Sorry for the lack of cropping, I just haven't had time, and rather than delay this by another day I figured I would just get it up.
So we are here for the final stage, it's tight at the top with Kisverlovski having to defend his 21 second lead from Lovkvist, with Paulinho just a further 1 second behind.
Further back, D2 hopeful Laverde Jiminez will desperately try to hang onto a top 10 place against strong challenges from Raisin, Evans and Vasquez.
Damrow gets us under way with a time of 18'12"
Then comes Ascani who goes 13 seconds better.
Dempster now, and given how strong he was in the MTT, I doubt he will be touchable today.
He goes well clear with a 17'30", 28 seconds faster than Ascani.
Roulston is next
+30" for the Kiwi.
Hutchings has built his whole tour around this day, and +39" is good enough to put him provisional 4th.
Bjelmark now goes 3rd, +29" for him
It's now the battle for the top ten. Raisin stole some bonus seconds yesterday, and he rides very strongly to take second at +28"
Now it's Cadels turn, he can only manage +41" but it's enough to hold off his teammate and pile the pressure on the next two riders who may well slip down the rankings.
Vasquez isn't a strong TTer and looses 1'10" on Dempster, dropping him past Evans and Raisin into a provisional 11th.
It may not be for long though, as Laverde Jiminez is awful at this, constantly switching positions, he fades down the stretch to a truly dreadful +1'34" meaning he slips to 11th place. Dissapointing for the Colombian, but surely far beyond his expectations going into the race.
Voekler gets a +1'15", but he knew that his 7th place was safe if he didn't crash, so he almost walked around the corners.
Jeannesson is next, with a +55" but he's under no pressure to gain or lose a place so it doesn't matter.
Peterson +31", a good ride. Keeps him solidly in 5th
+1'10" for Navarro means he stays 4th. This would have been a good tour for Emu had Nazaret bothered to do something.
Now the big three first Paulinho goes, can he get the 1 second on Lovkvist he needs to move up a step on the podium?
He does well, setting the second best time of the day at +28"
Lovkvist now, and he is pushing very hard taking several seconds out on the first time check.
It's not to hard to fast either, as he goes second at +20"
Kisverlovski needs to lose less than 40 seconds to Dempster to claim all three jerseys on the tour, and +29" is enough to secure his victory.
So, Dempster was here for 1 reason, and he succeeded. As did Kisverlovski and Davis, although you can't help but wonder if they should have been using their race days focusing on bigger fish.
D2 Watch: Laverde Jiminez fell at the last, while Hutchings only managed 10th, but this has still been a massively successful tour for the D2 team. An experiment I am sure we will see repeated again in the future.
Results:
Rank
Name
Team
Time
1
Zakkari Dempster
Hollister
17'30
2
Thomas Lövkvist
Saab - Scania
+ 20
3
Sérgio Paulinho
Team WWE
+ 28
4
Saul Raisin
Emu Export
s.t.
5
Luca Ascani
Vespa - Aprilia - De Rosa
+ 29
6
Jonas Bjelkmark
Saab - Scania
s.t.
7
Robert Kiserlovski
Hollister
s.t.
8
Hayden Roulston
Team WWE
+ 30
9
Thomas Peterson
California Giant Berry Farms-Specialized
+ 31
10
Logan Hutchings
Division 2 Team
+ 39
11
Cadel Evans
Emu Export
+ 41
12
Mikel Astarloza
Team WWE
s.t.
13
Sascha Damrow
Team WWE
+ 42
14
King Lok Cheung
Oz Cycling Project
+ 48
15
Bernardo Colex
California Giant Berry Farms-Specialized
+ 49
16
Alfredo Balloni
Vespa - Aprilia - De Rosa
+ 51
17
Assan Bazajev
Pirelli - Alfa Romeo
s.t.
18
Juan Miguel Mercado
Hollister
s.t.
19
Jimmi Sørensen
Saab - Scania
+ 55
20
Arnold Jeannesson
California Giant Berry Farms-Specialized
s.t.
21
Isidro Nozal
Division 2 Team
+ 56
22
Benoît Sinner
California Giant Berry Farms-Specialized
+ 57
23
Fabrice Jeandesbosz
Team WWE
s.t.
