Greipel claims second stage victory
By Cycling News published
Confusion reigns as peloton goes off route
Andrè Greipel (Team Columbia-HTC) celebrated his second stage victory in the Tour of Austria on Friday, outsprinting Graeme Brown (Rabobank) and Sebastian Siedler (Vorarlberg - Corratec) in the bunch gallop to the finish.
While the stage victory for Greipel was a textbook affair, earlier in the day the happenings on the parcours to Horn were anything but normal. After 38 kilometres of racing the stage was neutralised after the peloton took a wrong turn and left the race route. At that time a three-man break containing Stefan Rucker (ELK Haus), Markus Eichler (Team Milram) and Maxim Belkov (ISD) held a 2:30 gap over solitary chaser Jonas Ljungblad (Silence-Lotto) and a 5:00 advantage over the peloton.
The leading four riders, who had not veered off course, were halted by race officials while the peloton made its way back onto the race route. The race was delayed for approximately 30 minutes and then the four riders once again resumed racing with the same time gaps to the field. As a result of the halt in action, the circuit at the finish in Horn was eliminated reducing the stage distance to 158.8 kilometres.
After the "second" start of the day, the peloton steadily ate into the lead of the escapees and neutralised their advantage with three kilometres remaining to the finish line.
"Andre was maybe tenth or fifteenth rider back when he started making his final acceleration about 200 metres from the line," said Columbia-HTC directeur sportif Tristan Hoffman. "But despite being his such a long way behind it all worked out ok. Andre's is so strong right now that even when he's at a bit of a disadvantage like today, he can still end up overtaking the rest of the guys."
"It was a very turbulent stage with a dangerous finale," said Greipel, who earned his twelfth victory of the season. "I had very heavy legs today, because we had to work hard for Michael Albasini in the last few days."
In the overall classification Greipel's Team Columbia-HTC teammate Michael Albasini defended his yellow jersey, maintaining an 11-second lead over Gianpaolo Caruso (Ceramica Flaminia - Bossini Docce).
"Of course I already have tired legs and I was able to rest a bit for tomorrow. I will focus for my race tomorrow and will give the maximum," said Albasini.
The peloton faces a 26.3-kilometre time trial on Saturday in Podersdorf.
"Michael’s advantage of 11 seconds in the overall is small, but it could be enough," said Hoffman. "It's not a complicated time trial, completely flat and with only a few technical sections. We'll see."
1 | Andre Greipel (Ger) Team Columbia - HTC | 3:33:11 |
2 | Graeme Brown (Aus) Rabobank | |
3 | Sebastian Siedler (Ger) Vorarlberg - Corratec | |
4 | Alessandro Bertolini (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli | |
5 | Bernardo Riccio (Ita) Ceramica Flaminia - Bossini Docce | |
6 | Ben Swift (GBr) Team Katusha | |
7 | Werner Riebenbauer (Aut) RC ARBÖ Wels Gourmetfein | |
