We can expect two teams to come to the fore here in Luxembourg. Domina Vaczanze with Kim Kirchen and Andy Schleck, and Accunmalux, Luxembourg's ProTour team which includes one of the favourites for the Tour de France, Frank Schleck.
TT
On paper, Nick Clesen (Accumalux) is today's favourite but he is unable to beat the time of teammate Christian Poos.
But current TT champion Kim Kirchen is next, and took the lead.
Andy Schleck goes 3rd but it is his brother Frank who is the better today showing his form in preperation for Le Tour.
While it looked to stay this way for a while, the penultimate rider Benoit Joachim changed that by going 2nd.
1
Kim Kirchen
DOMINA VACANZE
1h05'14
2
Benoît Joachim
LETUA CYCLING TEAM
+ 21
3
Frank Schleck
ACCUMALUX
+ 32
4
Christian Poos
ACCUMALUX
+ 38
5
Andy Schleck
DOMINA VACANZE
+ 42
6
Nick Clesen
ACCUMALUX
+ 50
7
Cyrille Heymans
TEAM 3C - GRUPPE LAMONTA
+ 1'23
8
Stève Fogen
TEAM KONICA MINOLTA
+ 2'06
9
Carlo Kirsch
ACCUMALUX
+ 2'14
10
Laurent Didier
FIDEA CYCLING TEAM
+ 2'16
11
Sandro Jelmini
BENTENG MUDA - TANGERANG
+ 2'46
12
Robert Schmitt
COORDINADORA - EMPRESA DE ENERGÍA ELÉCTRICA DE BOYACÁ
+ 3'07
13
Jempy Drucker
ACCUMALUX
+ 3'17
14
Vincenzo Centrone
BMC RACING TEAM
+ 3'19
15
Tom Flammang
GLUD & MARSTRAND HORSENS
+ 3'25
16
André Cardoni
AC SPARTA PRAHA
+ 3'53
17
Yves Da Luz
ANDALUCÍA - CAJASUR
+ 4'00
18
Nico Schinker
ACCUMALUX
+ 4'09
RR
A break of 4 goes clear. Jelmini, Heymans, Centrone and Schmitt.
With 40km to go, the break has 10 minutes - surely Domina/Accumalux will do something? Andy Schleck rides away from the group, finally some action!
But no, it's just a decoy as Kim Kirchen attacks!
He is joined by none other than Frank Schleck and within 20km, that 10 minute gap is gone and they are in the lead.
They stay away, noones gonna catch them and they will fight it out for the title.
And Schleck proves his strength overcoming a weaker sprint stat to win and retain his jersey.
Andy Schleck takes 3rd, more than 7 minutes later.
1
Frank Schleck
ACCUMALUX
5h29'48
2
Kim Kirchen
DOMINA VACANZE
s.t.
3
Andy Schleck
DOMINA VACANZE
+ 7'08
4
André Cardoni
AC SPARTA PRAHA
s.t.
5
Benoît Joachim
LETUA CYCLING TEAM
s.t.
6
Carlo Kirsch
ACCUMALUX
s.t.
7
Yves Da Luz
ANDALUCÍA - CAJASUR
s.t.
8
Christian Poos
ACCUMALUX
s.t.
9
Laurent Didier
FIDEA CYCLING TEAM
s.t.
10
Stève Fogen
TEAM KONICA MINOLTA
+ 8'10
11
Sandro Jelmini
BENTENG MUDA - TANGERANG
+ 8'55
12
Jempy Drucker
ACCUMALUX
+ 10'25
13
Nico Schinker
ACCUMALUX
s.t.
14
Vincenzo Centrone
BMC RACING TEAM
s.t.
15
Nick Clesen
ACCUMALUX
s.t.
16
Tom Flammang
GLUD & MARSTRAND HORSENS
s.t.
17
Cyrille Heymans
TEAM 3C - GRUPPE LAMONTA
+ 11'05
18
Robert Schmitt
COORDINADORA - EMPRESA DE ENERGÍA ELÉCTRICA DE BOYACÁ
