Ponzi prevails in Tour de Slovénie opening stage
By Cycling News published
Italian tops general classification
1 | Simone Ponzi (Ita) Astana Pro Team | 3:46:28 |
2 | Marko Kump (Slo) Adria Mobil | |
3 | Daniele Ratto (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale | |
4 | Francesco Reda (Ita) Acqua & Sapone | |
5 | Kristijan Koren (Slo) Liquigas-Cannondale | |
6 | Aristide Ratti (Ita) Team Idea | |
7 | Pieter Serry (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator | |
8 | David Tanner (Aus) Team Saxo Bank | |
9 | Giuseppe De Maria (Ita) Team Idea | |
10 | Francesco Failli (Ita) Farnese Vini - Selle Italia | |
11 | Bruno Pires (Por) Team Saxo Bank | |
12 | Valerio Agnoli (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale | |
13 | Fabio Taborre (Ita) Acqua & Sapone | |
14 | Diego Ulissi (Ita) Lampre - ISD | |
15 | Damiano Caruso (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale | |
16 | Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Astana Pro Team | |
17 | Winner Anacona Gomez (Col) Lampre - ISD | |
18 | Jure Golcer (Slo) Tirol Cycling Team | |
19 | Maciej Bodnar (Pol) Liquigas-Cannondale | |
20 | Domenico Pozzovivo (Ita) Colnago - CSF Inox | |
21 | Tomaž Nose (Slo) Adria Mobil | |
22 | Kevin Seeldraeyers (Bel) Astana Pro Team | 0:00:07 |
23 | Andrea Pasqualon (Ita) Colnago - CSF Inox | 0:00:14 |
24 | Luka Mezgec (Slo) Sava | |
25 | Tim Declercq (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator | |
26 | Arthur Van Overberghe (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator | |
27 | Jan Polanc (Slo) Radenska | |
28 | Mads Christensen (Den) Team Saxo Bank | |
29 | Marco Frapporti (Ita) Team Idea | |
30 | Kevin De Jonghe (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator | |
31 | Vitaliy Buts (Ukr) Lampre - ISD | |
32 | Rafael Andriato (Bra) Farnese Vini - Selle Italia | |
33 | Alan Marangoni (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale | |
34 | Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Acqua & Sapone | |
35 | Cristian Cominelli (Ita) Team Idea | |
36 | Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre - ISD | |
37 | Matteo Rabottini (Ita) Farnese Vini - Selle Italia | |
38 | Anders Lund (Den) Team Saxo Bank | |
39 | Vladimir Miholjevic (Cro) Acqua & Sapone | |
40 | Kenny De Ketele (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator | |
41 | Adriano Malori (Ita) Lampre - ISD | |
42 | Alessandro Bisolti (Ita) Team Idea | |
43 | Dominik Nerz (Ger) Liquigas-Cannondale | |
44 | Sander Armee (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator | |
45 | Matej Mugerli (Slo) Adria Mobil | |
46 | Harald Totsching (Aut) Tirol Cycling Team | |
47 | Gianluca Brambilla (Ita) Colnago - CSF Inox | |
48 | Omar Lombardi (Ita) Colnago - CSF Inox | |
49 | Luca Dodi (Ita) Team Idea | |
50 | Vladimir Kerkez (Slo) Sava | |
51 | Radoslav Rogina (Cro) Adria Mobil | |
52 | Borut Bozic (Slo) Astana Pro Team | |
53 | Alessandro Spezialetti (Ita) Lampre - ISD | |
54 | Enrico Battaglin (Ita) Colnago - CSF Inox | |
55 | Andrea Di Corrado (Ita) Colnago - CSF Inox | |
56 | Daryl Impey (RSA) Orica GreenEdge Cycling Team | |
