Omega Pharma-Quick Step win Tirreno-Adriatico team time trial
Cavendish claims overall lead on day one
Omega Pharma-Quick Step claimed victory in the opening team time trial at Tirreno-Adriatico and put Mark Cavendish into the overall lead with a harmonious collective effort on a rainy afternoon in Tuscany. The Belgian squad made light of the conditions to hurtle around the 16.9km route from San Vincenzo to Donoratico some 11 seconds clear of Movistar and 16 ahead of BMC.
While Cavendish will wear the first maglia azzurra of the race after crossing the line in front, he was quick to acknowledge the role world time trial champion Tony Martin had played in securing the win for a well-oiled Omega Pharma-Quick Step squad. The team averaged 52.286kph to see off Movistar – for whom Alex Dowsett impressed – and a BMC team that included Taylor Phinney and Cadel Evans.
Asked to explain the reason for his team’s success, Cavendish was to the point. “Two words, one name: Tony Martin,” he said, and then joked: “There are no real egos here except maybe me, but it was all about getting eight guys from point A to point B as quickly as possible. When a team time trial works out, it’s the best feeling in cycling.”
Impressive though Martin was, however, Cavendish himself has considerable pedigree in the discipline – he won Giro d’Italia and Vuelta a España team time trials with HTC – and Omega Pharma-Quick Step could also count on Michal Kwiatkowski, Zdenek Stybar and Niki Terpstra.
Even though they were down to the bare five riders for the final kilometres, that quintet had the right blend of horsepower and cohesion, and they made light of the greasy conditions to take a convincing win. Three seconds up on the Movistar after 7.9km, Omega Pharma gradually padded their advantage in the finale, to win by 11 seconds.
“I can’t remember if I've done a team time trial in weather like that. Probably not so wet and technical but it was a good day,” Cavendish said. “We trained yesterday on the course in the pissing rain and this morning too. We knew what it was going to be like in the rain. It didn't matter about the weather, the guys wanted to keep practicing and practicing to get it right, and they certainly did. It was nice to be part of it."
Thanks to BMC’s third place, Cadel Evans is the best-placed of the out-and-out pre-race favourites, and while his gains were marginal, Tirreno-Adriatico is a race usually decided by seconds. A Dmitriy Gruzdev crash hindered Astana’s effort, but they still placed 5th at 20 seconds, meaning that Vincenzo Nibali yielded just four seconds to Evans.
Chris Froome and Sky were a lacklustre 7th, 25 seconds down, while Alberto Contador starts the race at a relative disadvantage after his Saxo-Tinkoff squad could only manage 8th at 32 seconds. “The differences are important, we lost 16 seconds with BMC and also lost time to Astana and Sky, who are direct rivals, but we cannot think that this is definitive,” Contador said. “It is true that these races are won or lost by a few seconds, but well, this is just beginning.”
The news was worse for his fellow countryman Joaquim Rodriguez: his Katusha team couldn’t reproduce its surprise showing from last year’s Giro d’Italia team time trial in Verona, and lost 44 seconds. “Honestly we expected a better result,” Rodriguez admitted. “We had a bad start, not taking the first corners at our best. A couple of times our group broke, and we lost two important riders such as Paolini and Kuchynski. Anyway, the most important thing was not to fall during this hard day: we'll see what we can do during the next stages."
Elsewhere, Fabian Cancellara gave yet another exhibition of how having such a powerful individual in your line-up can be a mixed blessing in a team event, as RadioShack Leopard could only place 10th at 36 seconds, with Andy Schleck dropped before the finish. Moreno Moser is considered something of a wildcard for the general classification, and Cannondale did his chances no harm with a workmanlike 4th place, 19 seconds down.
Speaking of dark horses, of course, Tony Martin finds himself in an ideal position before the action gets underway in earnest. The German will struggle to match the likes of Contador, Froome et al on the slopes of Prati di Tivo at the weekend, but with his current buffer and a short time trial on the final day in San Benedetto del Tronto, Martin has ample motivation to limit his losses in the mountains in the days ahead.
Before that, however, the sprinters ought to have their opportunities, with Thursday’s stage to Indicatore expected to see the first clash of the season between the blue jersey Cavendish and his great rival André Greipel (Lotto Belisol).
