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Petronas - Monster Energy; The end of an era

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sutty68

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Posted on 31-12-2011 17:54

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3 in the top 10, so unlucky not to achieve the win though, Well Done Mate

alexanderlens

#1242

Posted on 31-12-2011 19:02

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dienblad wrote:
@ alexanderlens: Too show how strong Gilbert is, here is is palmares of 2012: 2 stage wins and GC in Tour Meditteranee, 2nd in Omloop Het Nieuwsblad, 3 stage wins and GC in Paris - Nice, 2nd in Milano - San Remo, 2nd in Ronde Van Vlaanderen, 1st in Amstel Gold Race, 1st in La Foeche Wallonne, 1st in Liege - Bastogne - Liege

That's all there is left to say!

OMG, he is eve better than in real live! PCM sucks in making their game real, but they overate Gilbert...

Edited by alexanderlens on 31-12-2011 19:03

Guess who's back?

Lets see how many friens are still around...

FuglsangxTH3

#1243

Posted on 31-12-2011 21:17

Domestique

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Nice results in 3 Races after each other

lluuiiggii

#1244

Posted on 31-12-2011 21:33

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alexanderlens wrote:

That's all there is left to say!

OMG, he is eve better than in real live! PCM sucks in making their game real, but they overate Gilbert...

He isn't better than irl in PCM. It's just that in PCM the riders don't need to preserve energy for their main races. A rider who would try to go for a podium in MSR would never go for 3 stage wins and GC in PN..

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alexanderlens

#1245

Posted on 31-12-2011 22:13

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lluuiiggii wrote:

alexanderlens wrote:

That's all there is left to say!

OMG, he is eve better than in real live! PCM sucks in making their game real, but they overate Gilbert...

Yeah, but in real live, Gilbert will not win de Ronde in 2012, even not if he could aim for it full!

Guess who's back?

Lets see how many friens are still around...

FuglsangxTH3

#1246

Posted on 01-01-2012 11:40

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Gilbert may dominated the Hills but I agrre with Alexander lens that he never win the Ronde our Paris-Roubaix

dienblad

#1247

Posted on 01-01-2012 12:45

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The day after Liege - Bastogne - Liege, we take part in Rund Um KÃ¶ln, a one day race in Germany near the historic city of KÃ¶ln. The route is hilly, and pretty tough. In PCM, the route of the GP Plouay is used.
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We have very good memories about this race, as last year we got a 1-2, with Pim Ligthart & Andy Schleck.
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Startlist

Spoiler

Monster Energy - Ford
1. R.Gesink
2. T.Dupont
3. M.Kittel
4. M.LefÃ¨vre
5. W.Poels
6. J.Posthuma
7. R.Ruijgh
8. P.Sagan

Saxo Bank
11. C.A.SÃ¸rensen
12. M.Boaro
13. L.S.Haedo
14. G.Larsson
15. B.Noval
16. S.Paulinho
17. A.Steensen
18. D.Tanner

Saur
21. S.Joly
22. B.Feillu
23. J.Hivert
24. G.Levarlet
25. R.Matheou
26. J.Simon
27. F.Stalder
28. Y.Talabardon

Qantas
31. D.Impey
32. B.Cooke
33. J.Dean
34. M.Docker
35. B.Lancaster
36. C.Meyer
37. W.Sulzberger
38. S.Tuft

Pisanellastoria
41. S.Schumacher
42. M.Biondo
43. L.Celli
44. C.Fumagalli
45. S.Kohut
46. G.Randazzo
47. D.Rebellin
48. C.la Porta

NSP
51. M.Fothen
52. S.Baldauf
53. T.Fothen
54. M.Kessler
55. M.Mortka
56. M.A.Richeze
57. B.Takacs
58. T.ThÃ¶mel

Vorarlberg
61. B.Samoilau
62. D.BrÃ¤ndle
63. S.Dillier
64. S.PÃ¶ll
65. H.Starzengruber
66. R.Weissinger

Concordia Forsikring
71. R.Guldhammer
72. N.Aistrup
73. N.Byrgesen
74. L.N.Hansen
75. K.Ista
76. M.Meyer

ThÃ¼ringer Energie
81. D.Klemme
82. M.Barth
83. T.Bontenackels
84. B.BÃ¼rgel
85. W.JÃ¶ckel
86. D.Pohl
87. K.Predatsch
88. J.Tolles

Rabobank CT
91. J.Bol
92. G.Boivin
93. M.Boskamp
94. J.Bovenhuis
95. J.Lootens
96. J.Pronk
97. T.Rabou
98. N.Van der Lijke

Euskaltel
101. M.GarcÃa
102. J.Aramendia
103. J.Azanza
104. P.Bilbao
105. J.Castroviejo
106. M.Landa
107. I.Mayoz
108. P.Urtasun

Eddy Merckx
111. D.MÃ¼ller
112. M.Belka
113. D.Finders
114. D.Kopp
115. M.Kurth
116. M.Van Ruitenbeek

Glud & Marstrand
121. L.BÃ¸chman
122. K.Jebjerg
123. T.V.Kvist
124. J.SÃ¸rensen
125. T.R.Vinther
126. N.Ã˜stergaard

Ã˜sterhus
131. M.Mahoric
132. R.Hegreberg
133. D.JarstÃ¸
134. C.Rake
135. A.Ricaart
136. C.Stevenson

TDC
141. M.MÃ¸rkÃ¸v
142. M.HÃ¸berg
143. C.Kreutzfeldt
144. S.Lander
145. J.J.Lobato
146. R.Sterebo

LKT
151. M.Koch
152. F.Dehmel
153. M.Fischer
154. M.Friedemann
155. C.Kux
156. T.Meier
157. F.Schiewer
158. L.Telschow

CCC Polsat
161. T.Kiendys
162. D.Batek
163. A.Honkisz
164. M.Komar
165. J.Mendes
166. A.Schulze
167. Pi.Sztobryn
168. M.Taciak

Nutrixxion
171. S.Fuchs
172. S.Forke
173. G.Janorschke
174. E.Mohs
175. S.Radochla
176. B.SchrÃ¶der

Atlas Personal
181. P.Kusztor
182. R.Addy
183. N.Baldo
184. G.Dessibourg
185. P.Lang
186. L.Pommier
187. F.Rinker
188. L.Tanner

Adria Mobil
191. U.Murn
192. K.Fajt
193. E.FranzoÃ¯
194. B.Furdi
195. P.Gorenc
196. M.Mihelic

NetApp
201. A.Gottfried
202. S.Cozza
203. D.Musiol
204. R.Retschke
205. D.Roels
206. M.RuÃŸ
207. D.Schorn
208. M.Schwarzmann

Bank BGZ
211. P.Cieslik
212. K.Jezowski
213. P.Kieblesz
214. R.Radosz
215. D.Rudnicki
216. J.Rebiewski

Joker
221. F.Wilmann
222. C.Jensen
223. A.Kristoff
224. M.Lohne
225. I.Stokstad
226. S.SÃ¶rtveit

Our team

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The favourites
*** Robert Gesink, Peter Sagan, Chris Anker Sorensen (Saxo Bank)
** SÃ©bastien Joly (Saur), Stefan Schumacher (Pisanellastoria), Jonathan Castroviejo (Euskaltel)
* Davide Rebellin (Pisanellastoria), Gustav Erik Larsson (Saxo Bank), Rob Ruijgh

Our goal
The win.

The race
We immediately jump to the last passage of the finish line, entering the last lap. There have been a few attacks earlier in the race, including a few attempts by Rob Ruijgh, who was to dangerous for the Saxo Bank and CCC-team to let go. The last serious attack was by Team Concordia's Rasmus Guldhammer, but also fruitless.
The route is very tough with a lot of short steep hills and also the weather is terrible, so the race is one big battlefield. Also because we decided to make it even harder by setting a high pace, a group of only 21 riders enters the last lap, including most of the favourites. 78 of the 164 riders that started the race, won't finish it!
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Then an attack on the second to last climb, 9 kilometres before the finish. Marcos GarcÃa (Euskaltel) is the initiator, and he gets followed by 4 others, namely SÃ©bastien Joly (Saur), Mateusz Komar (CCC), Stefan Schumacher (Pisanellastoria) and Chris Anker Sorensen (Saxo Bank). No riders from our team? Correct, we think that these 5 will blow themselves up, so we let Poels & Ruijgh set a high pace.
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But that's the wrong choice. The 5 create a gap of 30 seconds and even before the last climb starts, Robert Gesink has to do the pace himself, with Peter Sagan in his wheel. But they won't make it! Up front, Danish Chris Anker Sorensen has used to last climb to attack and has a gap of about 15 seconds entering the last kilometre.
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While Sorensen celebrates his first win of the season, Joly finishes in 2nd at '16 and Gesink & Sagan are able to pass the other members of the breakaway and finish in 3rd and 4th.
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Results

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1	Chris Anker SÃ¸rensen	Saxo Bank SunGard	6h21'30
2	SÃ©bastien Joly	Saur - Sojasun	+ 16
3	Robert Gesink	Monster Energy - Ford	+ 31
4	Peter Sagan	Monster Energy - Ford	s.t.
5	Marcos GarcÃa	Euskaltel - Euskadi	s.t.
6	Stefan Schumacher	Pisanellastoria - Guerciotti	s.t.
7	Mateusz Komar	CCC Polsat Polkowice	s.t.
8	Rob Ruijgh	Monster Energy - Ford	+ 1'12
9	Jonathan Hivert	Saur - Sojasun	s.t.
10	Marcel Kittel	Monster Energy - Ford	+ 1'32