57 | Matthew Harley Goss (Aus) Orica GreenEdge Cycling Team | 0:00:39 |
58 | Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Farnese Vini - Selle Italia | 0:01:04 |
59 | Paolo Ciavatta (Ita) Acqua & Sapone | |
60 | Dmytro Krivtsov (Ukr) Lampre - ISD | |
61 | Oleksandr Kvachuk (Ukr) Lampre - ISD | |
62 | Luka Pibernik (Slo) Radenska | |
63 | Jens Mouris (Ned) Orica GreenEdge Cycling Team | |
64 | Juraj Sagan (Svk) Liquigas-Cannondale | |
65 | Marco Canola (Ita) Colnago - CSF Inox | |
66 | Christoph Sokoll (Aut) Tirol Cycling Team | |
67 | Jaka Bostner (Slo) Radenska | |
68 | Jan Tratnik (Slo) Radenska | |
69 | Luca Barla (Ita) Team Idea | |
70 | Evgeny Petrov (Rus) Astana Pro Team | |
71 | Alfredo Balloni (Ita) Farnese Vini - Selle Italia | |
72 | Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) Farnese Vini - Selle Italia | |
73 | Marko Pavlic (Slo) Radenska | 0:04:19 |
74 | Simon Pavlin (Slo) Adria Mobil | 0:04:24 |
75 | Stefan Praxmarer (Aut) Tirol Cycling Team | |
76 | Rafal Majka (Pol) Team Saxo Bank | |
77 | Luca Ascani (Ita) Farnese Vini - Selle Italia | |
78 | Matej Gnezda (Slo) Adria Mobil | |
79 | Robert Jenko (Slo) Radenska | |
80 | Ran Margaliot (Isr) Team Saxo Bank | |
81 | Mario Schoibl (Aut) Tirol Cycling Team | |
82 | Jure Bitenc (Slo) Sava | |
83 | Diego Caccia (Ita) Farnese Vini - Selle Italia | |
84 | Tim Mikelj (Slo) Sava | |
85 | Mark Džamastagic (Slo) Sava | |
86 | Claudio Corioni (Ita) Acqua & Sapone | |
87 | Alessandro Donati (Ita) Acqua & Sapone | |
88 | Danilo Napolitano (Ita) Acqua & Sapone | |
89 | Marc Obkircher (Aut) Tirol Cycling Team | 0:06:30 |
90 | Martin Weiss (Aut) Tirol Cycling Team | |
91 | Maximilian Kuen (Aut) Tirol Cycling Team | |
92 | Steven Van Vooren (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator | 0:07:37 |
93 | Preben Van Hecke (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator | |
94 | Klemen Štimulak (Slo) Radenska | |
95 | Andrej Rajšp (Slo) Radenska | |
96 | Paolo Locatelli (Ita) Colnago - CSF Inox | |
97 | Ruslan Karimov (Uzb) Team Idea | |
98 | Sam Bewley (NZl) Orica GreenEdge Cycling Team | |
99 | Brett Lancaster (Aus) Orica GreenEdge Cycling Team | |
100 | Žiga Marolt (Slo) Sava | |
101 | Travis Meyer (Aus) Orica GreenEdge Cycling Team | 0:09:07 |
102 | Mitchell Docker (Aus) Orica GreenEdge Cycling Team | |
103 | Michael Hepburn (Aus) Orica GreenEdge Cycling Team | |
DNF | Lucas Sebastian Haedo (Arg) Team Saxo Bank | |
DNF | Egor Silin (Rus) Astana Pro Team | |
DNF | Kristjan Fajt (Slo) Adria Mobil | |
DNF | Kristjan Durasek (Cro) Adria Mobil |
1 | Preben Van Hecke (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator | 5 | pts |
2 | Klemen Štimulak (Slo) Radenska | 3 | |
3 | Tim Mikelj (Slo) Sava | 1 |
1 | Preben Van Hecke (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator | 5 | pts |
2 | Klemen Štimulak (Slo) Radenska | 3 | |
3 | Travis Meyer (Aus) Orica GreenEdge Cycling Team | 1 |
1 | Preben Van Hecke (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator | 5 | pts |
2 | Klemen Štimulak (Slo) Radenska | 3 | |
3 | Paolo Ciavatta (Ita) Acqua & Sapone | 1 |
1 | Klemen Štimulak (Slo) Radenska | 6 | pts |
