC Polsat - Polkowice | s.t. | 131 | Robert Retschke | Team Eddy Merckx - Indeland | + 14'15 | 132 | Moreno Hofland | Rabobank Continental Team | s.t. | 133 | Kenneth Vanbilsen | An Post - Sean Kelly | s.t. | 134 | Harry Brückner | Team Eddy Merckx - Indeland | s.t. | 135 | Waldemar Willig | Team Argos - Shimano | s.t. | 136 | James Knight | RadioShack - Nissan | + 14'59 | 137 | Stéphane Poulhiès | FDJ - BigMat | + 16'38 | 138 | Thierry Hupond | Team Argos - Shimano | s.t. | 139 | Warry Beerthuizen | Rabobank Continental Team | s.t. | 140 | Valerio Agnoli | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | 141 | Jasper Stuyven | An Post - Sean Kelly | s.t. | 142 | Mauro Spaute | Team Eddy Merckx - Indeland | + 16'44 | 143 | Nick Van der Lijke | Rabobank Continental Team | + 17'05 | 144 | Łukasz Owsian | CCC Polsat - Polkowice | s.t. | 145 | Enrico Zen | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | 146 | Mark Wassall | Team Vodafone | + 19'01 | 147 | Nicolas Hartmann | Veranda Rideau - Jean Delatour | s.t. | 148 | Grzegorz Stepniak | CCC Polsat - Polkowice | s.t. | 149 | Gaylord Cumont | Veranda Rideau - Jean Delatour | s.t. | 150 | Pierre Cazaux | Veranda Rideau - Jean Delatour | s.t. | 151 | Jonathan Bellis | An Post - Sean Kelly | s.t. | 152 | Scott Law | An Post - Sean Kelly | s.t. | 153 | Guillaume Malle | Veranda Rideau - Jean Delatour | s.t. | 154 | Andy Cappelle | An Post - Sean Kelly | s.t. | 155 | Mathieu Delaroziere | FDJ - BigMat | s.t. | 156 | Charly Gillet | Veranda Rideau - Jean Delatour | s.t. | 157 | Michael Kurth | Team Eddy Merckx - Indeland | s.t. | 158 | Emile Van Borm | An Post - Sean Kelly | s.t. | 159 | Marcel Santos | FDJ - BigMat | + 20'24 | 160 | Timothy Roe | BMC Racing Team | + 20'40 | 161 | Brice Lhuillier | Cofidis, le crédit en ligne | + 23'09 | 162 | Sylvain Tissot | Cofidis, le crédit en ligne | + 25'38 | 163 | Michel Vullings | Rabobank Cycling Team | s.t. |
Points Jersey: Tyler Farrar, Garmin - Sharp
Spoiler 1 | Tyler Farrar | Garmin - Sharp | 29 | 2 | Matti Breschel | Rabobank Cycling Team | 28 | 3 | Stuart O'Grady | Orica - GreenEdge | 25 | 4 | Romain Zingle | Cofidis, le crédit en ligne | 25 | 5 | Thor Hushovd | Volvo - STARK | 23 | 6 | Michaël Baer | BMC Racing Team | 20 | 7 | Joeri Stallaert | Landbouwkrediet - Euphony | 20 | 8 | Tom Boonen | RadioShack - Nissan | 16 | 9 | Tony Gallopin | Team Argos - Shimano | 15 | 10 | Gianni Meersman | Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team | 14 |
Mountain Jersey: Stuart O'Grady, Orica - GreenEdge
Spoiler 1 | Stuart O'Grady | Orica - GreenEdge | 12 | 2 | Michaël Baer | BMC Racing Team | 10 | 3 | Jarl Salomein | Dirk Grepdon Wanzele - Mercator | 10 | 4 | Arnold Jeannesson | Team Differdange - Magic-Sportfood.de | 6 | 5 | Tom Thill | Team Differdange - Magic-Sportfood.de | 6 | 6 | Sibrecht Pieters | Accent Jobs - Willems Veranda's | 5 | 7 | Dominic Klemme | Team Eddy Merckx - Indeland | 4 | 8 | Jakob Fuglsang | Volvo - STARK | 4 | 9 | Rick Zabel | Rabobank Continental Team | 4 | 10 | Steven Van Vooren | Dirk Grepdon Wanzele - Mercator | 3 |
Young Rider: Joeri Stallaert, Landbouwkrediet - Euphony
Spoiler 1 | Joeri Stallaert | Landbouwkrediet - Euphony | 8h55'37 (1) | 2 | Davide Appollonio | Team Vodafone | + 0 (2) | 3 | Tom Slagter | Rabobank Cycling Team | + 0 (3) | 4 | Erik Meineche McDermott | Volvo - STARK | + 0 (4) | 5 | Vincent Baestaens | Landbouwkrediet - Euphony | + 0 (5) | 6 | Salvatore Puccio | Team Vodafone | + 0 (6) | 7 | Michał Kwiatkowski | CCC Polsat - Polkowice | + 0 (7) | 8 | Zico Waeytens | Dirk Grepdon Wanzele - Mercator | + 0 (8) | 9 | Jarl Salomein | Dirk Grepdon Wanzele - Mercator | + 3'06 (9) | 10 | Jasper Bovenhuis | Rabobank Continental Team | + 3'08 (10) |
Team Ranking: Orica - GreenEdge