Spoiler

11	Wout Poels	Monster Energy - Ford	+ 1'50
12	Jose Mendes	CCC Polsat Polkowice	+ 3'00
13	Guillaume Levarlet	Saur - Sojasun	s.t.
14	Gustav Erik Larsson	Saxo Bank SunGard	s.t.
15	Mateusz Taciak	CCC Polsat Polkowice	s.t.
16	Daryl Impey	Team Qantas	s.t.
17	Tomasz Kiendyś	CCC Polsat Polkowice	s.t.
18	Jetse Bol	Rabobank Continental Team	s.t.
19	Joost Posthuma	Monster Energy - Ford	s.t.
20	Brice Feillu	Saur - Sojasun	+ 4'49
21	SÃ©rgio Paulinho	Saxo Bank SunGard	s.t.
22	Davide Rebellin	Pisanellastoria - Guerciotti	+ 5'12
23	Javier Francisco Aramendia	Euskaltel - Euskadi	+ 5'28
24	Wesley Sulzberger	Team Qantas	+ 6'49
25	Matthias Kessler	Team NSP	+ 6'59
26	Rasmus Guldhammer	Team Concordia Forsikring â€“ Himmerland	s.t.
27	Lasse BÃ¸chman	Glud & Marstrand - LRÃ˜	s.t.
28	David Tanner	Saxo Bank SunGard	s.t.
29	Jonathan Castroviejo	Euskaltel - Euskadi	+ 8'29
30	Florian Stalder	Saur - Sojasun	s.t.
31	Mitja Mahoric	Team Ã˜sterhus - Ridley	+ 8'49
32	Dariusz Batek	CCC Polsat Polkowice	s.t.
33	Thomas Rabou	Rabobank Continental Team	s.t.
34	BenjamÃn Noval	Saxo Bank SunGard	+ 9'44
35	Manuele Boaro	Saxo Bank SunGard	s.t.
36	Iban Mayoz	Euskaltel - Euskadi	+ 10'46
37	Maurizio Biondo	Pisanellastoria - Guerciotti	s.t.
38	Julien Simon	Saur - Sojasun	s.t.
39	Pello Bilbao	Euskaltel - Euskadi	s.t.
40	Pablo Urtasun	Euskaltel - Euskadi	s.t.
41	Alexander Gottfried	Team NetApp	s.t.
42	Luca Celli	Pisanellastoria - Guerciotti	s.t.
43	Matthias RuÃŸ	Team NetApp	+ 11'40
44	Dominic Klemme	ThÃ¼ringer Energie Team	+ 11'52
45	Uros Murn	Adria Mobil	+ 12'03
46	Mitchell Docker	Team Qantas	+ 13'07
47	Niki Ã˜stergaard	Glud & Marstrand - LRÃ˜	+ 13'17
48	Markus Fothen	Team NSP	s.t.
49	Michael MÃ¸rkÃ¸v	TDC	s.t.
50	Yannick Talabardon	Saur - Sojasun	s.t.
51	Mathias Belka	Team Eddy Merckx - Indeland	s.t.
52	Julian Dean	Team Qantas	s.t.
53	Branislau Samoilau	Team Vorarlberg	s.t.
54	Jimmi SÃ¸rensen	Glud & Marstrand - LRÃ˜	s.t.
55	Cameron Meyer	Team Qantas	+ 14'17
56	Baden Cooke	Team Qantas	+ 14'59
57	BjÃ¶rn SchrÃ¶der	Nutrixxion Sparkasse	s.t.
58	Jorge Azanza	Euskaltel - Euskadi	+ 18'04
59	Lucas SebastiÃ¡n Haedo	Saxo Bank SunGard	s.t.
60	AndrÃ© Schulze	CCC Polsat Polkowice	s.t.
61	Piotr Sztobryn	CCC Polsat Polkowice	s.t.
62	Dirk MÃ¼ller	Team Eddy Merckx - Indeland	+ 20'51
63	Guillaume Boivin	Rabobank Continental Team	s.t.
64	Mikel Landa	Euskaltel - Euskadi	+ 21'35
65	Kristjan Fajt	Adria Mobil	+ 22'21
66	Guillaume Dessibourg	Atlas Personal	+ 22'33
67	Thomas Vedel Kvist	Glud & Marstrand - LRÃ˜	+ 23'16
68	Michel Koch	LKT Team Brandenburg	s.t.
69	RenÃ© Weissinger	Team Vorarlberg	s.t.
70	Sergej Fuchs	Nutrixxion Sparkasse	s.t.
71	Peter Kusztor	Atlas Personal	s.t.
72	Robert Radosz	Bank BGZ	s.t.
73	Svein Tuft	Team Qantas	s.t.
74	Jos Pronk	Rabobank Continental Team	s.t.
75	Troels Ronning Vinther	Glud & Marstrand - LRÃ˜	s.t.
76	Kevyn Ista	Team Concordia Forsikring â€“ Himmerland	+ 23'48
77	Jasper Bovenhuis	Rabobank Continental Team	+ 23'59
78	Erik Mohs	Nutrixxion Sparkasse	s.t.
79	Joachim Tolles	ThÃ¼ringer Energie Team	+ 24'13
80	Alexander Kristoff	Joker Merida	s.t.
81	Frederik Wilmann	Joker Merida	s.t.
82	Dominik BrÃ¤ndle	Team Vorarlberg	s.t.
83	Nick Van der Lijke	Rabobank Continental Team	s.t.
84	Lasse Norman Hansen	Team Concordia Forsikring â€“ Himmerland	s.t.
85	Daniel Schorn	Team NetApp	s.t.
86	Pawel Cieslik	Bank BGZ	s.t.

The winner
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Word from the DS
Although the team result is very good, with 4 riders in the top 10 and 6 in the top 20, we still feel disappointed. We were the strongest team, and Gesink the strongest rider, but we made a wrong decision....

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Alakagom

#1248

Posted on 01-01-2012 13:02

World Champion

Posts: 10452
Joined: 19-11-2010
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Very good results in the last few pages, well done. Especially enjoyed LBL, quite exciting race

Great team result in Koln, not a win but you will hopefully learn from the mistake you did and next time win such race. Team still doing brilliantly

Edited by Alakagom on 01-01-2012 13:02

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dienblad

#1249

Posted on 01-01-2012 13:21

Classics Specialist

Posts: 3709
Joined: 10-09-2010
PCM$: 200.00

Alakagom wrote:
Very good results in the last few pages, well done. Especially enjoyed LBL, quite exciting race

Great team result in Koln, not a win but you will hopefully learn from the mistake you did and next time win such race. Team still doing brilliantly

Thanks a lot, I'll do my best in making reports that the readers / followers can enjoy, so very happy that I (sometimes) succeed in it!

dienblad

#1250

Posted on 01-01-2012 13:40

Classics Specialist

Posts: 3709
Joined: 10-09-2010
PCM$: 200.00

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The Tour de Romandie is traditionally used as a final preparation for the Giro d'Italia. Nevertheless, the previous 66 editions had some very great winners, as Cadel Evans, Stephen Roche (record winner with 3 wins), Andreas KlÃ¶den, Roman Kreuziger and last year Robert Gesink, who was one single second faster than Edvald Boasson Hagen after the 6 stages.
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The route
The route is the same as in 2010.
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The race kicks of with a 4.3km flat prologue in the streets of Porrentruy.

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Then a very hilly stage from Porrentruy to Fleurier, including 3 categorized climbs.

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The 3rd stage with start and finish in Fribourg is the most flat one, and the only chance for the sprinters to win a stage.

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Stage 4 is the Individual Time Trial around Moudun. It is pretty hilly, with 300 height metres to be climbed in the first half of the stage.

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The 5th stage takes the riders after the start in Vevey to France. After two climbs in the second half of the stage, differences will occur in the GC when the riders finish in Chatel.

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The last stage is in Switzerland again, with start and finish in Sion. It's the most difficult stage, with 3 first categorized climbs and the last summit 20 kilometres before the finish.

Startlist

Spoiler

Saxo Bank
1. A.Contador
2. M.Boaro
3. J.A.JÃ¸rgensen
4. S.Paulinho
5. B.Pires
6. R.Porte
7. M.Rasmussen
8. J.Williams

Nissan Shack
11. V.Nibali
12. M.Irizar
13. G.Lequatre
14. M.Monfort
15. G.Nizzolo
16. I.Rovny
17. A.Talansky
18. H.Zubeldia

Monster Energy - Ford
21. A.Schleck
22. T.Bos
23. T.De Gendt
24. F.De Greef
25. M.De Maar
26. W.Kelderman
27. P.Ligthart
28. R.Zingle

BMC
31. M.Scarponi
32. C.Beyer
33. M.Elmiger
34. M.Frank
35. S.Morabito
36. J.Tschopp
37. D.Wyss
38. S.Zahner

Sky
41. B.Wiggins
42. K.Arvesen
43. S.Cummings
44. C.Knees
45. L.P.Nordhaug
46. K.Siutsou
47. I.Stannard
48. B.Swift

Lotto
51. J.Van den Broeck
52. B.De Clercq
53. K.Dehaes
54. A.Hansen
55. J.Kuyckx
56. M.Neyens
57. K.Van Impe
58. J.Veikkanen

Omega Pharma
61. T.Martin
62. T.Farrar
63. N.Maes
64. F.Rabon
65. P.Rolland
66. P.Velits
67. M.Velits
68. J.Vermote

Androni Giocattoli
71. J.Rujano
72. R.Chiarini
73. D.Cimolai
74. F.Ginanni
75. M.Lorenzetto
76. M.Montaguti
77. A.Novembrini
78. E.Zen

Lampre
81. S.Spilak
82. G.Bole
83. D.Hondo
84. V.Kondrut
85. D.Krivtsov
86. D.Loosli
87. A.Petacchi
88. E.Sella

Garmin
91. C.Vande Velde
92. S.Chavanel
93. Ã“.Freire
94. R.Kiserlovski
95. D.Lloyd
96. J.J.Rojas
97. M.Wilson
98. D.Zabriskie

Sony Ericsson
101. R.TaaramÃ¤e
102. C.Barton
103. S.Bewley
104. L.Duque
105. A.Greipel
106. K.Kriit
107. T.Rohregger
108. O.Zaugg

Movistar
111. R.Plaza
112. G.CÃ©sar Veloso
113. E.Gonzalo
114. J.Herrada
115. S.Pardilla
116. Ã“.Sevilla
117. J.M.Soler
118. F.J.Ventoso

Katusha
121. V.Karpets
122. G.Caruso
123. V.Efimkin
124. D.Galimzyanov
125. V.Isaychev
126. A.Kuschynski
127. L.Paolini
128. S.Vandenbergh

FDJ
131. S.Casar
132. N.Bouhanni
133. M.Delage
134. A.Geslin
135. F.Guesdon
136. Y.Hutarovich
137. M.Ladagnous
138. R.Pauriol

AG2R La Mondiale
141. J.Peraud
142. M.Bouet
143. J.BÃ©rard
144. M.ChÃ©rel
145. L.Mondory
146. R.Nocentini
147. M.Perget
148. F.Vachon

Euskaltel
151. G.Izagirre
152. J.Aramendia
153. J.Castroviejo
154. K.FernÃ¡ndez
155. M.GarcÃa
156. I.Isasi
157. J.J.Oroz
158. R.Sicard

Nespresso
161. F.Duarte
162. D.Blanco
163. G.Cheula
164. M.Corti
165. F.Felline
166. N.Gianetti
167. D.Kozontchuk
168. M.Wyss

Qantas
171. S.Gerrans
172. M.Albasini
173. S.Clarke
174. A.Davis
175. M.Docker
176. M.Goss
177. B.Lancaster
178. R.McEwen

Astana
181. T.Valjavec
182. A.Bazayev
183. M.Gourov
184. G.Henderson
185. V.Iglinskiy
186. T.Kangert
187. R.Kireyev
188. S.Renev

Rabobank
191. H.Haussler
192. L.Boom
193. S.Clement
194. M.Renshaw
195. B.Tankink
196. D.Van Winden
197. J.Vissers
198. M.Wynants

Vacansoleil
201. R.Pidgornyy
202. R.Feillu
203. G.Gardeyn
204. W.Mol
205. M.Mortensen
206. M.Pavarin
207. J.Van Leijen
208. F.Veuchelen

Farnese Vini
211. F.Failli
212. P.De Negri
213. R.De Patre
214. S.Marinangeli
215. L.PelÃ¡nek
216. M.Rabottini
217. D.Ricci Bitti
218. L.Zanasca

Our team

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The favourites
*** Alberto Contador (Saxo Bank), Tony Martin (Omega Pharma), Bradley Wiggins (Sky)
** Vincenzo Nibali (Nissan), Michele Scarponi (BMC), Andy Schleck
* Jurgen Van den Broeck (Lotto), JosÃ© Rujano (Androni), Rein TaaramÃ¤e (Sony Ericsson)

Our goals
- Off course the KOTM-jersey, to make it 6 out of 6 in WT stage races.
- A stage win.
- Top 5 in the GC.

fcancellara

#1251

Posted on 01-01-2012 14:23

Grand Tour Specialist

Posts: 4813
Joined: 18-08-2011
PCM$: 200.00

Good luck in Switzerland!

