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Project 1T4i - Bye, bye!
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| baia |
Posted on 30-03-2012 20:26
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Well done...one extremely danger decision to stay calm but seems it was the right one..great job.
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Posted on 30-03-2012 20:32
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Good tactical racing. Please bring stage 20 (and 21) quick!!
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Posted on 30-03-2012 20:41
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lokytrew wrote:
Hold on Jurgen! HOLD ON! Extremely good if you are managing to win this!
I'll do my best! I'm surprised myself that he has been this strong! 
sutty68 wrote:
Calm riding by Van den Broeck today keeps him in the pink jersey
Yeah, it was an "easy" mountain stage.
baia wrote:
Well done...one extremely danger decision to stay calm but seems it was the right one..great job.
It was indeed a hard decision. I think I did the most clever thing however.
dienblad wrote:
Good tactical racing. Please bring stage 20 (and 21) quick!!
Thanks! The queen stage will come up tomorrow, and I since I've already played it, I can tell you that it was one of the most epic stages I've ever played!
But no more hints than that! Stay tuned until tomorrow!
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Posted on 30-03-2012 21:38
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| ziber123 |
Posted on 30-03-2012 21:43
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At this point words isn't enough. Therefore -
Cool story bro!
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Posted on 31-03-2012 12:15
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this is going to be close - i want to see the epic stage NOW!  just kidding - or wait actually not bring it on 
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| Pellizotti2 |
Posted on 31-03-2012 14:47
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Thanks for the support, once again!
Here you go, the dramatic end!
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Posted on 31-03-2012 14:47
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 Stage 20 - Sondrio > Monte Colmo 
We've at last arrived at the queen stage of this race. In addition to the Gavia and the Mortirolo, the day also includes two new climbs, the incredibly steep Monte Padrio and the final climb of Monte Colmo, averaging 8%.
The day's early breakaway was at first pretty big, but the Gavia made sure to change that. At the top the group was already reduced to half the original size!
On the very slender slopes of Monte Padrio, Wilco Kelderman continued to reduce the size of the group, dropping his companions one by one.
The main field reached the same climb a little while later, with very interesting things happening. The narrow roads in combination with catching the dropped former escapees created gaps everywhere. Van den Broec made sure to keep a very strong position.
Meanwhile, Kelderman increased the pace in the leading group, shattering it to pieces. Stefan Denifl was the only one who could follow.
The split situation then suddenly turned incredibly interesting, when a group of six started to pull clear of the rest. Nibali with two team mates, Scarponi with one, while Van den Broeck got isolated.
Kelderman continued his rampage at the front, reaching the top of this absolutely brutal climb all by himself. Not much advantage left however.
The pink jersey group also continued to push on hard all the way to the top, distancing the other favourites by more and more. No idea what happened to the mountain sprint.
Chasing around a minute and a half behind Van den Broeck's group was another small group of 17, including the other Top 10 riders. Also here was Lagutin, who missed out due to blocking.
Down on the flat, just before the right turn towards the Mortirolo, the UniCredit domestiques brought back Kelderman, turning this into the front group.
Realizing the weakness of being isolated, Van den Broeck turned up the heat as soon as the steep sections arrived. Nibali was isolated too at once, while Scarponi's support lasted a little bit longer.
It didn't take much longer until also Rujano and Basso had to let go of the group. Three men up front then, battling this out.
A strong Van den Broeck, once again on a (+5), did most of the work up the climb, in order to prevent surprise attacks. This seemed to work very well, as the two Italians really suffered, visibly.
Sivtsov led the chasers over the top, two minutes down on the front trio. Also in this group we found Cunego, Anton, Marzano, Basso, Rujano and Pellizotti.
After charging up during the descent, Van den Broeck took over command once again when Monte Colmo began to show real gradient.
Meanwhile, Cunego found himself with no other choice but to reel the leaders in by himself. Anton also seemed interested in this.
Marzano also jumped off from the chasing group a few moments later, realizing that Sivtsov was clearly struggling to defend his podium spot.
At the same time, Scarponi just collapsed after pushing himself too far into the red zone by trying to follow Van den Broeck's pace. A duo left at the front then, formed by the two strongest riders in the race.
Or maybe not? An incredibly strong Cunego soon caught Scarponi. The two at the front weren't too far off either!
A bit further down the climb, Sivtsov was off in a last desperate try to save his chances of finishing on the podium overall.
But the man on fire currently was no doubt Cunego. Another couple of kilometers later, he had made it back up to Van den Broeck and Nibali, gaining two minutes on them on this climb.
