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Tour de France - Stage 18
CrueTrue
Posted on 29-12-2009 21:41
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After the mountains, we're now back in the rather flat part of France again. Unfortunately, we've previously seen that these flat/hilly stages have been used by the GC contenders to attack - will that happen again on this stage?
The first group of breakaway riders didn't get far before getting caught again. Instead, the following were succesful: Santambrogio, Talabardon, Coyot, Sokolov, Brandt and Redondo. Ortega was having trouble rejoining the group, while Eastman, Gerrans and Deignan attacked at a later point and were trying to bridge the gap.
On the first hill, Coyot was dropped from the breakaway group and instead teamed up with Ortega, Gerrans and Deignan (the latter two had dropped Eastman on the hill). With 100 km to go, they still had a nice gap of more than 10 minutes.
In the peloton, interesting things were happening. Rabobank had launched a rather weird attack on the hill with Ten Dam and Casar, and for whatever reason, Philips were now chasing them. With a rather extreme wind, this was bound to create problems for the peloton.
Especially Wikipedia and Philips were alert to the situation, but due to SIC Radical's work in the peloton, the "attack" didn't really come to anything - except for a reduced time gap between the peloton and the breakaway.
As it was starting to 'cool down', a group of riders surprisingly decided to attack from the peloton: Wegmann, Claeys, De Gendt and Casar with 65 km to go.
They were caught again shortly after, though. And with 50 km to go, it was over for the group of followers (except Coyot who had somehow managed to escape from the group of followers and rejoin the leading group).
On the hill before the finish, several attacks happened in front, and Coyot was the first to give up and drop back to the chasing peloton. And as expected, attacks also came from the peloton, once again with Pluchkin being the one to take initiative.
Gadret, Popovych, Calzati and Kashechkin followed. Pluchkin couldn't keep up and dropped back - and with Spilak attacking, Devolder had to follow too. This prompted Intxausti, Fothen, Plaza and more to attack too, yet Pluchkin seemed done for today.
So, over the top and in the leading group were: Spilak, Devolder, Popovych, Calzati, Gadret, Kashechkin and Sinkewitz. Shortly behind them: Zabriskie, Karpets, Intxausti, Dekker, Klöden, Plaza, Fothen and Casar.
On the downhill section, Karpets, Dekker and Casar decided to drop back to the peloton while Fothen did his best to catch up with the front group. He seemed unsuccessful, though. and even though the peloton couldn't catch them, they were so much within reach that Contador and Barredo had no problems attacking up to the group. With 8 km to go, they had 40 seconds down to the P, 45 up to E1.
In front, Devolder had more in mind than getting rid of Fothen and Plaza - he also had the chance of getting a stage win. Calzati's in front, Gadret in third position, then Kashechkin, Popovych, Spilak and Sinkewitz.
With 1 km to go, Devolder and Calzati are ... well, side by side, contesting the win.
In the end, Devolder takes the stage win! But it also seems like that the Fothen group has somehow managed to bridge the gap during the last 2 kilometres...