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dienblad

#1252

Posted on 01-01-2012 15:51

Classics Specialist

Posts: 3709
Joined: 10-09-2010
PCM$: 200.00

First stage, a flat 4.3km prologue in Porrentruy.
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Early starter David Zabriskie (Garmin) sets the best time, 5'27.
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Wilco Kelderman is 2 seconds slower than Zabriskie, and finds himself in 10th place when all the riders have finished. Best of our team!
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New best time! Rabobanks Lars Boom rides 5'24.
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But Boom can't enjoy being in the leaders seat too long, as his time his broken by Tony Martin: 5'20.
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Bradley Wiggins rides a great prologue but is in the end 2 seconds slower than Martin.
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What can Andy Schleck do? Well, he can be satisfied as he looses only 14 seconds to Martin.
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The last rider to start is Alberto Contador. He can't break the time of Martin, 3rd at '2.
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Results & GC
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1	Tony Martin	Omega Pharma - QuickÂ·Step	5'20
2	Bradley Wiggins	Sky ProCycling	+ 2
3	Alberto Contador	Saxo Bank SunGard	s.t.
4	Lars Boom	Rabobank Cycling Team	+ 4
5	Richie Porte	Saxo Bank SunGard	+ 5
6	Jonathan Castroviejo	Euskaltel - Euskadi	s.t.
7	Vincenzo Nibali	Nissan - Radio Shack - Trek	+ 6
8	David Zabriskie	Team Garmin - CervÃ©lo	+ 7
9	Markel Irizar	Nissan - Radio Shack - Trek	s.t.
10	Wilco Kelderman	Monster Energy - Ford	+ 8

Spoiler

11	Marc De Maar	Monster Energy - Ford	s.t.
12	JesÃºs Herrada	Movistar Team	s.t.
13	Frantisek Rabon	Omega Pharma - QuickÂ·Step	s.t.
14	Maxime Monfort	Nissan - Radio Shack - Trek	s.t.
15	Thomas De Gendt	Monster Energy - Ford	s.t.
16	Gustavo CÃ©sar Veloso	Movistar Team	s.t.
17	Sylvain Chavanel	Team Garmin - CervÃ©lo	+ 9
18	Jean-Christophe Peraud	AG2R La Mondiale	s.t.
19	Jurgen Van den Broeck	Lotto - Belisol	s.t.
20	Francis De Greef	Monster Energy - Ford	+ 10
21	Tyler Farrar	Omega Pharma - QuickÂ·Step	s.t.
22	Manuele Boaro	Saxo Bank SunGard	s.t.
23	Gorka Izagirre	Euskaltel - Euskadi	s.t.
24	RubÃ©n Plaza	Movistar Team	s.t.
25	Christian Vande Velde	Team Garmin - CervÃ©lo	s.t.
26	Kanstantsin Siutsou	Sky ProCycling	+ 11
27	Stef Clement	Rabobank Cycling Team	s.t.
28	Geoffroy Lequatre	Nissan - Radio Shack - Trek	s.t.
29	Theo Bos	Monster Energy - Ford	s.t.
30	Simon Gerrans	Team Qantas	s.t.
31	Sandy Casar	FDJ	s.t.
32	Simon Spilak	Lampre - Generali	s.t.
33	Matthieu Ladagnous	FDJ	+ 12
34	Rein TaaramÃ¤e	Sony Ericsson	s.t.
35	Sam Bewley	Sony Ericsson	s.t.
36	Brett Lancaster	Team Qantas	+ 13
37	Maxime Bouet	AG2R La Mondiale	s.t.
38	Heinrich Haussler	Rabobank Cycling Team	s.t.
39	Peter Velits	Omega Pharma - QuickÂ·Step	s.t.
40	Dennis Van Winden	Rabobank Cycling Team	+ 14
41	Adam Hansen	Lotto - Belisol	s.t.
42	Christian Knees	Sky ProCycling	s.t.
43	Stephen Cummings	Sky ProCycling	s.t.
44	David Blanco	Nespresso	s.t.
45	Chad Beyer	BMC Racing Team	s.t.
46	Andy Schleck	Monster Energy - Ford	s.t.
47	Matteo Montaguti	Androni Giocattoli	s.t.
48	Thomas Rohregger	Sony Ericsson	+ 15
49	Andrew Talansky	Nissan - Radio Shack - Trek	s.t.
50	JosÃ© JoaquÃn Rojas	Team Garmin - CervÃ©lo	s.t.
51	Martin Mortensen	Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
52	Sergio Pardilla	Movistar Team	s.t.
53	SÃ©rgio Paulinho	Saxo Bank SunGard	s.t.
54	Romain Feillu	Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
55	Javier Francisco Aramendia	Euskaltel - Euskadi	s.t.
56	Bart De Clercq	Lotto - Belisol	s.t.
57	Vladimir Karpets	Katusha Team	s.t.
58	JosÃ© Rujano	Androni Giocattoli	s.t.
59	Vladimir Efimkin	Katusha Team	s.t.
60	Maarten Neyens	Lotto - Belisol	s.t.
61	Ian Stannard	Sky ProCycling	+ 16
62	Pim Ligthart	Monster Energy - Ford	s.t.
63	Rinaldo Nocentini	AG2R La Mondiale	s.t.
64	Johann Tschopp	BMC Racing Team	s.t.
65	Fabio Felline	Nespresso	s.t.
66	AndrÃ© Greipel	Sony Ericsson	s.t.
67	Steve Morabito	BMC Racing Team	s.t.
68	Greg Henderson	Pro Team Astana	s.t.
69	Matthias Frank	BMC Racing Team	s.t.
70	Kenny Dehaes	Lotto - Belisol	s.t.
71	Ruslan Pidgornyy	Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
72	Michele Scarponi	BMC Racing Team	s.t.
73	Romain Sicard	Euskaltel - Euskadi	s.t.
74	Jussi Veikkanen	Lotto - Belisol	+ 17
75	Ã“scar Sevilla	Movistar Team	s.t.
76	Ivan Rovny	Nissan - Radio Shack - Trek	s.t.
77	Bram Tankink	Rabobank Cycling Team	s.t.
78	Mitchell Docker	Team Qantas	s.t.
79	MikaÃ«l ChÃ©rel	AG2R La Mondiale	s.t.
80	Leonardo Duque	Sony Ericsson	s.t.
81	Assan Bazayev	Pro Team Astana	s.t.
82	Michael Albasini	Team Qantas	s.t.
83	Riccardo Chiarini	Androni Giocattoli	s.t.
84	Kurt-Asle Arvesen	Sky ProCycling	s.t.
85	Francesco Failli	Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli	s.t.
86	Fabio Duarte	Nespresso	s.t.
87	Maarten Wynants	Rabobank Cycling Team	s.t.
88	Stijn Vandenbergh	Katusha Team	s.t.
89	Joost Van Leijen	Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team	+ 18
90	Juan JosÃ© Oroz	Euskaltel - Euskadi	s.t.
91	Lars Petter Nordhaug	Sky ProCycling	s.t.
92	Bruno Pires	Saxo Bank SunGard	s.t.
93	Mark Renshaw	Rabobank Cycling Team	s.t.
94	Anthony Geslin	FDJ	s.t.
95	Danilo Hondo	Lampre - Generali	s.t.
96	Chris Barton	Sony Ericsson	s.t.
97	Grega Bole	Lampre - Generali	s.t.
98	Oliver Zaugg	Sony Ericsson	+ 19
99	Simon Zahner	BMC Racing Team	s.t.
100	Alessandro Petacchi	Lampre - Generali	s.t.
101	Martin Velits	Omega Pharma - QuickÂ·Step	s.t.
102	Kevin Van Impe	Lotto - Belisol	s.t.
103	Martin Elmiger	BMC Racing Team	s.t.
104	Tadej Valjavec	Pro Team Astana	s.t.
105	Francisco JosÃ© Ventoso	Movistar Team	s.t.
106	Haimar Zubeldia	Nissan - Radio Shack - Trek	+ 20
107	Juan Mauricio Soler	Movistar Team	s.t.
108	Danilo Wyss	BMC Racing Team	s.t.
109	Tanel Kangert	Pro Team Astana	s.t.
110	Yauheni Hutarovich	FDJ	s.t.
111	Pierre Rolland	Omega Pharma - QuickÂ·Step	s.t.
112	Denis Galimzyanov	Katusha Team	s.t.
113	Vitali Kondrut	Lampre - Generali	s.t.
114	Simon Clarke	Team Qantas	s.t.
115	Julien Vermote	Omega Pharma - QuickÂ·Step	+ 21
116	Matteo Rabottini	Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli	s.t.
117	Matthew Goss	Team Qantas	s.t.
118	IÃ±aki Isasi	Euskaltel - Euskadi	s.t.
119	Valentin Iglinskiy	Pro Team Astana	s.t.
120	Marcos GarcÃa	Euskaltel - Euskadi	s.t.
121	Giacomo Nizzolo	Nissan - Radio Shack - Trek	s.t.
122	Gorik Gardeyn	Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
123	Maxim Gourov	Pro Team Astana	s.t.
124	Jonas Aaen JÃ¸rgensen	Saxo Bank SunGard	s.t.
125	Pierpaolo De Negri	Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli	s.t.
126	Eduardo Gonzalo	Movistar Team	s.t.
127	Frederik Veuchelen	Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
128	Justin Williams	Saxo Bank SunGard	+ 22
129	Roman Kireyev	Pro Team Astana	s.t.
130	Dimitri Krivtsov	Lampre - Generali	s.t.
131	Robbie McEwen	Team Qantas	s.t.
132	RÃ©mi Pauriol	FDJ	s.t.
133	Emanuele Sella	Lampre - Generali	+ 23
134	Ben Swift	Sky ProCycling	s.t.
135	Romain Zingle	Monster Energy - Ford	s.t.
136	Lloyd Mondory	AG2R La Mondiale	s.t.
137	Mirco Lorenzetto	Androni Giocattoli	s.t.
138	Wouter Mol	Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
139	Allan Davis	Team Qantas	s.t.
140	Robert Kiserlovski	Team Garmin - CervÃ©lo	s.t.
141	Julien BÃ©rard	AG2R La Mondiale	s.t.
142	Nikolas Maes	Omega Pharma - QuickÂ·Step	s.t.
143	Aleksandr Kuschynski	Katusha Team	+ 24
144	Jan Kuyckx	Lotto - Belisol	s.t.
145	Koldo FernÃ¡ndez	Euskaltel - Euskadi	s.t.
146	Enrico Zen	Androni Giocattoli	+ 25
147	Luca Paolini	Katusha Team	s.t.
148	Daniel Lloyd	Team Garmin - CervÃ©lo	s.t.
149	Davide Cimolai	Androni Giocattoli	s.t.
150	Nacer Bouhanni	FDJ	s.t.
151	Giampaolo Caruso	Katusha Team	s.t.
152	Luca Zanasca	Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli	s.t.
153	Job Vissers	Rabobank Cycling Team	+ 26
154	Matthew Wilson	Team Garmin - CervÃ©lo	s.t.
155	Americo Novembrini	Androni Giocattoli	s.t.
156	Marcello Pavarin	Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
157	Kalle Kriit	Sony Ericsson	s.t.
158	Vladimir Isaychev	Katusha Team	s.t.
159	Francesco Ginanni	Androni Giocattoli	s.t.
160	Giampaolo Cheula	Nespresso	s.t.
161	MickaÃ«l Delage	FDJ	s.t.
162	Mathieu Perget	AG2R La Mondiale	+ 27
163	Marco Corti	Nespresso	s.t.
164	Roberto De Patre	Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli	s.t.
165	Ã“scar Freire	Team Garmin - CervÃ©lo	s.t.
166	Marcel Wyss	Nespresso	s.t.
167	Davide Ricci Bitti	Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli	+ 28
168	Dimitry Kozontchuk	Nespresso	s.t.
169	Michael Rasmussen	Saxo Bank SunGard	s.t.
170	David Loosli	Lampre - Generali	+ 29
171	FrÃ©dÃ©ric Guesdon	FDJ	s.t.
172	Florian Vachon	AG2R La Mondiale	+ 30
173	Sergio Marinangeli	Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli	+ 31
174	Sergey Renev	Pro Team Astana	s.t.
175	LuboÅ¡ PelÃ¡nek	Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli	+ 32
176	Noe Gianetti	Nespresso	+ 34

Today's winner
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Word from the DS
Pretty goo dprologue for us, with 3 riders losing only 8 seconds and 4 in the top 20. Also Andy did well, minimizing his loss.

alexanderlens

#1253

Posted on 01-01-2012 17:22

Breakaway Specialist

Posts: 982
Joined: 08-07-2011
PCM$: 200.00

Another good ride for Kelderman. Good luck in Romandie!

Guess who's back?

