Stage 5 and this will be decisive. Di Maggio took control yesterday with an exellently timed atttack, but Ginanni and Bellis have both shown strength, while Vanendert and Roy can't be ruled out, other possibles are Kessler and Kolobnev
Today will also decide the Mountains jersey, but Venchi have no interest in letting anyone getting away up the first hill
Sestilli, Di Maggio, Garbelli si the order over the top but more importantly
There's been a massive split, with Kolobnev, Vanendert and Kessler all missing out
A group of 27 lead over the rest, with 6 Cerne riders in the middle
Kolobnev is panicing and doing the work himself.
Although Kessler and Vanendert have it worse, as they are in the group behind Kolobnev, over 2 minutes behind the leaders
As we are about to start the second climb it all comes back together, it's definitely a sign of weakness for those involved though
5 riders get clear simultaniously: Schillenger, Sousa, Kirsch, Beyer and Van Zandbeek. Teklit is chasing themm solo
It's clear Schillenger wants the mountains jersey, and his attack at the top throws him into it provisionally, Teklit joins over the top
By the end of the climb the peelton had taken it so easy the the breaks lead was up to 7 minutes and they have to start chasing
55km to go and the gap is at 4 minutes, Appleby and Cardoso spice things up with an attack
Roy attacks with 25km to go and gets a small gap
The break hit the tours penultimate climb a minute ahead of the 3 chasers, with the peleton 30 seconds further back
The 13% gradients are vicious and within a km the peleton has lost another 30 seconds due to no one wanting to put in the effort
Roy is giving it everything and he cracks Cardoso
The pace is high enough in the peleton that 6 riders get clear: Ruijgh, Kolobnev, DI Maggio, Eltink, Richardson and Hesjedal
Up front 8 riders are together, Roy and Appleby both have teammates to help them, is this a tactical masterstroke?
Richardson cracks, while Ginanni attacks to try and get acroos to the 5 chasers
In fact he pushes past them
Ginanni catches Cardoso
As he catches the leaders Roy and Appleby push clear again
Di Maggio has almost pulled up the other chasers as well, Konovalovas has joined them
So, over the top with 13 km to go, first is Roy
Appleby is 25 seconds behind him
the two chase groups have merged, with Ginanni and Di Maggio at the front
Petrov leads the peleton, 1'30" behind Roy
Ginanni pulls Appleby back
Mount Faron starts with Roy 30 seconds ahead
Ginanni immediately ups the pace again, while Bellis and Richardson have managed to join this group
Ginanni drops everyone except Di Maggio
Kolobnev, Hesjedal and Sousa have also gone clear of the rest
As the road kicks up again Kolobnev manages to pull himself back
Roy has a look of steely determination in his eyes as he digs deep in this 10% section
Bellis pulls a few more riders back, Ginanni seeems to be running out of steam
As I say that Kolobnev starts to crack
And the gap grows rapidly, Kolobnev looks for someone else to do the work
Richardson moves forwards to control it
Up front Roy has extended his lead to 40 seconds, he's now just 17 seconds off overall victory
Ginanni is hurting now as Bellis pulls the two back, Roy's out of sight. DI Maggio needs to do something now
As the gap moves towards the minute mark Di Maggio takes over, immediately the lead group drops to 7: Di Maggio, Ginanni, Bellis, Richardson, Hesjedal, Kolobnev and Konovalovas
13% gradients and Ginanni kicks clear, just 1700m to go now
Di Maggio tries to respond but he lets a gap grow
Ginanni trys to close the gap on Roy, who is still dreaming of yellow
1km to go and it's all coming together at the front
Di Maggio is desperately sprinting to close the gap on Roy
It's to late for the stage, as ROy celebrates, the overall is another matter though
27 seconds later Ginanni crosses the line.
This means that Roy needs 45 seconds on Di Maggio for the overall victory
As Di Maggio crosses the line the clocks still showing 34 seconds, Di Maggio has victory
Bellis solos in 4th almost 2 minutes back
then a group of 4: Richardson, Hesjedal, kolobnev and Konovalovas
Vanendert is 9th
Ruijgh is tenth with Appleby, Eltink and Sousa just behind him. Sousa was in the break as well!
