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| SeoulYank |
Posted on 25-10-2009 12:51
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Stage 14: Vitonia/Gasteiz - Santander


Today looks like another day for the break. With 44km to go, the break has a 14 minute lead. Garcia Viveros is here for Discovery Channel.

He won't make it to the finish line with the main break group, however. Along with Sprick, he is dropped off the back.

With 3.5km to go, the break group starts to stretch out.

The sprint starts with Deprez in the lead and Bochu chasing.

Deprez won't be caught and takes the win.

Back in the main pack, Impey is the first to cross the finish line.
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| SeoulYank |
Posted on 25-10-2009 13:11
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Tour de Pologne
Stage 7: Jelenia Gora - Karpacz

Final stage of the tour. Still a number of different guys who could win it. We will try sending Ivan Rovny in the break today. Doubtful the peloton will let him go, but we need to at least try for the KoM jersey.

Rovny goes in the break and gets the first mountain points of the day but is caught shortly after. His hopes of KoM are gone.

Nothing signficant happens until we hit the final descent to the finish where a group of 27 split off. Only Andy Schleck is here for Discovery Channel.

As we hit the uphill sprint finish, Alejandro Valverde is in front. He has a shot at the overall win.

Valverde opens a gap to the chasers, with only Senig able to stay close.

The old man takes it, and that is good enough for the overall win. He shows the youngsters he still has something left in his legs.
It was a fairly quiet tour for Discovery Channel. Schleck has the highest finish for the team at 12th place.
Results
| 1 | Alejandro Valverde | AG2R PRÉVOYANCE | 4h12'51 | | 2 | Guido Seinig | TEAM WIESENHOF FELT | s.t. | | 3 | Jelle Vanendert | EUSKALTEL - EUSKADI | + 16 | | 4 | Andy Schleck | DISCOVERY CHANNEL | s.t. | | 5 | Dimitri Claeys | RABOBANK | s.t. | | 6 | Philippe Gilbert | GEROLSTEINER | + 31 | | 7 | Juanjo Cobo | CERAMICA PANARIA - NAVIGARE | s.t. | | 8 | Danilo Di Luca | QUICKSTEP - INNERGETIC | s.t. | | 9 | Rigoberto Urán | EUSKALTEL - EUSKADI | + 39 | | 10 | Mikhail Ignatiev | TEAM CSC | s.t. | | 11 | Alessandro Ballan | CERAMICA PANARIA - NAVIGARE | + 47 | | 12 | Jesús Tendero | CAISSE D'EPARGNE | s.t. | | 13 | Koldo Muñoz González | CAISSE D'EPARGNE | s.t. | | 14 | Jurrie Nienhuis | QUICKSTEP - INNERGETIC | s.t. | | 15 | Diego Milán | CAISSE D'EPARGNE | + 55 | | 16 | José Iván Gutiérrez | CERAMICA PANARIA - NAVIGARE | s.t. | | 17 | Davide Malacarne | PREDICTOR - LOTTO | s.t. | | 18 | Marco Bandiera | TEAM MILRAM | + 1'03 | | 19 | Sergej Fuchs | EUSKALTEL - EUSKADI | s.t. | | 20 | Sergei Kolesnikov | LIQUIGAS | + 1'11 | | 21 | Gerald Ciolek | TEAM WIESENHOF FELT | s.t. | | 22 | Stijn Devolder | CAISSE D'EPARGNE | + 1'51 | | 23 | Michal Kwiatkowski | TEAM WIESENHOF FELT | s.t. | | 24 | Matthew Goss | TEAM MILRAM | + 2'07 | | 25 | Dainius Kairelis | TEAM WIESENHOF FELT | + 2'31 | | 26 | Lucas Persson | TEAM WIESENHOF FELT | + 2'39 | | 27 | Rafael RodrÃguez | TEAM MILRAM | s.t. | | 28 | Matthew Lloyd | TEAM CSC | s.t. | | 29 | Hanno Bartelsen | LIQUIGAS | s.t. | | 30 | Samuel Sánchez | TEAM ASTANA | s.t. | | 31 | Rubén Pérez | SAUNIER DUVAL - PRODIR | + 2'47 | | 32 | Yuri Trofimov | TEAM ASTANA | s.t. | | 33 | Andrew Towers | TEAM ASTANA | s.t. | | 34 | Donato Cannone | SAUNIER DUVAL - PRODIR | s.t. | | 35 | Danilo Wyss | CERAMICA PANARIA - NAVIGARE | s.t. | | 36 | Enrique Mata | TEAM LPR | s.t. | | 37 | Matija Kvasina | SAUNIER DUVAL - PRODIR | s.t. | | 38 | Andriy Grivko | LIQUIGAS | + 2'55 | | 39 | Rémy Di Gregorio | AG2R PRÉVOYANCE | s.t. | | 40 | Jonas Hoberg | CHOCOLADE JACQUES - TOPSPORT | s.t. |
GC
| 1 | Alejandro Valverde | AG2R PRÉVOYANCE | 29h45'41 | | 2 | Guido Seinig | TEAM WIESENHOF FELT | + 1 | | 3 | Jelle Vanendert | EUSKALTEL - EUSKADI | + 13 | | 4 | Dimitri Claeys | RABOBANK | + 26 | | 5 | Marco Bandiera | TEAM MILRAM | + 34 | | 6 | Philippe Gilbert | GEROLSTEINER | + 38 | | 7 | Alessandro Ballan | CERAMICA PANARIA - NAVIGARE | + 54 | | 8 | Mikhail Ignatiev | TEAM CSC | s.t. | | 9 | Gerald Ciolek | TEAM WIESENHOF FELT | s.t. | | 10 | Davide Malacarne | PREDICTOR - LOTTO | + 1'11 | | 11 | Sergei Kolesnikov | LIQUIGAS | + 1'27 | | 12 | Jesús Tendero | CAISSE D'EPARGNE | + 3'04 | | 13 | Sergej Fuchs | EUSKALTEL - EUSKADI | + 3'18 | | 14 | Andy Schleck | DISCOVERY CHANNEL | + 3'34 | | 15 | Juanjo Cobo | CERAMICA PANARIA - NAVIGARE | + 3'47 | | 16 | Danilo Di Luca | QUICKSTEP - INNERGETIC | + 3'52 | | 17 | Rigoberto Urán | EUSKALTEL - EUSKADI | + 3'55 | | 18 | Koldo Muñoz González | CAISSE D'EPARGNE | + 4'04 | | 19 | Jurrie Nienhuis | QUICKSTEP - INNERGETIC | + 4'08 | | 20 | José Iván Gutiérrez | CERAMICA PANARIA - NAVIGARE | + 4'11 | | 21 | Diego Milán | CAISSE D'EPARGNE | + 4'12 | | 22 | Zhou Sui | DISCOVERY CHANNEL | + 4'16 | | 23 | Stijn Devolder | CAISSE D'EPARGNE | + 5'07 | | 24 | Matthew Goss | TEAM MILRAM | + 5'27 | | 25 | Dainius Kairelis | TEAM WIESENHOF FELT | + 5'47 | | 26 | Danilo Wyss | CERAMICA PANARIA - NAVIGARE | + 5'51 | | 27 | Donato Cannone | SAUNIER DUVAL - PRODIR | + 5'53 | | 28 | Rafael RodrÃguez | TEAM MILRAM | + 6'01 | | 29 | Hanno Bartelsen | LIQUIGAS | + 6'02 | | 30 | Samuel Sánchez | TEAM ASTANA | + 6'04 | | 31 | Yuri Trofimov | TEAM ASTANA | + 6'07 | | 32 | Enrique Mata | TEAM LPR | s.t. | | 33 | Rémy Di Gregorio | AG2R PRÉVOYANCE | + 6'14 | | 34 | Jonas Hoberg | CHOCOLADE JACQUES - TOPSPORT | + 6'17 | | 35 | Andriy Grivko | LIQUIGAS | + 6'20 | | 36 | Ivan Rovny | DISCOVERY CHANNEL | + 6'21 | | 37 | Niels Scheuneman | MICHE | + 6'35 | | 38 | Michael Morkov | LAMPRE - FONDITAL | s.t. | | 39 | Grégory Habeaux | TEAM CSC | + 6'43 | | 40 | Eros Capecchi | PREDICTOR - LOTTO | + 6'44 | | 41 | Abdelkader Belmokhtar | TEAM CSC | + 6'46 | | 42 | Heinrich Haussler | DISCOVERY CHANNEL | + 6'49 | | 43 | Florent Bonnet | EUSKALTEL - EUSKADI | + 6'51 | | 44 | Terence Coquin | MICHE | + 7'15 | | 45 | Andreas Dietziker | MICHE | + 7'23 | | 46 | Nazzario Aurino | LAMPRE - FONDITAL | + 8'03 | | 47 | Christian Poos | TEAM MILRAM | + 8'09 | | 48 | Danny Summerhill | GEROLSTEINER | + 8'27 | | 49 | Daniele Bennati | LAMPRE - FONDITAL | s.t. | | 50 | Victor Safonov | T-MOBILE TEAM | + 8'33 |
Points
| 1 | Marco Bandiera | TEAM MILRAM | | 2 | Gerald Ciolek | TEAM WIESENHOF FELT | | 3 | Danilo Wyss | CERAMICA PANARIA - NAVIGARE |
Mountain
| 1 | Stijn Devolder | CAISSE D'EPARGNE | 34 | 34 | | 2 | Ian McLeod | TEAM CSC | 26 | 26 | | 3 | Alejandro Valverde | AG2R PRÉVOYANCE | 12 | 24 |
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Posted on 25-10-2009 13:25
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Stage 15: Santander - Villavicioso

Another flat stage today. Rest day tomorrow, then back to the mountains.

