Sörensen speeds to super stage win for Saxo Bank
By Anthony Tan
Breakaway stays away on hot, hilly day to Vittel
It was another stage for the sprinters but Nicki Sörensen was determined not to let it end that way.
As the Tour de France has proved time and time again, there are no pre-written scripts to any stage of La Grande Boucle. And with a succession of difficult mountain legs to come, Thursday's 12th stage to Vittel was about as good a chance as any to break the sprinters' mould.
The opportunists knew it, and it took 82 hard-fought kilometres before a septet of hopefuls had clearance to leave the peloton. Sörensen of Team Saxo Bank, the best-placed of the seven on the classement general, knew his 10:36 gap to maillot jaune Rinaldo Nocentini would result in the Italian's AG2R La Mondiale squad keeping the break checked at no more than five minutes.
The Dane, rarely given a chance to ride for himself at the Tour de France, was feeling pretty good. Good enough to win. But there were two in the move that concerned him most: "The way I saw it, the two strongest guys in the break were [Egoi] Martinez and [Franco] Pellizotti, so I was worried," he said.
With around 50 kilometres left and as AG2R La Mondiale peeled off the front, its marking duties done for the day, Sörensen expected Columbia-HTC, the team of maillot vert Mark Cavendish, to begin the chase. However, its past two days of toil, coupled with the blazing afternoon sun in the region of Vosges, had taken its toll, and the strangest thing happened: no one chased.
"We expected Columbia to pull for their main guy but that never happened, so we knew it would be between us," said Sörensen. "From 25 k's to go, I had it in my mind to give it all I could. The worst thing for me would be to come to the finish line without having used all my strength and not win the stage."
Odds in his favour
Working to Sörensen's advantage was that the men he feared most, Martinez (Euskaltel-Euskadi) and Pellizotti (Liquigas), now first and second on the mountains classification, were partially cooked after fighting for the three mountain primes between kilometres 150 and 170.5. He had to go soon, before they recovered.
Twenty-three kilometres before the finish, Sörensen attacked.
Sylvain Calzati of Agritubel, the only rider in the escape to have won a Tour stage, chased him down and made the junction. Fifteen kilometres from the line, they had a second for every kilometre remaining to the guys they'd just ditched, who had in no way given up and were pissed they'd been dropped.
A consistently strong all-rounder, Sörensen, with five-and-a-half kilometres left to race, decided to attack again. For a man who still had the strength - which he had judged to perfection - it was a faultless move by the Great Dane. "After I went alone, I began to get nervous whether I could succeed or not," he said.
Sörensen needn't have worried, because after 211.5 kilometres, he finished 48 seconds clear of Laurent Lefevre (Bbox Bouygues Telecom) and Pellizotti. Cavendish, winning the field sprint for eighth place, arrived a massive six minutes behind.
"It's a thing I'm going to carry with me forever. I was in good shape and mentally, I was on top of things today. The tactical part, I did myself," said Sörensen, asked how much he relied on the race radio to make his own decisions.
How long can Nocentini hold on?
With Sörensen in no way threatening the leader board, Thursday's top 10 once again remained at status quo, Nocentini continuing to hold a slender six and eight-second advantage over his closest rivals, Astana's Alberto Contador and Lance Armstrong.
"It wasn't an easy day today," Nocentini said, relieved his dream run isn't over. "The first two hours had an incredible speed. Sörensen was the best-placed of the break at 10 minutes, so that was okay for us.
"The team worked a lot and kept the gap around four minutes. We hoped the sprinters' teams would take over, but with the heat, they didn't want to help out, so they stopped chasing. I certainly hope it will be easier tomorrow, and that I can keep the maillot jaune," he said, even though Friday's Stage 13 profile could be the end of his reign at the top.
Fourth-place on GC, Levi Leipheimer, also of Astana, ended up overcooking a corner with Silence-Lotto's Cadel Evans 2.5 kilometres from the finish, but within the stipulated three-kilometre-to-go margin that negates any time lost, both kept their places and times on the overall standings.
A trip to Waterworld
Thursday's 12th leg began in Tonnerre, within the previous day's region of Yonne and by car, roughly two hours from Paris and one-and-a-half hours from Dijon.
Another roller coaster parcours presented itself for the remaining 170 riders that included six categorised climbs: five Cat. 4s and one Cat. 3, the latter positioned 41 kilometres from the finish. Beginning at a très vit 47.9 km/h average, any attacks - one of which included Evans, Leipheimer, Andy Schleck (Team Saxo Bank) and Mikel Astarloza (Euskatel-Euskadi) - were stymied till some 80 kilometres into the stage, when a group of seven established themselves after the third Cat. 4 climb of Essoyes. Included in the move were: Lefevre (Bbox Bouygues Telecom), Calzati (Agritubel), Pellizotti (Liquigas), Markus Fothen (Team Milram), Martinez (Euskaltel-Euskadi), Rémi Pauriol (Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne) and Sörensen (Team Saxo Bank) - the best-placed on GC at the start of the day.
Working well together, the septet enjoyed a handy 4:17 advantage 100 kilometres out from Vittel, well-known for its Belle Epoque façades and majestic Art Deco luxury hotels, as well as a beautifully preserved natural environment. However, they weren't allowed to get much more than that, Nocentini's AG2R La Mondiale squad intent on keeping its newfound star in yellow for at least one more day.
Around the same time the lead group was 60 clicks out from the finish, Astana's Lance Armstrong stopped for a mechanical but was quickly paced back to the peloton by four of his teammates - one of which wasn't Contador. Shortly after, with Pellizotti crossing the Grand Bois climb (km. 150) first - by the day's end, the Italian would win four of six mountain primes - he moved into virtual second on the mountains classification behind Martinez, ending the day 16 points adrift of the spotted tunic and no doubt eyeing the larger mountains to come.
Twenty-three kilometres out and sensing recapture, first Sörensen and then Calzati decided to break free, before the Team Saxo Bank rider chose to go solo 5.3 kilometres from home, the peloton at that point almost five minutes behind and conceding defeat. Pedalling a strong, fluid tempo like the rouleur he is, the Danish rider stood a good chance as he gapped his previous companions by half a minute three kilometres from the finish. And as the narrow roads switched from left to right and vice-versa in the last kilometres it proved ideal for the Dane, eventually gapping the remnants of the break by 48 seconds and the peloton by 5:58.