So Di Maggio wins the overall, Roy gets an excellent second after a brilliantly agressive ride, while Ginanni has to settle for 3rd and Bellis gets the points jersey
Results:
Rank
Name
Team
Time
1
Jérémy Roy
Focused Cycling
3h27'57
2
Francesco Ginanni
Vespa - Aprilia - De Rosa
+ 27
3
Cesare Di Maggio
Team Venchi ProCycling
+ 34
4
Jonathan Bellis
Rapha Condor - Qhubeka
+ 1'33
5
Simon Richardson
Cyclevox
+ 2'00
6
Ryder Hesjedal
Team Rothaus - Aegon
s.t.
7
Aleksandr Kolobnev
T.CS Bank - OJSC
s.t.
8
Ignas Konovalovas
Cyclevox
s.t.
9
Jelle Vanendert
Team Bpost
+ 2'26
10
Rob Ruijgh
Team Rothaus - Aegon
+ 2'55
11
Dale Appleby
Rapha Condor - Qhubeka
s.t.
12
Theo Eltink
Saab - Scania
s.t.
13
Sérgio Sousa
Team Trilux - Falke
s.t.
14
Matthias Kessler
Team Trilux - Falke
+ 3'45
15
Evgeni Petrov
T.CS Bank - OJSC
+ 3'53
16
Ivan Rovny
T.CS Bank - OJSC
+ 3'57
17
Marcel Wyss
Saab - Scania
+ 4'28
18
Cyril Gautier
Team Bpost
s.t.
19
Bruno Pires
Cerne
+ 4'40
20
Matteo Bono
Vespa - Aprilia - De Rosa
+ 4'46
21
Jay McCarthy
Koppert Cycling Team
+ 4'51
22
Gatis Smukulis
Team Trilux - Falke
s.t.
23
Maurizio Biondo
Cerne
s.t.
24
Dimitri Jiriakov
Rapha Condor - Qhubeka
+ 5'07
25
Andreas Schillenger
Team Trilux - Falke
s.t.
26
Chad Beyer
Cyclevox
+ 5'14
27
André Cardoso
Cerne
s.t.
28
Markus Fahnert
Team Trilux - Falke
s.t.
29
Kenny Elissonde
Focused Cycling
s.t.
30
Alex Kirsch
Focused Cycling
s.t.
31
Sebastian Langeveld
Koppert Cycling Team
s.t.
32
Moosa Said
Team A
+ 5'30
33
Tesfar Teklit
Rapha Condor - Qhubeka
s.t.
34
Bruno Borges
Cerne
s.t.
35
Christian Knees
Cyclevox
s.t.
36
Dmitri Kozontchuk
T.CS Bank - OJSC
+ 5'49
37
Mikel Landa
Team Rothaus - Aegon
s.t.
38
Ronan Van Zandbeek
Koppert Cycling Team
s.t.
39
Alberigo Passalacqua
Vespa - Aprilia - De Rosa
+ 6'09
40
Travis Meyer
Focused Cycling
s.t.
41
Thomas Rabou
Cyclevox
s.t.
42
David Garbelli
Vespa - Aprilia - De Rosa
s.t.
43
Andrea Pagoto
Vespa - Aprilia - De Rosa
s.t.
44
Alex Coutts
Cyclevox
s.t.
45
Ole Haavardsholm
Team Venchi ProCycling
+ 6'30
46
Jakub Novak
Team Rothaus - Aegon
+ 6'46
47
Petr Ignatenko
T.CS Bank - OJSC
+ 7'31
48
Tsgabu Gebremaryam Grmay
Rapha Condor - Qhubeka
s.t.
49
Luigi Sestili
Team Venchi ProCycling
+ 8'06
50
Jay Thomson
Koppert Cycling Team
+ 8'24
51
Wilco Kelderman
Team Puma - SAP
+ 8'32
52
Marcio Portela
Cerne
+ 8'58
53
Rafael Reis
Cerne
s.t.
