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| niconico |
Posted on 26-05-2013 22:55
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Huge result this for Keinath gradually working himself into the Top 10 of the Giro through the last seasons! And nice to see that Madrazo is beatable 
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| alexkr00 |
Posted on 26-05-2013 23:42
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Great to see Nechita getting his own picture. Thanks SN.
Fantastic reports through the entire Giro!
Congrats, dave. You really deserve to win a GT 
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| Christer |
Posted on 26-05-2013 23:57
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A very interesting race, with very good reports. While I was not racing this, it was very interesting to follow. Congratulations to Wikipedia with the overall. You were smart not to sell Phinney to me when I tried to get him.
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| SportingNonsense |
Posted on 26-05-2013 23:58
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Thanks to all for the kind words about my reporting. Always makes it easier to write the next one when you know they are being read and enjoyed!
One last Giro report to write ... the Rankings update!
Points by Rider:
Spoiler | Taylor Phinney | Wikipedia | 1321 | | Angel Madrazo | Santander | 848 | | Simon Spilak | Aker - MOT | 640 | | Ben Swift | Vesuvio - Accumalux | 568 | | Daniele Bennati | Team Puma - SAP | 496 | | Yuri Trofimov | Koenigsegg | 426 | | Vincenzo Nibali | UBS - BMC | 382 | | Riccardo Ricco | Team Bacardi | 345 | | Markus Fothen | Festina-Canal+ | 321 | | Emanuele Sella | Simply Red Bull | 293 | | Romain Sicard | Pearl Adidas | 258 | | Leopold König | Milka - AVG | 239 | | Sergio Luis Henao Montoya | Milka - AVG | 229 | | Christophe Riblon | UBS - BMC | 182 | | Aleksandr Efimkin | Cisco Cycling Team | 140 | | Nico Keinath | Team B&O | 136 | | Peter Velits | Project 1t4i | 121 | | Allan Davis | Hollister Pro Cycling | 113 | | Ryan Eastman | Heineken presented by California Giant Berry Farms | 110 | | Robert Kiserlovski | Hollister Pro Cycling | 105 | | Taylor Tolleson | Heineken presented by California Giant Berry Farms | 99 | | Bernhard Kohl | Pendleton's | 93 | | Dimitri Claeys | Lotto - Cervelo | 92 | | Kristjan Koren | Heineken presented by California Giant Berry Farms | 87 | | Jocelin Maillet | Pearl Adidas | 87 | | Gianpaolo Caruso | Cisco Cycling Team | 82 | | Thomas Faiers | Pendleton's | 81 | | Tom Stubbe | Simply Red Bull | 81 | | Jelle Wallays | Pokerstars.com | 80 | | Elia Viviani | Simply Red Bull | 80 | | John-Lee Augustyn | Aker - MOT | 78 | | Erik Mohs | Pokerstars.com | 76 | | Steven Caethoven | Vesuvio - Accumalux | 76 | | David López Garcia | Santander | 75 | | Martin Hacecký | Team B&O | 72 | | Romain Vanderbiest | Pearl Adidas | 71 | | Christoph Mai | Wikipedia | 69 | | Juan Van Heerden | Simply Red Bull | 68 | | Damiano Caruso | Wiggle Professional Cycling Team | 67 | | Thibaut Pinot | Wikipedia | 66 | | Manuel Lloret | Lotto - Cervelo | 63 | | Gianluca Brambilla | Pro Team Venchi - Sugoi | 60 | | Paride Grillo | Koenigsegg | 57 | | Gerald Ciolek | Lotto - Cervelo | 55 | | Ramon Sinkeldam | Project 1t4i | 55 | | Luke Rowe | Wiggle Professional Cycling Team | 55 | | Aleksandr Dyachenko | Cisco Cycling Team | 54 | | Vitor Rodrigues | Hollister Pro Cycling | 54 | | Claudio Corioni | Pro Team Venchi - Sugoi | 51 | | Gediminas Bagdonas | Team Bacardi | 50 | | Tim Dees | Festina-Canal+ | 49 | | Yevgeni Nepomnyachsniy | Milka - AVG | 45 | | Lucas Schädlich | Team Bacardi | 45 | | Marcel Kittel | Vesuvio - Accumalux | 45 | | Petar Panayotov | Pearl Adidas | 44 | | Wilson Marentes | Hollister Pro Cycling | 40 | | Juan Pablo Forero | Milka - AVG | 38 | | Chris Anker Sørensen | Festina-Canal+ | 37 | | Kevin Fouquet | Koenigsegg | 37 | | Anthony Lavoine | Festina-Canal+ | 35 | | Maximiliano Richeze | UBS - BMC | 35 | | Brian Vandborg | Team B&O | 34 | | John Degenkolb | Pokerstars.com | 33 | | William Walker | Pearl Adidas | 32 | | Tim