When the Giro ended a stage in Briancon, Piepoli was the winner. He is not racing in the Dauphine, so perhaps the man who came 2nd on that stage, Cunego, will look to win today.
Unfortunately, I wasnt really paying attention to the stage and the replay didnt save, so bear with me
Bert Grabsch and a couple of crappy continentals made the breakaway, they were caught, and before the Col de L'Izorad, Samuel Sanchez attacked and a few other guys went with him.
Going up the climb, there was an elite bunch of 22, and Moreau led them over the top.
If you look closely, youll see that theres a slight gap between Dekker in Blue and Ricco in the polkadots, that is crucial as Ricco is a poor descender, and the 6 riders inbetween Moreau and Ricco got a stage-winning gap. Unfortunately for Moreau he had gone to the back of the 22 for finishing his relay.
There was a crach going into the finish:
Leipheimer, Ricco, Contador, Camano and Gadret were among those who went down.
Gutierrez Catalana won the sprint:
1
José Enrique Gutiérrez Cataluña
FRANÇAISE DES JEUX
4h36'32
2
Damiano Cunego
LAMPRE - FONDITAL
s.t.
3
Maxim Iglinski
ASTANÁ
s.t.
4
Thomas Dekker
CRÉDIT AGRICOLE
s.t.
5
Kim Kirchen
T-MOBILE TEAM
s.t.
6
Joaquin Rodriguez Oliver
ASTANÁ
s.t.
7
Alejandro Valverde
COFIDIS, LE CRÉDIT PAR TÉLÉPHONE
+ 49
8
Frank Schleck
SAUNIER DUVAL - PRODIR
+ 1'30
9
Marzio Bruseghin
LAMPRE - FONDITAL
s.t.
10
Christophe Moreau
BOUYGUES TELECOM
s.t.
11
Iñigo Cuesta
TEAM CSC
s.t.
12
Francisco Perez Sanchez
DISCOVERY CHANNEL PRO CYCLING TEAM
+ 2'13
13
Paolo Savoldelli
LIQUIGAS
s.t.
14
Sandy Casar
FRANÇAISE DES JEUX
s.t.
15
Koldo Gil
SAUNIER DUVAL - PRODIR
s.t.
16
Pietro Caucchioli
LIQUIGAS
s.t.
17
Cyril Dessel
QUICK STEP - INNERGETIC
s.t.
18
Sylvain Chavanel
COFIDIS, LE CRÉDIT PAR TÉLÉPHONE
+ 2'51
19
Levi Leipheimer
TEAM MILRAM
+ 4'02
20
Ludovic Turpin
AG2R PRÉVOYANCE
s.t.
21
Riccardo Ricco'
PREDICTOR - LOTTO
s.t.
22
Iker Camaño
SAUNIER DUVAL - PRODIR
s.t.
23
Alberto Contador
AG2R PRÉVOYANCE
s.t.
24
Samuel Sánchez Gonzalez
DISCOVERY CHANNEL PRO CYCLING TEAM
+ 4'56
25
John Gadret
TEAM CSC
+ 5'19
26
Michael Rogers
TEAM MILRAM
+ 6'09
27
Manuel Beltran
COFIDIS, LE CRÉDIT PAR TÉLÉPHONE
+ 6'41
28
Sylwester Szmyd
LAMPRE - FONDITAL
+ 7'37
29
Vladimir Miholjevic
LIQUIGAS
+ 7'53
30
Leonardo Bertagnolli
LIQUIGAS
+ 9'53
31
Amaël Moinard
COFIDIS, LE CRÉDIT PAR TÉLÉPHONE
+ 10'09
32
Jérôme Pineau
BOUYGUES TELECOM
s.t.
33
Kevin Seeldraeyers
QUICK STEP - INNERGETIC
+ 12'01
34
Maxime Monfort
COFIDIS, LE CRÉDIT PAR TÉLÉPHONE
s.t.
35
Cédric Vasseur
QUICK STEP - INNERGETIC
s.t.
36
Dmitri Grabovski
QUICK STEP - INNERGETIC
s.t.
37
Paolo Bettini
DISCOVERY CHANNEL PRO CYCLING TEAM
s.t.
38
George Hincapie
AG2R PRÉVOYANCE
s.t.
39
Hubert Dupont
AG2R PRÉVOYANCE
s.t.
40
Vladimir Bileka
DISCOVERY CHANNEL PRO CYCLING TEAM
s.t.
41
Ricardo Van der Velde
PREDICTOR - LOTTO
s.t.
42
Marco Velo
TEAM MILRAM
s.t.
43
Gorazd Stangelj
LAMPRE - FONDITAL
s.t.
44
Rubén Plaza
BOUYGUES TELECOM
s.t.
45
Pierrick Fédrigo
BOUYGUES TELECOM
s.t.
46
Nicki Sørensen
TEAM CSC
s.t.
47
Carlos Castaño
DISCOVERY CHANNEL PRO CYCLING TEAM
s.t.
48
David Loosli
LAMPRE - FONDITAL
s.t.
49
Bradley McGee
FRANÇAISE DES JEUX
s.t.
50
José Rujano
BOUYGUES TELECOM
s.t.
Rank
Name
Team
Time
1
Thomas Dekker
CRÉDIT AGRICOLE
20h42'43
2
Christophe Moreau
BOUYGUES TELECOM
+ 39
3
José Enrique Gutiérrez Cataluña
FRANÇAISE DES JEUX
+ 1'28
4
Alejandro Valverde
COFIDIS, LE CRÉDIT PAR TÉLÉPHONE
+ 1'55
5
Damiano Cunego
LAMPRE - FONDITAL
+ 1'56
6
Frank Schleck
SAUNIER DUVAL - PRODIR
+ 2'29
7
Kim Kirchen
T-MOBILE TEAM
+ 2'34
8
Marzio Bruseghin
LAMPRE - FONDITAL
+ 3'16
9
Paolo Savoldelli
LIQUIGAS
+ 3'30
10
Levi Leipheimer
TEAM MILRAM
+ 4'00
11
Riccardo Ricco'
PREDICTOR - LOTTO
+ 4'05
12
Koldo Gil
SAUNIER DUVAL - PRODIR
+ 4'30
13
Alberto Contador
AG2R PRÉVOYANCE
+ 4'40
14
Francisco Perez Sanchez
DISCOVERY CHANNEL PRO CYCLING TEAM
+ 5'15
15
Cyril Dessel
QUICK STEP - INNERGETIC
+ 6'08
Rank
Name
Team
Points
General
1
Tom Boonen
QUICK STEP - INNERGETIC
0
52
2
Daniele Bennati
LAMPRE - FONDITAL
0
40
3
Paolo Bettini
DISCOVERY CHANNEL PRO CYCLING TEAM
0
36
4
Paolo Savoldelli
LIQUIGAS
0
35
5
Christophe Moreau
BOUYGUES TELECOM
0
34
Rank
Name
Team
Mountain
General
1
Christophe Moreau
BOUYGUES TELECOM
40
70
2
Riccardo Ricco'
PREDICTOR - LOTTO
12
52
3
Damiano Cunego
LAMPRE - FONDITAL
31
49
4
John Gadret
TEAM CSC
0
35
5
Joaquin Rodriguez Oliver
ASTANÁ
35
35
Unfortunately we were denied an exciting finish of 22 riders by Ricco's poor concentration and descending skills, as a slight gap came and allowed 6 rider to go free. The crash was exciting though!
Tomorrow: the queen stage. Lots and lots of climbs, and a mountain top finish I believe.
Edited by Roman on 16-10-2016 13:28