Stage Result
1 Stijn Devolder British Airways - Martini 4h55'20 2 John Gadret Crédit Lyonnais s.t. 3 Andrei Kashechkin Lipton Ice Tea s.t. 4 Simon Spilak Wikipedia s.t. 5 Jaroslav Popovych Unicef RT s.t. 6 Sylvain Calzati BMC Racing Team s.t. 7 Patrik Sinkewitz SIC Radical - Timberland s.t. 8 Carlos Barredo Warner Brothers s.t. 9 Rubén Plaza Virgin Media - Caisse d'Epargne s.t. 10 Beñat Intxausti Accumalux-Huez s.t. 11 Markus Fothen SIC Radical - Timberland s.t. 12 Alberto Contador Festina - Seiko s.t. 13 David Zabriskie Wikipedia s.t. 14 Andreas Klöden Eurosport s.t. 15 Thor Hushovd Festina - Seiko + 1'05 16 Filippo Pozzato Crédit Lyonnais s.t. 17 Allan Davis American Suzuki s.t. 18 Tom Boonen Warner Brothers s.t. 19 Gert Steegmans Rabobank s.t. 20 Fabian Wegmann BMC Racing Team s.t. 21 Joaquin Rodriguez Oliver Virgin Media - Caisse d'Epargne s.t. 22 Nico Sijmens Accumalux-Huez s.t. 23 Jérôme Pineau Wikipedia s.t. 24 Marcus Burghardt Wikipedia s.t. 25 Blaise Sonnery Crédit Lyonnais s.t. 26 Nick Nuyens Domina Vacanze s.t. 27 Theo Eltink Philips - Hummel s.t. 28 Andrea Moletta American Suzuki s.t. 29 Romain Vanderbiest SIC Radical - Timberland s.t. 30 Cyril Gautier Crédit Lyonnais s.t. 31 Andrei Grivko Team B&O s.t. 32 Danilo Wyss Domina Vacanze s.t. 33 Vitor Rodrigues Lipton Ice Tea s.t. 34 Yeison Delgado American Suzuki s.t. 35 Remmert Wielinga Accumalux-Huez s.t. 36 Sylvain Chavanel British Airways - Martini s.t. 37 Fabio Duarte Philips - Hummel s.t. 38 Jan Bakelants Rabobank s.t. 39 Thomas De Gendt Team B&O s.t. 40 Constantino Zaballa SIC Radical - Timberland s.t. 41 Matea Kvasina Accumalux-Huez s.t. 42 Andrei Amador White Bear - Wild Horse s.t. 43 Roman Kreuziger Team B&O s.t. 44 Amaël Moinard Rabobank s.t. 45 Jukka Vastaranta SIC Radical - Timberland s.t. 46 Sébastien Ivars Wikipedia s.t. 47 José Antonio Pecharroman Philips - Hummel s.t. 48 Rémy Di Gregorio Rabobank s.t. 49 Iker Camaño Lipton Ice Tea s.t. 50 Aleksandr Pluchkin Team B&O s.t. 51 Samuel Dumoulin Crédit Lyonnais s.t. 52 Tony Martin Domina Vacanze s.t. 53 Santiago Perez Fernandez Accumalux-Huez s.t. 54 Anthony Geslin Festina - Seiko s.t. 55 Domenik Klemme Team B&O s.t. 56 Vladimir Karpets American Suzuki s.t. 57 Francesco Bellotti Philips - Hummel s.t. 58 Matteo Bono La Gazzetta dello Sport s.t. 59 Ignas Konovalovas Crédit Lyonnais s.t. 60 Bernhard Kohl Domina Vacanze s.t. 61 Carlos Sastre Warner Brothers s.t. 62 Dimitri Claeys Domina Vacanze s.t. 63 Matthieu Ladagnous American Suzuki s.t. 64 Michiel Elijzen SIC Radical - Timberland s.t. 65 Thomas Dekker Philips - Hummel s.t. 66 Paolo Tiralongo La Gazzetta dello Sport s.t. 67 Moris Possoni La Gazzetta dello Sport s.t. 68 Sergio Marinangeli La Gazzetta dello Sport s.t. 69 Ricardo Mestre Team B&O s.t. 70 Alexandre Vinokourov La Gazzetta dello Sport s.t. 71 Maxime Bouet Team B&O s.t. 72 Michael Rasmussen Philips - Hummel s.t. 73 Juri Krivtsov Crédit Lyonnais s.t. 74 Gatis Smukulis Accumalux-Huez s.t. 75 Igor