Last stage of this tour is another flat stage which is very well-suited for sprinters and breakaways. Everything seems settled. Danielson wins overall, Dyadichkin takes the mountain jersey, Fed-Ex seems secure of the teams' classification, and the points jersey looks to go to Sonnery - however, that may change today. Time will tell.
The TV-break to today was Murgoitio (Benfica), Colby (Slipstream) and Belmokhtar (Gatorade B) with a certain Pat McQuaid behind them. None of them is any threat to anything. Question is -- are the sprinters ready to let them go?
The answer is 'no'. Fed-Ex has a certain sprinter named Sebastian Siedler, and they want him to win the Points Classification. Therefore, they - with help from White Bear Steyr - slowly started to reel in the break, they quickly caught McQuaid, and with 50 km. to go they had a gap of 4 minutes. It'd be very surprising if they could manage to keep the peloton away.
However, when the steam was really put up and all the sprinter teams helped, the breakaway was doomed to death, and with 15 km. to go it was over. The teams could start organizing. Here we have them before the start of the sprint.
Once again, Bertagnolli is leading out for Gajek who has Sonnery, Gatto and Siedler behind him. In the 2nd sprint train, it's Eibegger leading ahead of Costa, Lima, Wadecki and Faria.
Sonnery takes over from Gajek with 1300 meters to go. Gatto is in his wheel and Siedler hangs on to Gatto's.
Sonnery is still leading! Gatto is fighting with Gajek, and Siedler is coming from behind now. Sonnery has to crash, though, if he is to lose his jersey. But what about the victory?
It's another victory for Sonnery! He's a deserving winner of the Points Jersey.
Stage Result:
1
Blaise Sonnery
WHITE BEAR STEYR
3h19'44
2
Sebastian Siedler
FED-EX
s.t.
3
Artur Gajek
WIGGLE - PREMIER INN
s.t.
4
Oscar Gatto
FED-EX B
s.t.
5
Jochen Summer
SLIPSTREAM B
s.t.
6
Dimitri De Fauw
AMERICAN SUZUKI B
s.t.
7
Adam Wadecki
GATORADE B
s.t.
8
Bruno Lima
BENFICA
s.t.
9
Fabien Bacquet
DASANI - HINCAPIE SPORTSWEAR
s.t.
10
Rahsaan Bahati
SLIPSTREAM
s.t.
11
Bobby Lea
GATORADE B
s.t.
12
Matthew Brammeier
BRITISH AIRWAYS - CYCLINGNEWS
s.t.
13
Cherif Abdallah
GATORADE B
s.t.
14
Markus Eibegger
WHITE BEAR STEYR
s.t.
15
Cláudio Faria
BENFICA
s.t.
16
David Blanco
WIGGLE - PREMIER INN
s.t.
17
Chad Hartley
AMERICAN SUZUKI B
s.t.
18
Viatcheslav Dyadichkin
DASANI - HINCAPIE SPORTSWEAR
s.t.
19
Leonardo Bertagnolli
WIGGLE - PREMIER INN
s.t.
20
Emile Abraham
AMERICAN SUZUKI B
s.t.
21
Sander Cordeel
WHITE BEAR STEYR
s.t.
22
Marco Velo
FED-EX
s.t.
23
Rui Costa
BENFICA
s.t.
24
Budi Santoso
FED-EX B
s.t.
25
Cyril Lemoine
GATORADE B
s.t.
26
Xavier Tondo
BRITISH AIRWAYS - CYCLINGNEWS
s.t.
27
Francis Zachary
GATORADE B
s.t.
28
Hugo Manuel Vítor
BENFICA
s.t.
29
Francisco Lara Ruiz
DASANI - HINCAPIE SPORTSWEAR
s.t.
30
Scott Nydam
SLIPSTREAM
s.t.