2 | Preben Van Hecke (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator | 4 | |
3 | Jure Bitenc (Slo) Sava | 2 |
1 | Klemen Štimulak (Slo) Radenska | 3 | pts |
2 | Preben Van Hecke (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator | 2 | |
3 | Kenny De Ketele (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator | 1 |
1 | Bruno Pires (Por) Team Saxo Bank | 3 | pts |
2 | Kristijan Koren (Slo) Liquigas-Cannondale | 2 | |
3 | Domenico Pozzovivo (Ita) Colnago - CSF Inox | 1 |
1 | Liquigas-Cannondale | 11:19:24 |
2 | Astana Pro Team | 0:00:07 |
3 | Team Idea | 0:00:14 |
4 | Team Saxo Bank | |
5 | Acqua & Sapone | |
6 | Lampre - ISD | |
7 | Adria Mobil | |
8 | Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator | 0:00:28 |
9 | Farnese Vini - Selle Italia | |
10 | Colnago - CSF Inox | |
11 | Tirol Cycling Team | 0:01:18 |
12 | Orica GreenEdge | 0:01:57 |
13 | Radenska | 0:02:22 |
14 | Sava | 0:04:52 |
1 | Simone Ponzi (Ita) Astana Pro Team | 3:46:18 |
2 | Marko Kump (Slo) Adria Mobil | 0:00:04 |
3 | Daniele Ratto (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale | 0:00:06 |
4 | Francesco Reda (Ita) Acqua & Sapone | 0:00:10 |
5 | Kristijan Koren (Slo) Liquigas-Cannondale | |
6 | Aristide Ratti (Ita) Team Idea | |
7 | Pieter Serry (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator | |
8 | David Tanner (Aus) Team Saxo Bank | |
9 | Giuseppe De Maria (Ita) Team Idea | |
10 | Francesco Failli (Ita) Farnese Vini - Selle Italia | |
11 | Bruno Pires (Por) Team Saxo Bank | |
12 | Valerio Agnoli (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale | |
13 | Fabio Taborre (Ita) Acqua & Sapone | |
14 | Diego Ulissi (Ita) Lampre - ISD | |
15 | Damiano Caruso (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale | |
16 | Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Astana Pro Team | |
17 | Winner Anacona Gomez (Col) Lampre - ISD | |
18 | Jure Golcer (Slo) Tirol Cycling Team | |
19 | Maciej Bodnar (Pol) Liquigas-Cannondale | |
20 | Domenico Pozzovivo (Ita) Colnago - CSF Inox | |
21 | Tomaž Nose (Slo) Adria Mobil | |
22 | Kevin Seeldraeyers (Bel) Astana Pro Team | 0:00:17 |
23 | Andrea Pasqualon (Ita) Colnago - CSF Inox | 0:00:24 |
24 | Luka Mezgec (Slo) Sava | |
25 | Tim Declercq (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator | |
26 | Arthur Van Overberghe (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator | |
27 | Jan Polanc (Slo) Radenska | |
28 | Mads Christensen (Den) Team Saxo Bank | |
29 | Marco Frapporti (Ita) Team Idea | |
30 | Kevin De Jonghe (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator | |
31 | Vitaliy Buts (Ukr) Lampre - ISD | |
32 | Rafael Andriato (Bra) Farnese Vini - Selle Italia | |
33 | Alan Marangoni (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale | |
34 | Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Acqua & Sapone | |
35 | Cristian Cominelli (Ita) Team Idea | |
36 | Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre - ISD | |
37 | Matteo Rabottini (Ita) Farnese Vini - Selle Italia | |
38 | Anders Lund (Den) Team Saxo Bank | |
39 | Vladimir Miholjevic (Cro) Acqua & Sapone | |