The rampage continued, and neither of the two former leaders could follow the Lampre man! Van den Broeck also a few meters behind Nibali!
With lots of heart, courage and will, Van den Broeck found energy that didn't really exist in his body and managed to dig his way back up to Nibali.
They entered the final kilometer together, with Nibali giving absolutely everything in a last try to unhitch the Belgian on his wheel!
Cunego however, was now far ahead of those, comfortably celebrating an impressive stage win after an incredibly comeback! Back-to-back wins!
Nibali couldn't tail off Van den Broeck, but at least got a few bonus seconds on him. That wasn't very interesting however, as they lost almost two minutes on Cunego! The prince is back in the game!
Scarponi held off Anton for fourth place on the day, over three minutes off the winner's pace! No doubt that this was an extremely hard day.
Sivtsov fought bravely all day, but eventually cracked while desperately trying to make his way back to the front. His sixth place here, more than five minutes behind Cunego throws him off the podium.
| 1 | Damiano Cunego | Lampre - San Marco | 6h30'34 | | 2 | Vincenzo Nibali | UniCredit - Bianchi Cycling Team | + 1'52 | | 3 | Jurgen Van den Broeck | Project 1T4i - Shimano | s.t. | | 4 | Michele Scarponi | Liquigas - Cannondale | + 3'30 | | 5 | Igor Anton | Euskaltel - Orbea | + 3'50 | | 6 | Kanstantsin Sivtsov | Team Sky Pro Cycling | + 5'15 | | 7 | Marco Marzano | Androni Giocattoli - Trecolli | + 6'00 | | 8 | Franco Pellizotti | Team Radioshack - Nissan | + 7'03 | | 9 | Ivan Basso | Liquigas - Cannondale | + 10'09 | | 10 | José Rujano | Androni Giocattoli - Trecolli | + 10'27 |
Spoiler | 11 | Peter Velits | Vacansoleil - DCM | + 11'52 | | 12 | Fredrik Kessiakoff | The Bose Project | + 12'20 | | 13 | Valerio Agnoli | UniCredit - Bianchi Cycling Team | + 14'58 | | 14 | Carlos Alberto Betancur | Liquigas - Cannondale | + 17'32 | | 15 | Alessandro De Marchi | Androni Giocattoli - Trecolli | + 17'43 | | 16 | Rob Ruijgh | Vacansoleil - DCM | s.t. | | 17 | Rubén Plaza | Euskaltel - Orbea | + 19'49 | | 18 | Stefano Pirazzi | UniCredit - Bianchi Cycling Team | + 20'21 | | 19 | Sergio Henao | Team Sky Pro Cycling | s.t. | | 20 | Chris Anker Sörensen | Lotto - Belisol | s.t. | | 21 | Levi Leipheimer | OmegaPharma - Quickstep | + 21'04 | | 22 | Tom Jelte Slagter | Vodafone Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 23 | Egor Silin | Astana Pro Team | + 21'18 | | 24 | Mikel Landa | Euskaltel - Orbea | + 21'22 | | 25 | Sergey Lagutin | Project 1T4i - Shimano | + 21'29 | | 26 | Juan Manuel Gárate | Team Katusha | + 22'23 | | 27 | Francesco Masciarelli | Liquigas - Cannondale | s.t. | | 28 | Dario Cataldo | OmegaPharma - Quickstep | + 22'28 | | 29 | Kevin De Weert | OmegaPharma - Quickstep | + 22'46 | | 30 | Domenico Pozzovivo | UniCredit - Bianchi Cycling Team | + 23'30 | | 31 | Wouter Poels | Vacansoleil - DCM | s.t. | | 32 | Sérgio Paulinho | Team Radioshack - Nissan | + 23'41 | | 33 | Sylwester Szmyd | Team Katusha | + 24'09 | | 34 | Richie Porte | Team Sky Pro Cycling | + 24'22 | | 35 | Philip Deignan | Team Radioshack - Nissan | + 24'42 | | 36 | Janez Brajkovic | Astana Pro Team | + 24'46 | | 37 | Matteo Carrara | UniCredit - Bianchi Cycling Team | + 26'22 | | 38 | Iván Velasco | Euskaltel - Orbea | + 27'28 | | 39 | Andrea Masciarelli | Liquigas - Cannondale | + 28'41 | | 40 | Matthias Kessler | Astana Pro Team | + 28'48 | | 41 | Marcos GarcÃa | Lotto - Belisol | + 29'21 | | 42 | Florian Stalder | BMC - Swiss Cycling Technology | + 29'28 | | 43 | Alexandre Geniez | Project 1T4i - Shimano | + 29'32 | | 44 | Marcel Wyss | BMC - Swiss Cycling Technology | + 29'45 | | 45 | Ryan Eastman | Garmin - Barracuda | s.t. | | 46 | Francis De Greef | Lotto - Belisol | + 30'27 | | 47 | Wilco Kelderman | Vodafone Pro Cycling Team | + 32'01 | | 48 | David Moncoutié | Cofidis, le crédit en ligne | + 32'42 | | 49 | Andrey Kashechkin | Cofidis, le crédit en ligne | + 33'19 | | 50 | Filippo Savini | Lampre - San Marco | + 34'24 | | 51 | Bram Tankink | Vodafone Pro Cycling Team | + 36'52 | | 52 | Daniele Pietropolli | Lampre - San Marco | + 37'49 | | 53 | Maciej Paterski | Team Katusha | + 37'58 | | 54 | Juan José Oroz | Euskaltel - Orbea | + 38'05 | | 55 | Andrea Tonti | Liquigas - Cannondale | + 38'46 | | 56 | Jussi Veikkanen | The Bose Project | + 38'54 | | 57 | Michel Kreder | Garmin - Barracuda | + 39'12 | | 58 | Christian Vande Velde | Garmin - Barracuda | + 39'19 | | 59 | Tomasz Marczynski | Vacansoleil - DCM | + 39'55 | | 60 | Christian Knees | Team Sky Pro Cycling | + 40'15 | | 61 | Yukihiro Doi | Project 1T4i - Shimano | + 40'31 | | 62 | Riccardo Chiarini | Androni Giocattoli - Trecolli | + 41'02 | | 63 | Pablo Lastras | Euskaltel - Orbea | + 41'28 | | 64 | Alexsandr Dyachenko | Astana Pro Team | + 41'34 | | 65 | Alexander Efimkin | Team Katusha | + 41'53 | | 66 | Jure Kocjan | Astana Pro Team | + 42'21 | | 67 | José Iván Gutiérrez | Miche - Guerciotti | + 43'43 | | 68 | Thomas Dekker | Vodafone Pro Cycling Team | + 44'20 | | 69 | Markus Fothen | Team Radioshack - Nissan | + 45'16 | | 70 | Javier Moreno Bazan | Caisse d'Epargne | + 46'01 | | 71 | Trent Lowe | GreenEDGE Cycling Project | + 46'19 | | 72 | Lars Petter Nordhaug | The Bose Project | + 46'38 | | 73 | Americo Novembrini | Liquigas - Cannondale | + 47'32 | | 74 | Rafael Valls | Caisse d'Epargne | + 48'40 | | 75 | Francisco Ventoso | Caisse d'Epargne | + 49'45 | | 76 | Mauro Santambrogio | UniCredit - Bianchi Cycling Team | + 49'50 | | 77 | DÃdac Ortega | Caisse d'Epargne | + 49'59 | | 78 | Marco Marcato | UniCredit - Bianchi Cycling Team | + 50'21 | | 79 | Jesús Herrada | Caisse d'Epargne | + 51'04 | | 80 | Simon Clarke | GreenEDGE Cycling Project | + 51'10 | | 81 | Xavier Florencio | Euskaltel - Orbea | + 51'54 | | 82 | José Herrada | Caisse d'Epargne | + 51'59 | | 83 | Gustavo César Veloso | Euskaltel - Orbea | + 52'24 | | 84 | Rui Costa | Caisse d'Epargne | + 52'30 | | 85 | Andrea Moletta | BMC - Swiss Cycling Technology | + 52'51 | | 86 | Stefan Denifl | Vacansoleil - DCM | + 52'55 | | 87 | Johannes Fröhlinger | Project 1T4i - Shimano | s.t. | | 88 | Peter Stetina | Garmin - Barracuda | + 54'40 | | 89 | Mirko Selvaggi | Vacansoleil - DCM | + 55'09 | | 90 | Jérôme Pineau | OmegaPharma - Quickstep | + 55'59 | | 91 | Stuart O'Grady | GreenEDGE Cycling Project | + 56'18 | | 92 | Rigoberto Urán | Team Sky Pro Cycling | + 56'23 | | 93 | José JoaquÃn Rojas | Caisse d'Epargne | + 57'15 | | 94 | Steve Morabito | BMC - Swiss Cycling Technology | + 57'36 | | 95 | Greg Henderson | Lotto - Belisol | + 58'17 | | 96 | Enrico Zen | Miche - Guerciotti | + 58'25 | | 97 | Manuel Cardoso | Team Radioshack - Nissan | + 59'43 | | 98 | Davide Malacarne | UniCredit - Bianchi Cycling Team | + 1h00'01 | | 99 | Damien Monier | Cofidis, le crédit en ligne | + 1h00'07 | | 100 | Robert Wagner | Team