Antón Virgin Media - Caisse d'Epargne s.t. 76 Laurens Ten Dam Rabobank s.t. 77 Sandy Casar Rabobank s.t. 78 Brian Vandborg Festina - Seiko s.t. 79 Thomas Peterson BMC Racing Team s.t. 80 John-Lee Augustyn White Bear - Wild Horse s.t. 81 William Walker SIC Radical - Timberland s.t. 82 William Ford Virgin Media - Caisse d'Epargne s.t. 83 Jerome Coppel Wikipedia s.t. 84 Matthieu Sprick Wikipedia s.t. 85 Bauke Mollema Rabobank s.t. 86 Mwangi Samwel Accumalux-Huez s.t. 87 Dietmar Mehr-Wenige Virgin Media - Caisse d'Epargne s.t. 88 David Millar British Airways - Martini s.t. 89 João Cabreira Accumalux-Huez s.t. 90 Carl Naibo Domina Vacanze s.t. 91 David Deroo Wikipedia s.t. 92 Roman Kilun Wikipedia s.t. 93 Eric Berthou SIC Radical - Timberland s.t. 94 David Moncoutié Rabobank s.t. 95 Pavel Brutt White Bear - Wild Horse s.t. 96 Danny Summerhill White Bear - Wild Horse + 2'44 97 Marco Fertonani Warner Brothers s.t. 98 Tyler Brandt BMC Racing Team s.t. 99 Brad Armstrong American Suzuki s.t. 100 Laurent Lefèvre British Airways - Martini s.t. 101 Vadim Ratiy Lipton Ice Tea s.t. 102 Yannick Talabardon Warner Brothers + 3'48 103 Aleksandr Khatuntsev Lipton Ice Tea s.t. 104 Jacob Fiedler White Bear - Wild Horse s.t. 105 Aleksandr Serebriakov Virgin Media - Caisse d'Epargne s.t. 106 Steven Caethoven White Bear - Wild Horse s.t. 107 Fabian Cancellara Unicef RT s.t. 108 Lars Croket White Bear - Wild Horse s.t. 109 Alexandre Aulas Domina Vacanze s.t. 110 Anthony Lavoine Festina - Seiko s.t. 111 Clément Lhotellerie Unicef RT s.t. 112 Koldo Fernandez Domina Vacanze s.t. 113 Peter Stetina BMC Racing Team s.t. 114 Andreas Klier American Suzuki s.t. 115 Patxi Vila Unicef RT s.t. 116 Johan Coenen Warner Brothers s.t. 117 Baden Cooke Unicef RT s.t. 118 Jason Donald BMC Racing Team s.t. 119 Jay Thomson Unicef RT s.t. 120 Jaime Suaza Unicef RT s.t. 121 Óscar Solis Unicef RT s.t. 122 Alex Dowsett Virgin Media - Caisse d'Epargne s.t. 123 Juan José Haedo BMC Racing Team s.t. 124 Jonathan Tiernan-Locke THE CONTROL TEAM s.t. 125 Francisco Mancebo Eurosport s.t. 126 Mark Cavendish Eurosport s.t. 127 Christian Knees Eurosport s.t. 128 Peter Velits Eurosport s.t. 129 Tom Veelers Team B&O s.t. 130 Anthony José Brea Festina - Seiko s.t. 131 Mauro Santambrogio La Gazzetta dello Sport s.t. 132 Marco Pinotti Eurosport s.t. 133 Sébastien Joly Eurosport s.t. 134 Cyril Dessel Eurosport s.t. 135 Dennis Van Winden La Gazzetta dello Sport s.t. 136 Rick Flens La Gazzetta dello Sport s.t. 137 Kasper Klostergaard Philips - Hummel s.t. 138 László Bodrogi Philips - Hummel s.t. 139 Peter Williams THE CONTROL TEAM s.t. 140 Sid Taberlay Domina Vacanze s.t. 141 Kristian House THE CONTROL TEAM s.t. 142 Mikayil Krasnoperov Rabobank s.t. 143 Christophe Brandt Unicef RT + 5'16 144 Janek Tombak British Airways - Martini + 6'04 145 Arnaud Coyot Lipton Ice Tea s.t. 146 José Antonio Redondo Virgin Media - Caisse d'Epargne + 7'16 147 Ananias Ananias THE CONTROL TEAM s.t. 148 Benoît