Spoiler 1 | Orica - GreenEdge | 26h44'54 (1) | 2 | BMC Racing Team | + 48 (2) | 3 | Team Vodafone | + 1'57 (3) | 4 | Lotto Belisol Team | + 1'57 (4) | 5 | Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team | + 1'57 (5) | 6 | FDJ - BigMat | + 1'57 (6) | 7 | Cofidis, le crédit en ligne | + 1'57 (7) | 8 | Team Argos - Shimano | + 1'57 (8) | 9 | Garmin - Sharp | + 1'57 (9) | 10 | Rabobank Cycling Team | + 1'57 (10) | 11 | Volvo - STARK | + 1'57 (11) | 12 | Accent Jobs - Willems Veranda's | + 1'57 (12) | 13 | RadioShack - Nissan | + 1'57 (13) | 14 | Landbouwkrediet - Euphony | + 6'02 (14) | 15 | Dirk Grepdon Wanzele - Mercator | + 10'27 (15) | 16 | Team Eddy Merckx - Indeland | + 11'06 (16) | 17 | CCC Polsat - Polkowice | + 12'01 (17) | 18 | Team Differdange - Magic-Sportfood.de | + 17'07 (18) | 19 | Rabobank Continental Team | + 17'33 (19) | 20 | Veranda Rideau - Jean Delatour | + 20'00 (20) | 21 | An Post - Sean Kelly | + 25'57 (21) |
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Ian Butler |
Posted on 05-03-2013 09:22
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Hushovd with good form! |
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sutty68 |
Posted on 05-03-2013 10:14
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Thor looking good in seventh place although that third place on the podium is certainly in reach |
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Posted on 05-03-2013 19:39
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Thor got a good 4th place in the cobbles. Keep itnup
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Posted on 06-03-2013 10:30
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KBC Driedaagse De Panne – Koksijde
Stage 4: Koksijde - De Panne
9 km of settling the GC with a bit of TT'ing
Vanbilsen sets a fast time early on.
Fuglsang is the first rider I send out but he is still building form and puts in a bad effort for his standard.
Larsson does better finishing provisional 4th just before Kwiatkowski sets new best time.
The home fans are thrilled when Rosseler sets new best time 6 seconds faster than Svein Tuft.
Bak delivers a highly disappointing 20th. 40 seconds slower than Boom, who has now taken the lead.
Cancellara has been pretty much invisible this far in the race, but when there’s a TT he’s hard to miss…
Stage Results
1 | Fabian Cancellara | RadioShack - Nissan | 11'32 | 2 | Lars Boom | Rabobank Cycling Team | + 4 | 3 | Sébastien Rosseler | Lotto Belisol Team | + 12 | 4 | Svein Tuft | Orica - GreenEdge | + 19 | 5 | Tom Boonen | RadioShack - Nissan | + 23 |
Spoiler 6 | David Millar | Garmin - Sharp | + 25 | 7 | Alex Rasmussen | Garmin - Sharp | + 28 | 8 | Jos Van Emden | Rabobank Cycling Team | + 30 | 9 | Michał Kwiatkowski | CCC Polsat - Polkowice | + 34 | 10 | Tyler Farrar | Garmin - Sharp | + 36 | 11 | Brett Lancaster | Orica - GreenEdge | + 40 | 12 | Jesse Sergent | RadioShack - Nissan | s.t. | 13 | Kanstantsin Siutsou | Team Vodafone | s.t. | 14 | Stefan Schumacher | Team Argos - Shimano | s.t. | 15 | Alessandro Ballan | BMC Racing Team | + 42 | 16 | Manuel Quinziato | BMC Racing Team | + 43 | 17 | Bobbie Traksel | Team Argos - Shimano | + 44 | 18 | Jan Ghyselinck | Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | 19 | Matthieu Ladagnous | Cofidis, le crédit en ligne | s.t. | 20 | Thor Hushovd | Volvo - STARK | s.t. | 21 | Gustav Erik Larsson | Volvo - STARK | + 45 | 22 | Bart De Clercq | Lotto Belisol Team | + 47 | 23 | Steven Cozza | Garmin - Sharp | + 48 | 24 | Jens Mouris | Orica - GreenEdge | s.t. | 25 | Lars Ytting Bak | Volvo - STARK | s.t. | 26 | Kevyn Ista | Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team | + 51 | 27 | Greg Henderson | RadioShack - Nissan | + 52 | 28 | Kim Borry | Accent Jobs - Willems Veranda's | + 53 | 29 | Romain Zingle | Cofidis, le crédit en ligne | + 54 | 30 | Kristof Vandewalle | Accent Jobs - Willems Veranda's | s.t. | 31 | Pieter Weening | Orica - GreenEdge | s.t. | 32 | Salvatore Puccio | Team Vodafone | + 55 | 33 | Vincent Baestaens | Landbouwkrediet - Euphony | + 56 | 34 | Gianni Meersman | Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team | + 57 | 35 | Dominique Rollin | FDJ - BigMat | s.t. | 36 | Kenneth Vanbilsen | An Post - Sean Kelly | + 58 | 37 | Sven