Lets see how many friens are still around...

dienblad

#1254

Posted on 01-01-2012 18:34

Classics Specialist

Posts: 3709
Joined: 10-09-2010
PCM$: 200.00

The 2nd stage in the Tour de Romandie brings the riders from Porrentruy to Fleurier, over 175 difficult kilometres. The road goes up and down all the time.
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And as you know, one of our goals is to win the KOTM-jersey. We managed to win it in the previous 5 World Tour stage races, and want to continue that streak. So Francis De Greef is the chosen one to do it this time. He attacks early in the ascend of the first categorized climb, the Saulcy, and is the first at the summit. He continues his breakaway towards the 2nd categorized climb, the Les Pontins and also is the first one there. But because the peloton is pretty close all the time, he drops the pace and takes place in the peloton again. Mission accomplished, so far.
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After that, 3 riders attack out of the peloton: Francesco Failli (Farnese), Rinaldo Nocentini (AG2R) and Joost van Leijen (Vacansoleil). They create a maximum advantage of 2 minutes. In the ascend of the 3rd and last categorized climb of the day, the Mont de Buttes, Van Leijen gets dropped. Then in a small uphill part of the road, 24 kilometres before the finish in Fleurier, Simon Gerrans attacks (Qantas). At this moment, he is 1'02 behind the 2 leaders.
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2 kilometres later, also Alberto Contador attacks. Gerrans has joined the 2 leaders and Contador is '27 behind. Some other riders try to jump with Contador (Van den Broeck, Spilak, Nibali), but they fail in succeding. We have decided to set a high pace and try to catch the 4 leaders, as our sprinter Pim Ligthart is still in the first group of 36 riders and he has some energy left.
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Gerrans and Contador drop Failli and Nocentini in the next 15 kilometres, and with only 6 kilometres remaining (most of them downhill) they are '44 in front of the peloton.
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Despite our efforts, we don't catch the 2 and it turns out in a sprint-a-deux. Gerrans easily wins it and takes his first win of the season.
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The sprint for the 3 place is pretty exciting. Schleck was the first man in our train, De Gendt the 2nd and Ligthart the last one. Together with Anthony Geslin (FDJ), they cross the finish line. The jury decides to award the 3rd place to De Gendt, although we believe that Schleck (on the inside) was the first one. Anyway, the jury also gave this group the same time as the 2 leaders.
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Results

1	Simon Gerrans	Team Qantas	4h24'17
2	Alberto Contador	Saxo Bank SunGard	s.t.
3	Thomas De Gendt	Monster Energy - Ford	s.t.
4	Pim Ligthart	Monster Energy - Ford	s.t.
5	Anthony Geslin	FDJ	s.t.
6	Andy Schleck	Monster Energy - Ford	s.t.
7	Simon Spilak	Lampre - Generali	s.t.
8	Kanstantsin Siutsou	Sky ProCycling	s.t.
9	Ã“scar Sevilla	Movistar Team	s.t.
10	Pierre Rolland	Omega Pharma - QuickÂ·Step	s.t.

Spoiler

11	Thomas Rohregger	Sony Ericsson	s.t.
12	Michael Albasini	Team Qantas	s.t.
13	Vincenzo Nibali	Nissan - Radio Shack - Trek	s.t.
14	Tadej Valjavec	Pro Team Astana	s.t.
15	Bradley Wiggins	Sky ProCycling	s.t.
16	Leonardo Duque	Sony Ericsson	s.t.
17	Jurgen Van den Broeck	Lotto - Belisol	s.t.
18	Christian Vande Velde	Team Garmin - CervÃ©lo	s.t.
19	Matthieu Ladagnous	FDJ	s.t.
20	Romain Zingle	Monster Energy - Ford	s.t.
21	Tony Martin	Omega Pharma - QuickÂ·Step	s.t.
22	Oliver Zaugg	Sony Ericsson	s.t.
23	Francesco Failli	Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli	s.t.
24	Johann Tschopp	BMC Racing Team	s.t.
25	Marc De Maar	Monster Energy - Ford	s.t.
26	Francis De Greef	Monster Energy - Ford	s.t.
27	Gorka Izagirre	Euskaltel - Euskadi	s.t.
28	Wilco Kelderman	Monster Energy - Ford	s.t.
29	Richie Porte	Saxo Bank SunGard	s.t.
30	Sandy Casar	FDJ	s.t.
31	RubÃ©n Plaza	Movistar Team	s.t.
32	Michele Scarponi	BMC Racing Team	s.t.
33	Aleksandr Kuschynski	Katusha Team	s.t.
34	Eduardo Gonzalo	Movistar Team	s.t.
35	Maxime Monfort	Nissan - Radio Shack - Trek	s.t.
36	Emanuele Sella	Lampre - Generali	s.t.
37	Marcos GarcÃa	Euskaltel - Euskadi	s.t.
38	Juan JosÃ© Oroz	Euskaltel - Euskadi	s.t.
39	Rinaldo Nocentini	AG2R La Mondiale	s.t.
40	Juan Mauricio Soler	Movistar Team	s.t.
41	Jonas Aaen JÃ¸rgensen	Saxo Bank SunGard	+ 1'40
42	Fabio Duarte	Nespresso	s.t.
43	Vladimir Efimkin	Katusha Team	+ 2'33
44	Joost Van Leijen	Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
45	SÃ©rgio Paulinho	Saxo Bank SunGard	s.t.
46	Bram Tankink	Rabobank Cycling Team	s.t.
47	Peter Velits	Omega Pharma - QuickÂ·Step	s.t.
48	Jonathan Castroviejo	Euskaltel - Euskadi	s.t.
49	Romain Feillu	Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
50	JosÃ© JoaquÃn Rojas	Team Garmin - CervÃ©lo	s.t.
51	Grega Bole	Lampre - Generali	s.t.
52	Romain Sicard	Euskaltel - Euskadi	s.t.
53	Robert Kiserlovski	Team Garmin - CervÃ©lo	s.t.
54	Simon Clarke	Team Qantas	s.t.
55	Francesco Ginanni	Androni Giocattoli	s.t.
56	Lars Petter Nordhaug	Sky ProCycling	s.t.
57	Jan Kuyckx	Lotto - Belisol	s.t.
58	JosÃ© Rujano	Androni Giocattoli	s.t.
59	Mitchell Docker	Team Qantas	s.t.
60	Maxime Bouet	AG2R La Mondiale	s.t.
61	MikaÃ«l ChÃ©rel	AG2R La Mondiale	s.t.
62	Sylvain Chavanel	Team Garmin - CervÃ©lo	s.t.
63	Martin Elmiger	BMC Racing Team	s.t.
64	Gustavo CÃ©sar Veloso	Movistar Team	s.t.
65	Stephen Cummings	Sky ProCycling	s.t.
66	David Loosli	Lampre - Generali	s.t.
67	Sergio Pardilla	Movistar Team	s.t.
68	Bart De Clercq	Lotto - Belisol	s.t.
69	JesÃºs Herrada	Movistar Team	s.t.
70	Jean-Christophe Peraud	AG2R La Mondiale	s.t.
71	Giampaolo Caruso	Katusha Team	s.t.
72	Jussi Veikkanen	Lotto - Belisol	s.t.
73	Bruno Pires	Saxo Bank SunGard	s.t.
74	David Blanco	Nespresso	s.t.
75	Christian Knees	Sky ProCycling	s.t.
76	Matthias Frank	BMC Racing Team	s.t.
77	Michael Rasmussen	Saxo Bank SunGard	s.t.
78	Vladimir Karpets	Katusha Team	s.t.
79	Giampaolo Cheula	Nespresso	+ 4'25
80	Maxim Gourov	Pro Team Astana	+ 5'44
81	David Zabriskie	Team Garmin - CervÃ©lo	+ 6'07
82	Rein TaaramÃ¤e	Sony Ericsson	s.t.
83	Lloyd Mondory	AG2R La Mondiale	+ 6'47
84	Fabio Felline	Nespresso	s.t.
85	Mirco Lorenzetto	Androni Giocattoli	s.t.
86	Chris Barton	Sony Ericsson	s.t.
87	Assan Bazayev	Pro Team Astana	s.t.
88	Pierpaolo De Negri	Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli	s.t.
89	Lars Boom	Rabobank Cycling Team	s.t.
90	Marco Corti	Nespresso	s.t.
91	Heinrich Haussler	Rabobank Cycling Team	s.t.
92	Kurt-Asle Arvesen	Sky ProCycling	s.t.
93	Nikolas Maes	Omega Pharma - QuickÂ·Step	s.t.
94	IÃ±aki Isasi	Euskaltel - Euskadi	s.t.
95	Riccardo Chiarini	Androni Giocattoli	s.t.
96	Frantisek Rabon	Omega Pharma - QuickÂ·Step	s.t.
97	Javier Francisco Aramendia	Euskaltel - Euskadi	s.t.
98	Stijn Vandenbergh	Katusha Team	s.t.
99	Steve Morabito	BMC Racing Team	s.t.
100	Andrew Talansky	Nissan - Radio Shack - Trek	s.t.
101	Ruslan Pidgornyy	Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
102	Stef Clement	Rabobank Cycling Team	s.t.
103	Markel Irizar	Nissan - Radio Shack - Trek	+ 8'43
104	RÃ©mi Pauriol	FDJ	+ 16'36
105	Chad Beyer	BMC Racing Team	s.t.
106	Simon Zahner	BMC Racing Team	s.t.
107	Maarten Neyens	Lotto - Belisol	s.t.
108	Maarten Wynants	Rabobank Cycling Team	s.t.
109	Danilo Hondo	Lampre - Generali	s.t.
110	Tanel Kangert	Pro Team Astana	s.t.
111	Enrico Zen	Androni Giocattoli	s.t.
112	Dennis Van Winden	Rabobank Cycling Team	s.t.
113	Luca Zanasca	Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli	s.t.
114	Julien BÃ©rard	AG2R La Mondiale	s.t.
115	Adam Hansen	Lotto - Belisol	s.t.
116	Geoffroy Lequatre	Nissan - Radio Shack - Trek	s.t.
117	Americo Novembrini	Androni Giocattoli	s.t.
118	Frederik Veuchelen	Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
119	Haimar Zubeldia	Nissan - Radio Shack - Trek	s.t.
120	Ivan Rovny	Nissan - Radio Shack - Trek	s.t.
121	Theo Bos	Monster Energy - Ford	+ 22'46
122	Manuele Boaro	Saxo Bank SunGard	s.t.
123	Francisco JosÃ© Ventoso	Movistar Team	s.t.
124	Job Vissers	Rabobank Cycling Team	s.t.
125	Danilo Wyss	BMC Racing Team	s.t.
126	Ian Stannard	Sky ProCycling	s.t.
127	Matteo Rabottini	Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli	s.t.
128	Matthew Goss	Team Qantas	s.t.
129	Dimitry Kozontchuk	Nespresso	s.t.
130	Mathieu Perget	AG2R La Mondiale	s.t.
131	Davide Ricci Bitti	Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli	s.t.
132	AndrÃ© Greipel	Sony Ericsson	+ 25'29
133	Matteo Montaguti	Androni Giocattoli	s.t.
134	Allan Davis	Team Qantas	s.t.
135	Marcello Pavarin	Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
136	Valentin Iglinskiy	Pro Team Astana	s.t.
137	Koldo FernÃ¡ndez	Euskaltel - Euskadi	s.t.
138	Giacomo Nizzolo	Nissan - Radio Shack - Trek	s.t.
139	MickaÃ«l Delage	FDJ	s.t.
140	Florian Vachon	AG2R La Mondiale	s.t.
141	Martin Velits	Omega Pharma - QuickÂ·Step	s.t.
142	Daniel Lloyd	Team Garmin - CervÃ©lo	s.t.
143	Julien Vermote	Omega Pharma - QuickÂ·Step	s.t.
144	Kenny Dehaes	Lotto - Belisol	+ 29'09
145	Sam Bewley	Sony Ericsson	s.t.
146	Ben Swift	Sky ProCycling	s.t.
147	Tyler Farrar	Omega Pharma - QuickÂ·Step	s.t.
148	Kevin Van Impe	Lotto - Belisol	s.t.
149	Sergey Renev	Pro Team Astana	s.t.
150	Alessandro Petacchi	Lampre - Generali	+ 29'45
151	Luca Paolini	Katusha Team	s.t.
152	Denis Galimzyanov	Katusha Team	s.t.
153	Mark Renshaw	Rabobank Cycling Team	s.t.
154	Davide Cimolai	Androni Giocattoli	s.t.
155	Martin Mortensen	Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
156	Brett Lancaster	Team Qantas	s.t.
157	Roberto De Patre	Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli	s.t.
158	Roman Kireyev	Pro Team Astana	s.t.
159	Vitali Kondrut	Lampre - Generali	+ 35'38
160	Robbie McEwen	Team Qantas	s.t.
161	Greg Henderson	Pro Team Astana	s.t.
162	Kalle Kriit	Sony Ericsson	s.t.
163	Ã“scar Freire	Team Garmin - CervÃ©lo	+ 36'12
164	Justin Williams	Saxo Bank SunGard	s.t.
165	Matthew Wilson	Team Garmin - CervÃ©lo	s.t.
166	Sergio Marinangeli	Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli	s.t.
167	Wouter Mol	Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
168	Marcel Wyss	Nespresso	s.t.
169	FrÃ©dÃ©ric Guesdon	FDJ	s.t.
170	Gorik Gardeyn	Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
171	Noe Gianetti	Nespresso	s.t.
172	Nacer Bouhanni	FDJ	+ 40'05
173	Yauheni Hutarovich	FDJ	s.t.
174	Vladimir Isaychev	Katusha Team	s.t.
175	Dimitri Krivtsov	Lampre - Generali	s.t.

