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Tour Down Under - Stage 3
SportingNonsense
Posted on 29-04-2010 00:28
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The uphill slant of the finish is unmistakeable, and this is likely to be the 2nd most important stage of the race, behind Willunga on Stage 5
And we had a frenzied start, with a break of 16 riders forming - from 2 separate 8 man attacks.
In no particular order: Kunitski, Ball, Van Loocke, Sergent, Ockeloen, Urtasun, Sijmens, McEvoy, Zingle, Abakoumov, Vanderaerden, Ratto, Loosli, Siedler, Ziegler, Kupfernagel
But 16 is too many, and they are brought back with the first intermediate sprint, and the only KoM of the day, in sight
A classifications issue in this race (which has been fixed for future man game races) means the intermediate sprints are not really contested - except that some riders ride off the front of the peleton to ride over the line and take the points. This time its, Croket ahead of Casper and Pavarin
Now the KoM, and Kairelis takes an early jump to catch out the rest
Ball responds first, but Sulzberger and Hermans wait a little
Hermans almost times it perfectly, but must settle for 2nd as Kairelis managed a small 2nd attack to take the points - with Sulzberger 3rd. Capecchi keeps the jersey then.
The peloton splits over the climb, and a few noteable names have been caught sleeping at the back - including 100% Me's Froome, Roche, Martin and Cavendish, El Al's Rast, and Wiggle's Bertagnolli and Cataldo. They all make it back to the peloton though.
No attacks by the next sprint - and the same 3 riders as before ride off the front. This time Casper beats Croket, with Pavarin 3rd again
So, now we wait for something to happen. Pendletons and Lego controlling things
Its a gentle pace, with IKEA also playing a role - no team opting to set a fast pace over these 'bumps' in the final 50km
With 30km though, the pace finally seems to be lifting
And it is really ramping up into the final 10km, although the peloton remains all intact
The pace remains high as Wiggle attempt to set up a train - Pavarin for Luke Rowe, with Davis tagged on
But come the sprint, the train hasnt worked, and instead a bunching on the other side of the road is infront, with Cillit Bang's Coenen leading. The pack is really stretched now, and the front group is infact down to just 88. (Out of 156)
Coenen is able to take a small lead
Flugel emerges to challenge him, while Hermans and Proni are also making a move
Into the final kilometre, and Flugel passes Coenen
Behind Hermans and Proni, Gerrans is there, while Davis has also put in a strong sprint to get up into contention
Aleksandar Flugel wins the stage!
Its very tight for 2nd place though. Proni takes it, while Coenen clings on to 3rd with Hermans the unlucky 4th. While Davis edges out Gerrans for 5th
Bole, Bettini, Matt Lloyd and Guldhammer round out the Top 10
Now, who is going to take the race lead? Van Heerden, Cavendish, Arashiro and Flugel all have the same time, so the leader goes down to the rider with the lowest combined finishing positions. Going into this stage, the values were Van Heerden 5, Cavendish 7, Arashiro 11, and Flugel 77. So even with Flugel only rising to 78, he can be counted out.
Coming across the line, alongside Froome, in 42nd is Arashiro. Cavendish is just behind the celebrating Ikea rider to take 53rd, while Van Heerden is further back in 70th. The result? Arashiro takes the race lead!
Cavendish takes back the best young riders jersey, while Allan Davis' consistency of 4th, 4th and 5th gives him the Points jersey.