Vanthourenhout | Landbouwkrediet - Euphony | s.t. | 38 | Gregory Brenes | Team Differdange - Magic-Sportfood.de | + 1'00 | 39 | Juan Manuel Gárate | Rabobank Cycling Team | s.t. | 40 | Lars Petter Nordhaug | Team Vodafone | + 1'01 | 41 | Francis De Greef | Lotto Belisol Team | s.t. | 42 | Matti Breschel | Rabobank Cycling Team | s.t. | 43 | Paul Martens | RadioShack - Nissan | s.t. | 44 | Stijn Joseph | Accent Jobs - Willems Veranda's | + 1'02 | 45 | Zico Waeytens | Dirk Grepdon Wanzele - Mercator | s.t. | 46 | Yohan Offredo | Cofidis, le crédit en ligne | s.t. | 47 | Stuart O'Grady | Orica - GreenEdge | s.t. | 48 | Jurgen Van Goolen | Accent Jobs - Willems Veranda's | + 1'03 | 49 | Jens Erik Madsen | Volvo - STARK | s.t. | 50 | Jonathan Breyne | Landbouwkrediet - Euphony | + 1'04 | 51 | Boy Van Poppel | Team Argos - Shimano | s.t. | 52 | Marcel Sieberg | Lotto Belisol Team | + 1'05 | 53 | Dries Devenyns | Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | 54 | Yannick Eijssen | Landbouwkrediet - Euphony | s.t. | 55 | Leigh Howard | Orica - GreenEdge | + 1'06 | 56 | Gert Dockx | Landbouwkrediet - Euphony | s.t. | 57 | Aurélien Duval | FDJ - BigMat | s.t. | 58 | Koldo Fernández | Garmin - Sharp | s.t. | 59 | Wilco Kelderman | Rabobank Cycling Team | + 1'07 | 60 | David Boucher | FDJ - BigMat | s.t. | 61 | Niels Albert | Dirk Grepdon Wanzele - Mercator | s.t. | 62 | Davide Appollonio | Team Vodafone | s.t. | 63 | Thomas Degand | Accent Jobs - Willems Veranda's | + 1'08 | 64 | Jürgen Van de Walle | Lotto Belisol Team | s.t. | 65 | Guillaume Malle | Veranda Rideau - Jean Delatour | + 1'09 | 66 | Havard Nybö | Volvo - STARK | s.t. | 67 | Dylan Van Baarle | Rabobank Continental Team | + 1'10 | 68 | Hayden Roulston | RadioShack - Nissan | s.t. | 69 | Moreno Hofland | Rabobank Continental Team | + 1'11 | 70 | Rafal Ratajczyk | CCC Polsat - Polkowice | s.t. | 71 | Waldemar Willig | Team Argos - Shimano | + 1'12 | 72 | Ronan Van Zandbeek | Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | 73 | Sibrecht Pieters | Accent Jobs - Willems Veranda's | s.t. | 74 | Tom Thill | Team Differdange - Magic-Sportfood.de | s.t. | 75 | Vytautas Kaupas | Team Differdange - Magic-Sportfood.de | s.t. | 76 | Arnold Jeannesson | Team Differdange - Magic-Sportfood.de | s.t. | 77 | Davy Commeyne | Lotto Belisol Team | s.t. | 78 | Leonardo Duque | Cofidis, le crédit en ligne | s.t. | 79 | Tosh Van der Sande | Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | 80 | Matteo Carrara | BMC Racing Team | + 1'13 | 81 | Marco Minnaard | Rabobank Continental Team | s.t. | 82 | Luke Rowe | Team Vodafone | s.t. | 83 | Stijn Neirynck | Team Eddy Merckx - Indeland | s.t. | 84 | Yauheni Hutarovich | FDJ - BigMat | s.t. | 85 | Tony Gallopin | Team Argos - Shimano | + 1'14 | 86 | Tom Slagter | Rabobank Cycling Team | s.t. | 87 | Mathias Belka | Team Differdange - Magic-Sportfood.de | + 1'15 | 88 | Jakob Fuglsang | Volvo - STARK | s.t. | 89 | Christophe Le Mével | Garmin - Sharp | s.t. | 90 | Joeri Stallaert | Landbouwkrediet - Euphony | s.t. | 91 | Preben Van Hecke | Accent Jobs - Willems Veranda's | s.t. | 92 | Björn Leukemans | Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team | + 1'16 | 93 | Mark Wassall | Team Vodafone | + 1'18 | 94 | Valerio Agnoli | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | 95 | Jonathan Bellis | An Post - Sean Kelly | s.t. | 96 | Yoann Barbas | Veranda Rideau - Jean Delatour | s.t. | 97 | Taiji Nishitani | Garmin - Sharp | s.t. | 98 | Jarl Salomein | Dirk Grepdon Wanzele - Mercator | s.t. | 99 | Kenny Dehaes | Lotto Belisol Team | s.t. | 100 | Michaël Baer | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | 101 | Aidis Kruopis | Orica - GreenEdge | + 1'19 | 102 | Eric Baumann | Team Differdange - Magic-Sportfood.de | s.t. | 103 | Juan José Haedo | Team Vodafone | + 1'20 | 104 | Thierry Hupond | Team Argos - Shimano | + 1'21 | 105 | Jonas Ljungblad | Team Differdange - Magic-Sportfood.de | s.t. | 106 | Andreas Stauff | Team Argos - Shimano | s.t. | 107 | Pieter Vanspeybroeck | Dirk Grepdon Wanzele - Mercator | s.t. | 108 | David Moncoutié | Cofidis, le crédit en ligne | + 1'22 | 109 | Steven Van Vooren | Dirk Grepdon Wanzele - Mercator | s.t. | 110 | Kasper Jebjerg | Volvo - STARK | s.t. | 111 | Thomas Rohregger | RadioShack - Nissan | s.t. | 112 | Grzegorz Stepniak | CCC Polsat - Polkowice | + 1'24 | 113 | Evan Oliphant | Team Vodafone | s.t. | 114 | Scott Law | An Post - Sean Kelly | + 1'25 | 115 | Justin Jules | Veranda Rideau - Jean Delatour | s.t. | 116 | Nico Eeckhout | An Post - Sean Kelly | s.t. | 117 | Daniele Callegarin | BMC Racing Team | + 1'26 | 118 | Wim De Vocht | Accent Jobs - Willems Veranda's | s.t. | 119 | Jasper Stuyven | An Post - Sean Kelly | + 1'27 | 120 | Johan Coenen | Team Differdange - Magic-Sportfood.de | s.t. | 121 | Murilo Fischer | Garmin - Sharp | s.t. | 122 | Brian Megens | Rabobank Continental Team | + 1'28 | 123 | Bert Van Lerberghe | Landbouwkrediet - Euphony | s.t. | 124 | Brian Bulgac | Lotto Belisol Team | s.t. | 125 | Timothy Roe | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | 126 | Sven Vandousselaere | Dirk Grepdon Wanzele - Mercator | + 1'29 | 127 | Łukasz Owsian | CCC Polsat - Polkowice | + 1'30 | 128 | Harry Brückner | Team Eddy Merckx - Indeland | s.t. | 129 | Nicholas Walker | Orica - GreenEdge | + 1'31 | 130 | Tino Meier | Team Eddy Merckx - Indeland | s.t. | 131 | Kamil Zielinski | CCC Polsat - Polkowice | s.t. | 132 | Steven Caethoven | Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | 133 | Pierre Cazaux | Veranda Rideau - Jean Delatour | + 1'32 | 134 | Rick Zabel | Rabobank Continental Team | s.t. | 135 | Jean-Charles Sénac | Cofidis, le crédit en ligne | s.t. | 136 | Frederik Veuchelen | Dirk Grepdon Wanzele - Mercator | s.t. | 137 | Tomasz Smolen | CCC Polsat - Polkowice | + 1'33 | 138 | Erik Meineche McDermott | Volvo - STARK | + 1'34 | 139 | Nick Van der Lijke | Rabobank Continental Team | + 1'35 | 140 | Yannick Martinez | Veranda Rideau - Jean Delatour | s.t. | 141 | Jasper Bovenhuis | Rabobank Continental Team | s.t. | 142 | Job Vissers | Team Argos - Shimano | + 1'36 | 143 | Michael Kurth | Team Eddy Merckx - Indeland | + 1'37 | 144 | Andy Cappelle | An Post - Sean Kelly | s.t. | 145 | Michael Van Staeyen | Dirk Grepdon Wanzele - Mercator | s.t. | 146 | Joop De Gans | Team Eddy Merckx - Indeland | + 1'38 | 147 | Robert Retschke | Team Eddy Merckx - Indeland | + 1'39 | 148 | Dominic Klemme | Team Eddy Merckx - Indeland | s.t. | 149 | Wilfried Cretskens | An Post - Sean Kelly | + 1'42 | 150 | Nicolas Hartmann | Veranda Rideau - Jean Delatour | + 1'43 | 151 | Mauro Spaute | Team Eddy Merckx - Indeland | + 1'44 | 152 | Mathieu Delaroziere | FDJ - BigMat | + 1'45 | 153 | Gaylord Cumont | Veranda Rideau - Jean Delatour | + 1'47 | 154 | Stéphane Poulhiès | FDJ - BigMat | + 1'48 | 155 | Michel Vullings | Rabobank Cycling Team | s.t. | 156 | Emile Van Borm | An Post - Sean Kelly | s.t. | 157 | Warry Beerthuizen | Rabobank Continental Team | + 1'50 | 158 | Brice Lhuillier | Cofidis, le crédit en ligne | + 1'51 | 159 | Enrico Zen | BMC Racing Team | + 1'52 | 160 | Sylvain Tissot | Cofidis, le crédit en ligne | s.t. | 161 | Marcel Santos | FDJ - BigMat | + 1'58 | 162 | James Knight | RadioShack - Nissan | + 2'10 | 163 | Charly Gillet | Veranda Rideau - Jean Delatour | s.t. |
Final Standings
1 | Stuart O'Grady | Orica - GreenEdge | 11h13'36 | 2 | Tom Boonen | RadioShack - Nissan | + 1'10 | 3 | Michaël Baer | BMC Racing Team | + 1'12 | 4 | Fabian Cancellara | RadioShack - Nissan | + 1'15 | 5 | Lars Boom | Rabobank Cycling Team | + 1'19 | 6 | Sébastien Rosseler | Lotto Belisol Team | + 1'27 | 7 | Tyler Farrar | Garmin - Sharp | + 1'31 | 8 | Svein Tuft | Orica - GreenEdge | + 1'34 | 9 | David Millar | Garmin - Sharp | + 1'40 | 10 | Alex Rasmussen | Garmin - Sharp | + 1'43 |