It wasn't a half-hearted sprint for eighth place by Cavendish and Hushovd, the Manxster continuing to get the better of his Norwegian adversary and thereby increase his points lead by a margin of 10.
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1 | Nicki Sörensen (Den) Team Saxo Bank | 4:52:24 |
2 | Laurent Lefevre (Fra) BBOX Bouygues Telecom | 0:00:48 |
3 | Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Liquigas | |
4 | Marcus Fothen (Ger) Team Milram | |
5 | Egoi Martinez De Esteban (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi | |
6 | Sylvain Calzati (Fra) Agritubel | |
7 | Rémi Pauriol (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne | 0:01:33 |
8 | Mark Cavendish (GBr) Team Columbia - HTC | 0:05:58 |
9 | Thor Hushovd (Nor) Cervelo Test Team | |
10 | Marco Bandiera (Ita) Lampre - NGC | |
11 | Mauro Santambrogio (Ita) Lampre - NGC | |
12 | Steven de Jongh (Ned) Quick Step | |
13 | Cyril Lemoine (Fra) Skil-Shimano | |
14 | Nikolai Troussov (Rus) Team Katusha | |
15 | Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Astana | |
16 | Lance Armstrong (USA) Astana | |
17 | Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Garmin - Slipstream | |
18 | Christian Vande Velde (USA) Garmin - Slipstream | |
19 | Yauheni Hutarovich (Blr) Française des Jeux | |
20 | Jose Joaquin Rojas Gil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne | |
21 | Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) Astana | |
22 | Andreas Klöden (Ger) Astana | |
23 | Serguei Ivanov (Rus) Team Katusha | |
24 | Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Team Katusha | |
25 | George Hincapie (USA) Team Columbia - HTC | |
26 | Arnaud Coyot (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne | |
27 | Brett Lancaster (Aus) Cervelo Test Team | |
28 | Luis Pasamontes Rodriguez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne | |
29 | Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Team Columbia - HTC | |
30 | Nicolas Roche (Irl) AG2R La Mondiale | |
31 | Haimar Zubeldia Aguirre (Spa) Astana | |
32 | Maxime Monfort (Bel) Team Columbia - HTC | |
33 | Mikel Astarloza Chaurreau (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi | |
34 | Christian Knees (Ger) Team Milram | |
35 | Alan Perez Lezaun (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi | |
36 | Andy Schleck (Lux) Team Saxo Bank | |
37 | Tony Martin (Ger) Team Columbia - HTC | |
38 | Koen de Kort (Ned) Skil-Shimano | |
39 | Peter Wrolich (Aut) Team Milram | |
40 | Kim Kirchen (Lux) Team Columbia - HTC | |
41 | Stijn Vandenbergh (Bel) Team Katusha | |
42 | Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne | |
43 | Linus Gerdemann (Ger) Team Milram | |
44 | Sébastien Minard (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne | |
45 | Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas | |
46 | Jens Voigt (Ger) Team Saxo Bank | |
47 | Fränk Schleck (Lux) Team Saxo Bank | |
48 | Rinaldo Nocentini (Ita) AG2R La Mondiale | |
49 | Thierry Huppond (Fra) Skil-Shimano | |
50 | Stéphane Goubert (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | |
51 | Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Quick Step | |
52 | Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas | |
53 | Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank | |
54 | Aleksandr Kuschynski (Blr) Liquigas | |
55 | Sergio Miguel Moreira Paulinho (Por) Astana | |
56 | Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Team Katusha | |
57 | William Bonnet (Fra) BBOX Bouygues Telecom | |
58 | Vladimir Efimkin (Rus) AG2R La Mondiale | |
59 | Brice Feillu (Fra) Agritubel | |
60 | Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Agritubel | |
61 | Gustav Erik Larsson (Swe) Team Saxo Bank | |
62 | Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Française des Jeux | |
63 | Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank | |
64 | Luis León Sánchez Gil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne | |
65 | Jurgen Van Den Broeck (Bel) Silence - Lotto | |
66 | Carlos Sastre Candil (Spa) Cervelo Test Team | |
67 | Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Cervelo Test Team | |
68 | Christophe Moreau (Fra) Agritubel | |
69 | Sandy Casar (Fra) Française des Jeux | |
70 | Peter Velits (Svk) Team Milram | |
71 | Ruben Perez Moreno (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi | |
72 | Jérémy Roy (Fra) Française des Jeux | |
73 | Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Cervelo Test Team | |
74 | Fumiyuki Beppu (Jpn) Skil-Shimano | |
75 | Sébastien Rosseler (Bel) Quick Step | |
76 | Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Team Saxo Bank | |
77 | Tyler Farrar (USA) Garmin - Slipstream | |
78 | Chris Anker Sørensen (Den) Team Saxo Bank | |
79 | Bert Grabsch (Ger) Team Columbia - HTC | |
80 | Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank | |
81 | Amets Txurruka (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi | |
82 | José Ivan Gutierrez Palacios (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne | |
83 | Julian Dean (NZl) Garmin - Slipstream | |
84 | Johannes Fröhlinger (Ger) Team Milram | |
85 | Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | |
86 | Simon Spilak (Slo) Lampre - NGC | |
87 | Juan Manuel Garate Cepa (Spa) Rabobank | |
88 | Stéphane Auge (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne | |
89 | Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step | |
90 | Stef Clement (Ned) Rabobank | |
91 | Bingen Fernandez Bustinza (Spa) Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne | |
92 | Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne | |
93 | Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Liquigas | |
