Its a city circuit, with plenty of turns and its also flat. Expect crashes, lots of them. And ive pinpointed who's at blame so you can moan at them
Panaria's Maya kickstarted proceeding with an early attack and a break of 8 formed.
Pfannburger is the highest placed but the break also included Sohrabi, Degano, Costa, Candelario, Chacon and Hutchings (Aswell as Maya).
Eventually, their gap gets too high and an Asian alliance forms at the front with Nippo and Letua chasing hard. They are eventually helped a little by SouthAustralia, Wiesenhof, Tinkoff and DFL.
But with 9.3km to go, the break still has over a minute. The actions of one Aussie would then aide the break further, what was his name? William Walker. What did he do? Crash. Where was he in the peleton? Near the front. Where was Reihs? Towards the back. Did Reihs go down?....
(That 2nd pic does not show every rider down, but you get the idea)Also down was 6 of the 7 Maxbo Bianchi riders, including EB Hagen. Who was the Maxbo rider who somehow survived? Ivan Rovny! Another man down was 3rd Overall Tom Stamsnijder. Angel Vicioso was also down, but why do I tell you this? Did he crash a 2nd time? Yup. But before that just a side not to say that Nippo's Japanese sprinter Miyazawa, was the only rider who had to abandon.
So Reihs goes down a 2nd time and the extra time lost eliminated his chances of a Top 10 finish. (So go mad at Crommy )
Up front and another Healthnet rider is in a super position.
Sohrabi got a gap and stopped, forgetting that Degano is behind him and a much faster sprinter.
He takes the final turn at 900m to go and finally starts sprinting again, maybe it was some odd tactic to make sure he didnt crash, while jeopardising his stage win hopes?
Degano is coming!!!
And Sohrabi sticks his hands in the air before the finish, is this going to be one of those Zabel moments when a rider celebrates too soon? No.
Costa gets 3rd ahead of Hutchings and Candelario. Tombak is 6th ruing the fact that he didnt get his team to work much, with Casper 7th and Brown (Yes, a Nippo rider!!!!!) in 8th.
1
Mahdi Sohrabi
HEALTH NET PRESENTED BY MAXXIS
2h06'04
2
Enrico Degano
BARLOWORLD
s.t.
3
Rui Costa
BENFICA
s.t.
4
Logan Hutchings
PCMDAILY - JOBS.COM
s.t.
5
Alex Candelario
TEAM SLIPSTREAM
s.t.
6
Janek Tombak
DFL - CYCLINGNEWS - LITESPEED
s.t.
7
Jimmy Casper
LETUA CYCLING TEAM
s.t.
8
Graeme Brown
NIPPO CORPORATION - MEITAN HOMPO CO. LTD - ASADA
s.t.
9
Gregory Henderson
SOUTHAUSTRALIA.COM - AIS
s.t.
10
Fabian Wegmann
TINKOFF CREDIT SYSTEMS
s.t.
11
Stefan Van Dijk
WIESENHOF - FELT
s.t.
12
Crescenzo D'Amore
DESIGNA KØKKEN
s.t.
13
Fidel Jeobani Chacon
UNE ORBITEL
s.t.
14
Carlos Maya
CERAMICA PANARIA - NAVIGARE
s.t.
15
Gerrit Glomser
VOLKSBANK
s.t.
16
Erki Pütsep
UNE ORBITEL
s.t.
17
Sébastien Chavanel
DFL - CYCLINGNEWS - LITESPEED
s.t.
18
Aleksandr Usov
TINKOFF CREDIT SYSTEMS
s.t.
19
Max Van Heeswijk
DISCOVERY CHANNEL MARCO POLO CYCLING TEAM
s.t.
20
Javier Benitez
BENFICA
s.t.
21
Ivan Quaranta
NIPPO CORPORATION - MEITAN HOMPO CO. LTD - ASADA
s.t.
22
Christian Pfannberger
VOLKSBANK
s.t.