Kennaugh | Pendleton's | 32 | | Daniel Navarro | Team Bacardi | 32 | | Ioannis Tamouridis | Festina-Canal+ | 31 | | Johannes Frohlinger | Project 1t4i | 31 | | Diego Ulissi | Festina-Canal+ | 30 | | Carlos Betancourt | Hollister Pro Cycling | 30 | | Johann Tschopp | UBS - BMC | 30 | | Yonathan Monsalve | Hollister Pro Cycling | 29 | | Kobe Vanoverschelde | Aker - MOT | 28 | | Grégory Rast | Pendleton's | 28 | | Fabio Duarte | Pro Team Venchi - Sugoi | 28 | | Teodoro Costagli | Wiggle Professional Cycling Team | 28 | | Tyler Brandt | Heineken presented by California Giant Berry Farms | 27 | | Ion Izagirre | Hollister Pro Cycling | 27 | | Travis Meyer | Wikipedia | 27 | | Moris Possoni | Cisco Cycling Team | 26 | | Michal Kwiatkowski | Team B&O | 25 | | Francisco José Terciado | Team Bacardi | 25 | | Jetse Bol | Team Puma - SAP | 25 | | Darwin Atapuma | Wikipedia | 24 | | Kenny Elissonde | Wikipedia | 24 | | Andreas Stauff | Lotto - Cervelo | 23 | | Santo Anza | Koenigsegg | 22 | | Philip Deignan | Pendleton's | 22 | | Tom Copeland | Pendleton's | 22 | | Artem Topchanyuk | Aker - MOT | 21 | | Richard Ochoa Quintero | Hollister Pro Cycling | 21 | | Alexandre Shushemoin | Aker - MOT | 20 | | Vegard Robinson Bugge | Aker - MOT | 20 | | Maciej Paterski | Vesuvio - Accumalux | 20 | | Jay McCarthy | Wikipedia | 20 | | Marco Osella | Cisco Cycling Team | 19 | | Jakub Kratochvila | Milka - AVG | 18 | | Matej Vysna | Milka - AVG | 18 | | Matteo Rabottini | Wiggle Professional Cycling Team | 18 | | Dmitriy Gruzdev | Cisco Cycling Team | 17 | | Nikias Arndt | Team B&O | 17 | | Pedro Merino Criado | Vesuvio - Accumalux | 17 | | Joseph Biziyaremye | Aker - MOT | 15 | | Fabio Taborre | Cisco Cycling Team | 15 | | Thomas Peterson | Heineken presented by California Giant Berry Farms | 15 | | José Antonio Redondo | Koenigsegg | 15 | | Artemio Moschella | Lotto - Cervelo | 15 | | Marek Canecky | Milka - AVG | 15 | | Jackson RodrÃguez | Pearl Adidas | 15 | | Ruben Ibanez | Pendleton's | 15 | | Mohammad Saufi Mat Senan | Project 1t4i | 15 | | Rafel Majka | Project 1t4i | 15 | | Aitor Hernández Gutierrez | Santander | 15 | | Didac Ortega | Santander | 15 | | Gustavo Veloso | Santander | 15 | | Juan Carlos Rienda Segura | Santander | 15 | | Rafael Serrano | Santander | 15 | | Mauro Facci | Simply Red Bull | 15 | | Sergio Pardilla | Team Bacardi | 15 | | Mickaël Delage | Team Puma - SAP | 15 | | Simon Zahner | UBS - BMC | 15 | | Ben Gastauer | Vesuvio - Accumalux | 15 | | Matea Kvasina | Vesuvio - Accumalux | 15 | | Paolo Scarponi | Wiggle Professional Cycling Team | 15 | | Matthieu Sprick | Wikipedia | 15 | | Reinhardt Janse van Rensburg | Wikipedia | 15 | | Kristian Sobota | Team B&O | 13 | | Enrico Gasparotto | Team Puma - SAP | 13 | | Coen Vermeltfoort | Lotto - Cervelo | 12 | | Juan José Haedo | Heineken presented by California Giant Berry Farms | 11 | | Michael Vanderaerden | Lotto - Cervelo | 11 | | Thomas De Gendt | Vesuvio - Accumalux | 11 | | José Joaquin Rojas Gil | Aker - MOT | 10 | | Remberto Jaramillo | Aker - MOT | 10 | | Cristiano Salerno | Cisco Cycling Team | 10 | | Nick Clesen | Cisco Cycling Team | 10 | | Bauke Mollema | Festina-Canal+ | 10 | | Benoît Sinner | Festina-Canal+ | 10 | | Marco Brus | Festina-Canal+ | 10 | | Alex Howes | Heineken presented by California Giant Berry Farms | 10 | | Michael Matthews | Heineken presented by California Giant Berry Farms | 10 | | Pim Ligthart | Heineken presented by California Giant Berry Farms | 10 | | Anthony José Brea | Hollister Pro Cycling | 10 | | Alessandro Ballan | Koenigsegg | 10 | | Bert-Jan Lindeman | Koenigsegg | 10 | | Cameron Meyer | Koenigsegg | 10 | | Max Öste-Macdonald | Koenigsegg | 10 | | Lars Croket | Lotto - Cervelo | 10 | | Maciej Ulanowski | Lotto - Cervelo | 10 | | Alexandr Nepomnyachsniy | Milka - AVG | 10 | | Jesse Sergent | Milka - AVG | 10 | | Armindo Fonseca | Pearl Adidas | 10 | | Enrico Franzoi | Pearl Adidas | 10 | | Morgan Kneisky | Pearl Adidas | 10 | | Oumaru Minoungou | Pendleton's | 10 | | Steven Cummings | Pendleton's | 10 | | David Boucher | Pokerstars.com | 10 | | Johim Ariesen | Pokerstars.com | 10 | | Julien Vermote | Pokerstars.com | 10 | | Martijn Maaskant | Pokerstars.com | 10 | | Nick Ingels | Pokerstars.com | 10 | | Welle Jallays | Pokerstars.com | 10 | | Elia Favilli | Pro Team Venchi - Sugoi | 10 | | Marco Corti | Pro Team Venchi - Sugoi | 10 | | Sep Vanmarcke | Pro Team Venchi - Sugoi | 10 | | Sonny Colbrelli | Pro Team Venchi - Sugoi | 10 | | Valerio Agnoli | Pro Team Venchi - Sugoi | 10 | | Andrei Nechita | Project 1t4i | 10 | | Jon Aberasturi | Project 1t4i | 10 | | Jos Van Emden | Project 1t4i | 10 | | Matteo Trentin | Project 1t4i | 10 | | Jesus Del Nero | Santander | 10 | | George Bennett | Simply Red Bull | 10 | | Joseph Cooper | Simply Red Bull | 10 | | Timothy Vangheel | Simply Red Bull | 10 | | Wes Sulzberger | Simply Red Bull | 10 | | Juraj Sagan | Team B&O | 10 | | Nikola Aistrup | Team B&O | 10 | | Troels Vinter | Team B&O | 10 | | Kiril Yatsevich | Team Bacardi | 10 | | Mathieu Perget | Team Bacardi | 10 | | Salvatore Mancuso | Team Bacardi | 10 | | Gianni Meersman | Team Puma - SAP | 10 | | Jocelyn Bar | Team Puma - SAP | 10 | | Nick Nuyens | Team Puma - SAP | 10 | | Sébastien Minard | Team Puma - SAP | 10 | | Thomas Vedel Kvist | Team Puma - SAP | 10 | | Chu Thien Sinelobov | UBS - BMC | 10 | | Edoardo Girardi | UBS - BMC | 10 | | Ivan Santaromita | UBS - BMC | 10 | | Oliver Zaugg | UBS - BMC | 10 | | Philipp Walsleben | Vesuvio - Accumalux | 10 | | Adam Blythe | Wiggle Professional Cycling Team | 10 | | Adrian Malori | Wiggle Professional Cycling Team | 10 | | Mattia Cattaneo | Wiggle Professional Cycling Team | 10 | | Paolo Locatelli | Wiggle Professional Cycling Team | 10 | | Cesare Di Maggio | Pro Team Venchi - Sugoi | 0 | | Francisco Javier Echarri | Santander | 0 |
Points by Team:
| Wikipedia | 1581 | | Santander | 1008 | | Aker - MOT | 842 | | Vesuvio-Accumalux | 777 | | UBS - BMC | 684 | | Milka - AVG | 622 | | Team Puma - SAP | 599 | | Koenigsegg | 597 | | Simply Red Bull | 577 | | Team Bacardi | 542 | | Pearl Adidas | 537 | | Festina - Canal+ | 533 | | Heineken presented by California Giant Berry Farms | 379 | | Team B&O | 327 | | Pendleton's | 313 | | Lotto - Cervélo | 291 | | Project 1t4i | 277 | | Pokerstars.com | 249 | | Wiggle Professional Cycling Team | 223 | | Pro Team Venchi - Sugoi | 189 |
Wikipedia finally have a Grand Tour victory - much deserved, with this being their 13th Grand Tour! It takes them right to the top of the standings, despite Koenigsegg enjoying a successful race.
Milka and Simply Red Bull remain well placed, while both Aker and Vesuvio move up thanks to their GC and Sprint exploits respectively. Pokerstars and Wiggle find themselves slipping in the opposite direction.
Puma, Festina and UBS all raced well but still find themselves outside the Top 10.
Heineken and Lotto had a stage win each, B&O claimed 10th in GC, while Pendleton's were 2nd on the Teams Classification with 2 in the Top 17. But all remain in the 4 way battle for that final relegation spot.
Bacardi catch up a little - but still not by enough - and while Santander remain bottom, they more than doubled their total points score for the season.
| 1 | 7 |  | Wikipedia | 4722 | | 2 | 1 |  | Koenigsegg | 4478 | | 3 | 2 |  | Milka - AVG | 4132 | | 4 | 4 |  | Simply Red Bull | 3949 | | 5 | 9 |  | Aker - MOT | 3783 | | 6 | 8 |  | Vesuvio-Accumalux | 3766 | | 7 | 6 |  | Pearl Adidas | 3741 | | 8 | 3 |  | Pokerstars.com | 3705 | | 9 | 5 |  | Wiggle Professional Cycling Team | 3456 | | 10 | 10 |  | Project 1t4i | 3168 | | 11 | 11 |  | Team Puma - SAP | 3167 | | 12 | 13 |  | Festina - Canal+ | 3011 | | 13 | 16 |  | UBS - BMC | 3011 | | 14 | 12 |  | Heineken presented by California Giant Berry Farms | 2895 | | 15 | 14 |  | Lotto - Cervélo | 2686 | | 16 | 15 |  | Team B&O | 2674 | | 17 | 17 |  | Pendleton's | 2631 | | 18 | 19 |  | Team Bacardi | 2148 | | 19 | 18 |  | Pro Team Venchi - Sugoi | 1971 | | 20 | 20 |  | Santander | 1920 |
Taylor Phinney moves 3rd in the Individual standings, dropping Trofimov to 4th despite the Russian's good race. Spilak, Bennati and Swift move into the Top 10, while Madrazo debuts at 12.