8 | Roy Sentjens (Bel) Silence-Lotto | |
9 | Xavier Florencio Cabre (Spa) Cervelo TestTeam | |
10 | Marcus Burghardt (Ger) Team Columbia - HTC | |
11 | Jeremy Hunt (GBr) Cervelo TestTeam | |
12 | Thomas Fothen (Ger) Team Milram | |
13 | Jelle Vanendert (Bel) Silence-Lotto | |
14 | Martin Reimer (Ger) Cervelo TestTeam | |
15 | Ian Stannard (GBr) ISD | |
16 | Dries Devenyns (Bel) Quick Step | |
17 | Kevin Seeldrayers (Bel) Quick Step | |
18 | Gabriel Rasch (Nor) Cervelo TestTeam | |
19 | Marco Velo (Ita) Quick Step | |
20 | Steffen Radochla (Ger) ELK Haus | |
21 | Alexander Serov (Rus) Team Katusha | |
22 | Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank | |
23 | Ermanno Capelli (Ita) Fuji-Servetto | |
24 | Bram Tankink (Ned) Rabobank | |
25 | Francesco Reda (Ita) Quick Step | |
26 | Martin Velits (Svk) Team Milram | |
27 | Robert Kiserlovski (Cro) Fuji-Servetto | |
28 | Gianpaolo Caruso (Ita) Ceramica Flaminia - Bossini Docce | |
29 | Cristiano Fumagalli (Ita) Ceramica Flaminia - Bossini Docce | |
30 | Michael Albasini (Swi) Team Columbia - HTC | |
31 | Stefan Denifl (Aut) ELK Haus | |
32 | Dario Cataldo (Ita) Quick Step | |
33 | Stanislau Samoilav (Blr) Quick Step | |
34 | Luca Solari (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli | |
35 | Edward King (USA) Cervelo TestTeam | |
36 | Thomas Vedel Kvist (Den) Quick Step | |
37 | Mathew Hayman (Aus) Rabobank | |
38 | Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Rabobank | |
39 | Oscar Pujol Munoz (Spa) Cervelo TestTeam | 0:00:09 |
40 | Marcel Sieberg (Ger) Team Columbia - HTC | |
41 | Denis Galimzyanov (Rus) Team Katusha | |
42 | Ruslan Pidgornyy (Ukr) ISD | 0:00:12 |
43 | Luis Angel Mate Mardones (Spa) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli | |
44 | Svein Tuft (Can) Garmin - Slipstream | |
45 | Matthias Brändle (Aut) ELK Haus | |
46 | Thomas Peterson (USA) Garmin - Slipstream | |
47 | Peter Pichler (Aut) RC ARBÖ Wels Gourmetfein | |
48 | Jan Barta (Cze) KTM - Junkers | |
49 | Serguei Klimov (Rus) Team Katusha | |
50 | Timothy Duggan (USA) Garmin - Slipstream | 0:00:15 |
51 | Paolo Bailetti (Ita) Fuji-Servetto | |
52 | Olivier Kaisen (Bel) Silence-Lotto | |
53 | Emanuel Vona (Ita) ISD | |
54 | Reto Hollenstein (Swi) Vorarlberg - Corratec | |
55 | Josef Kugler (Aut) KTM - Junkers | |
56 | Bart Dockx (Bel) Silence-Lotto | |
57 | Massimiliano Gentili (Ita) Ceramica Flaminia - Bossini Docce | |
58 | Cameron Wurf (Aus) Fuji-Servetto | |
59 | Francesco Ginanni (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli | |
60 | Fredrik Kessiakoff (Swe) Fuji-Servetto | |
61 | Dominik Hrinkow (Aut) RC ARBÖ Wels Gourmetfein | |
62 | Elias Schmaeh (Swi) Vorarlberg - Corratec | |
63 | Martin Riska (Svk) RC ARBÖ Wels Gourmetfein | |
64 | Markus Eibegger (Aut) ELK Haus | |
65 | Wim Van Huffel (Bel) Vorarlberg - Corratec | 0:00:31 |
66 | Petr Lechner (Cze) KTM - Junkers | |
67 | Philipp Ludescher (Aut) Vorarlberg - Corratec | |
68 | Kai Reus (Ned) Rabobank | |
69 | Matthias Russ (Ger) Team Milram | |
70 | Christian Kux (Ger) Team Milram | |