The day's break has a 2 minute lead with 12km to go. Given a chance for a win, there is considerable jockeying for position. Bodrogi and Veuchelen are pushing to be in front.

The pack is coming fast. As the sprint trains line up, Van Heerden is looking to lead out Farrar.

The break survivors are Vanlandschoot and Pozzato. They give it everything they've got to stay ahead of the sprint.

Vanlandschoot just about dies at the finish, but manages to hang on for a nice win. Pozzato takes second. Break campadres take 3rd and 4th and the sprinting pack swallows everyone else.
Results
| 1 | James Vanlandschoot | TEAM CSC | 3h26'31 | | 2 | Filippo Pozzato | BARLOWORLD | s.t. | | 3 | Aivaras Baranauskas | CRÉDIT AGRICOLE | s.t. | | 4 | Frederik Veuchelen | LIQUIGAS | s.t. | | 5 | Wim Stroetinga | TEAM LPR | s.t. | | 6 | André Greipel | CRÉDIT AGRICOLE | s.t. | | 7 | Greg Van Avermaet | PREDICTOR - LOTTO | s.t. | | 8 | Daryl Impey | GEROLSTEINER | s.t. | | 9 | Tyler Farrar | DISCOVERY CHANNEL | s.t. | | 10 | Martin Mortensen | LIQUIGAS | s.t. | | 11 | Martin Velits | TEAM WIESENHOF FELT | s.t. | | 12 | Riccardo Riccò | T-MOBILE TEAM | s.t. | | 13 | Wouter Weylandt | QUICKSTEP - INNERGETIC | s.t. | | 14 | Laszló Bodrogi | CHOCOLADE JACQUES - TOPSPORT VLAANDEREN | s.t. | | 15 | Francisco Pacheco | CERAMICA PANARIA - NAVIGARE | s.t. | | 16 | Bernhard Eisel | LAMPRE - FONDITAL | s.t. | | 17 | Juan José Haedo | TEAM WIESENHOF FELT | s.t. | | 18 | Simone Ponzi | QUICKSTEP - INNERGETIC | s.t. | | 19 | Dieter Cappelle | UNIBET.COM | s.t. | | 20 | Stéphane Vrillard | CRÉDIT AGRICOLE | s.t. | | 21 | Tom Boonen | QUICKSTEP - INNERGETIC | s.t. | | 22 | Juan Van Heerden | DISCOVERY CHANNEL | s.t. | | 23 | Robert Förster | UNIBET.COM | s.t. | | 24 | Jonas Aaen Jørgensen | LIQUIGAS | s.t. | | 25 | James Jansen | UNIBET.COM | s.t. | | 26 | Jan Almblad | LIQUIGAS | s.t. | | 27 | Primoz Ernisa | UNIBET.COM | s.t. | | 28 | Francesco Tomei | CERAMICA PANARIA - NAVIGARE | s.t. | | 29 | Giuseppe Cerbone | TEAM WIESENHOF FELT | s.t. | | 30 | Diego Ulissi | LAMPRE - FONDITAL | s.t. |
GC
| 1 | Sergio Pardilla | RABOBANK | 55h25'02 | | 2 | Rubén Plaza | LAMPRE - FONDITAL | + 7'21 | | 3 | Javier Moreno | CAISSE D'EPARGNE | + 8'22 | | 4 | Jason Donald | DISCOVERY CHANNEL | + 10'44 | | 5 | Cadel Evans | PREDICTOR - LOTTO | + 11'07 | | 6 | Chris Sørensen | QUICKSTEP - INNERGETIC | + 12'46 | | 7 | Luis León Sánchez | SAUNIER DUVAL - PRODIR | + 14'16 | | 8 | Antonio GarcÃa González | AG2R PRÉVOYANCE | + 16'14 | | 9 | Elias Morca | CAISSE D'EPARGNE | + 16'24 | | 10 | José Antonio Redondo | BARLOWORLD | + 18'03 | | 11 | Thomas Lövkvist | DISCOVERY CHANNEL | + 18'20 | | 12 | Mirdjalol Mitodorov | TEAM ASTANA | + 18'30 | | 13 | Chris Froome | LAMPRE - FONDITAL | + 18'41 | | 14 | Mauricio Ardila | DISCOVERY CHANNEL | + 19'48 | | 15 | Riccardo Riccò | T-MOBILE TEAM | + 22'01 | | 16 | Gabriele Tassinari | SAUNIER DUVAL - PRODIR | + 23'51 | | 17 | Alexander Gottfried | PREDICTOR - LOTTO | + 25'09 | | 18 | Ezio Cangiano | CRÉDIT AGRICOLE | + 25'41 | | 19 | Edwin Parra | TEAM ASTANA | s.t. | | 20 | Enrique Salgueiro | CAISSE D'EPARGNE | + 25'58 | | 21 | Michele Ciano | RABOBANK | + 26'05 | | 22 | Haimar Zubeldia | EUSKALTEL - EUSKADI | + 26'19 | | 23 | Luca Pierfelici | T-MOBILE TEAM | + 26'22 | | 24 | Sergio DomÃnguez | LAMPRE - FONDITAL | + 26'42 | | 25 | Fredy Gentizon | QUICKSTEP - INNERGETIC | + 26'46 | | 26 | Alberto Fernández | BARLOWORLD | + 26'53 | | 27 | Mikel Astarloza | CAISSE D'EPARGNE | + 27'14 | | 28 | Yaroslav Popovych | DISCOVERY CHANNEL | + 27'43 | | 29 | Juanma Gárate | LAMPRE - FONDITAL | + 28'59 | | 30 | Josep Iduriaga | SAUNIER DUVAL - PRODIR | s.t. |
Points
| 1 | Sergio Pardilla | RABOBANK | 0 | 122 | | 2 | Rubén Plaza | LAMPRE - FONDITAL | 0 | 100 | | 3 | Javier Moreno | CAISSE D'EPARGNE | 0 | 88 |
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Posted on 25-10-2009 13:43
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Tour de Missouri
Past Winners
2007: George Hincapie (Discovery Channel)
2008: Jonathan Urlovic (DFL)
2009: Blake Caldwell (Slipstream)
2010: Libardo Nino (Slipstream)
2011: Taylor Phinney (Colombia es Passion)
2012: Jean-Noel Luc (Colombia es Passion)
While the Vuelta and Tour de Pologne were going on, we had yet another team in Missouri for this race. I could not attend and only the stage and final results are posted here.
Stage 1: Kansas City - Kansas City
| 1 | Mark Cavendish | DISCOVERY CHANNEL | 3h19'46 | | 2 | JoaquÃn Sobrino | COLOMBIA ES PASIÓN - COLDEPORTES | s.t. | | 3 | Lucas Schädlich | NAVIGATORS INSURANCE | s.t. | | 4 | Antonino Cattardico | SYMMETRICS CYCLING TEAM | s.t. | | 5 | Kazuo Inoue | TEAM SLIPSTREAM | s.t. | | 6 | David Vitoria | BMC CYCLING TEAM | s.t. | | 7 | Kasper Jebjerg | TEAM SPARKASSE | s.t. | | 8 | Anthony Ravard | NAVIGATORS INSURANCE | s.t. | | 9 | Damien Monier | UNE - ORBITEL | s.t. | | 10 | Graham Pritchett | DFL - CYCLINGNEWS - LITESPEED | s.t. | | 11 | Joakim Gunnerud | TOYOTA - UNITED PRO CT | s.t. | | 12 | Sébastien Chavanel | TOYOTA - UNITED PRO CT | s.t. | | 13 | Stefan Heiny | SYMMETRICS CYCLING TEAM | s.t. | | 14 | Hans-Hermann Brincker | TEAM SPARKASSE | s.t. | | 15 | Rafael AnÃbal Montiel | COLOMBIA ES PASIÓN - COLDEPORTES | s.t. | | 16 | Nico Sijmens | TOYOTA - UNITED PRO CT | s.t. | | 17 | Ben Fowler | UNE - ORBITEL | s.t. | | 18 | Tony Gallopin | TEAM SLIPSTREAM | s.t. | | 19 | Damián MartÃnez | TOYOTA - UNITED PRO CT | s.t. | | 20 | Björn Schröder | HEALTH NET PRESENTED BY MAXXIS | s.t. |
Stage 2: Clinton - Springfield
| 1 | Wilkin Sheput | BMC CYCLING TEAM | 4h32'10 | | 2 | Xabier Iranzo | UNE - ORBITEL | s.t. | | 3 | Stanley Spencer | NAVIGATORS INSURANCE | s.t. | | 4 | Mark Cavendish | DISCOVERY CHANNEL | + 51 | | 5 | Kazuo Inoue | TEAM SLIPSTREAM | s.t. | | 6 | JoaquÃn Sobrino | COLOMBIA ES PASIÓN - COLDEPORTES | s.t. | | 7 | Samuel Dumoulin | DFL - CYCLINGNEWS - LITESPEED | s.t. | | 8 | Lucas Schädlich | NAVIGATORS INSURANCE | s.t. | | 9 | Antonino Cattardico | SYMMETRICS CYCLING TEAM | s.t. | | 10 | Graham Pritchett | DFL - CYCLINGNEWS - LITESPEED | s.t. | | 11 | David Vitoria | BMC CYCLING TEAM | s.t. | | 12 | Joakim Gunnerud | TOYOTA - UNITED PRO CT | s.t. | | 13 | Ben Fowler | UNE - ORBITEL | s.t. | | 14 | Damien Monier | UNE - ORBITEL | s.t. | | 15 | Kasper Jebjerg | TEAM SPARKASSE | s.t. | | 16 | Stefan Heiny | SYMMETRICS CYCLING TEAM | s.t. | | 17 | Anthony Ravard | NAVIGATORS INSURANCE | s.t. | | 18 | Nico Sijmens | TOYOTA - UNITED PRO CT | s.t. | | 19 | Sébastien Chavanel | TOYOTA - UNITED PRO CT | s.t. | | 20 | Lars Boom | DISCOVERY CHANNEL | s.t. |
Stage 3: Branson ITT
