The Tour de Wallonie - Picarde, formerly known as Circuit Franco - Belge, is a 4 stage race in in the South of Belgium near the French border. The stages are a bit hilly, but mass sprints are predicted for all 4 of them.
Omega Pharma Adam Blythe won the Franco Belge in 2010, but, as usual this year, won't defend his win.
Favourites: ***Marcel Kittel, Kenny van Hummel (Skil), Leonardo Duque (Cofidis) ** Aidis Kruopis (Landbouwkrediet), Nico Eeckhout (An Post), Peter Sagan * Kris Boeckmans (Topsport), Yauheni Hutarovich (FDJ), Russell Downing (Sky)
Our goal:
We want to go for a stage win and the top 3 in the GC. We will focus completely on the sprints, and don't send a rider in a break.
The 2st stage is from Templeuve to Mouscron and is with 205.5km the longest one. There are 2 KOTM-sprints half way the stage.
We see a 14-man BOTD, with the most known riders John Murphy (BMC), Wim de Vocht (Veranda's). They get caught 8 kilometres before the finish.
In the mass sprint, we try to bring Peter Sagan in a good position, but faill because he got blocked. It's Lithuanian Aidis Kruopis (Landbouwkrediet) who takes his first win of the season. Russell Downing (Sky) gets 2nd and Nico Eeckhout 3rd.
1
Aidis Kruopis
Landbouwkrediet
4h45'23
2
Russell Downing
Sky ProCycling
s.t.
3
Nico Eeckhout
An Post - Sean Kelly
s.t.
4
Leonardo Duque
Cofidis, le crédit en ligne
s.t.
5
Peter Sagan
Monster Energy - Ford
s.t.
6
Marcel Kittel
Monster Energy - Ford
s.t.
7
Frederique Robert
Quick·Step Cycling Team
s.t.
8
Julian Dean
Team Garmin - Cervélo
s.t.
9
Kenny Van Hummel
Skil - Shimano
s.t.
10
Michael Matthews
Rabobank Cycling Team
s.t.
The winner:
Stage 2 from Lessines to Poperinge is 166.7km long and completely flat. Again, 14 riders form a BOTD. Some of the riders in it are Kurt Asle Arvesen (Sky), Nico Sijmens (Cofidis), John Murphy again and Rob Goris (Veranda's). Goris is the last to be caught 6km before the finish. FDJ's Yauheni Hutarovych is the fastest sprinter today, beating Aidis Kruopis and Leonardo Duque (Cofidis). Marcel Kittel comes in in 8th.
1
Yauheni Hutarovich
FDJ
3h51'28
2
Aidis Kruopis
Landbouwkrediet
s.t.
3
Leonardo Duque
Cofidis, le crédit en ligne
s.t.
4
Kris Boeckmans
Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator
s.t.
5
Kenny Van Hummel
Skil - Shimano
s.t.
6
Nico Eeckhout
An Post - Sean Kelly
s.t.
7
Russell Downing
Sky ProCycling
s.t.
8
Marcel Kittel
Monster Energy - Ford
s.t.
9
Michael Matthews
Rabobank Cycling Team
s.t.
10
Julian Dean
Team Garmin - Cervélo
s.t.
The winner:
Stage 3, from Hazelbrouck to Ichtegem. After 180 kilometres, the stage ends in a mass sprint again. Leonardo Duque is the winner today, beating Kris Boeckmans (Topsport) and Jeremy Hunt (Sky). We perform even worse, Kittel ends as the 11th sprinter...
1
Leonardo Duque
Cofidis, le crédit en ligne
4h15'39
2
Kris Boeckmans
Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator
s.t.
3
Jeremy Hunt
Sky ProCycling
s.t.
4
Russell Downing
Sky ProCycling
s.t.
5
Michael Matthews
Rabobank Cycling Team
s.t.
6
Andreas Stauff
Quick·Step Cycling Team
s.t.
7
Aidis Kruopis
Landbouwkrediet
s.t.
8
Dominique Rollin
FDJ
s.t.
9
Julian Dean
Team Garmin - Cervélo
s.t.
10
Kenny Van Hummel
Skil - Shimano
s.t.
The winner:
The last stage from Mons to Tournai is the shortrest. 136km and again a mass sprint. We see the 4th winner in 4 stages. 40-year-old Nico Eeckhout (An Post) takes his first win of the season. Aidis Kruopis finishes in 2nd, Julian Dean in 3rd and Peter Sagan in 5th.
1
Nico Eeckhout
An Post - Sean Kelly
3h02'06
2
Aidis Kruopis
Landbouwkrediet
s.t.
3
Julian Dean
Team Garmin - Cervélo
s.t.
4
Andreas Stauff
Quick·Step Cycling Team
s.t.
5
Peter Sagan
Monster Energy - Ford
s.t.
6
Leonardo Duque
Cofidis, le crédit en ligne
s.t.
7
Kenny Van Hummel
Skil - Shimano
s.t.
8
Jetse Bol
Rabobank Continental Team
s.t.
9
Russell Downing
Sky ProCycling
s.t.
10
Kris Boeckmans
Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator
s.t.
The winner:
GC:
Aidis Kruopis was the most consistent sprinter with 1 win and 2 second places. Duque gets 2nd, Eeckhout 3rd.
1
Aidis Kruopis
Landbouwkrediet
15h53'52
2
Leonardo Duque
Cofidis, le crédit en ligne
+ 16
3
Nico Eeckhout
An Post - Sean Kelly
s.t.
4
Yauheni Hutarovich
FDJ
+ 22
5
Kris Boeckmans
Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator
+ 26
6
Russell Downing
Sky ProCycling
+ 32
7
Wesley Kreder
Rabobank Continental Team
+ 34
8
Julian Dean
Team Garmin - Cervélo
+ 36
9
Jeremy Hunt
Sky ProCycling
s.t.
10
Sven Jodts
Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator
s.t.
Points:
Being the most consistent sprinter, Kruopis also wins the points ranking.
1
Aidis Kruopis
Landbouwkrediet
74
2
Leonardo Duque
Cofidis, le crédit en ligne
65
3
Nico Eeckhout
An Post - Sean Kelly
55
4
Kris Boeckmans
Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator
50
5
Russell Downing
Sky ProCycling
50
KOTM:
6 riders end up with 6 points, so the tour direction decides to give the first place to Kalle Kriit (Cofidis), who was the first on the first KOTM-sprint of the tour.
1
Kalle Kriit
Cofidis, le crédit en ligne
6
2
Wesley Kreder
Rabobank Continental Team
6
3
Stijn Steels
Jong Vlaanderen - Bauknecht
6
4
Maarten Wynants
Rabobank Cycling Team
6
5
John Murphy
BMC Racing Team
6
The overall winner:
Word from the DS: 4 sprints with average sprinters, and only 2 5th places.... Man, that's bad....
I know that sprinting is my weak point in this game..... So I don't mind, the next races mostly have uphill finishes, or climbs shortly before the finish!
cunego59 wrote:
That sounds promising Looking forward to your transfer announcements and the rest of the season.
+1
Yes, I participate in Lombardia! The transfer announcements come after the season. There are no more transfers for my team; Didier leaves for Orbea and besides the 5 stagaires, only Thomas Dekker will join our team next season.
The Sparkassen Münsterland Giro is a 1.1 race in the Münsterland region in Germany. After a flat start, the riders enter the Tecklenburg hills.After a few short steep climbs, the riders face a flat last part to the streets of the city of Münster.
Dutch Joost van Leijen (Vacansoleil) won the race in 2010.
The favourites: *** John Degenkolb (HTC), Marcel Kittel, Peter Sagan ** Tomasz Smolen (CCC), Stephan Radochla (Sparkassen), J. Jorgensen (Saxo) * K. Szczawinski (Miche), S. Schumacher (Miche)
Our goal:
We want to bring Marcel Kittel the win in another race in his native country!
A group of 13 riders, a few names are Tomasz Smolen (CCC), Mads Christensen (Saxo), Laurent Beuret (Atlas), ride away before the Tecklenburg hills. We decide to keep them in range. After the hills, Laurent Didier jumps out of the peloton and joins the 13 leaders. With 40km to go, the lead is 2'40.
Thanks to hard work by the domestiques of HTC and Christina Watches, the lead is cut back to 1'06 with 10km to go.
5 more kilometres and the leading group only have a lead of 36 seconds. Marcel Kittel has chosen the wheel of HTC's John Degenkolb.
Suddenly, the pace drops dramatically in the peloton..... For ome reason, HTC stops doing the pace and blocks the road... Strange, very strange, but this one will be for the breakaway.
Laurent Didier has some energy left and knows that the only way to win this race, is by an attack. There are better sprinters in this group, so with 3 kilometres to go, he gives it all.
But it's not enough. He can't hold his speed and gets passed by the rest of the leading group. Atlas Personal's Laurent Beuret wins the sprint and takes the biggest win in his career. Tomasz Smolen (CCC) gets 2nd and Jimmi Sorensen (Glud) 3rd.
The peloton has started to sprint again, and Kittel wins it.
Results:
1
Laurent Beuret
Atlas Personal
4h27'19
2
Tomasz Smolen
CCC Polsat Polkowice
s.t.
3
Jimmi Sørensen
Glud & Marstrand - LRØ
s.t.
4
Volodymyr Zagorodny
Miche - Guerciotti
s.t.
5
Mads Christensen
Saxo Bank SunGard
s.t.
6
Stefan Schäfer
LKT Team Brandenburg
s.t.