40 | Kenny De Ketele (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator | |
41 | Adriano Malori (Ita) Lampre - ISD | |
42 | Alessandro Bisolti (Ita) Team Idea | |
43 | Dominik Nerz (Ger) Liquigas-Cannondale | |
44 | Sander Armee (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator | |
45 | Matej Mugerli (Slo) Adria Mobil | |
46 | Harald Totsching (Aut) Tirol Cycling Team | |
47 | Gianluca Brambilla (Ita) Colnago - CSF Inox | |
48 | Omar Lombardi (Ita) Colnago - CSF Inox | |
49 | Luca Dodi (Ita) Team Idea | |
50 | Vladimir Kerkez (Slo) Sava | |
51 | Radoslav Rogina (Cro) Adria Mobil | |
52 | Borut Bozic (Slo) Astana Pro Team | |
53 | Alessandro Spezialetti (Ita) Lampre - ISD | |
54 | Enrico Battaglin (Ita) Colnago - CSF Inox | |
55 | Andrea Di Corrado (Ita) Colnago - CSF Inox | |
56 | Daryl Impey (RSA) Orica GreenEdge Cycling Team | |
57 | Matthew Harley Goss (Aus) Orica GreenEdge Cycling Team | 0:00:49 |
58 | Paolo Ciavatta (Ita) Acqua & Sapone | 0:01:13 |
59 | Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Farnese Vini - Selle Italia | 0:01:14 |
60 | Dmytro Krivtsov (Ukr) Lampre - ISD | |
61 | Oleksandr Kvachuk (Ukr) Lampre - ISD | |
62 | Luka Pibernik (Slo) Radenska | |
63 | Jens Mouris (Ned) Orica GreenEdge Cycling Team | |
64 | Juraj Sagan (Svk) Liquigas-Cannondale | |
65 | Marco Canola (Ita) Colnago - CSF Inox | |
66 | Christoph Sokoll (Aut) Tirol Cycling Team | |
67 | Jaka Bostner (Slo) Radenska | |
68 | Jan Tratnik (Slo) Radenska | |
69 | Luca Barla (Ita) Team Idea | |
70 | Evgeny Petrov (Rus) Astana Pro Team | |
71 | Alfredo Balloni (Ita) Farnese Vini - Selle Italia | |
72 | Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) Farnese Vini - Selle Italia | |
73 | Marko Pavlic (Slo) Radenska | 0:04:29 |
74 | Tim Mikelj (Slo) Sava | 0:04:33 |
75 | Simon Pavlin (Slo) Adria Mobil | 0:04:34 |
76 | Stefan Praxmarer (Aut) Tirol Cycling Team | |
77 | Rafal Majka (Pol) Team Saxo Bank | |
78 | Luca Ascani (Ita) Farnese Vini - Selle Italia | |
79 | Matej Gnezda (Slo) Adria Mobil | |
80 | Robert Jenko (Slo) Radenska | |
81 | Ran Margaliot (Isr) Team Saxo Bank | |
82 | Mario Schoibl (Aut) Tirol Cycling Team | |
83 | Jure Bitenc (Slo) Sava | |
84 | Diego Caccia (Ita) Farnese Vini - Selle Italia | |
85 | Mark Džamastagic (Slo) Sava | |
86 | Claudio Corioni (Ita) Acqua & Sapone | |
87 | Alessandro Donati (Ita) Acqua & Sapone | |
88 | Danilo Napolitano (Ita) Acqua & Sapone | |
89 | Marc Obkircher (Aut) Tirol Cycling Team | 0:06:40 |
90 | Martin Weiss (Aut) Tirol Cycling Team | |
91 | Maximilian Kuen (Aut) Tirol Cycling Team | |
92 | Preben Van Hecke (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator | 0:07:38 |
93 | Klemen Štimulak (Slo) Radenska | 0:07:41 |
94 | Steven Van Vooren (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator | 0:07:47 |
95 | Andrej Rajšp (Slo) Radenska | |
96 | Paolo Locatelli (Ita) Colnago - CSF Inox | |
97 | Ruslan Karimov (Uzb) Team Idea | |
98 | Sam Bewley (NZl) Orica GreenEdge Cycling Team | |
99 | Brett Lancaster (Aus) Orica GreenEdge Cycling Team | |
100 | Žiga Marolt (Slo) Sava | |
101 | Travis Meyer (Aus) Orica GreenEdge Cycling Team | 0:09:16 |