| 1 | Luigi Sestili | DISCOVERY CHANNEL | 32'33 | | 2 | John Devine | DISCOVERY CHANNEL | + 4 | | 3 | Przemyslaw Niemiec | TEAM SLIPSTREAM | + 5 | | 4 | Tony Gallopin | TEAM SLIPSTREAM | + 15 | | 5 | Peter Stetina | COLOMBIA ES PASIÓN - COLDEPORTES | + 29 | | 6 | Frederik Nolf | DISCOVERY CHANNEL | + 35 | | 7 | Artjom Grafenstein | COLOMBIA ES PASIÓN - COLDEPORTES | + 44 | | 8 | Xabier Iranzo | UNE - ORBITEL | + 55 | | 9 | Kilian Patour | TEAM SLIPSTREAM | + 1'10 | | 10 | Chande Craven | HEALTH NET PRESENTED BY MAXXIS | + 1'12 | | 11 | Francisco Javier Marti | SAUNIER DUVAL - PRODIR | + 1'14 | | 12 | Lars Boom | DISCOVERY CHANNEL | + 1'23 | | 13 | Shane Elliot | DFL - CYCLINGNEWS - LITESPEED | + 1'30 | | 14 | Mark Cavendish | DISCOVERY CHANNEL | + 1'36 | | 15 | Koldo Igoa | TOYOTA - UNITED PRO CT | + 1'46 | | 16 | Blake Caldwell | TEAM SLIPSTREAM | + 1'49 | | 17 | Timothy Duggan | TEAM SLIPSTREAM | + 1'58 | | 18 | Sandros Colton | SYMMETRICS CYCLING TEAM | + 2'07 | | 19 | Francisco Pereiro | SYMMETRICS CYCLING TEAM | + 2'09 | | 20 | Kristoffer Nielsen | DISCOVERY CHANNEL | + 2'16 |
Stage 4: Lebanon - Columbia
| 1 | Lars Boom | DISCOVERY CHANNEL | 4h51'46 | | 2 | John Devine | DISCOVERY CHANNEL | s.t. | | 3 | Artjom Grafenstein | COLOMBIA ES PASIÓN - COLDEPORTES | s.t. | | 4 | Jean Regnault | BMC CYCLING TEAM | s.t. | | 5 | Luigi Sestili | DISCOVERY CHANNEL | s.t. | | 6 | JoaquÃn Sobrino | COLOMBIA ES PASIÓN - COLDEPORTES | + 25 | | 7 | Frederik Nolf | DISCOVERY CHANNEL | s.t. | | 8 | Thierry Lamborelle | DISCOVERY CHANNEL | s.t. | | 9 | Peter Stetina | COLOMBIA ES PASIÓN - COLDEPORTES | s.t. | | 10 | Kristoffer Nielsen | DISCOVERY CHANNEL | s.t. | | 11 | Blake Caldwell | TEAM SLIPSTREAM | s.t. | | 12 | Sydney Mandela | COLOMBIA ES PASIÓN - COLDEPORTES | s.t. | | 13 | Bogdan Vergun | UNE - ORBITEL | s.t. | | 14 | Mark Cavendish | DISCOVERY CHANNEL | + 40 | | 15 | Tony Gallopin | TEAM SLIPSTREAM | s.t. | | 16 | Franco Pellizotti | NAVIGATORS INSURANCE | s.t. | | 17 | Thijs Van Amerongen | DFL - CYCLINGNEWS - LITESPEED | s.t. | | 18 | Dailos DÃaz | COLOMBIA ES PASIÓN - COLDEPORTES | s.t. | | 19 | Mauro Facci | SAUNIER DUVAL - PRODIR | s.t. | | 20 | Oliver Zaugg | TEAM SLIPSTREAM | s.t. |
Stage 5: Jefferson City - St. Charles
| 1 | Mark Cavendish | DISCOVERY CHANNEL | 4h30'01 | | 2 | JoaquÃn Sobrino | COLOMBIA ES PASIÓN - COLDEPORTES | s.t. | | 3 | Kasper Jebjerg | TEAM SPARKASSE | s.t. | | 4 | Nico Sijmens | TOYOTA - UNITED PRO CT | s.t. | | 5 | Kazuo Inoue | TEAM SLIPSTREAM | s.t. | | 6 | David Vitoria | BMC CYCLING TEAM | s.t. | | 7 | Sébastien Chavanel | TOYOTA - UNITED PRO CT | s.t. | | 8 | Damien Monier | UNE - ORBITEL | s.t. | | 9 | Joakim Gunnerud | TOYOTA - UNITED PRO CT | s.t. | | 10 | Antonino Cattardico | SYMMETRICS CYCLING TEAM | s.t. | | 11 | Samuel Dumoulin | DFL - CYCLINGNEWS - LITESPEED | s.t. | | 12 | Lucas Schädlich | NAVIGATORS INSURANCE | s.t. | | 13 | Stefan Heiny | SYMMETRICS CYCLING TEAM | s.t. | | 14 | Anthony Ravard | NAVIGATORS INSURANCE | s.t. | | 15 | Hans-Hermann Brincker | TEAM SPARKASSE | s.t. | | 16 | Ben Fowler | UNE - ORBITEL | s.t. | | 17 | Graham Pritchett | DFL - CYCLINGNEWS - LITESPEED | s.t. | | 18 | Lars Boom | DISCOVERY CHANNEL | s.t. | | 19 | Artjom Grafenstein | COLOMBIA ES PASIÓN - COLDEPORTES | s.t. | | 20 | Kristoffer Nielsen | DISCOVERY CHANNEL | s.t. |
Stage 6: St. Louis Criterium
| 1 | Mark Cavendish | DISCOVERY CHANNEL | 1h59'58 | | 2 | JoaquÃn Sobrino | COLOMBIA ES PASIÓN - COLDEPORTES | s.t. | | 3 | Lucas Schädlich | NAVIGATORS INSURANCE | s.t. | | 4 | Antonino Cattardico | SYMMETRICS CYCLING TEAM | s.t. | | 5 | David Vitoria | BMC CYCLING TEAM | s.t. | | 6 | Sébastien Chavanel | TOYOTA - UNITED PRO CT | s.t. | | 7 | Anthony Ravard | NAVIGATORS INSURANCE | s.t. | | 8 | Hans-Hermann Brincker | TEAM SPARKASSE | s.t. | | 9 | Damián MartÃnez | TOYOTA - UNITED PRO CT | s.t. | | 10 | Ben Fowler | UNE - ORBITEL | s.t. | | 11 | Graham Pritchett | DFL - CYCLINGNEWS - LITESPEED | s.t. | | 12 | Joakim Gunnerud | TOYOTA - UNITED PRO CT | s.t. | | 13 | Kazuo Inoue | TEAM SLIPSTREAM | s.t. | | 14 | Nico Sijmens | TOYOTA - UNITED PRO CT | s.t. | | 15 | Damien Monier | UNE - ORBITEL | s.t. | | 16 | Tony Gallopin | TEAM SLIPSTREAM | s.t. | | 17 | Fernando Angeriz | DFL - CYCLINGNEWS - LITESPEED | s.t. | | 18 | Kasper Jebjerg | TEAM SPARKASSE | s.t. | | 19 | Stefan Heiny | SYMMETRICS CYCLING TEAM | s.t. | | 20 | Rafael AnÃbal Montiel | COLOMBIA ES PASIÓN - COLDEPORTES | s.t. |
Final GC
| 1 | John Devine | DISCOVERY CHANNEL | 19h46'57 | | 2 | Luigi Sestili | DISCOVERY CHANNEL | + 8 | | 3 | Artjom Grafenstein | COLOMBIA ES PASIÓN - COLDEPORTES | + 44 | | 4 | Xabier Iranzo | UNE - ORBITEL | + 51 | | 5 | Przemyslaw Niemiec | TEAM SLIPSTREAM | + 53 | | 6 | Peter Stetina | COLOMBIA ES PASIÓN - COLDEPORTES | + 1'02 | | 7 | Tony Gallopin | TEAM SLIPSTREAM | + 1'03 | | 8 | Frederik Nolf | DISCOVERY CHANNEL | + 1'08 | | 9 | Lars Boom | DISCOVERY CHANNEL | + 1'11 | | 10 | Mark Cavendish | DISCOVERY CHANNEL | + 1'12 | | 11 | Francisco Javier Marti | SAUNIER DUVAL - PRODIR | + 2'02 | | 12 | Blake Caldwell | TEAM SLIPSTREAM | + 2'12 | | 13 | Kilian Patour | TEAM SLIPSTREAM | + 2'33 | | 14 | Kristoffer Nielsen | DISCOVERY CHANNEL | + 2'49 | | 15 | Sydney Mandela | COLOMBIA ES PASIÓN - COLDEPORTES | + 2'55 | | 16 | Timothy Duggan | TEAM SLIPSTREAM | + 3'03 | | 17 | Thierry Lamborelle | DISCOVERY CHANNEL | + 3'09 | | 18 | Stefano Barberi | TEAM SPARKASSE | + 3'32 | | 19 | JoaquÃn Sobrino | COLOMBIA ES PASIÓN - COLDEPORTES | + 3'37 | | 20 | Pablo Lechuga | BMC CYCLING TEAM | + 4'03 |
Points
| 1 | Mark Cavendish | DISCOVERY CHANNEL | 25 | 105 | | 2 | JoaquÃn Sobrino | COLOMBIA ES PASIÓN - COLDEPORTES | 20 | 86 | | 3 | Kazuo Inoue | TEAM SLIPSTREAM | 3 | 45 | | 4 | Lucas Schädlich | NAVIGATORS INSURANCE | 16 | 44 | | 5 | Antonino Cattardico | SYMMETRICS CYCLING TEAM | 14 | 41 |
Mountain
| 1 | Hervé Vandenbergh | HEALTH NET PRESENTED BY MAXXIS | 0 | 24 | | 2 | Thijs Van Amerongen | DFL - CYCLINGNEWS - LITESPEED | 0 | 12 | | 3 | Ion Ander Olmos | TOYOTA - UNITED PRO CT | 0 | 11 | | 4 | Sten Stenersen | TEAM SPARKASSE | 0 | 10 | | 5 | Blake Caldwell | TEAM SLIPSTREAM | 0 | 8 |
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| ursul |
Posted on 26-10-2009 00:52
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you destroy the tour of missouri!
When Nothing goes rigth, go left...
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Posted on 26-10-2009 09:45
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could you please post the stats of choclate jacques |
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| SeoulYank |
Posted on 30-10-2009 11:30
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Stage 16: Villaviciosa - La Vega de los Viejos