7
Ermanno Capelli
Team Vorarlberg
s.t.
8
Petr Benčík
PSK Whirlpool - Author
s.t.
9
Martial Roman
Atlas Personal
s.t.
10
Adrian Gjølberg
Joker Merida
s.t.
Spoiler
11
Marcel Barth
Thüringer Energie Team
s.t.
12
Dimitri Claeys
Team NetApp
s.t.
13
Laurent Didier
Monster Energy - Ford
s.t.
14
Oscar Riesebeek
Rabobank Continental Team
s.t.
15
Jonas Aaen Jørgensen
Saxo Bank SunGard
+ 1'07
16
Marcel Kittel
Monster Energy - Ford
s.t.
17
Stefan Radochla
Nutrixxion Sparkasse
s.t.
18
Andy Schleck
Monster Energy - Ford
s.t.
19
Michael Reihs
Christina Watches - Onfone
s.t.
20
Constantino Zaballa
Miche - Guerciotti
s.t.
21
Matej Gnezda
Adria Mobil
s.t.
22
Krzysztof Jeżowski
Bank BGZ
s.t.
23
Michael Albasini
HTC - Highroad
s.t.
24
David Kopp
Team Eddy Merckx - Indeland
s.t.
25
Stefan Schumacher
Miche - Guerciotti
s.t.
26
Davide Rebellin
Miche - Guerciotti
s.t.
27
Hayden Roulston
HTC - Highroad
s.t.
28
John Degenkolb
HTC - Highroad
s.t.
29
Marc Hester
Christina Watches - Onfone
s.t.
30
Stanislav Kozúbek
PSK Whirlpool - Author
s.t.
31
Krzysztof Szczawinski
Miche - Guerciotti
s.t.
32
Philip Nielsen
Christina Watches - Onfone
s.t.
33
Tomasz Lisowicz
Bank BGZ
s.t.
34
Matteo Tosatto
Saxo Bank SunGard
s.t.
35
Jiri Hudecek
PSK Whirlpool - Author
s.t.
36
René Jørgensen
Christina Watches - Onfone
s.t.
37
Blaz Jarc
Adria Mobil
s.t.
38
Peter Sagan
Monster Energy - Ford
s.t.
39
Angelo Furlan
Christina Watches - Onfone
s.t.
40
Jesús Del Nero
Team NetApp
s.t.
41
Daniel Navarro
Saxo Bank SunGard
s.t.
42
Dirk Müller
Nutrixxion Sparkasse
s.t.
43
Michael Schweizer
Nutrixxion Sparkasse
s.t.
44
Sep Vanmarcke
Monster Energy - Ford
s.t.
45
Jan Ghyselinck
HTC - Highroad
s.t.
46
Patrick Gretsch
HTC - Highroad
s.t.
47
Thomas Vedel Kvist
Glud & Marstrand - LRØ
s.t.
48
Piotr Kieblesz
Bank BGZ
s.t.
49
Sławomir Kohut
Miche - Guerciotti
s.t.
50
Sebastian Forke
Nutrixxion Sparkasse
s.t.
51
Daniel Vestergaard
Christina Watches - Onfone
s.t.
52
Blaz Furdi
Adria Mobil
s.t.
53
Martin Lind
Christina Watches - Onfone
s.t.
54
Matthias Bertling
Team Eddy Merckx - Indeland
s.t.
55
Leonardo Pinizzotto
Miche - Guerciotti
s.t.
56
André Steensen
Saxo Bank SunGard
s.t.
57
Marcin Urbanowski
Bank BGZ
s.t.
58
Jarosław Rębiewski
Bank BGZ
s.t.
59
Bartlomiej Matysiak
CCC Polsat Polkowice
s.t.
60
Martin Velits
HTC - Highroad
s.t.
61
Danny Pate
HTC - Highroad
s.t.
62
Cristiano Fumagalli
Miche - Guerciotti
s.t.
63
Jens Mulder
Monster Energy - Ford
s.t.
64
Patrick Bercz
Team Eddy Merckx - Indeland
s.t.
65
Guytan Lilholt
Christina Watches - Onfone
s.t.
66
Stefan Ganser
Team Eddy Merckx - Indeland
s.t.
67
Nicki Sørensen
Saxo Bank SunGard
s.t.
68
Thibault Dupont
Monster Energy - Ford
s.t.
69
Daniel Westmattelmann
Team Eddy Merckx - Indeland
s.t.
70
Robert Retschke
Team NetApp
s.t.
71
Alexander Gottfried
Team NetApp
s.t.
72
Steven Cozza
Team NetApp
s.t.
73
Kristjan Fajt
Adria Mobil
s.t.
74
Jens Erik Madsen
Team Concordia Forsikring – Himmerland
s.t.
75
Florian Monreal
Team Eddy Merckx - Indeland
s.t.
76
Radoslav Romanik
Bank BGZ
s.t.
77
Tomasz Nose
Adria Mobil
s.t.
78
David Tanner
Saxo Bank SunGard
s.t.
79
Marcel Meisen
Team Eddy Merckx - Indeland
s.t.
80
Jesper Asselman
Rabobank Continental Team
s.t.
81
Rasmus Guldhammer
Team Concordia Forsikring – Himmerland
s.t.
82
Andreas Dietziker
Team NetApp
s.t.
83
Julius Kohlmann
Team Eddy Merckx - Indeland
s.t.
84
Sergej Fuchs
Nutrixxion Sparkasse
s.t.
85
Matevz Mihelic
Adria Mobil
s.t.
86
David Rosch
Atlas Personal
s.t.
87
Sebastian Lander
Team Concordia Forsikring – Himmerland
s.t.
88
Krzysztof Maslowski
CCC Polsat Polkowice
s.t.
89
Sondre Sörtveit
Joker Merida
s.t.
90
Ricky Jørgensen
Team Concordia Forsikring – Himmerland
s.t.
91
Thomas Guldhammer
Team Concordia Forsikring – Himmerland
s.t.
92
Cees Veldkamp
Monster Energy - Ford
s.t.
93
Tobias Kofoed
Team Concordia Forsikring – Himmerland
s.t.
94
Svein Erik Vold
Joker Merida
s.t.
95
Jesper Hansen
Team Energi Fyn
s.t.
96
Mateusz Taciak
CCC Polsat Polkowice
s.t.
97
Sascha Berg
Thüringer Energie Team
s.t.
98
Frederik Wilmann
Joker Merida
s.t.
99
Marius Bernatonis
Atlas Personal
s.t.
100
Felix Rinker
Atlas Personal
s.t.
101
Morten Christensen
Team Energi Fyn
s.t.
102
Kajetan Fricke
Team Vorarlberg
s.t.
103
Morten Øllegaard
Team Energi Fyn
s.t.
104
Brian Vandborg
Saxo Bank SunGard
s.t.
105
Moreno Hofland
Rabobank Continental Team
s.t.
106
Sébastien Reichenbach
Atlas Personal
s.t.
107
Tomas Danacik
PSK Whirlpool - Author
s.t.
108
Lasse Bøchman
Glud & Marstrand - LRØ
s.t.
109
Håvard Blikra
Team Østerhus - Ridley
s.t.
110
Blazej Janiaczyk
CCC Polsat Polkowice
s.t.
111
Joshua Prete
PSK Whirlpool - Author
s.t.
112
Michael Stevenson
Team Østerhus - Ridley
s.t.
113
Johannes Kahra
Thüringer Energie Team
s.t.
114
Jasha Sütterlin
Thüringer Energie Team
s.t.
115
Marc Reynès
PSK Whirlpool - Author
s.t.
116
Nick Van der Lijke
Rabobank Continental Team
s.t.
117
Reto Hollenstein
Team Vorarlberg
s.t.
118
Matic Strgar
Team Vorarlberg
s.t.
119
Daniel Foder
Glud & Marstrand - LRØ
s.t.
120
Andreas Schillinger
Team NetApp
s.t.
121
Frode Solberg
Team Østerhus - Ridley
s.t.
122
Rohan Dennis
Rabobank Continental Team
s.t.
123
Ingar Stokstad
Joker Merida
s.t.
124
Nicolaj Olesen
Team Energi Fyn
s.t.
125
Barry Markus
Rabobank Continental Team
s.t.
126
Reidar Bohlin Borgersen
Joker Merida
s.t.
127
Kaspar Larsen
Team Concordia Forsikring – Himmerland
s.t.
128
Christofer Stevenson
Team Østerhus - Ridley
s.t.
129
Simon Lorentsen
Glud & Marstrand - LRØ
s.t.
130
Marc Goos
Rabobank Continental Team
s.t.
131
Andreas Frisch
Team Concordia Forsikring – Himmerland
s.t.
132
Kamil Zielinski
CCC Polsat Polkowice
s.t.
133
Roy Hegreberg
Team Østerhus - Ridley
s.t.
134
Henning Bommel
LKT Team Brandenburg
s.t.
135
Nikias Arndt
LKT Team Brandenburg
s.t.
136
Michael Valgren Andersen
Glud & Marstrand - LRØ
s.t.
137
Kevin Predatsch
Thüringer Energie Team
s.t.
138
Daniel Schorn
Team NetApp
s.t.
139
Christian Moberg Jørgensen
Glud & Marstrand - LRØ
s.t.
140
Carlo Scognamiglio
Team Vorarlberg
s.t.
141
Jakob Bering
Team Energi Fyn
s.t.
142
Dominik Hrinkow
Team Vorarlberg
s.t.
143
Christian Kreutzfeldt
Team Energi Fyn
s.t.