71 | Rene Haselbacher (Aut) Vorarlberg - Corratec | 0:00:35 |
72 | Alessandro Proni (Ita) ISD | 0:00:57 |
73 | Artur Gajek (Ger) Team Milram | 0:01:02 |
74 | Jonas Ljungblad (Swe) Silence-Lotto | 0:01:05 |
75 | Guennady Mikhaylov (Rus) Team Katusha | |
76 | Gert Dockx (Bel) Team Columbia - HTC | |
77 | Oscar Garcia-Casarrubios (Spa) Contentpolis-Ampo | 0:01:26 |
78 | Stefan Rucker (Aut) ELK Haus | 0:01:32 |
79 | Markus Eichler (Ger) Team Milram | |
80 | Maxim Belkov (Rus) ISD | |
81 | Gorik Gardeyn (Bel) Silence-Lotto | |
82 | Benat Intxausti Elorriaga (Spa) Fuji-Servetto | 0:01:39 |
83 | Ruben Reig Conejero (Spa) Contentpolis-Ampo | |
84 | Jan Valach (Svk) ELK Haus | 0:01:42 |
85 | Stefan Probst (Aut) KTM - Junkers | 0:01:43 |
86 | Luigi Sestilli (Ita) Ceramica Flaminia - Bossini Docce | 0:02:17 |
87 | Luca Mirenda G. (Ita) ISD | |
88 | Harald Starzengruber (Aut) ELK Haus | |
89 | Huub Duyn (Ned) Garmin - Slipstream | |
90 | David Schöggl (Aut) RC ARBÖ Wels Gourmetfein | |
91 | Harald Morscher (Aut) Vorarlberg - Corratec | |
92 | Riccardo Zoidl (Aut) RC ARBÖ Wels Gourmetfein | |
93 | Cristiano Benenati (Ita) ISD | |
94 | Davide Ricci Bitti (Ita) ISD | |
95 | Juan Jose Cobo Acebo (Spa) Fuji-Servetto | |
96 | Javier Megias Leal (Spa) Fuji-Servetto | |
97 | Joaquin Novoa Menedez (Spa) Cervelo TestTeam | |
98 | Filippo Simeoni (Ita) Ceramica Flaminia - Bossini Docce | |
99 | Dainius Kairelis (Ltu) Ceramica Flaminia - Bossini Docce | |
100 | Christoph Sokoll (Aut) Vorarlberg - Corratec | |
101 | Michael Pichler (Aut) RC ARBÖ Wels Gourmetfein | 0:02:22 |
102 | Leonardo Moser (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli | 0:02:23 |
103 | Pedro Jose Vera Alcaraz (Spa) Contentpolis-Ampo | |
104 | Leonardo Bertagnolli (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli | |
105 | Laszlo Bodrogi (Fra) Team Katusha | |
106 | Bram De Groot (Ned) Rabobank | |
107 | Rupert Probst (Aut) RC ARBÖ Wels Gourmetfein | 0:02:25 |
108 | Morris Possoni (Ita) Team Columbia - HTC | 0:02:46 |
109 | Robert Gaszmayr (Aut) KTM - Junkers | 0:11:04 |
110 | Eloy Teruel Rovira (Spa) Contentpolis-Ampo | 0:11:25 |
111 | Rafael Serrano Fernandez (Spa) Contentpolis-Ampo |
1 | Maxim Belkov (Rus) ISD | 4 | pts |
2 | Markus Eichler (Ger) Team Milram | 2 | |
3 | Stefan Rucker (Aut) ELK Haus | 1 |
1 | Maxim Belkov (Rus) ISD | 4 | pts |
2 | Stefan Rucker (Aut) ELK Haus | 2 | |
3 | Jonas Ljungblad (Swe) Silence-Lotto | 1 |
1 | Andre Greipel (Ger) Team Columbia - HTC | 15 | pts |
2 | Graeme Brown (Aus) Rabobank | 12 | |
3 | Sebastian Siedler (Ger) Vorarlberg - Corratec | 10 | |
4 | Alessandro Bertolini (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli | 8 | |
5 | Bernardo Riccio (Ita) Ceramica Flaminia - Bossini Docce | 7 | |
6 | Ben Swift (GBr) Team Katusha | 6 | |
7 | Werner Riebenbauer (Aut) RC ARBÖ Wels Gourmetfein | 5 | |
8 | Roy Sentjens (Bel) Silence-Lotto | 4 | |
9 | Xavier Florencio Cabre (Spa) Cervelo TestTeam | 3 | |
10 | Marcus Burghardt (Ger) Team Columbia - HTC | 2 |
1 | Markus Eichler (Ger) Team Milram | 3 | pts |