Back to the mountains for the final week of the Vuelta. Jason Donald still has a shot at a podium spot if he can peak this week.

Meersman gets into the break today, he is going for more mountain points.

Meersman takes maximum points at the first climb, which puts in him the virtual KoM lead.

Not far behind the break, Redondo launches an attack followed by Evans and Sorensen.

Pardilla decides to counter. He is joined by Ricco.

This triggers attacks from Moreno, Garcia Gonzalez and Donald. Popo, Ardila and Lovkvist go too so they can help Jason.

We cross the peak, and guess who is in front? Pardilla of course.

Redondo is 2nd, 1'14 back. In the distance behind Redondo are Sorensen and then Meersman, who is fading fast.

Next a big group combined of early attackers and favorites. Gurendez, Iduriaga, Plaza, Lovkvist, Ardila, Popo, Donald, Evans and Giesecke are here.

Finally, an interesting develoment for Donald. The man just ahead of him in the standings, Moreno, is in another group 30 seconds back with Garcia Gonzalez, Ricco and Fernandez.

Sorensen appears to have cracked as the Plaza/Donald group overtakes him then leaves him behind.

Iduriaga falls off the back of the Plaza/Donald group.

LL Sanchez has launched an attack and managed to link up with the Plaza/Donald group, but just as he gets there both Plaza and Donald pull away from the group.

Plaza manages to ride away from Donald.

Meanwhile, Moreno links up with the Discovery Channel group. This group is now 1'37 behind Donald and the Discovery Channel guys are trying to keep the pace slow.

Pardilla crosses the final peak with a huge lead.

Redondo is still in second, but Plaza is coming up quickly behind him.

Donald is now dragging Sanchez along as he tries to increase the gap to Moreno. If he can pick-up enough time here, he'll leapfrog over Moreno into a podium spot.

Pardilla crosses the finish line in first. Normal service has resumed. Not shown, Redondo takes 2nd with Plaza in 3rd on the same time as Redondo.

Donald crosses the line in 4th. The question now is how much time he'll gain over Moreno.