Sinner BMC Racing Team + 7'48 149 Matti Breschel Philips - Hummel s.t. 150 Evgeni Sokolov American Suzuki + 8'28 151 Fabio Borghesi American Suzuki s.t. 152 Khayabkhyrvaa Uugunbayar British Airways - Martini s.t. 153 Alberto Ongarato Warner Brothers s.t. 154 Sébastien Chavanel SIC Radical - Timberland s.t. 155 Dimitri Champion Crédit Lyonnais s.t. 156 Ismaël Kip British Airways - Martini + 10'12 157 Graeme Brown White Bear - Wild Horse s.t. 158 Mads Kaggestad Warner Brothers s.t. 159 Alberto Loddo Lipton Ice Tea s.t. 160 Óscar Avelino Lipton Ice Tea s.t. 161 Marco Guillén White Bear - Wild Horse s.t. 162 Remy Bourdouxhe Lipton Ice Tea s.t. 163 Ivan Kovalev Virgin Media - Caisse d'Epargne s.t. 164 Lars Tommersen British Airways - Martini s.t. 165 Franklin Chacon Accumalux-Huez s.t. 166 Ramunas Navardauskas Festina - Seiko s.t. 167 Simon Gerrans Crédit Lyonnais s.t. 168 Ahmed Ahmed Warner Brothers s.t. 169 Michael Ford La Gazzetta dello Sport + 11'56 170 Philip Deignan Eurosport + 13'08 171 Sergio Ortega Festina - Seiko + 14'28 172 Ryan Eastman BMC Racing Team + 17'32
Overall Classification
1 Stijn Devolder British Airways - Martini 79h47'51 2 Markus Fothen SIC Radical - Timberland + 18 3 Simon Spilak Wikipedia + 39 4 Rubén Plaza Virgin Media - Caisse d'Epargne + 48 5 Beñat Intxausti Accumalux-Huez + 3'18 6 Thomas Dekker Philips - Hummel + 4'02 7 Alberto Contador Festina - Seiko + 4'24 8 Aleksandr Pluchkin Team B&O + 5'10 9 Bernhard Kohl Domina Vacanze s.t. 10 Vladimir Karpets American Suzuki + 5'17 11 Jaroslav Popovych Unicef RT + 7'37 12 Andrei Kashechkin Lipton Ice Tea + 7'48 13 Andreas Klöden Eurosport + 7'56 14 Joaquin Rodriguez Oliver Virgin Media - Caisse d'Epargne + 8'35 15 John Gadret Crédit Lyonnais + 9'47 16 Sylvain Calzati BMC Racing Team + 10'17 17 Carlos Barredo Warner Brothers + 12'50 18 David Zabriskie Wikipedia + 14'12 19 Sylvain Chavanel British Airways - Martini + 14'47 20 Francisco Mancebo Eurosport + 15'14
Points Classification
1 Gert Steegmans Rabobank 202 2 Thor Hushovd Festina - Seiko 200 3 Tom Boonen Warner Brothers 199 4 Allan Davis American Suzuki 177 5 Filippo Pozzato Crédit Lyonnais 165 6 Stijn Devolder British Airways - Martini 160 7 Mark Cavendish Eurosport 143 8 Markus Fothen SIC Radical - Timberland 135 9 Thomas Dekker Philips - Hummel 133 10 Simon Spilak Wikipedia 122
Mountain Classification
1 Andrei Kashechkin Lipton Ice Tea 183 2 John Gadret Crédit Lyonnais 167 3 Vladimir Karpets American Suzuki 162 4 Alberto Contador Festina - Seiko 159 5 Aleksandr Pluchkin Team B&O 150 6 Thomas Dekker Philips - Hummel 139 7 Markus Fothen SIC Radical - Timberland 110 8 Beñat Intxausti Accumalux-Huez 109 9 Simon Spilak Wikipedia 105 10 Sid Taberlay Domina Vacanze 102
Young Rider Classification
1 Simon Spilak Wikipedia 79h48'30 (1) 2 Beñat Intxausti Accumalux-Huez + 2'39 (2) 3 Thomas Dekker Philips - Hummel + 3'23 (3)
Edited by Roman on 17-10-2016 03:27
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