| 1 | Bewley | Sam | Milka - AVG | NZL | 1820 | | 2 | Boonen | Tom | Pokerstars.com | BEL | 1793 | | 3 | Phinney | Taylor | Wikipedia | USA | 1768 | | 4 | Trofimov | Yuri | Koenigsegg | RUS | 1747 | | 5 | Hagen | Edvald Boasson | Aker - MOT | NOR | 1286 | | 6 | Cancellara | Fabian | Simply Red Bull | SWI | 1282 | | 7 | Spilak | Simon | Aker - MOT | SLO | 1132 | | 8 | Bennati | Daniele | Team Puma - SAP | ITA | 1125 | | 9 | Swift | Ben | Vesuvio-Accumalux | GBR | 1078 | | 10 | Pozzato | Filippo | Heineken presented by California Giant Berry Farms | ITA | 1027 | | 11 | Bakelants | Jan | Pearl Adidas | BEL | 900 | | 12 | Madrazo | Angel | Santander | ESP | 848 | | 13 | Schumacher | Stefan | UBS - BMC | GER | 825 | | 14 | Ponzi | Simone | Wiggle Professional Cycling Team | ITA | 775 | | 15 | Van Garderen | Tejay | Wikipedia | USA | 771 | | 16 | Gesink | Robert | Project 1t4i | NED | 750 | | 17 | Summerhill | Danny | Wikipedia | USA | 679 | | 18 | Schleck | Frank | Vesuvio-Accumalux | LUX | 644 | | 19 | Machado | Tiago | Pearl Adidas | POR | 638 | | 20 | Cunego | Damiano | Lotto - Cervélo | ITA | 624 | | 21 | Claeys | Dimitri | Lotto - Cervélo | BEL | 615 | | 22 | Schleck | Andy | Vesuvio-Accumalux | LUX | 597 | | 23 | Pluchkin | Aleksandr | Team B&O | MOL | 594 | | 24 | Ulissi | Diego | Festina - Canal+ | ITA | 593 | | 25 | Van den Broeck | Jurgen | Team Puma - SAP | BEL | 572 | | 26 | Van Stayen | Michael | Simply Red Bull | BEL | 553 | | 27 | Contador | Alberto | Festina - Canal+ | ESP | 536 | | 28 | Burghardt | Marcus | Team Bacardi | GER | 514 | | 29 | van der Hugenhaben | Robin | Koenigsegg | NED | 509 | | 30 | Sella | Emanuele | Simply Red Bull | ITA | 492 |
Spoiler | 31 | Ballan | Alessandro | Koenigsegg | ITA | 480 | | 33 | Nibali | Vincenzo | UBS - BMC | ITA | 448 | | 35 | Keinath | Nico | Team B&O | GER | 427 | | 37 | Di Maggio | Cesare | Pro Team Venchi - Sugoi | ITA | 395 | | 39 | Blythe | Adam | Wiggle Professional Cycling Team | GBR | 371 | | 40 | Ricco | Riccardo | Team Bacardi | ITA | 366 | | 41 | Sicard | Romain | Pearl Adidas | FRA | 346 | | 42 | Fothen | Markus | Festina - Canal+ | GER | 321 | | 45 | König | Leopold | Milka - AVG | CZE | 286 | | 51 | Henao Montoya | Sergio Luis | Milka - AVG | COL | 274 | | 52 | Velits | Peter | Project 1t4i | SVK | 273 | | 54 | Riblon | Christophe | UBS - BMC | FRA | 262 | | 56 | Trentin | Matteo | Project 1t4i | ITA | 238 | | 57 | Caruso | Damiano | Wiggle Professional Cycling Team | ITA | 238 | | 61 | Sinkeldam | Ramon | Project 1t4i | NED | 226 | | 62 | Deignan | Philip | Pendleton's | IRL | 223 | | 63 | Kittel | Marcel | Vesuvio-Accumalux | GER | 223 | | 64 | Rowe | Luke | Wiggle Professional Cycling Team | GBR | 222 | | 65 | Rabottini | Matteo | Wiggle Professional Cycling Team | ITA | 219 | | 68 | Franzoi | Enrico | Pearl Adidas | ITA | 214 | | 69 | Vanderbiest | Romain | Pearl Adidas | FRA | 211 | | 72 | Kvist | Thomas Vedel | Team Puma - SAP | DEN | 202 | | 73 | Vanmarcke | Sep | Pro Team Venchi - Sugoi | BEL | 201 | | 74 | Nuyens | Nick | Team Puma - SAP | BEL | 198 | | 76 | Gastauer | Ben | Vesuvio-Accumalux | LUX | 193 | | 79 | Anza | Santo | Koenigsegg | ITA | 190 | | 87 | Tolleson | Taylor | Heineken presented by California Giant Berry Farms | USA | 173 | | 92 | Caethoven | Steven | Vesuvio-Accumalux | BEL | 161 | | 93 | Eastman | Ryan | Heineken presented by California Giant Berry Farms | USA | 159 | | 99 | Augustyn | John-Lee | Aker - MOT | RSA | 153 | | 104 | Wallays | Jelle | Pokerstars.com | BEL | 143 | | 108 | Efimkin | Aleksandr | Cisco Cycling Team | RUS | 140 | | 109 | Malori | Adrian | Wiggle Professional Cycling Team | ITA | 140 | | 110 | Costagli | Teodoro | Wiggle Professional Cycling Team | ITA | 139 | | 112 | Schädlich | Lucas | Team Bacardi | GER | 138 | | 113 | Fouquet | Kevin | Koenigsegg | BEL | 137 | | 114 | McCarthy | Jay | Wikipedia | AUS | 135 | | 117 | Koren | Kristjan | Heineken presented by California Giant Berry Farms | SLO | 134 | | 118 | Kohl | Bernhard | Pendleton's | AUT | 134 | | 119 | Richeze | Maximiliano | UBS - BMC | ARG | 134 | | 122 | Faiers | Thomas | Pendleton's | GBR | 132 | | 123 | Paterski | Maciej | Vesuvio-Accumalux | POL | 132 | | 127 | Walker | William | Pearl Adidas | AUS | 127 | | 128 | Lloret | Manuel | Lotto - Cervélo | ESP | 124 | | 129 | Brambilla | Gianluca | Pro Team Venchi - Sugoi | ITA | 123 | | 130 | Grillo | Paride | Koenigsegg | ITA | 121 | | 131 | Sergent | Jesse | Milka - AVG | NZL | 121 | | 132 | Veloso | Gustavo | Santander | ESP | 121 | | 135 | Stubbe | Tom | Simply Red Bull | BEL | 116 | | 136 | Kiserlovski | Robert | Hollister Pro Cycling | CRO | 115 | | 138 | Davis | Allan | Hollister Pro Cycling | AUS | 113 | | 140 | Viviani | Elia | Simply Red Bull | ITA | 110 | | 145 | Hacecký | Martin | Team B&O | CZE | 107 | | 148 | Van Heerden | Juan | Simply Red Bull | RSA | 105 | | 150 | Nepomnyachsniy | Alexandr | Milka - AVG | KAZ | 103 | | 153 | Croket | Lars | Lotto - Cervélo | BEL | 101 | | 154 | Hernández Gutierrez | Aitor | Santander | ESP | 101 | | 161 | Maillet | Jocelin | Pearl Adidas | FRA | 97 | | 165 | Topchanyuk | Artem | Aker - MOT | UKR | 94 | | 166 | Corioni | Claudio | Pro Team Venchi - Sugoi | ITA | 94 | | 168 | Rast | Grégory | Pendleton's | SWI | 93 | | 169 | Mohs | Erik | Pokerstars.com | GER | 93 | | 172 | Mai | Christoph | Wikipedia | GER | 91 | | 175 | Dees | Tim | Festina - Canal+ | NED | 90 | | 176 | Pinot | Thibaut | Wikipedia | FRA | 90 | | 178 | Kwiatkowski | MichaÅ‚ | Team B&O | POL | 88 | | 183 | Rodrigues | Vitor | Hollister Pro Cycling | POR | 86 | | 184 | Kneisky | Morgan | Pearl Adidas | FRA | 86 | | 187 | Lavoine | Anthony | Festina - Canal+ | FRA | 85 | | 188 | Bagdonas | Gediminas | Team Bacardi | LTU | 85 | | 189 | Bugge | Vegard Robinson | Aker - MOT | NOR | 84 | | 196 | Caruso | Gianpaolo | Cisco Cycling Team | ITA | 82 | | 197 | Nepomnyachsniy | Yevgeni | Milka - AVG | KAZ | 82 | | 198 | Sulzberger | Wes | Simply Red Bull | AUS | 82 | | 199 | Meyer | Travis | Wikipedia | AUS | 81 | | 200 | Lindeman | Bert-Jan | Koenigsegg | NED | 80 | | 201 | Forero | Juan Pablo | Milka - AVG | COL | 80 | | 202 | Vandborg | Brian | Team B&O | DEN | 80 | | 203 | Vanoverschelde | Kobe | Aker - MOT | BEL | 79 | | 205 | Mollema | Bauke | Festina - Canal+ | NED | 78 | | 206 | Sørensen | Chris Anker | Festina - Canal+ | DEN | 78 | | 208 | Vermeltfoort | Coen | Lotto - Cervélo | NED | 77 | | 209 | Ciolek | Gerald | Lotto - Cervélo | GER | 76 | | 210 | Minard | Sébastien | Team Puma - SAP | FRA | 76 | | 214 | López Garcia | David | Santander | ESP | 75 | | 223 | Shushemoin | Alexandre | Aker - MOT | KAZ | 71 | | 224 | Tamouridis | Ioannis | Festina - Canal+ | GRE | 71 | | 225 | Degenkolb | John | Pokerstars.com | GER | 71 | | 229 | Rojas Gil | José Joaquin | Aker - MOT | ESP | 70 | | 230 | Vysna | Matej | Milka - AVG | SVK | 70 | | 231 | Bol | Jetse | Team Puma - SAP | NED | 70 | | 232 | Bar | Jocelyn | Team Puma - SAP | FRA | 70 | | 237 | Mancuso | Salvatore | Team Bacardi | ITA | 69 | | 244 | Minoungou | Oumaru | Pendleton's | BUR | 65 | | 245 | Pardilla | Sergio | Team Bacardi | ESP | 65 | | 246 | Zahner | Simon | UBS - BMC | SWI | 65 | | 247 | Elissonde | Kenny | Wikipedia | FRA | 65 | | 250 | Panayotov | Petar | Pearl Adidas | BUL | 64 | | 251 | Scarponi | Paolo | Wiggle Professional Cycling Team | SMR | 64 | | 254 | Arndt | Nikias | Team B&O | GER | 63 | | 258 | Frohlinger | Johannes | Project 1t4i | GER | 61 | | 261 | Ingels | Nick | Pokerstars.com | BEL | 60 | | 262 | Meersman | Gianni | Team Puma - SAP | BEL | 60 | | 267 | Redondo | José Antonio | Koenigsegg | ESP | 59 | | 268 | De Gendt | Thomas | Vesuvio-Accumalux | BEL | 59 | | 