Moreno crosses the line 2'02 later. He hangs on to third place, but only by 20 seconds now over Donald.
Results
| 1 | Sergio Pardilla | RABOBANK | 5h23'47 | | 2 | José Antonio Redondo | BARLOWORLD | + 2'12 | | 3 | Rubén Plaza | LAMPRE - FONDITAL | s.t. | | 4 | Jason Donald | DISCOVERY CHANNEL | + 4'36 | | 5 | Luis León Sánchez | SAUNIER DUVAL - PRODIR | s.t. | | 6 | Cadel Evans | PREDICTOR - LOTTO | + 6'38 | | 7 | Chris Sørensen | QUICKSTEP - INNERGETIC | s.t. | | 8 | Javier Moreno | CAISSE D'EPARGNE | s.t. | | 9 | Antonio GarcÃa González | AG2R PRÉVOYANCE | s.t. | | 10 | Mauricio Ardila | DISCOVERY CHANNEL | + 6'46 | | 11 | Thomas Lövkvist | DISCOVERY CHANNEL | s.t. | | 12 | Riccardo Riccò | T-MOBILE TEAM | s.t. | | 13 | Yaroslav Popovych | DISCOVERY CHANNEL | + 9'34 | | 14 | Alberto Fernández | BARLOWORLD | + 10'22 | | 15 | Jesus Guréndez | CAISSE D'EPARGNE | + 10'30 | | 16 | Haimar Zubeldia | EUSKALTEL - EUSKADI | + 11'10 | | 17 | Ezio Cangiano | CRÉDIT AGRICOLE | s.t. | | 18 | Tim Ulbrich | TEAM WIESENHOF FELT | + 12'14 | | 19 | Julián Rodas | TEAM CSC | s.t. | | 20 | Elias Morca | CAISSE D'EPARGNE | s.t. | | 21 | Chris Froome | LAMPRE - FONDITAL | s.t. | | 22 | Raúl Gurpegi | TEAM CSC | s.t. | | 23 | Enrique Salgueiro | CAISSE D'EPARGNE | s.t. | | 24 | Gabriele Tassinari | SAUNIER DUVAL - PRODIR | s.t. | | 25 | Piergiorgio Canalia | TEAM WIESENHOF FELT | s.t. | | 26 | Michele Ciano | RABOBANK | s.t. | | 27 | David MartÃn | CAISSE D'EPARGNE | s.t. | | 28 | Dario Cataldo | CHOCOLADE JACQUES - TOPSPORT VLAANDEREN | s.t. | | 29 | Jaume Rovira | QUICKSTEP - INNERGETIC | + 12'22 | | 30 | Fredy Gentizon | QUICKSTEP - INNERGETIC | s.t. | | 31 | Ignas Konovalovas | RABOBANK | s.t. | | 32 | Sergio DomÃnguez | LAMPRE - FONDITAL | s.t. | | 33 | Luca Pierfelici | T-MOBILE TEAM | s.t. | | 34 | Robert Kiserlovski | EUSKALTEL - EUSKADI | s.t. | | 35 | Julen Zubero | UNIBET.COM | s.t. | | 36 | Vladimir Efimkin | SAUNIER DUVAL - PRODIR | + 12'30 | | 37 | Branislav Samoilau | BARLOWORLD | s.t. | | 38 | Juanma Gárate | LAMPRE - FONDITAL | s.t. | | 39 | Francesco Civero | T-MOBILE TEAM | s.t. | | 40 | Fabio Duarte | SAUNIER DUVAL - PRODIR | s.t. | | 41 | Markus Reich | DISCOVERY CHANNEL | s.t. | | 42 | Greg Van Avermaet | PREDICTOR - LOTTO | + 12'38 | | 43 | Alexander Gottfried | PREDICTOR - LOTTO | + 12'46 | | 44 | Martin Mortensen | LIQUIGAS | s.t. | | 45 | Saul Raisin | EUSKALTEL - EUSKADI | + 12'54 | | 46 | Andrea Palini | TEAM CSC | + 13'02 | | 47 | Mikel Astarloza | CAISSE D'EPARGNE | + 13'10 | | 48 | Filadelfio Bacchini | LIQUIGAS | + 13'18 | | 49 | Carlos Barredo | QUICKSTEP - INNERGETIC | s.t. | | 50 | Oliver Giesecke | TEAM ASTANA | s.t. |
GC
| 1 | Sergio Pardilla | RABOBANK | 60h48'49 | | 2 | Rubén Plaza | LAMPRE - FONDITAL | + 9'33 | | 3 | Javier Moreno | CAISSE D'EPARGNE | + 15'00 | | 4 | Jason Donald | DISCOVERY CHANNEL | + 15'20 | | 5 | Cadel Evans | PREDICTOR - LOTTO | + 17'45 | | 6 | Luis León Sánchez | SAUNIER DUVAL - PRODIR | + 18'52 | | 7 | Chris Sørensen | QUICKSTEP - INNERGETIC | + 19'24 | | 8 | José Antonio Redondo | BARLOWORLD | + 20'15 | | 9 | Antonio GarcÃa González | AG2R PRÉVOYANCE | + 22'52 | | 10 | Thomas Lövkvist | DISCOVERY CHANNEL | + 25'06 | | 11 | Mauricio Ardila | DISCOVERY CHANNEL | + 26'34 | | 12 | Elias Morca | CAISSE D'EPARGNE | + 28'38 | | 13 | Riccardo Riccò | T-MOBILE TEAM | + 28'47 | | 14 | Chris Froome | LAMPRE - FONDITAL | + 30'55 | | 15 | Gabriele Tassinari | SAUNIER DUVAL - PRODIR | + 36'05 | | 16 | Ezio Cangiano | CRÉDIT AGRICOLE | + 36'51 | | 17 | Alberto Fernández | BARLOWORLD | + 37'15 | | 18 | Yaroslav Popovych | DISCOVERY CHANNEL | + 37'17 | | 19 | Haimar Zubeldia | EUSKALTEL - EUSKADI | + 37'29 | | 20 | Alexander Gottfried | PREDICTOR - LOTTO | + 37'55 | | 21 | Enrique Salgueiro | CAISSE D'EPARGNE | + 38'12 | | 22 | Michele Ciano | RABOBANK | + 38'19 | | 23 | Luca Pierfelici | T-MOBILE TEAM | + 38'44 | | 24 | Sergio DomÃnguez | LAMPRE - FONDITAL | + 39'04 | | 25 | Fredy Gentizon | QUICKSTEP - INNERGETIC | + 39'08 | | 26 | Mikel Astarloza | CAISSE D'EPARGNE | + 40'24 | | 27 | Jesus Guréndez | CAISSE D'EPARGNE | + 40'26 | | 28 | Juanma Gárate | LAMPRE - FONDITAL | + 41'29 | | 29 | Markus Reich | DISCOVERY CHANNEL | + 42'12 | | 30 | Branislav Samoilau | BARLOWORLD | + 42'36 | | 31 | Saul Raisin | EUSKALTEL - EUSKADI | + 42'44 | | 32 | Josep Iduriaga | SAUNIER DUVAL - PRODIR | + 43'29 | | 33 | David MartÃn | CAISSE D'EPARGNE | + 43'42 | | 34 | Jaume Rovira | QUICKSTEP - INNERGETIC | + 43'55 | | 35 | Alberto BenÃtez | CAISSE D'EPARGNE | + 46'28 | | 36 | Bernhard Kohl | SAUNIER DUVAL - PRODIR | + 47'05 | | 37 | Fabio Duarte | SAUNIER DUVAL - PRODIR | + 47'20 | | 38 | Ignas Konovalovas | RABOBANK | + 47'41 | | 39 | Julen Zubero | UNIBET.COM | + 47'55 | | 40 | Andrea Palini | TEAM CSC | + 48'24 | | 41 | Carlos Barredo | QUICKSTEP - INNERGETIC | + 49'30 | | 42 | Aritza Montalbán | PREDICTOR - LOTTO | + 49'39 | | 43 | Mirdjalol Mitodorov | TEAM ASTANA | + 49'40 | | 44 | Francesco Civero | T-MOBILE TEAM | + 50'01 | | 45 | Sébastien Joly | AG2R PRÉVOYANCE | + 50'03 | | 46 | Giovanni Visconti | RABOBANK | + 51'45 | | 47 | Oliver Giesecke | TEAM ASTANA | + 52'11 | | 48 | Giancarlo Balsamo | TEAM MILRAM | + 53'35 | | 49 | Greg Van Avermaet | PREDICTOR - LOTTO | + 54'23 | | 50 | Alberto RodrÃguez | T-MOBILE TEAM | + 55'00 |
Points
| 1 | Sergio Pardilla | RABOBANK | 25 | 147 | | 2 | Rubén Plaza | LAMPRE - FONDITAL | 16 | 116 | | 3 | Javier Moreno | CAISSE D'EPARGNE | 8 | 96 |
Mountain
| 1 | Sergio Pardilla | RABOBANK | 32 | 131 | | 2 | Gianni Meersman | DISCOVERY CHANNEL | 38 | 117 | | 3 | José Antonio Redondo | BARLOWORLD | 24 | 99 |
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| Cobbs96 |
Posted on 30-10-2009 11:33
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good stage how can pardila just ride away and create such a big gap |
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| Bosskardo |
Posted on 30-10-2009 16:29
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Cobbs96 wrote:
good stage how can pardila just ride away and create such a big gap
Its PCM 06, thats all
Baad luck, 20s only. Any deciding stages left.
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| wackojackohighcliffe |
Posted on 30-10-2009 16:41
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its pcm 07 but whatever
is their a tt for donald to overhaul moreno
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Posted on 30-10-2009 20:36
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you just have to take 20 second to moreno, and you will have a GC podium! Very good stage
When Nothing goes rigth, go left...
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| SeoulYank |
Posted on 30-10-2009 23:40
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In this years edition, stage 21 is a time trial. Will make it very interesting. |
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Posted on 31-10-2009 00:53
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SeoulYank wrote:
In this years edition, stage 21 is a time trial. Will make it very interesting.
good for Donald then
Edited by Deadpool on 31-10-2009 00:55
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| SeoulYank |
Posted on 31-10-2009 05:58
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Stage 17: Leon - Salamanca

A day for either the sprinters or the break.

Looks like the break will rule the day today. With 70km to go, a group of 12 has a lead of 13 minutes over the Peloton.

With 30km to go, riders start dropping off the back.

4.5km to go and only Deprez and Baranauskas are left in front.

As the sprint starts, Deprez seems to have nothing left as Baranauskas sprints by him.

Baranauskas takes the stage win.