144
Christopher Juul-Jensen
Glud & Marstrand - LRØ
s.t.
145
Peter Kusztor
Atlas Personal
s.t.
146
Ralf Matzka
Thüringer Energie Team
s.t.
147
Björn Schröder
Nutrixxion Sparkasse
s.t.
148
Florian Salzinger
Atlas Personal
s.t.
149
Dylan Van Baarle
Rabobank Continental Team
s.t.
150
Dariusz Batek
CCC Polsat Polkowice
s.t.
151
Johannes Heider
LKT Team Brandenburg
s.t.
152
Christian De Vos
Team Østerhus - Ridley
s.t.
153
Pawel Charucki
CCC Polsat Polkowice
+ 6'57
154
Frantisek Rabon
HTC - Highroad
+ 7'47
155
Michael Weicht
LKT Team Brandenburg
+ 12'16
156
Tino Meier
LKT Team Brandenburg
+ 16'17
The winner:
Word from the DS: We were ready for the sprint, and suddenly..... the peloton does a sur place. Strange, very strange (or should I say bug?). When Didier had waited for the sprint, he could have get a 5th or 7th place, so we tried this. A race to forget....
The 59th edition of the Gran Premio Citta di Peccioli, also knows as the Coppa Sabatini.
The 190km race is being held on exactly the smae route as the Memorial Marco Pantani ( ), so with some short and steep climbs in it, including a 300 metres long wall with gradients up to 12%.
The 2010-edition was won by Riccardo Ricco. And we all know why he won't defend his win (something to do with stupidity).
The favourites: *** Damiano Cunego (Lampre), Stafano Garzelli (Acqua et Sapone), Robert Gesink ** Pavel Brutt (Katusha), Peter Sagan, Stefan Schumacher (Miche) * Leonardo Bertagnolli (Lampre), Xavier Florencio (Geox), Michael Rasmussen (Chirstina)
Our goal:
Top 3 with Gesink or Sagan.
Under beautiful sunny weather conditions, a group of 11 riders ride away after about 50 kilometres and take a maximum lead of 7'30. Some of the names: T. Nose (Adria), A. Bisolti (Farnese) and A. Losada (Katusha).
With 23 kilometres to go, and 2 laps, the gap is still 2'32.
The peloton comes closer in the penultimate lap, so 3 riders decide to attack out of the leading group and continue with a higher pace. With still 12 kilometres remaining, Simone Campagnaro (D'Angelo), Guillaume Dessibourg (Atlas) and Anton Vorobyev (Itera) have a 23 second lead to their former breakaway companions and 1'50 to the peloton.
The peloton, with Jelle Vanendert doing the pace, comes closer very quickly and with 4 kilometres to go, 29 riders will fight for the win.
Our tactic is to wait as long as possible, because when you start the sprint too early with the steep last 600 metres, you will fade too soon before the finish. But we get surprised by a fierce attack by Geox Xavier Florencio 1500 metres before the finish.
Because of Florencio's attack, we get surprised and when other riders try to follow Florencio, our riders get closed in. Coming on top of the last hill, Florencio feels that he started his attack too early, and gets passed by the Italians Stefano Garzelli and Damiano Cunego.
Garzelli holds Cunego off and sprints to the win. It's just the first win of the season for the 38-year-old. 8 seconds behind the 2, Florencio finishes in 3rd, while Robert Gesink comes in in 7th place.
Results:
1
Stefano Garzelli
Acqua & Sapone
5h06'06
2
Damiano Cunego
Lampre - ISD
s.t.
3
Xavier Florencio
Geox - TMC
+ 8
4
Stefan Schumacher
Miche - Guerciotti
s.t.
5
Pavel Brutt
Katusha Team
s.t.
6
Leonardo Bertagnolli
Lampre - ISD
s.t.
7
Robert Gesink
Monster Energy - Ford
s.t.
8
Daniele Callegarin
Team Type 1
s.t.
9
Peter Sagan
Monster Energy - Ford
s.t.
10
Dirk Bellemakers
Landbouwkrediet
s.t.
Spoiler
11
Marco Frapporti
Colnago - CSF Inox
s.t.
12
Yury Trofimov
Katusha Team
s.t.
13
Constantino Zaballa
Miche - Guerciotti
s.t.
14
Wout Poels
Monster Energy - Ford
s.t.
15
Rubens Bertogliati
Team Type 1
s.t.
16
Pawel Cieslik
Bank BGZ
s.t.
17
Tomasz Nose
Adria Mobil
s.t.
18
Alessandro Bisolti
Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli
s.t.
19
Alberto Losada
Katusha Team
s.t.
20
Vladislav Borisov
Amore & Vita
+ 35
21
Michele Gaia
Miche - Guerciotti
s.t.
22
Sergio Laganà
De Rosa - Ceramica Flaminia
s.t.
23
Jelle Vanendert
Monster Energy - Ford
s.t.
24
Simone Campagnaro
D'Angelo & Antenucci - Nippo
+ 49
25
Guillaume Dessibourg
Atlas Personal
s.t.
26
Alexander Kvachuk
Lampre - ISD
s.t.
27
Leopoldo Rocchetti
Miche - Guerciotti
+ 58
28
Paolo Locatelli
Colnago - CSF Inox
s.t.
29
Cayetano Sarmiento
Acqua & Sapone
s.t.
30
William Aranzazu
Miche - Guerciotti
s.t.
31
Anton Vorobyev
Itera - Katusha
s.t.
32
Manuele Mori
Lampre - ISD
+ 1'10
33
Juan José Cobo
Geox - TMC
s.t.
34
Rafael Valls
Geox - TMC
s.t.
35
Arkaitz Durán
Geox - TMC
+ 1'17
36
Damiano Caruso
Liquigas - Cannondale
s.t.
37
Kanstantsin Siutsou
HTC - Highroad
+ 1'25
38
Vladimir Efimkin
Team Type 1
s.t.
39
Davy Commeyne
Landbouwkrediet
s.t.
40
Paolo Longo Borghini
Liquigas - Cannondale
+ 1'33
41
René Jørgensen
Christina Watches - Onfone
s.t.
42
Giampaolo Cheula
Geox - TMC
s.t.
43
Sven Nys
Landbouwkrediet
s.t.
44
Aitor Pérez Arrieta
Lampre - ISD
s.t.
45
Jan Ghyselinck
HTC - Highroad
s.t.
46
Simone Ponzi
Liquigas - Cannondale
s.t.
47
Francesco Bellotti
Liquigas - Cannondale
+ 1'41
48
Carlos Betancourt
Acqua & Sapone
s.t.
49
Tejay Van Garderen
HTC - Highroad
s.t.
50
Alan Marangoni
Liquigas - Cannondale
+ 1'50
51
Fabio Taborre
Acqua & Sapone
s.t.
52
Valerio Agnoli
Liquigas - Cannondale
s.t.
53
David Gutiérrez Gutiérrez
Geox - TMC
+ 1'58
54
Maciej Paterski
Liquigas - Cannondale
s.t.
55
Alessandro Spezialetti
Lampre - ISD
+ 2'20
56
Pedro Merino
Miche - Guerciotti
s.t.
57
Daniel Vestergaard
Christina Watches - Onfone
s.t.
58
Maxim Lefèvre
Monster Energy - Ford
+ 2'33
59
Mauricio Alberto Ardila
Geox - TMC
+ 3'01
60
Fortunato Baliani
D'Angelo & Antenucci - Nippo
s.t.
61
Domenico Pozzovivo
Colnago - CSF Inox
s.t.
62
Leonardo Pinizzotto
Miche - Guerciotti
s.t.
63
Miguel Rubiano
D'Angelo & Antenucci - Nippo
s.t.
64
Vitaliy Popkov
ISD - Lampre Continental
s.t.
65
Giampaolo Caruso
Katusha Team
+ 3'16
66
Danny Pate
HTC - Highroad
s.t.
67
Francesco Failli
Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli
s.t.
68
Simone Stortoni
Colnago - CSF Inox
+ 3'28
69
Stanislav Kozúbek
PSK Whirlpool - Author
s.t.
70
Paolo Ciavatta
Acqua & Sapone
s.t.
71
Javier Megías
Team Type 1
s.t.
72
Remmert Wielinga
Itera - Katusha
s.t.
73
Michael Rasmussen
Christina Watches - Onfone
s.t.
74
Massimo Codol
Acqua & Sapone
s.t.
75
Daniel Moreno
Katusha Team
s.t.
76
Tomasz Lisowicz
Bank BGZ
s.t.
77
Frantisek Padour
PSK Whirlpool - Author
s.t.
78
Danilo Di Luca
Katusha Team
s.t.
79
Patxi Vila
De Rosa - Ceramica Flaminia
s.t.
80
Sergey Firsanov
Itera - Katusha
s.t.
81
Henry Frusto
D'Angelo & Antenucci - Nippo
s.t.
82
Jarosław Rębiewski
Bank BGZ
s.t.
83
Raffaele la Rosa
Team Type 1
s.t.
84
Alessandro Bazzana
Team Type 1
s.t.
85
Patrick Gretsch
HTC - Highroad
+ 3'54
86
Matteo Bono
Lampre - ISD
s.t.
87
Cameron Wurf
Liquigas - Cannondale
s.t.
88
Andrea Grendene
Team Type 1
s.t.
89
Gianluca Brambilla
Colnago - CSF Inox
s.t.
90
Bart Dockx
Landbouwkrediet
s.t.
91
Caleb Fairly
HTC - Highroad
+ 4'12
92
Andrea Masciarelli
Acqua & Sapone
s.t.