54
Mario Vogt
Team Puma - SAP
+ 9'18
55
Olivier Le Gac
Team Puma - SAP
+ 9'23
56
Nikolai Trusov
T.CS Bank - OJSC
+ 9'28
57
Wes Sulzberger
Rapha Condor - Qhubeka
+ 9'34
58
Joeri Adams
Focused Cycling
+ 9'41
59
Mathieu La Lavandier
Team Bpost
+ 9'50
60
Thomas Koep
Team Rothaus - Aegon
+ 10'15
61
Natnael Berhane
Rapha Condor - Qhubeka
+ 10'41
62
Nicolas Brolin
Saab - Scania
+ 11'08
63
Gert Rajala
Team Trilux - Falke
+ 11'16
64
Thor Hushovd
Saab - Scania
s.t.
65
Johan Lindgren
Saab - Scania
s.t.
66
Mike Aaron Egger
Team Puma - SAP
s.t.
67
Damien Gaudin
Focused Cycling
+ 11'33
68
Jos Pronk
Saab - Scania
+ 11'42
69
Adam Petrie-Armstrong
Vespa - Aprilia - De Rosa
+ 12'29
70
Fabio Aru
Team Venchi ProCycling
+ 12'36
71
Claudio Corioni
Team Venchi ProCycling
+ 13'43
72
Nadi Hortig
Team A
+ 13'48
73
Jens Debusschere
Focused Cycling
+ 13'59
74
Daniel Vesely
Team Rothaus - Aegon
+ 14'05
75
Amaro Antunes
Cerne
+ 14'25
76
Nikola Aistrup
Saab - Scania
+ 15'04
77
Kiril Yatsevich
T.CS Bank - OJSC
+ 15'26
78
Marco Corti
Team Venchi ProCycling
+ 15'32
79
Claudio Cucinotta
Team Rothaus - Aegon
+ 16'07
80
Arman Kamyshev
Koppert Cycling Team
+ 16'23
81
Stéphane Poulhiès
Team Bpost
+ 17'45
82
Tom Dumoulin
Team Puma - SAP
s.t.
83
Joeri Stallaert
Team Bpost
+ 18'46
84
Willem Van Den Eynde
Team Bpost
+ 18'56
85
Ruben Zepunkte
Team Trilux - Falke
+ 19'01
86
Floris Goesinnen
Koppert Cycling Team
s.t.
GC:
Rank
Name
Team
Time
1
Cesare Di Maggio
Team Venchi ProCycling
16h16'00
2
Jérémy Roy
Focused Cycling
+ 11
3
Francesco Ginanni
Vespa - Aprilia - De Rosa
+ 14
4
Jonathan Bellis
Rapha Condor - Qhubeka
+ 1'44
5
Ryder Hesjedal
Team Rothaus - Aegon
+ 2'31
6
Ignas Konovalovas
Cyclevox
s.t.
7
Simon Richardson
Cyclevox
s.t.
8
Jelle Vanendert
Team Bpost
+ 2'57
9
Theo Eltink
Saab - Scania
+ 3'26
10
Sérgio Sousa
Team Trilux - Falke
s.t.
11
Dale Appleby
Rapha Condor - Qhubeka
s.t.
12
Rob Ruijgh
Team Rothaus - Aegon
s.t.
13
Matthias Kessler
Team Trilux - Falke
+ 4'16
14
Evgeni Petrov
T.CS Bank - OJSC
+ 4'24
15
Ivan Rovny
T.CS Bank - OJSC
+ 4'28
16
Marcel Wyss
Saab - Scania
+ 4'51
17
Cyril Gautier
Team Bpost
+ 4'59
18
Maurizio Biondo
Cerne
+ 5'02
19
Bruno Pires
Cerne
+ 5'11
20
Gatis Smukulis
Team Trilux - Falke
+ 5'14
21
Matteo Bono
Vespa - Aprilia - De Rosa
+ 5'17
22
Jay McCarthy
Koppert Cycling Team
+ 5'22
23
Dimitri Jiriakov
Rapha Condor - Qhubeka
+ 5'30
24
Andreas Schillenger
Team Trilux - Falke
+ 5'38
25
Sebastian Langeveld
Koppert Cycling Team
+ 5'45
26
Alex Kirsch
Focused Cycling
s.t.