In the sprint from the main pack, Impey just barely edges out Farrar.
Results
| 1 | Aivaras Baranauskas | CRÉDIT AGRICOLE | 4h34'38 | | 2 | Bram Deprez | QUICKSTEP - INNERGETIC | s.t. | | 3 | Francisco Pacheco | CERAMICA PANARIA - NAVIGARE | + 2'02 | | 4 | Andrea Pagoto | TEAM LPR | + 2'34 | | 5 | Henry Bochu | CHOCOLADE JACQUES - TOPSPORT VLAANDEREN | s.t. | | 6 | Piercarlo Casbarra | TEAM ASTANA | s.t. | | 7 | Enrico Franzoï | LIQUIGAS | s.t. | | 8 | Kari Hokkanen | PREDICTOR - LOTTO | + 3'44 | | 9 | Leonardo Giordani | TEAM MILRAM | + 5'40 | | 10 | Lino Calvi | AG2R PRÉVOYANCE | + 7'02 | | 11 | James Vanlandschoot | TEAM CSC | + 7'56 | | 12 | Dieter Cappelle | UNIBET.COM | + 8'54 | | 13 | Daryl Impey | GEROLSTEINER | + 11'03 | | 14 | Tyler Farrar | DISCOVERY CHANNEL | s.t. | | 15 | Juan José Haedo | TEAM WIESENHOF FELT | s.t. | | 16 | Bernhard Eisel | LAMPRE - FONDITAL | s.t. | | 17 | Greg Van Avermaet | PREDICTOR - LOTTO | s.t. | | 18 | Martin Mortensen | LIQUIGAS | s.t. | | 19 | Tom Boonen | QUICKSTEP - INNERGETIC | s.t. | | 20 | Juan Van Heerden | DISCOVERY CHANNEL | s.t. | | 21 | Simone Ponzi | QUICKSTEP - INNERGETIC | s.t. | | 22 | Stéphane Vrillard | CRÉDIT AGRICOLE | s.t. | | 23 | André Greipel | CRÉDIT AGRICOLE | s.t. | | 24 | Alexander Gottfried | PREDICTOR - LOTTO | s.t. | | 25 | Jan Almblad | LIQUIGAS | s.t. | | 26 | Robert Förster | UNIBET.COM | s.t. | | 27 | Wim Stroetinga | TEAM LPR | s.t. | | 28 | Juan Pablo Dotti | CERAMICA PANARIA - NAVIGARE | s.t. | | 29 | Jaume Rovira | QUICKSTEP - INNERGETIC | s.t. | | 30 | James Jansen | UNIBET.COM | s.t. | | 31 | Marcel Wyss | LIQUIGAS | s.t. | | 32 | Giorgio Brambilla | QUICKSTEP - INNERGETIC | s.t. | | 33 | Christoph Castro | CRÉDIT AGRICOLE | s.t. | | 34 | Primoz Ernisa | UNIBET.COM | s.t. | | 35 | Anthony Colin | GEROLSTEINER | s.t. | | 36 | Emanuele Rizza | UNIBET.COM | s.t. | | 37 | Claudio Corioni | GEROLSTEINER | s.t. | | 38 | Arturo Mora | TEAM WIESENHOF FELT | s.t. | | 39 | Diego Ulissi | LAMPRE - FONDITAL | s.t. | | 40 | Fran Ventoso | CRÉDIT AGRICOLE | s.t. | | 41 | Jonas Aaen Jørgensen | LIQUIGAS | s.t. | | 42 | Max Jumel | PREDICTOR - LOTTO | s.t. | | 43 | Juan Rafael Michalski | PREDICTOR - LOTTO | s.t. | | 44 | Julio Alberto DÃaz Ruiz | GEROLSTEINER | s.t. | | 45 | Mickael Marinkov | AG2R PRÉVOYANCE | s.t. | | 46 | Antonio GarcÃa González | AG2R PRÉVOYANCE | s.t. | | 47 | Hayden Roulston | AG2R PRÉVOYANCE | s.t. | | 48 | Giuseppe Cerbone | TEAM WIESENHOF FELT | s.t. | | 49 | Christopher Sutton | GEROLSTEINER | s.t. | | 50 | Wouter Weylandt | QUICKSTEP - INNERGETIC | s.t. |
GC
| 1 | Sergio Pardilla | RABOBANK | 65h34'30 | | 2 | Rubén Plaza | LAMPRE - FONDITAL | + 9'33 | | 3 | Javier Moreno | CAISSE D'EPARGNE | + 15'00 | | 4 | Jason Donald | DISCOVERY CHANNEL | + 15'20 | | 5 | Cadel Evans | PREDICTOR - LOTTO | + 17'45 | | 6 | Luis León Sánchez | SAUNIER DUVAL - PRODIR | + 18'52 | | 7 | Chris Sørensen | QUICKSTEP - INNERGETIC | + 19'24 | | 8 | José Antonio Redondo | BARLOWORLD | + 20'15 | | 9 | Antonio GarcÃa González | AG2R PRÉVOYANCE | + 22'52 | | 10 | Thomas Lövkvist | DISCOVERY CHANNEL | + 25'06 | | 11 | Mauricio Ardila | DISCOVERY CHANNEL | + 26'34 | | 12 | Elias Morca | CAISSE D'EPARGNE | + 28'38 | | 13 | Riccardo Riccò | T-MOBILE TEAM | + 28'47 | | 14 | Chris Froome | LAMPRE - FONDITAL | + 30'55 | | 15 | Gabriele Tassinari | SAUNIER DUVAL - PRODIR | + 36'05 | | 16 | Ezio Cangiano | CRÉDIT AGRICOLE | + 36'51 | | 17 | Alberto Fernández | BARLOWORLD | + 37'15 | | 18 | Yaroslav Popovych | DISCOVERY CHANNEL | + 37'17 | | 19 | Haimar Zubeldia | EUSKALTEL - EUSKADI | + 37'29 | | 20 | Alexander Gottfried | PREDICTOR - LOTTO | + 37'55 |
Points
| 1 | Sergio Pardilla | RABOBANK | 0 | 147 | | 2 | Rubén Plaza | LAMPRE - FONDITAL | 0 | 116 | | 3 | Javier Moreno | CAISSE D'EPARGNE | 0 | 96 | | 4 | Daryl Impey | GEROLSTEINER | 3 | 90 |
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| SeoulYank |
Posted on 31-10-2009 06:10
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Stage 18: Salamanca - Estacion de Esqui la Covatilla

Mountain stage today, but not a particularly difficult one.

Nothing much happens until we start the final climb where Sorensen attacks. Sanchez, Donald and Evans are right behind.

Redondo goes.

Moreno counters.

Pardilla attacks with Plaza right on his wheel.

The attacks stop, and with 2.5 km to go Sorensen is in front on his own.

Redondo is 56 seconds back.

57 seconds in back of Redondo is a group of 8 favorites: Moreno, Sanchez, Garcia Gonzalez, Plaza, Donald, Evans, Tassinari and Pardilla.

Something new, Soresen wins. Not Pardilla.