Radioshack - Nissan | + 1h01'00 | | 101 | Wim Van Huffel | Lotto - Belisol | + 1h02'46 | | 102 | Roberto Ferrari | Androni Giocattoli - Trecolli | + 1h03'49 | | 103 | Petr Ignatenko | Team Katusha | + 1h04'45 | | 104 | Leonardo Bertagnolli | Lampre - San Marco | + 1h05'09 | | 105 | Ivan Santaromita | BMC - Swiss Cycling Technology | + 1h17'05 | | 106 | Michal Kwiatkowski | Miche - Guerciotti | + 1h20'27 | | 107 | Aleksandr Kuschynski | Team Katusha | + 1h28'32 | | 108 | Stephen Cummings | Team Sky Pro Cycling | s.t. | | 109 | Ramunas Navardauskas | The Bose Project | s.t. | | 110 | Alessandro Bertolini | Androni Giocattoli - Trecolli | + 1h28'40 | | 111 | Nuno Ribeiro | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | 112 | Cesar Grajales | Miche - Guerciotti | s.t. | | 113 | Sacha Modolo | Androni Giocattoli - Trecolli | s.t. | | 114 | Tyler Farrar | Team Radioshack - Nissan | s.t. | | 115 | Elia Viviani | Liquigas - Cannondale | + 1h28'52 | | 116 | Mauro Finetto | Miche - Guerciotti | s.t. | | 117 | Koldo Fernández | Garmin - Barracuda | s.t. | | 118 | Aleksejs Saramotins | The Bose Project | s.t. | | 119 | Giuseppe Palumbo | Farnese Vini - Selle Italia | s.t. | | 120 | Benoît Sinner | Garmin - Barracuda | s.t. | | 121 | Romain Zingle | Cofidis, le crédit en ligne | s.t. | | 122 | Pietro Caucchioli | Lampre - San Marco | s.t. | | 123 | Christian Moreni | Farnese Vini - Selle Italia | s.t. | | 124 | Cameron Meyer | GreenEDGE Cycling Project | s.t. | | 125 | Leonardo Duque | Cofidis, le crédit en ligne | s.t. | | 126 | Marco Frapporti | Lampre - San Marco | s.t. | | 127 | Frederik Willems | Lotto - Belisol | s.t. | | 128 | Mikhail Ignatiev | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | 129 | Fabio Felline | Androni Giocattoli - Trecolli | s.t. | | 130 | Borut Božic | Project 1T4i - Shimano | s.t. | | 131 | Volodymyr Zagorodny | Miche - Guerciotti | s.t. | | 132 | Raffaele Ferrara | OmegaPharma - Quickstep | s.t. | | 133 | Elia Favilli | Farnese Vini - Selle Italia | s.t. | | 134 | Tony Gallopin | Team Radioshack - Nissan | s.t. | | 135 | Taylor Phinney | Garmin - Barracuda | + 1h29'19 | | 136 | Mikhaylo Khalilov | Farnese Vini - Selle Italia | s.t. | | 137 | Francesco Bellotti | Lampre - San Marco | s.t. | | 138 | Nicolas Vogondy | Cofidis, le crédit en ligne | s.t. | | 139 | Ben Swift | Team Sky Pro Cycling | s.t. | | 140 | Davide Bonuccelli | Androni Giocattoli - Trecolli | s.t. | | 141 | Jack Bobridge | GreenEDGE Cycling Project | s.t. | | 142 | Simone Ponzi | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | 143 | Chad Beyer | BMC - Swiss Cycling Technology | + 1h29'33 | | 144 | Martijn Keizer | Vacansoleil - DCM | s.t. | | 145 | Laurent Lefèvre | Cofidis, le crédit en ligne | + 1h29'37 | | 146 | Vladimir Isaychev | Team Katusha | s.t. | | 147 | Allan Davis | GreenEDGE Cycling Project | s.t. | | 148 | Francesco Chicchi | OmegaPharma - Quickstep | s.t. | | 149 | Luca Paolini | Miche - Guerciotti | s.t. | | 150 | Gert Dockx | Lotto - Belisol | s.t. | | 151 | Ian Stannard | Team Sky Pro Cycling | s.t. | | 152 | Adam Hansen | Lotto - Belisol | s.t. | | 153 | Leigh Howard | GreenEDGE Cycling Project | s.t. | | 154 | Mickaël Buffaz | Cofidis, le crédit en ligne | s.t. | | 155 | Lloyd Mondory | Garmin - 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| 1 | Jurgen Van den Broeck | Project 1T4i - Shimano | 86h00'53 | | 2 | Damiano Cunego | Lampre - San Marco | + 18 | | 3 | Vincenzo Nibali | UniCredit - Bianchi Cycling Team | + 26 | | 4 | Kanstantsin Sivtsov | Team Sky Pro Cycling | + 4'43 | | 5 | Michele Scarponi | Liquigas - Cannondale | + 5'41 | | 6 | Marco Marzano | Androni Giocattoli - Trecolli | + 16'15 | | 7 | Igor Anton | Euskaltel - Orbea | + 18'10 | | 8 | Franco Pellizotti | Team Radioshack - Nissan | + 20'40 | | 9 | Fredrik Kessiakoff | The Bose Project | + 25'00 | | 10 | Ivan Basso | Liquigas - Cannondale | + 29'04 |