94 | Pierre Rolland (Fra) BBOX Bouygues Telecom | |
95 | Andreas Klier (Ger) Cervelo Test Team | |
96 | Hayden Roulston (NZl) Cervelo Test Team | |
97 | Mark Renshaw (Aus) Team Columbia - HTC | |
98 | Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Team Saxo Bank | |
99 | Daniele Bennati (Ita) Liquigas | |
100 | Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Team Katusha | |
101 | Kenny Robert van Hummel (Ned) Skil-Shimano | |
102 | Alexandre Pichot (Fra) BBOX Bouygues Telecom | |
103 | Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre - NGC | |
104 | Joan Horrach Rippoll (Spa) Team Katusha | |
105 | Simon Geschke (Ger) Skil-Shimano | |
106 | Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Lampre - NGC | |
107 | Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Team Milram | |
108 | Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Quick Step | |
109 | Gorka Verdugo Marcotegui (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi | |
110 | Carlos Barredo Llamazales (Spa) Quick Step | |
111 | Marcin Sapa (Pol) Lampre - NGC | |
112 | Stijn Devolder (Bel) Quick Step | |
113 | Frederik Willems (Bel) Liquigas | |
114 | Pierrick Fedrigo (Fra) BBOX Bouygues Telecom | |
115 | Maxime Bouet (Fra) Agritubel | |
116 | Yukiya Arashiro (Jpn) BBOX Bouygues Telecom | |
117 | Mikhail Ignatiev (Rus) Team Katusha | |
118 | Yury Trofimov (Rus) BBOX Bouygues Telecom | |
119 | Gerald Ciolek (Ger) Team Milram | |
120 | Rigoberto Uran (Col) Caisse d'Epargne | |
121 | David Arroyo Duran (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne | |
122 | David Loosli (Swi) Lampre - NGC | |
123 | Oscar Freire Gomez (Spa) Rabobank | |
124 | Amaël Moinard (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne | |
125 | Staf Scheirlinckx (Bel) Silence - Lotto | |
126 | Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre - NGC | |
127 | Laurens ten Dam (Ned) Rabobank | |
128 | Cyril Dessel (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | |
129 | Sebastian Lang (Ger) Silence - Lotto | |
130 | Grégory Rast (Swi) Astana | |
131 | Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) Silence - Lotto | |
132 | Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) Agritubel | |
133 | Anthony Geslin (Fra) Française des Jeux | |
134 | David Moncoutie (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne | |
135 | Fabio Sabatini (Ita) Liquigas | |
136 | Benoït Vaugrenard (Fra) Française des Jeux | |
137 | Jussi Veikkanen (Fin) Française des Jeux | |
138 | Danny Pate (USA) Garmin - Slipstream | |
139 | Igor Anton Hernandez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi | |
140 | Matthew Lloyd (Aus) Silence - Lotto | |
141 | Brian Vandborg (Den) Liquigas | |
142 | Juan Jose Oroz Ugalde (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi | |
143 | Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Garmin - Slipstream | |
144 | Iñigo Cuesta Lopez De Castro (Spa) Cervelo Test Team | |
145 | José Angel Gomez Marchante (Spa) Cervelo Test Team | |
146 | David Zabriskie (USA) Garmin - Slipstream | |
147 | Saïd Haddou (Fra) BBOX Bouygues Telecom | |
148 | Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Spa) Rabobank | |
149 | Niki Terpstra (Ned) Team Milram | |
150 | Jonathan Hivert (Fra) Skil-Shimano | |
151 | Christophe Kern (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne | |
152 | Thomas Voeckler (Fra) BBOX Bouygues Telecom | |
153 | David Millar (GBr) Garmin - Slipstream | |
154 | Albert Timmer (Ned) Skil-Shimano | |
155 | Martijn Maaskant (Ned) Garmin - Slipstream | |
156 | Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Quick Step | |
157 | Johan Van Summeren (Bel) Silence - Lotto | |
158 | Charles Wegelius (GBr) Silence - Lotto | |
159 | Mickael Delage (Fra) Silence - Lotto | |
160 | Cadel Evans (Aus) Silence - Lotto | |
161 | Dmitriy Muravyev (Kaz) Astana | |
162 | Levi Leipheimer (USA) Astana | |
163 | José Luis Arrieta Lujambio (Spa) AG2R La Mondiale | 0:08:09 |
164 | Lloyd Mondory (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | 0:08:27 |
165 | Michael Rogers (Aus) Team Columbia - HTC | 0:05:58 |
166 | Christophe Riblon (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | 0:09:35 |
DNF | Romain Feillu (Fra) Agritubel | |
DNF | Angelo Furlan (Ita) Lampre - NGC | |
DNF | Jérôme Coppel (Fra) Française des Jeux | |
DNS | Rui Alberto Faria da Costa (Por) Caisse d'Epargne |
1 | Mark Cavendish (GBr) Team Columbia - HTC | 6 | pts |
2 | Thor Hushovd (Nor) Cervelo Test Team | 4 | |
3 | Sandy Casar (Fra) Française des Jeux | 2 |
1 | Sylvain Calzati (Fra) Agritubel | 6 | pts |
2 | Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Liquigas | 4 | |
3 | Egoi Martinez De Esteban (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi | 2 |
1 | Rémi Pauriol (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne | 6 | pts |
2 | Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Liquigas | 4 | |
3 | Sylvain Calzati (Fra) Agritubel | 2 |
1 | David Millar (GBr) Garmin - Slipstream | 3 | pts |
2 | Daniele Bennati (Ita) Liquigas | 2 | |
3 | Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Liquigas | 1 |
1 | Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Liquigas | 3 | pts |
2 | Egoi Martinez De Esteban (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi | 2 | |
3 | Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas | 1 |
1 | Laurent Lefevre (Fra) BBOX Bouygues Telecom | 3 | pts |
2 | Sylvain Calzati (Fra) Agritubel | 2 | |
3 | Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Liquigas | 1 |
1 | Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Liquigas | 3 | pts |
2 | Egoi Martinez De Esteban (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi | 2 | |
3 | Nicki Sörensen (Den) Team Saxo Bank | 1 |
