The final stage, and the hills could yet have an affect on the GC
There was originally a break of 3 with 1 chaser, but Powers caught up Flickinger, Striska and Tuulhangai 3km to the summit of the first climb
With 16 pts to Trofimov's 26, Powers could be eyeing up the KoM jersey with 15 pts on offer. But he could only manage 3rd as Flickinger attacks to take full pts, himself starting on 10 pts today
Flickinger again took the 2nd climb, Powers was 2nd but now unable to surpass Trofimov
With 40km to go, Jiriakov and Doi attack the peleton
They get a decent gap, while the break pass through an intermediate sprint uncontested (Powers is just out of view). 30km to go, and they have 3 mins on the 2 chasers, more than that on the pack
Doi and Jiriakov were caught with 18km to go. The lead of the break is still barely under 3 minutes
So the break will make it to the final KoM. Once again, Flickinger takes it. He ends on 25 pts, Powers ends on 23 - but the KoM jersey - just like all the others - belongs to Trofimov
Now, could the break win the stage? Theyve dropped Tuulhangai but still have a sizeable gap
Powers tries an attack with 11km to go - perhaps sensing that he is unlikely to win a sprint? But it doesnt work
So by 10km to go it is Plan B for Ernst & Young as Vande Velde attacks from the pack
Theres still another hill though, with 7km to go, and rivals for 3rd in GC Froome and Seeldraeyers attack on opposite sides of the road
Froome pulls away from Seeldraeyers, who is followed by Vladimir Efimkin and Calzati
Froome, Efimkin and Calzati catch the break
But Seeldraeyers, Astarloza and Leipheimer dont make it
Efimkin hits the front, determined to take something away from this race after an unfortunate puncture wrecked his GC
And he leads off the sprint
Flickinger is a much stronger sprinter, but also much more tired after the day's efforts. He does however seem to be the only one to challenge Efimkin as Froome and Calzati are foolish to stay behind Striska and Powers
Froome and Calzati do now make their move
Its too late to catch Efimkin though, he wins the stage
Flickinger holds onto 2nd, as Froome takes 3rd managing to block Calzati, to prevent any chance of being passed
They do get a small gap on the pack, so Froome is up to 3rd overall. But as Bru Pascal leads in the peleton theres a crash. Glomser down, but also 5th overall Leipheimer!
Tschopp crashes too, but slides over the line - so no worry for him
But theres no time lost for Glomser or Leipheimer anyway
He didnt do anything today, he didnt need to, but Yuri Trofimov has won the Tour de Beauce - and all the jerseys possible.
1
Vladimir Efimkin
Team Starbucks
3h40'21
2
Andy Flickinger
Acqua & Sapone
s.t.
3
Chris Froome
100% ME
s.t.
4
Sylvain Calzati
BMC Racing Team
s.t.
5
Mindaugas Striska
Team Ultra Adventure Pro Cycling - Sponsored by Hello Kitty
s.t.
6
Jeremy Powers
Ernst and Young / Apple Computer and NBC News
s.t.
7
Yon Bru Pascal
Acqua & Sapone
+ 35
8
Yauhen Sobal
Team NOS
s.t.
9
Ruslan Sambris
Acqua & Sapone
s.t.
10
Ruslan Grychenko
Kenda Pro Cycling P/B Spinergy
s.t.
11
Rob Ruijgh
Team NOS
s.t.
12
Behnam Khalilikhosroshani
Team Ultra Adventure Pro Cycling - Sponsored by Hello Kitty
s.t.
13
Alex Diniz
Nvidia Intel
s.t.
14
Kevin Seeldraeyers
Team NOS
s.t.
15
Florian Stalder
Nvidia Intel
s.t.
16
Yasmani Martinez
Team NOS
s.t.
17
Charles Dionne
Ernst and Young / Apple Computer and NBC News
s.t.
18
Yuri Trofimov
Sony Ericsson
s.t.
19
Mikel Astarloza
Nvidia Intel
s.t.