Spoiler | 11 | Carlos Alberto Betancur | Liquigas - Cannondale | + 30'15 | | 12 | Sergey Lagutin | Project 1T4i - Shimano | + 45'24 | | 13 | Sergio Henao | Team Sky Pro Cycling | + 48'11 | | 14 | José Rujano | Androni Giocattoli - Trecolli | + 51'24 | | 15 | Rob Ruijgh | Vacansoleil - DCM | + 52'40 | | 16 | Peter Velits | Vacansoleil - DCM | + 53'15 | | 17 | Egor Silin | Astana Pro Team | + 54'51 | | 18 | Valerio Agnoli | UniCredit - Bianchi Cycling Team | + 56'45 | | 19 | Stefano Pirazzi | UniCredit - Bianchi Cycling Team | + 57'48 | | 20 | Domenico Pozzovivo | UniCredit - Bianchi Cycling Team | + 1h00'06 | | 21 | Chris Anker Sörensen | Lotto - Belisol | + 1h00'48 | | 22 | Levi Leipheimer | OmegaPharma - Quickstep | + 1h02'21 | | 23 | Wouter Poels | Vacansoleil - DCM | + 1h06'25 | | 24 | Richie Porte | Team Sky Pro Cycling | + 1h06'44 | | 25 | Juan Manuel Gárate | Team Katusha | + 1h08'16 | | 26 | Alessandro De Marchi | Androni Giocattoli - Trecolli | + 1h09'42 | | 27 | Rubén Plaza | Euskaltel - Orbea | + 1h15'48 | | 28 | Kevin De Weert | OmegaPharma - Quickstep | + 1h17'59 | | 29 | Francesco Masciarelli | Liquigas - Cannondale | + 1h23'32 | | 30 | Tom Jelte Slagter | Vodafone Pro Cycling Team | + 1h24'31 | | 31 | Sylwester Szmyd | Team Katusha | + 1h32'46 | | 32 | Mikel Landa | Euskaltel - Orbea | + 1h39'47 | | 33 | Alexandre Geniez | Project 1T4i - Shimano | + 1h40'09 | | 34 | Sérgio Paulinho | Team Radioshack - Nissan | + 1h41'21 | | 35 | Janez Brajkovic | Astana Pro Team | + 1h45'59 | | 36 | Iván Velasco | Euskaltel - Orbea | + 1h55'16 | | 37 | Andrey Kashechkin | Cofidis, le crédit en ligne | + 1h59'25 | | 38 | Dario Cataldo | OmegaPharma - Quickstep | + 2h00'18 | | 39 | Andrea Masciarelli | Liquigas - Cannondale | + 2h00'33 | | 40 | Christian Vande Velde | Garmin - Barracuda | + 2h02'01 | | 41 | Filippo Savini | Lampre - San Marco | + 2h04'10 | | 42 | Matthias Kessler | Astana Pro Team | + 2h07'23 | | 43 | Rigoberto Urán | Team Sky Pro Cycling | + 2h08'46 | | 44 | Alexsandr Dyachenko | Astana Pro Team | + 2h16'38 | | 45 | Andrea Tonti | Liquigas - Cannondale | + 2h18'18 | | 46 | Riccardo Chiarini | Androni Giocattoli - Trecolli | + 2h19'22 | | 47 | David Moncoutié | Cofidis, le crédit en ligne | + 2h30'53 | | 48 | Rui Costa | Caisse d'Epargne | + 2h31'08 | | 49 | Maciej Paterski | Team Katusha | + 2h32'39 | | 50 | Javier Moreno Bazan | Caisse d'Epargne | + 2h33'08 | | 51 | Philip Deignan | Team Radioshack - Nissan | + 2h35'27 | | 52 | Jure Kocjan | Astana Pro Team | + 2h36'42 | | 53 | Jussi Veikkanen | The Bose Project | + 2h39'33 | | 54 | Mauro Santambrogio | UniCredit - Bianchi Cycling Team | + 2h40'27 | | 55 | Francisco Ventoso | Caisse d'Epargne | + 2h43'22 | | 56 | Pablo Lastras | Euskaltel - Orbea | + 2h44'53 | | 57 | Francis De Greef | Lotto - Belisol | + 2h46'03 | | 58 | Americo Novembrini | Liquigas - Cannondale | + 2h47'15 | | 59 | Marcos GarcÃa | Lotto - Belisol | + 2h50'25 | | 60 | Michel Kreder | Garmin - Barracuda | + 2h52'30 | | 61 | Bram Tankink | Vodafone Pro Cycling Team | + 2h52'56 | | 62 | Lars Petter Nordhaug | The Bose Project | + 2h54'28 | | 63 | Christian Knees | Team Sky Pro Cycling | + 2h56'56 | | 64 | Rafael Valls | Caisse d'Epargne | + 2h59'16 | | 65 | Matteo Carrara | UniCredit - Bianchi Cycling Team | + 3h00'53 | | 66 | Daniele Pietropolli | Lampre - San Marco | + 3h01'34 | | 67 | Marcel Wyss | BMC - Swiss Cycling Technology | + 3h04'03 | | 68 | Ryan Eastman | Garmin - Barracuda | + 3h09'27 | | 69 | Xavier Florencio | Euskaltel - Orbea | + 3h11'42 | | 70 | Davide Malacarne | UniCredit - Bianchi Cycling Team | + 3h11'53 | | 71 | Thomas Dekker | Vodafone Pro Cycling Team | + 3h17'07 | | 72 | Simon Clarke | GreenEDGE Cycling Project | + 3h17'08 | | 73 | Yukihiro Doi | Project 1T4i - Shimano | + 3h20'07 | | 74 | Johannes Fröhlinger | Project 1T4i - Shimano | + 3h22'10 | | 75 | Tomasz Marczynski | Vacansoleil - DCM | + 3h22'41 | | 76 | Juan José Oroz | Euskaltel - Orbea | + 3h26'26 | | 77 | Jesús Herrada | Caisse d'Epargne | + 3h28'28 | | 78 | Alexander Efimkin | Team Katusha | + 3h29'41 | | 79 | Florian Stalder | BMC - Swiss Cycling Technology | + 3h30'08 | | 80 | Wilco Kelderman | Vodafone Pro Cycling Team | + 3h32'01 | | 81 | Damien Monier | Cofidis, le crédit en ligne | + 3h44'23 | | 82 | José Herrada | Caisse d'Epargne | + 3h46'46 | | 83 | Petr Ignatenko | Team Katusha | + 3h47'12 | | 84 | Gustavo César Veloso | Euskaltel - Orbea | + 3h52'29 | | 85 | Trent Lowe | GreenEDGE Cycling Project | + 3h57'36 | | 86 | DÃdac Ortega | Caisse d'Epargne | + 4h05'15 | | 87 | Roberto Ferrari | Androni Giocattoli - Trecolli | + 4h06'35 | | 88 | Stuart O'Grady | GreenEDGE Cycling Project | + 4h07'14 | | 89 | Nuno Ribeiro | Astana Pro Team | + 4h10'29 | | 90 | Francesco Bellotti | Lampre - San Marco | + 4h11'36 | | 91 | Stefan Denifl | Vacansoleil - DCM | + 4h15'14 | | 92 | Markus Fothen | Team Radioshack - Nissan | + 4h15'35 | | 93 | José Iván Gutiérrez | Miche - Guerciotti | + 4h16'37 | | 94 | Enrico Zen | Miche - Guerciotti | + 4h19'02 | | 95 | Steve Morabito | BMC - Swiss Cycling Technology | + 4h21'34 | | 96 | Marco Marcato | UniCredit - Bianchi Cycling Team | + 4h22'19 | | 97 | Andrea Moletta | BMC - Swiss Cycling Technology | + 4h22'45 | | 98 | Mirko Selvaggi | Vacansoleil - DCM | + 4h23'45 | | 99 | Greg Henderson | Lotto - Belisol | + 4h28'24 | | 100 | Peter Stetina | Garmin - Barracuda | + 4h29'19 | | 101 | Jérôme Pineau | OmegaPharma - Quickstep | + 4h30'05 | | 102 | Romain Zingle | Cofidis, le crédit en ligne | + 4h34'18 | | 103 | Leonardo Bertagnolli | Lampre - San Marco | + 4h37'13 | | 104 | Wim Van Huffel | Lotto - Belisol | + 4h39'22 | | 105 | Mauro Finetto | Miche - Guerciotti | + 4h41'01 | | 106 | Michal Kwiatkowski | Miche - Guerciotti | + 4h42'49 | | 107 | Stephen Cummings | Team Sky Pro Cycling | + 4h49'02 | | 108 | Raffaele Ferrara | OmegaPharma - Quickstep | + 5h03'04 | | 109 | Giuseppe Palumbo | Farnese Vini - Selle Italia | + 5h08'18 | | 110 | Aleksejs Saramotins | The Bose Project | + 5h10'57 | | 111 | Pietro Caucchioli | Lampre - San Marco | + 5h16'05 | | 112 | José JoaquÃn Rojas | Caisse d'Epargne | + 5h16'08 | | 113 | Elia Favilli | Farnese Vini - Selle Italia | + 5h19'22 | | 114 | Allan Davis | GreenEDGE Cycling Project | + 5h23'18 | | 115 | Ramunas Navardauskas | The Bose Project | + 5h24'41 | | 116 | Alessandro Bertolini | Androni Giocattoli - Trecolli | + 5h30'23 | | 117 | Cesar Grajales | Miche - Guerciotti | + 5h37'49 | | 118 | Sacha Modolo | Androni Giocattoli - Trecolli | + 5h39'16 | | 119 | Koldo Fernández | Garmin - Barracuda | + 5h41'46 | | 120 | Ivan Santaromita | BMC - Swiss Cycling Technology | + 5h45'15 | | 121 | Tyler Farrar | Team Radioshack - Nissan | + 5h45'53 | | 122 | Luca Paolini | Miche - Guerciotti | + 5h51'23 | | 123 | Elia Viviani | Liquigas - Cannondale | + 5h51'52 | | 124 | Mikhaylo Khalilov | Farnese Vini - Selle Italia | + 5h55'14 | | 125 | Marco Frapporti | Lampre - San Marco | + 5h55'50 | | 126 | Robert Wagner | Team Radioshack - Nissan | + 6h02'35 | | 127 | Benoît Sinner | Garmin - Barracuda | + 6h03'11 | | 128 | Borut Božic | Project 1T4i - Shimano | + 6h07'08 | | 129 | Manuel Cardoso | Team Radioshack - Nissan | + 6h08'24 | | 130 | Laurent Lefèvre | Cofidis, le crédit en ligne | + 6h14'00 | | 131 | Ben Swift | Team Sky Pro Cycling | + 6h15'02 | | 132 | Davide Bonuccelli | Androni Giocattoli - Trecolli | + 6h18'12 | | 133 | Christian Moreni | Farnese Vini - Selle Italia | + 6h18'53 | | 134 | Aleksandr Kuschynski | Team Katusha | + 6h23'41 | | 135 | Simone Ponzi | Astana Pro Team | + 6h24'38 | | 136 | Jack Bobridge | GreenEDGE Cycling Project | + 6h30'16 | | 137 | Leigh Howard | GreenEDGE Cycling Project | + 6h31'44 | | 138 | Tony Gallopin | Team Radioshack - Nissan | + 6h31'52 | | 139 | Mikhail Ignatiev | Astana Pro Team | + 6h32'47 | | 140 | Fabio Felline | Androni Giocattoli - Trecolli | + 6h34'00 | | 141 | Taylor Phinney | Garmin - Barracuda | + 6h35'01 | | 142 | Lloyd Mondory | Garmin - Barracuda | + 6h38'25 | | 143 | Nicolas Vogondy | Cofidis, le crédit en ligne | + 6h39'45 | | 144 | Adam Hansen | Lotto - Belisol | + 6h40'38 | | 145 | Cameron Meyer | GreenEDGE Cycling Project | + 6h41'36 | | 146 | Ian Stannard | Team Sky Pro Cycling | + 6h42'00 | | 147 | Volodymyr Zagorodny | Miche - Guerciotti | + 6h45'14 | | 148 | Frederik Willems | Lotto - Belisol | + 6h49'44 | | 149 | Gert Dockx | Lotto - Belisol | + 6h50'06 | | 150 | Francesco Chicchi | OmegaPharma - Quickstep | + 6h50'14 | | 151 | Mickaël Buffaz | Cofidis, le crédit en ligne | + 6h59'26 | | 152 | Martijn Keizer | Vacansoleil - DCM | + 7h02'20 | | 153 | Leonardo Duque | Cofidis, le crédit en ligne | + 7h11'11 | | 154 | Chad Beyer | BMC - Swiss Cycling Technology | + 7h30'51 | | 155 | Vladimir Isaychev | Team Katusha | + 7h31'27 |
| 1 | Vincenzo Nibali | UniCredit - Bianchi Cycling Team | 223 | | 2 | Jurgen Van den Broeck | Project 1T4i - Shimano | 205 | | 3 | Damiano Cunego | Lampre - San Marco | 185 | | 4 | Michele Scarponi | Liquigas - Cannondale | 168 | | 5 | Kanstantsin Sivtsov | Team Sky Pro Cycling | 165 |
| 1 | Vincenzo Nibali | UniCredit - Bianchi Cycling Team | 92 | | 2 | Chris Anker Sörensen | Lotto - Belisol | 82 | | 3 | Damiano Cunego | Lampre - San Marco | 81 | | 4 | Jurgen Van den Broeck | Project 1T4i - Shimano | 80 | | 5 | Michele Scarponi | Liquigas - Cannondale | 61 |
| 1 | Carlos Alberto Betancur | Liquigas - Cannondale | 86h31'08 (1) | | 2 | Sergio Henao | Team Sky Pro Cycling | + 17'56 (2) | | 3 | Egor Silin | Astana Pro Team | + 24'36 (3) | | 4 | Stefano Pirazzi | UniCredit - Bianchi Cycling Team | + 27'33 (4) | | 5 | Wouter Poels | Vacansoleil - DCM | + 36'10 (5) |
| 1 | Liquigas - Cannondale | 258h15'31 (1) | | 2 | UniCredit - Bianchi Cycling Team | + 18'18 (2) | | 3 | Team Sky Pro Cycling | + 36'09 (3) | | 4 | Androni Giocattoli - Trecolli | + 43'17 (4) | | 5 | Project 1T4i - Shimano | + 1h07'50 (5) |