After Redondo takes 2nd, the group of 8 sprints to the finish. Sanchez takes 3rd over Plaza, Donald and Garcia Gonzalez. Pardilla struggles a bit on the stage.
Results
| 1 | Chris Sørensen | QUICKSTEP - INNERGETIC | 3h54'02 | | 2 | José Antonio Redondo | BARLOWORLD | + 59 | | 3 | Luis León Sánchez | SAUNIER DUVAL - PRODIR | + 2'06 | | 4 | Rubén Plaza | LAMPRE - FONDITAL | s.t. | | 5 | Jason Donald | DISCOVERY CHANNEL | s.t. | | 6 | Antonio GarcÃa González | AG2R PRÉVOYANCE | s.t. | | 7 | Javier Moreno | CAISSE D'EPARGNE | s.t. | | 8 | Cadel Evans | PREDICTOR - LOTTO | s.t. | | 9 | Sergio Pardilla | RABOBANK | s.t. | | 10 | Gabriele Tassinari | SAUNIER DUVAL - PRODIR | s.t. | | 11 | Luca Pierfelici | T-MOBILE TEAM | + 4'39 | | 12 | Mauricio Ardila | DISCOVERY CHANNEL | s.t. | | 13 | Riccardo Riccò | T-MOBILE TEAM | + 4'47 | | 14 | Philip Deignan | TEAM WIESENHOF FELT | s.t. | | 15 | Elias Morca | CAISSE D'EPARGNE | s.t. | | 16 | Marcel Wyss | LIQUIGAS | + 4'55 | | 17 | Michele Ciano | RABOBANK | s.t. | | 18 | Thomas Lövkvist | DISCOVERY CHANNEL | s.t. | | 19 | Raúl Gurpegi | TEAM CSC | s.t. | | 20 | Saul Raisin | EUSKALTEL - EUSKADI | s.t. | | 21 | Markus Reich | DISCOVERY CHANNEL | s.t. | | 22 | Andrea Palini | TEAM CSC | s.t. | | 23 | Iñigo Landaluze | TEAM ASTANA | + 5'03 | | 24 | Gianni Meersman | DISCOVERY CHANNEL | s.t. | | 25 | Alberto Fernández | BARLOWORLD | s.t. | | 26 | Yaroslav Popovych | DISCOVERY CHANNEL | s.t. | | 27 | Chris Froome | LAMPRE - FONDITAL | + 5'11 | | 28 | Evgeni Petrov | TEAM CSC | s.t. | | 29 | Julián Rodas | TEAM CSC | + 5'19 | | 30 | Jonay Pereiro | TEAM CSC | s.t. |
GC
| 1 | Sergio Pardilla | RABOBANK | 69h30'38 | | 2 | Rubén Plaza | LAMPRE - FONDITAL | + 9'33 | | 3 | Javier Moreno | CAISSE D'EPARGNE | + 15'00 | | 4 | Jason Donald | DISCOVERY CHANNEL | + 15'20 | | 5 | Chris Sørensen | QUICKSTEP - INNERGETIC | + 17'18 | | 6 | Cadel Evans | PREDICTOR - LOTTO | + 17'45 | | 7 | Luis León Sánchez | SAUNIER DUVAL - PRODIR | + 18'52 | | 8 | José Antonio Redondo | BARLOWORLD | + 19'08 | | 9 | Antonio GarcÃa González | AG2R PRÉVOYANCE | + 22'52 | | 10 | Thomas Lövkvist | DISCOVERY CHANNEL | + 27'55 | | 11 | Mauricio Ardila | DISCOVERY CHANNEL | + 29'07 | | 12 | Elias Morca | CAISSE D'EPARGNE | + 31'19 | | 13 | Riccardo Riccò | T-MOBILE TEAM | + 31'28 | | 14 | Chris Froome | LAMPRE - FONDITAL | + 34'00 | | 15 | Gabriele Tassinari | SAUNIER DUVAL - PRODIR | + 36'05 | | 16 | Alberto Fernández | BARLOWORLD | + 40'12 | | 17 | Yaroslav Popovych | DISCOVERY CHANNEL | + 40'14 | | 18 | Ezio Cangiano | CRÉDIT AGRICOLE | + 40'20 | | 19 | Haimar Zubeldia | EUSKALTEL - EUSKADI | + 41'06 | | 20 | Michele Ciano | RABOBANK | + 41'08 |
Points
| 1 | Sergio Pardilla | RABOBANK | 7 | 154 | | 2 | Rubén Plaza | LAMPRE - FONDITAL | 14 | 130 | | 3 | Javier Moreno | CAISSE D'EPARGNE | 9 | 105 | | 4 | Chris Sørensen | QUICKSTEP - INNERGETIC | 25 | 92 | | 5 | Daryl Impey | GEROLSTEINER | 0 | 90 |
Mountain
| 1 | Sergio Pardilla | RABOBANK | 1 | 132 | | 2 | Gianni Meersman | DISCOVERY CHANNEL | 0 | 117 | | 3 | José Antonio Redondo | BARLOWORLD | 12 | 111 | | 4 | Rubén Plaza | LAMPRE - FONDITAL | 8 | 70 | | 5 | Chris Sørensen | QUICKSTEP - INNERGETIC | 16 | 63 |
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Stage 19: Bejar - Avila

Final mountain stage. This will be followed by one flat stage and the culmination of the Vuelta with a time trial.

Meersman has to pick up mountain points today or his hopes of KoM are done. He gets away to take the maximum (6) on the first climb.

Much to Meersman's chagrin, Sorensen, Redondo and Garcia Gonzalez attack to try and pick up mountain points as well, then decide to carry on into the break. As they close in on Meersman, the pack is quickly trying to haul them down.

The pack catches the trio. Meersman has just enough energy for a short spirt to stay ahead of the pack.

It works, Meersman stays in the break and at the second climb, he again takes maximum points. This puts him in the virtual KoM lead.

Going into the final climb, the pack of contenders is down to only 33.

10km from the peak, Garcia Gonzalez, Redondo and Sanchez attack. Evans, Donald and Moreno follow.

Pardilla attacks with Plaza over his shoulder.

Pardilla and Sanchez link up in front. This is bad news for Meersman. If Pardilla crosses the peak first, he will retain the KoM. If he is 2nd, Pardilla and Meersman will be in a tie.

Good news for Meersman. 2nd place it is.

5km to go, and things start to get tight as the jostling for position begins. Donald and Moreno are both here.

Up front, Pardilla pulls away from Sanchez and will go on to another stage win. Sanchez will take 2nd.

As the Donald/Moreno group opens up the sprint, Evans is in front and Donald is pushing to create a gap on Moreno.

Evans takes 3rd and it looks like Donald might have a small gap to Moreno, but the race officials don't give him credit for it.
With one set of mountain points on offer tomorrow, Pardilla and Meersman are deadlocked. Should be interesting in stage 20.
Results
| 1 | Sergio Pardilla | RABOBANK | 4h24'13 | | 2 | Luis León Sánchez | SAUNIER DUVAL - PRODIR | + 11 | | 3 | Cadel Evans | PREDICTOR - LOTTO | + 1'22 | | 4 | Rubén Plaza | LAMPRE - FONDITAL | s.t. | | 5 | Jason Donald | DISCOVERY CHANNEL | s.t. | | 6 | Javier Moreno | CAISSE D'EPARGNE | s.t. | | 7 | Antonio GarcÃa González | AG2R PRÉVOYANCE | s.t. | | 8 | José Antonio Redondo | BARLOWORLD | s.t. | | 9 | Chris Sørensen | QUICKSTEP - INNERGETIC | + 1'47 | | 10 | Mauricio Ardila | DISCOVERY CHANNEL | + 3'22 | | 11 | Mirdjalol Mitodorov | TEAM ASTANA | s.t. | | 12 | Riccardo Riccò | T-MOBILE TEAM | + 3'30 | | 13 | Thomas Lövkvist | DISCOVERY CHANNEL | + 3'46 | | 14 | Tim Ulbrich | TEAM WIESENHOF FELT | s.t. | | 15 | Julián Rodas | TEAM CSC | + 3'54 | | 16 | Luca Pierfelici | T-MOBILE TEAM | + 5'06 | | 17 | Oliver Giesecke | TEAM ASTANA | + 5'14 | | 18 | Michele Ciano | RABOBANK | s.t. | | 19 | Elias Morca | CAISSE D'EPARGNE | s.t. | | 20 | Chris Froome | LAMPRE - FONDITAL | s.t. | | 21 | Gabriele Tassinari | SAUNIER DUVAL - PRODIR | s.t. | | 22 | Haimar Zubeldia | EUSKALTEL - EUSKADI | + 6'02 | | 23 | Ezio Cangiano | CRÉDIT AGRICOLE | s.t. | | 24 | Yaroslav Popovych | DISCOVERY CHANNEL | s.t. | | 25 | Alberto BenÃtez | CAISSE D'EPARGNE | s.t. |
GC
| 1 | Sergio Pardilla | RABOBANK | 73h54'51 | | 2 | Rubén Plaza | LAMPRE - FONDITAL | + 10'55 | | 3 | Javier Moreno | CAISSE D'EPARGNE | + 16'22 | | 4 | Jason Donald | DISCOVERY CHANNEL | + 16'42 | | 5 | Luis León Sánchez | SAUNIER DUVAL - PRODIR | + 19'03 | | 6 | Chris Sørensen | QUICKSTEP - INNERGETIC | + 19'05 | | 7 | Cadel Evans | PREDICTOR - LOTTO | + 19'07 | | 8 | José Antonio Redondo | BARLOWORLD | + 20'30 | | 9 | Antonio GarcÃa González | AG2R PRÉVOYANCE | + 24'14 | | 10 | Thomas Lövkvist | DISCOVERY CHANNEL | + 31'41 | | 11 | Mauricio Ardila | DISCOVERY CHANNEL | + 32'29 | | 12 | Riccardo Riccò | T-MOBILE TEAM | + 34'58 | | 13 | Elias Morca | CAISSE D'EPARGNE | + 36'33 | | 14 | Chris Froome | LAMPRE - FONDITAL | + 39'14 | | 15 | Gabriele Tassinari | SAUNIER DUVAL - PRODIR | + 41'19 | | 16 | Yaroslav Popovych | DISCOVERY CHANNEL | + 46'16 | | 17 | Michele Ciano | RABOBANK | + 46'22 | | 18 | Ezio Cangiano | CRÉDIT AGRICOLE | s.t. | | 19 | Luca Pierfelici | T-MOBILE TEAM | + 46'23 | | 20 | Haimar Zubeldia | EUSKALTEL - EUSKADI | + 47'08 | | 21 | Alberto Fernández | BARLOWORLD | + 47'26 | | 22 | Enrique Salgueiro | CAISSE D'EPARGNE | + 47'35 | | 23 | Alexander Gottfried | PREDICTOR - LOTTO | + 48'38 | | 24 | Jesus Guréndez | CAISSE D'EPARGNE | + 49'49 | | 25 | Mikel Astarloza | CAISSE D'EPARGNE | + 50'11 |
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| 1 | Sergio Pardilla | RABOBANK | 25 | 179 | | 2 | Rubén Plaza | LAMPRE - FONDITAL | 14 | 144 | | 3 | Javier Moreno | CAISSE D'EPARGNE | 10 | 115 | | 4 | Cadel Evans | PREDICTOR - LOTTO | 16 | 102 | | 5 | Chris Sørensen | QUICKSTEP - INNERGETIC | 7 | 99 |
Mountain
| 1 | Gianni Meersman | DISCOVERY CHANNEL | 22 | 139 | | 2 | Sergio Pardilla | RABOBANK | 7 | 139 | | 3 | José Antonio Redondo | BARLOWORLD | 2 | 113 | | 4 | Rubén Plaza | LAMPRE - FONDITAL | 3 | 73 | | 5 | Oliverio Roba | T-MOBILE TEAM | 12 | 63 |
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Posted on 31-10-2009 13:10
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Posted on 31-10-2009 13:27
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Sure does moreno isnt as strong in tt
Edited by Cobbs96 on 31-10-2009 14:43
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Posted on 31-10-2009 14:41
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Look very good for Donald! and for Meersman too!
When Nothing goes rigth, go left...
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Posted on 04-11-2009 13:36
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Stage 20: Avila - Madrid