Spoiler 11 | Jos Van Emden | Rabobank Cycling Team | + 1'45 | 12 | Michał Kwiatkowski | CCC Polsat - Polkowice | + 1'49 | 13 | Stefan Schumacher | Team Argos - Shimano | + 1'55 | 14 | Kanstantsin Siutsou | Team Vodafone | s.t. | 15 | Jesse Sergent | RadioShack - Nissan | s.t. | 16 | Matti Breschel | Rabobank Cycling Team | + 1'56 | 17 | Alessandro Ballan | BMC Racing Team | + 1'57 | 18 | Thor Hushovd | Volvo - STARK | + 1'59 | 19 | Matthieu Ladagnous | Cofidis, le crédit en ligne | s.t. | 20 | Jan Ghyselinck | Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | 21 | Lars Ytting Bak | Volvo - STARK | + 2'03 | 22 | Greg Henderson | RadioShack - Nissan | + 2'07 | 23 | Kim Borry | Accent Jobs - Willems Veranda's | + 2'08 | 24 | Pieter Weening | Orica - GreenEdge | + 2'09 | 25 | Salvatore Puccio | Team Vodafone | + 2'10 | 26 | Paul Martens | RadioShack - Nissan | + 2'16 | 27 | Jens Erik Madsen | Volvo - STARK | + 2'18 | 28 | Dries Devenyns | Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team | + 2'20 | 29 | Marcel Sieberg | Lotto Belisol Team | s.t. | 30 | Koldo Fernández | Garmin - Sharp | + 2'21 | 31 | Davide Appollonio | Team Vodafone | + 2'22 | 32 | Havard Nybö | Volvo - STARK | + 2'24 | 33 | Hayden Roulston | RadioShack - Nissan | + 2'25 | 34 | Preben Van Hecke | Accent Jobs - Willems Veranda's | + 2'26 | 35 | Leonardo Duque | Cofidis, le crédit en ligne | + 2'27 | 36 | Yauheni Hutarovich | FDJ - BigMat | + 2'28 | 37 | Tom Slagter | Rabobank Cycling Team | + 2'29 | 38 | Joeri Stallaert | Landbouwkrediet - Euphony | + 2'30 | 39 | Christophe Le Mével | Garmin - Sharp | s.t. | 40 | Björn Leukemans | Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team | + 2'31 | 41 | Aidis Kruopis | Orica - GreenEdge | + 2'34 | 42 | Kasper Jebjerg | Volvo - STARK | + 2'37 | 43 | Murilo Fischer | Garmin - Sharp | + 2'42 | 44 | Steven Caethoven | Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team | + 2'46 | 45 | Tomasz Smolen | CCC Polsat - Polkowice | + 2'48 | 46 | Erik Meineche McDermott | Volvo - STARK | + 2'49 | 47 | Gustav Erik Larsson | Volvo - STARK | + 3'48 | 48 | Jürgen Van de Walle | Lotto Belisol Team | + 4'16 | 49 | Manuel Quinziato | BMC Racing Team | + 4'19 | 50 | Kristof Vandewalle | Accent Jobs - Willems Veranda's | + 4'30 | 51 | Thomas Rohregger | RadioShack - Nissan | s.t. | 52 | Vincent Baestaens | Landbouwkrediet - Euphony | + 4'32 | 53 | Dominique Rollin | FDJ - BigMat | + 4'33 | 54 | Juan Manuel Gárate | Rabobank Cycling Team | + 4'36 | 55 | Francis De Greef | Lotto Belisol Team | + 4'37 | 56 | Yohan Offredo | Cofidis, le crédit en ligne | + 4'38 | 57 | Zico Waeytens | Dirk Grepdon Wanzele - Mercator | s.t. | 58 | Boy Van Poppel | Team Argos - Shimano | + 4'40 | 59 | Aurélien Duval | FDJ - BigMat | + 4'42 | 60 | Davy Commeyne | Lotto Belisol Team | + 4'48 | 61 | Stijn Neirynck | Team Eddy Merckx - Indeland | + 4'49 | 62 | Tony Gallopin | Team Argos - Shimano | + 4'50 | 63 | Kenny Dehaes | Lotto Belisol Team | + 4'54 | 64 | Wim De Vocht | Accent Jobs - Willems Veranda's | + 5'02 | 65 | Job Vissers | Team Argos - Shimano | + 5'12 | 66 | Arnold Jeannesson | Team Differdange - Magic-Sportfood.de | + 5'29 | 67 | Brian Bulgac | Lotto Belisol Team | + 6'57 | 68 | Gianni Meersman | Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team | + 7'14 | 69 | Dominic Klemme | Team Eddy Merckx - Indeland | + 7'50 | 70 | Brett Lancaster | Orica - GreenEdge | + 7'56 | 71 | Jakob Fuglsang | Volvo - STARK | + 7'59 | 72 | Jarl Salomein | Dirk Grepdon Wanzele - Mercator | + 8'00 | 73 | Michael Van Staeyen | Dirk Grepdon Wanzele - Mercator | + 8'14 | 74 | Jasper Bovenhuis | Rabobank Continental Team | + 8'19 | 75 | Vytautas Kaupas | Team Differdange - Magic-Sportfood.de | + 8'26 | 76 | Tom Thill | Team Differdange - Magic-Sportfood.de | + 8'28 | 77 | Luke Rowe | Team Vodafone | + 8'29 | 78 | Taiji Nishitani | Garmin - Sharp | + 8'34 | 79 | Juan José Haedo | Team Vodafone | + 8'36 | 80 | Bert Van Lerberghe | Landbouwkrediet - Euphony | s.t. | 81 | Andreas Stauff | Team Argos - Shimano | + 8'37 | 82 | Jonas Ljungblad | Team Differdange - Magic-Sportfood.de | s.t. | 83 | Marco Minnaard | Rabobank Continental Team | + 9'22 | 84 | Gert Dockx | Landbouwkrediet - Euphony | + 10'04 | 85 | Thomas Degand | Accent Jobs - Willems Veranda's | + 10'06 | 86 | Jonathan Breyne | Landbouwkrediet - Euphony | + 10'08 | 87 | Sibrecht Pieters | Accent Jobs - Willems Veranda's | + 10'10 | 88 | Bobbie Traksel | Team Argos - Shimano | + 10'17 | 89 | Johan Coenen | Team Differdange - Magic-Sportfood.de | + 10'29 | 90 | Sven Vanthourenhout | Landbouwkrediet - Euphony | + 10'35 | 91 | Stijn Joseph | Accent Jobs - Willems Veranda's | + 10'39 | 92 | Yannick Eijssen | Landbouwkrediet - Euphony | + 10'42 | 93 | Leigh Howard | Orica - GreenEdge | + 10'43 | 94 | Niels Albert | Dirk Grepdon Wanzele - Mercator | + 10'44 | 95 | Tosh Van der Sande | Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team | + 10'49 | 96 | Yoann Barbas | Veranda Rideau - Jean Delatour | + 10'55 | 97 | Nico Eeckhout | An Post - Sean Kelly | + 10'56 | 98 | Justin Jules | Veranda Rideau - Jean Delatour | + 10'58 | 99 | Pieter Vanspeybroeck | Dirk Grepdon Wanzele - Mercator | s.t. | 100 | Steven Van Vooren | Dirk Grepdon Wanzele - Mercator | + 10'59 | 101 | Daniele Callegarin | BMC Racing Team | + 11'03 | 102 | Frederik Veuchelen | Dirk Grepdon Wanzele - Mercator | + 11'07 | 103 | Jean-Charles Sénac | Cofidis, le crédit en ligne | + 11'09 | 104 | Yannick Martinez | Veranda Rideau - Jean Delatour | + 11'12 | 105 | Joop De Gans | Team Eddy Merckx - Indeland | + 11'15 | 106 | Wilfried Cretskens | An Post - Sean Kelly | + 11'19 | 107 | Bart De Clercq | Lotto Belisol Team | + 12'06 | 108 | Kevyn Ista | Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team | + 12'10 | 109 | Gregory Brenes | Team Differdange - Magic-Sportfood.de | + 12'19 | 110 | Lars Petter Nordhaug | Team Vodafone | + 12'20 | 111 | Jurgen Van Goolen | Accent Jobs - Willems Veranda's | + 12'30 | 112 | Dylan Van Baarle | Rabobank Continental Team | + 12'37 | 113 | Eric Baumann | Team Differdange - Magic-Sportfood.de | + 12'38 | 114 | Evan Oliphant | Team Vodafone | + 12'43 | 115 | David Moncoutié | Cofidis, le crédit en ligne | + 12'49 | 116 | Nicholas Walker | Orica - GreenEdge | + 12'50 | 117 | Rick Zabel | Rabobank Continental Team | + 12'59 | 118 | Jens Mouris | Orica - GreenEdge | + 13'55 | 119 | Romain Zingle | Cofidis, le crédit en ligne | + 14'14 | 120 | Mathias Belka | Team Differdange - Magic-Sportfood.de | + 14'22 | 121 | Steven Cozza | Garmin - Sharp | + 14'28 | 122 | David Boucher | FDJ - BigMat | + 14'47 | 123 | Wilco Kelderman | Rabobank Cycling Team | s.t. | 124 | Rafal Ratajczyk | CCC Polsat - Polkowice | + 14'51 | 125 | Ronan Van Zandbeek | Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team | + 14'52 | 126 | Matteo Carrara | BMC Racing Team | + 14'53 | 127 | Kamil Zielinski | CCC Polsat - Polkowice | + 15'05 | 128 | Brian Megens | Rabobank Continental Team | + 15'08 | 129 | Sven Vandousselaere | Dirk Grepdon Wanzele - Mercator | + 15'09 | 130 | Tino Meier | Team Eddy Merckx - Indeland | + 15'11 | 131 | Kenneth Vanbilsen | An Post - Sean Kelly | + 15'59 | 132 | Moreno Hofland | Rabobank Continental Team | + 16'45 | 133 | Waldemar Willig | Team Argos - Shimano | + 16'46 | 134 | Harry Brückner | Team Eddy Merckx - Indeland | + 17'04 | 135 | Robert Retschke | Team Eddy Merckx - Indeland | + 17'13 | 136 | James Knight | RadioShack - Nissan | + 18'28 | 137 | Valerio Agnoli | BMC Racing Team | + 19'15 | 138 | Mark Wassall | Team Vodafone | + 19'17 | 139 | Thierry Hupond | Team Argos - Shimano | + 19'18 | 140 | Jasper Stuyven | An Post - Sean Kelly | + 19'24 | 141 | Stéphane Poulhiès | FDJ - BigMat | + 19'45 | 142 | Warry Beerthuizen | Rabobank Continental Team | + 19'47 | 143 | Mauro Spaute | Team Eddy Merckx - Indeland | s.t. | 144 | Łukasz Owsian | CCC Polsat - Polkowice | + 19'54 | 145 | Nick Van der Lijke | Rabobank Continental Team | + 19'59 | 146 | Enrico Zen | BMC Racing Team | + 20'16 | 147 | Guillaume Malle | Veranda Rideau - Jean Delatour | + 21'29 | 148 | Jonathan Bellis | An Post - Sean Kelly | + 21'38 | 149 | Grzegorz Stepniak | CCC Polsat - Polkowice | + 21'44 | 150 | Scott