1 | Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Liquigas | 3 | pts |
2 | Egoi Martinez De Esteban (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi | 2 | |
3 | Nicki Sörensen (Den) Team Saxo Bank | 1 |
1 | Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Liquigas | 4 | pts |
2 | Egoi Martinez De Esteban (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi | 3 | |
3 | Nicki Sörensen (Den) Team Saxo Bank | 2 | |
4 | Sylvain Calzati (Fra) Agritubel | 1 |
1 | Mark Cavendish (GBr) Team Columbia - HTC | 4:58:22 |
2 | Marco Bandiera (Ita) Lampre - NGC | |
3 | Mauro Santambrogio (Ita) Lampre - NGC | |
4 | Nikolai Troussov (Rus) Team Katusha | |
5 | Jose Joaquin Rojas Gil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne | |
6 | Nicolas Roche (Irl) AG2R La Mondiale | |
7 | Andy Schleck (Lux) Team Saxo Bank | |
8 | Tony Martin (Ger) Team Columbia - HTC | |
9 | Stijn Vandenbergh (Bel) Team Katusha | |
10 | Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas | |
11 | Thierry Huppond (Fra) Skil-Shimano | |
12 | Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas | |
13 | Brice Feillu (Fra) Agritubel | |
14 | Peter Velits (Svk) Team Milram | |
15 | Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Cervelo Test Team | |
16 | Tyler Farrar (USA) Garmin - Slipstream | |
17 | Chris Anker Sørensen (Den) Team Saxo Bank | |
18 | Johannes Fröhlinger (Ger) Team Milram | |
19 | Simon Spilak (Slo) Lampre - NGC | |
20 | Pierre Rolland (Fra) BBOX Bouygues Telecom | |
21 | Simon Geschke (Ger) Skil-Shimano | |
22 | Maxime Bouet (Fra) Agritubel | |
23 | Yukiya Arashiro (Jpn) BBOX Bouygues Telecom | |
24 | Mikhail Ignatiev (Rus) Team Katusha | |
25 | Yury Trofimov (Rus) BBOX Bouygues Telecom | |
26 | Gerald Ciolek (Ger) Team Milram | |
27 | Rigoberto Uran (Col) Caisse d'Epargne | |
28 | Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) Silence - Lotto | |
29 | Fabio Sabatini (Ita) Liquigas | |
30 | Niki Terpstra (Ned) Team Milram | |
31 | Jonathan Hivert (Fra) Skil-Shimano | |
32 | Albert Timmer (Ned) Skil-Shimano | |
33 | Mickael Delage (Fra) Silence - Lotto |
1 | Nicki Sörensen (Den) Team Saxo Bank |
1 | Team Saxo Bank | 14:49:08 |
2 | Euskaltel - Euskadi | 0:00:48 |
3 | Team Milram | |
4 | Liquigas | |
5 | Agritubel | |
6 | BBox Bouygues Telecom | |
7 | Cofidis Le Credit En Ligne | 0:01:33 |
8 | Astana | 0:05:58 |
9 | Team Katusha | |
10 | Team Columbia - HTC | |
11 | Caisse d'Epargne | |
12 | Skil-Shimano | |
13 | Cervelo Test Team | |
14 | Lampre - N.G.C | |
15 | Garmin - Slipstream | |
16 | AG2R-La Mondiale | |
17 | Quick Step | |
18 | Francaise Des Jeux | |
19 | Rabobank | |
20 | Silence - Lotto |
1 | Rinaldo Nocentini (Ita) AG2R La Mondiale | 48:27:21 |
2 | Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) Astana | 0:00:06 |
3 | Lance Armstrong (USA) Astana | 0:00:08 |
4 | Levi Leipheimer (USA) Astana | 0:00:39 |
5 | Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Garmin - Slipstream | 0:00:46 |
6 | Andreas Klöden (Ger) Astana | 0:00:54 |
7 | Tony Martin (Ger) Team Columbia - HTC | 0:01:00 |
8 | Christian Vande Velde (USA) Garmin - Slipstream | 0:01:24 |
9 | Andy Schleck (Lux) Team Saxo Bank | 0:01:49 |
10 | Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas | 0:01:54 |
11 | Luis León Sánchez Gil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne | 0:02:16 |
12 | Maxime Monfort (Bel) Team Columbia - HTC | 0:02:21 |
13 | Fränk Schleck (Lux) Team Saxo Bank | 0:02:25 |
14 | Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas | 0:02:40 |
15 | Vladimir Efimkin (Rus) AG2R La Mondiale | 0:02:45 |
16 | Carlos Sastre Candil (Spa) Cervelo Test Team | 0:02:52 |
17 | Mikel Astarloza Chaurreau (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi | 0:03:02 |
18 | Cadel Evans (Aus) Silence - Lotto | 0:03:07 |
19 | Kim Kirchen (Lux) Team Columbia - HTC | 0:03:16 |
20 | Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Team Katusha | 0:03:49 |
21 | Sandy Casar (Fra) Française des Jeux | 0:03:58 |
22 | Haimar Zubeldia Aguirre (Spa) Astana | 0:04:14 |
23 | Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Astana | 0:04:20 |
24 | Linus Gerdemann (Ger) Team Milram | |
25 | Brice Feillu (Fra) Agritubel | 0:04:26 |
26 | Nicki Sörensen (Den) Team Saxo Bank | 0:04:38 |
27 | Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Team Katusha | 0:05:00 |
28 | Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank | 0:05:02 |
29 | George Hincapie (USA) Team Columbia - HTC | 0:05:25 |
30 | Peter Velits (Svk) Team Milram | 0:05:28 |
31 | Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Française des Jeux | 0:06:03 |
32 | Stéphane Goubert (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | 0:06:54 |
33 | Juan Manuel Garate Cepa (Spa) Rabobank | 0:06:56 |
34 | Gustav Erik Larsson (Swe) Team Saxo Bank | 0:06:59 |
35 | David Moncoutie (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne | 0:07:27 |
36 | Chris Anker Sørensen (Den) Team Saxo Bank | 0:08:06 |
37 | Christian Knees (Ger) Team Milram | 0:08:21 |
38 | Jurgen Van Den Broeck (Bel) Silence - Lotto | 0:09:37 |
39 | Pierre Rolland (Fra) BBOX Bouygues Telecom | 0:09:59 |
40 | Egoi Martinez De Esteban (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi | 0:10:20 |
41 | Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Liquigas | 0:11:34 |
42 | Laurent Lefevre (Fra) BBOX Bouygues Telecom | 0:11:42 |
43 | Laurens ten Dam (Ned) Rabobank | 0:11:44 |
44 | Sergio Miguel Moreira Paulinho (Por) Astana | 0:11:50 |
45 | Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Quick Step | 0:12:00 |
46 | José Angel Gomez Marchante (Spa) Cervelo Test Team | 0:12:17 |
47 | Jérémy Roy (Fra) Française des Jeux | 0:13:52 |