1 | Omega Pharma-Quick Step | 0:19:24 |
2 | Movistar Team | 0:00:11 |
3 | BMC Racing Team | 0:00:16 |
4 | Cannondale Pro Cycling | 0:00:19 |
5 | Astana Pro Team | 0:00:20 |
6 | Orica-GreenEdge | 0:00:24 |
7 | Sky Procycling | 0:00:25 |
8 | Team Saxo-Tinkoff | 0:00:29 |
9 | Lampre-Merida | 0:00:35 |
10 | RadioShack Leopard | 0:00:36 |
11 | Blanco Pro Cycling Team | 0:00:37 |
12 | Team NetApp-Endura | 0:00:39 |
13 | Katusha | 0:00:44 |
14 | Team Argos-Shimano | 0:00:51 |
15 | Lotto Belisol | 0:00:54 |
16 | Garmin-Sharp | 0:00:57 |
17 | MTN-Qhubeka | 0:01:00 |
18 | FDJ | 0:01:02 |
19 | Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team | 0:01:04 |
20 | Ag2R La Mondiale | 0:01:05 |
21 | Vini Fantini-Selle Italia | 0:01:06 |
22 | Euskaltel-Euskadi | Row 21 - Cell 2 |
1 | Mark Cavendish (GBr) Omega Pharma-Quick Step | 0:19:24 |
2 | Tony Martin (Ger) Omega Pharma-Quick Step | Row 1 - Cell 2 |
3 | Michal Kwiatkowski (Pol) Omega Pharma-Quick Step | Row 2 - Cell 2 |
4 | Zdenek Stybar (Cze) Omega Pharma-Quick Step | Row 3 - Cell 2 |
5 | Niki Terpstra (Ned) Omega Pharma-Quick Step | Row 4 - Cell 2 |
6 | Giovanni Visconti (Ita) Movistar Team | 0:00:11 |
7 | Benat Intxausti Elorriaga (Spa) Movistar Team | Row 6 - Cell 2 |
8 | Andrey Amador Bakkazakova (CRc) Movistar Team | Row 7 - Cell 2 |
9 | Jonathan Castroviejo Nicolas (Spa) Movistar Team | Row 8 - Cell 2 |
10 | Eros Capecchi (Ita) Movistar Team | Row 9 - Cell 2 |
11 | Alex Dowsett (GBr) Movistar Team | Row 10 - Cell 2 |
12 | Juan Jose Cobo Acebo (Spa) Movistar Team | Row 11 - Cell 2 |
13 | Taylor Phinney (USA) BMC Racing Team | 0:00:16 |
14 | Cadel Evans (Aus) BMC Racing Team | Row 13 - Cell 2 |
15 | Stephen Cummings (GBr) BMC Racing Team | Row 14 - Cell 2 |
16 | Thor Hushovd (Nor) BMC Racing Team | Row 15 - Cell 2 |
17 | Michael Schär (Swi) BMC Racing Team | Row 16 - Cell 2 |
18 | Moreno Moser (Ita) Cannondale Pro Cycling | 0:00:19 |
19 | Kristijan Koren (Slo) Cannondale Pro Cycling | Row 18 - Cell 2 |
20 | Damiano Caruso (Ita) Cannondale Pro Cycling | Row 19 - Cell 2 |
21 | Fabio Sabatini (Ita) Cannondale Pro Cycling | Row 20 - Cell 2 |
22 | Peter Sagan (Svk) Cannondale Pro Cycling | Row 21 - Cell 2 |
23 | Maciej Bodnar (Pol) Cannondale Pro Cycling | Row 22 - Cell 2 |
24 | Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Astana Pro Team | 0:00:20 |
25 | Fredrik Carl Wilhelm Kessiakoff (Swe) Astana Pro Team | Row 24 - Cell 2 |
26 | Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Astana Pro Team | Row 25 - Cell 2 |
27 | Valerio Agnoli (Ita) Astana Pro Team | Row 26 - Cell 2 |
28 | Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Astana Pro Team | Row 27 - Cell 2 |
29 | Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Astana Pro Team | Row 28 - Cell 2 |
30 | Sebastian Langeveld (Ned) Orica-GreenEdge | 0:00:24 |
31 | Daryl Impey (RSA) Orica-GreenEdge | Row 30 - Cell 2 |
32 | Svein Tuft (Can) Orica-GreenEdge | Row 31 - Cell 2 |
33 | Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Orica-GreenEdge | Row 32 - Cell 2 |