272 | Brandt | Tyler | Heineken presented by California Giant Berry Farms | USA | 58 | | 273 | Tschopp | Johann | UBS - BMC | SWI | 58 | | 276 | Maaskant | Martijn | Pokerstars.com | NED | 57 | | 280 | Vangheel | Timothy | Simply Red Bull | BEL | 56 | | 283 | Aistrup | Nikola | Team B&O | DEN | 55 | | 284 | Yatsevich | Kiril | Team Bacardi | RUS | 55 | | 287 | Dyachenko | Aleksandr | Cisco Cycling Team | KAZ | 54 | | 288 | Kennaugh | Tim | Pendleton's | GBR | 54 | | 293 | Delage | Mickaël | Team Puma - SAP | FRA | 52 | | 295 | Facci | Mauro | Simply Red Bull | ITA | 51 | | 296 | Merino Criado | Pedro | Vesuvio-Accumalux | ESP | 51 | | 301 | Brus | Marco | Festina - Canal+ | NED | 50 | | 302 | Kratochvila | Jakub | Milka - AVG | CZE | 50 | | 303 | Ibanez | Ruben | Pendleton's | BOL | 50 | | 304 | Rienda Segura | Juan Carlos | Santander | ESP | 50 | | 305 | Serrano | Rafael | Santander | ESP | 50 | | 306 | Perget | Mathieu | Team Bacardi | FRA | 50 | | 320 | Atapuma | Darwin | Wikipedia | COL | 49 | | 326 | Gasparotto | Enrico | Team Puma - SAP | ITA | 48 | | 331 | Meyer | Cameron | Koenigsegg | AUS | 47 | | 332 | Navarro | Daniel | Team Bacardi | ESP | 47 | | 333 | Stauff | Andreas | Lotto - Cervélo | GER | 46 | | 338 | Ulanowski | Maciej | Lotto - Cervélo | POL | 45 | | 339 | Jallays | Welle | Pokerstars.com | BEL | 45 | | 340 | Colbrelli | Sonny | Pro Team Venchi - Sugoi | ITA | 45 | | 341 | Echarri | Francisco Javier | Santander | ESP | 45 | | 342 | Sinelobov | Chu Thien | UBS - BMC | KAZ | 45 | | 343 | Girardi | Edoardo | UBS - BMC | ITA | 45 | | 344 | Locatelli | Paolo | Wiggle Professional Cycling Team | ITA | 45 | | 345 | Janse van Rensburg | Reinhardt | Wikipedia | RSA | 45 | | 358 | Aberasturi | Jon | Project 1t4i | ESP | 42 | | 360 | Vanderaerden | Michael | Lotto - Cervélo | BEL | 41 | | 363 | Marentes | Wilson | Hollister Pro Cycling | COL | 40 | | 364 | Fonseca | Armindo | Pearl Adidas | FRA | 40 | | 365 | Cummings | Steven | Pendleton's | GBR | 40 | | 366 | Favilli | Elia | Pro Team Venchi - Sugoi | ITA | 40 | | 367 | Agnoli | Valerio | Pro Team Venchi - Sugoi | ITA | 40 | | 368 | Ortega | Didac | Santander | ESP | 40 | | 369 | Walsleben | Philipp | Vesuvio-Accumalux | GER | 40 | | 392 | Sinner | Benoît | Festina - Canal+ | FRA | 36 | | 393 | Sprick | Matthieu | Wikipedia | FRA | 36 | | 396 | Biziyaremye | Joseph | Aker - MOT | RWA | 35 | | 397 | Öste-Macdonald | Max | Koenigsegg | SWD | 35 | | 398 | Sagan | Juraj | Team B&O | SVK | 35 | | 399 | Sobota | Kristian | Team B&O | DEN | 35 | | 400 | Terciado | Francisco José | Team Bacardi | ESP | 35 | | 410 | Monsalve | Yonathan | Hollister Pro Cycling | VEN | 34 | | 413 | Haedo | Juan José | Heineken presented by California Giant Berry Farms | ARG | 32 | | 414 | Izagirre | Ion | Hollister Pro Cycling | ESP | 32 | | 416 | Bennett | George | Simply Red Bull | NZL | 31 | | 417 | Betancourt | Carlos | Hollister Pro Cycling | COL | 30 | | 418 | Moschella | Artemio | Lotto - Cervélo | ITA | 30 | | 419 | Van Emden | Jos | Project 1t4i | NED | 30 | | 428 | Duarte | Fabio | Pro Team Venchi - Sugoi | COL | 28 | | 429 | Copeland | Tom | Pendleton's | GBR | 27 | | 431 | Possoni | Moris | Cisco Cycling Team | ITA | 26 | | 434 | Peterson | Thomas | Heineken presented by California Giant Berry Farms | USA | 25 | | 435 | Boucher | David | Pokerstars.com | FRA | 25 | | 436 | Corti | Marco | Pro Team Venchi - 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Well, after all, this battle didn't deserve any other result than a draw.
Congratulations Vesuvio
Congratulations as well to Wikipedia, and commiserations to Santander for missing out so close.
A big thank you to SN for the stunning reports throughout the whole race.
At first, goal failed not too hard! 
4 stage wins is right in the middle of the range I expected, so especially keeping in mind the failures of TA and Qatar and the imponderables of a GT, that was not too shabby.