Law | An Post - Sean Kelly | + 21'45 | 151 | Pierre Cazaux | Veranda Rideau - Jean Delatour | + 21'52 | 152 | Andy Cappelle | An Post - Sean Kelly | + 21'57 | 153 | Michael Kurth | Team Eddy Merckx - Indeland | s.t. | 154 | Nicolas Hartmann | Veranda Rideau - Jean Delatour | + 22'03 | 155 | Mathieu Delaroziere | FDJ - BigMat | + 22'05 | 156 | Gaylord Cumont | Veranda Rideau - Jean Delatour | + 22'07 | 157 | Timothy Roe | BMC Racing Team | + 23'27 | 158 | Marcel Santos | FDJ - BigMat | + 23'41 | 159 | Emile Van Borm | An Post - Sean Kelly | + 24'43 | 160 | Charly Gillet | Veranda Rideau - Jean Delatour | + 25'42 | 161 | Sylvain Tissot | Cofidis, le crédit en ligne | + 28'49 | 162 | Brice Lhuillier | Cofidis, le crédit en ligne | + 29'31 | 163 | Michel Vullings | Rabobank Cycling Team | + 31'57 |
Points Jersey: Tom Boonen, RadioShack - Nissan
Spoiler 1 | Tom Boonen | RadioShack - Nissan | 53 | 2 | Tyler Farrar | Garmin - Sharp | 51 | 3 | Matti Breschel | Rabobank Cycling Team | 48 | 4 | Fabian Cancellara | RadioShack - Nissan | 45 | 5 | Joeri Stallaert | Landbouwkrediet - Euphony | 28 | 6 | Thor Hushovd | Volvo - STARK | 27 | 7 | Stuart O'Grady | Orica - GreenEdge | 25 | 8 | Romain Zingle | Cofidis, le crédit en ligne | 25 | 9 | Davide Appollonio | Team Vodafone | 24 | 10 | Lars Boom | Rabobank Cycling Team | 24 |
Mountain Jersey: Stuart O'Grady, Orica - GreenEdge
Spoiler 1 | Stuart O'Grady | Orica - GreenEdge | 12 | 2 | Michaël Baer | BMC Racing Team | 10 | 3 | Jarl Salomein | Dirk Grepdon Wanzele - Mercator | 10 | 4 | Arnold Jeannesson | Team Differdange - Magic-Sportfood.de | 6 | 5 | Tom Thill | Team Differdange - Magic-Sportfood.de | 6 | 6 | Sibrecht Pieters | Accent Jobs - Willems Veranda's | 5 | 7 | Dominic Klemme | Team Eddy Merckx - Indeland | 4 | 8 | Jakob Fuglsang | Volvo - STARK | 4 | 9 | Rick Zabel | Rabobank Continental Team | 4 | 10 | Steven Van Vooren | Dirk Grepdon Wanzele - Mercator | 3 | 11 | Jens Erik Madsen | Volvo - STARK | 2 | 12 | Marco Minnaard | Rabobank Continental Team | 2 | 13 | Stéphane Poulhiès | FDJ - BigMat | 1 |
Young Rider: Michał Kwiatkowski, CCC Polsat - Polkowice
Spoiler 1 | Michał Kwiatkowski | CCC Polsat - Polkowice | 11h15'25 (1) | 2 | Salvatore Puccio | Team Vodafone | + 21 (2) | 3 | Davide Appollonio | Team Vodafone | + 33 (3) | 4 | Tom Slagter | Rabobank Cycling Team | + 40 (4) | 5 | Joeri Stallaert | Landbouwkrediet - Euphony | + 41 (5) | 6 | Erik Meineche McDermott | Volvo - STARK | + 1'00 (6) | 7 | Vincent Baestaens | Landbouwkrediet - Euphony | + 2'43 (7) | 8 | Zico Waeytens | Dirk Grepdon Wanzele - Mercator | + 2'49 (8) | 9 | Jarl Salomein | Dirk Grepdon Wanzele - Mercator | + 6'11 (9) | 10 | Jasper Bovenhuis | Rabobank Continental Team | + 6'30 (10) |
Team Rankings: Orica - GreenEdge
Spoiler 1 | Orica - GreenEdge | 33h44'23 (1) | 2 | RadioShack - Nissan | + 1'13 (2) | 3 | Garmin - Sharp | + 1'39 (3) | 4 | Rabobank Cycling Team | + 1'44 (4) | 5 | Lotto Belisol Team | + 2'10 (5) | 6 | Volvo - STARK | + 2'27 (6) | 7 | Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team | + 2'42 (7) | 8 | Team Vodafone | + 2'46 (8) | 9 | BMC Racing Team | + 4'00 (9) | 10 | Team Argos - Shimano | + 4'59 (10) |
Admitted. This was a disappointing finish of the race for us. We had hoped for much more than we got, but everyone had an offday on the final TT. Guess I should have a chat with the team cook about that...
Still the guys have built some race fitness and hopefully they'll be much sharper at Ronde van Vlaanderen!
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Jakstar22 |
Posted on 06-03-2013 10:47
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A top 20 for Hushovd. Not the best result but its something
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Atlantius |
Posted on 06-03-2013 10:55
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Rider of the month: Tom Jelte Slagter, Rabobank. The young Dutchman surprised everyone by a very strong effort in Tirreno. His by far biggest result this far in his career.