24
Mauricio Ortega
Aker Solutions - Bergans
s.t.
25
Enrique Salgueiro
Saab - Scania
+ 58
26
Nick Kinney
Pirelli - Alfa Romeo
+ 1'01
27
Glenn O'Shea
Oz Cycling Project
+ 1'02
28
Alex Howes
California Giant Berry Farms-Specialized
s.t.
29
Laurent Didier
Team WWE
+ 1'03
30
Damian Martínez
Hollister
s.t.
31
Theo Eltink
Saab - Scania
s.t.
32
Michael Vink
Oz Cycling Project
+ 1'04
33
Magno Nazaret
Emu Export
s.t.
34
Fabio Montenegro
Emu Export
+ 1'05
35
Anders Lund
Aker Solutions - Bergans
+ 1'08
36
Taylor Tolleson
California Giant Berry Farms-Specialized
s.t.
37
Peter Stetina
California Giant Berry Farms-Specialized
+ 1'09
38
Svein Tuft
Team A
s.t.
39
Gökhan Hasta
Emu Export
+ 1'10
40
Wilmer Vasquez
Aker Solutions - Bergans
s.t.
41
Daniel Navarro
Emu Export
s.t.
42
Idan Shapira
Division 2 Team
+ 1'11
43
Adam Petrie-Armstrong
Vespa - Aprilia - De Rosa
+ 1'12
44
George Bennett
Oz Cycling Project
+ 1'13
45
Ole Hirschlein
Aker Solutions - Bergans
+ 1'14
46
Michael Matthews
Oz Cycling Project
+ 1'15
47
Thomas Voeckler
Team WWE
s.t.
48
Guillaume Bonnafond
Division 2 Team
+ 1'16
49
Andrés Miguel Díaz Corrales
Pirelli - Alfa Romeo
+ 1'18
50
Andres Saldarriaga
Pirelli - Alfa Romeo
+ 1'20
51
Allan Davis
Hollister
+ 1'21
52
Matteo Carrara
Vespa - Aprilia - De Rosa
+ 1'23
53
Víctor Hugo Orozco
Emu Export
+ 1'24
54
Ricardo Serrano
Division 2 Team
+ 1'25
55
Hubert Dupont
Pirelli - Alfa Romeo
+ 1'27
56
Vincent Bastaens
Vespa - Aprilia - De Rosa
+ 1'30
57
Nicolas Brolin
Saab - Scania
s.t.
58
Gerson Perez
Team A
+ 1'33
59
Davide Cimolai
Vespa - Aprilia - De Rosa
s.t.
60
Luis Felipe Laverde Jimenez
Division 2 Team
+ 1'34
61
Tareq Esmaeli
Division 2 Team
+ 1'39
62
Andzs Flaksis
Pirelli - Alfa Romeo
+ 1'41
63
Mattia Gavazzi
Vespa - Aprilia - De Rosa
+ 1'42
64
Fredy Montaña
Pirelli - Alfa Romeo
+ 1'46
65
Ulugbek Galiev
Saab - Scania
+ 1'48
66
Sylwester Szmyd
Hollister
s.t.
67
Félix Emilio Besada
Oz Cycling Project
+ 1'50
68
Jarlinson Pantano Gómez
Hollister
+ 1'55
69
Alfredo Ajpacaja
Team A
+ 2'10
70
Shy Twing
Team A
s.t.