93
Benjamin King
Team Type 1
+ 4'22
94
Matti Helminen
Landbouwkrediet
+ 5'39
95
Fabio Piscopiello
De Rosa - Ceramica Flaminia
s.t.
96
Volodymyr Zagorodny
Miche - Guerciotti
s.t.
97
Francesco Di Paolo
Acqua & Sapone
s.t.
98
Roberto De Patre
Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli
s.t.
99
Gianluca Maggiore
De Rosa - Ceramica Flaminia
s.t.
100
Dmytro Grabovskyy
ISD - Lampre Continental
s.t.
101
Alfredo Balloni
Lampre - ISD
s.t.
102
Sergey Rudaskov
Itera - Katusha
s.t.
103
Kristian Sobota
Christina Watches - Onfone
s.t.
104
Oleksandr Sheydyk
ISD - Lampre Continental
s.t.
105
Filippo Bortolotti
Geox - TMC
s.t.
106
Edwig Cammaerts
Landbouwkrediet
+ 6'43
107
Craig Lewis
HTC - Highroad
s.t.
108
Benjamin Gourgue
Landbouwkrediet
+ 7'29
109
Maurice Astruc
Landbouwkrediet
+ 7'33
110
Jack Bobridge
Monster Energy - Ford
s.t.
111
Artem Topchanyuk
ISD - Lampre Continental
+ 8'51
112
Sébastien Reichenbach
Atlas Personal
+ 9'18
113
Marc Reynès
PSK Whirlpool - Author
s.t.
114
Denys Karnulin
ISD - Lampre Continental
s.t.
115
Philip Nielsen
Christina Watches - Onfone
s.t.
116
Mirco Saggiorato
Atlas Personal
s.t.
117
Jakub Vecera
PSK Whirlpool - Author
s.t.
118
Oleg Opryshko
Amore & Vita
s.t.
119
Filippo Savini
Colnago - CSF Inox
s.t.
120
Radoslav Romanik
Bank BGZ
s.t.
121
Ryohei Komori
D'Angelo & Antenucci - Nippo
s.t.
122
Egor Silin
Katusha Team
s.t.
123
Andrea Pasqualon
Colnago - CSF Inox
s.t.
124
Dimitry Ignatiev
Itera - Katusha
s.t.
125
Josef Hosek
PSK Whirlpool - Author
s.t.
126
Krzysztof Jeżowski
Bank BGZ
s.t.
127
Dmitry Mokrov
Itera - Katusha
s.t.
128
Kristjan Fajt
Adria Mobil
s.t.
129
Pierpaolo De Negri
Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli
+ 9'45
130
Gianluca Mirenda
Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli
s.t.
131
Giorgio Brambilla
De Rosa - Ceramica Flaminia
s.t.
132
Peter Kusztor
Atlas Personal
s.t.
133
Gaspare Boscolo
D'Angelo & Antenucci - Nippo
s.t.
134
Manuele Caddeo
Colnago - CSF Inox
s.t.
135
Christian Schneeberger
Atlas Personal
s.t.
136
Gianfranco Visconti
De Rosa - Ceramica Flaminia
s.t.
137
Konrad Czajkowski
Bank BGZ
s.t.
138
Takashi Miyazawa
Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli
s.t.
139
Primoz Segina
Adria Mobil
s.t.
140
Marc Lootens
Monster Energy - Ford
s.t.
141
Andrey Klyuev
Amore & Vita
s.t.
142
Danilo Andrenacci
D'Angelo & Antenucci - Nippo
s.t.
143
Bernardo Colex
Amore & Vita
+ 10'10
144
Cees Veldkamp
Monster Energy - Ford
s.t.
145
Patrik Moren
Amore & Vita
s.t.
146
Tomas Danacik
PSK Whirlpool - Author
s.t.
147
Diego Caccia
Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli
+ 10'17
148
Sergey Kolesnikov
Amore & Vita
s.t.
149
David Rosch
Atlas Personal
s.t.
150
Oleg Berdos
De Rosa - Ceramica Flaminia
s.t.
151
Luboš Pelánek
Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli
+ 10'28
152
Daniel Malmros
Christina Watches - Onfone
s.t.
153
Florian Salzinger
Atlas Personal
+ 10'34
154
Jesper Odgaard
Christina Watches - Onfone
s.t.
155
Pirmin Lang
Atlas Personal
s.t.
156
Volodymyr Bileka
Amore & Vita
s.t.
157
Antonio Natali
Katusha Team
s.t.
158
Maksym Vasilyev
ISD - Lampre Continental
+ 10'49
159
Edoardo Girardi
De Rosa - Ceramica Flaminia
s.t.
160
Marco Haller
Adria Mobil
+ 11'33
161
Evgeniy Kovalev
Itera - Katusha
s.t.
162
Martin Bertelsen
Christina Watches - Onfone
+ 12'20
163
Dominic Rivera
HTC - Highroad
s.t.
164
Emilio Zini
Amore & Vita
s.t.
165
Alexander Zdanov
D'Angelo & Antenucci - Nippo
s.t.
166
Matevz Mihelic
Adria Mobil
s.t.
167
Viktor Shmalko
Itera - Katusha
s.t.
168
Antonio Manzoni
Adria Mobil
s.t.
The winner:
Word from the DS: We did everything right, except the last 1500 metres. I don't know if Gesink could have followed Garzelli and Cunego, but a 3rd was possible.
The favourites:
All the sprinters, so Kittel, Krupis, Van Hummel, Se. Hinault, Flahaut, Se Chavanel, Lemoine, Sulzberger, Hutarovych etcetera.
Our goal:
Top 3 (it's a sprint, so I'll probably mess it up).
11 riders attack right out of the start and form the BOTD. The 11 are unkown riders, so I don't bother giving you the names. They get a maximum lead of 5'30.
And as predicted, the BOTD gets caught, this time with about 10km to go. We make the pace of the peloton with our sprint train, but surprise our opponents! 5500 metres before the finish, Sep Vanmarcke attacks when he is in 2nd position. The others stop peddling and Vanmarcke creates a gap.
The other teams really are astonished, as none of them is capable of doing the pace. They all look at each other, so with 3 kilometres to go, Vanmarcke has taken a 45-second lead!
And after a stage win in the Tour de Wallonie, Sep Vanmarcke takes his 2nd win of the season!
The peloton has started the sprint and Marcel Kittel has chosen the wheel of Aidis Kruopis (Landbouwkrediet). The Lithuanian is in a great form, after winning the Tour de Wallonie - Picarde. The German easily outsprints Kruopis and '25 behind the winner, he gives the team a double!
Results:
1
Sep Vanmarcke
Monster Energy - Ford
4h48'21
2
Marcel Kittel
Monster Energy - Ford
+ 25
3
Aidis Kruopis
Landbouwkrediet
s.t.
4
Sébastien Chavanel
Team Europcar
s.t.
5
Cyril Lemoine
Saur - Sojasun
s.t.
6
Kenny Van Hummel
Skil - Shimano
s.t.
7
Wesley Sulzberger
FDJ
s.t.
8
Adam Blythe
Omega Pharma - Lotto
s.t.
9
Kris Boeckmans
Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator
s.t.
10
Yauheni Hutarovich
FDJ
s.t.
Spoiler
11
Pim Ligthart
Monster Energy - Ford
s.t.
12
Jimmy Engoulvent
Saur - Sojasun
s.t.
13
Samuel Caldeira
Tavira - Prio
s.t.
14
Alexandre Blain
Endura Racing
s.t.
15
Björn Thurau
Team NSP
s.t.
16
Michael Van Staeyen
Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator
s.t.
17
Benoît Vaugrenard
FDJ
s.t.
18
Kenny Dehaes
Omega Pharma - Lotto
s.t.
19
Jussi Veikkanen
Omega Pharma - Lotto
s.t.
20
Mathieu Drujon
Big Mat - Auber 93
s.t.
21
Benoît Daeninck
Roubaix Lille Métropole
s.t.
22
David De la Cruz
Caja Rural
s.t.
23
Ben Gastauer
AG2R La Mondiale
s.t.
24
Andy Schleck
Monster Energy - Ford
s.t.
25
Sébastien Rosseler
Monster Energy - Ford
s.t.
26
Oleg Chuzhda
Caja Rural
s.t.
27
Nacer Bouhanni
FDJ
s.t.
28
Steven Van Vooren
Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator
s.t.
29
João Cabreira
Onda
s.t.
30
Stijn Neirynck
Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator
s.t.
31
Aitor Galdos
Caja Rural
s.t.
32
Yukiya Arashiro
Team Europcar
s.t.
33
Davy Van den Camp
Wallonie Bruxelles - Crédit Agricole
s.t.
34
Ludovic Mottet
Wallonie Bruxelles - Crédit Agricole
s.t.
35
Arnaud Gérard
FDJ
s.t.
36
Geoffrey Soupe
FDJ
s.t.
37
Jens Mulder
Monster Energy - Ford
s.t.
38
Nicolas Rousseau
Big Mat - Auber 93
s.t.
39
Kevin Peeters
Landbouwkrediet
s.t.
40
David Boucher
Omega Pharma - Lotto
s.t.
41
Pieter Jacobs
Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator
s.t.
42
Geert Verheyen
Landbouwkrediet
s.t.
43
Kasper Jebjerg
Glud & Marstrand - LRØ
s.t.
44
Mathieu Claude
Team Europcar
s.t.
45
Mathieu Sprick
Skil - Shimano
s.t.
46
Bert Scheirlinckx
Landbouwkrediet
s.t.