48 | Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Cervelo Test Team | 0:14:37 |
49 | Sébastien Minard (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne | 0:14:56 |
50 | José Ivan Gutierrez Palacios (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne | 0:16:02 |
51 | Nicolas Roche (Irl) AG2R La Mondiale | 0:16:45 |
52 | Rigoberto Uran (Col) Caisse d'Epargne | 0:17:07 |
53 | Yury Trofimov (Rus) BBOX Bouygues Telecom | 0:18:40 |
54 | Amets Txurruka (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi | 0:20:13 |
55 | Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | 0:20:55 |
56 | Rémi Pauriol (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne | 0:22:18 |
57 | Jens Voigt (Ger) Team Saxo Bank | 0:23:02 |
58 | Luis Pasamontes Rodriguez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne | 0:23:38 |
59 | Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) Agritubel | 0:24:44 |
60 | Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank | 0:25:03 |
61 | Christophe Riblon (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | 0:25:11 |
62 | Christophe Moreau (Fra) Agritubel | 0:27:58 |
63 | Jose Joaquin Rojas Gil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne | 0:28:07 |
64 | Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Agritubel | 0:28:08 |
65 | David Millar (GBr) Garmin - Slipstream | 0:28:18 |
66 | Thomas Voeckler (Fra) BBOX Bouygues Telecom | 0:28:27 |
67 | Carlos Barredo Llamazales (Spa) Quick Step | 0:29:48 |
68 | David Zabriskie (USA) Garmin - Slipstream | 0:30:26 |
69 | Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Garmin - Slipstream | 0:32:02 |
70 | Matthew Lloyd (Aus) Silence - Lotto | 0:32:21 |
71 | David Arroyo Duran (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne | 0:33:13 |
72 | Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Quick Step | 0:33:20 |
73 | Serguei Ivanov (Rus) Team Katusha | 0:33:23 |
74 | Johannes Fröhlinger (Ger) Team Milram | 0:33:28 |
75 | José Luis Arrieta Lujambio (Spa) AG2R La Mondiale | 0:34:36 |
76 | Maxime Bouet (Fra) Agritubel | 0:35:02 |
77 | Gorka Verdugo Marcotegui (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi | 0:35:22 |
78 | Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre - NGC | 0:35:43 |
79 | Juan Jose Oroz Ugalde (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi | 0:36:01 |
80 | Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Team Saxo Bank | 0:36:11 |
81 | Charles Wegelius (GBr) Silence - Lotto | 0:36:14 |
82 | Frederik Willems (Bel) Liquigas | 0:36:46 |
83 | Sylvain Calzati (Fra) Agritubel | 0:37:28 |
84 | Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Spa) Rabobank | 0:37:52 |
85 | Igor Anton Hernandez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi | 0:39:02 |
86 | Pierrick Fedrigo (Fra) BBOX Bouygues Telecom | 0:39:43 |
87 | Cyril Dessel (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | 0:39:54 |
88 | Oscar Freire Gomez (Spa) Rabobank | 0:41:58 |
89 | Hayden Roulston (NZl) Cervelo Test Team | 0:42:34 |
90 | Aleksandr Kuschynski (Blr) Liquigas | 0:42:35 |
91 | Amaël Moinard (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne | 0:43:48 |
92 | Bingen Fernandez Bustinza (Spa) Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne | 0:44:31 |
93 | Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) Silence - Lotto | 0:44:45 |
94 | Sebastian Lang (Ger) Silence - Lotto | 0:47:25 |
95 | Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Team Katusha | 0:48:08 |
96 | David Loosli (Swi) Lampre - NGC | 0:48:28 |
97 | Jussi Veikkanen (Fin) Française des Jeux | 0:48:57 |
98 | Simon Spilak (Slo) Lampre - NGC | 0:49:07 |
99 | Iñigo Cuesta Lopez De Castro (Spa) Cervelo Test Team | 0:50:59 |
100 | Christophe Kern (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne | 0:51:29 |
101 | Martijn Maaskant (Ned) Garmin - Slipstream | 0:52:33 |
102 | Ruben Perez Moreno (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi | 0:52:49 |
103 | Thierry Huppond (Fra) Skil-Shimano | 0:53:00 |
104 | Marcus Fothen (Ger) Team Milram | 0:54:58 |
105 | Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Cervelo Test Team | 0:55:24 |
106 | Stijn Devolder (Bel) Quick Step | 0:55:45 |
107 | Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Liquigas | 0:55:50 |
108 | Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank | 0:56:53 |
109 | Johan Van Summeren (Bel) Silence - Lotto | 0:57:49 |
110 | Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Lampre - NGC | 0:57:57 |
111 | Sébastien Rosseler (Bel) Quick Step | 0:59:34 |
112 | Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Team Saxo Bank | 0:59:42 |
113 | Brian Vandborg (Den) Liquigas | 0:59:44 |
114 | Michael Rogers (Aus) Team Columbia - HTC | 1:01:08 |
115 | Joan Horrach Rippoll (Spa) Team Katusha | 1:03:53 |
116 | Anthony Geslin (Fra) Française des Jeux | 1:04:01 |
117 | Thor Hushovd (Nor) Cervelo Test Team | 1:04:32 |
118 | Stef Clement (Ned) Rabobank | 1:05:11 |
119 | Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne | 1:05:23 |
120 | Lloyd Mondory (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | 1:06:47 |
121 | Arnaud Coyot (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne | 1:07:00 |
122 | Nikolai Troussov (Rus) Team Katusha | 1:08:57 |
123 | Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre - NGC | 1:09:58 |
124 | Alexandre Pichot (Fra) BBOX Bouygues Telecom | 1:10:19 |
125 | Julian Dean (NZl) Garmin - Slipstream | 1:10:38 |
126 | Benoït Vaugrenard (Fra) Française des Jeux | 1:11:01 |
127 | Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Quick Step | 1:12:14 |
128 | Daniele Bennati (Ita) Liquigas | 1:12:45 |
129 | Koen de Kort (Ned) Skil-Shimano | 1:13:01 |
130 | Mikhail Ignatiev (Rus) Team Katusha | 1:13:13 |