34 | Jens Mouris (Ned) Orica-GreenEdge | Row 33 - Cell 2 |
35 | Matthew Harley Goss (Aus) Orica-GreenEdge | Row 34 - Cell 2 |
36 | Peter Kennaugh (GBr) Sky Procycling | 0:00:25 |
37 | Rigoberto Uran Uran (Col) Sky Procycling | Row 36 - Cell 2 |
38 | Christian Knees (Ger) Sky Procycling | Row 37 - Cell 2 |
39 | Dario Cataldo (Ita) Sky Procycling | Row 38 - Cell 2 |
40 | Christopher Froome (GBr) Sky Procycling | Row 39 - Cell 2 |
41 | Salvatore Puccio (Ita) Sky Procycling | Row 40 - Cell 2 |
42 | Sergio Luis Henao Montoya (Col) Sky Procycling | Row 41 - Cell 2 |
43 | Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) Team Saxo-Tinkoff | 0:00:29 |
44 | Daniele Bennati (Ita) Team Saxo-Tinkoff | Row 43 - Cell 2 |
45 | Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Team Saxo-Tinkoff | Row 44 - Cell 2 |
46 | Michael Rogers (Aus) Team Saxo-Tinkoff | Row 45 - Cell 2 |
47 | Manuele Boaro (Ita) Team Saxo-Tinkoff | Row 46 - Cell 2 |
48 | Tiziano Dall'Antonia (Ita) Cannondale Pro Cycling | 0:00:32 |
49 | Davide Cimolai (Ita) Lampre-Merida | 0:00:35 |
50 | Adriano Malori (Ita) Lampre-Merida | Row 49 - Cell 2 |
51 | Daniele Pietropolli (Ita) Lampre-Merida | Row 50 - Cell 2 |
52 | Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre-Merida | Row 51 - Cell 2 |
53 | Przemyslaw Niemiec (Pol) Lampre-Merida | Row 52 - Cell 2 |
54 | Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Lampre-Merida | Row 53 - Cell 2 |
55 | Fabian Cancellara (Swi) RadioShack Leopard | 0:00:36 |
56 | Giacomo Nizzolo (Ita) RadioShack Leopard | Row 55 - Cell 2 |
57 | Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) RadioShack Leopard | Row 56 - Cell 2 |
58 | Danilo Hondo (Ger) RadioShack Leopard | Row 57 - Cell 2 |
59 | Christopher Horner (USA) RadioShack Leopard | Row 58 - Cell 2 |
60 | Bauke Mollema (Ned) Blanco Pro Cycling Team | 0:00:37 |
61 | Paul Martens (Ger) Blanco Pro Cycling Team | Row 60 - Cell 2 |
62 | Tom Jelte Slagter (Ned) Blanco Pro Cycling Team | Row 61 - Cell 2 |
63 | Sep Vanmarcke (Bel) Blanco Pro Cycling Team | Row 62 - Cell 2 |
64 | Lars Boom (Ned) Blanco Pro Cycling Team | Row 63 - Cell 2 |
65 | Simone Stortoni (Ita) Lampre-Merida | 0:00:38 |
66 | Roberto Ferrari (Ita) Lampre-Merida | Row 65 - Cell 2 |
67 | David De La Cruz Melgarejo (Spa) Team NetApp-Endura | 0:00:39 |
68 | Jan Barta (Cze) Team NetApp-Endura | Row 67 - Cell 2 |
69 | Bartosz Huzarski (Pol) Team NetApp-Endura | Row 68 - Cell 2 |
70 | Daniel Schorn (Aut) Team NetApp-Endura | Row 69 - Cell 2 |
71 | Paul Voss (Ger) Team NetApp-Endura | Row 70 - Cell 2 |
72 | Vladimir Isaichev (Rus) Katusha | 0:00:44 |
73 | Angel Vicioso Arcos (Spa) Katusha | Row 72 - Cell 2 |
74 | Daniel Moreno Fernandez (Spa) Katusha | Row 73 - Cell 2 |
75 | Maxim Belkov (Rus) Katusha | Row 74 - Cell 2 |
76 | Pavel Brutt (Rus) Katusha | Row 75 - Cell 2 |
77 | Joaquim Rodriguez Oliver (Spa) Katusha | Row 76 - Cell 2 |
78 | Tom Dumoulin (Ned) Team Argos-Shimano | 0:00:51 |
79 | Simon Geschke (Ger) Team Argos-Shimano | Row 78 - Cell 2 |