Winning multiple stages and even wearing the leader's jersey in the GT premiere is definitely a rare achievement, though it was to be expected with our line-up.
Still, I feel like the national bonus didn't help us a lot, and daily form certainly not as well. Those bad sprints will surely haunt my dreams when we are in the closing stages of the season.
That said, I need to examine the rankings update to exactly tell how I liked our very first Grand Tour.
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Posted on 27-05-2013 00:25
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And for everyone who is interested, I combined the scores from the race clash Giro/Cali.
Due to some teams having more of a focus on one race obviously, I think that helps estimating how to evaluate the new rankings and the overall performance of all teams.
| Wikipedia | 1959 | | SRB | 1140 | | Santander | 1086 | | Pearl | 1063 | | Aker | 1032 | | Puma | 927 | | Koenigsegg | 867 | | Vesuvio | 857 | | Milka | 843 | | UBS | 811 | | Heineken | 697 | | Festina | 650 | | Bacardi | 611 | | Pendleton's | 529 | | B&O | 473 | | 1t4i | 473 | | Pokerstars | 386 | | Lotto | 343 | | Wiggle | 313 | | Venchi | 219 |
6th there is obviously amazing for us
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| Spilak23 |
Posted on 27-05-2013 00:29
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The Giro was nice! Great reporting all the way through!
Swift-Bennati 4-4 in the end is fair. None actually seemed stronger as the other. Bennati probably lost the 2nd place on the stage were he started his sprint way to early. Something Van Heerden is becoming REALLY good at.
Surprised to see promoting squads Red Bull and Aker being so high. Though it's still early, they are doing a good job staying away from the bottom places. One Madrazo race and Santander has closed the gap to the rest of the field. They should have no problem moving further up from now on. Bacardi on the other seem to be in some trouble after a dissapointing performance by Ricco
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| ember |
Posted on 27-05-2013 00:29
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Once again, thanks for brilliant reports all the way through, SN.
That was a great race for us, eventhough we didn't win a stage. Spilak was all in all at his very best, and a podium in our first Grand Tour feels good. Especially when I had a podium in the Giro d'Italia as a goal. Augustyn's racing was also nice to watch, especially on the Zoncolan stage, where he positioned Spilak perfectly, judging by the pictures.
Big congratulations to dave92! That was a massive win, and a great one in terms of ranking points as well. It will be very interesting to see where Phinney lines up in the coming races, after this Grand Tour win, and beating Madrazo, it opens up for many to try to push last year's winner of the individual ranking down a step or two or five.
Seeing our own points from the race I'm without any doubt satisfied. It gives us a much needed gap down to many teams with the Vuelta a España and Tour de France coming up, where I don't expect us to bring home any big points.
The battle for the overall win in the Pro Tour will be a nice one to follow. Both Pearl Adidas and Vesuvio look strong, but Wikipedia's and Koenigsegg's gap might be a tough one to close.
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Posted on 27-05-2013 00:29
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Kudos to Wikipedia for the win. Good work taking the crown from the Italians. Cheers to SN as well for some splendid reporting, as always.
In the end came away with a good result with Trofimov holding on to a top 10 and scoring stage wins along with a day in the pink jersey.