1 Aleksandar Flügel Team IKEA - Bianchi 3h23'43 2 Alessandro Proni Vespa-Caffrey's s.t. 3 Johan Coenen Cillit Bang - IT-Factory powered by The Moon X s.t. 4 Ben Hermans Wiggle - San Pellegrino s.t. 5 Allan Davis Quiksilver-Kraft s.t. 6 Simon Gerrans Petronas - Olympus s.t. 7 Grega Bole Petronas - Olympus s.t. 8 Paolo Bettini Vespa-Caffrey's s.t. 9 Matthew Lloyd Sport Lisboa e Benfica s.t. 10 Rasmus Guldhammer Team Telenor-SAS s.t. 11 Tiziano Dall'Antonia Milka s.t. 12 Staf Scheirlinckx Quiksilver-Kraft s.t. 13 Luke Rowe Wiggle - San Pellegrino s.t. 14 Jaume Rovira Pendleton's Twicer s.t. 15 Rubens Bertogliati YouTube - Twitter s.t. 16 Andrea Moletta Pendleton's Twicer s.t. 17 Daniel Martin 100% Me s.t. 18 Brice Feillu EL AL - IDF s.t. 19 Marc De Maar Cillit Bang - IT-Factory powered by The Moon X s.t. 20 Wes Sulzberger 100% Me s.t. 21 Piet Rooijakkers Team LEGO s.t. 22 Martijn Maaskant Team Pokerstars.com s.t. 23 Sébastien Duret Pendleton's Twicer s.t. 24 Jonathan Bellis Cillit Bang - IT-Factory powered by The Moon X s.t. 25 Gert Steegmans Vespa-Caffrey's s.t. 26 Cristiano Salerno Intesa s.t. 27 Tom Diggle Wiggle - San Pellegrino s.t. 28 Aleksei Saramotins Team Pokerstars.com s.t. 29 David Lelay Intesa s.t. 30 Romain Zingle Highroad-TomTom s.t. 31 Eros Capecchi Intesa s.t. 32 Andrei Kunitski Intesa s.t. 33 Dimitri Claeys Team LEGO s.t. 34 Hassen Ben Nasser Cillit Bang - IT-Factory powered by The Moon X s.t. 35 John-Lee Augustyn Red Bull s.t. 36 Leonardo Bertagnolli Wiggle - San Pellegrino s.t. 37 Frederik Willems Pendleton's Twicer s.t. 38 Ruslan Sambris Quiksilver-Kraft s.t. 39 David Garbelli Vespa-Caffrey's s.t. 40 Grégory Rast EL AL - IDF s.t. 41 Chris Froome 100% Me s.t. 42 Yukiya Arashiro Red Bull s.t. 43 Tomas Vaitkus Team Telenor-SAS s.t. 44 Dario Cataldo Wiggle - San Pellegrino s.t. 45 Jack Bobridge Petronas - Olympus s.t. 46 Adam Hansen Red Bull s.t. 47 Jonas Ljungblad Team IKEA - Bianchi s.t. 48 Rui Costa Sport Lisboa e Benfica s.t. 49 Jussi Veikkanen Team Telenor-SAS s.t. 50 Nicolas Roche 100% Me s.t. 51 Ole Haavardsholm Team Telenor-SAS s.t. 52 Dainius Kairelis Yamaha - Greenpeace s.t. 53 Mark Cavendish 100% Me s.t. 54 Marcello Pavarin Wiggle - San Pellegrino s.t. 55 Markus Eichler Cillit Bang - IT-Factory powered by The Moon X s.t. 56 David Kopp Cillit Bang - IT-Factory powered by The Moon X s.t. 57 Lars Croket Petronas - Olympus s.t. 58 Dan Holloway Team Pokerstars.com s.t. 59 Maxime Vantomme Highroad-TomTom s.t. 60 Nick Ingels Team Pokerstars.com s.t. 61 Kin-San Wu Red Bull s.t. 62 Romain Feillu Petronas - Olympus s.t. 63 Andrea Pagoto Vespa-Caffrey's s.t. 64 Haijun Ma Cillit Bang - IT-Factory powered by The Moon X s.t. 65 Yevgeni Nepomnyachsniy Milka s.t. 66 Gerald Ciolek Team LEGO s.t. 67 Matthieu Ladagnous Pendleton's Twicer s.t. 68 Nico Sijmens Pendleton's Twicer s.t. 69 Daryl Impey Yamaha - Greenpeace s.t. 70 Juan Van Heerden Pendleton's Twicer s.t. 71 Kevin De Weert Highroad-TomTom s.t. 72 Matteo Carrara Petronas - Olympus s.t. 73 Timothy Cassidy Vespa-Caffrey's s.t. 74 Leigh Howard Milka s.t. 75 Samuel Dumoulin Team Pokerstars.com s.t. 76 Michael Matthews Red Bull s.t. 77 René Weissinger Team LEGO s.t. 78 Yon Bru