GC
Contador overtakes Martin in the GC, because of the bonus seconds. And we have 4 riders in the top 10!!

1	Alberto Contador	Saxo Bank SunGard	4h29'33
2	Tony Martin	Omega Pharma - QuickÂ·Step	s.t.
3	Simon Gerrans	Team Qantas	+ 5
4	Bradley Wiggins	Sky ProCycling	+ 6
5	Thomas De Gendt	Monster Energy - Ford	+ 8
6	Francis De Greef	Monster Energy - Ford	s.t.
7	Richie Porte	Saxo Bank SunGard	+ 9
8	Vincenzo Nibali	Nissan - Radio Shack - Trek	+ 10
9	Marc De Maar	Monster Energy - Ford	+ 12
10	Wilco Kelderman	Monster Energy - Ford	s.t.
...
21	Andy Schleck	Monster Energy - Ford	+ 18

Points

1	Alberto Contador	Saxo Bank SunGard	20	30
2	Simon Gerrans	Team Qantas	25	25
3	Tony Martin	Omega Pharma - QuickÂ·Step	3	18
4	Thomas De Gendt	Monster Energy - Ford	16	16
5	Bradley Wiggins	Sky ProCycling	1	13

KOTM

1	Francis De Greef	Monster Energy - Ford	26
2	Rinaldo Nocentini	AG2R La Mondiale	10
3	Gustavo CÃ©sar Veloso	Movistar Team	8
4	Sylvain Chavanel	Team Garmin - CervÃ©lo	8
5	Francesco Failli	Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli	8

Today's winner
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Word from the DS
Too bad we couldn't catch Gerrans and Contador, but again we are very happy with the team perfromance! But I've got the feeling that at least Contador will attack in every single stage....

alexanderlens

#1255

Posted on 01-01-2012 19:17

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Good day for you. Contador looks very strong. Good luck!

Guess who's back?

Lets see how many friens are still around...

sutty68

#1256

Posted on 02-01-2012 14:00

Tour de France Champion

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Looks like Romandie is going to be a good race for Monster Energy

dienblad

#1257

Posted on 02-01-2012 14:19

Classics Specialist

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The 3rd stage in the Tour de Romandie is the most flat one. Nevertheless about 2500 height metres are waiting for the riders in the 170 kilometres with start and finish in Fribourg.
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We see an early breakaway of 15 riders. Most famous names are Heinrich Haussler (Rabobank), Lloyd Mondory (AG2R) and Mirco Lorenzetto (Androni). But the group is too big and the peloton catches them again.
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But some of the members of this breakaway try again, and this time with succes. A total group of 10 riders forms the BOTD: Giampaolo Cheula (Nespresso), Pierpaolo De Negri (Farnese Vini), Martin Elmiger (BMC), Maxim Gourov (Astana), Heinrich Haussler (Rabobank), Jan Kuyckx (Lotto), Joost van Leijen (Vacansoleil), Mirco Lorenzetto (Androni), Nikolas Maes (Omega Pharma) and Lloyd Mondory (AG2R).
Van Leijen is the first at the summit of the first ascend of the La Lorette, followed by Gourov and Cheula. 70 kilometres before the finish, their lead to the peloton is 6'23.
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Then the GC-leader himself is talking in the front of the peloton: "come on guys, we'll never catch them! If you wanna win today, come help us!" Because with 48 kilometres remaining, the peloton is still 5'58 behind. So isn't it already too late?
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The leading group has started the 2nd ascend of La Lorette and this time Gourov takes the most points, followed by Van Leijen and Lorenzetto. They have to defend a lead of 4'56 in the next 35 kilometres.
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In the next hilly part, before the final descend to Fribourg, the cooperation in the peloton halters, so the 10 can maintain a nice lead. 10km to go and they are 3'18 in front of the peloton. Best placed rider in the GC is Joost van Leijen at 2'53, so he is still riding in virtual yellow!
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8 kilometres before the finish, Thomas De Gendt uses a small uphill part before the final descend to attack. Maybe he can surprise the Saxo Bank team and sneak away with some seconds?
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There are no attacks out of the leading group, so the 10 man sprint for the win. Elmiger starts the sprint from way too far, and gets easily overtaken by the others. Heinrich Haussler takes his first win for his new team,, making up for a disastrous classics-season (16th in Milano - San Remo, 21st in Ronde van Vlaanderen). Mondory gets 2nd, Lorenzetto 3rd. Now Van Leijen is getting nervous and is looking at the clock...
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De Gendt is catched in the last 2 kilometres, so his energy has been wasted. Leonardo Duque wins the sprint at 2'31, so Contador stays in yellow. Best of our team is Pim Ligthart in 17th position.
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Results

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1	Heinrich Haussler	Rabobank Cycling Team	4h12'12
2	Lloyd Mondory	AG2R La Mondiale	s.t.
3	Mirco Lorenzetto	Androni Giocattoli	s.t.
4	Nikolas Maes	Omega Pharma - QuickÂ·Step	s.t.
5	Maxim Gourov	Pro Team Astana	s.t.
6	Pierpaolo De Negri	Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli	s.t.
7	Giampaolo Cheula	Nespresso	s.t.
8	Jan Kuyckx	Lotto - Belisol	s.t.
9	Joost Van Leijen	Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
10	Martin Elmiger	BMC Racing Team	s.t.