71
Fredy Colop
Team A
+ 2'28
GC:
Rank
Name
Team
Time
1
Robert Kiserlovski
Hollister
34h37'15
2
Thomas Lövkvist
Saab - Scania
+ 12
3
Sérgio Paulinho
Team WWE
+ 21
4
Daniel Navarro
Emu Export
+ 2'35
5
Thomas Peterson
California Giant Berry Farms-Specialized
+ 3'17
6
Arnold Jeannesson
California Giant Berry Farms-Specialized
+ 4'22
7
Thomas Voeckler
Team WWE
+ 5'12
8
Cadel Evans
Emu Export
+ 6'57
9
Saul Raisin
Emu Export
+ 7'20
10
Wilmer Vasquez
Aker Solutions - Bergans
+ 7'21
11
Luis Felipe Laverde Jimenez
Division 2 Team
+ 7'30
12
Theo Eltink
Saab - Scania
+ 7'55
13
Peter Stetina
California Giant Berry Farms-Specialized
+ 8'26
14
Andrés Miguel Díaz Corrales
Pirelli - Alfa Romeo
+ 8'40
15
Juan Miguel Mercado
Hollister
+ 9'02
16
Mikel Astarloza
Team WWE
+ 9'50
17
Víctor Hugo Orozco
Emu Export
+ 9'57
18
Enrique Salgueiro
Saab - Scania
+ 10'03
19
Magno Nazaret
Emu Export
+ 10'22
20
Andres Saldarriaga
Pirelli - Alfa Romeo
+ 10'41
21
Tareq Esmaeli
Division 2 Team
+ 11'05
22
Sylwester Szmyd
Hollister
+ 11'08
23
Jonas Bjelkmark
Saab - Scania
+ 11'38
24
Matteo Carrara
Vespa - Aprilia - De Rosa
+ 11'40
25
Ricardo Serrano
Division 2 Team
+ 12'07
26
Damian Martínez
Hollister
+ 13'49
27
Fabio Montenegro
Emu Export
+ 14'24
28
Nick Kinney
Pirelli - Alfa Romeo
+ 14'30
29
Allan Davis
Hollister
+ 14'36
30
Fredy Montaña
Pirelli - Alfa Romeo
+ 15'50
31
Mauricio Ortega
Aker Solutions - Bergans
+ 16'13
32
Taylor Tolleson
California Giant Berry Farms-Specialized
+ 16'48
33
Assan Bazajev
Pirelli - Alfa Romeo
+ 17'39
34
Alex Howes
California Giant Berry Farms-Specialized
+ 18'40
35
Bernardo Colex
California Giant Berry Farms-Specialized
+ 19'23
36
Hubert Dupont
Pirelli - Alfa Romeo
+ 19'31
37
Ole Hirschlein
Aker Solutions - Bergans
+ 21'28
38
Isidro Nozal
Division 2 Team
+ 21'48
39
George Bennett
Oz Cycling Project
+ 22'05
40
Fabrice Jeandesbosz
Team WWE
+ 22'45
41
Nicolas Brolin
Saab - Scania
+ 23'56
42
Michael Vink
Oz Cycling Project
+ 24'50
43
Idan Shapira
Division 2 Team
+ 27'24
44
Laurent Didier
Team WWE
+ 29'22
45
Adam Petrie-Armstrong
Vespa - Aprilia - De Rosa
+ 32'02
46
Jarlinson Pantano Gómez
Hollister
+ 33'56
47
Davide Cimolai
Vespa - Aprilia - De Rosa
+ 34'39
48
Logan Hutchings
Division 2 Team
+ 36'21
49
Hayden Roulston
Team WWE
+ 39'28
50
Gökhan Hasta
Emu Export
+ 42'09
51
King Lok Cheung
Oz Cycling Project
+ 43'54
52
Félix Emilio Besada
Oz Cycling Project
+ 45'39
53
Anders Lund
Aker Solutions - Bergans
+ 47'04
54
Ulugbek Galiev
Saab - Scania
+ 52'07
55
Michael Matthews
Oz Cycling Project
+ 52'56
56
Zakkari Dempster
Hollister
+ 52'57
57
Jimmi Sørensen
Saab - Scania
+ 53'04
58
Luca Ascani
Vespa - Aprilia - De Rosa
+ 58'01
59
Alfredo Balloni
Vespa - Aprilia - De Rosa
+ 59'38
60
Benoît Sinner
California Giant Berry Farms-Specialized
+ 1h01'07
61
Andzs Flaksis