80 | Johannes Fröhlinger (Ger) Team Argos-Shimano | Row 79 - Cell 2 |
81 | John Degenkolb (Ger) Team Argos-Shimano | Row 80 - Cell 2 |
82 | Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Team Argos-Shimano | Row 81 - Cell 2 |
83 | Guillaume Van Keirsbulck (Bel) Omega Pharma-Quick Step | 0:00:54 |
84 | Greg Henderson (NZl) Lotto Belisol | Row 83 - Cell 2 |
85 | André Greipel (Ger) Lotto Belisol | Row 84 - Cell 2 |
86 | Jurgen Roelandts (Bel) Lotto Belisol | Row 85 - Cell 2 |
87 | Adam Hansen (Aus) Lotto Belisol | Row 86 - Cell 2 |
88 | Marcel Sieberg (Ger) Lotto Belisol | Row 87 - Cell 2 |
89 | Bram Tankink (Ned) Blanco Pro Cycling Team | 0:00:57 |
90 | Rohan Dennis (Aus) Garmin-Sharp | Row 89 - Cell 2 |
91 | Ramunas Navardauskas (Ltu) Garmin-Sharp | Row 90 - Cell 2 |
92 | Thomas Dekker (Ned) Garmin-Sharp | Row 91 - Cell 2 |
93 | Daniel Martin (Irl) Garmin-Sharp | Row 92 - Cell 2 |
94 | Tyler Farrar (USA) Garmin-Sharp | Row 93 - Cell 2 |
95 | Ignatas Konovalovas (Ltu) MTN-Qhubeka | 0:01:00 |
96 | Jacobus Venter (RSA) MTN-Qhubeka | Row 95 - Cell 2 |
97 | Jay Robert Thomson (RSA) MTN-Qhubeka | Row 96 - Cell 2 |
98 | Gerald Ciolek (Ger) MTN-Qhubeka | Row 97 - Cell 2 |
99 | Sergio Pardilla Bellon (Spa) MTN-Qhubeka | Row 98 - Cell 2 |
100 | Kristian Sbaragli (Ita) MTN-Qhubeka | Row 99 - Cell 2 |
101 | Arthur Vichot (Fra) FDJ | 0:01:02 |
102 | Cédric Pineau (Fra) FDJ | Row 101 - Cell 2 |
103 | Sandy Casar (Fra) FDJ | Row 102 - Cell 2 |
104 | Anthony Roux (Fra) FDJ | Row 103 - Cell 2 |
105 | Mickael Delage (Fra) FDJ | Row 104 - Cell 2 |
106 | Laurent Mangel (Fra) FDJ | Row 105 - Cell 2 |
107 | Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Spa) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team | 0:01:04 |
108 | Sergey Lagutin (Uzb) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team | Row 107 - Cell 2 |
109 | Mirko Selvaggi (Ita) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team | Row 108 - Cell 2 |
110 | Tomasz Marczynski (Pol) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team | Row 109 - Cell 2 |
111 | Marco Marcato (Ita) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team | Row 110 - Cell 2 |
112 | Wouter Poels (Ned) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team | Row 111 - Cell 2 |
113 | Ben Gastauer (Lux) AG2R La Mondiale | 0:01:05 |
114 | Rinaldo Nocentini (Ita) AG2R La Mondiale | Row 113 - Cell 2 |
115 | Davide Appollonio (Ita) AG2R La Mondiale | Row 114 - Cell 2 |
116 | Matteo Montaguti (Ita) AG2R La Mondiale | Row 115 - Cell 2 |
117 | Domenico Pozzovivo (Ita) AG2R La Mondiale | Row 116 - Cell 2 |
118 | Matteo Rabottini (Ita) Vini Fantini-Selle Italia | 0:01:06 |
119 | Mauro Santambrogio (Ita) Vini Fantini-Selle Italia | Row 118 - Cell 2 |
120 | Francesco Failli (Ita) Vini Fantini-Selle Italia | Row 119 - Cell 2 |
121 | Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Vini Fantini-Selle Italia | Row 120 - Cell 2 |
122 | Francesco Chicchi (Ita) Vini Fantini-Selle Italia | Row 121 - Cell 2 |