131 | Stijn Vandenbergh (Bel) Team Katusha | 1:13:23 |
132 | Mark Cavendish (GBr) Team Columbia - HTC | 1:13:54 |
133 | Bert Grabsch (Ger) Team Columbia - HTC | 1:14:02 |
134 | Brett Lancaster (Aus) Cervelo Test Team | 1:14:04 |
135 | Simon Geschke (Ger) Skil-Shimano | 1:15:08 |
136 | Mauro Santambrogio (Ita) Lampre - NGC | 1:15:10 |
137 | Grégory Rast (Swi) Astana | 1:15:19 |
138 | Gerald Ciolek (Ger) Team Milram | 1:15:32 |
139 | Marcin Sapa (Pol) Lampre - NGC | 1:16:33 |
140 | Peter Wrolich (Aut) Team Milram | 1:16:43 |
141 | Mickael Delage (Fra) Silence - Lotto | 1:16:47 |
142 | Yukiya Arashiro (Jpn) BBOX Bouygues Telecom | 1:17:56 |
143 | Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne | 1:18:44 |
144 | Marco Bandiera (Ita) Lampre - NGC | 1:19:10 |
145 | Steven de Jongh (Ned) Quick Step | 1:20:23 |
146 | Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Team Milram | 1:20:38 |
147 | Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step | 1:21:41 |
148 | Stéphane Auge (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne | 1:21:56 |
149 | Fabio Sabatini (Ita) Liquigas | 1:22:06 |
150 | Cyril Lemoine (Fra) Skil-Shimano | 1:22:51 |
151 | Fumiyuki Beppu (Jpn) Skil-Shimano | 1:23:04 |
152 | Mark Renshaw (Aus) Team Columbia - HTC | |
153 | Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Team Columbia - HTC | 1:23:31 |
154 | Albert Timmer (Ned) Skil-Shimano | 1:23:32 |
155 | Saïd Haddou (Fra) BBOX Bouygues Telecom | 1:23:43 |
156 | Alan Perez Lezaun (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi | 1:23:52 |
157 | Staf Scheirlinckx (Bel) Silence - Lotto | 1:24:35 |
158 | William Bonnet (Fra) BBOX Bouygues Telecom | 1:24:36 |
159 | Dmitriy Muravyev (Kaz) Astana | 1:26:15 |
160 | Tyler Farrar (USA) Garmin - Slipstream | 1:26:32 |
161 | Niki Terpstra (Ned) Team Milram | 1:28:15 |
162 | Jonathan Hivert (Fra) Skil-Shimano | 1:29:18 |
163 | Danny Pate (USA) Garmin - Slipstream | 1:30:55 |
164 | Andreas Klier (Ger) Cervelo Test Team | 1:32:46 |
165 | Yauheni Hutarovich (Blr) Française des Jeux | 1:33:10 |
166 | Kenny Robert van Hummel (Ned) Skil-Shimano | 1:59:32 |
1 | Mark Cavendish (GBr) Team Columbia - HTC | 200 | pts |
2 | Thor Hushovd (Nor) Cervelo Test Team | 190 | |
3 | Jose Joaquin Rojas Gil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne | 116 | |
4 | Tyler Farrar (USA) Garmin - Slipstream | 110 | |
5 | Gerald Ciolek (Ger) Team Milram | 100 | |
6 | Oscar Freire Gomez (Spa) Rabobank | 97 | |
7 | Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Liquigas | 81 | |
8 | Lloyd Mondory (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | 74 | |
9 | Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne | 64 | |
10 | Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Team Saxo Bank | 55 | |
11 | William Bonnet (Fra) BBOX Bouygues Telecom | 54 | |
12 | Kenny Robert van Hummel (Ned) Skil-Shimano | 48 | |
13 | Thomas Voeckler (Fra) BBOX Bouygues Telecom | 47 | |
14 | Andreas Klöden (Ger) Astana | 47 | |
15 | Nicolas Roche (Irl) AG2R La Mondiale | 47 | |
16 | Cyril Lemoine (Fra) Skil-Shimano | 47 | |
17 | Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne | 46 | |
18 | Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Quick Step | 46 | |
19 | Marco Bandiera (Ita) Lampre - NGC | 45 | |
20 | Nikolai Troussov (Rus) Team Katusha | 43 | |
21 | Egoi Martinez De Esteban (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi | 42 | |
22 | Yauheni Hutarovich (Blr) Française des Jeux | 37 | |
23 | Pierrick Fedrigo (Fra) BBOX Bouygues Telecom | 36 | |
24 | Nicki Sörensen (Den) Team Saxo Bank | 35 | |
25 | Mark Renshaw (Aus) Team Columbia - HTC | 35 | |
26 | Cadel Evans (Aus) Silence - Lotto | 34 | |
27 | Mikhail Ignatiev (Rus) Team Katusha | 34 | |
28 | Ruben Perez Moreno (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi | 33 | |
29 | George Hincapie (USA) Team Columbia - HTC | 33 | |
30 | Maxime Bouet (Fra) Agritubel | 31 | |
31 | Rinaldo Nocentini (Ita) AG2R La Mondiale | 31 | |
32 | Serguei Ivanov (Rus) Team Katusha | 31 | |
33 | Stéphane Auge (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne | 30 | |
34 | Laurent Lefevre (Fra) BBOX Bouygues Telecom | 30 | |
35 | Yukiya Arashiro (Jpn) BBOX Bouygues Telecom | 30 | |
36 | Daniele Bennati (Ita) Liquigas | 29 | |
37 | Saïd Haddou (Fra) BBOX Bouygues Telecom | 29 | |
38 | Sylvain Calzati (Fra) Agritubel | 28 | |
39 | Thierry Huppond (Fra) Skil-Shimano | 28 | |
40 | Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Quick Step | 27 | |
41 | Christophe Kern (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne | 27 | |
42 | Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) Astana | 27 | |
43 | Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre - NGC | 27 | |
44 | Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Team Katusha | 27 | |
45 | Marcin Sapa (Pol) Lampre - NGC | 26 | |
46 | Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Astana | 26 | |
47 | Sandy Casar (Fra) Française des Jeux | 25 | |
48 | Rémi Pauriol (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne | 25 | |
49 | Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Garmin - Slipstream | 25 | |
50 | Tony Martin (Ger) Team Columbia - HTC | 25 | |
51 | Koen de Kort (Ned) Skil-Shimano | 25 | |
52 | Luis León Sánchez Gil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne | 24 | |
53 | Marcus Fothen (Ger) Team Milram | 24 | |
54 | José Ivan Gutierrez Palacios (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne | 22 | |
55 | Brice Feillu (Fra) Agritubel | 21 | |
56 | Linus Gerdemann (Ger) Team Milram | 21 | |
57 | Peter Velits (Svk) Team Milram | 21 | |
58 | Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas | 20 | |