Nordic rider of the month: Lars Ytting Bak, Volvo – STARK. The third place in Paris – Nice has to count as the biggest result in the Danes career. At least until the 2nd place in Gent - Wevelgem…
Lars Ytting Bak, Volvo - STARK
You have had a good start of the season with your 3rd in Paris – Nice and 2nd in Gent – Wevelgem, but still no victories. When will we see you win?
When the other teams least expect it… I’m feeling great at the moment, so it can really come any time or maybe it won’t come at all.
You seem to be given a lot of responsibility on Volvo – STARK compared to earlier. How has this affected your racing?
Only in one way really. I’m allowed to use my energy in the last 20 km instead of the first 180…
I think a lot of strong domestiques out there could do the same if they were given the chance. For example a guy like Danny Pate who I rode with back in the HTC-days could be terrifying had he been allowed!
Will you be aiming for a win in Ronde van Vlaanderen of Paris – Roubaix after your second place in Gent - Wevelgem?
Let’s put it this way: I won’t not be going for the win, but I expect that Thor will prove himself the strongest in those races.
1. | Tom Boonen | RadioShack – Nissan | 156 | 2. | Luis León Sánchez | Movistar Team | 151 | 3. | Lars Ytting Bak | Volvo – STARK | 135 | 4. | Thor Hushovd | Volvo – STARK | 119 |
1. | Volvo – STARK | 358 | 2. | Movistar Team | 348 | 3. | RadioShack – Nissan | 303 | 22. | Joker Merida (CNT) | 41 | 27. | Team Saxo – Tinkoff | 3 |
1. | Aurélion Passeron | AG2R La Mondiale | 335 | 2. | Maarten Wynants | Accen Jobs – Willems Veranda’s | 241 | 3. | Anthony Ravard | AG2R La Mondiale | 240 | 70. | Michael Rasmussen | Christina Watches – Onfone | 38 | 153. | Sven Erik Byström | Team Øster Hus – Ridley | 14 | 216. | Johan Nystrand | Ikea Cykling | 6 |
1. | AG2R La Mondiale | 854 | 2. | Team Argos – Shimano | 654 | 3. | Landbouwkredit – Euphony | 589 | 15. | Christina Watches – Onfone | 251 | 29. | Joker Merida | 87 | 36. | Blue Water Cycling | 50 | 38. | Team Øster Hus – Ridley | 44 | 49. | Team Concordia Forsikring – Himmerland | 12 | 50. | Glud & Marstrand – LRØ | 11 | 52. | Jardar Sykling | 11 | 57. | Ikea Cykling | 6 |
Selle Italia will become sole sponsor as Farnese Vini pull out.
As earlier mentioned RadioShack is pulling it’s sponsorship at the end of the season. Apparently Nissan will be sole sponsor next year.
Kjell Carlström have announced that he will be ending his career (again) after this season. He is rumoured to get the job as head scout in Finland beginning at the end of the season.
The contract of former World Champion and pride of the British Mark Cavendish is expiring this season. Sources say that he intend to leave Vodafone to join Garmin - Sharp.
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Ian Butler |
Posted on 06-03-2013 11:04
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Volvo leading the Rankings |
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sutty68 |
Posted on 06-03-2013 12:50
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Lars certainly deserved his rider of the month award |
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Atlantius |
Posted on 06-03-2013 15:29
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Jakstar: It was all we could get this race anyway
Ian: Still riding high on the aftermath of Down Under
sutty: Yeah, he really outdid himself this month!
Ronde van Vlaanderen coming right up
Edited by Atlantius on 06-03-2013 15:29
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Atlantius |
Posted on 06-03-2013 15:38
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Ronde van Vlaanderen
Last year Thor and 2nd after Ballan. Hopefully we’ll do at least as well this year.
On the first flat section before the cobbles begin a lot of rider try to get away but RadioShack and Orica is having none of it. Guess they have learnt from the last couple of races what can happen if you let a break get away...
With 100 km to go there’s still no break, but only 42 riders remain in the front group at this time.
70 km to go and now things start getting serious. I told Jens Erik to help in front of the group as several riders were starting to hang in the back. He pulled so hard that he ended up alone in front. Both Lars, Thor and Erik was sitting in the second group of 16 riders.
50 km to go. Boonen is pulling the front group containing both Lars Bak, Thor Hushovd, Jens Erik Madsen and Erik McDermott. Erik is starting to get tired off the hills but he is looking good considering his young age.
With 33 km a group comes up from behind upping the numbers to 27 for a short while.
With 15 km to go Boonen goes solo while Bak loses contact with the front group.
Tommeke was just a level above everyone else today.
Behind Thor is putting in his best effort, though he said on the radio that his legs were quite heavy today.
Lars fights his way into top 10.
We had perhaps hoped for more, but all of the guys said early on that they had heavy legs today, so considering that two riders in top 10 is splendid.
On top of that note that 21 year old McDermott finished 24th in the same group as Sagan, Nuyens and Gilbert. In the cobble classic least suited for him!
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Ian Butler |
Posted on 06-03-2013 15:42
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2 in the top 10 is quite good, actually |
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krisa |
Posted on 06-03-2013 15:46
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not a bad effort |
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sutty68 |
Posted on 06-03-2013 17:11
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Boonen was just too awesome, there was nothing you could have done |
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Atlantius |
Posted on 07-03-2013 10:07
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Ian: I know, would just have been nice if one of them had been in the top 5
krisa: Definitely could be worse
sutty: No question Boonen was the best today
Edited by Atlantius on 07-03-2013 10:08
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