47
Daniel Foder
Glud & Marstrand - LRØ
s.t.
48
Bobbie Traksel
Landbouwkrediet
s.t.
49
Joeri Stallaert
Landbouwkrediet
s.t.
50
Lasse Bøchman
Glud & Marstrand - LRØ
s.t.
51
Pieter Vanspeybroeck
Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator
s.t.
52
Mikaël Chérel
AG2R La Mondiale
s.t.
53
Laurent Didier
Monster Energy - Ford
s.t.
54
Toms Skujins
Velo-Club La Pomme Marseille
s.t.
55
Justin Jules
Velo-Club La Pomme Marseille
s.t.
56
Alexandre Pichot
Team Europcar
s.t.
57
Guillaume Faucon
Big Mat - Auber 93
s.t.
58
Laszló Bodrogi
Team Type 1
s.t.
59
Ludovic Turpin
Saur - Sojasun
s.t.
60
Jonathan Thiré
Big Mat - Auber 93
s.t.
61
Martijn Verschoor
Team Type 1
s.t.
62
David Le Lay
AG2R La Mondiale
s.t.
63
Guillermo Lana
Caja Rural
+ 1'35
64
Sérgio Sousa
Barbot - Efapel
s.t.
65
Mario Aerts
Omega Pharma - Lotto
s.t.
66
Nicolas Bazin
Big Mat - Auber 93
s.t.
67
Olaf Kerkhof
Team Type 1
s.t.
68
Thomas Vaubourzeix
Velo-Club La Pomme Marseille
s.t.
69
Christian Moberg Jørgensen
Glud & Marstrand - LRØ
s.t.
70
Diego Milán
Caja Rural
s.t.
71
Dimitri Champion
AG2R La Mondiale
s.t.
72
Alexey Shmidt
Team Type 1
s.t.
73
Raúl Alarcón
Barbot - Efapel
s.t.
74
Steven Tronet
Roubaix Lille Métropole
s.t.
75
Michael Valgren Andersen
Glud & Marstrand - LRØ
s.t.
76
Daniel Freitas
Barbot - Efapel
s.t.
77
Robert Partridge
Endura Racing
s.t.
78
Bruno Lima
Onda
s.t.
79
Franck Bouyer
Team Europcar
s.t.
80
Jimmy Casper
Saur - Sojasun
s.t.
81
Kevin Lalouette
Roubaix Lille Métropole
s.t.
82
Denis Flahaut
Roubaix Lille Métropole
s.t.
83
Jonathan Bertrand
Wallonie Bruxelles - Crédit Agricole
s.t.
84
Romain Lemarchand
AG2R La Mondiale
s.t.
85
Thierry Hupond
Skil - Shimano
+ 2'13
86
Stéphane Bonsergent
Bretagne - Schuller
s.t.
87
Tino Thömel
Team NSP
s.t.
88
Mitchell Docker
Skil - Shimano
s.t.
89
Renaud Dion
Bretagne - Schuller
s.t.
90
Florian Vachon
Bretagne - Schuller
s.t.
91
Koen De Kort
Skil - Shimano
s.t.
92
Bert De Backer
Skil - Shimano
s.t.
93
Eric Berthou
Bretagne - Schuller
s.t.
94
Fabio Polazzi
Wallonie Bruxelles - Crédit Agricole
s.t.
95
Guillaume Blot
Bretagne - Schuller
s.t.
96
Roy Curvers
Skil - Shimano
s.t.
97
Maarten De Jonge
Endura Racing
s.t.
98
Benjamin Giraud
Velo-Club La Pomme Marseille
s.t.
99
Steve Chainel
FDJ
s.t.
100
Jean-Luc Delpech
Bretagne - Schuller
s.t.
101
Daniel Mestre
Tavira - Prio
s.t.
102
Arthur Vichot
FDJ
s.t.
103
Klaas Lodewyck
Omega Pharma - Lotto
s.t.
104
Célio Sousa
Onda
s.t.
105
Olivier Kaisen
Omega Pharma - Lotto
s.t.
106
Nelson Victorino
Tavira - Prio
s.t.
107
Koen Barbé
Landbouwkrediet
s.t.
108
Jon Pardo
Onda
s.t.
109
Bruno Pinto
Barbot - Efapel
s.t.
110
William Dugan
Team Type 1
s.t.
111
Johan Coenen
Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator
s.t.
112
Kaspar Kupriss
Velo-Club La Pomme Marseille
s.t.
113
Fabricio Ferrari
Caja Rural
s.t.
114
Vincent Jérôme
Team Europcar
s.t.
115
Sébastien Duret
Bretagne - Schuller
s.t.
116
Julien Bérard
AG2R La Mondiale
s.t.
117
Tomas Swift Metcalfe
Tavira - Prio
s.t.
118
Matthias Mortka
Team NSP
s.t.
119
Gaël Malacarne
Bretagne - Schuller
s.t.
120
Kenny De Ketele
Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator
s.t.
121
Cheng Ji
Skil - Shimano
s.t.
122
René Obst
Team NSP
s.t.
123
Gilles Devillers
Wallonie Bruxelles - Crédit Agricole
s.t.
124
Yannick Mayer
Team NSP
+ 3'16
125
Hélder Oliveira
Onda
+ 3'32
126
Thibault Dupont
Monster Energy - Ford
s.t.
127
Christophe Laborie
Saur - Sojasun
+ 4'22
128
Arnaud Coyot
Saur - Sojasun
s.t.
129
Romain Matheou
Saur - Sojasun
s.t.
130
Kiel Reijnen
Team Type 1
s.t.
131
Lucas Schädlich
Team NSP
s.t.
132
Aleksandrs Kurbatskis
Velo-Club La Pomme Marseille
s.t.
133
Callum Wilkinson
Endura Racing
s.t.
134
Perrig Quemeneur
Team Europcar
s.t.
135
Blel Kadri
AG2R La Mondiale
s.t.
136
Yohan Cauquil
Velo-Club La Pomme Marseille
s.t.
137
Ian Wilkinson
Endura Racing
s.t.
138
Alejandro Marque
Onda
s.t.
139
Bart De Clercq
Omega Pharma - Lotto
s.t.
140
Robert Hayles
Endura Racing
s.t.
141
Sébastien Hinault
AG2R La Mondiale
s.t.
142
Stéphane Poulhiès
Saur - Sojasun
s.t.
143
Jack Bauer
Endura Racing
s.t.
144
Valery Kobzarenko
Team Type 1
s.t.
145
Troels Ronning Vinther
Glud & Marstrand - LRØ
s.t.
146
Cesar Fonte
Barbot - Efapel
s.t.
147
Diogo Nunes
Tavira - Prio
s.t.
148
Kasper Linde Jørgensen
Glud & Marstrand - LRØ
s.t.
149
Yanis Mourier
Velo-Club La Pomme Marseille
s.t.
150
Garikoitz Bravo
Caja Rural
s.t.
151
Flavien Dassonville
Big Mat - Auber 93
s.t.
152
Loïc Desriac
Roubaix Lille Métropole
s.t.
153
Scott Thwaites
Endura Racing
s.t.
154
Olivier Chevalier
Wallonie Bruxelles - Crédit Agricole
s.t.
155
Léo Menville
Team NSP
s.t.
156
Kevin Reza
Team Europcar
s.t.
157
Sebastien Baldauf
Team NSP
s.t.
158
Jonathan Dewitte
Wallonie Bruxelles - Crédit Agricole
s.t.
159
Olivier Pardini
Wallonie Bruxelles - Crédit Agricole
+ 5'34
160
Nicolas Bonnet
Roubaix Lille Métropole
s.t.
161
Simon Lorentsen
Glud & Marstrand - LRØ
s.t.
162
Alexander Ryabkin
Caja Rural
+ 6'02
163
Juan José Arregui
Tavira - Prio
s.t.
164
Alexandre Jacquet
Landbouwkrediet
s.t.
The winner:
Word from the DS:
Now this was a great tactical ride. Vanmarcke was in a good daily form (+$) and the up-and-down last kilometres suited him. None of the other teams was capable of forming a train quickly. So this is really satisfying!
The 95th edittion of the Giro dell'Emilia, with the start in Cento and the finish after 192 kilometres in Bologna. The first part of the race is flat, than the riders face the climb of the Manzuno and after a long downhill 5 laps on a circuit in Bologna, with the finish on top of the San Luca. The San Luca is 1.5km long and has an average gradient of 10.1% with peaks to over 15%! Pretty comparable to the Mur de Huy.
The last 2 editions were won by Robert Gesink, who is eager to win three times in a row, something nobody has ever achieved in history. Record winner is Italian Costante Girardengo, who won 5 times in '18, '19, '21, '22 and '25.
The favourites: *** Damiano Cunego (Lampre), Stefano Garzelli (Acqua et Sapone), Robert Gesink ** Alexandre Vinokourov (Astana), Cayetano Sarmiento (Acqua et Sapone), Vincenzo Nibali (Liquigas) * Stefan Schumacher (Miche), Domenico Pozzovivio (Colnago), Ivan Basso (Liquigas)
Our goal:
Gesink wants to win Emilia three times in a row, so that's our goal!
In the ascend of the Manzuno (5.8km at 6.2%), a 15-man breakaway is in front of the peloton. At the summit, the 15 have a gap of 5'52 to the peloton. In this group are Davide Rebellin (Miche), Dimitri Kozontchuk (Geox), Marco Frapporti (Colnago), Simone Masciarelli (Acqua et Sapone) and Francesco Bellotti (Liquigas).