27
Kenny Elissonde
Focused Cycling
s.t.
28
André Cardoso
Cerne
s.t.
29
Chad Beyer
Cyclevox
s.t.
30
Markus Fahnert
Team Trilux - Falke
s.t.
31
Bruno Borges
Cerne
+ 6'01
32
Tesfar Teklit
Rapha Condor - Qhubeka
s.t.
33
Christian Knees
Cyclevox
s.t.
34
Aleksandr Kolobnev
T.CS Bank - OJSC
+ 6'09
35
Dmitri Kozontchuk
T.CS Bank - OJSC
+ 6'20
36
Mikel Landa
Team Rothaus - Aegon
s.t.
37
Ronan Van Zandbeek
Koppert Cycling Team
s.t.
38
David Garbelli
Vespa - Aprilia - De Rosa
+ 6'40
39
Travis Meyer
Focused Cycling
s.t.
40
Alberigo Passalacqua
Vespa - Aprilia - De Rosa
s.t.
41
Thomas Rabou
Cyclevox
s.t.
42
Andrea Pagoto
Vespa - Aprilia - De Rosa
s.t.
43
Ole Haavardsholm
Team Venchi ProCycling
+ 7'01
44
Jakub Novak
Team Rothaus - Aegon
+ 7'17
45
Tsgabu Gebremaryam Grmay
Rapha Condor - Qhubeka
+ 8'02
46
Alex Coutts
Cyclevox
+ 8'16
47
Luigi Sestili
Team Venchi ProCycling
+ 8'37
48
Jay Thomson
Koppert Cycling Team
+ 8'55
49
Wilco Kelderman
Team Puma - SAP
+ 9'03
50
Marcio Portela
Cerne
+ 9'29
51
Rafael Reis
Cerne
s.t.
52
Mario Vogt
Team Puma - SAP
+ 9'49
53
Wes Sulzberger
Rapha Condor - Qhubeka
+ 9'53
54
Olivier Le Gac
Team Puma - SAP
+ 9'54
55
Nikolai Trusov
T.CS Bank - OJSC
+ 9'59
56
Joeri Adams
Focused Cycling
+ 10'12
57
Mathieu La Lavandier
Team Bpost
+ 10'21
58
Thomas Koep
Team Rothaus - Aegon
+ 10'46
59
Moosa Said
Team A
+ 10'47
60
Thor Hushovd
Saab - Scania
+ 11'07
61
Natnael Berhane
Rapha Condor - Qhubeka
+ 11'12
62
Nicolas Brolin
Saab - Scania
+ 11'39
63
Johan Lindgren
Saab - Scania
+ 11'47
64
Damien Gaudin
Focused Cycling
+ 12'04
65
Jos Pronk
Saab - Scania
+ 12'13
66
Adam Petrie-Armstrong
Vespa - Aprilia - De Rosa
+ 13'00
67
Fabio Aru
Team Venchi ProCycling
+ 13'07
68
Claudio Corioni
Team Venchi ProCycling
+ 14'02
69
Amaro Antunes
Cerne
+ 14'56
70
Nikola Aistrup
Saab - Scania
+ 15'35
71
Gert Rajala
Team Trilux - Falke
+ 16'25
72
Stéphane Poulhiès
Team Bpost
+ 18'16
73
Tom Dumoulin
Team Puma - SAP
s.t.