Was a bit amusing seeing Meyer contesting the sprint in the last stage and just going backwards despite having the best lead out. Although in fairness, was even surprised to see him up there in the first place.
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Posted on 27-05-2013 00:31
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Fantastic to finally see a GT win and especially from an American. I truly did not see Phinney being able to topple Madrazo and figured his chances of winning were gone when Madrazo turned up on the startlist.
The points jersey was something I had my eye on once I saw Phinney attentive and towards the front in the early stages.
The team rode fantastically considering 8 of the 9 can be found in the young riders' classification. Bright futures there.
I really appreciate all the congratulations from all of you great managers.
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| CountArach |
Posted on 27-05-2013 00:57
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Congratulations Dave.
And thanks SN. Those were consistently some of the best reports I have ever read in this game. Thank you for them and your dedication to this game in general.
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| Mresuperstar |
Posted on 27-05-2013 02:47
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Although I feel like I'm repeating everyone already...
Thanks SN for the amazing reports and congrats Dave - Very cool to see an American team and rider win a GT. Enjoyed all the action from a neutral perspective.
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| Levi4life |
Posted on 27-05-2013 03:04
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I'm happier with a stage win than i am with Eastman's 13th weirdly. Coming out of the Giro still out of the relegation zone is good.
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| Bushwackers |
Posted on 27-05-2013 04:26
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Wow, what a thrilling finale there. Serious congratulations to Dave and Wikipedia, I thought Madrazo would have had it for sure. Great race through and through, very entertaining. Thanks for the hard work SN.
As for UBS, I'm really bummed with our performance. Nibali should have podiumed, or at least won a stage. Richeze was hit or miss in the sprints, usually miss. We were active in quite a few breakaways, but they rarely succeeded, and when they did we didn't win. Riblon almost got the KoM jersey, but chose not to defend his lead. We pretty much came up with a slew of average top 10 results, and came out with an average amount of points when we should have been protagonists (in my opinion). Anyway, onto the Vuelta!
By the way, that's crazy that we're exactly tied with Festina, what are the chances 
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| Avin Wargunnson |
Posted on 27-05-2013 06:29
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So the Giro is over and it was agreat race all the was, large part of that was amazing reports and insane level of dedication to the game from SN, big congrats for this!
Swift rewarded him with 4 stage wins, nice battle that was with Bennati.
Still biggest congrats go to Wikipedia and Phinney, thrilling battle till the last metres of Zoncolan and beyond, i suppose pink jersey confidence was the key to the success. Madrazo was clearly the best climber, but he was not attentive enough at all times (Gavia stage especially).
Overall great race for me as the spectator, i can only imagine how nervous the actual GT teams managers can be.
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| tyriion |
Posted on 27-05-2013 08:50
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Awesome race to follow, especially as there were all kinds of stage victories. Sprint battle between Bennati and Swift, Sella's epic ride, Madrazo in the third week, a break away now and then, Trofimov and of course Phinney.
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| Rin |
Posted on 27-05-2013 09:26
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Thanks for the great reports
Congratulations to dave for Phinneys Giro win plus the points and young rider classification.
I am happy that my team managed to get a stage win with Claeys and a stage podium position with Ciolek. A bit disappointed that Lloret just missed out the Top 20.
I am a bit worried about the rankings slipping now to 15th (with being just some points away from 17th) even though Cunego has some races left.
So I hope for a better Vuelta as I have send there a better team hoping that De la Fuente will finish higher than Lloret in the general classification.
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| Smowz |
Posted on 27-05-2013 09:35
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First off, it was a really good Giro to watch with a excellent bunch of reports. The moments of drama were clear and despite the heavy amount of TTing it made for a great race. Thank you SN.
Certainly the route design had a massive impact and big props also to Dave and mb for sending their big guns here instead of more guaranteed points. In the case of Phinney it was the right move, for Madrazo perhaps the intelligent move would have been to go for the Vuelta instead but this way has led to much more interesting racing.
There is the feeling of relief in the SRB camp, with Sella's brave Gavia win along with Viviani's breakaway win giving us plenty to cheer about. Van Heerden's sprinting got stupid by the end of the race - I feel as if we were 100 or so points off where I thought we could have been but as accumulate this with a superb California race I certainly cannot complain.
Looking at the ranking position, I would say already Venchi are doomed to relegation, no surprises there though this Giro which they probably had expectations for was a complete disaster. Santander and Bacardi have improved their position but not to the degree that they would have wanted to - they really need a big Grand Tour from their leaders. Ricco at the Vuelta is surely key for Bacardi.
I notice Wiggle and Lotto have really slipped down the rankings also, victims perhaps of 'poor' AI on Hilly stages. It doesn't bode well for the chances of Ricco/Schleck in the Vuelta though Trofimov did okay in this Giro.
Should change quite a lot after the Vuelta though.
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Posted on 27-05-2013 09:44
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Big congrats to dave and again big thanks to SN for the reports. Interesting race, especially as I was sure Madrazo's win was a done deal. 2nd in the team classification did give me some consolatory points but the winds are going to have to change if we are to stay up. |
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