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| tyriion |
Posted on 31-03-2012 15:19
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Indeed epic this battle. 3 riders within 30 seconds! Can't wait for the next one. (well actually I can't wait for Flanders to start, but this is a nice filler)
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| Alakagom |
Posted on 31-03-2012 15:26
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Great report and very interesting and nail biting final. But with tomorrow downhill and with AI of PCM that can't handle downhills I think you have this in the bag. I was the only one btw that said you were going to win, I think I deserve some special prize 
Only joking
Looking forward to the last stage and banana celebration
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| dienblad |
Posted on 31-03-2012 16:00
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Great report, once again! VdB showed some real guts and fighting spirit!
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| valverde321 |
Posted on 31-03-2012 16:22
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Absolutely fantastic report! Must have taken forever to take all those screenshots! VDB atleast has the lead still, it would be a shame for him to lose it now!
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| hazzy |
Posted on 31-03-2012 16:57
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Cunego was really in a good day. God, what a show of power. But VdB will win Giro. I'm sure of that now. |
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| fcancellara |
Posted on 31-03-2012 17:09
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It's getting closer and closer...
And this is for sure (sorry for the others) the best Grand Tour report I've ever read on PCM Daily 
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| MitchNL |
Posted on 31-03-2012 18:13
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Wow, epic stage and great report! Damn close GC, a good thing you kept the lead. Very much luck to you for that last crucial one!
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| Miguel98 |
Posted on 31-03-2012 19:30
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OMG, Cunego blasted and now Vdb has to fight. C'mon dont give up now, it's only one mroe stage. |
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| johannes-w |
Posted on 31-03-2012 20:31
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well i can only repeat what the others said... you havent promised to much - what an amazing stage cunego really must have had a +10 day if vdb already had +5
but you kept the lead and knowing your skills i cant imagine you losing it on the last stage!!! |
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| baia |
Posted on 31-03-2012 20:45
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Incredible stage...Cunego almost did it.
VDB rode imo his best stage overall,just like Cunego...great report.
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| VladuuTs |
Posted on 31-03-2012 21:26
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i think the last one was really exicting good luck in the las stage! |
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| Pellizotti2 |
Posted on 01-04-2012 10:53
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Thanks guys! You'll see for yourselves how it went!
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