Only one set of mountain points up for grabs today, the last of this Vuelta. Meersman, of course, will be chasing them to try and secure the KoM jersey.

Meersman goes on the attack and is second across the points line. That is enough to guarantee the KoM jersey for him. Great accomplishment.

Still a stage to be won here, though, and Farrar gets a great lead out from Van Heerden.

Farrar trying to hold off the charge of Impey.

Farrar starting to look pretty safe.

That wraps up a great stage for Discovery Channel. Meersman gets his KoM points and Farrar picks up his second stage win of the Vuelta. Everything is lined up now for Jason to go for the podium spot tomorrow.
Results
| 1 | Tyler Farrar | DISCOVERY CHANNEL | 2h58'32 | | 2 | Daryl Impey | GEROLSTEINER | s.t. | | 3 | Bernhard Eisel | LAMPRE - FONDITAL | s.t. | | 4 | Tom Boonen | QUICKSTEP - INNERGETIC | s.t. | | 5 | Juan Van Heerden | DISCOVERY CHANNEL | s.t. | | 6 | Greg Van Avermaet | PREDICTOR - LOTTO | s.t. | | 7 | Robert Förster | UNIBET.COM | s.t. | | 8 | Martin Mortensen | LIQUIGAS | s.t. | | 9 | Stéphane Vrillard | CRÉDIT AGRICOLE | s.t. | | 10 | Jaume Rovira | QUICKSTEP - INNERGETIC | s.t. | | 11 | Alexander Gottfried | PREDICTOR - LOTTO | s.t. | | 12 | Anuar Manan | TEAM MILRAM | s.t. | | 13 | Fran Ventoso | CRÉDIT AGRICOLE | s.t. | | 14 | James Jansen | UNIBET.COM | s.t. | | 15 | Simone Ponzi | QUICKSTEP - INNERGETIC | s.t. | | 16 | Walter Proch | TEAM LPR | s.t. | | 17 | Wouter Weylandt | QUICKSTEP - INNERGETIC | s.t. | | 18 | Sergio Pardilla | RABOBANK | s.t. | | 19 | Giuseppe Cerbone | TEAM WIESENHOF FELT | s.t. | | 20 | Jonas Aaen Jørgensen | LIQUIGAS | s.t. | | 21 | Wim Stroetinga | TEAM LPR | s.t. | | 22 | Ignas Konovalovas | RABOBANK | s.t. | | 23 | Diego Ulissi | LAMPRE - FONDITAL | s.t. | | 24 | Sven Nys | UNIBET.COM | s.t. | | 25 | Juan Rafael Michalski | PREDICTOR - LOTTO | s.t. | | 26 | Max Jumel | PREDICTOR - LOTTO | s.t. | | 27 | Jan Almblad | LIQUIGAS | s.t. | | 28 | Emanuele Rizza | UNIBET.COM | s.t. | | 29 | Marcus Ljungqvist | UNIBET.COM | s.t. | | 30 | Dieter Cappelle | UNIBET.COM | s.t. |
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| 1 | Sergio Pardilla | RABOBANK | 76h53'23 | | 2 | Rubén Plaza | LAMPRE - FONDITAL | + 10'55 | | 3 | Javier Moreno | CAISSE D'EPARGNE | + 16'22 | | 4 | Jason Donald | DISCOVERY CHANNEL | + 16'42 | | 5 | Luis León Sánchez | SAUNIER DUVAL - PRODIR | + 19'03 | | 6 | Chris Sørensen | QUICKSTEP - INNERGETIC | + 19'05 | | 7 | Cadel Evans | PREDICTOR - LOTTO | + 19'07 | | 8 | José Antonio Redondo | BARLOWORLD | + 20'30 | | 9 | Antonio GarcÃa González | AG2R PRÉVOYANCE | + 24'14 | | 10 | Thomas Lövkvist | DISCOVERY CHANNEL | + 31'41 | | 11 | Mauricio Ardila | DISCOVERY CHANNEL | + 32'29 | | 12 | Riccardo Riccò | T-MOBILE TEAM | + 34'58 | | 13 | Elias Morca | CAISSE D'EPARGNE | + 36'33 | | 14 | Chris Froome | LAMPRE - FONDITAL | + 39'14 | | 15 | Gabriele Tassinari | SAUNIER DUVAL - PRODIR | + 41'19 | | 16 | Yaroslav Popovych | DISCOVERY CHANNEL | + 46'16 | | 17 | Michele Ciano | RABOBANK | + 46'22 | | 18 | Ezio Cangiano | CRÉDIT AGRICOLE | s.t. | | 19 | Luca Pierfelici | T-MOBILE TEAM | + 46'23 | | 20 | Haimar Zubeldia | EUSKALTEL - EUSKADI | + 47'08 | | 21 | Alberto Fernández | BARLOWORLD | + 47'26 | | 22 | Enrique Salgueiro | CAISSE D'EPARGNE | + 47'35 | | 23 | Alexander Gottfried | PREDICTOR - LOTTO | + 48'38 | | 24 | Jesus Guréndez | CAISSE D'EPARGNE | + 49'49 | | 25 | Mikel Astarloza | CAISSE D'EPARGNE | + 50'11 | | 26 | Sergio DomÃnguez | LAMPRE - FONDITAL | + 50'19 | | 27 | Fredy Gentizon | QUICKSTEP - INNERGETIC | + 51'59 | | 28 | Markus Reich | DISCOVERY CHANNEL | + 52'39 | | 29 | Juanma Gárate | LAMPRE - FONDITAL | + 52'52 | | 30 | Josep Iduriaga | SAUNIER DUVAL - PRODIR | + 53'00 |
Points
| 1 | Sergio Pardilla | RABOBANK | 0 | 179 | | 2 | Rubén Plaza | LAMPRE - FONDITAL | 0 | 144 | | 3 | Javier Moreno | CAISSE D'EPARGNE | 0 | 115 | | 4 | Tyler Farrar | DISCOVERY CHANNEL | 25 | 113 | | 5 | Daryl Impey | GEROLSTEINER | 20 | 110 |
Mountain
| 1 | Gianni Meersman | DISCOVERY CHANNEL | 4 | 143 | | 2 | Sergio Pardilla | RABOBANK | 0 | 139 | | 3 | José Antonio Redondo | BARLOWORLD | 0 | 113 | | 4 | Rubén Plaza | LAMPRE - FONDITAL | 0 | 73 | | 5 | Oliverio Roba | T-MOBILE TEAM | 0 | 63 |
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