Pascal Quiksilver-Kraft s.t. 79 Adrian Malori Milka s.t. 80 Andreas Stauff Team LEGO s.t. 81 David Belda Sport Lisboa e Benfica s.t. 82 Mattia Pozzo YouTube - Twitter s.t. 83 Jimmy Engoulvent Team Pokerstars.com s.t. 84 Mikayil Krasnoperov Sport Lisboa e Benfica s.t. 85 Richie Porte Milka s.t. 86 Fons de Romijn YouTube - Twitter s.t. 87 Daniel Eliad EL AL - IDF s.t. 88 Jamie Ball Red Bull s.t. 89 Victor Gomes Colinas Sport Lisboa e Benfica + 1'29 90 Daniel Lloyd 100% Me s.t. 91 Thibaut Pinot Intesa s.t. 92 Ludvig Lundberg Team IKEA - Bianchi s.t. 93 Kris Boeckmans Highroad-TomTom s.t. 94 Thomas Ziegler Yamaha - Greenpeace s.t. 95 Juan Pablo Forero Milka s.t. 96 Alberigo Passalacqua Vespa-Caffrey's s.t. 97 Tim Kennaugh Pendleton's Twicer s.t. 98 Christopher Sutton Red Bull s.t. 99 Andreas Klier Team Telenor-SAS s.t. 100 Amos Wolff EL AL - IDF s.t. 101 Reinhardt Janse van Rensburg Yamaha - Greenpeace s.t. 102 Jasper Ockeloen Highroad-TomTom s.t. 103 Andy Flickinger Quiksilver-Kraft s.t. 104 Igor Abakoumov Petronas - Olympus s.t. 105 Nicolas Brolin Team IKEA - Bianchi s.t. 106 Michael Vanderaerden Milka s.t. 107 Claudio Cucinotta Intesa s.t. 108 Fabio Montenegro Yamaha - Greenpeace s.t. 109 Michiel Van Aelbroeck Highroad-TomTom s.t. 110 Idan Shapira EL AL - IDF s.t. 111 Sebastian Balck Team IKEA - Bianchi s.t. 112 Nadi Hortig EL AL - IDF s.t. 113 Alfredo Balloni Vespa-Caffrey's s.t. 114 David Loosli EL AL - IDF s.t. 115 Jurgen Van Loocke Team Pokerstars.com s.t. 116 Kim Michely THE CONTROLTEAM s.t. 117 Jimmy Casper Milka s.t. 118 Jonathon Clarke Yamaha - Greenpeace s.t. 119 Davide Appollonio Wiggle - San Pellegrino s.t. 120 Jonathan McEvoy YouTube - Twitter s.t. 121 Jasper Stuyven Highroad-TomTom s.t. 122 Thurakit Boonratanathanakorn THE CONTROLTEAM s.t. 123 Danilo Kupfernagel Team IKEA - Bianchi + 2'55 124 Bjorn Selander Quiksilver-Kraft s.t. 125 Vojtech Hacecký Cillit Bang - IT-Factory powered by The Moon X s.t. 126 Bruno Lima Sport Lisboa e Benfica s.t. 127 Pablo Urtasun Sport Lisboa e Benfica s.t. 128 Tom Last YouTube - Twitter s.t. 129 Shlomi Haimy EL AL - IDF s.t. 130 Steven Burke YouTube - Twitter s.t. 131 Luke Roberts Team LEGO s.t. 132 Yauheni Hutarovich Intesa s.t. 133 Dimitri De Fauw Yamaha - Greenpeace s.t. 134 Mattias Westling Team IKEA - Bianchi s.t. 135 Graeme Brown Team Telenor-SAS s.t. 136 Sebastian Siedler Team Telenor-SAS s.t. 137 Remco Te Brake Team Telenor-SAS s.t. 138 James McCallum YouTube - Twitter s.t. 139 Jesse Sergent 100% Me s.t. 140 Sebastian Batchelor THE CONTROLTEAM s.t. 141 Freddy Cruz Quiksilver-Kraft s.t. 142 Sam Bennett 100% Me + 3'54 143 Adam Semple Red Bull s.t. 144 Marco Guillén Team Pokerstars.com s.t. 145 JÃri Hochmann Team LEGO + 5'03 146 Daniele Ratto Wiggle - San Pellegrino s.t. 147 Benedetto Monterastelli Intesa s.t. 148 Andreas Stillfors Team IKEA - Bianchi s.t. 149 Javier Benitez Sport Lisboa e Benfica s.t. 150 Ashley Hutchinson Yamaha - Greenpeace + 6'23 151 Hayden Godfrey Quiksilver-Kraft s.t. 152 Adrien Niyonshuti THE CONTROLTEAM s.t. 153 Sean Finning Highroad-TomTom + 7'32 154 Felix Odebrecht Team LEGO s.t. 155 Lennie Kirk YouTube - Twitter s.t. 156 Azizulhasni Awang Petronas - Olympus s.t.