2 | Maxim Belkov (Rus) ISD | 2 | |
3 | Stefan Rucker (Aut) ELK Haus | 1 |
1 | Stefan Rucker (Aut) ELK Haus | 5 | pts |
2 | Maxim Belkov (Rus) ISD | 3 | |
3 | Markus Eichler (Ger) Team Milram | 1 |
1 | Cervelo TestTeam | 10:39:33 |
2 | Team Columbia - HTC | |
3 | Rabobank | |
4 | Quick Step | |
5 | Ceramica Flaminia - Bossini Docce | |
6 | Team Katusha | 0:00:09 |
7 | Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli | 0:00:12 |
8 | ELK Haus | |
9 | Silence-Lotto | 0:00:15 |
10 | Fuji-Servetto | |
11 | ISD | 0:00:27 |
12 | RC ARBÖ Wels Gourmetfein | |
13 | Voralberg - Corratec | 0:00:30 |
14 | Team Milram | 0:00:31 |
15 | Garmin-Slipstream | 0:00:39 |
16 | KTM - Junkers | 0:00:58 |
17 | Contentpolis-Ampo | 0:05:28 |
1 | Michael Albasini (Swi) Team Columbia - HTC | 25:08:21 |
2 | Gianpaolo Caruso (Ita) Ceramica Flaminia - Bossini Docce | 0:00:11 |
3 | Kevin Seeldrayers (Bel) Quick Step | 0:00:59 |
4 | Ruslan Pidgornyy (Ukr) ISD | 0:01:12 |
5 | Francesco Reda (Ita) Quick Step | 0:01:20 |
6 | Stanislau Samoilav (Blr) Quick Step | 0:01:31 |
7 | Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank | 0:02:02 |
8 | Stefan Denifl (Aut) ELK Haus | 0:02:11 |
9 | Robert Kiserlovski (Cro) Fuji-Servetto | 0:03:45 |
10 | Thomas Peterson (USA) Garmin - Slipstream | 0:03:55 |
11 | Jelle Vanendert (Bel) Silence-Lotto | 0:04:10 |
12 | Timothy Duggan (USA) Garmin - Slipstream | 0:05:30 |
13 | Bram Tankink (Ned) Rabobank | 0:05:57 |
14 | Matthias Brändle (Aut) ELK Haus | 0:06:41 |
15 | Dries Devenyns (Bel) Quick Step | 0:07:16 |
16 | Jan Barta (Cze) KTM - Junkers | 0:08:21 |
17 | Alessandro Proni (Ita) ISD | 0:09:23 |
18 | Reto Hollenstein (Swi) Vorarlberg - Corratec | 0:10:25 |
19 | Svein Tuft (Can) Garmin - Slipstream | 0:11:37 |
20 | Serguei Klimov (Rus) Team Katusha | 0:11:47 |
21 | Dario Cataldo (Ita) Quick Step | 0:13:16 |
22 | Fredrik Kessiakoff (Swe) Fuji-Servetto | 0:14:52 |
23 | Leonardo Bertagnolli (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli | 0:15:30 |
24 | Massimiliano Gentili (Ita) Ceramica Flaminia - Bossini Docce | 0:19:32 |
25 | Wim Van Huffel (Bel) Vorarlberg - Corratec | 0:20:09 |
26 | Elias Schmaeh (Swi) Vorarlberg - Corratec | 0:20:29 |
27 | Maxim Belkov (Rus) ISD | 0:21:12 |
28 | Matthias Russ (Ger) Team Milram | 0:22:19 |
29 | Luis Angel Mate Mardones (Spa) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli | 0:24:21 |
30 | Oscar Garcia-Casarrubios (Spa) Contentpolis-Ampo | 0:25:11 |
31 | Mathew Hayman (Aus) Rabobank | 0:25:17 |
32 | Martin Velits (Svk) Team Milram | 0:25:36 |
33 | Morris Possoni (Ita) Team Columbia - HTC | 0:26:37 |
34 | Emanuel Vona (Ita) ISD | 0:26:38 |
35 | Olivier Kaisen (Bel) Silence-Lotto | 0:26:55 |
36 | Guennady Mikhaylov (Rus) Team Katusha | 0:27:02 |
37 | Cristiano Fumagalli (Ita) Ceramica Flaminia - Bossini Docce | 0:27:57 |
38 | Marcus Burghardt (Ger) Team Columbia - HTC | 0:28:13 |
39 | Kai Reus (Ned) Rabobank | 0:28:14 |
40 | Harald Starzengruber (Aut) ELK Haus | 0:28:29 |
41 | Andre Greipel (Ger) Team Columbia - HTC | 0:28:36 |