Then we see Peter Sagan sitting on the tarmac. One moment of not paying attention in the descend, and he crashed. He is able to get back on his bike again, and come back to the peloton, but has suffered that much that he got dropped out of the peloton in the first ascend of the San Luca.
In the first ascend of the San Luca, Rebellin, Frapporti and Bellotti drop the other 12 riders. With 37.5 kilometres to go, they have a 3'23 lead to the peloton.
2 ascend done, 3 to go. The 3 are still up front and hav eto defend a 2'30 lead in the following 28 kilometres.
In the 3rd ascend Bellotti attacks. Rebellin follows him, but Frapporti gets dropped. The 2 Italians haven't lost anything in this lap. 19km to go.
Our plan was to wait with an attack untill the summit of the penultimate climb. But already on the beginning of that climb, it's Cayetano Sarmiento (Acqua et Sapone) who attacks, followed by Damiano Cunego. That's a little bit too much for Robert Gesink, who continues the climb in his own pace.
Damiano Cunego also drops Sarmiento and in the descend he joins Bellotti and Rebellin. With 8 kilometres to go, the 3 have a gap of '36 to Gesink and the Acqua duo Sarmiento and Stefano Garzelli.
But can't close the gap to the leaders, were Cunego does all the work. They start the last ascend of the San Luca and Cunego immediately drops Bellotti and Rebellin. Gesink is in 4th place at '38.
Gesink passes Bellotti and Rebellin in the last climb, but Il Piccolo Principe is out of ranch. Cunego takes his 6th win of the season (the Amstel Gold Race and 4 stages in La Vuelta) and prevents Gesink from becoming a Giro dell'Emilia-legend!
Stefano Garzelli wins the sprint for the 3rd place at 1'21, beating his teammate Sarmiento.
Results:
1
Damiano Cunego
Lampre - ISD
5h01'14
2
Robert Gesink
Monster Energy - Ford
+ 28
3
Stefano Garzelli
Acqua & Sapone
+ 1'21
4
Cayetano Sarmiento
Acqua & Sapone
s.t.
5
Stefan Schumacher
Miche - Guerciotti
+ 2'02
6
Vincenzo Nibali
Liquigas - Cannondale
+ 2'08
7
Miguel Rubiano
D'Angelo & Antenucci - Nippo
s.t.
8
Domenico Pozzovivo
Colnago - CSF Inox
+ 2'16
9
Pavel Brutt
Katusha Team
s.t.
10
Alexander Efimkin
Team Type 1
s.t.
Spoiler
11
Francesco Bellotti
Liquigas - Cannondale
+ 2'25
12
Davide Rebellin
Miche - Guerciotti
s.t.
13
Ivan Basso
Liquigas - Cannondale
s.t.
14
Alexandre Vinokourov
Pro Team Astana
+ 2'38
15
Alexsandr Dyachenko
Pro Team Astana
+ 2'59
16
Wout Poels
Monster Energy - Ford
+ 3'12
17
Juan José Cobo
Geox - TMC
+ 4'03
18
Egor Silin
Katusha Team
+ 4'11
19
Xavier Florencio
Geox - TMC
s.t.
20
Michael Rasmussen
Christina Watches - Onfone
s.t.
21
Daniele Callegarin
Team Type 1
s.t.
22
Rafael Valls
Geox - TMC
+ 4'24
23
Jure Kocjan
Team Type 1
+ 4'31
24
Zdenek Stybar
Quick·Step Cycling Team
s.t.
25
Fortunato Baliani
D'Angelo & Antenucci - Nippo
s.t.
26
Massimo Codol
Acqua & Sapone
+ 4'42
27
Manuele Mori
Lampre - ISD
+ 4'46
28
Marco Frapporti
Colnago - CSF Inox
s.t.
29
Dario Cataldo
Quick·Step Cycling Team
+ 5'28
30
Mitja Mahoric
Adria Mobil
+ 5'34
31
Michele Gaia
Miche - Guerciotti
+ 5'41
32
Danilo Di Luca
Katusha Team
+ 5'56
33
Federico Canuti
Colnago - CSF Inox
s.t.
34
Vladimir Efimkin
Team Type 1
+ 6'11
35
Aitor Pérez Arrieta
Lampre - ISD
s.t.
36
Sep Vanmarcke
Monster Energy - Ford
+ 6'21
37
Damiano Caruso
Liquigas - Cannondale
s.t.
38
Alessandro Proni
Acqua & Sapone
+ 6'33
39
Alexander Kvachuk
Lampre - ISD
s.t.
40
Robert Kiserlovski
Pro Team Astana
s.t.
41
Francesco Masciarelli
Pro Team Astana
+ 6'43
42
Valerio Agnoli
Liquigas - Cannondale
+ 7'38
43
Yury Trofimov
Katusha Team
+ 7'57
44
Evgeni Petrov
Pro Team Astana
s.t.
45
Giampaolo Caruso
Katusha Team
s.t.
46
Kevin De Weert
Quick·Step Cycling Team
+ 8'12
47
Vladimir Miholjevic
Acqua & Sapone
s.t.
48
Francesco Failli
Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli
+ 8'28
49
Addy Engels
Quick·Step Cycling Team
+ 8'33
50
Filippo Savini
Colnago - CSF Inox
s.t.
51
Davide Malacarne
Quick·Step Cycling Team
+ 9'03
52
Patxi Vila
De Rosa - Ceramica Flaminia
+ 9'43
53
Leonardo Pinizzotto
Miche - Guerciotti
s.t.
54
Kristof Vandewalle
Quick·Step Cycling Team
+ 10'08
55
Eduard Vorganov
Katusha Team
s.t.
56
Alessandro Bisolti
Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli
s.t.
57
Paolo Tiralongo
Pro Team Astana
+ 10'20
58
Stanislav Kozúbek
PSK Whirlpool - Author
+ 10'54
59
Joan Horrach
Katusha Team
+ 11'01
60
Dimitry Kozontchuk
Geox - TMC
+ 11'10
61
Fabio Taborre
Acqua & Sapone
+ 11'29
62
Frantisek Padour
PSK Whirlpool - Author
+ 12'57
63
Marcel Wyss
Geox - TMC
+ 13'05
64
Manuel Belletti
Colnago - CSF Inox
+ 13'12
65
Dimitry Ignatiev
Itera - Katusha
+ 13'26
66
Sergey Firsanov
Itera - Katusha
+ 13'31
67
Pawel Cieslik
Bank BGZ
s.t.
68
Laurent Didier
Monster Energy - Ford
s.t.
69
Giampaolo Cheula
Geox - TMC
s.t.
70
Gianluca Mirenda
Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli
+ 13'41
71
Matej Gnezda
Adria Mobil
+ 13'46
72
Michael Reihs
Christina Watches - Onfone
+ 13'53
73
Artem Topchanyuk
ISD - Lampre Continental
+ 14'00
74
Blaz Furdi
Adria Mobil
+ 14'08
75
Simone Masciarelli
Acqua & Sapone
+ 14'12
76
Raffaele la Rosa
Team Type 1
s.t.
77
Peter Sagan
Monster Energy - Ford
s.t.
78
Enrico Magazzini
Lampre - ISD
s.t.
79
Cristiano Benenati
De Rosa - Ceramica Flaminia
s.t.
80
Dmytro Grabovskyy
ISD - Lampre Continental
s.t.
81
Tomasz Lisowicz
Bank BGZ
+ 14'26
82
Timothy Duggan
Liquigas - Cannondale
s.t.
83
Daniele Righi
Lampre - ISD
s.t.
84
Yuriy Agarkov
ISD - Lampre Continental
s.t.
85
Jarosław Rębiewski
Bank BGZ
s.t.
86
Denys Kostyuk
Lampre - ISD
s.t.
87
Francesco Reda
Quick·Step Cycling Team
s.t.
88
Gaspare Boscolo
D'Angelo & Antenucci - Nippo
s.t.
89
Sébastien Reichenbach
Atlas Personal
+ 14'48
90
Dmitry Mokrov
Itera - Katusha
+ 14'53
91
Valery Kobzarenko
Team Type 1
s.t.
92
Javier Megías
Team Type 1
s.t.
93
Marc Reynès
PSK Whirlpool - Author
+ 15'01
94
Bernardo Riccio
D'Angelo & Antenucci - Nippo
+ 15'12
95
Andrey Zeits
Pro Team Astana
s.t.
96
Maxim Lefèvre
Monster Energy - Ford
s.t.
97
Kristjan Fajt
Adria Mobil
s.t.
98
Kristian Sobota
Christina Watches - Onfone
s.t.
99
Roberto De Patre
Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli
s.t.
100
Volodymyr Bileka
Amore & Vita
s.t.
101
Krzysztof Szczawinski
Miche - Guerciotti
+ 15'26
102
Sergey Rudaskov
Itera - Katusha
s.t.
103
Kevin Van Impe
Quick·Step Cycling Team
s.t.
104
Pedro Merino
Miche - Guerciotti
s.t.
105
Marius Bernatonis
Atlas Personal
s.t.
106
Henry Frusto
D'Angelo & Antenucci - Nippo
s.t.
107
Matteo Fedi
De Rosa - Ceramica Flaminia
+ 15'40
108
Angelo Furlan
Christina Watches - Onfone
s.t.
109
Daniel Vestergaard
Christina Watches - Onfone
+ 15'48
110
Luca Ascani
D'Angelo & Antenucci - Nippo
s.t.
111
Mirco Saggiorato
Atlas Personal
+ 15'58
112
Konrad Czajkowski
Bank BGZ
s.t.