74
Joeri Stallaert
Team Bpost
+ 19'17
75
Willem Van Den Eynde
Team Bpost
+ 19'27
76
Petr Ignatenko
T.CS Bank - OJSC
+ 20'31
77
Mike Aaron Egger
Team Puma - SAP
+ 21'14
78
Nadi Hortig
Team A
+ 25'08
79
Arman Kamyshev
Koppert Cycling Team
+ 26'59
80
Daniel Vesely
Team Rothaus - Aegon
+ 27'05
81
Ruben Zepunkte
Team Trilux - Falke
+ 28'14
82
Jens Debusschere
Focused Cycling
+ 30'26
83
Marco Corti
Team Venchi ProCycling
+ 35'42
84
Kiril Yatsevich
T.CS Bank - OJSC
+ 39'19
85
Floris Goesinnen
Koppert Cycling Team
+ 42'06
86
Claudio Cucinotta
Team Rothaus - Aegon
+ 45'21
Points:
Rank
Name
Team
Points
General
1
Jonathan Bellis
Rapha Condor - Qhubeka
14
64
2
Thor Hushovd
Saab - Scania
0
50
3
Francesco Ginanni
Vespa - Aprilia - De Rosa
20
50
4
Cesare Di Maggio
Team Venchi ProCycling
16
41
5
Maurizio Biondo
Cerne
0
40
6
Claudio Corioni
Team Venchi ProCycling
0
32
7
Marcel Wyss
Saab - Scania
0
30
8
Wes Sulzberger
Rapha Condor - Qhubeka
0
27
9
Jérémy Roy
Focused Cycling
25
27
10
Nikolai Trusov
T.CS Bank - OJSC
0
26
11
Gatis Smukulis
Team Trilux - Falke
0
25
12
Stéphane Poulhiès
Team Bpost
0
19
13
Ivan Rovny
T.CS Bank - OJSC
0
18
14
Aleksandr Kolobnev
T.CS Bank - OJSC
9
18
15
Dale Appleby
Rapha Condor - Qhubeka
5
17
16
Dimitri Jiriakov
Rapha Condor - Qhubeka
0
16
17
Theo Eltink
Saab - Scania
4
16
18
Matthias Kessler
Team Trilux - Falke
2
16
19
Claudio Cucinotta
Team Rothaus - Aegon
0
15
20
Sebastian Langeveld
Koppert Cycling Team
0
14
21
Jelle Vanendert
Team Bpost
7
13
22
Dmitri Kozontchuk
T.CS Bank - OJSC
0
12
23
Sérgio Sousa
Team Trilux - Falke
3
12
24
Jay McCarthy
Koppert Cycling Team
0
12
25
Simon Richardson
Cyclevox
12
12
26
David Garbelli
Vespa - Aprilia - De Rosa
0
10
27
Ryder Hesjedal
Team Rothaus - Aegon
10
10
28
Bruno Pires
Cerne
0
9
29
Andrea Pagoto
Vespa - Aprilia - De Rosa
0
9
30
Ignas Konovalovas
Cyclevox
8
8
31
Rob Ruijgh
Team Rothaus - Aegon
6
6
32
Damien Gaudin
Focused Cycling
0
4
33
Bruno Borges
Cerne
0
3
34
Nikola Aistrup
Saab - Scania
0
3
35
Luigi Sestili
Team Venchi ProCycling
0
3
36
Joeri Adams
Focused Cycling
0
3
37
Johan Lindgren
Saab - Scania
0
1
38
Evgeni Petrov
T.CS Bank - OJSC
1
1
39
André Cardoso
Cerne
0
1
Mountains:
Rank
Name
Team
Mountain
General
1
Andreas Schillenger
Team Trilux - Falke
18
38
2
Mario Vogt
Team Puma - SAP
2
28
3
Travis Meyer
Focused Cycling
0
28
4
Jérémy Roy
Focused Cycling
26
26
5
Kenny Elissonde
Focused Cycling
0
26
6
Cesare Di Maggio
Team Venchi ProCycling
22
22
7
Francesco Ginanni
Vespa - Aprilia - De Rosa
18
18
8
Jakub Novak
Team Rothaus - Aegon
0
18
9
Chad Beyer
Cyclevox
12
18
10