20
Bram Tankink
Nvidia Intel
s.t.
21
Tom Criel
Team Starbucks
s.t.
22
Dimitri Jiriakov
100% ME
s.t.
23
Dominique Rollin
Ernst and Young / Apple Computer and NBC News
s.t.
24
Stef Clement
Team NOS
s.t.
25
Peter Stetina
BMC Racing Team
s.t.
26
Mitch Docker
Team NOS
s.t.
27
Tom Zirbel
BMC Racing Team
s.t.
28
Wang-yip Tang
Team Ultra Adventure Pro Cycling - Sponsored by Hello Kitty
s.t.
29
Mahdi Sohrabi
Acqua & Sapone
s.t.
30
Thomas Peterson
BMC Racing Team
s.t.
31
Simon Gaywood
100% ME
s.t.
32
Bradley Wiggins
100% ME
s.t.
33
Trent Lowe
Team Starbucks
s.t.
34
Kristjan Koren
Team Starbucks
s.t.
35
Nick Kinney
Ernst and Young / Apple Computer and NBC News
s.t.
36
Tomas Swift-Metcalfe
100% ME
s.t.
37
Christian Vande Velde
Ernst and Young / Apple Computer and NBC News
s.t.
38
Yukihiro Doi
AON Global
s.t.
39
Alejandro Borrajo
Sony Ericsson
s.t.
40
Ben Jacques-Maynes
BMC Racing Team
s.t.
41
Johann Tschopp
Team Starbucks
s.t.
42
Kensyo Sawada
Team Ultra Adventure Pro Cycling - Sponsored by Hello Kitty
s.t.
43
Yoshiaki Shimada
Team Ultra Adventure Pro Cycling - Sponsored by Hello Kitty
s.t.
44
Tuguldur Tuulhangai
Kenda Pro Cycling P/B Spinergy
s.t.
45
Muradjan Khalmuratov
AON Global
s.t.
46
Charles Wegelius
100% ME
s.t.
47
Dale Appleby
100% ME
s.t.
48
Sebastian Lang
Sony Ericsson
s.t.
49
Aleksandr Serov
AON Global
s.t.
50
Ryan Eastman
BMC Racing Team
s.t.
51
Tyler Farrar
Acqua & Sapone
s.t.
52
Benoît Sinner
BMC Racing Team
s.t.
53
Michael Vanderaerden
Kenda Pro Cycling P/B Spinergy
s.t.
54
Esteban Mardones
AON Global
s.t.
55
Kirk O'Bee
Team NOS
s.t.
56
Cherif Abdallah
AON Global
s.t.
57
Gerrit Glomser
Nvidia Intel
s.t.
58
Jonathan Tiernan-Locke
THE CONTROL TEAM
s.t.
59
Keir Plaice
Ernst and Young / Apple Computer and NBC News
s.t.
60
Ferdi Van Katwijk
Kenda Pro Cycling P/B Spinergy
s.t.
61
Olivier Kaisen
AON Global
s.t.
62
Jarno Van Mingeroet
Kenda Pro Cycling P/B Spinergy
s.t.
63
Mikhail Khalilov
Team Starbucks
s.t.
64
Levi Leipheimer
AON Global
s.t.
65
Freddy Johansson
Sony Ericsson
+ 2'16
66
Kristian House
THE CONTROL TEAM
+ 3'16
67
Ananias Ananias
THE CONTROL TEAM
s.t.
68
Peter Williams
THE CONTROL TEAM
s.t.
69
Hari Fitrianto
Team Ultra Adventure Pro Cycling - Sponsored by Hello Kitty
s.t.
70
Crescenzo D'Amore
Sony Ericsson
+ 6'03
71
Martin Gilbert
Team Starbucks
s.t.
72
Claudio Cucinotta
Sony Ericsson
s.t.
73
Michael Blaudzun
Nvidia Intel
+ 6'48
74
Philipp Ludescher
Nvidia Intel
+ 8'36
75
Cameron Meyer
Sony Ericsson
s.t.