Pirelli - Alfa Romeo
+ 1h02'26
62
Gerson Perez
Team A
+ 1h02'42
63
Glenn O'Shea
Oz Cycling Project
+ 1h05'46
64
Vincent Bastaens
Vespa - Aprilia - De Rosa
+ 1h06'28
65
Mattia Gavazzi
Vespa - Aprilia - De Rosa
+ 1h08'01
66
Guillaume Bonnafond
Division 2 Team
+ 1h12'41
67
Sascha Damrow
Team WWE
+ 1h16'37
68
Alfredo Ajpacaja
Team A
+ 1h31'29
69
Svein Tuft
Team A
+ 1h38'50
70
Fredy Colop
Team A
+ 1h48'24
71
Shy Twing
Team A
+ 1h53'47
Points:
Rank
Name
Team
Points
General
1
Robert Kiserlovski
Hollister
9
130
2
Allan Davis
Hollister
0
118
3
Taylor Tolleson
California Giant Berry Farms-Specialized
0
102
4
Sérgio Paulinho
Team WWE
16
98
5
Thomas Lövkvist
Saab - Scania
20
94
6
Daniel Navarro
Emu Export
0
82
7
Saul Raisin
Emu Export
14
78
8
Assan Bazajev
Pirelli - Alfa Romeo
0
70
9
Thomas Voeckler
Team WWE
0
65
10
Zakkari Dempster
Hollister
25
61
11
Theo Eltink
Saab - Scania
0
60
12
Matteo Carrara
Vespa - Aprilia - De Rosa
0
55
13
Benoît Sinner
California Giant Berry Farms-Specialized
0
52
14
Nick Kinney
Pirelli - Alfa Romeo
0
50
15
Magno Nazaret
Emu Export
0
48
16
Laurent Didier
Team WWE
0
39
17
Víctor Hugo Orozco
Emu Export
0
38
18
Michael Matthews
Oz Cycling Project
0
38
19
Mattia Gavazzi
Vespa - Aprilia - De Rosa
0
38
20
Arnold Jeannesson
California Giant Berry Farms-Specialized
0
37
21
Logan Hutchings
Division 2 Team
6
37
22
Ricardo Serrano
Division 2 Team
0
36
23
Hayden Roulston
Team WWE
8
36
24
Ole Hirschlein
Aker Solutions - Bergans
0
34
25
Juan Miguel Mercado
Hollister
0
31
26
Michael Vink
Oz Cycling Project
0
31
27
Wilmer Vasquez
Aker Solutions - Bergans
0
30
28
Thomas Peterson
California Giant Berry Farms-Specialized
7
29
29
Anders Lund
Aker Solutions - Bergans
0
28
30
Mikel Astarloza
Team WWE
4
26
31
Davide Cimolai
Vespa - Aprilia - De Rosa
0
26
32
Hubert Dupont
Pirelli - Alfa Romeo
0
25
33
Bernardo Colex
California Giant Berry Farms-Specialized
1
25
34
Luca Ascani
Vespa - Aprilia - De Rosa
12
25
35
Cadel Evans
Emu Export
5
24
36
Idan Shapira
Division 2 Team
0
24
37
Alfredo Balloni
Vespa - Aprilia - De Rosa
0
24
38
Peter Stetina
California Giant Berry Farms-Specialized
0
21
39
Sascha Damrow
Team WWE
3
21
40
King Lok Cheung
Oz Cycling Project
2
20
41
George Bennett
Oz Cycling Project
0
19
42
Adam Petrie-Armstrong
Vespa - Aprilia - De Rosa
0
19
43
Jonas Bjelkmark
Saab - Scania
10
16
44
Damian Martínez
Hollister
0
16
45
Fabio Montenegro
Emu Export
0
10
46
Alex Howes
California Giant Berry Farms-Specialized
0
8
47
Isidro Nozal
Division 2 Team
0
8
48
Fabrice Jeandesbosz
Team WWE
0
8
49
Sylwester Szmyd
Hollister
0
7
50
Andres Saldarriaga
Pirelli - Alfa Romeo
0
7
51
Fredy Montaña
Pirelli - Alfa Romeo
0
7
52
Mauricio Ortega
Aker Solutions - Bergans
0
6
53
Luis Felipe Laverde Jimenez
Division 2 Team
0
3
54
Andrés Miguel Díaz Corrales
Pirelli - Alfa Romeo
0