Spoiler

11	Eduardo Gonzalo	Movistar Team	+ 2'31
12	Leonardo Duque	Sony Ericsson	s.t.
13	Simon Spilak	Lampre - Generali	s.t.
14	Anthony Geslin	FDJ	s.t.
15	Francesco Failli	Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli	s.t.
16	Romain Feillu	Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
17	Pim Ligthart	Monster Energy - Ford	s.t.
18	Aleksandr Kuschynski	Katusha Team	s.t.
19	JosÃ© JoaquÃn Rojas	Team Garmin - CervÃ©lo	s.t.
20	Marco Corti	Nespresso	s.t.
21	Jonas Aaen JÃ¸rgensen	Saxo Bank SunGard	s.t.
22	Richie Porte	Saxo Bank SunGard	s.t.
23	Bart De Clercq	Lotto - Belisol	s.t.
24	Theo Bos	Monster Energy - Ford	s.t.
25	Maxime Monfort	Nissan - Radio Shack - Trek	s.t.
26	Michael Rasmussen	Saxo Bank SunGard	s.t.
27	Gorka Izagirre	Euskaltel - Euskadi	s.t.
28	Alberto Contador	Saxo Bank SunGard	s.t.
29	Michael Albasini	Team Qantas	s.t.
30	Wilco Kelderman	Monster Energy - Ford	s.t.
31	Thomas De Gendt	Monster Energy - Ford	s.t.
32	Andy Schleck	Monster Energy - Ford	s.t.
33	Matthias Frank	BMC Racing Team	s.t.
34	Vincenzo Nibali	Nissan - Radio Shack - Trek	s.t.
35	Francesco Ginanni	Androni Giocattoli	s.t.
36	SÃ©rgio Paulinho	Saxo Bank SunGard	s.t.
37	Simon Gerrans	Team Qantas	s.t.
38	Bruno Pires	Saxo Bank SunGard	s.t.
39	Manuele Boaro	Saxo Bank SunGard	s.t.
40	Michele Scarponi	BMC Racing Team	s.t.
41	Rinaldo Nocentini	AG2R La Mondiale	s.t.
42	Johann Tschopp	BMC Racing Team	s.t.
43	Maxime Bouet	AG2R La Mondiale	s.t.
44	Bram Tankink	Rabobank Cycling Team	s.t.
45	Jurgen Van den Broeck	Lotto - Belisol	s.t.
46	JosÃ© Rujano	Androni Giocattoli	s.t.
47	Danilo Hondo	Lampre - Generali	s.t.
48	Grega Bole	Lampre - Generali	s.t.
49	Lars Boom	Rabobank Cycling Team	s.t.
50	Ruslan Pidgornyy	Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
51	Vladimir Efimkin	Katusha Team	s.t.
52	David Loosli	Lampre - Generali	s.t.
53	Stef Clement	Rabobank Cycling Team	s.t.
54	Romain Zingle	Monster Energy - Ford	s.t.
55	Emanuele Sella	Lampre - Generali	s.t.
56	Juan JosÃ© Oroz	Euskaltel - Euskadi	s.t.
57	Marcos GarcÃa	Euskaltel - Euskadi	s.t.
58	Marc De Maar	Monster Energy - Ford	s.t.
59	Romain Sicard	Euskaltel - Euskadi	s.t.
60	Jonathan Castroviejo	Euskaltel - Euskadi	s.t.
61	Francis De Greef	Monster Energy - Ford	s.t.
62	Matthieu Ladagnous	FDJ	s.t.
63	Javier Francisco Aramendia	Euskaltel - Euskadi	s.t.
64	Sylvain Chavanel	Team Garmin - CervÃ©lo	s.t.
65	Juan Mauricio Soler	Movistar Team	s.t.
66	Kanstantsin Siutsou	Sky ProCycling	s.t.
67	Alessandro Petacchi	Lampre - Generali	s.t.
68	RubÃ©n Plaza	Movistar Team	s.t.
69	Bradley Wiggins	Sky ProCycling	s.t.
70	Koldo FernÃ¡ndez	Euskaltel - Euskadi	s.t.
71	Thomas Rohregger	Sony Ericsson	s.t.
72	Oliver Zaugg	Sony Ericsson	s.t.
73	Tony Martin	Omega Pharma - QuickÂ·Step	s.t.
74	Matteo Rabottini	Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli	s.t.
75	Fabio Duarte	Nespresso	s.t.
76	Tanel Kangert	Pro Team Astana	s.t.
77	Tadej Valjavec	Pro Team Astana	s.t.
78	IÃ±aki Isasi	Euskaltel - Euskadi	s.t.
79	Sandy Casar	FDJ	s.t.
80	Christian Vande Velde	Team Garmin - CervÃ©lo	s.t.
81	Sergio Pardilla	Movistar Team	+ 5'55
82	Chris Barton	Sony Ericsson	s.t.
83	Gustavo CÃ©sar Veloso	Movistar Team	s.t.
84	Francisco JosÃ© Ventoso	Movistar Team	s.t.
85	Matthew Goss	Team Qantas	s.t.
86	Mark Renshaw	Rabobank Cycling Team	s.t.
87	Fabio Felline	Nespresso	s.t.
88	JesÃºs Herrada	Movistar Team	s.t.
89	Stijn Vandenbergh	Katusha Team	s.t.
90	Dennis Van Winden	Rabobank Cycling Team	s.t.
91	Assan Bazayev	Pro Team Astana	s.t.
92	Maarten Neyens	Lotto - Belisol	s.t.
93	Americo Novembrini	Androni Giocattoli	s.t.
94	Frederik Veuchelen	Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
95	Riccardo Chiarini	Androni Giocattoli	s.t.
96	Steve Morabito	BMC Racing Team	s.t.
97	AndrÃ© Greipel	Sony Ericsson	s.t.
98	MikaÃ«l ChÃ©rel	AG2R La Mondiale	s.t.
99	Mitchell Docker	Team Qantas	s.t.
100	Danilo Wyss	BMC Racing Team	s.t.
101	Simon Clarke	Team Qantas	s.t.
102	Ã“scar Sevilla	Movistar Team	s.t.
103	Lars Petter Nordhaug	Sky ProCycling	s.t.
104	Geoffroy Lequatre	Nissan - Radio Shack - Trek	s.t.
105	Pierre Rolland	Omega Pharma - QuickÂ·Step	s.t.
106	Peter Velits	Omega Pharma - QuickÂ·Step	s.t.
107	Chad Beyer	BMC Racing Team	s.t.
108	Matteo Montaguti	Androni Giocattoli	s.t.
109	Ian Stannard	Sky ProCycling	s.t.
110	Marcello Pavarin	Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
111	Christian Knees	Sky ProCycling	s.t.
112	David Zabriskie	Team Garmin - CervÃ©lo	s.t.
113	Jean-Christophe Peraud	AG2R La Mondiale	s.t.
114	Stephen Cummings	Sky ProCycling	s.t.
115	Kurt-Asle Arvesen	Sky ProCycling	s.t.
116	Jussi Veikkanen	Lotto - Belisol	s.t.
117	Mathieu Perget	AG2R La Mondiale	s.t.
118	RÃ©mi Pauriol	FDJ	s.t.
119	Andrew Talansky	Nissan - Radio Shack - Trek	s.t.
120	Vladimir Karpets	Katusha Team	s.t.
121	Giampaolo Caruso	Katusha Team	s.t.
122	Robert Kiserlovski	Team Garmin - CervÃ©lo	s.t.
123	Simon Zahner	BMC Racing Team	s.t.
124	Enrico Zen	Androni Giocattoli	s.t.
125	Ivan Rovny	Nissan - Radio Shack - Trek	s.t.
126	Haimar Zubeldia	Nissan - Radio Shack - Trek	s.t.
127	Martin Mortensen	Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team	+ 8'26
128	Kenny Dehaes	Lotto - Belisol	s.t.
129	Giacomo Nizzolo	Nissan - Radio Shack - Trek	s.t.
130	Julien Vermote	Omega Pharma - QuickÂ·Step	s.t.
131	MickaÃ«l Delage	FDJ	s.t.
132	Tyler Farrar	Omega Pharma - QuickÂ·Step	+ 9'17
133	Dimitry Kozontchuk	Nespresso	s.t.
134	Markel Irizar	Nissan - Radio Shack - Trek	s.t.
135	Gorik Gardeyn	Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
136	Adam Hansen	Lotto - Belisol	s.t.
137	Luca Zanasca	Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli	s.t.
138	Davide Ricci Bitti	Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli	s.t.
139	Justin Williams	Saxo Bank SunGard	+ 10'49
140	Vitali Kondrut	Lampre - Generali	s.t.
141	Denis Galimzyanov	Katusha Team	+ 12'11
142	Ben Swift	Sky ProCycling	s.t.
143	Kevin Van Impe	Lotto - Belisol	s.t.
144	Valentin Iglinskiy	Pro Team Astana	s.t.
145	Sergio Marinangeli	Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli	s.t.
146	Florian Vachon	AG2R La Mondiale	s.t.
147	Maarten Wynants	Rabobank Cycling Team	s.t.
148	Allan Davis	Team Qantas	s.t.
149	Job Vissers	Rabobank Cycling Team	s.t.
150	Julien BÃ©rard	AG2R La Mondiale	s.t.
151	Daniel Lloyd	Team Garmin - CervÃ©lo	s.t.
152	FrÃ©dÃ©ric Guesdon	FDJ	s.t.
153	Robbie McEwen	Team Qantas	s.t.
154	Martin Velits	Omega Pharma - QuickÂ·Step	s.t.
155	Greg Henderson	Pro Team Astana	s.t.
156	Frantisek Rabon	Omega Pharma - QuickÂ·Step	s.t.
157	Sam Bewley	Sony Ericsson	s.t.
158	Roberto De Patre	Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli	s.t.
159	Rein TaaramÃ¤e	Sony Ericsson	s.t.
160	Brett Lancaster	Team Qantas	s.t.
161	Roman Kireyev	Pro Team Astana	s.t.
162	Marcel Wyss	Nespresso	s.t.
163	Kalle Kriit	Sony Ericsson	s.t.
164	Luca Paolini	Katusha Team	s.t.
165	Wouter Mol	Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
166	David Blanco	Nespresso	s.t.
167	Sergey Renev	Pro Team Astana	s.t.
168	Yauheni Hutarovich	FDJ	+ 13'42
169	Vladimir Isaychev	Katusha Team	s.t.
170	Dimitri Krivtsov	Lampre - Generali	+ 18'43
171	Davide Cimolai	Androni Giocattoli	s.t.
172	Noe Gianetti	Nespresso	s.t.
173	Nacer Bouhanni	FDJ	+ 19'33
174	Ã“scar Freire	Team Garmin - CervÃ©lo	s.t.
175	Matthew Wilson	Team Garmin - CervÃ©lo	s.t.

GC
No changes.

1	Alberto Contador	Saxo Bank SunGard	8h44'16
2	Tony Martin	Omega Pharma - QuickÂ·Step	s.t.
3	Simon Gerrans	Team Qantas	+ 5
4	Bradley Wiggins	Sky ProCycling	+ 6
5	Thomas De Gendt	Monster Energy - Ford	+ 8
6	Francis De Greef	Monster Energy - Ford	s.t.
7	Richie Porte	Saxo Bank SunGard	+ 9
8	Vincenzo Nibali	Nissan - Radio Shack - Trek	+ 10
9	Wilco Kelderman	Monster Energy - Ford	+ 12
10	Maxime Monfort	Nissan - Radio Shack - Trek	s.t.

Points

1	Heinrich Haussler	Rabobank Cycling Team	31	31
2	Alberto Contador	Saxo Bank SunGard	0	30
3	Simon Gerrans	Team Qantas	0	25
4	Lloyd Mondory	AG2R La Mondiale	20	20
5	Tony Martin	Omega Pharma - QuickÂ·Step	0	18

KOTM

1	Francis De Greef	Monster Energy - Ford	0	26
2	Joost Van Leijen	Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team	20	24
3	Maxim Gourov	Pro Team Astana	20	20
4	Rinaldo Nocentini	AG2R La Mondiale	0	10
5	Giampaolo Cheula	Nespresso	10	10

Today's winner
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Word from the DS
Not much to say about the stage. No time loss, no wasted energy (only De Gendt a little bit), still the KOTM-jersey.

sutty68

#1258

Posted on 02-01-2012 14:22

Tour de France Champion

Posts: 33999
Joined: 22-08-2010
PCM$: 200.00

Unlucky for De Gendt

alexanderlens

#1259

Posted on 02-01-2012 14:26

Breakaway Specialist

Posts: 982
Joined: 08-07-2011
PCM$: 200.00

sutty68 wrote:
Unlucky for De Gendt

Guess who's back?

Lets see how many friens are still around...

dienblad

#1260

Posted on 02-01-2012 18:46

Classics Specialist

Posts: 3709
Joined: 10-09-2010
PCM$: 200.00

Today can be a decisive day for some of the GC-contenders. When they want to stay close to GC-leader Alberto Contador, they have to ride one hell of a ITT. The 23.5 kilometres around Moudon are difficult. Immediately after the start, the road starts to arise up to 12%, as 300 height metres have to be made.
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David Zabriskie (Garmin) is the first one to set a great time: 33'24. Don't know if it will bring him the win, but he should get close!
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This is probably the most difficult stage for Andy Schleck, as he has to try to minimize his loss. He does it with a fast start in the uphill section. Well, it's not good, not bad, pretty mediocre: 28th in total, 1'21 behind today's winner.
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Vincenzo Nibali is the GC's number 6 and in preparation for the Giro d'Italia. He rides a very good ITT, only '8 behind Zabriskie.
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Thomas De Gendt started the ITT as the GC's number 5, but will drop 3 places after it. He sets the 16th time, 1'00 behind today's winner, and is the best from our team.
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Next one is Bradley Wiggins and he rides a pretty disappointing race. "Only" 9th at '46.
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Simon Gerrans is the worst time trailist of the top 5, and he tries to make up for it, by riding a fast first part (with the ascend in it), but falls back a lot in the 2nd half: 23rd at 1'12.
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The last 2 riders, Tony Martin and Alberto Contador, have started and already crossed the line of the split time:
St. Clerges, 9.6km:

1. Alberto Contador 15'35

2. David Zabriskie + 9

3. Tony Martin + 13

4. Vincenzo Nibali +13

5. Simon Gerrans + 24

7. Andy Schleck + 26

So Tony Martin knows he has to make up time in the 2nd part. He's 4 seconds behind current leader Zabriskie at the first split, and isn't able in gaining time. 2nd so far, at '4.
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Than the last rider on the road, Alberto Contador. Although El Pistolero looses a few seconds in the 2nd half, his margin was big enough to win the ITT and to stay in the leaders jersey.
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Results
As you can see, Contador is showing the team's new jersey!
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1	Alberto Contador	Saxo Bank SunGard	33'17
2	David Zabriskie	Team Garmin - CervÃ©lo	+ 7
3	Tony Martin	Omega Pharma - QuickÂ·Step	+ 11
4	Vincenzo Nibali	Nissan - Radio Shack - Trek	+ 15
5	Richie Porte	Saxo Bank SunGard	+ 34
6	Sylvain Chavanel	Team Garmin - CervÃ©lo	+ 39
7	Simon Spilak	Lampre - Generali	+ 44
8	Lars Boom	Rabobank Cycling Team	+ 46
9	Bradley Wiggins	Sky ProCycling	s.t.
10	Kanstantsin Siutsou	Sky ProCycling	+ 48