59 | Christophe Riblon (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | 20 | |
60 | Lance Armstrong (USA) Astana | 19 | |
61 | Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Team Milram | 19 | |
62 | Andy Schleck (Lux) Team Saxo Bank | 18 | |
63 | Mauro Santambrogio (Ita) Lampre - NGC | 18 | |
64 | Fumiyuki Beppu (Jpn) Skil-Shimano | 18 | |
65 | Mikel Astarloza Chaurreau (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi | 17 | |
66 | Jérémy Roy (Fra) Française des Jeux | 17 | |
67 | Johannes Fröhlinger (Ger) Team Milram | 17 | |
68 | Steven de Jongh (Ned) Quick Step | 17 | |
69 | Johan Van Summeren (Bel) Silence - Lotto | 16 | |
70 | Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step | 15 | |
71 | Stef Clement (Ned) Rabobank | 14 | |
72 | Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas | 14 | |
73 | Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Spa) Rabobank | 14 | |
74 | Cyril Dessel (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | 14 | |
75 | Levi Leipheimer (USA) Astana | 13 | |
76 | Vladimir Efimkin (Rus) AG2R La Mondiale | 13 | |
77 | Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) Silence - Lotto | 13 | |
78 | Sebastian Lang (Ger) Silence - Lotto | 13 | |
79 | Benoït Vaugrenard (Fra) Française des Jeux | 12 | |
80 | Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Cervelo Test Team | 11 | |
81 | Sébastien Rosseler (Bel) Quick Step | 11 | |
82 | Albert Timmer (Ned) Skil-Shimano | 11 | |
83 | David Millar (GBr) Garmin - Slipstream | 10 | |
84 | Anthony Geslin (Fra) Française des Jeux | 10 | |
85 | Sébastien Minard (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne | 10 | |
86 | Alexandre Pichot (Fra) BBOX Bouygues Telecom | 9 | |
87 | Christian Vande Velde (USA) Garmin - Slipstream | 8 | |
88 | Kim Kirchen (Lux) Team Columbia - HTC | 8 | |
89 | Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Agritubel | 8 | |
90 | Fränk Schleck (Lux) Team Saxo Bank | 7 | |
91 | Maxime Monfort (Bel) Team Columbia - HTC | 5 | |
92 | Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Team Katusha | 5 | |
93 | Alan Perez Lezaun (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi | 5 | |
94 | Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Française des Jeux | 4 | |
95 | Amets Txurruka (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi | 4 | |
96 | Aleksandr Kuschynski (Blr) Liquigas | 4 | |
97 | Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Team Saxo Bank | 4 | |
98 | Fabio Sabatini (Ita) Liquigas | 4 | |
99 | Christian Knees (Ger) Team Milram | 3 | |
100 | Jens Voigt (Ger) Team Saxo Bank | 3 | |
101 | Simon Geschke (Ger) Skil-Shimano | 3 | |
102 | Mickael Delage (Fra) Silence - Lotto | 3 | |
103 | Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Team Katusha | 2 | |
104 | Haimar Zubeldia Aguirre (Spa) Astana | 2 | |
105 | Juan Manuel Garate Cepa (Spa) Rabobank | 2 | |
106 | Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank | 1 | |
107 | Michael Rogers (Aus) Team Columbia - HTC | 1 |
1 | Egoi Martinez De Esteban (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi | 88 | pts |
2 | Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Liquigas | 71 | |
3 | Christophe Kern (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne | 59 | |
4 | Brice Feillu (Fra) Agritubel | 49 | |
5 | Pierrick Fedrigo (Fra) BBOX Bouygues Telecom | 49 | |
6 | Christophe Riblon (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | 46 | |
7 | Sandy Casar (Fra) Française des Jeux | 43 | |
8 | Mikel Astarloza Chaurreau (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi | 38 | |
9 | Vladimir Efimkin (Rus) AG2R La Mondiale | 35 | |
10 | Rinaldo Nocentini (Ita) AG2R La Mondiale | 34 | |
11 | Juan Manuel Garate Cepa (Spa) Rabobank | 32 | |
12 | Johannes Fröhlinger (Ger) Team Milram | 32 | |
13 | David Moncoutie (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne | 31 | |
14 | Thomas Voeckler (Fra) BBOX Bouygues Telecom | 31 | |
15 | Luis León Sánchez Gil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne | 26 | |
16 | Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Quick Step | 23 | |
17 | George Hincapie (USA) Team Columbia - HTC | 21 | |
18 | Amets Txurruka (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi | 21 | |
19 | Jurgen Van Den Broeck (Bel) Silence - Lotto | 20 | |
20 | José Ivan Gutierrez Palacios (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne | 20 | |
21 | Cadel Evans (Aus) Silence - Lotto | 19 | |
22 | Mikhail Ignatiev (Rus) Team Katusha | 17 | |
23 | Laurens ten Dam (Ned) Rabobank | 17 | |
24 | Aleksandr Kuschynski (Blr) Liquigas | 17 | |
25 | Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) Astana | 15 | |
26 | Stéphane Auge (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne | 14 | |
27 | Pierre Rolland (Fra) BBOX Bouygues Telecom | 14 | |
28 | Sergio Miguel Moreira Paulinho (Por) Astana | 14 | |
29 | Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Spa) Rabobank | 13 | |
30 | Haimar Zubeldia Aguirre (Spa) Astana | 12 | |
31 | David Millar (GBr) Garmin - Slipstream | 11 | |
32 | Jens Voigt (Ger) Team Saxo Bank | 11 | |
33 | Levi Leipheimer (USA) Astana | 10 | |
34 | Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne | 10 | |
35 | Jussi Veikkanen (Fin) Française des Jeux | 9 | |
36 | David Zabriskie (USA) Garmin - Slipstream | 9 | |
37 | Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Quick Step | 8 | |
38 | Thierry Huppond (Fra) Skil-Shimano | 7 | |
39 | Tony Martin (Ger) Team Columbia - HTC | 6 | |
40 | Anthony Geslin (Fra) Française des Jeux | 6 | |
41 | Koen de Kort (Ned) Skil-Shimano | 6 | |
42 | Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Team Saxo Bank | 6 | |