42 | Dominik Hrinkow (Aut) RC ARBÖ Wels Gourmetfein | 0:28:45 |
43 | Benat Intxausti Elorriaga (Spa) Fuji-Servetto | 0:28:46 |
44 | Marco Velo (Ita) Quick Step | 0:28:58 |
45 | Markus Eibegger (Aut) ELK Haus | 0:29:33 |
46 | Bram De Groot (Ned) Rabobank | 0:30:43 |
47 | Stefan Rucker (Aut) ELK Haus | 0:30:47 |
48 | Thomas Fothen (Ger) Team Milram | 0:31:07 |
49 | Jan Valach (Svk) ELK Haus | 0:31:12 |
50 | Alessandro Bertolini (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli | 0:31:39 |
51 | Gabriel Rasch (Nor) Cervelo TestTeam | 0:32:04 |
52 | Gert Dockx (Bel) Team Columbia - HTC | 0:32:15 |
53 | Ermanno Capelli (Ita) Fuji-Servetto | 0:32:17 |
54 | Ian Stannard (GBr) ISD | 0:32:22 |
55 | Jonas Ljungblad (Swe) Silence-Lotto | 0:32:43 |
56 | Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Rabobank | 0:32:53 |
57 | Luca Mirenda G. (Ita) ISD | 0:33:59 |
58 | Huub Duyn (Ned) Garmin - Slipstream | 0:34:35 |
59 | Riccardo Zoidl (Aut) RC ARBÖ Wels Gourmetfein | 0:34:53 |
60 | Oscar Pujol Munoz (Spa) Cervelo TestTeam | 0:35:19 |
61 | Werner Riebenbauer (Aut) RC ARBÖ Wels Gourmetfein | 0:35:27 |
62 | Sebastian Siedler (Ger) Vorarlberg - Corratec | 0:35:32 |
63 | Michael Pichler (Aut) RC ARBÖ Wels Gourmetfein | 0:35:44 |
64 | Xavier Florencio Cabre (Spa) Cervelo TestTeam | 0:35:51 |
65 | Luigi Sestilli (Ita) Ceramica Flaminia - Bossini Docce | 0:36:22 |
66 | Roy Sentjens (Bel) Silence-Lotto | 0:36:31 |
67 | Davide Ricci Bitti (Ita) ISD | 0:37:09 |
68 | Thomas Vedel Kvist (Den) Quick Step | 0:37:55 |
69 | Juan Jose Cobo Acebo (Spa) Fuji-Servetto | 0:38:33 |
70 | Josef Kugler (Aut) KTM - Junkers | 0:38:42 |
71 | Ruben Reig Conejero (Spa) Contentpolis-Ampo | 0:38:45 |
72 | Martin Reimer (Ger) Cervelo TestTeam | 0:39:18 |
73 | Ben Swift (GBr) Team Katusha | 0:39:50 |
74 | Philipp Ludescher (Aut) Vorarlberg - Corratec | 0:40:46 |
75 | Dainius Kairelis (Ltu) Ceramica Flaminia - Bossini Docce | 0:41:07 |
76 | Alexander Serov (Rus) Team Katusha | 0:41:17 |
77 | David Schöggl (Aut) RC ARBÖ Wels Gourmetfein | 0:42:54 |
78 | Martin Riska (Svk) RC ARBÖ Wels Gourmetfein | 0:43:21 |
79 | Edward King (USA) Cervelo TestTeam | 0:43:34 |
80 | Markus Eichler (Ger) Team Milram | 0:43:42 |
81 | Paolo Bailetti (Ita) Fuji-Servetto | 0:44:11 |
82 | Marcel Sieberg (Ger) Team Columbia - HTC | 0:44:57 |
83 | Bart Dockx (Bel) Silence-Lotto | 0:45:03 |
84 | Christoph Sokoll (Aut) Vorarlberg - Corratec | 0:45:18 |
85 | Leonardo Moser (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli | 0:45:58 |
86 | Jeremy Hunt (GBr) Cervelo TestTeam | 0:46:18 |
87 | Christian Kux (Ger) Team Milram | 0:47:11 |
88 | Cristiano Benenati (Ita) ISD | 0:47:57 |
89 | Denis Galimzyanov (Rus) Team Katusha | 0:48:07 |
90 | Rafael Serrano Fernandez (Spa) Contentpolis-Ampo | |
91 | Gorik Gardeyn (Bel) Silence-Lotto | 0:48:09 |
92 | Harald Morscher (Aut) Vorarlberg - Corratec | 0:49:02 |
93 | Peter Pichler (Aut) RC ARBÖ Wels Gourmetfein | 0:49:23 |
94 | Graeme Brown (Aus) Rabobank | 0:50:04 |
95 | Laszlo Bodrogi (Fra) Team Katusha | 0:50:07 |
96 | Rene Haselbacher (Aut) Vorarlberg - Corratec | 0:50:19 |