Spoiler

11	Gustavo CÃ©sar Veloso	Movistar Team	+ 50
12	Stef Clement	Rabobank Cycling Team	+ 51
13	Christian Vande Velde	Team Garmin - CervÃ©lo	+ 54
14	Maxime Monfort	Nissan - Radio Shack - Trek	+ 58
15	Peter Velits	Omega Pharma - QuickÂ·Step	+ 59
16	Thomas De Gendt	Monster Energy - Ford	+ 1'00
17	Michele Scarponi	BMC Racing Team	+ 1'02
18	Jurgen Van den Broeck	Lotto - Belisol	+ 1'04
19	Jonathan Castroviejo	Euskaltel - Euskadi	+ 1'05
20	JesÃºs Herrada	Movistar Team	+ 1'06
21	Sandy Casar	FDJ	+ 1'09
22	RubÃ©n Plaza	Movistar Team	s.t.
23	Simon Gerrans	Team Qantas	+ 1'12
24	Marc De Maar	Monster Energy - Ford	s.t.
25	Jean-Christophe Peraud	AG2R La Mondiale	+ 1'15
26	Frantisek Rabon	Omega Pharma - QuickÂ·Step	+ 1'16
27	Matthieu Ladagnous	FDJ	+ 1'17
28	Andy Schleck	Monster Energy - Ford	+ 1'21
29	Johann Tschopp	BMC Racing Team	+ 1'22
30	Thomas Rohregger	Sony Ericsson	+ 1'23
31	Christian Knees	Sky ProCycling	+ 1'24
32	Maxime Bouet	AG2R La Mondiale	s.t.
33	Andrew Talansky	Nissan - Radio Shack - Trek	s.t.
34	Wilco Kelderman	Monster Energy - Ford	s.t.
35	JosÃ© JoaquÃn Rojas	Team Garmin - CervÃ©lo	+ 1'25
36	Gorka Izagirre	Euskaltel - Euskadi	+ 1'27
37	Markel Irizar	Nissan - Radio Shack - Trek	s.t.
38	Michael Albasini	Team Qantas	s.t.
39	Adam Hansen	Lotto - Belisol	+ 1'28
40	MikaÃ«l ChÃ©rel	AG2R La Mondiale	+ 1'30
41	Romain Sicard	Euskaltel - Euskadi	s.t.
42	SÃ©rgio Paulinho	Saxo Bank SunGard	s.t.
43	Matthias Frank	BMC Racing Team	+ 1'32
44	Vladimir Efimkin	Katusha Team	s.t.
45	Javier Francisco Aramendia	Euskaltel - Euskadi	+ 1'33
46	Stephen Cummings	Sky ProCycling	s.t.
47	Vladimir Karpets	Katusha Team	+ 1'34
48	Bart De Clercq	Lotto - Belisol	s.t.
49	Matteo Montaguti	Androni Giocattoli	+ 1'35
50	Juan JosÃ© Oroz	Euskaltel - Euskadi	s.t.
51	Rein TaaramÃ¤e	Sony Ericsson	+ 1'36
52	Francis De Greef	Monster Energy - Ford	+ 1'39
53	Manuele Boaro	Saxo Bank SunGard	s.t.
54	Tyler Farrar	Omega Pharma - QuickÂ·Step	+ 1'43
55	Dennis Van Winden	Rabobank Cycling Team	+ 1'45
56	Ian Stannard	Sky ProCycling	+ 1'46
57	Ã“scar Sevilla	Movistar Team	s.t.
58	Bruno Pires	Saxo Bank SunGard	s.t.
59	Maarten Neyens	Lotto - Belisol	+ 1'47
60	Chris Barton	Sony Ericsson	s.t.
61	Rinaldo Nocentini	AG2R La Mondiale	s.t.
62	Jussi Veikkanen	Lotto - Belisol	+ 1'48
63	Tadej Valjavec	Pro Team Astana	s.t.
64	Oliver Zaugg	Sony Ericsson	+ 1'50
65	David Blanco	Nespresso	+ 1'51
66	Lars Petter Nordhaug	Sky ProCycling	s.t.
67	Heinrich Haussler	Rabobank Cycling Team	s.t.
68	JosÃ© Rujano	Androni Giocattoli	+ 1'52
69	Anthony Geslin	FDJ	+ 1'53
70	Leonardo Duque	Sony Ericsson	s.t.
71	Geoffroy Lequatre	Nissan - Radio Shack - Trek	s.t.
72	Pierre Rolland	Omega Pharma - QuickÂ·Step	+ 1'54
73	Robert Kiserlovski	Team Garmin - CervÃ©lo	+ 1'56
74	Grega Bole	Lampre - Generali	s.t.
75	Ruslan Pidgornyy	Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team	+ 1'58
76	Giampaolo Caruso	Katusha Team	s.t.
77	Stijn Vandenbergh	Katusha Team	s.t.
78	Fabio Duarte	Nespresso	+ 1'59
79	Brett Lancaster	Team Qantas	+ 2'00
80	Haimar Zubeldia	Nissan - Radio Shack - Trek	s.t.
81	Romain Feillu	Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
82	Bram Tankink	Rabobank Cycling Team	+ 2'01
83	Chad Beyer	BMC Racing Team	s.t.
84	Matthew Goss	Team Qantas	+ 2'02
85	Romain Zingle	Monster Energy - Ford	s.t.
86	Emanuele Sella	Lampre - Generali	+ 2'04
87	Juan Mauricio Soler	Movistar Team	s.t.
88	Martin Velits	Omega Pharma - QuickÂ·Step	s.t.
89	Kurt-Asle Arvesen	Sky ProCycling	+ 2'05
90	RÃ©mi Pauriol	FDJ	+ 2'06
91	Simon Clarke	Team Qantas	s.t.
92	Riccardo Chiarini	Androni Giocattoli	+ 2'08
93	Sergio Pardilla	Movistar Team	s.t.
94	Pim Ligthart	Monster Energy - Ford	s.t.
95	Ivan Rovny	Nissan - Radio Shack - Trek	+ 2'09
96	Mitchell Docker	Team Qantas	s.t.
97	Steve Morabito	BMC Racing Team	s.t.
98	Danilo Wyss	BMC Racing Team	+ 2'10
99	Aleksandr Kuschynski	Katusha Team	s.t.
100	Martin Mortensen	Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
101	Sam Bewley	Sony Ericsson	+ 2'11
102	Kevin Van Impe	Lotto - Belisol	s.t.
103	Martin Elmiger	BMC Racing Team	+ 2'12
104	Joost Van Leijen	Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
105	Greg Henderson	Pro Team Astana	+ 2'13
106	Roman Kireyev	Pro Team Astana	s.t.
107	Fabio Felline	Nespresso	s.t.
108	Marcos GarcÃa	Euskaltel - Euskadi	+ 2'14
109	Simon Zahner	BMC Racing Team	+ 2'15
110	Matteo Rabottini	Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli	+ 2'16
111	Gorik Gardeyn	Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team	+ 2'17
112	Marco Corti	Nespresso	s.t.
113	Vitali Kondrut	Lampre - Generali	+ 2'18
114	Maxim Gourov	Pro Team Astana	s.t.
115	AndrÃ© Greipel	Sony Ericsson	+ 2'19
116	Eduardo Gonzalo	Movistar Team	s.t.
117	Francesco Failli	Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli	+ 2'20
118	Mark Renshaw	Rabobank Cycling Team	+ 2'21
119	Julien BÃ©rard	AG2R La Mondiale	+ 2'22
120	Alessandro Petacchi	Lampre - Generali	s.t.
121	Denis Galimzyanov	Katusha Team	+ 2'23
122	Julien Vermote	Omega Pharma - QuickÂ·Step	s.t.
123	Yauheni Hutarovich	FDJ	+ 2'24
124	Wouter Mol	Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team	+ 2'25
125	Michael Rasmussen	Saxo Bank SunGard	s.t.
126	Americo Novembrini	Androni Giocattoli	+ 2'27
127	Maarten Wynants	Rabobank Cycling Team	+ 2'28
128	Frederik Veuchelen	Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
129	IÃ±aki Isasi	Euskaltel - Euskadi	+ 2'29
130	Tanel Kangert	Pro Team Astana	s.t.
131	Jonas Aaen JÃ¸rgensen	Saxo Bank SunGard	+ 2'31
132	Jan Kuyckx	Lotto - Belisol	s.t.
133	Kenny Dehaes	Lotto - Belisol	s.t.
134	Enrico Zen	Androni Giocattoli	+ 2'32
135	Assan Bazayev	Pro Team Astana	s.t.
136	Davide Ricci Bitti	Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli	+ 2'35
137	Koldo FernÃ¡ndez	Euskaltel - Euskadi	+ 2'36
138	Pierpaolo De Negri	Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli	s.t.
139	Ben Swift	Sky ProCycling	+ 2'37
140	Theo Bos	Monster Energy - Ford	s.t.
141	Nikolas Maes	Omega Pharma - QuickÂ·Step	s.t.
142	Kalle Kriit	Sony Ericsson	+ 2'40
143	Francisco JosÃ© Ventoso	Movistar Team	+ 2'41
144	Dimitri Krivtsov	Lampre - Generali	+ 2'45
145	Job Vissers	Rabobank Cycling Team	s.t.
146	Justin Williams	Saxo Bank SunGard	+ 2'46
147	Lloyd Mondory	AG2R La Mondiale	s.t.
148	Giampaolo Cheula	Nespresso	s.t.
149	Danilo Hondo	Lampre - Generali	s.t.
150	Robbie McEwen	Team Qantas	+ 2'47
151	Vladimir Isaychev	Katusha Team	+ 2'48
152	MickaÃ«l Delage	FDJ	s.t.
153	Roberto De Patre	Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli	+ 2'49
154	Mirco Lorenzetto	Androni Giocattoli	+ 2'50
155	Dimitry Kozontchuk	Nespresso	+ 2'51
156	Marcello Pavarin	Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
157	Mathieu Perget	AG2R La Mondiale	s.t.
158	Giacomo Nizzolo	Nissan - Radio Shack - Trek	+ 2'53
159	Marcel Wyss	Nespresso	+ 2'54
160	Francesco Ginanni	Androni Giocattoli	s.t.
161	Valentin Iglinskiy	Pro Team Astana	s.t.
162	FrÃ©dÃ©ric Guesdon	FDJ	+ 2'55
163	Luca Zanasca	Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli	s.t.
164	Allan Davis	Team Qantas	+ 2'57
165	Nacer Bouhanni	FDJ	+ 3'01
166	Luca Paolini	Katusha Team	+ 3'02
167	Matthew Wilson	Team Garmin - CervÃ©lo	+ 3'03
168	Sergey Renev	Pro Team Astana	s.t.
169	David Loosli	Lampre - Generali	+ 3'05
170	Ã“scar Freire	Team Garmin - CervÃ©lo	+ 3'09
171	Daniel Lloyd	Team Garmin - CervÃ©lo	s.t.
172	Davide Cimolai	Androni Giocattoli	+ 3'16
173	Sergio Marinangeli	Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli	+ 3'20
174	Noe Gianetti	Nespresso	+ 3'28
175	Florian Vachon	AG2R La Mondiale	+ 3'30

1	Alberto Contador	Saxo Bank SunGard	9h17'33
2	Tony Martin	Omega Pharma - QuickÂ·Step	+ 11
3	Vincenzo Nibali	Nissan - Radio Shack - Trek	+ 25
4	Richie Porte	Saxo Bank SunGard	+ 43
5	Bradley Wiggins	Sky ProCycling	+ 52
6	Simon Spilak	Lampre - Generali	+ 59
7	Kanstantsin Siutsou	Sky ProCycling	+ 1'03
8	Thomas De Gendt	Monster Energy - Ford	+ 1'08
9	Christian Vande Velde	Team Garmin - CervÃ©lo	s.t.
10	Maxime Monfort	Nissan - Radio Shack - Trek	+ 1'10