113
Paolo Locatelli
Colnago - CSF Inox
s.t.
114
Leopoldo Rocchetti
Miche - Guerciotti
+ 16'10
115
Alfredo Balloni
Lampre - ISD
+ 16'14
116
Marc Lootens
Monster Energy - Ford
+ 16'49
117
Oleg Opryshko
Amore & Vita
+ 17'30
118
Fabio Piscopiello
De Rosa - Ceramica Flaminia
s.t.
119
Bernardo Colex
Amore & Vita
+ 17'39
120
Andrea Pasqualon
Colnago - CSF Inox
s.t.
121
Cameron Wurf
Liquigas - Cannondale
s.t.
122
Oleksandr Martynenko
ISD - Lampre Continental
s.t.
123
Yevgeniy Nepomnyachshiy
Pro Team Astana
s.t.
124
Paolo Ciavatta
Acqua & Sapone
+ 17'53
125
Andrea Grendene
Team Type 1
+ 18'53
126
Diego Caccia
Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli
+ 18'58
127
Patrik Moren
Amore & Vita
s.t.
128
Andrey Solomennikov
Itera - Katusha
+ 19'07
129
Jakob Madsen
Christina Watches - Onfone
s.t.
130
Laurent Beuret
Atlas Personal
+ 19'17
131
Cees Veldkamp
Monster Energy - Ford
s.t.
132
Filippo Bortolotti
Geox - TMC
s.t.
133
Oleksandr Sheydyk
ISD - Lampre Continental
+ 19'22
134
Pelle Clapp
Christina Watches - Onfone
+ 19'27
135
Edoardo Girardi
De Rosa - Ceramica Flaminia
+ 20'18
136
Kohei Uchima
D'Angelo & Antenucci - Nippo
+ 20'33
137
Josef Hosek
PSK Whirlpool - Author
+ 20'37
138
Davide Cimolai
Liquigas - Cannondale
s.t.
139
Christian Schneeberger
Atlas Personal
+ 20'49
140
Volodymyr Kogut
Amore & Vita
s.t.
141
Alexandre Pliuschin
Katusha Team
+ 21'01
142
Stefano Pirazzi
Colnago - CSF Inox
+ 21'13
143
Gianfranco Visconti
De Rosa - Ceramica Flaminia
+ 21'20
144
Bersvenn Støen
Amore & Vita
+ 21'27
145
Dmitry Kosyakov
Itera - Katusha
s.t.
146
Antonio Manzoni
Adria Mobil
+ 21'43
147
Otavio Didier Bulgarelli
Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli
s.t.
148
Marco Haller
Adria Mobil
+ 21'50
149
Mads Hardahl
Christina Watches - Onfone
+ 21'58
150
Luboš Pelánek
Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli
s.t.
151
Igor Frolov
Itera - Katusha
+ 22'20
152
Peter Erdin
Atlas Personal
+ 22'24
153
Radoslav Romanik
Bank BGZ
s.t.
154
Piotr Sztobryn
Bank BGZ
s.t.
155
Sergio Laganà
De Rosa - Ceramica Flaminia
s.t.
156
Emilio Zini
Amore & Vita
s.t.
157
Stefano Borchi
De Rosa - Ceramica Flaminia
+ 22'44
158
Lilian Pommier
Atlas Personal
+ 24'21
159
Gianluca Randazzo
Miche - Guerciotti
s.t.
160
Matteo Rabottini
Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli
s.t.
161
Tomas Danacik
PSK Whirlpool - Author
+ 24'31
162
Pirmin Lang
Atlas Personal
s.t.
163
Evgeniy Kovalev
Itera - Katusha
s.t.
164
Kristian Forbord
Amore & Vita
+ 24'44
165
Maksym Vasilyev
ISD - Lampre Continental
+ 24'49
166
Ariel Maximiliano Richeze
D'Angelo & Antenucci - Nippo
+ 25'56
167
Vojtěch Dlouhý
PSK Whirlpool - Author
+ 26'01
168
Alvaro La Cruz
Geox - TMC
+ 26'31
The winner:
Word from the DS:
Cungo was to strong today. You can say afterwards, that Gesink had to counter his attack, but he couldn't at that moment and the Acqua et Sapone-boys couldn't help him. Too bad, because his form is very good at the moment!
Back to France for Paris - Tours, the last Northern Europe classic this season. It's an almost flat stage, with some small climbs in the last part near the river Loire. The wins often plays a big factor, with the forming of echelons.
Like often before, the 2010 edition ended in a mass sprint, with Rabobank's Oscar Freire taking the win.
The favourites: *** Matti Breschel (Rabobank), Samuel Dumoulin(Cofidis), Aitor Galdos (Caja Rural) **Marcel Kittel, Daryl Impey (NetAPP), Tom Veelers (Skil) * Cyril Lemoine (AG2R), Kenny Dehaes (Omega Pharma), Dominique Rollin (FDJ)
Our goal:
We aim for a top 5 position. That will be difficult, looking at the form of our sprinters. All are under 80.
12 riders feel the urge not to stay in the peloton and have an easy first part of Paris - Tours. They get a maximum lead of 7'30. The names: T. Skujins (La Pomme), C. Ji (Skil), R. Hardy (Bretagne), J. Bérard (AG2R), E. Baumann (NetAPP), C. Wurf (Liquigas), C. Bessy (Saur), J. Thiré (Big Mat), B. Janiaczyk (CCC), L. Laverde (Colombia) and R. Martínez (Caja Rural).
With 36 kilometres to go, the lead has been cut back to 1'50. Then Rabobank's Lars Boom attacks and is surprisingly jined by Daryl Impey (Team NetAPP). Why won't he wait for the sprint?
Boom and Impey get caught by the chasing peloton, and than it's time for another Rabobank cyclist to attack. It's the big favourite for this race, Matti Breschel! Samuel Dumoulin (Cofidis) recognizes the danger and counterattacks. There are 25 kilometres to go and the BOTD is 1'40 ahead.
The final has started:
Breschel and Dumoulin have joined the BOTD, when on the Cote de Beau Soleil Big Mat's Jonathan Thiré attacks. Of course Breschel and Dumoulin follow. The 3 create a '38-gap to the peloton with 11km to go.
3 kilometres later in the race waits the last climb of the day, the Cote de l'Épan. Breschel uses the ascend to drop his companions. At the summit, 8km to go, he has a gap of '16 to Dumoulin and '33 to the peloton.
It is difficult for the peloton to organize a good chase, so with 3 kilometres to go, Breschel is still in the lead with 24 seconds.
The Danish rider has time for an early celebration and takes his 3rd win of the year (stage and GC in 5 jours de Dunkerque). Aitor Galdos (Caja Rural) sprints to the 2nd place, with Tom Veelers (Skil) in 3rd. Marcel Kittel finishes in 5th place.
Results:
1
Matti Breschel
Rabobank Cycling Team
5h26'14
2
Aitor Galdos
Caja Rural
s.t.
3
Tom Veelers
Skil - Shimano
s.t.
4
Cyril Lemoine
Saur - Sojasun
s.t.
5
Marcel Kittel
Monster Energy - Ford
s.t.
6
Kenny Dehaes
Omega Pharma - Lotto
s.t.
7
Dirk Bellemakers
Landbouwkrediet
s.t.
8
Dominique Rollin
FDJ
s.t.
9
Pim Ligthart
Monster Energy - Ford
s.t.
10
Alessandro Proni
Acqua & Sapone
s.t.
Spoiler
11
Fabio Taborre
Acqua & Sapone
s.t.
12
Martijn Maaskant
Monster Energy - Ford
s.t.
13
Jimmy Engoulvent
Saur - Sojasun
s.t.
14
Jérémie Galland
Saur - Sojasun
s.t.
15
Samuel Dumoulin
Cofidis, le crédit en ligne
s.t.
16
Davy Commeyne
Landbouwkrediet
s.t.
17
Thierry Hupond
Skil - Shimano
s.t.
18
Sébastien Hinault
AG2R La Mondiale
s.t.
19
Danilo Napolitano
Acqua & Sapone
s.t.
20
Oleg Chuzhda
Caja Rural
s.t.
21
Martin Reimer
Skil - Shimano
s.t.
22
Tomasz Smolen
CCC Polsat Polkowice
s.t.
23
Frédéric Amorison
Landbouwkrediet
s.t.
24
Ruggero Marzoli
Acqua & Sapone
s.t.
25
Jonas Vangenechten
Wallonie Bruxelles - Crédit Agricole
s.t.
26
Marek Rutkiewicz
CCC Polsat Polkowice
s.t.
27
Wim De Vocht
Veranda's Willems - Accent
s.t.
28
Steve Chainel
FDJ
s.t.
29
Matthieu Ladagnous
FDJ
s.t.
30
Steven Caethoven
Veranda's Willems - Accent
s.t.
31
Peter Sagan
Monster Energy - Ford
s.t.
32
Gaetan Bille
Wallonie Bruxelles - Crédit Agricole
s.t.
33
Bartlomiej Matysiak
CCC Polsat Polkowice
s.t.
34
Massimo Codol
Acqua & Sapone
s.t.
35
Koen Barbé
Landbouwkrediet
s.t.
36
Hubert Dupont
AG2R La Mondiale
s.t.
37
Luis Felipe Laverde
Colombia es Pasión - Café de Colombia
s.t.
38
Dimitri Champion
AG2R La Mondiale
s.t.
39
Bobbie Traksel
Landbouwkrediet
s.t.