76
Aleksandr Usov
Kenda Pro Cycling P/B Spinergy
+ 9'43
77
Junya Sano
Team Ultra Adventure Pro Cycling - Sponsored by Hello Kitty
s.t.
78
Bobby Lea
Acqua & Sapone
s.t.
79
Matti Pajari
Kenda Pro Cycling P/B Spinergy
+ 11'16
80
Rahsaan Bahati
Ernst and Young / Apple Computer and NBC News
s.t.
81
Vasilis Anastopoulos
Acqua & Sapone
s.t.
GC
1
Yuri Trofimov
Sony Ericsson
20h24'11
2
Mikel Astarloza
Nvidia Intel
+ 3'04
3
Chris Froome
100% ME
+ 3'08
4
Kevin Seeldraeyers
Team NOS
+ 3'40
5
Levi Leipheimer
AON Global
+ 3'52
6
Trent Lowe
Team Starbucks
+ 4'28
7
Thomas Peterson
BMC Racing Team
+ 4'55
8
Mitch Docker
Team NOS
+ 5'00
9
Ruslan Sambris
Acqua & Sapone
s.t.
10
Kristjan Koren
Team Starbucks
+ 5'03
11
Peter Stetina
BMC Racing Team
+ 5'05
12
Yasmani Martinez
Team NOS
+ 5'33
13
Stef Clement
Team NOS
+ 5'34
14
Sylvain Calzati
BMC Racing Team
+ 5'39
15
Bradley Wiggins
100% ME
+ 5'52
16
Charles Wegelius
100% ME
+ 5'56
17
Tom Zirbel
BMC Racing Team
+ 6'27
18
Johann Tschopp
Team Starbucks
s.t.
19
Benoît Sinner
BMC Racing Team
+ 6'32
20
Dimitri Jiriakov
100% ME
+ 6'40
21
Dale Appleby
100% ME
+ 6'46
22
Christian Vande Velde
Ernst and Young / Apple Computer and NBC News
+ 6'48
23
Sebastian Lang
Sony Ericsson
+ 7'02
24
Aleksandr Serov
AON Global
+ 7'03
25
Charles Dionne
Ernst and Young / Apple Computer and NBC News
+ 7'07
26
Florian Stalder
Nvidia Intel
+ 7'10
27
Keir Plaice
Ernst and Young / Apple Computer and NBC News
s.t.
28
Simon Gaywood
100% ME
+ 7'20
29
Alex Diniz
Nvidia Intel
+ 7'32
30
Gerrit Glomser
Nvidia Intel
+ 7'34
31
Dominique Rollin
Ernst and Young / Apple Computer and NBC News
+ 7'36
32
Muradjan Khalmuratov
AON Global
+ 7'37
33
Behnam Khalilikhosroshani
Team Ultra Adventure Pro Cycling - Sponsored by Hello Kitty
+ 7'40
34
Bram Tankink
Nvidia Intel
+ 7'41
35
Vladimir Efimkin
Team Starbucks
+ 7'43
36
Wang-yip Tang
Team Ultra Adventure Pro Cycling - Sponsored by Hello Kitty
+ 7'44
37
Mindaugas Striska
Team Ultra Adventure Pro Cycling - Sponsored by Hello Kitty
+ 7'46
38
Alejandro Borrajo
Sony Ericsson
+ 7'48
39
Michael Vanderaerden
Kenda Pro Cycling P/B Spinergy
+ 7'55
40
Cherif Abdallah
AON Global
+ 7'57
41
Ruslan Grychenko
Kenda Pro Cycling P/B Spinergy
+ 7'58
42
Jeremy Powers
Ernst and Young / Apple Computer and NBC News
+ 8'02
43
Rob Ruijgh
Team NOS
+ 8'21
44
Tyler Farrar
Acqua & Sapone
+ 8'41
45
Ryan Eastman
BMC Racing Team
+ 8'59
46
Yauhen Sobal
Team NOS
+ 9'07
47