Alex Coutts
Cyclevox
0
18
11
Thomas Rabou
Cyclevox
0
14
12
Thomas Koep
Team Rothaus - Aegon
0
12
13
Sérgio Sousa
Team Trilux - Falke
10
10
14
Luigi Sestili
Team Venchi ProCycling
10
10
15
Ronan Van Zandbeek
Koppert Cycling Team
10
10
16
Jonathan Bellis
Rapha Condor - Qhubeka
8
8
17
Alex Kirsch
Focused Cycling
8
8
18
Dale Appleby
Rapha Condor - Qhubeka
8
8
19
Willem Van Den Eynde
Team Bpost
0
8
20
Theo Eltink
Saab - Scania
0
6
21
Olivier Le Gac
Team Puma - SAP
0
6
22
David Garbelli
Vespa - Aprilia - De Rosa
6
6
23
Marcio Portela
Cerne
0
6
24
Simon Richardson
Cyclevox
6
6
25
Johan Lindgren
Saab - Scania
0
4
26
Ryder Hesjedal
Team Rothaus - Aegon
4
4
27
Tesfar Teklit
Rapha Condor - Qhubeka
4
4
28
Mike Aaron Egger
Team Puma - SAP
0
4
29
Petr Ignatenko
T.CS Bank - OJSC
0
4
30
Marcel Wyss
Saab - Scania
0
2
31
Bruno Borges
Cerne
0
2
32
Amaro Antunes
Cerne
0
2
33
Matteo Bono
Vespa - Aprilia - De Rosa
2
2
34
Jay Thomson
Koppert Cycling Team
0
2
35
Aleksandr Kolobnev
T.CS Bank - OJSC
2
2
Teams:
Rank
Team
Time
General Time
1
Cyclevox
10h33'05
48h58'47 (1)
2
Rapha Condor - Qhubeka
+ 21
+ 21 (2)
3
T.CS Bank - OJSC
+ 36
+ 36 (3)
4
Focused Cycling
+ 1'14
+ 1'14 (4)
5
Team Rothaus - Aegon
+ 1'30
+ 1'30 (5)
6
Vespa - Aprilia - De Rosa
+ 2'08
+ 1'48 (6)
7
Team Trilux - Falke
+ 2'17
+ 2'17 (7)
8
Cerne
+ 5'31
+ 5'31 (9)
9
Team Venchi ProCycling
+ 5'56
+ 5'19 (8)
10
Koppert Cycling Team
+ 6'40
+ 6'40 (10)
11
Team Bpost
+ 7'30
+ 7'30 (11)
12
Saab - Scania
+ 9'17
+ 9'17 (12)
13
Team Puma - SAP
+ 17'59
+ 17'59 (13)
14
Team A
+ 41'03
+ 1h07'12 (14)
Young Riders:
Rank
Name
Team
Time
General Time
1
Cesare Di Maggio
Team Venchi ProCycling
3h28'31
16h16'00 (1)
2
Jonathan Bellis
Rapha Condor - Qhubeka
+ 59
+ 1'44 (2)
3
Ivan Rovny
T.CS Bank - OJSC
+ 3'23
+ 4'28 (3)
4
Cyril Gautier
Team Bpost
+ 3'54
+ 4'59 (4)
5
Jay McCarthy
Koppert Cycling Team
+ 4'17
+ 5'22 (6)
6
Gatis Smukulis
Team Trilux - Falke
s.t.
+ 5'14 (5)
7
Markus Fahnert
Team Trilux - Falke
+ 4'40
+ 5'45 (9)
8
Kenny Elissonde
Focused Cycling
s.t.
+ 5'45 (8)
9
Alex Kirsch
Focused Cycling
s.t.
+ 5'45 (7)
10
Tesfar Teklit
Rapha Condor - Qhubeka
+ 4'56
+ 6'01 (11)
11
Bruno Borges
Cerne
s.t.
+ 6'01 (10)
12
Mikel Landa
Team Rothaus - Aegon
+ 5'15
+ 6'20 (12)
13
Ronan Van Zandbeek
Koppert Cycling Team
s.t.
+ 6'20 (13)
14
Alberigo Passalacqua
Vespa - Aprilia - De Rosa
+ 5'35
+ 6'40 (15)
15
Travis Meyer
Focused Cycling
s.t.
+ 6'40 (14)
16
Ole Haavardsholm
Team Venchi ProCycling
+ 5'56
+ 7'01 (16)
17
Jakub Novak
Team Rothaus - Aegon
+ 6'12
+ 7'17 (17)
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