40
Mikaël Chérel
AG2R La Mondiale
s.t.
41
Ronan Van Zandbeek
Skil - Shimano
s.t.
42
Alan Marangoni
Liquigas - Cannondale
s.t.
43
Johan Mombaerts
Big Mat - Auber 93
s.t.
44
Jonathan Thiré
Big Mat - Auber 93
s.t.
45
Jean-Christophe Peraud
AG2R La Mondiale
s.t.
46
Blazej Janiaczyk
CCC Polsat Polkowice
s.t.
47
Olivier Pardini
Wallonie Bruxelles - Crédit Agricole
s.t.
48
Mauro Finetto
Liquigas - Cannondale
s.t.
49
Eric Baumann
Team NetApp
s.t.
50
Kenny Van Hummel
Skil - Shimano
s.t.
51
Daryl Impey
Team NetApp
s.t.
52
Romain Zingle
Monster Energy - Ford
s.t.
53
Fabio Polazzi
Wallonie Bruxelles - Crédit Agricole
s.t.
54
Nacer Bouhanni
FDJ
s.t.
55
Mathieu Claude
Team Europcar
s.t.
56
Nicolas Rousseau
Big Mat - Auber 93
s.t.
57
Cyril Bessy
Saur - Sojasun
s.t.
58
Cameron Wurf
Liquigas - Cannondale
s.t.
59
Cheng Ji
Skil - Shimano
s.t.
60
Adam Blythe
Omega Pharma - Lotto
s.t.
61
Julien Bérard
AG2R La Mondiale
s.t.
62
Kevin Van Melsen
Veranda's Willems - Accent
s.t.
63
Jacopo Guarnieri
Liquigas - Cannondale
s.t.
64
Stéphane Bonsergent
Bretagne - Schuller
s.t.
65
Jacobus Venter
Veranda's Willems - Accent
s.t.
66
Rubén Martínez
Caja Rural
s.t.
67
Simone Masciarelli
Acqua & Sapone
s.t.
68
Mariusz Witecki
CCC Polsat Polkowice
s.t.
69
Cayetano Sarmiento
Acqua & Sapone
s.t.
70
Bert De Backer
Skil - Shimano
s.t.
71
Denis Flahaut
Roubaix Lille Métropole
s.t.
72
Hans Dekkers
Landbouwkrediet
s.t.
73
Bert Scheirlinckx
Landbouwkrediet
s.t.
74
Florian Vachon
Bretagne - Schuller
s.t.
75
Lars Boom
Rabobank Cycling Team
s.t.
76
Romain Hardy
Bretagne - Schuller
s.t.
77
Arnoud Van Groen
Veranda's Willems - Accent
s.t.
78
Martin Elmiger
AG2R La Mondiale
s.t.
79
Christophe Laborie
Saur - Sojasun
s.t.
80
Saïd Haddou
Team Europcar
s.t.
81
Romain Matheou
Saur - Sojasun
s.t.
82
Łukasz Bodnar
CCC Polsat Polkowice
s.t.
83
Toms Skujins
Velo-Club La Pomme Marseille
s.t.
84
Franck Bouyer
Team Europcar
s.t.
85
James Vanlandschoot
Veranda's Willems - Accent
s.t.
86
Bartosz Huzarski
Team NetApp
s.t.
87
Geert Verheyen
Landbouwkrediet
s.t.
88
Mickaël Buffaz
Cofidis, le crédit en ligne
s.t.
89
Dennis Van Winden
Rabobank Cycling Team
s.t.
90
Sebastian Langeveld
Rabobank Cycling Team
s.t.
91
Tom Leezer
Rabobank Cycling Team
s.t.
92
Guillaume Blot
Bretagne - Schuller
s.t.
93
Benoît Vaugrenard
FDJ
s.t.
94
Alexandre Pichot
Team Europcar
s.t.
95
Kamil Zielinski
CCC Polsat Polkowice
s.t.
96
Fabricio Ferrari
Caja Rural
s.t.
97
Simone Ponzi
Liquigas - Cannondale
s.t.
98
Víctor De la Parte
Caja Rural
s.t.
99
Stéphane Poulhiès
Saur - Sojasun
s.t.
100
Alessandro Donati
Acqua & Sapone
s.t.
101
Fabien Bacquet
Big Mat - Auber 93
s.t.
102
Mathieu Drujon
Big Mat - Auber 93
s.t.
103
Mario Aerts
Omega Pharma - Lotto
s.t.
104
Matthieu Halleguen
Bretagne - Schuller
s.t.
105
Nairo Quintana
Colombia es Pasión - Café de Colombia
s.t.
106
Nicolas Bonnet
Roubaix Lille Métropole
s.t.
107
Jens Mulder
Monster Energy - Ford
s.t.
108
Klaas Lodewyck
Omega Pharma - Lotto
s.t.
109
Guillaume Le Floch
Team Europcar
s.t.
110
Jussi Veikkanen
Omega Pharma - Lotto
s.t.
111
Fabio Sabatini
Liquigas - Cannondale
s.t.
112
Vincent Jérôme
Team Europcar
s.t.
113
Mickaël Delage
FDJ
s.t.
114
Davide Cimolai
Liquigas - Cannondale
s.t.
115
Frédéric Guesdon
FDJ
s.t.
116
Geoffrey Soupe
FDJ
s.t.
117
Laurent Didier
Monster Energy - Ford
s.t.
118
Justin Jules
Velo-Club La Pomme Marseille
+ 2'39
119
David De la Cruz
Caja Rural
s.t.
120
Sven Van den Houte
Veranda's Willems - Accent
s.t.
121
Robin Chaigneau
Skil - Shimano
s.t.
122
Frederik Willems
Omega Pharma - Lotto
s.t.
123
Florian Guillou
Bretagne - Schuller
s.t.
124
Adrien Petit
Cofidis, le crédit en ligne
s.t.
125
Flavien Dassonville
Big Mat - Auber 93
s.t.
126
Jerome Giaux
Wallonie Bruxelles - Crédit Agricole
s.t.
127
Dariusz Batek
CCC Polsat Polkowice
s.t.
128
Justin Van Hoecke
Wallonie Bruxelles - Crédit Agricole
+ 3'34
129
Gilles Devillers
Wallonie Bruxelles - Crédit Agricole
s.t.
130
Jesús Del Nero
Team NetApp
+ 4'32
131
Jean-Marc Bideau
Bretagne - Schuller
s.t.
132
Steven Tronet
Roubaix Lille Métropole
s.t.
133
David Boucher
Omega Pharma - Lotto
s.t.
134
Andreas Dietziker
Team NetApp
s.t.
135
Andreas Schillinger
Team NetApp
s.t.
136
Laurent Mangel
Saur - Sojasun
s.t.
137
Daniel Oss
Liquigas - Cannondale
s.t.
138
Rick Flens
Rabobank Cycling Team
s.t.
139
Hugo Salazar
Colombia es Pasión - Café de Colombia
s.t.
140
Jarlinson Pantano
Colombia es Pasión - Café de Colombia
s.t.
141
Kevin Lalouette
Roubaix Lille Métropole
s.t.
142
Julien Fouchard
Cofidis, le crédit en ligne
s.t.
143
Benoît Daeninck
Roubaix Lille Métropole
s.t.
144
Gaël Malacarne
Bretagne - Schuller
s.t.
145
Olivier Kaisen
Omega Pharma - Lotto
s.t.
146
Morgan Kneisky
Roubaix Lille Métropole
s.t.
147
Jérôme Cousin
Team Europcar
s.t.
148
Carlos Martínez
Colombia es Pasión - Café de Colombia
s.t.
149
Sjef De Wilde
Veranda's Willems - Accent
s.t.
150
Maarten Wynants
Rabobank Cycling Team
s.t.
151
Benjamin Giraud
Velo-Club La Pomme Marseille
s.t.
152
Dimitri Claeys
Team NetApp
s.t.
153
Higinio Fernández
Caja Rural
s.t.
154
Aleksandrs Kurbatskis
Velo-Club La Pomme Marseille
s.t.
155
Nicolas Vogondy
Cofidis, le crédit en ligne
s.t.
156
Daniel Schorn
Team NetApp
s.t.
157
Arturo Mora
Caja Rural
s.t.
158
Camilo Suárez
Colombia es Pasión - Café de Colombia
s.t.
159
Kaspar Kupriss
Velo-Club La Pomme Marseille
s.t.
160
Christophe Premont
Wallonie Bruxelles - Crédit Agricole
s.t.
161
Raivis Skujins
Velo-Club La Pomme Marseille
s.t.
162
Kevin Reza
Team Europcar
s.t.
163
Maarten Tjallingii
Rabobank Cycling Team
s.t.
164
Tristan Valentin
Cofidis, le crédit en ligne
s.t.
165
Juan Forero
Colombia es Pasión - Café de Colombia
s.t.
166
Toms Flaksis
Velo-Club La Pomme Marseille
s.t.
167
John Martinez
Colombia es Pasión - Café de Colombia
+ 5'44
168
Thibault Dupont
Monster Energy - Ford
+ 6'17
169
Yanis Mourier
Velo-Club La Pomme Marseille
+ 7'40
170
Yuriy Krivtsov
AG2R La Mondiale
s.t.
171
Yann Mery
Cofidis, le crédit en ligne
+ 8'55
172
Johan Verhelst
Cofidis, le crédit en ligne
s.t.
The winner:
Word from the DS:
We are satisfied with the result, as the Top 5 was our team goal. It was an impressive win by Breschel, we didn't thought that he could hold it untill the finish.