123 | Jorge Azanza Soto (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi | Row 122 - Cell 2 |
124 | Robert Vrecer (Slo) Euskaltel-Euskadi | Row 123 - Cell 2 |
125 | Egoi Martinez De Esteban (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi | Row 124 - Cell 2 |
126 | Ioannis Tamouridis (Gre) Euskaltel-Euskadi | Row 125 - Cell 2 |
127 | Garikoitz Bravo Oiarbide (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi | Row 126 - Cell 2 |
128 | Samuel Sanchez Gonzalez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi | Row 127 - Cell 2 |
129 | Klaas Lodewyck (Bel) BMC Racing Team | Row 128 - Cell 2 |
130 | José Joao Pimenta Costa Mendes (Por) Team NetApp-Endura | 0:01:09 |
131 | Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Team Saxo-Tinkoff | 0:01:10 |
132 | Oscar Gatto (Ita) Vini Fantini-Selle Italia | 0:01:17 |
133 | Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) BMC Racing Team | 0:01:22 |
134 | Manuel Quinziato (Ita) BMC Racing Team | Row 133 - Cell 2 |
135 | Robert Hunter (RSA) Garmin-Sharp | 0:01:26 |
136 | Stijn Devolder (Bel) RadioShack Leopard | 0:01:27 |
137 | Andy Schleck (Lux) RadioShack Leopard | Row 136 - Cell 2 |
138 | Mauro Finetto (Ita) Vini Fantini-Selle Italia | 0:01:34 |
139 | Francisco José Ventoso Alberdi (Spa) Movistar Team | 0:01:35 |
140 | Murilo Antonio Fischer (Bra) FDJ | 0:01:50 |
141 | Cesare Benedetti (Ita) Team NetApp-Endura | 0:01:54 |
142 | Zakkari Dempster (Aus) Team NetApp-Endura | Row 141 - Cell 2 |
143 | Brett Lancaster (Aus) Orica-GreenEdge | Row 142 - Cell 2 |
144 | Maarten Wynants (Bel) Blanco Pro Cycling Team | 0:02:05 |
145 | Gert Steegmans (Bel) Omega Pharma-Quick Step | Row 144 - Cell 2 |
146 | Martin Velits (Svk) Omega Pharma-Quick Step | Row 145 - Cell 2 |
147 | Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) Vini Fantini-Selle Italia | 0:02:10 |
148 | Olivier Kaisen (Bel) Lotto Belisol | 0:02:20 |
149 | Lars Petter Nordhaug (Nor) Blanco Pro Cycling Team | 0:02:26 |
150 | Jelle Vanendert (Bel) Lotto Belisol | 0:02:27 |
151 | Vicente Reynes Mimo (Spa) Lotto Belisol | Row 150 - Cell 2 |
152 | Grega Bole (Slo) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team | 0:02:30 |
153 | Joseph Lloyd Dombrowski (USA) Sky Procycling | 0:02:31 |
154 | Martin Reimer (Ger) MTN-Qhubeka | 0:02:35 |
155 | Ramon Sinkeldam (Ned) Team Argos-Shimano | 0:02:37 |
156 | Alan Marangoni (Ita) Cannondale Pro Cycling | 0:02:38 |
157 | Sébastien Rosseler (Bel) Garmin-Sharp | 0:02:43 |
158 | Nick Nuyens (Bel) Garmin-Sharp | Row 157 - Cell 2 |
159 | Mitchell Docker (Aus) Orica-GreenEdge | 0:02:47 |
160 | Miguel Minguez Ayala (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi | 0:02:48 |
161 | Ricardo Garcia Ambroa (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi | Row 160 - Cell 2 |
162 | Boy van Poppel (Ned) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team | 0:02:55 |
163 | Arnaud Demare (Fra) FDJ | 0:02:56 |
164 | Andreas Stauff (Ger) MTN-Qhubeka | 0:02:57 |
165 | Albert Timmer (Ned) Team Argos-Shimano | 0:03:07 |