Overall Classification:
1
Tom Danielson
FED-EX
32h56'37
2
Nuno Ribeiro
BENFICA
+ 39
3
Manuel Medina
BRITISH AIRWAYS - CYCLINGNEWS
+ 51
4
Oscar Sevilla
FED-EX
+ 1'14
5
Marcos Arriagada
WIGGLE - PREMIER INN
+ 1'15
6
Konstantin Siutsou
WHITE BEAR STEYR
+ 1'50
7
Saul Raisin
SLIPSTREAM
+ 2'36
8
David Blanco
WIGGLE - PREMIER INN
+ 3'21
9
Florentino Marquez
BENFICA
+ 3'59
10
Pedro Arreitunandia
WHITE BEAR STEYR
+ 5'12
11
Thomas Peterson
SLIPSTREAM
+ 8'05
12
Stefano Barberi
FED-EX
+ 9'46
13
Francisco Lara Ruiz
DASANI - HINCAPIE SPORTSWEAR
+ 10'33
14
Leonardo Bertagnolli
WIGGLE - PREMIER INN
+ 13'17
15
Markus Eibegger
WHITE BEAR STEYR
+ 13'37
16
Paúl Torres
FED-EX B
+ 14'04
17
Henry Raabe
SLIPSTREAM B
+ 14'47
18
Santiago Botero
FED-EX
+ 14'49
19
Xavier Tondo
BRITISH AIRWAYS - CYCLINGNEWS
+ 16'29
20
Martijn Keizer
WHITE BEAR STEYR
+ 17'00
21
Viatcheslav Dyadichkin
DASANI - HINCAPIE SPORTSWEAR
+ 17'19
22
Hugo Manuel Vítor
BENFICA
+ 18'10
23
Jörg Jaksche
BRITISH AIRWAYS - CYCLINGNEWS
+ 19'48
24
Scott Nydam
SLIPSTREAM
+ 19'53
25
Anthony Colby
SLIPSTREAM
+ 20'51
26
Blaise Sonnery
WHITE BEAR STEYR
+ 21'17
27
Benoît Joachim
DASANI - HINCAPIE SPORTSWEAR
s.t.
28
Vladimir Miholjevic
BRITISH AIRWAYS - CYCLINGNEWS
+ 21'36
29
Egoitz Murgoitio
BENFICA
+ 21'42
30
Pascal Hungerbühler
SLIPSTREAM B
+ 22'54
31
Laurent Lefèvre
BRITISH AIRWAYS - CYCLINGNEWS
+ 24'00
32
Egoi Martínez de Esteban
FED-EX
+ 24'17
33
Jocelin Maillet
WHITE BEAR STEYR
+ 33'26
34
Burke Swindlehurst
DASANI - HINCAPIE SPORTSWEAR
+ 33'35
35
José Azevedo
WIGGLE - PREMIER INN
+ 33'50
36
Kristjan Fajt
DASANI - HINCAPIE SPORTSWEAR
+ 33'54
37
James Lewis Perry
AMERICAN SUZUKI B
+ 36'30
38
Alex Howes
SLIPSTREAM
+ 37'58
39
Rui Costa
BENFICA
+ 38'37
40
Steven Cummings
WIGGLE - PREMIER INN
+ 41'05
41
Tareq Esmaeli
SLIPSTREAM B
+ 43'10
42
Chris Barton
FED-EX B
+ 45'17
43
Robert Wijaya
AMERICAN SUZUKI B
+ 47'43
44
Craig Lewis
SLIPSTREAM
+ 49'03
45
Budi Santoso
FED-EX B
+ 50'09
46
Gert Rajala
AMERICAN SUZUKI B
+ 51'20
47
Abdelkader Belmokhtar
GATORADE B
+ 53'28
48
Tanguy Reuzeau
THE CONTROL TEAM
+ 54'39
49
Hossein Askari
FED-EX B
+ 55'13
50
Matej Mugerli
BRITISH AIRWAYS - CYCLINGNEWS
+ 55'27
51
Cláudio Faria
BENFICA
+ 1h04'02
52
Marco Velo
FED-EX
+ 1h08'19
53
Kofi Kramer
THE CONTROL TEAM
+ 1h20'37
54
Nathan Miller
SLIPSTREAM B
+ 1h43'58
55
Joe Knoxville
THE CONTROL TEAM
+ 1h46'26
56
Joe Hicks
FED-EX B
+ 1h53'21
57
Cyril Lemoine
GATORADE B
+ 1h56'34
58
Yong-li Ng
GATORADE B
+ 2h03'04
59
Bruno Lima
BENFICA
+ 2h05'40
60
Dimitri De Fauw
AMERICAN SUZUKI B
+ 2h07'18
61
Oscar Gatto
FED-EX B
+ 2h08'39
62
Cherif Abdallah
GATORADE B
s.t.