97 | Joaquin Novoa Menedez (Spa) Cervelo TestTeam | 0:50:32 |
98 | Artur Gajek (Ger) Team Milram | 0:51:17 |
99 | Cameron Wurf (Aus) Fuji-Servetto | 0:52:10 |
100 | Steffen Radochla (Ger) ELK Haus | 0:52:48 |
101 | Stefan Probst (Aut) KTM - Junkers | 0:53:01 |
102 | Filippo Simeoni (Ita) Ceramica Flaminia - Bossini Docce | 0:53:36 |
103 | Javier Megias Leal (Spa) Fuji-Servetto | 0:53:37 |
104 | Eloy Teruel Rovira (Spa) Contentpolis-Ampo | 0:55:17 |
105 | Rupert Probst (Aut) RC ARBÖ Wels Gourmetfein | 0:55:25 |
106 | Luca Solari (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli | 0:58:26 |
107 | Francesco Ginanni (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli | 0:59:28 |
108 | Pedro Jose Vera Alcaraz (Spa) Contentpolis-Ampo | 1:02:31 |
109 | Petr Lechner (Cze) KTM - Junkers | 1:04:22 |
110 | Bernardo Riccio (Ita) Ceramica Flaminia - Bossini Docce | 1:08:57 |
111 | Robert Gaszmayr (Aut) KTM - Junkers | 1:21:46 |
1 | Andre Greipel (Ger) Team Columbia - HTC | 38 | pts |
2 | Maxim Belkov (Rus) ISD | 26 | |
3 | Dries Devenyns (Bel) Quick Step | 24 | |
4 | Jan Barta (Cze) KTM - Junkers | 24 | |
5 | Graeme Brown (Aus) Rabobank | 24 | |
6 | Michael Albasini (Swi) Team Columbia - HTC | 23 | |
7 | Gianpaolo Caruso (Ita) Ceramica Flaminia - Bossini Docce | 18 | |
8 | Stanislau Samoilav (Blr) Quick Step | 17 | |
9 | Leonardo Bertagnolli (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli | 16 | |
10 | Bram De Groot (Ned) Rabobank | 16 | |
11 | Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank | 15 | |
12 | Alessandro Proni (Ita) ISD | 14 | |
13 | Reto Hollenstein (Swi) Vorarlberg - Corratec | 14 | |
14 | Francesco Reda (Ita) Quick Step | 14 | |
15 | Joaquin Novoa Menedez (Spa) Cervelo TestTeam | 14 | |
16 | Bernardo Riccio (Ita) Ceramica Flaminia - Bossini Docce | 14 | |
17 | Olivier Kaisen (Bel) Silence-Lotto | 13 | |
18 | Ben Swift (GBr) Team Katusha | 13 | |
19 | Martin Velits (Svk) Team Milram | 12 | |
20 | Kevin Seeldrayers (Bel) Quick Step | 12 | |
21 | Jeremy Hunt (GBr) Cervelo TestTeam | 12 | |
22 | Martin Reimer (Ger) Cervelo TestTeam | 11 | |
23 | Svein Tuft (Can) Garmin - Slipstream | 11 | |
24 | Ruslan Pidgornyy (Ukr) ISD | 10 | |
25 | Luis Angel Mate Mardones (Spa) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli | 10 | |
26 | Sebastian Siedler (Ger) Vorarlberg - Corratec | 10 | |
27 | Alessandro Bertolini (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli | 8 | |
28 | Roy Sentjens (Bel) Silence-Lotto | 8 | |
29 | Steffen Radochla (Ger) ELK Haus | 8 | |
30 | Jonas Ljungblad (Swe) Silence-Lotto | 7 | |
31 | Werner Riebenbauer (Aut) RC ARBÖ Wels Gourmetfein | 7 | |
32 | Thomas Peterson (USA) Garmin - Slipstream | 5 | |
33 | Mathew Hayman (Aus) Rabobank | 5 | |
34 | Marcel Sieberg (Ger) Team Columbia - HTC | 4 | |
35 | Thomas Fothen (Ger) Team Milram | 4 | |
36 | Jan Valach (Svk) ELK Haus | 4 | |
37 | Bram Tankink (Ned) Rabobank | 3 | |
38 | Benat Intxausti Elorriaga (Spa) Fuji-Servetto | 3 | |
39 | Stefan Rucker (Aut) ELK Haus | 3 | |