166 | Koen De Kort (Ned) Team Argos-Shimano | Row 165 - Cell 2 |
167 | Dmitriy Muravyev (Kaz) Astana Pro Team | 0:03:10 |
168 | Dmitriy Gruzdev (Kaz) Astana Pro Team | Row 167 - Cell 2 |
169 | Hayden Roulston (NZl) RadioShack Leopard | 0:03:11 |
170 | Manuel Belletti (Ita) AG2R La Mondiale | 0:03:15 |
171 | Luca Paolini (Ita) Katusha | 0:03:20 |
172 | Aliaksandr Kuchynski (Blr) Katusha | Row 171 - Cell 2 |
173 | Steve Chainel (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | 0:03:36 |
174 | Jesus Hernandez Blazquez (Spa) Team Saxo-Tinkoff | 0:03:48 |
175 | Sergio Miguel Moreira Paulinho (Por) Team Saxo-Tinkoff | Row 174 - Cell 2 |
1 | Michal Kwiatkowski (Pol) Omega Pharma-Quick Step | 0:19:24 |
2 | Alex Dowsett (GBr) Movistar Team | 0:00:11 |
3 | Taylor Phinney (USA) BMC Racing Team | 0:00:16 |
4 | Moreno Moser (Ita) Cannondale Pro Cycling | 0:00:19 |
5 | Peter Sagan (Svk) Cannondale Pro Cycling | Row 4 - Cell 2 |
6 | Peter Kennaugh (GBr) Sky Procycling | 0:00:25 |
7 | Salvatore Puccio (Ita) Sky Procycling | Row 6 - Cell 2 |
8 | Davide Cimolai (Ita) Lampre-Merida | 0:00:35 |
9 | Adriano Malori (Ita) Lampre-Merida | Row 8 - Cell 2 |
10 | Giacomo Nizzolo (Ita) RadioShack Leopard | 0:00:36 |
11 | Tom Jelte Slagter (Ned) Blanco Pro Cycling Team | 0:00:37 |
12 | Sep Vanmarcke (Bel) Blanco Pro Cycling Team | Row 11 - Cell 2 |
13 | David De La Cruz Melgarejo (Spa) Team NetApp-Endura | 0:00:39 |
14 | Daniel Schorn (Aut) Team NetApp-Endura | Row 13 - Cell 2 |
15 | Tom Dumoulin (Ned) Team Argos-Shimano | 0:00:51 |
16 | John Degenkolb (Ger) Team Argos-Shimano | Row 15 - Cell 2 |
17 | Guillaume Van Keirsbulck (Bel) Omega Pharma-Quick Step | 0:00:54 |
18 | Rohan Dennis (Aus) Garmin-Sharp | 0:00:57 |
19 | Ramunas Navardauskas (Ltu) Garmin-Sharp | Row 18 - Cell 2 |
20 | Kristian Sbaragli (Ita) MTN-Qhubeka | 0:01:00 |
21 | Arthur Vichot (Fra) FDJ | 0:01:02 |
22 | Davide Appollonio (Ita) AG2R La Mondiale | 0:01:05 |
23 | Garikoitz Bravo Oiarbide (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi | 0:01:06 |
24 | Klaas Lodewyck (Bel) BMC Racing Team | Row 23 - Cell 2 |
25 | Joseph Lloyd Dombrowski (USA) Sky Procycling | 0:02:31 |
26 | Ramon Sinkeldam (Ned) Team Argos-Shimano | 0:02:37 |
27 | Miguel Minguez Ayala (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi | 0:02:48 |
28 | Ricardo Garcia Ambroa (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi | Row 27 - Cell 2 |
29 | Boy van Poppel (Ned) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team | 0:02:55 |
30 | Arnaud Demare (Fra) FDJ | 0:02:56 |
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Barry Ryan is Head of Features at Cyclingnews. He has covered professional cycling since 2010, reporting from the Tour de France, Giro d’Italia and events from Argentina to Japan. His writing has appeared in The Independent, Procycling and Cycling Plus. He is the author of The Ascent: Sean Kelly, Stephen Roche and the Rise of Irish Cycling’s Golden Generation, published by Gill Books.
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