Andy Flickinger
Acqua & Sapone
+ 9'11
48
Kirk O'Bee
Team NOS
+ 9'23
49
Tom Criel
Team Starbucks
+ 9'41
50
Nick Kinney
Ernst and Young / Apple Computer and NBC News
+ 9'50
51
Ferdi Van Katwijk
Kenda Pro Cycling P/B Spinergy
+ 9'58
52
Yukihiro Doi
AON Global
+ 10'02
53
Yon Bru Pascal
Acqua & Sapone
+ 10'04
54
Tuguldur Tuulhangai
Kenda Pro Cycling P/B Spinergy
+ 10'05
55
Kensyo Sawada
Team Ultra Adventure Pro Cycling - Sponsored by Hello Kitty
+ 10'30
56
Yoshiaki Shimada
Team Ultra Adventure Pro Cycling - Sponsored by Hello Kitty
+ 10'34
57
Tomas Swift-Metcalfe
100% ME
+ 10'42
58
Ben Jacques-Maynes
BMC Racing Team
+ 10'43
59
Esteban Mardones
AON Global
+ 11'27
60
Jarno Van Mingeroet
Kenda Pro Cycling P/B Spinergy
+ 11'50
61
Freddy Johansson
Sony Ericsson
+ 12'35
62
Olivier Kaisen
AON Global
+ 12'54
63
Crescenzo D'Amore
Sony Ericsson
+ 14'56
64
Mikhail Khalilov
Team Starbucks
s.t.
65
Kristian House
THE CONTROL TEAM
+ 15'03
66
Hari Fitrianto
Team Ultra Adventure Pro Cycling - Sponsored by Hello Kitty
+ 15'20
67
Claudio Cucinotta
Sony Ericsson
+ 15'48
68
Michael Blaudzun
Nvidia Intel
+ 16'08
69
Mahdi Sohrabi
Acqua & Sapone
+ 16'45
70
Philipp Ludescher
Nvidia Intel
+ 16'58
71
Martin Gilbert
Team Starbucks
+ 18'19
72
Junya Sano
Team Ultra Adventure Pro Cycling - Sponsored by Hello Kitty
+ 19'52
73
Bobby Lea
Acqua & Sapone
+ 19'58
74
Cameron Meyer
Sony Ericsson
+ 20'23
75
Rahsaan Bahati
Ernst and Young / Apple Computer and NBC News
+ 23'01
76
Aleksandr Usov
Kenda Pro Cycling P/B Spinergy
+ 23'46
77
Vasilis Anastopoulos
Acqua & Sapone
+ 24'11
78
Matti Pajari
Kenda Pro Cycling P/B Spinergy
+ 26'06
79
Jonathan Tiernan-Locke
THE CONTROL TEAM
+ 28'27
80
Peter Williams
THE CONTROL TEAM
+ 28'31
81
Ananias Ananias
THE CONTROL TEAM
+ 39'01
Points
1
Yuri Trofimov
Sony Ericsson
93
2
Andy Flickinger
Acqua & Sapone
55
3
Benoît Sinner
BMC Racing Team
50
4
Sylvain Calzati
BMC Racing Team
50
5
Philipp Ludescher
Nvidia Intel
46
6
Mitch Docker
Team NOS
40
7
Vladimir Efimkin
Team Starbucks
40
8
Kevin Seeldraeyers
Team NOS
38
9
Yon Bru Pascal
Acqua & Sapone
33
10
Chris Froome
100% ME
32
KoM
1
Yuri Trofimov
Sony Ericsson
26
2
Andy Flickinger
Acqua & Sapone
25
3
Jeremy Powers
Ernst and Young / Apple Computer and NBC News
23
4
Muradjan Khalmuratov
AON Global
22
5
Sylvain Calzati
BMC Racing Team
18
6
Peter Stetina
BMC Racing Team
12
7
Kensyo Sawada
Team Ultra Adventure Pro Cycling - Sponsored by Hello Kitty