43 | Laurent Lefevre (Fra) BBOX Bouygues Telecom | 5 | |
44 | Johan Van Summeren (Bel) Silence - Lotto | 5 | |
45 | Marcin Sapa (Pol) Lampre - NGC | 5 | |
46 | Cyril Dessel (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | 5 | |
47 | Nicki Sörensen (Den) Team Saxo Bank | 4 | |
48 | Maxime Bouet (Fra) Agritubel | 4 | |
49 | Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne | 4 | |
50 | Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Team Katusha | 3 | |
51 | Sylvain Calzati (Fra) Agritubel | 3 | |
52 | Marcus Fothen (Ger) Team Milram | 3 | |
53 | Benoït Vaugrenard (Fra) Française des Jeux | 3 | |
54 | Daniele Bennati (Ita) Liquigas | 2 | |
55 | Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Garmin - Slipstream | 1 | |
56 | Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas | 1 | |
57 | Rémi Pauriol (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne | 1 | |
58 | Stef Clement (Ned) Rabobank | 1 | |
59 | Albert Timmer (Ned) Skil-Shimano | 1 |
1 | Tony Martin (Ger) Team Columbia - HTC | 48:28:21 |
2 | Andy Schleck (Lux) Team Saxo Bank | 0:00:49 |
3 | Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas | 0:00:54 |
4 | Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas | 0:01:40 |
5 | Brice Feillu (Fra) Agritubel | 0:03:26 |
6 | Peter Velits (Svk) Team Milram | 0:04:28 |
7 | Chris Anker Sørensen (Den) Team Saxo Bank | 0:07:06 |
8 | Pierre Rolland (Fra) BBOX Bouygues Telecom | 0:08:59 |
9 | Nicolas Roche (Irl) AG2R La Mondiale | 0:15:45 |
10 | Rigoberto Uran (Col) Caisse d'Epargne | 0:16:07 |
11 | Yury Trofimov (Rus) BBOX Bouygues Telecom | 0:17:40 |
12 | Jose Joaquin Rojas Gil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne | 0:27:07 |
13 | Johannes Fröhlinger (Ger) Team Milram | 0:32:28 |
14 | Maxime Bouet (Fra) Agritubel | 0:34:02 |
15 | Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) Silence - Lotto | 0:43:45 |
16 | Simon Spilak (Slo) Lampre - NGC | 0:48:07 |
17 | Thierry Huppond (Fra) Skil-Shimano | 0:52:00 |
18 | Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Cervelo Test Team | 0:54:24 |
19 | Nikolai Troussov (Rus) Team Katusha | 1:07:57 |
20 | Mikhail Ignatiev (Rus) Team Katusha | 1:12:13 |
21 | Stijn Vandenbergh (Bel) Team Katusha | 1:12:23 |
22 | Mark Cavendish (GBr) Team Columbia - HTC | 1:12:54 |
23 | Simon Geschke (Ger) Skil-Shimano | 1:14:08 |
24 | Mauro Santambrogio (Ita) Lampre - NGC | 1:14:10 |
25 | Gerald Ciolek (Ger) Team Milram | 1:14:32 |
26 | Mickael Delage (Fra) Silence - Lotto | 1:15:47 |
27 | Yukiya Arashiro (Jpn) BBOX Bouygues Telecom | 1:16:56 |
28 | Marco Bandiera (Ita) Lampre - NGC | 1:18:10 |
29 | Fabio Sabatini (Ita) Liquigas | 1:21:06 |
30 | Albert Timmer (Ned) Skil-Shimano | 1:22:32 |
31 | Tyler Farrar (USA) Garmin - Slipstream | 1:25:32 |
32 | Niki Terpstra (Ned) Team Milram | 1:27:15 |
33 | Jonathan Hivert (Fra) Skil-Shimano | 1:28:18 |
1 | Team Saxo Bank | 143:47:41 |
2 | AG2R-La Mondiale | 0:00:34 |
3 | Astana | 0:00:37 |
4 | Team Milram | 0:00:44 |
5 | Team Columbia - HTC | 0:05:19 |
6 | Cofidis Le Credit En Ligne | 0:06:09 |
7 | Garmin - Slipstream | 0:06:30 |
8 | Caisse d'Epargne | 0:07:39 |
9 | Euskaltel - Euskadi | 0:08:31 |
10 | Rabobank | 0:11:45 |
11 | Francaise Des Jeux | 0:13:33 |
12 | Liquigas | 0:13:34 |
13 | Cervelo Test Team | 0:16:47 |
14 | BBox Bouygues Telecom | 0:17:29 |
15 | Agritubel | 0:20:00 |
16 | Silence - Lotto | 0:23:49 |
17 | Team Katusha | 0:28:15 |
18 | Quick Step | 0:50:39 |
19 | Lampre - N.G.C | 1:35:57 |
20 | Skil-Shimano | 2:54:19 |
Anyone want to be in Ciolek's sprinting shoes?
He's tried, but Milram's Gerard Ciolek just can't seem to get anywhere close to Mark Cavendish, who yesterday in Saint-Fargeau, went quatre á quatre, picking up his fourth stage win with apparent ease.
Granted, at 22 years old, Ciolek's two years younger than his arch-rival Cavendish, himself hardly an old fart at 24. And being Germany's only ProTour team after numerous doping scandals left the country's cycling fraternity lifeless, the weight of expectation must be enormous after Erik Zabel's prolific success the past decade-and-a-half.
So far in this 96th Tour de France, Ciolek, a former Under-23 world road champion, hasn't even made the top three, his fifth place in Saint-Fargeau the best he's done so far. What gives?
"You have a strong Columbia team with a really strong Mark Cavendish. That's what makes it really difficult for us," he told Cyclingnews." First of all, we have to try and beat his team, then we have to try and beat him, and they're two really difficult things,"
"If it works like [Stage 11], I think we have a good chance to beat Columbia in the finale. Maybe we don't have as much experience as them, but I think if you saw the first [road] stage or the [11th] stage yesterday, then you can see we have a team able to organise a finale like that."
Confidence is everything for a sprinter, yet Ciolek's words exude little of that. It's a sprinter's worst fear, coming to the world's biggest bike race without a recent win - or any season win, for that matter - though unfortunately, that's the way it's been for the young German.
"I had a difficult spring," Ciolek said. "I didn't start so well in the season; I had some problems, got sick, and it was hard for me to come back. But my pre-races for the Tour were really good, like the Bayern Rundfahrt or the Tour de Suisse. I'm trying to do a good Tour."
Does he expect to improve from here on in, or did the Pyrenees sap some of his precious leg strength?
"I think the rest day was really good for me. But yeah, you never feel fresh after 10 or 11 days of racing. At this point of the Tour, I think my condition's okay," said Ciolek.
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