GC
1 Yukiya Arashiro Red Bull 9h40'23 2 Mark Cavendish 100% Me s.t. 3 Juan Van Heerden Pendleton's Twicer s.t. 4 Aleksandar Flügel Team IKEA - Bianchi s.t. 5 Maxime Vantomme Highroad-TomTom + 8 6 Alessandro Proni Vespa-Caffrey's s.t. 7 Lars Croket Petronas - Olympus + 10 8 Gert Steegmans Vespa-Caffrey's + 12 9 Johan Coenen Cillit Bang - IT-Factory powered by The Moon X s.t. 10 Matthieu Ladagnous Pendleton's Twicer + 14 11 René Weissinger Team LEGO s.t. 12 Eros Capecchi Intesa s.t. 13 Marcello Pavarin Wiggle - San Pellegrino + 16 14 Allan Davis Quiksilver-Kraft + 20 15 Paolo Bettini Vespa-Caffrey's s.t. 16 Ben Hermans Wiggle - San Pellegrino s.t. 17 Staf Scheirlinckx Quiksilver-Kraft s.t. 18 Jonathan Bellis Cillit Bang - IT-Factory powered by The Moon X s.t. 19 Luke Rowe Wiggle - San Pellegrino s.t. 20 Grega Bole Petronas - Olympus s.t. 21 Dainius Kairelis Yamaha - Greenpeace s.t. 22 Brice Feillu EL AL - IDF s.t. 23 Simon Gerrans Petronas - Olympus s.t. 24 Wes Sulzberger 100% Me s.t. 25 Hassen Ben Nasser Cillit Bang - IT-Factory powered by The Moon X s.t.
Points
1 Allan Davis Quiksilver-Kraft 40 2 Juan Van Heerden Pendleton's Twicer 36 3 Mark Cavendish 100% Me 35 4 Yukiya Arashiro Red Bull 31 5 Gert Steegmans Vespa-Caffrey's 28 6 Maxime Vantomme Highroad-TomTom 26 7 Aleksandar Flügel Team IKEA - Bianchi 25 8 Alessandro Proni Vespa-Caffrey's 20 9 Jimmy Casper Milka 20 10 Ben Hermans Wiggle - San Pellegrino 17
KoM
1 Eros Capecchi Intesa 8 2 Jamie Ball Red Bull 5 3 Dainius Kairelis Yamaha - Greenpeace 5 4 Nick Ingels Team Pokerstars.com 3 5 Ben Hermans Wiggle - San Pellegrino 3 6 René Weissinger Team LEGO 1 7 Amos Wolff EL AL - IDF 1 8 Wes Sulzberger 100% Me 1
Young Rider
1 Mark Cavendish 100% Me 9h40'23 (1) 2 Juan Van Heerden Pendleton's Twicer + 0 (2) 3 Aleksandar Flügel Team IKEA - Bianchi + 0 (3) 4 Maxime Vantomme Highroad-TomTom + 8 (4) 5 Lars Croket Petronas - Olympus + 10 (5) 6 Eros Capecchi Intesa + 14 (6) 7 Marcello Pavarin Wiggle - San Pellegrino + 16 (7) 8 Ben Hermans Wiggle - San Pellegrino + 20 (8) 9 Jonathan Bellis Cillit Bang - IT-Factory powered by The Moon X + 20 (9) 10 Luke Rowe Wiggle - San Pellegrino + 20 (10)
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