23
Alejandro Borrajo
AGRITUBEL
s.t.
24
Bobbie Traksel
DESIGNA KØKKEN
s.t.
25
Tyler Farrar
TEAM SLIPSTREAM
s.t.
26
Brett Aitken
SOUTHAUSTRALIA.COM - AIS
s.t.
27
Hans Dekkers
AGRITUBEL
s.t.
28
Matthew Hayman
WIESENHOF - FELT
s.t.
29
Adam Hansen
TINKOFF CREDIT SYSTEMS
s.t.
30
Markus Eichler
DFL - CYCLINGNEWS - LITESPEED
s.t.
31
Christopher Sutton
SOUTHAUSTRALIA.COM - AIS
s.t.
32
Roger Hammond
LETUA CYCLING TEAM
s.t.
33
Henk Vogels
TINKOFF CREDIT SYSTEMS
s.t.
34
Steven Caethoven
TINKOFF CREDIT SYSTEMS
s.t.
35
Sergei Koudentsov
DISCOVERY CHANNEL MARCO POLO CYCLING TEAM
s.t.
36
David Kopp
AGRITUBEL
s.t.
37
Daniel Lloyd
LETUA CYCLING TEAM
s.t.
38
Julian Dean
NIPPO CORPORATION - MEITAN HOMPO CO. LTD - ASADA
s.t.
39
Anuar Manan
LETUA CYCLING TEAM
s.t.
40
Nico Mattan
DFL - CYCLINGNEWS - LITESPEED
s.t.
41
Ricki Nelson
NIPPO CORPORATION - MEITAN HOMPO CO. LTD - ASADA
s.t.
42
Tom Leezer
UNE ORBITEL
s.t.
43
Ivan Stevic
LETUA CYCLING TEAM
s.t.
44
René Weissinger
VOLKSBANK
s.t.
45
Kevin Ista
WIESENHOF - FELT
s.t.
46
Raúl Granjel Cabrera
DESIGNA KØKKEN
s.t.
47
Kurt-Asle Arvesen
VOLKSBANK
s.t.
48
Gert Dockx
DISCOVERY CHANNEL MARCO POLO CYCLING TEAM
s.t.
49
Patrick Riedesser
VOLKSBANK
s.t.
50
Nathan O'Neill
DFL - CYCLINGNEWS - LITESPEED
s.t.
100 riders finished on the same time, the 99th of those was the TDU 2007 Champion. Reihs meanwhile finished about 10 seconds outside the Top 10, in 31st. If Vicioso hadnt taken him down a 2nd time, both he and Stamsnijder would have finished in the Top 10 overall.
11
Adam Hansen
TINKOFF CREDIT SYSTEMS
s.t.
12
Kurt-Asle Arvesen
VOLKSBANK
s.t.
13
Maarten Tjallingii
BARLOWORLD
s.t.
14
Tom Leezer
UNE ORBITEL
s.t.
15
Koos Moerenhout
TINKOFF CREDIT SYSTEMS
s.t.
16
Salvatore Commesso
BARLOWORLD
s.t.
17
Alessandro Proni
LANDBOUWKREDIET - TÖNISSTEINER
s.t.
18
Alexandre Moos
LANDBOUWKREDIET - TÖNISSTEINER
s.t.
19
Bert De Waele
LANDBOUWKREDIET - TÖNISSTEINER
s.t.
20
Grégory Rast
UNE ORBITEL
s.t.
21
José Ivan Gutiérrez Palacios
AGRITUBEL
s.t.
22
Staf Scheirlinckx
TINKOFF CREDIT SYSTEMS
s.t.
23
Ruslan Grychenko
SOUTHAUSTRALIA.COM - AIS
s.t.
24
Chris Horner
TEAM SLIPSTREAM
s.t.
25
Iñigo Landaluze
LANDBOUWKREDIET - TÖNISSTEINER
s.t.
26
Tadej Valjavec
UNE ORBITEL
s.t.