102 | Mitchell Docker (Aus) Orica GreenEdge Cycling Team | 0:09:17 |
103 | Michael Hepburn (Aus) Orica GreenEdge Cycling Team |
1 | Simone Ponzi (Ita) Astana Pro Team | 25 | pts |
2 | Marko Kump (Slo) Adria Mobil | 20 | |
3 | Daniele Ratto (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale | 16 | |
4 | Preben Van Hecke (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator | 15 | |
5 | Francesco Reda (Ita) Acqua & Sapone | 14 | |
6 | Kristijan Koren (Slo) Liquigas-Cannondale | 12 | |
7 | Aristide Ratti (Ita) Team Idea | 10 | |
8 | Pieter Serry (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator | 9 | |
9 | Klemen Štimulak (Slo) Radenska | 9 | |
10 | David Tanner (Aus) Team Saxo Bank | 8 | |
11 | Giuseppe De Maria (Ita) Team Idea | 7 | |
12 | Francesco Failli (Ita) Farnese Vini - Selle Italia | 6 | |
13 | Bruno Pires (Por) Team Saxo Bank | 5 | |
14 | Valerio Agnoli (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale | 4 | |
15 | Fabio Taborre (Ita) Acqua & Sapone | 3 | |
16 | Diego Ulissi (Ita) Lampre - ISD | 2 | |
17 | Damiano Caruso (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale | 1 | |
18 | Travis Meyer (Aus) Orica GreenEdge Cycling Team | 1 | |
19 | Paolo Ciavatta (Ita) Acqua & Sapone | 1 | |
20 | Tim Mikelj (Slo) Sava | 1 |
1 | Klemen Štimulak (Slo) Radenska | 9 | pts |
2 | Preben Van Hecke (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator | 6 | |
3 | Bruno Pires (Por) Team Saxo Bank | 3 | |
4 | Kristijan Koren (Slo) Liquigas-Cannondale | 2 | |
5 | Jure Bitenc (Slo) Sava | 2 | |
6 | Kenny De Ketele (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator | 1 | |
7 | Domenico Pozzovivo (Ita) Colnago - CSF Inox | 1 |
1 | Arthur Van Overberghe (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator | 3:46:42 |
2 | Jan Polanc (Slo) Radenska | |
3 | Kevin De Jonghe (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator | |
4 | Luka Pibernik (Slo) Radenska | 0:00:50 |
5 | Jaka Bostner (Slo) Radenska | |
6 | Jan Tratnik (Slo) Radenska | |
7 | Marko Pavlic (Slo) Radenska | 0:04:05 |
8 | Tim Mikelj (Slo) Sava | 0:04:09 |
9 | Simon Pavlin (Slo) Adria Mobil | 0:04:10 |
10 | Robert Jenko (Slo) Radenska | |
11 | Mario Schoibl (Aut) Tirol Cycling Team | |
12 | Jure Bitenc (Slo) Sava | |
13 | Mark Džamastagic (Slo) Sava | |
14 | Marc Obkircher (Aut) Tirol Cycling Team | 0:06:16 |
15 | Martin Weiss (Aut) Tirol Cycling Team | |
16 | Maximilian Kuen (Aut) Tirol Cycling Team | |
17 | Klemen Štimulak (Slo) Radenska | 0:07:17 |
18 | Andrej Rajšp (Slo) Radenska | 0:07:23 |
19 | Žiga Marolt (Slo) Sava | |
20 | Michael Hepburn (Aus) Orica GreenEdge Cycling Team | 0:08:53 |
1 | Liquigas-Cannondale | 11:19:24 |
2 | Astana Pro Team | 0:00:07 |
3 | Team Idea | 0:00:14 |
4 | Team Saxo Bank | |
5 | Acqua & Sapone | |
6 | Lampre - ISD | |
7 | Adria Mobil | |
8 | Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator | 0:00:28 |
9 | Farnese Vini - Selle Italia | |
10 | Colnago - CSF Inox | |
11 | Tirol Cycling Team | 0:01:18 |
12 | Orica GreenEdge | 0:01:57 |
13 | Radenska | 0:02:22 |
14 | Sava | 0:04:52 |

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