Spoiler

11	Simon Gerrans	Team Qantas	+ 1'17
12	Jurgen Van den Broeck	Lotto - Belisol	s.t.
13	Michele Scarponi	BMC Racing Team	+ 1'22
14	RubÃ©n Plaza	Movistar Team	+ 1'23
15	Marc De Maar	Monster Energy - Ford	+ 1'24
16	Sandy Casar	FDJ	s.t.
17	Matthieu Ladagnous	FDJ	+ 1'33
18	Wilco Kelderman	Monster Energy - Ford	+ 1'36
19	Andy Schleck	Monster Energy - Ford	+ 1'39
20	Gorka Izagirre	Euskaltel - Euskadi	+ 1'41
21	Johann Tschopp	BMC Racing Team	+ 1'42
22	Thomas Rohregger	Sony Ericsson	s.t.
23	Francis De Greef	Monster Energy - Ford	+ 1'47
24	Michael Albasini	Team Qantas	+ 1'48
25	Juan JosÃ© Oroz	Euskaltel - Euskadi	+ 1'57
26	Rinaldo Nocentini	AG2R La Mondiale	+ 2'05
27	Tadej Valjavec	Pro Team Astana	+ 2'11
28	Oliver Zaugg	Sony Ericsson	+ 2'13
29	Leonardo Duque	Sony Ericsson	+ 2'14
30	Anthony Geslin	FDJ	+ 2'15
31	Martin Elmiger	BMC Racing Team	+ 2'25
32	Pim Ligthart	Monster Energy - Ford	+ 2'28
33	Juan Mauricio Soler	Movistar Team	s.t.
34	Romain Zingle	Monster Energy - Ford	+ 2'29
35	Joost Van Leijen	Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team	+ 2'30
36	Emanuele Sella	Lampre - Generali	+ 2'31
37	Francesco Failli	Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli	+ 2'35
38	Aleksandr Kuschynski	Katusha Team	+ 2'38
39	Marcos GarcÃa	Euskaltel - Euskadi	+ 2'39
40	Eduardo Gonzalo	Movistar Team	+ 2'44
41	Jan Kuyckx	Lotto - Belisol	+ 3'01
42	Sylvain Chavanel	Team Garmin - CervÃ©lo	+ 3'25
43	Jonathan Castroviejo	Euskaltel - Euskadi	+ 3'47
44	Fabio Duarte	Nespresso	+ 4'00
45	Maxime Bouet	AG2R La Mondiale	+ 4'14
46	JosÃ© JoaquÃn Rojas	Team Garmin - CervÃ©lo	+ 4'17
47	SÃ©rgio Paulinho	Saxo Bank SunGard	+ 4'22
48	Romain Sicard	Euskaltel - Euskadi	+ 4'23
49	Vladimir Efimkin	Katusha Team	+ 4'24
50	Matthias Frank	BMC Racing Team	+ 4'25
51	Bart De Clercq	Lotto - Belisol	+ 4'26
52	Jonas Aaen JÃ¸rgensen	Saxo Bank SunGard	+ 4'36
53	Bruno Pires	Saxo Bank SunGard	+ 4'41
54	JosÃ© Rujano	Androni Giocattoli	+ 4'44
55	Grega Bole	Lampre - Generali	+ 4'51
56	Romain Feillu	Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team	+ 4'52
57	Bram Tankink	Rabobank Cycling Team	+ 4'55
58	Giampaolo Cheula	Nespresso	+ 5'10
59	Michael Rasmussen	Saxo Bank SunGard	+ 5'30
60	Ã“scar Sevilla	Movistar Team	+ 5'31
61	Pierre Rolland	Omega Pharma - QuickÂ·Step	+ 5'42
62	Maxim Gourov	Pro Team Astana	+ 5'56
63	Francesco Ginanni	Androni Giocattoli	+ 5'57
64	Heinrich Haussler	Rabobank Cycling Team	+ 6'06
65	David Loosli	Lampre - Generali	+ 6'11
66	Gustavo CÃ©sar Veloso	Movistar Team	+ 6'59
67	Peter Velits	Omega Pharma - QuickÂ·Step	+ 7'13
68	JesÃºs Herrada	Movistar Team	+ 7'15
69	Pierpaolo De Negri	Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli	+ 7'17
70	Nikolas Maes	Omega Pharma - QuickÂ·Step	+ 7'20
71	Lloyd Mondory	AG2R La Mondiale	+ 7'23
72	Jean-Christophe Peraud	AG2R La Mondiale	+ 7'25
73	Mirco Lorenzetto	Androni Giocattoli	+ 7'29
74	Christian Knees	Sky ProCycling	+ 7'37
75	Lars Boom	Rabobank Cycling Team	+ 7'41
76	Stephen Cummings	Sky ProCycling	+ 7'48
77	MikaÃ«l ChÃ©rel	AG2R La Mondiale	s.t.
78	Vladimir Karpets	Katusha Team	+ 7'50
79	Stef Clement	Rabobank Cycling Team	+ 7'53
80	Jussi Veikkanen	Lotto - Belisol	+ 8'06
81	Lars Petter Nordhaug	Sky ProCycling	+ 8'10
82	Robert Kiserlovski	Team Garmin - CervÃ©lo	+ 8'20
83	Sergio Pardilla	Movistar Team	+ 8'24
84	Giampaolo Caruso	Katusha Team	s.t.
85	Mitchell Docker	Team Qantas	+ 8'27
86	Simon Clarke	Team Qantas	s.t.
87	Javier Francisco Aramendia	Euskaltel - Euskadi	+ 8'39
88	Ruslan Pidgornyy	Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team	+ 9'03
89	Marco Corti	Nespresso	+ 9'35
90	IÃ±aki Isasi	Euskaltel - Euskadi	+ 9'41
91	David Zabriskie	Team Garmin - CervÃ©lo	+ 9'49
92	Andrew Talansky	Nissan - Radio Shack - Trek	+ 11'54
93	Chris Barton	Sony Ericsson	+ 12'20
94	Stijn Vandenbergh	Katusha Team	+ 12'30
95	Kurt-Asle Arvesen	Sky ProCycling	+ 12'37
96	Steve Morabito	BMC Racing Team	+ 12'40
97	Riccardo Chiarini	Androni Giocattoli	s.t.
98	Fabio Felline	Nespresso	+ 12'44
99	Assan Bazayev	Pro Team Astana	+ 13'04
100	David Blanco	Nespresso	+ 14'22
101	Markel Irizar	Nissan - Radio Shack - Trek	+ 17'07
102	Rein TaaramÃ¤e	Sony Ericsson	+ 17'39
103	Frantisek Rabon	Omega Pharma - QuickÂ·Step	+ 17'55
104	Tanel Kangert	Pro Team Astana	+ 19'29
105	Danilo Hondo	Lampre - Generali	+ 19'44
106	Dennis Van Winden	Rabobank Cycling Team	+ 22'03
107	Maarten Neyens	Lotto - Belisol	+ 22'06
108	Geoffroy Lequatre	Nissan - Radio Shack - Trek	+ 22'08
109	Chad Beyer	BMC Racing Team	+ 22'19
110	Haimar Zubeldia	Nissan - Radio Shack - Trek	+ 22'24
111	Ivan Rovny	Nissan - Radio Shack - Trek	+ 22'30
112	RÃ©mi Pauriol	FDJ	+ 22'32
113	Simon Zahner	BMC Racing Team	+ 22'38
114	Frederik Veuchelen	Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team	+ 22'53
115	Americo Novembrini	Androni Giocattoli	+ 22'57
116	Enrico Zen	Androni Giocattoli	+ 23'01
117	Manuele Boaro	Saxo Bank SunGard	+ 24'39
118	Adam Hansen	Lotto - Belisol	+ 25'08
119	Matteo Rabottini	Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli	+ 25'27
120	Theo Bos	Monster Energy - Ford	+ 25'38
121	Luca Zanasca	Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli	+ 26'46
122	Ian Stannard	Sky ProCycling	+ 28'16
123	Koldo FernÃ¡ndez	Euskaltel - Euskadi	+ 28'33
124	Matthew Goss	Team Qantas	+ 28'37
125	Danilo Wyss	BMC Racing Team	+ 28'44
126	Maarten Wynants	Rabobank Cycling Team	+ 29'05
127	Julien BÃ©rard	AG2R La Mondiale	s.t.
128	Francisco JosÃ© Ventoso	Movistar Team	+ 29'14
129	Mathieu Perget	AG2R La Mondiale	+ 29'32
130	Matteo Montaguti	Androni Giocattoli	+ 30'46
131	AndrÃ© Greipel	Sony Ericsson	+ 31'32
132	Marcello Pavarin	Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team	+ 32'14
133	Alessandro Petacchi	Lampre - Generali	+ 32'30
134	Davide Ricci Bitti	Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli	+ 32'39
135	Dimitry Kozontchuk	Nespresso	+ 32'55
136	Julien Vermote	Omega Pharma - QuickÂ·Step	+ 34'12
137	Giacomo Nizzolo	Nissan - Radio Shack - Trek	+ 34'42
138	MickaÃ«l Delage	FDJ	s.t.
139	Job Vissers	Rabobank Cycling Team	+ 35'41
140	Mark Renshaw	Rabobank Cycling Team	+ 35'52
141	Martin Velits	Omega Pharma - QuickÂ·Step	+ 37'36
142	Tyler Farrar	Omega Pharma - QuickÂ·Step	+ 37'52
143	Kenny Dehaes	Lotto - Belisol	+ 37'55
144	Martin Mortensen	Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team	+ 38'09
145	Valentin Iglinskiy	Pro Team Astana	+ 38'28
146	Allan Davis	Team Qantas	+ 38'33
147	Daniel Lloyd	Team Garmin - CervÃ©lo	+ 38'47
148	Florian Vachon	AG2R La Mondiale	+ 39'13
149	Sam Bewley	Sony Ericsson	+ 41'16
150	Kevin Van Impe	Lotto - Belisol	+ 41'23
151	Brett Lancaster	Team Qantas	+ 41'42
152	Ben Swift	Sky ProCycling	+ 41'53
153	Roman Kireyev	Pro Team Astana	+ 42'04
154	Denis Galimzyanov	Katusha Team	+ 42'12
155	Sergey Renev	Pro Team Astana	+ 42'27
156	Roberto De Patre	Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli	+ 42'45
157	Luca Paolini	Katusha Team	+ 42'56
158	Gorik Gardeyn	Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team	+ 45'40
159	Vitali Kondrut	Lampre - Generali	+ 46'38
160	Justin Williams	Saxo Bank SunGard	+ 47'42
161	Greg Henderson	Pro Team Astana	+ 47'51
162	Kalle Kriit	Sony Ericsson	+ 48'28
163	Robbie McEwen	Team Qantas	+ 48'31
164	Wouter Mol	Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team	+ 48'44
165	Marcel Wyss	Nespresso	+ 49'17
166	FrÃ©dÃ©ric Guesdon	FDJ	+ 49'20
167	Davide Cimolai	Androni Giocattoli	+ 49'42
168	Sergio Marinangeli	Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli	+ 49'47
169	Yauheni Hutarovich	FDJ	+ 54'04
170	Vladimir Isaychev	Katusha Team	+ 54'34
171	Noe Gianetti	Nespresso	+ 56'30
172	Matthew Wilson	Team Garmin - CervÃ©lo	+ 56'47
173	Ã“scar Freire	Team Garmin - CervÃ©lo	+ 56'54
174	Dimitri Krivtsov	Lampre - Generali	+ 59'28
175	Nacer Bouhanni	FDJ	+ 1h00'37

Points

1	Alberto Contador	Saxo Bank SunGard	15	45
2	Heinrich Haussler	Rabobank Cycling Team	0	31
3	Tony Martin	Omega Pharma - QuickÂ·Step	10	28
4	Simon Gerrans	Team Qantas	0	25
5	Lloyd Mondory	AG2R La Mondiale	0	20

KOTM

1	Francis De Greef	Monster Energy - Ford	26
2	Joost Van Leijen	Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team	24
3	Maxim Gourov	Pro Team Astana	20
4	Rinaldo Nocentini	AG2R La Mondiale	10
5	Giampaolo Cheula	Nespresso	10

U25

1	Wilco Kelderman	Monster Energy - Ford	9h19'09
2	Gorka Izagirre	Euskaltel - Euskadi	+ 5
3	Pim Ligthart	Monster Energy - Ford	+ 52

Teams

1	Movistar Team	27h56'22
2	Monster Energy - Ford	+ 26
3	Saxo Bank SunGard	+ 30

Today's winner
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Word from the DS
Time trialing is very difficult for this DS, especially with daily forms between -1 and +1. But I think we minimized our losses, and still have one rider in the top 10 and Schleck entering the top 20. The next 2 stages are classified as mountain stages, so expect some GC-changes!

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