1
55
Vincent Bastaens
Vespa - Aprilia - De Rosa
0
1
KoM:
Rank
Name
Team
Mountain
General
1
Robert Kiserlovski
Hollister
0
54
2
Thomas Lövkvist
Saab - Scania
0
44
3
Alfredo Balloni
Vespa - Aprilia - De Rosa
0
40
4
Thomas Voeckler
Team WWE
0
38
5
Ole Hirschlein
Aker Solutions - Bergans
0
36
6
Taylor Tolleson
California Giant Berry Farms-Specialized
0
28
7
Wilmer Vasquez
Aker Solutions - Bergans
0
26
8
Laurent Didier
Team WWE
0
26
9
Daniel Navarro
Emu Export
0
24
10
Bernardo Colex
California Giant Berry Farms-Specialized
0
24
11
Sérgio Paulinho
Team WWE
0
22
12
Saul Raisin
Emu Export
0
22
13
Idan Shapira
Division 2 Team
0
22
14
Adam Petrie-Armstrong
Vespa - Aprilia - De Rosa
0
22
15
Fabio Montenegro
Emu Export
0
20
16
Michael Vink
Oz Cycling Project
0
20
17
Logan Hutchings
Division 2 Team
0
20
18
Anders Lund
Aker Solutions - Bergans
0
20
19
Juan Miguel Mercado
Hollister
0
18
20
Hubert Dupont
Pirelli - Alfa Romeo
0
18
21
King Lok Cheung
Oz Cycling Project
0
18
22
Víctor Hugo Orozco
Emu Export
0
16
23
Nick Kinney
Pirelli - Alfa Romeo
0
16
24
Andrés Miguel Díaz Corrales
Pirelli - Alfa Romeo
0
14
25
Alex Howes
California Giant Berry Farms-Specialized
0
14
26
Guillaume Bonnafond
Division 2 Team
0
10
27
Sylwester Szmyd
Hollister
0
8
28
Isidro Nozal
Division 2 Team
0
8
29
Hayden Roulston
Team WWE
0
8
30
Zakkari Dempster
Hollister
0
8
31
Matteo Carrara
Vespa - Aprilia - De Rosa
0
6
32
Ricardo Serrano
Division 2 Team
0
6
33
Nicolas Brolin
Saab - Scania
0
6
34
Jarlinson Pantano Gómez
Hollister
0
6
35
Fabrice Jeandesbosz
Team WWE
0
4
36
Peter Stetina
California Giant Berry Farms-Specialized
0
2
37
Mikel Astarloza
Team WWE
0
2
Teams:
Rank
Team
Time
General Time
1
Hollister
53'50
+ 14'28 (6)
2
Team WWE
+ 19
103h51'17 (1)
3
Saab - Scania
+ 24
+ 10'22 (4)
4
Emu Export
+ 53
+ 9'34 (3)
5
California Giant Berry Farms-Specialized
+ 55
+ 11'21 (5)
6
Vespa - Aprilia - De Rosa
+ 1'12
+ 1h08'43 (9)
7
Division 2 Team
+ 1'26
+ 23'11 (7)
8
Oz Cycling Project
+ 1'34
+ 1h27'12 (10)
9
Pirelli - Alfa Romeo
+ 1'50
+ 5'48 (2)
10
Aker Solutions - Bergans
+ 1'55
+ 35'03 (8)
11
Team A
+ 3'32
+ 3h44'38 (11)
Young Riders:
Rank
Name
Team
Time
General Time
10
Peter Stetina
California Giant Berry Farms-Specialized
+ 18'39
34h45'41 (1)
18
Andres Saldarriaga
Pirelli - Alfa Romeo
+ 18'50
+ 2'15 (2)
23
Tareq Esmaeli
Division 2 Team
+ 19'09
+ 2'39 (3)
2
Jonas Bjelkmark
Saab - Scania
+ 17'59
+ 3'12 (4)
7
Alex Howes
California Giant Berry Farms-Specialized
s.t.
+ 10'14 (5)
15
Ole Hirschlein
Aker Solutions - Bergans
+ 18'44
+ 13'02 (6)
14
George Bennett
Oz Cycling Project
+ 18'43
+ 13'39 (7)
20
Nicolas Brolin
Saab - Scania
s.t.
+ 15'30 (8)
8
Michael Vink
Oz Cycling Project
+ 18'34
+ 16'24 (9)
12
Idan Shapira
Division 2 Team
+ 18'41
+ 18'58 (10)
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