27
Iker Camaño
NIPPO CORPORATION - MEITAN HOMPO CO. LTD - ASADA
s.t.
28
Dmitri Grabovski
SOUTHAUSTRALIA.COM - AIS
s.t.
29
Ronny Scholz
WIESENHOF - FELT
s.t.
30
Pablo Lastras
DISCOVERY CHANNEL MARCO POLO CYCLING TEAM
s.t.
31
Michael Reihs
DESIGNA KØKKEN
+ 3'15
32
Tom Stamsnijder
WIESENHOF - FELT
+ 3'39
33
Pieter Mertens
NIPPO CORPORATION - MEITAN HOMPO CO. LTD - ASADA
+ 4'43
34
Aldrin Salamanca
CERAMICA PANARIA - NAVIGARE
s.t.
35
Steven Caethoven
TINKOFF CREDIT SYSTEMS
+ 5'03
36
René Weissinger
VOLKSBANK
s.t.
37
Raúl Granjel Cabrera
DESIGNA KØKKEN
s.t.
38
Christian Pfannberger
VOLKSBANK
+ 5'18
39
Shaun Lewis
SOUTHAUSTRALIA.COM - AIS
+ 5'44
40
Mahdi Sohrabi
HEALTH NET PRESENTED BY MAXXIS
+ 6'16
41
Jimmy Casper
LETUA CYCLING TEAM
+ 6'20
42
Janek Tombak
DFL - CYCLINGNEWS - LITESPEED
+ 6'28
43
Bobbie Traksel
DESIGNA KØKKEN
s.t.
44
Markus Zberg
DESIGNA KØKKEN
+ 6'39
45
Ruslan Sambris
HEALTH NET PRESENTED BY MAXXIS
s.t.
46
Santo Anza
DESIGNA KØKKEN
s.t.
47
Edvald Boasson Hagen
MAXBO BIANCHI
s.t.
48
Constantino Zaballa
AGRITUBEL
s.t.
49
Angel Vicioso
HEALTH NET PRESENTED BY MAXXIS
s.t.
50
William Walker
PCMDAILY - JOBS.COM
s.t.
Some consolation for Reihs is that he won the Points classification by 1 point.
1
Michael Reihs
DESIGNA KØKKEN
0
44
2
Jimmy Casper
LETUA CYCLING TEAM
9
43
3
Fabian Wegmann
TINKOFF CREDIT SYSTEMS
6
34
4
Gregory Henderson
SOUTHAUSTRALIA.COM - AIS
7
32
5
Rui Costa
BENFICA
16
32
6
Bobbie Traksel
DESIGNA KØKKEN
0
32
7
Janek Tombak
DFL - CYCLINGNEWS - LITESPEED
10
30
8
Mahdi Sohrabi
HEALTH NET PRESENTED BY MAXXIS
25
29
9
Fortunato Baliani
CERAMICA PANARIA - NAVIGARE
0
25
10
Crescenzo D'Amore
DESIGNA KØKKEN
4
24
And Lefevre wins the KoM:
Rank
Name
Team
Mountain
General
1
Laurent Lefèvre
DFL - CYCLINGNEWS - LITESPEED
0
26
2
Michael Reihs
DESIGNA KØKKEN
0
22
3
Didac Ortega
BENFICA
0
20
4
Tom Stamsnijder
WIESENHOF - FELT
0
18
5
Christophe Riblon
CERAMICA PANARIA - NAVIGARE
0
16
6
Ghader Mizbani
DISCOVERY CHANNEL MARCO POLO CYCLING TEAM
0
14
7
Ivan Rovny
MAXBO BIANCHI
0
14
8
Rui Costa
BENFICA
0
10
9
Mahdi Sohrabi
HEALTH NET PRESENTED BY MAXXIS
0
10
10
Nico Sijmens
LANDBOUWKREDIET - TÖNISSTEINER
0
10
Rovny is the best young rider and Designa Kokken are the best team.
Edited by Roman on 17-10-2016 22:14
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