63
Sander Cordeel
WHITE BEAR STEYR
+ 2h12'21
64
Olivier Kaisen
WIGGLE - PREMIER INN
+ 2h13'12
65
Artur Gajek
WIGGLE - PREMIER INN
+ 2h15'22
66
Rahsaan Bahati
SLIPSTREAM
+ 2h16'27
67
Michael Wolf
SLIPSTREAM B
+ 2h17'18
68
Nick Ingels
DASANI - HINCAPIE SPORTSWEAR
+ 2h20'05
69
Chad Hartley
AMERICAN SUZUKI B
+ 2h20'12
70
Kieran Page
SLIPSTREAM B
+ 2h22'16
71
Adam Wadecki
GATORADE B
+ 2h23'25
72
Matthew Brammeier
BRITISH AIRWAYS - CYCLINGNEWS
+ 2h23'38
73
Emile Abraham
AMERICAN SUZUKI B
+ 2h26'10
74
Jochen Summer
SLIPSTREAM B
+ 2h26'26
75
Sebastian Siedler
FED-EX
+ 2h26'42
76
Bobby Lea
GATORADE B
+ 2h28'34
77
Fabien Bacquet
DASANI - HINCAPIE SPORTSWEAR
+ 2h28'42
78
Francis Zachary
GATORADE B
+ 2h31'24
79
Marian Frunzeanu
FED-EX B
+ 2h37'45
80
Tyler Wren
AMERICAN SUZUKI B
+ 2h49'21
81
Farkad Mohammad
THE CONTROL TEAM
+ 2h55'04
82
Alvise Cappioli
THE CONTROL TEAM
+ 3h01'59
83
George W Bush
TEAM INCOMPETENT
+ 3h02'47
84
Jan Ullrich
T-MOB TELEKOM
+ 3h04'49
85
Tony Blair
TEAM INCOMPETENT
+ 3h07'35
86
Lance Armstrong
THE DISCO CHANNEL
+ 3h10'12
87
Christian Prudhomme
TEAM A.S.O.
+ 3h10'57
88
Mr Dope
DOPE-STANA
+ 3h12'21
89
Retired Retired
GIANT ASIA RACING TEAM
+ 3h17'01
90
Pat McQuaid
UCI
+ 3h20'40
91
Retired Retired
TECOS DE LA UNIVERSIDAD AUTONOMA DE GUADALAJARA
+ 3h21'22
Mountain Class.:
1
Viatcheslav Dyadichkin
DASANI - HINCAPIE SPORTSWEAR
64
2
Scott Nydam
SLIPSTREAM
36
3
José Azevedo
WIGGLE - PREMIER INN
32
4
Stefano Barberi
FED-EX
27
5
Egoi Martínez de Esteban
FED-EX
26
6
Florentino Marquez
BENFICA
25
7
Marcos Arriagada
WIGGLE - PREMIER INN
25
8
Manuel Medina
BRITISH AIRWAYS - CYCLINGNEWS
19
9
Pedro Arreitunandia
WHITE BEAR STEYR
18
10
Paúl Torres
FED-EX B
16
11
Tom Danielson
FED-EX
15
12
Tareq Esmaeli
SLIPSTREAM B
13
13
Gert Rajala
AMERICAN SUZUKI B
12
14
Robert Wijaya
AMERICAN SUZUKI B
12
15
Konstantin Siutsou
WHITE BEAR STEYR
10
Points Class.:
1
Blaise Sonnery
WHITE BEAR STEYR
122
2
Sebastian Siedler
FED-EX
103
3
Tom Danielson
FED-EX
72
4
Dimitri De Fauw
AMERICAN SUZUKI B
70
5
Manuel Medina
BRITISH AIRWAYS - CYCLINGNEWS
69
6
Nuno Ribeiro
BENFICA
62
7
Konstantin Siutsou
WHITE BEAR STEYR
54
8
Artur Gajek
WIGGLE - PREMIER INN
51
9
Oscar Gatto
FED-EX B
46
10
David Blanco
WIGGLE - PREMIER INN
46
11
Oscar Sevilla
FED-EX
46
12
Fabien Bacquet
DASANI - HINCAPIE SPORTSWEAR
45
13
Adam Wadecki
GATORADE B
41
14
José Azevedo
WIGGLE - PREMIER INN
41
15
Kieran Page
SLIPSTREAM B
39
Team Classification: Edited by Roman on 18-10-2016 00:11