40 | Xavier Florencio Cabre (Spa) Cervelo TestTeam | 3 | |
41 | Denis Galimzyanov (Rus) Team Katusha | 3 | |
42 | Eloy Teruel Rovira (Spa) Contentpolis-Ampo | 3 | |
43 | Stefan Denifl (Aut) ELK Haus | 2 | |
44 | Robert Kiserlovski (Cro) Fuji-Servetto | 2 | |
45 | Fredrik Kessiakoff (Swe) Fuji-Servetto | 2 | |
46 | Marcus Burghardt (Ger) Team Columbia - HTC | 2 | |
47 | Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Rabobank | 2 | |
48 | Markus Eichler (Ger) Team Milram | 2 | |
49 | Timothy Duggan (USA) Garmin - Slipstream | 1 | |
50 | Luca Mirenda G. (Ita) ISD | 1 | |
51 | Jelle Vanendert (Bel) Silence-Lotto | -1 | |
52 | Elias Schmaeh (Swi) Vorarlberg - Corratec | -5 | |
53 | Cristiano Fumagalli (Ita) Ceramica Flaminia - Bossini Docce | -5 | |
54 | Thomas Vedel Kvist (Den) Quick Step | -5 | |
55 | Edward King (USA) Cervelo TestTeam | -5 |
1 | Leonardo Bertagnolli (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli | 27 | pts |
2 | Luis Angel Mate Mardones (Spa) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli | 24 | |
3 | Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Rabobank | 23 | |
4 | Michael Albasini (Swi) Team Columbia - HTC | 22 | |
5 | Timothy Duggan (USA) Garmin - Slipstream | 18 | |
6 | Gianpaolo Caruso (Ita) Ceramica Flaminia - Bossini Docce | 15 | |
7 | Ruslan Pidgornyy (Ukr) ISD | 13 | |
8 | Maxim Belkov (Rus) ISD | 13 | |
9 | Martin Velits (Svk) Team Milram | 13 | |
10 | Fredrik Kessiakoff (Swe) Fuji-Servetto | 12 | |
11 | Dries Devenyns (Bel) Quick Step | 11 | |
12 | Oscar Pujol Munoz (Spa) Cervelo TestTeam | 10 | |
13 | Joaquin Novoa Menedez (Spa) Cervelo TestTeam | 9 | |
14 | Benat Intxausti Elorriaga (Spa) Fuji-Servetto | 8 | |
15 | Xavier Florencio Cabre (Spa) Cervelo TestTeam | 8 | |
16 | Stefan Rucker (Aut) ELK Haus | 6 | |
17 | Kevin Seeldrayers (Bel) Quick Step | 6 | |
18 | Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank | 6 | |
19 | Alessandro Proni (Ita) ISD | 6 | |
20 | Svein Tuft (Can) Garmin - Slipstream | 5 | |
21 | Bram De Groot (Ned) Rabobank | 5 | |
22 | Francesco Reda (Ita) Quick Step | 4 | |
23 | Massimiliano Gentili (Ita) Ceramica Flaminia - Bossini Docce | 4 | |
24 | Olivier Kaisen (Bel) Silence-Lotto | 4 | |
25 | Markus Eichler (Ger) Team Milram | 4 | |
26 | Jan Barta (Cze) KTM - Junkers | 3 | |
27 | Sebastian Siedler (Ger) Vorarlberg - Corratec | 1 | |
28 | Harald Morscher (Aut) Vorarlberg - Corratec | 1 |
1 | Quick Step | 75:27:11 |
2 | Garmin-Slipstream | 0:13:08 |
3 | Ceramica Flaminia - Bossini Docce | 0:23:06 |
4 | ISD | 0:27:52 |
5 | Rabobank | 0:28:10 |
6 | ELK Haus | 0:29:21 |
7 | Fuji-Servetto | 0:30:14 |
8 | Voralberg - Corratec | 0:42:37 |
9 | Silence-Lotto | 0:49:25 |
10 | Team Columbia - HTC | 0:49:30 |
11 | Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli | 1:04:08 |
12 | Team Milram | 1:08:28 |
13 | RC ARBÖ Wels Gourmetfein | 1:13:20 |
14 | Cervelo TestTeam | 1:15:18 |
15 | Team Katusha | 1:15:24 |
16 | Contentpolis-Ampo | 1:18:46 |
17 | KTM - Junkers | 1:29:31 |

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